Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 216 Xiaoyou's Challenge: You Must Be a Trainer Today (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Time flies, and the cold winter has passed in the blink of an eye. With the arrival of the first spring rain in Beishang Township, all things are reviving, and the grass and trees are sprouting tender buds, growing vigorously under the nourishment of the spring rain and the sunshine.

All the hibernating Pokémon have awakened, and those that migrated to warmer places for the winter have returned to their homelands to live and reproduce.

As they say, it's mating season again...

Unlike domesticated Pokémon and those that are fully adapted to human society, wild Pokémon have their own unique habits and lifestyles.

Although these habits have gradually disappeared with the development of human society, it still doesn't change the fact that Pokémon eggs have been appearing all over the manor these days. If you didn't know better, you'd think Mingyou was running a breeding center.

He won't interfere much; the Pokémon egg's care is left to the egg's parents, unless something truly unexpected happens, then he won't intervene.

It's currently the end of March, and nothing unexpected has happened at the manor in the past month or so. There's also been no news about the Rockets selling counterfeit fruit. Perhaps Lambda's arrest has made the Rockets more cautious and focused on developing steadily.

At the beginning of the month, due to Lance's influence, the Johto region Pokémon League sent representatives to Kitakami Township to discuss a fruit-selling collaboration with Naruto. The two sides concluded their long conversation very pleasantly.

In the future, the manor's fruits will be shipped directly to the Chengdu area, and Mingyou also told them about the railway being built in Beishang Township and the opening of trains.

Currently, all the railways connecting Hoenn, Johto, Kanto, and Sinnoh are planned and constructed by the Maglev Train Railway Bureau in Goldenrod City, Johto region.

It took nearly three years in total. Beishang Township was originally included in the plan, but it was opposed by the administrators and some residents at the time, who said it would damage the natural environment of Beishang Township. The real reason was that the money was not enough.

But now that Mingyou is in charge of managing these projects in Beishang Township, he naturally wants to talk about this again. He doesn't mind paying out of his own pocket to build one, but it's a must, since he'll definitely make it back later anyway.

The City Alliance said they would go back to discuss it, as it would be very beneficial for their cooperation and they believed there wouldn't be any major problems. So, Mingyou could only wait for their good news.

Today, he came to the bus stop on Beishang Street to pick someone up. His friend, the Crested King, had arrived today and insisted on coming along.

"Is it really necessary to make such a big fuss? Although I don't really have any work to do today."

Mingyou put his hands in his pockets, not quite understanding. Could it be that this friend's identity is very unusual?

The Crown of Lacey continues to remain silent on this matter.

Together they watched as the bus slowly approached and came to a stop at the bus stop.

At this time, some residents and tourists who had traveled far from home got off the bus together. Because of Mingyou's online promotion, Beishang Township gradually welcomed tourists again after the spring, and the matter of the poisonous sticky cake was completely forgotten.

Upon seeing Mingyou, some tourists immediately stepped forward to greet him politely and take photos with him.

His previous interview with Niang Guang TV had already aired in Padiya, which made him known to many people. Subsequently, many TV stations, media outlets, and even internet celebrities came to interview and visit him.

But given what happened with the Rockets, he couldn't just let these people wander around the manor anymore. He would simply give them a tour, and the teddy bears would chase away any internet celebrities trying to gain attention.

What kind of class do they have to dare to try and get the same amount of traffic as Qishu!

Did you ask him, this ten-year longtime fan of Qishu?

But it was precisely because of these people that his plan to return to Niangguang City this month had to be postponed to next month, much to Pengpeng's disappointment...

After the tourists who had been taking photos left, a girl in a short skirt carrying a brown backpack stepped off the bus with anticipation.

She had asymmetrical short brown hair, wore a green round hat, and her purplish-red short dress exposed her fair legs. She wore a gray woolen cardigan over it, and her expression made her look very energetic.

Upon seeing the Crème de la Ville in front of the bus stop, the girl laughed and waved to greet them.

"Hey, turnip!"

The girl spoke loudly, completely oblivious to the other people around her; it seemed to be her speaking habit, but such a habit was easily disliked.

But Mingyou, who enjoys lively gatherings, didn't mind. Upon seeing the girl, he stepped forward and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is..."

