Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 150 I Have an Idea to Open a Haunted House

Seeing the Night Demon Spirit lead the way, with his minions kneeling and surrendering at lightning speed, Mingyou and Ponpo were stunned. They were completely bewildered by this unexpected development. Could this really be done?

It's hard to imagine connecting this Pokémon with the one that was the boss of a stage in the Evergreen Forest a few months ago.

All I can say is that outdated bosses are worse than dogs...

"Alright then!"

After thinking for a moment, Mingyou decided to give the other party a chance to explain first, and then beat them up.

"Tell me honestly, what are you doing all the way from the Eternal Forest here? It can't be just about stealing vegetables, right? Or is it some kind of revenge?"

"Mmm!"

Ponpo raised its thorny vine club, ready to attack at any moment. Latias followed suit, raising a branch as well. Although it was present, it did not go to the main battlefield to protect Lillie, but it still knew about the situation.

"Hehehe..."

The Night Demon explained honestly.

It was expelled from the spirit world...

"Huh? You can get fired for this?"

Mingyou was a little confused.

In reality, the spirit world, as a node balancing time and space, can easily trigger spacetime rifts if one is not careful, and may even destroy the world.

Therefore, the rules in the spirit world are very strict. Except for the leader Giratina, who can do whatever he wants, everyone else must strictly abide by the rules.

But for some reason, the things the Night Demon did in the Eternal Forest became known—secretly capturing other people's souls is not allowed.

Even though it failed due to the Moon Bear's obstruction... not to mention that it also possessed antimatter, unique to Giratina, to use as its power, it was probably mainly because of this latter event...

As the leader of the Everlasting Forest, it supports all its subordinates. Winter is approaching, and the Everlasting Forest's food supply is dwindling. In addition, it has been lying in bed for a long time due to its previous injury.

Fortunately, its underlings did not abandon it after it was defeated, but continued to take care of it, thus missing the best time to store food, so it had to go to other places to find it.

We happened to catch the dazzling light emanating from this area a few days ago, so we came here together...

"I see. They came here to store up food for the winter."

Mingyou stroked her chin and nodded slightly, then changed the subject and said in a deep voice, "It's a pity that if you had only come here with this purpose and did nothing else, I could have let bygones be bygones and let you take the food back, but..."

"Awooo!"

Big Bear and Little Bear rushed up and pinned Night Demon to the ground, beating it severely. Arcanine and the others also angrily charged up.

Mingyou turned around, waved her hand, and looked at the Black Night Demon's underlings, saying, "You guys better figure out how to repair everything that was damaged in the manor today, and how much food you ate. I'll settle the score with you tomorrow morning, so be prepared to compensate me!"

"..."

All the Pokémon were terrified; there was no complaining or anger, only overwhelming fear.

This human is terrifying!

Mingyou snorted softly. What a fine Halloween night, ruined halfway through. He was indeed a little annoyed.

However, upon seeing the Gengar and the others lying on the ground, he waved his hand and said, "Take these guys to get treatment. They're not going to have any money to pay compensation anyway. They're good laborers, we can't let them go to waste."

"Gambit~"

Snorlax and the others immediately set to work, and then Meiyu came over to Riolu to help check his injuries.

"Leo..."

"Okay, don't blame yourself, get some rest first."

Mingyou patted its head. The injury wasn't serious; it was mainly secondary damage from crashing into the sink. After spraying some wound medicine and resting overnight, it should be almost fully recovered.

Let Aipom take Riolu to rest, and the worry on Ponpo's face gradually dissipates. Then, together with Naruto, they look at the evolved Garchomp.

"Mmm~"

It's gotten so tall!

"Indeed, you're as tall as me now."

Mingyou straightened up and compared herself to the others. In fact, the Gible was slightly taller than her, which was far beyond the size of a normal Garchomp. After all, it was already quite large when it was still a Gible.

"Shark~"

Garchomp smiled and nodded, then said he was going to check on Riolu's condition.

"Go ahead, I'll be right there to treat you."

