Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 193 Tao Dailang Appears, Xiao Zhao is Controlled by a Ghost (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After many days, I visited Danyu's home again.

As the most remote place in Emerald Town, it remains as quiet as ever.

Snow piled up at the entrance, and two snowmen, one large and one small, wearing scarves, were placed there. The larger snowman placed its twig-made hand on the smaller snowman's head, as if gently stroking it.

"Ah Li and I made this together a few days ago, isn't it cute~"

Danyu proudly introduced the situation, and Xiaozhao looked at her for a moment before nodding slightly. Since they started communicating well, the siblings' relationship has indeed become quite good.

Just then, a kind-faced old lady came walking over from the other side of the house with a stoop. Xiao Zhao immediately stepped forward, smiled politely, and greeted her: "Grandma Shuzi, Happy New Year! I was busy with things at the beginning of the year and couldn't come over to say hello."

Shuzi is the grandmother of Danyu and Wuli, and also Xuezhong's wife. It is said that she was one of the most notorious female bullies in the village when she was young. She would beat up anyone she didn't like. She only improved after she got married, and Xuezhong was the only one who was completely subdued.

Upon seeing Xiao Zhao approach, Shu Zi nodded slightly: "I know, it's all over the village. It's your boyfriend who got into trouble in the North City, right?"

"We're not in that kind of relationship..."

Xiao Zhao responded helplessly, saying she had become somewhat numb to it. Now everyone she met said this to her, and what could she do? No matter how she explained, no one would listen.

And that was indeed the case. Shuzi continued with a smile, "I understand, after all, I've been there!"

"..."

"Let's go inside, it's cold outside."

"Um."

Xiao Zhao followed the two into the house. Dan Yu's home was decorated in a traditional Japanese style, with the entire house decorated in a wood-look style. Shoes had to be changed upon entering, and all the doors to the rooms were sliding wooden doors.

After entering the house, the group chatted and laughed. Originally, Danyu had invited them as guests, but seeing that Xiaozhao insisted on cooking, Shuzi had no choice but to agree...

A moment later, Xiao Zhao came to the kitchen alone.

But then, the smile on her face slowly disappeared, and the figure of Night Demon emerged from her shadow. The haunted house had been handed over to Gengar for the past few days, and Night Demon had been arranged by Mingyou to come and investigate together, looking for the strange spiritual power in Green Town.

"What did you find?"

Xiao Zhao asked softly that the other party had already noticed something was wrong when they set off, but she didn't want to involve Dan Yu, or even Ming You. It would be best if she could solve it on her own.

She also felt that she was being a little selfish, but now she had remembered a lot of things from the past, and her sense of responsibility was growing stronger. If someone had to take on everything, it would definitely be her!

"Hehehe~"

The Night Demon explained the situation.

"I'm being targeted by strange spiritual energy fluctuations? But why am I at Momozawa Shop? I'm sure there isn't... No! Something does seem to be there..."

Xiao Zhao gently touched her chin with her fingers, lowered her head slightly, and fell into deep thought. There was some very important information in her mind that she needed to connect at this moment.

Just then, Danyu suddenly poked her head out from outside, smiling as she asked, "Would you like some oranges, Sister Xiaozhao? It's hard to buy oranges in Beishang Township."

"No need, thank you."

"Oh well……"

Watching Danyu leave, Xiaozhao gently rubbed her forehead, feeling a little upset that her thoughts had been interrupted.

"Never mind, let's cook first..."

A moment later, the fragrant food was ready. Danyu came over to help carry the dishes to the living room, and at the same time called Wuli, who was still doing her homework upstairs, to come downstairs for dinner.

The living room is also in a Japanese style. There is a kotatsu table on the tatami mat, but instead of oranges, there is a plate of purple sticky rice cakes on it. The family usually eats together here.

Shuzi and Xuezhong were sitting there watching TV, which was playing a promotional video for tourism in Beishang Township on repeat...

At this moment, Wu Li finally came downstairs and saw Xiao Zhao coming out of the kitchen. He greeted her and then went to check on her in the kitchen before asking with a hint of disappointment, "Didn't Ming You come over?"

"No, he's at home figuring out how to open a video game store. He even got scammed out of 5,000 yuan online yesterday..."

"So many? You might as well give them to me. I can use them to get a new Rotom phone, and then I can keep this old one for Ari!"

Danyu interrupted angrily, "So you really don't treat money like money now that you're a boss?"

After hearing this, Wu Li looked worried and said, "Wouldn't it be better to call the police for this?"

"It's okay, he's using himself as a negative example to teach Pokémon not to be fooled."

"That's amazing!"

"Is being scammed out of money a big deal...?"

Danyu didn't quite understand Wuli's thought process.

The three of them walked into the living room together. When they noticed the purple sticky rice cake on the table, the siblings' eyes changed for a moment. Xiao Zhao did not notice this and was not even wary.

"It's time to eat!"

She called out softly to Shuzi and Xuezhong, who were engrossed in watching GG, and was about to sit down when suddenly, Danyu grabbed her right hand and held it tightly!

"Why are you holding on so tightly?"

Xiao Zhao turned around in confusion, but at that moment, the atmosphere of the entire room changed instantly, the temperature plummeted, and it felt as if one were in an ice cave.

Meanwhile, Xuezhong and Shuzi, who had remained motionless, also raised a strange smile at the corners of their mouths, stood up, and took unsettling steps. Their eyes lost their luster and turned purple...

"Gebi~ Gebi~"

"What are you doing...?"

"Giggle~"

"!!!"

Hearing the same sound coming from behind, Xiao Zhao's pupils contracted, and she quickly tried to pull her hand back.

