Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 197 The Truth of What Happened Back Then, The Final Battle Against Tao Dailang (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Mingyou used a Poké Ball to recall and release the Snorlax stuck in the doorway, finally freeing it. He had thought that raising the height of the arcade door would be enough, but it turned out that the width was insufficient.

"Let's revise it in a few days..."

"Kirby!"

The rescued Snorlax immediately ran back to the villa at an extremely fast speed. It was starving and felt that its appetite had increased to ten or even nine times that of when it was a baby Snorlax!

Mingyou shook her head slightly, feeling that there wasn't much change after the evolution. She was still as agile as ever, but she needed to cook more meals every day. Fortunately, the manor's fruit... well, what a joke, it wasn't good at all!

He looked at the orchard, now a mess, with ripe and unripe fruits scattered everywhere, along with half-eaten fruit scraps. It was even enough that the dog and the pheasant had taken a bunch of fruit with them when they ran away.

Fist... Hmm!

"We can't waste food even if we can't finish it!"

Mingyou gritted his teeth and forced a smile, suppressing the anger in his heart. He didn't even have the mind to calculate the losses; he only had one thought in mind.

That's TuTu, TuTu's brother who transformed into TuTu. Slaughter all those guys!

"Mmm!"

Ponpo pulled out the thorny vine staff, ready to set off, but Mingyou stopped it with her hand: "Wait a minute, about the ghost, Xiaozhao described it as a purple peach... do you remember it? And there was also that strange 'kibe' sound."

"Hmm?"

Ponpo paused slightly, then lowered her head in thought. Finally, she took out the Green Grass Mask and put it on, relying on these important clues and the power of her memories...

"Ugh...!"

I remember now!

Ponpon took off its mask, and in its memory, there was indeed a peach-shaped figure. It had also heard the strange sound "gibberish" from the villagers who threw stones at it!

That day... when Ponpo returned to the cave after fetching water, she stumbled upon her companion killing and robbing a treasure. Her companion gave her the Green Grass Mask, which she had protected with her life, and then died.

Overwhelmed by grief and anger, Ponpo chased the three companions all the way to the village and finally managed to kill them all, avenging her companions. After regaining her senses, she was driven out of the village by the villagers and did not even get back the mask that had been stolen from her.

This is its previous memory, but in between, there should be a very important part... At the moment when Ponpon killed Baoban, it saw a peach that had been floating behind Baoban.

The peach split in two, and a purple chain emerged from it. It grabbed the mask that Baoban had stolen and tried to escape, but was struck by an angry Ponpo with a stick, causing the mask to fall off again and be picked up by the villagers...

"Mmm!"

That's right! It's that guy!

Now Ponpo finally remembered that the one who had been hiding behind Baoban, directing the three of them to kill and steal treasures, and who tried to steal the mask and run away when Baoban couldn't beat them, was that peach!

It was only after this that it came to its senses, and therefore it couldn't recall attacking the other party in its anger. Only now does it remember the whole process.

"Mmm!"

"Calm down..."

Mingyou gently hugged Pengpeng to soothe her emotions. At the same time, she learned what had happened. After discovering that Pengpeng's emotions had returned to normal, Taozi manipulated the villagers who already disliked her to drive her away.

After that, the murdered Baoban was transformed into a hero, the kind mask maker who wanted to reveal the truth was persecuted to death, and even his descendants could only live in the most remote part of Emerald Town...

All of this was orchestrated by Peach behind the scenes. Terrified by the thorny vine, it dared not cause trouble for Ponpo, but it would definitely not let the other party get away with it!

Mingyou's fists cracked as he forced himself to calm down. He sighed softly, patted Pengpeng's head, and said calmly, "Get a good rest tonight, prepare yourself, and we'll go tomorrow."

"Mmm."

"..."

Watching Pengpeng go back into the house, Mingyou immediately turned around, her cold gaze sweeping towards the direction of Emerald Town. She was so angry today... she felt she might not be able to sleep tonight.

And there's more...

He gently placed his finger to his lips, recalling what had happened on the lake earlier. He pursed his lips, remembering the sensation of their lips touching. It took him a long time before he finally left and went back to his room to rest.

I'm afraid I really won't be able to sleep now...

Time flew by and it was already the next day.

Today is January 11th. Every year on this day, Beishang Township has a custom of turning the mirror cakes displayed during the New Year into sticky rice cakes to eat.

Of course, this year is no exception.

Mingyou and Pengpeng sat together on Latias, flying slowly above Emerald Town. They had come out early in the morning to search for traces.

Xiao Zhao caught a cold and is resting at home...

They flew through the air, gazing at the eerie scene that enveloped the town of Emerald Green below. All the residents and tourists who had come here were grabbing mountains of poisonous sticky cakes, stuffing them into their mouths, and chewing them excitedly.

"Holy crap! Ice!"

Mingyou was genuinely terrified by this scene. Was there any difference between this and a group of people taking that stuff? Eating poisonous sticky cakes releases one's desires and thus achieves satisfaction.

He was horrified by the scene—hundreds of people gathered together doing this—but he didn't want to go over there. Breaking the poison chains would be easy, but these controlled people would surround him like "zombies."

"Let's keep looking. Let's start near the Momozawa store; that's the most suspicious place."

"Waaah!"

Latias flew with them toward the roof of the Momozawa Shop, intending to land there, but just then, Naruyu suddenly spotted something and quickly shouted, "Wait!"

He saw Danyu, seemingly abandoned, standing in the Civic Center Square, with a strange smile on her face, her purple eyes staring ahead, waving her arms and dancing a strange yet rhythmic dance.

