Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 232 The Truth, Subduing Zhenyifa (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The battle was about to begin, and the Iron Warrior once again merged the gleaming blades in his hands into one.

It swung its sword at Latias, its purple eyes flashing like LED screens, seemingly conveying a certain obsession with Psychic-type Pokémon!

With Naruto unable to command the battle, Latias has to handle it on its own. It knows it will become much weaker without Naruto, but as long as it uses its speed advantage to buy time...

It had its own plan, but just as it was about to pull, the Iron Warrior suddenly shifted its target and locked onto Ralts, who was analyzing data in the corner, and launched a sneak attack on its vitals without hesitation!

With no other option, Latias had to step forward and confront the Iron Warrior. The panicked Ralts watched the battle unfold before it, its eyes gradually hardening as it mustered its courage, wanting to do everything in its power to help everyone.

In the distance, although Ponpo was on the defensive in the battle with Zhenyifa, she gradually gained the upper hand.

The difference in strength between the two sides was obvious. Although Zhenyifa's offensive was strong, that was all it could do. In front of Mingyou and Ponpon when they got serious, it had no ability to fight back at all.

"You can't beat us..."

Mingyou gave her final piece of advice: Ponpo has never truly used her full strength so far; she has only been passively fighting back.

But Zhenyi didn't care about any of that. At this moment, it was completely reckless. It raised its wings and flung the power of the moon downwards. Ponpon swung its backhand and knocked the light away.

Seeing this, Mingyou shook his head slightly and sighed. Then, his eyes became completely serious, and he waved his hand and shouted, "Go all out! Abyss Thrust!"

"Mmm!"

Just as Ponpo swung the thorny vine club, something seemed to happen to Zhenyi, who was covered in wounds. His body turned purple, and his shadow shot out at an extremely fast speed, making it impossible to dodge. It connected directly with Mingyou's shadow, and a purple halo flashed across his body.

"This is... a shared fate!?"

Mingyou looked at the shadow at her feet and was taken aback.

Winged Wing actually used the same move on him. Logically speaking, Winged Wing shouldn't be able to use this move, since it didn't eat a move-learning fruit. However, it evolved from a Dream Demon and inherited its previous moves.

The purpose of this move is quite clear: if he wins, he will kidnap Mingyou; if he loses, he will take Mingyou with him to die.

For it, after abandoning reason and choosing this method by any means necessary, all that's left is winning big and winning small. Meiyu is its only family now, and it absolutely cannot... let other Pokémon take it away!

"Dream!"

That's exactly the point!

Zhenyifa readily admitted that, apart from Mingyou, everyone else it considered family was no longer alive. It had been wandering for so many years just to be with its family.

Even if we die together, we'll still die together!

The current Mingyou is so different from the Mingyou it knew, it's like a completely different person, but that doesn't matter!

"..."

Seeing that Zhenyi deliberately gave up resisting, Mingyou sighed and signaled Pengpeng to stop attacking. He really didn't care too much about things like fate, but the other party's determination still moved him.

"Mmm!"

It's very dangerous!

Ponpo was about to stop her, but Mingyou gently shook her head and said, "It's okay, let me do it first."

With that, he took the initiative this time, reaching out to Zhenyi, who was in a frenzied state in mid-air, and said with a smile, "Use illusions on me again, just like before, but I want to see illusions about you, is that alright?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Zhenyi froze in mid-air, seemingly surprised that the other party would say such a thing. However, it was the kind of thing that Mingyou, whom it used to know, would say, because that was how innocent she was.

So it responded, stopping the fight, and drifted down, calmly staring at the unsuspecting Mingyou. A while passed like this before it used its illusion again…

This time, Mingyou didn't see any embarrassing or shameful scene of herself, but rather a vast, uncharted ocean with no sense of direction!

A wounded demigod floats above the sea, being chased and bitten by a megalodon... Since the plane it was on crashed, it has been stranded at sea for a long time and has completely lost its sense of time.

As a Pokémon raised in the city, it is not adapted to the wild environment, but in order to find its way home, it forces itself to adapt and fights with Megalodon for food every day.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, it encountered a passing cruise ship, successfully boarded it, and traveled to the Kanto region...

Although it no longer got lost, it drifted further and further away from its hometown. After several twists and turns, it finally made it back to the cozy neighborhood in Niangguang City.

Unfortunately, when it looked through the window, all it could see was thick dust on the floor and sofa. The warmth of the past was gone... It knew this very well, but a sliver of hope still lingered in its heart, but now it was completely shattered.