But it was too late. Dan Yu grinned mischievously and suddenly forced a soft, purple, glutinous thing with a faint peach scent into her mouth.

"Ahem!"

Xiao Zhao pulled her hand back, savoring the lingering sweetness in her mouth. She collapsed to the ground, coughing twice while clutching her throat, but the food was still swallowed.

"You gave it to me... Could it be that this sticky rice cake is the real thing...?"

She suddenly glanced at the sticky rice cake on the table and instantly realized something, as if all her questions had been answered in her mind at that moment.

The sticky rice cake that Momozawa Shop recently became very popular has been praised by everyone who has tried it except for Naruyu. Some people even found it addictive. Naruyu had complained about it, but she never expected it.

But now... even she is powerless, only able to hear the sound of chains sliding around her, her consciousness drifting further and further away from her.

Yesterday she was still teaching Mingyou how to deal with enemies who try to play the emotional card, and now the boomerang has come back to haunt her.

She always valued her friends and companions more than her own life, and she never had any reservations... She was the most innocent person.

Xiao Zhao leaned against the wall, clutching her chest in discomfort, sitting on the tatami mat. She watched the group of people in front of her pacing with strange movements. Perhaps this was the price of her "selfishness," but at least it had to be...

"Night Demon!"

"Hehehe!"

The Night Demon, which had once dreamed of becoming the Ghost King of Beishang Township, suddenly appeared from the shadows. Now that it had learned that a true Ghost Queen existed in Beishang Township, it was very excited and had long wanted to meet her.

Although it cannot see and destroy the chains like the Insightful Bear, don't underestimate Ghost-type Pokémon born from the Spirit World!

The Night Demon opened its arms, and the mouth on its stomach opened as well, unleashing a powerful suction force that drew away all the spiritual energy around it that did not belong to it. At that moment, a figure slowly emerged in mid-air...

The figure that suddenly appeared in mid-air was no more than 30 centimeters in diameter. It was shaped like a purple peach with two protruding structures on top. The middle of its body was black, with holes that looked like eyes, from which something was peering out, seemingly surprised to be discovered.

"This is... a peach?"

Xiao Zhao was slightly taken aback, then exclaimed in a deep voice, "Could it be that you are the real ghost of Beishang Township?!"

"Giggle!"

Peach's eyes changed, as if mocking the other party who had finally learned the truth but had lost all ability to fight back, about to have their consciousness erased and become their poisonous puppet.

These days, the other party was observing at the express delivery station, and it was also observing at the Momozawa store. They weren't far apart, but the other party was too cautious, bringing its own food and water.

With the Pokémon at the rest stop also present, it was virtually impossible to trick them into eating the poisonous sticky rice cake, but at the same time, it discovered the opponent's weakness!

That is, when facing friends, one will lower their guard. So all you need to do is lure them to a place full of acquaintances, take the opportunity to force-feed them poisonous sticky rice cakes, and control them with poisonous chains. Then you've succeeded.

So everything today was a scheme it orchestrated, with the goal of turning Xiao Zhao into its poisonous puppet. Now, in the entire Beishang Township, only Ming You remains who is not its poisonous puppet!

"Gebi~ Gebi~"

But the next second, the smile on its face stopped abruptly. The little Zhao, who seemed to have lost all ability to resist, suddenly burst out, grabbed it, and slammed it hard against the opposite wall. The wall even developed many cracks and was about to collapse at any moment!

"Before I completely lose consciousness... I'll make you lose consciousness first. I... don't want to cause trouble for Mingyou... or anyone else!"

"...Should I call it a card!?"

What kind of superhuman is this? Can it fight without Pokémon? This is so strange! It's just like the legendary Super Green Man from the past!

Just as Xiao Zhao was reprimanding Tao Zi, the Night Demon quietly left, following orders from the other party.

Xiao Zhao wasn't sure how long she could hold out. If she were controlled and attacked the Night Demon, it would be better to tell it the truth about the sticky rice cake and the peach, so that the demon would come and break the chains.

Just as the Night Demon escaped from the house, it looked at the three shadows cast by the sunlight on the ground and was about to turn back when a Premonition spell fell from the sky and struck it.

"Squeak, squeak!"

The third trick, which allows you to foresee the future, is something you couldn't afford to take even if you had ten thousand lives!

Yuan Zengyuan crossed his arms, a sly smile on his face. Beside him stood two strong, elegant figures, his other two companions, Gouzan Dog and Jizhi Chicken.

The former overlord of the eternal forest has now completely lost its former glory and fallen into the pit...

Inside the house, Xiao Zhao ultimately failed to defeat Tao Zi; Tao Zi's shell was too thick. She was also attacked by Dan Yu and the others, who were controlled by the poison chains. Amidst resentment and self-blame, the light in her eyes faded.

"Gebei..."

"Giggle!"

We finally caught it!

Looking at the small photo with poison chains wrapped around her right wrist, Peach's face was full of smugness.

This human's power far exceeds its imagination; perhaps it can be trained into a puppet trainer. But before that... there are more important things to do!

It had been eyeing Mingyou's manor for a long time, originally intending to control her, but the poisonous sticky cake unexpectedly failed to work. Coupled with the revelation of the truth from back then, it finally decided to kill her again.

This time, as long as this human is present, they can move around very easily!

The three companions standing on the rooftop, after receiving the arrangements from Peach, all showed excited expressions and were ready to launch a surprise attack on the manor at any time.

They go to the manor for only three things!

Eat fruit! Snatch the mask! Beat up Ponpon!

……

(End of this chapter)