"Geba~! Geba~!"

"Waaah~"

Latias immediately took out his Rotom phone and recorded the scene as a video. Mingyou observed the surroundings and, after not finding Wuli, released Heyue Bear and used Mind's Eye to find the poisonous chain wrapped around Danyu's thigh.

A moment later, Dan Yu, whose poison chains had been broken, was taken to the roof of Taoze Store with a bewildered expression.

"What's wrong? Wasn't I...?"

Danyu snapped out of her daze, looked at Mingyou in front of her, and then heard strange noises coming from all around. She instinctively looked over and almost fell to the ground in fright, covering her mouth and asking, "Is...is this some kind of horror movie?!"

"You were one of them just now."

"ah!?"

"Okay, we'll talk about this later."

Mingyou waved her hand, explaining to the other party would be too troublesome; she should first find out the situation.

"Do you remember what happened after Xiaozhao went to your house yesterday?"

"Yesterday? Wasn't that just now?"

"You're getting too attached to appearances, kid... Don't worry about that. Just tell me, do you remember what happened after that?"

"Um... I remember, I don't know when, I think I suddenly ran to Baoban Plaza with A-Li, and then... Oh right, where's A-Li!"

Danyu belatedly realized that her younger brother, who had just been with her, was now nowhere to be found.

Mingyou ignored her and looked in the direction of Baoban Plaza. She already had her answer in her heart and murmured, "Did they deliberately leave her here at the community center so she could lead us there?"

Unless one has a special physique or a strong will, it is impossible for them to retain any memories after being controlled. Dan Yu is clearly neither of those, so the other party must have deliberately made her see it.

"Let's go over there!"

"What past?! Explain yourself!"

Dan Yu gritted her teeth, her emotions extremely agitated, but Ming You had no time to explain. She immediately mounted Latias, slowly took off, and prepared to depart.

"Hey! I haven't gotten on the bus yet!"

Dan Yu immediately shouted, but Latias made a face at her, indicating that the car was overloaded and there was no room left. Then he immediately turned into a beam of light and disappeared.

"You're all targeting me, aren't you! Just you wait!"

……

Baoban Square is not far from Emerald Town. It's just a short walk through Apple Hill. The area is on higher ground, offering a panoramic view of Emerald Town. Residents often come here for a stroll on summer evenings.

Since the statue of Boban, which was enshrined here at the beginning of the year, was destroyed, repair work has been carried out here and tourists have been prohibited from entering to avoid further damage.

At this moment, in front of the ruins of the Baoban statue, Wuli stood alone, his eyes vacant, staring at the ruins before him, until he heard the voice coming from behind him, at which point he slowly turned around.

"Are you alright, Ah Li?"

As Mingyou approached, he asked with concern. Looking at the purple eyes of the person who had turned around, he was already prepared for battle, but he didn't know where Taozi, who had deliberately lured him here, was hiding.

He quietly observed his surroundings. Ponpo was also there, looking at the controlled Wuli with a slightly worried expression. Ponpo really didn't want to see people she knew fighting like this and getting hurt.

Wu Li did not respond, but simply narrowed his pupils and stared in this direction. But at that moment, a purple chain resembling a bowl gradually appeared around his neck and extended upwards.

"Um!?"

Mingyou frowned slightly. The poison chains, like the awesome dogs, had materialized? What was going on? Was the control deepening? Or...?

He looked in the direction the poison chains extended, but there was nothing in mid-air. However, he could feel an uncomfortable gaze fixed on them. Without hesitation, he instructed Latias to aim in that direction and unleash Dragon Pulse.

Before Latias could make a move, Uri suddenly raised its arm, held up a Poké Ball, tilted its head slightly, looked down at Mingyou, grinned, and shouted, "Let's battle, Mingyou!"

"Um?"

"I've found it, the real demon with immense power, not that imposter, Ergui Peng... This time, I won't lose again!"

"If you want to fight me, I'm available anytime, but we can talk about that later!"

With a wave of his hand, Naruto unleashed the Latias Dragon Pulse, which successfully hit a target in mid-air. However, the target used Protect to create a protective shield to block the attack and gradually revealed its true form.

That was something Naruto was very familiar with—the dusty doll that sat on the shelf under the Momozawa store. He had seen it the first time he went to the Momozawa store after arriving in Kitakami Township.

"Is it you?!"

"Peach! Hey! Clang!"

The peach doll suddenly let out an excited cry, and a black slit appeared in the middle of its body, splitting its body in two at that moment!

Emerging from it is a purple sphere shaped like a peach pit, with a hairstyle resembling a chonmage, thick eyebrows, and a white headband-like structure around it. Below are a pair of small, heart-shaped hands, and its eyes and mouth are white and glowing.

[Momots: The Pokémon that controls the game. It is naturally timid and cannot trust anyone. It only uses others as fighters and meat shields. It is almost impossible for it to gain the favor of others.]

"Momojiro..."

Mingyou spoke in a deep voice, looking at the poisonous chains extending from the peach pit that had been separated from the other party, wrapped around Wuli's neck. Although he didn't know the purpose, it was definitely not a good thing.

"What did you do to Ah Li?!"

"Darling!"

Tao Dailang laughed and waved the chain, causing Wu Li to lift up his hair, dyeing it purple inside and flipping it outwards, combing it into an adult hairstyle. Finally, he used a small piece of poisonous chain as a headband to wrap the hair that had been lifted up behind him.

Because we've been brought together by fate!

……

(End of this chapter)