Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 162 Ralts, the Otaku Girl

Mingyou carried Ralts into the house, greeted Riolu and the others, and then found his first-aid kit on the bookshelf.

I used some healing medicine to treat Ralts's wounds, then bandaged them up and placed her on the sofa.

"Done!"

"Mmm~"

Ponpo curiously approached, looked at the unconscious Ralts, gently lifted the other's hair, and glanced at what was inside.

"Don't move it, let it rest."

"Mmm~"

"Okay~"

Mingyou hugged Pengpeng tightly and said softly, "Let's go decorate the Christmas tree and other things together later."

"Mmm~"

"By the way, have you decided on your Christmas present?"

"Hmm..."

Not yet...

"It's okay, don't worry."

Mingyou gently patted its head, watching Latias and the Munchlax sharing chocolates not far away. They had already decided on the gifts they wanted yesterday, and he had already ordered them online.

All that's left is Ponpo... so he's very concerned and wants to know what the other person wants.

At this moment, Xiao Zhao, who had just greeted Yueyue Bear, walked in through the back door with a smile, unbuttoned her trench coat, and took off her woolen hat.

"It's warmer inside... Is everyone huddled together sleeping here?"

As soon as she entered, she saw several bear cubs sleeping on the blanket. She couldn't resist reaching out to touch them, but she was worried about disturbing their rest.

Hearing the sound, Mingyou walked over and asked with a smile, "How is it?"

"The Moon Bear feels really nice to touch~"

"what?"

"No... I feel very close to Moon Bear, and we get along quite well."

"That's good. Your room is upstairs. I've put your luggage up there. I clean the house regularly, so it's very clean. But I haven't had time to make your bed yet. Do you need any help?"

"I'll handle this myself later. Where's Ralts? Is she still unconscious?"

"It's alright, let it rest well."

"Alright, I'll release the Pokémon first, and then we'll make dinner together. I'm exhausted just watching you take care of so many Pokémon every day."

As she spoke, she took out two Poké Balls. A flash of red light appeared, and Zoroar and another Pokémon appeared in the living room.

This Pokémon is pink all over, has a chubby body, curled ears, three horizontal stripes on its forehead that are yellow, large round eyes with only small pupils that make it look dull, cream-colored mouth with two teeth visible on its upper jaw, short limbs with a claw on each hand and foot, and a long pink tail with a yellow tip.

[Slowpoke (Galar Form): A silly Pokémon. It's just silly, don't overthink it. Instead, clear your mind and just sit there with it. Maybe it will see you as one of its own and you can easily gain its favor.]

"They actually caught a Slowpoke?"

"Haha, isn't it cute?"

"Stunned~"

Slowpoke stared at the ceiling and murmured softly. Snorlax was drawn by the sound and walked over to look at the Pokémon with the same eyes as its own. Snorlax also gave a blank greeting.

"Gambit~"

"Stunned~"

"Gambit~"

Slowpoke and Munchlax seemed to have a lot in common, and Zoroar greeted Ponpo happily after coming out.

Riolu looked on curiously. It had never seen these Pokémon before, nor had it seen this person before. Was he a friend of Naruto? He seemed very gentle.

Seeing that some Pokémon didn't recognize him, Xiao Zhao introduced himself: "My name is Xiao Zhao, I'm Mingyou's friend, and I'll be staying here temporarily. Please take care of me."

"Leo~"

Xiao Zhao has a high affinity for Pokémon. Generally, as long as the Pokémon is not too aggressive or dislikes others, they will feel a sense of goodwill when they see her. This is an innate talent.

After everyone got to know each other, Mingyou gathered everyone together and got busy. While the snow outside wasn't too heavy yet, they wanted to finish the Christmas decorations as soon as possible, since they didn't know if they would have another chance in the next few days.

After some time, they finally hung up decorations inside and outside the house, and even transplanted two small pine trees from nearby and placed them in front of the door, which took up the place where the horned deer usually slept, so it could only lie under the tree from now on.

After the decorations were hung up, although it hasn't started yet, the Christmas atmosphere has already enveloped the manor, and Ponpo and the others are starting to look forward to it.

Looking forward to eating Christmas turkey, Christmas cake, and more... and waiting for the gifts Santa Claus will bring.

After finishing these tasks, there was still some time before dinner. The snow outside was falling heavier and heavier, and there wasn't much else to do for the time being.

At this moment, Xiao Zhao asked curiously, "By the way, is the TV in the living room still working?"

"Um?"

Mingyou looked at the second-hand TV in the living room. He had bought it a long time ago for Ponpo and the others to watch movies, but it hadn't been used since he bought them a Rotom mobile phone.