Before he could finish speaking, the girl exclaimed with a smile, "You must be Youyou! I'm so glad to meet you! The turnip said you've been taking good care of it!"

"Huh? Yo... Yo?"

Mingyou shrugged, completely baffled as to what this was called. Even her mother didn't call her that!

"She likes to give people nicknames."

The Crowned Queen explained, then floated forward and asked, "Did you bring everything?"

"certainly!"

The girl patted her backpack, then looked at Mingyou, scratched her head, and smiled, "It seems I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Xiaoyou, but you can call me anything else, I won't mind."

"I'll still call you Xiaoyou."

Mingyou shook her head, feeling that this friend of Da Tou Cai's wasn't very easy to get along with...

On the way back to the manor, Mingyou and Xiaoyou got to know each other a bit after some conversation.

He also learned that Xiaoyou was actually the assistant of Dr. Mulan, who had been researching Dynamax for decades in the Galar region, and frequently investigated Dynamax phenomena throughout Galar.

"This is incredible! You're so young, already working as a researcher, and you're only 14?"

"I'm 15 years old. I just had my birthday this month, although I spent it with a Pokémon in the Wild Area."

Xiaoyou responded with a smile, but a hint of sadness flashed across her lively face when she answered the question.

The Crowned King noticed this and understood the reason: Xiao You was too lively and spoke very loudly, so she never had many friends, and even her family disliked this habit of hers.

However, after hearing that the other person's birthday was this month, Mingyou nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Really? Then happy birthday! It's a bit late, but I hope you don't mind?"

"Haha, how could that be!"

Xiaoyou responded with a smile, feeling very happy inside.

The Queen of the Crane watched silently, a smile playing on her lips. She figured Mingyou must have noticed it too; this human was always incredibly observant…

Mingyou maintained his smile. Things were indeed as Da Tou Cai had guessed. Since Xiao You was going to stay at the manor for the next few days, he would definitely try to get to know her properly so that they could become friends.

Then, out of curiosity, he asked, "By the way, is the turnip your Pokémon?"

"No, it's my benefactor."

Xiaoyou explained with a smile that a few years ago, after she finally got her starter Pokémon and became a trainer, she wanted to visit the Misty Forest, the habitat of legendary heroes, and catch the legendary Pokémon Zacian.

But after wandering in the misty forest for a long time without seeing Zaxiang, she was ambushed by the Galar mudfish hiding in the grass.

Although she managed to escape by dropping her shoe, which had been bitten, Scorbunny was tightly gripped by the opponent's serrated fins and could not break free. Just when it seemed she was about to be eaten, Calyrex happened to be passing by and saved them.

"I wanted to recruit Zacian as soon as I stepped out the door..."

"Haha, as a trainer, who hasn't had such fantasies? You only learn from your mistakes!"

Xiaoyou scratched her head and laughed self-deprecatingly. Looking back on her actions, she realized how incredibly naive she had been. Luckily, she ran into a turnip passing by, which saved her from dying there.

Upon hearing this story, King Rairen said calmly, "To save you two idiots, I got several bite wounds on my head from the mudfish."

"Ha ha."

Mingyou couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then she suddenly noticed that Xiaoyou was wearing a white wristband on her right wrist. The edges of the wristband were decorated with red and blue colors, and the middle of the wristband was a black screen-like structure that seemed to contain some kind of energy.

"Is this a Dynamax Gauntlets?"

"That's right."

Xiaoyou placed her hand on the Giant's Grip and said with a smile, "But mine is a special one, still in the experimental stage... By the way, Youyou!"

"Please don't call me that..."

Mingyou felt uncomfortable upon hearing this title, which explained why she had no friends.

But Yu seemed completely oblivious to this, and instead continued with a smile, "Yu, you're a trainer, right? Want to have a battle? It'll be perfect for me to try it out in Kitakami Village, far from Galar!"

"Huh? A battle? I'm not a trainer!"

Mingyou was confused as to how things had suddenly taken such a turn, while Calyrex was even more bewildered: "You're not a trainer? I told you you're a very skilled trainer, which is why I finally called you here."

"???"

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(End of this chapter)