An accident destroyed its home, and it was completely devastated, crying every night in the neighborhood. Until one day, a mysterious, dazzling light enveloped it, and when it regained consciousness, it found itself in a completely unfamiliar world.

There were many Pokémon it had never seen before, unusually large and ferocious, filled with a primal aura, where life was being lost almost every moment.

In a world where survival is paramount, it has survived for many years by clinging to the thought of going home... because it has only one family member left, and it must go back and find them!

One day, the soul of a dead Pteranodon Pokémon possessed its body. When it awoke, its body had undergone tremendous changes. It used to hate the daytime, but now, under the sunlight, a continuous stream of power surged from its body!

Before long, the dazzling light that accompanied the mist enveloped it again. When it came to its senses, it had returned to its original world, and only a few months had passed.

For it, those few short months were filled with anxiety and fear, sustained by the single-minded desire to return home for decades... Finally, it saw the person it longed for, but that person already had other Pokémon by their side, and it had clearly become the superfluous one.

So...it has to take it back!

We absolutely cannot afford to lose any more...

The hallucination ends here. Rather than a hallucination, it is more like the process of an innocent and mischievous little dream demon growing into a morbidly violent, flapping-winged creature.

The only obsession and attachment was shattered, and the other party didn't even recognize it at first glance. It was no longer the other party's closest Pokémon. All these things combined led to this outcome.

"..."

Mingyou's expression was very calm, but his heart was full of self-blame and heavy feelings about Zhenyi's experience. Although the misunderstanding was caused by the failure to communicate, he himself also bore a great deal of responsibility.

All of this eventually coalesced into the simplest sentence in his mouth. He slowly opened his eyes, having emerged from the hallucination, and looked at Zhenyifa in front of him, smiling as he said, "Welcome home~"

"Dream……"

Upon hearing this, Zhenyi's violent and ruthless thoughts seemed to vanish in an instant... It had been waiting to end this long journey that it did not want to take, to return home, and to hear its family say these words to it.

Now finally...

Seeing that Zhenyi had finally calmed down, Mingyou reached out her hand and asked softly, "Would you like to leave with me? Let's go back together!"

"Dream……"

Is it really possible to go back?

Zhenyifa knew what he had done: together with Tiewuzhe and the others, he had captured so many trainers and brought them to this world, and even threw a tantrum and attacked Mingyou.

Mingyou smiled calmly at this.

"Since that's the case, let's settle this with a battle. That will make up for your mistake, and I'll take responsibility for the rest!"

"Dream?"

Zhenyi looked puzzled, while Pengpeng, with a smile on its face beneath the mask, instantly understood what Mingyou wanted to do.

"Then... let's fight!"

Mingyou took out the Taijing Bead, and immediately a storm of Taijing energy swept through the network world. After the crystal condensed on Ponpo's face shattered, the well mask instantly grew several times larger and shone with dazzling light!

"Mmm!"

After crystallizing, Ponpo transformed her memories into her own power and spread them around. She then took out a thorny vine staff and rushed forward quickly.

Zhenyi was at a loss, but when Pengpeng approached, it froze in place, seemingly remembering something, as the Taijing energy emanating from the mask emanated from it.

Many years ago, when I was born from a Pokémon egg, the first family of three I saw... and the silly little boy I often teased by biting his hair. Even when he was teased, the other person always had a silly smile and would never get angry. He would even give me cake. He was such an innocent person.

Many of the memories of the Winged One's time as a Dream Demon kept replaying in his mind.

The days of living with Mingyou's family, the days of bullying Mingyou, the days of standing up for Mingyou when she was bullied and scaring other children...

This was its most beautiful time. When exactly did it turn into nothing but obsession?

The question flashed through Zhenyi's mind. Without any resistance, he was struck by the Thorn Vine Stick and slowly closed his eyes, letting the Poké Ball he had caught gently hit him without any tremor.

The trainer who commits the crime is responsible... that is, the Pokémon's guardian. As long as Zhenyi is held accountable for this case, he will take full responsibility!

Mingyou picked up the Poké Ball, gazed at it for a long time, and said with a smile, "Since you remember, I'll say it again... Welcome home~"

"Mengmeng~"

There seemed to be a response coming from inside the Poké Ball.

With the Winged One subdued, the battle here came to an end, while the battle between Latias and the Iron Warrior continued in the distance!

Including other battles further away!

……

(End of this chapter)