"Shark~"

After Garchomp left, Naruto looked at the black demon with a bruised and swollen face and began to think about how to deal with these guys.

We can't just let them go. We suffered such a huge loss today. So many of the vegetables that had just grown were eaten. We were planning to start shipping them to Sinnoh in a couple of days after the station was fully built.

But what can these guys do here? They don't seem to be able to do anything... We're just thankful they're not causing any trouble.

"Ghost type, Ghost type..."

Mingyou stroked his chin, muttering to himself, "Ghost... ghost, Beishang Township... ghost."

"Um……"

Although it reminded him of some things he didn't like, he could easily approach it from another angle, so he murmured, "I suddenly had an idea to open a haunted house in Emerald Town. Let these bad guys be the ghosts. I wonder if it's feasible."

"Hmm?"

What is a haunted house?

Ponpo was a little curious.

"A haunted house..."

Mingyou organized her thoughts and then explained, "It's a game where some people pretend to be ghosts and scare others. It's a game specifically designed to build courage and quickly develop romantic relationships between men and women. You can usually find it in amusement parks in big cities."

"Mmm~"

That sounds so interesting! So, can Ponpo dress up as a ghost and scare people?

"It's the ghosts trying to scare us, not us dressing up as ghosts. Let them be the ghosts."

Mingyou gently patted Pengpeng's head. Seeing that the child didn't have any objections to the haunted house, she thought that it was indeed a good idea to set one up. Wasn't this just a matter of thinking about how to come up with some attractive ways to attract people to Beishang Township?

Let's build a haunted house, the most terrifying haunted house in the world. Although it won't be as outrageous as Chen Dachui's, the Night Demon has lived in the spirit world, so this should be a piece of cake for him.

"Maybe we should give it a try!"

So he walked towards the Night Demon again, looked at the wounded creature, and said with a smile, "What's up? I have a very good offer. Would you like to hear it?"

"Hehehe..."

"It's simple. I'll have you run a haunted house for me in Emerald Town. You've already lost your job in the spirit world and are living a life of hardship with your underlings, going hungry nine times out of three days. Why don't you come work for me? At least you won't go hungry anymore."

Mingyou believed that the other party could understand what she was saying. This Night Demon might even live longer than the Moon Bear, although it certainly wouldn't live as long as Pengpeng.

"..."

Hearing the other party's conditions, the Night Demon endured the pain in its body and did not immediately refuse. Instead, it began to think. Of course, it knew about haunted houses; it had been there before... but it was just boring.

After all, it was born in the spirit world, and the eerie environment of the spirit world is incomparable to places like haunted houses. Just look at how it casually altered the environment of the permanent forest before, and it was enough to make a bunch of people afraid to go in.

Now that it has lost its job and is starving with its younger sibling, it really has nowhere to go... Winters in Beishang Township are very cold, and if it had a stable source of food, it could get through the winter easily.

So should we agree or not...? Besides, that place is on human territory.

The Night Demon hesitated, mainly because she had two choices. One was that she didn't quite trust Mingyou to be so easy to talk to and give her a chance, since the two had a big conflict and there might be a trap inside.

Secondly, the people in Kitakami Township are very xenophobic and might drive them away, since it's not safe to have so many wild Ghost-type Pokémon.

"Just trust me. Besides... you don't need a reason to believe. You've made such a mess of my manor, you have no other choice."

Mingyou laid it all out: either he compensated for the losses, or he had to work at the haunted house. These were the only two options. They could have communicated amicably, but why did he have to be so uncivilized?

The one who strikes first must bear the responsibility, and as the head of the estate, he must also be responsible for the estate!

"..."

After much hesitation and agonizing, the Night Demon finally relented and made his own choice, agreeing to bring his underlings to work at Mingyou's haunted house.

Although it's a last resort now, this will be its most successful decision ever... but that's a story for another time.

Seeing it nod in agreement, Mingyou nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that the construction of the haunted house could now be put on the agenda. Tomorrow, she would go to Emerald Town to talk to the administrator and then choose a good location...

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(End of this chapter)