"It works, but what do you want to do with it? Show movies?"

"Hmm~"

Xiao Zhao gave a mysterious smile, then reached into his backpack and asked, "Want to play games?"

"what?"

Mingyou was slightly taken aback. What did "go to play games" mean? Did it mean what she thought it meant?

Just as he was puzzled, Xiao Zhao took out a red and blue controller game console that looked very familiar to him from his bag and said with a smile, "Ta-da~ The latest Switch OLED. I won it in a lucky draw with points earned from purchases at the Blueberry Academy store. I was pretty lucky, considering that it's still a bit expensive. I wouldn't waste money buying a game console just to play."

"Wow, I didn't know you played this game too..."

"Haha, actually, there are courses at Blueberry Academy that teach you to use this to play games."

"ha?"

"It involves Pokémon battles within a game. Although there are restrictions on the number of moves a Pokémon can use, it still tests the students' awareness and tactics. Blueberry Academy comprehensively cultivates students' battle skills, so even games are included, not to mention that the games are made by GAME FREAK!"

Hearing Xiao Zhao's words, Mingyou was very surprised: "GAME FREAK... Could it be that game studio in Yuhong City? I heard their technical skills and optimization are world-class!"

"Yes, otherwise how could we possibly have a collaborative relationship with Blueberry Academy's courses?"

Xiao Zhao chuckled, then inserted the console into the box, picked up the disassembled controller, tilted her head and asked, "So want to give it a try? Although I haven't had much time to play, it doesn't seem too difficult to pick up. It's like I played something similar a long time ago. If you don't know how, I can teach you."

"no problem!"

Faced with the invitation, how could Mingyou possibly refuse? She reached out and took the controller to experience it together.

The game here successfully attracted Ponpo and Latias.

Their commotion successfully woke Ralts, who was unconscious on the sofa. It slowly opened its eyes, and the stinging pain on its forehead instantly brought it back to its senses, but it couldn't remember what had happened.

But peeking through the gaps in its hair at the noisy Pokémon around it, it was completely stunned.

"Ralu..."

Who am I? Where am I? What are they doing?

This place is terrifying...

Ralts was in a state of extreme panic, too afraid to move, and even when she wanted to use Teleport to escape, she was too frightened to muster the strength.

"Ralu..."

Someone please save me, I want to go home...

It looked around helplessly, but eventually its gaze was drawn to the game screen on the big screen. The fear on its face gradually dissipated, as if it had merged into the game, become one of the characters, and was constantly adventuring freely in that world.

It was unclear how much time had passed before its thoughts were finally brought back to their senses by an angry voice.

Staring at the motionless game character on the screen, Mingyou couldn't take it anymore and slammed the controller on the sofa: "What a piece of trash! What kind of game is this? World-class optimization and this is the level of quality? Mom and Dad, don't suggest we donate it to someone who needs it."

"Try to control your emotions a little; it's better not to get too worked up while playing games... Although I really want to say that, I feel you're absolutely right!"

Even someone as good-natured as Xiao Zhao couldn't help but want to curse; the game experience was just too bad.

However, she still whispered a reminder: "Um... don't break my controller."

"Oh? Sorry..."

Mingyou calmed down, awkwardly put the game controller aside, then glanced at the time on her Rotom phone and said, "It's already six o'clock in the evening, time to get ready to make dinner."

"Okay, let's go together. All the ingredients for making sticky rice cakes are ready. Also, see what you'd like to eat, I'll make it for you."

"Mmm~"

"Waaah~"

"Gambit~"

Everyone shifted their attention away from the game and immediately followed along, because they all knew that Xiao Zhao was a great cook and were looking forward to the sumptuous meal tonight, as well as to seeing what kind of cooking competition the two of them would have.

Watching them head towards the kitchen, Ralts finally dared to move, but her original thought of escaping vanished.

It stared at the controller left by Mingyou on the sofa, and the screen that was stuck due to poor optimization but had finally loaded and started moving. It gradually formed its own ideas and wanted to experience it!

"Ralu..."

Ralts gripped the controller and tried to push the joystick. Although it didn't know how to operate it, it had just seen that person do it this way, making the character on the screen move.

As the joystick was moved, the image and the character on the screen began to move simultaneously. Ralts opened her eyes wide in disbelief, as if she had opened the door to a new world.

So addictive!

Even though it doesn't understand human writing or how to play the game, it's already satisfied to be able to control the movement of characters like those in a movie.

"Ralu..."

It really wanted to stay here forever and keep playing... So this is what playing games is like!

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(End of this chapter)