Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 211 Pirated Fruit Emerges, Engaging in Commercial Competition with the Rockets (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Upon hearing Lambda say that he had buried a hundred gas bombs around the manor as a threat to blow it up, Mingyou's reaction was, "That's it? That's too little!"

But when he heard that Team Rocket had successfully cracked the core technology of the manor and could produce fruit, Mingyou's reaction was quite dramatic.

After all, how could such a thing be possible!

Even he himself doesn't understand the principle. It's all done by changing the types of fruits and vegetables using cards. Could it really be pirated?

After all, Team Rocket is the world's largest mafia organization, and its scientists are handpicked. It's possible they might have geniuses in agriculture, but learning moves from fruits?

There's no way this could be copied, right?

That's indeed the case. That's why Lambda said before that he wanted to acquire all of Mingyou's rare fruits and vegetables, then monopolize the market and sell them at high prices to share the profits, because they couldn't do it.

In fact, the Rockets had already discovered the existence of this fruit in the second half of last year, after all, Beishang Township is close by, and the internet spreads information quickly.

At first, they didn't pay much attention to it, but they started to take it seriously after the Lily of the Valley tournament ended in defeat. In fact, many of the businesses that Mingyou had were done by them, with the aim of extracting genes from fruits for research.

After several months and wasting countless fruits, they finally succeeded in extracting the mutant gene, which can then be injected into ordinary fruit tree or vegetable seeds for cultivation.

Although the effect will definitely be weaker than the original and the quality won't be as good as the one bred by Mingyou, that's enough. Bad money drives out good, and the pirated version will be used to fight against the genuine version by relying on a lower price.

Seizing market share is too easy for them. Although it might cause some trouble in the Sinnoh region, since most fruits are now shipped out in large quantities from there, it doesn't affect other regions.

But this is a low-end market, and they can't make much money from it. However, they have never been able to replicate the fruit that teaches them moves, as well as some more special fruits. That's why they wanted to cooperate with Mingyou to acquire them.

Of course, the contract is real, and they did make huge concessions to share profits with Mingyou... but this is only temporary. Sakaki's real goal is to obtain the technology to cultivate rare fruits, and then take over the genius Mingyou and the entire manor!

If the contract cannot be agreed upon... then it becomes a matter of attitude!

Returning to the current topic, in response to Mingyou's surprise, Lambda decided to go all the way and tell him everything about the Rockets.

"Are you out of your mind?"

Mingyou looked speechless and wary. Although he liked this kind of person who didn't know how to tell riddles, as an enemy, he might have some problems with his brain, and it was possible that he was saying it on purpose.

But Lambda disagreed, saying, "Anyway, this manor is about to be blown up, and you won't agree to cooperate. Continuing to threaten and bribe is a waste of breath. I'm not the kind of person who has the patience to wait for results. By the way, is there any water to drink?"

"What exactly is your purpose?"

Mingyou didn't believe the other party was that simple. To become an internationally wanted criminal, one must have some ability. Or was the other party trying to buy time to do something else?

Lambda shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm just a lowly officer on the Rockets, what bad intentions could I possibly have..."

"Cadre...wait!"

Muttering to himself, Mingyou suddenly snapped back to reality. His dazed mind finally realized that no executive could come alone. Both of the Team Rocket executives he had interacted with before had brought a bunch of people with them.

But because this guy had disguised himself and infiltrated the interview team, and had been chatting alone for a long time, he subconsciously overlooked this point.

And to be honest, who could have secretly placed a hundred gas bombs and double-explosive gas bombs in the manor in such a short time without being detected?

Even if you used a sack, you couldn't carry that many Poké Balls, unless you had someone helping you!

The moment Mingyou thought of these questions, Lambda's lips curled up slightly, and then he snapped his fingers!

The next second, a loud bang!

Deafening explosions echoed continuously from all around the manor, and the towering shockwaves shook the old villa to the point of collapse, sending tree branches and debris flying everywhere!

"Mmm!"

How could the ponies not realize that something terrible had happened at the manor? So they all ran outside and stared in disbelief at the dazzling explosions coming from afar.

Gas bombs and double-explosive gas bombs were seen indiscriminately exploding throughout the manor, and the explosions continued to spread. Even if Dan Yu came, she wouldn't be able to handle so many gas bombs!

At this moment, Lambda put his hands in his pockets, placed his feet on the table, and laughed, "Pretty impressive, isn't it? As expected, my method is much better than Boss Sakaki's. If it can be solved with action, there's no need for negotiation..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Garchomp standing behind him attacked him with a dragon claw without hesitation. But the moment it hit, it felt as if it had struck something soft, and its expression froze for a moment.

A tearing sound was heard, and Lambda's clothes and skin were completely ripped open, including her frozen expression, revealing another "Lambda" with beady eyes below!

The person speaking at this moment is carrying a player that is almost completely silent, and they also have a receiver on their person... This is no ordinary person, it's clearly a shapeshifter!

Lambda had a Ditto disguise itself as him, and then put two more layers of disguise on the outside, turning him into a suited man. One of the disguises may even have the function of preventing remote detection by psychic powers!

This is the master of disguise!

"Is this some kind of outrageous thing?!"

"I'm not stupid enough to fight you head-on, since you were able to defeat Cliff and rescue Latias. Luckily, when I infiltrated that interview team during the day, I accidentally discovered that you are an enemy of Team Rocket, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to come here like this."

Lambda's voice came from the player. He had just said that he came after getting Giovanni's permission. He had told Giovanni that Naruto was an enemy of Team Rocket after he left the manor that afternoon.

Although Giovanni didn't care—the Team Rocket branch was long gone and there was no need to catch a Pokémon like Latias, and Team Rocket had more important things to do—Lamda felt that they couldn't leave any potential problems and at least had to teach them a lesson.

"Well then, goodbye kid. We'll take the gifts with us as compensation for your actions against Team Rocket. Don't do it again next time."

zizi——

The player interrupted, Lambda actively disconnected, and Ditto, who was being used as a tool, was also controlled by Garchomp and lost its ability to resist.

Mingyou sighed softly and patted his forehead. He had foreseen this situation when he decided to go to the Sinnoh region for promotion, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, with even pirated fruits appearing.

Fruits with additional effects cannot be pirated, but fruits without additional effects are the most numerous and are the main source of income for the manor.

Although his wholesale prices are low, the merchants who buy from him still need to do business.

For example, he wholesales honey apples for 10 yuan per jin (500g), but in the Sinnoh region, the price usually increases by 3 to 5 yuan, depending on the season. In nearby areas like Kanto, the price is generally around 20 yuan per jin.

In other overseas regions, it's even more expensive. In a previous conversation with Qishu, he told him that the largest fruit shop in Niangguang City sells farm-grown fruit, with honey apples sold individually, and they're very expensive...

Now the Rockets are trying to disrupt the market with even cheaper counterfeit fruit, and the result is predictable.

Unexpectedly, the manor's first business competition was with the Rockets...

Thinking about all this, Mingyou felt no panic or worry, but rather helplessness. He really just wanted to live a peaceful life with Pokémon and Xiaozhao, but trouble always seemed to find him.

That being the case...

We must strike hard!

"Let's take care of those Team Rocket members first. I'll contact the Dodo to clean up the mess... I'll handle the rest myself!"

"Mmm!"

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(End of this chapter)