Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 112 Don't Pollute the Ocean (Please Subscribe, Please Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Under the cover of night, they walked through the bustling streets and into the cold alley. Mingyou looked at the map and planned out Riolu's approximate escape route. She and Simocha arrived at the sewer exit.

Sure enough, a pungent odor was smelled as soon as we got close. There was a railing at the exit, but no one was guarding it. We only saw two stinking mud creatures that had been attracted by the smell wriggling not far away.

"This is just a haphazard dumping of sewage into the sea. What's wrong with these managers? Do they really think no one will notice?"

Mingyou frowned slightly. It was like when facing a major inspection, in order to deal with the leaders, they piled up all the garbage in the city that couldn't be cleaned up in time and hid it somewhere, waiting for the leaders to leave before dealing with it.

After all, Binhai City is a port city and a major electricity consumer. Many factories are located here, so it's normal for there to be sewage discharge issues. However, this behavior is extremely shameful and has no sense of decency whatsoever.

"A bunch of environmental bastards..."

Mingyou shook her head slightly, too lazy to even scold her. She wondered if Cynthia would care about this, since it was already threatening the survival of wild Pokémon in the vicinity.

That's how it is living in the city. His hometown, Niangguang City, is slightly better. Although it's noisy and keeps you awake at night with light pollution from neon lights everywhere, at least it doesn't affect the surrounding environment.

Let's put this matter aside for now. Fortunately, the stench here isn't unbearable yet, and it's not too serious. If we clean it up quickly during the Lily of the Valley Festival, it should still be in time...

They easily climbed over the railing and soon arrived at the sewer outlet, from which water was flowing. Although the smell was unpleasant, they could not see anything unusual when shining a flashlight on it.

"Mommy~"

Smocha picked up the tea scoop and swung it around, sprinkling out matcha powder that tasted like cola. This would reduce the flavor. As for why it tasted like cola, it was because it mixed the cola it drank into its body.

"That's much better. Let's go inside and take a look, but be careful of our surroundings."

Mingyou looked ahead with a flashlight. As a Ghost-type Pokémon, Smokecha has excellent night vision and is not affected by the surrounding darkness.

The sewers are particularly damp, and you can see several gummy bears and slugs sleeping there; it's their favorite spot.

In this quiet and profound environment, the constant ticking sound is also captivating, making you feel that at any moment a hand might reach out from the pipe openings around you, or a red-hatted uncle eating mushrooms might jump out.

Fortunately, the signal inside was still pretty good. Although the map on the Rotom phone didn't show the sewer routes, it at least let him know where he was.

"This is roughly the vicinity of that convenience store... Although it's a bit complicated, at least you won't get lost. If you want to leave, you can always climb the ladder and open the manhole cover to get out. But this place is really big."

Mingyou looked at the map. If people knew he was crawling through the sewers at night, they would probably suspect he was going back to primitive times and had lost his mind again.

However, there weren't many traces around. He planned to follow the sewers towards a more secluded area of ​​the coastal city, because he had read online that some people said those stray Pokémon might have been driven there.

"Hmm... let's go this way."

"Mommy~"

Smocha followed behind, without much thought, simply wanting to satisfy its curiosity and then... find something interesting to do!

Following this road forward without encountering any unexpected events, we arrived at the foot of Block 9.

This neighborhood is considered part of the old town area, part of the coastal city. It existed before the elevated pedestrian walkway paved with solar panels was built.

Over the next ten years or so, most of the residents moved to the new urban area, which was then divided into Block 9. Perhaps due to some redevelopment project, the area has remained untouched.

"It looks like the sewer system here has been abandoned. It hasn't rained lately, so the water isn't flowing, and the walls are quite dry..."

Because it was abandoned, the smell here wasn't too bad; you could even smell the aroma of matcha.

Just as Mingyou was looking around, Simocha suddenly noticed something and pointed to the ground.

"Mmm!"

"Um?"

Mingyou followed the gaze and saw a one-yuan coin on the ground. It looked brand new and didn't seem like it had been there for a long time.

He reached out and picked it up, examining it in his hand. Then, looking ahead, he chuckled and said, "Looks like... we've found it!"

"Mommy~"

"Let's go, let's leave first."

It's too late now, and using a flashlight would just give away our location. We can come back after daybreak. Anyway, the opening ceremony of the Lily of the Valley Convention isn't until the night after tomorrow, so we can fly over then...

After leaving the sewer, it took me a while to get back to the hotel. As soon as I entered, I found that Ponpo and the others had woken up at some point.

He probably realized that Mingyou was missing and thought she had been kidnapped again like last time, so he was anxious.

"Mmm~"

When Mingyou and Simocha returned, Ponpon immediately went forward, but after smelling the strange smell, she subconsciously covered her face, not knowing where the smell came from.

"Waaah!"

It stinks! Stay away from me!

Latias immediately realized it was on them and ran away with a look of disgust.

"Sorry, I had to go out for a bit."

Mingyou said apologetically, and then went to take a shower. The Smoothie didn't need to be so complicated; a quick brush with matcha powder was enough to remove it all.

"Mmm~"

What have you been doing?

Ponpon looked at Simocha with great curiosity.

"Mommy~"

Simocha didn't hide anything and told everyone everything directly. It believed that there would definitely be a good show tomorrow, and everyone would go and have fun together.

"Waaah..."

Why would you go crawl into such a smelly place?

No way! Absolutely not going!

Latias strongly objected, but...

Hmm... if it looks fun, I'll go check it out.

While Mingyou was taking a shower, they had already decided what to do the next day. The Moon Bear, who was sleeping in the living room, looked up, shook its head, and didn't say anything...

The next morning arrived in the blink of an eye. Mingyou brought Simocha to the sewers of Block Nine again. He didn't let Ponpon and the others follow, lest they get smelly.

After a night's work, he and Simocha devised a plan and began to implement it...

Just as he crawled into the sewers, another group of men in black arrived at Block Nine, but their target was not the sewers; instead, they were scattered throughout the streets searching for something.

Inside the sewer, Riolu, carrying its bag, jumped out of the green pipe, waved to the piranha peeking out of the pipe, and then began its day.

It skillfully circled around several times to avoid any sewer workers nearby, which would make it easier to distract them, before heading towards the sewers near the port area to leave from there.

This time, however, it wasn't so lucky. The smell of matcha powder mixed in the murky air made it instantly alert!

"Leo!"

Riolu discovered that matcha powder had somehow gotten on him, affecting his sense of smell. He quickly patted it off, but it didn't help.

This was something Mingyou deliberately had Simocha do, because this area was abandoned and the stench wasn't strong, so the smell of matcha powder wouldn't be easily masked, and... it would also attract Simocha here!

"Mommy~"

Prey has taken the bait!

The Smocha suddenly burst out from around the corner. These matcha powders are a separate part of its body, which can attract each other and absorb the energy of others. Wild Smocha usually like to use the method of scattering matcha powder to set traps to capture prey.

"Leo!"

Riolu reacted extremely quickly. Its ears perked up and its red eyes turned blue. It used its Aura to lock onto its target and unleashed a bullet punch with lightning speed!

However, the Smocha wasn't just there for laughs. It quickly retracted into its shell and used the tea canister to take the opponent's bullet punch head-on. Such a swift attack didn't even leave a mark on the tea canister.

Upon seeing the Smitecha in front of him, Riolu's pupils contracted, instantly recognizing it. Just then, Meiyu, who had been lurking in the shadows, tossed a coin in her hand, stepped out, looked over, and said softly, "You dropped your coin. This... should be yours, right?"

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(End of this chapter)