Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 192 The Ways Ghostly Abilities Spread (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

In the evening, Xiao Zhao, who had finished her work at the courier station, rode the Ghostly Horned Deer back from Emerald Town. After noticing the video game store that was open for business with its lights on, she came here with the Ghostly Horned Deer, looking surprised.

"Is it all renovated yet? The style is so cute, Mingyou's aesthetic is really to my liking."

As she walked in, she sensed an unusual atmosphere, especially when she saw Mingyou being comforted by Pengpeng, and immediately looked puzzled.

"What... what's wrong?"

Hearing the voice, Mingyou weakly raised her head, looking utterly dejected, and replied feebly, "I was... scammed... out of five thousand yuan..."

"Huh?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhao was momentarily stunned.

How could you possibly be fooled!

She didn't quite understand. Although she knew Mingyou was indeed naive, she thought, "You're a businesswoman, and you got scammed online? That's really something..."

After learning what had happened, Xiao Zhao patted her forehead and said, "You're setting a bad example and teaching everyone how to prevent online scams, huh? You're really something!"

She sighed helplessly and then asked, "Do you want me to help you get it back? Although I don't know much about this, I have a few students who do, so I can ask them for help. Or you could just call the police; the amount is enough to file a case."

At this point, her expression instantly turned serious. Pointing at Mingyou with a serious tone, she continued, "And you, don't be so easily swayed by sympathy! You fell for such an obvious attempt to gain sympathy. Don't fall for it again when someone tries to appeal to your emotions!"

"Okay..."

"So should we call the police...? Never mind, let me handle this, you can rest for now."

Xiao Zhao took out her alpaca phone and dialed Officer Jenny's number, explaining the situation. However, upon hearing that the scammers were in the Galar region, Officer Jenny said she would do her best to track them down and told her to wait for further notice.

"..."

"Okay, okay, this time it was my fault. Consider it a lesson learned, so everyone won't follow my example. The internet is really dangerous. Just enjoy it for fun, and don't trust strangers too easily!"

Mingyou gradually cheered up. Although she hadn't succeeded in educating them not to be scammed online, she had served as a very effective negative example.

He snapped out of his reverie, then looked at Xiao Zhao and asked, "How was today? Any clues?"

"No, it's still the same as always... Green Town is so normal, it's even a little eerie."

Xiao Zhao gently shook her head. She was leaving in four days, and she was worried that if she still hadn't gained anything, Mingyou might not be able to handle it all by herself.

"Let's put these thoughts aside for now," she smiled, looking at the game consoles around her, and asked, "Is it ready to play now? Want to play together later?"

"I still need to cook."

"I'll take over today. You've been doing it for the past few days. You should rest and play with the animals."

Xiao Zhao patted him on the shoulder, then turned and left the arcade. Mingyou shook his head helplessly, then looked at Ralts and said, "Then let's continue, and nurture your talent properly!"

"Ralu~"

"Gambit~"

Teach me too~

The little Snorlax immediately followed.

"Waaah~"

Silly Naruto~ I want one too~

Latias followed, and more and more Pokémon became curious about it.

So Mingyou simply continued using the big screen to do a live tutorial, teaching them how to raise their own Pokémon in the game... It just felt a bit strange to let Pokémon raise Pokémon.

Ralts listened attentively and finally understood that her Pokémon's Effort Values ​​were all randomly set, and also knew why Pelipper was being overtaken by Torkoal in terms of weather. She realized that battles were actually quite complex.

The live-streamed tutorial finally ended at 6 PM when Xiao Zhao came to call them for dinner. Ralts had memorized everything, and now... it wouldn't lose again!

A night passed in the blink of an eye, and yesterday's online fraud incident came to nothing. Although Mingyou felt bad, she could only take it as a lesson learned.

However, the video he posted about the Pokémon arcade has garnered over a million views since it was reposted by Qishu, successfully becoming a trending topic.

Many people left comments asking where this place was and wanted to bring their Pokémon to experience it, but after learning that it was located in Kitakami Township, they all chose to give up.

If you live in a big city, you might want to try it out, but in a remote mountainous area like Beishang Township, forget it. I doubt many people would be willing to go there, except for video creators who are just looking for views.

Despite the numerous questions, Mingyou ignored them. The video game store was originally opened for his own Pokémon, and he hadn't considered making a profit from the beginning.

But this video has already helped him gain tens of thousands of followers in less than a day.

He plans to make videos of the scenery of the manor and the harvest of fruits and vegetables, and then upload them to his shop to increase business.

"Let's get official certification first!"

While Mingyou was busy with these things at the manor, far away at the Green Town Community Center...

Everything was as usual. Residents sat in front of their doors, basking in the sun with their Pokémon, or pointing out directions to tourists.

Xiao Zhao, holding Soloa, sat on a small stool in front of the courier door. She said she was working there, but in reality, she didn't have much to do. She just spent her days observing the passersby and looking for anything unusual about them.

At that moment, Danyu came over from the Taoze store, carrying a plastic bag containing purple sticky rice cakes she had just bought. The sticky rice cakes were very popular recently, and they might be sold out if she came any later.

"Good afternoon, Sister Zhao!"

"Hmm, you're eating this again?"

"Mmm~ Of course it's delicious! Want a piece? These are hard to find."

"Thank you, but I don't want to eat right now."

Xiao Zhao waved her hand to decline, not because she thought there was anything wrong with the sticky rice cake, but because she was very cautious and considered that the ability to control almost all the people in Beishang Township must have a way of spreading it.

If it can spread on such a large scale in a short period of time, then this route is likely closely related to people's lives, such as water, food, air... and even snowflakes falling during a snowfall.

Since air can be eliminated, she pays special attention to other options, avoiding contact as much as possible. Eating some farm fruit is enough to fill her stomach; it's not only delicious but also highly nutritious.

Upon receiving the answer, Danyu looked regretful. Why didn't you eat something so delicious? She didn't understand.

As she savored the delicious sticky rice cake, she stepped forward, when Xiao Zhao suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, why haven't I seen Ah Li these past two days?"

"He was doing his winter break homework at home. During the break, he was busy training his Pokémon every day to battle with Naruto... He didn't touch his homework at all."

"You must be tired. Come and sit down."

"No, I have to go home for dinner. Does Sister Xiaozhao want to come with me? Since you stopped staying at my house, my grandma still thinks about you a lot. Although I don't know why, she always likes to compare me to you..."

"Ha ha."

Xiao Zhao smiled, but after hearing the other party's suggestion, she was somewhat tempted to go. After all, she had been taken care of by this family for so long, and it wouldn't hurt to go and see them before leaving Beishang Township.

After thinking for a moment, she nodded: "Okay then, but I'll help with the cooking so your grandma can get some rest."

"Mmm, I can eat Sister Zhao's cooking again!"

With that, the two left the post station together and headed to Danyu's house in the northwest of Emerald Town. At this moment, the Night Demon, which was hiding in Xiaozhao's shadow, seemed to sense something and poked its head out, its eyes fixed on the direction of Taoze Shop.

"Heh heh?"

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(End of this chapter)