Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 236 Past and Future, Two Doctors (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"A time machine..."

Mingyou murmured, if this thing really exists, then theoretically Zhenyi Fa and Tie Wuzhe could indeed achieve time travel. But is it really possible for something so completely beyond common sense to exist?

Xiaoqing nodded slightly, but did not explain further at this moment. Instead, she led him to a ward.

After a gentle knock on the door and a response, the two went inside together. At that moment, a mastiff godfather sitting next to the hospital bed turned around and looked in their direction, meeting Mingyou's gaze. Both of them seemed somewhat surprised.

"Huh? You're not that...?"

"Mmm~"

Ponpo looked surprised. It was the Mastiff Godfather who had been handing out flyers on the street before. He was here now.

"I see, so he's your trainer. It's great to have found him."

Mingyou smiled; seeing the other person with their beloved trainer was enough.

Then he and Xiaoqing went up to the hospital bed and saw that Pipa was eating a sandwich to fill his stomach. In the online world, he would not get hungry and would not be affected at all if he did not eat.

But once back in the real world, the hunger of not having eaten for a month would suddenly erupt.

"Senior, we're here."

"They're here... huh!?"

Hearing this, Papa responded with a smile, but then, upon noticing Mingyou, a look of wariness flashed across his face. He even stopped eating, frowned, and asked in a serious tone, "What's your relationship with Xiaoqing? Are you friends, or...?"

"It was Mingyou who saved you, senior."

Xiaoqing responded with a smile, her innocent and adorable smile instantly making Papa drop his serious expression. This caused Mingyou, who was about to introduce himself, to twitch at the corner of his mouth, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe: "A succubus who can charm both men and women... truly terrifying!"

After introducing himself, Papa learned that Mingyou and Xiaoqing didn't have much of a relationship; they were just acquaintances who participated in the case together. He visibly relaxed, as if his worst fears hadn't come true.

"..."

Mingyou hesitated, her heart belonging only to Xiaozhao. How could she possibly be seduced by a succubus! Don't underestimate me, I'm very innocent!

He was internally cursing, but his face remained completely expressionless. Instead, he maintained a smile and asked, "Let's get to the point quickly, otherwise, once Miss Ci arrives, we won't have much time."

"That's true..."

After confirming that there weren't many people around the ward, Xiaoqing began to recount that it was about two months ago when she, Papa, Nimo, and Mudan secretly sneaked into the Padia Giant Pit.

Down below, they encountered many ancient Pokémon, and eventually, in the Zero Zone Research Laboratory at the bottom, they learned from Piper's mother, Dr. Orin, the inventor of the Crystal Orb, about the existence of the time machine she created.

Finally, they learned the truth: Dr. Orin had died in an accident many years ago, and the current Dr. Orin was just a robot equipped with AI and closely connected to the time machine.

The professor sent them there because he wanted them to shut down the time machine. For some unknown reason, the time machine couldn't be shut down and kept sending ancient Pokémon to this era. To prevent these Pokémon from leaving the Padia Crater, the professor sealed off Sector Zero.

This method works in the short term, but over time, as the number of Pokémon increases and the time machine operates beyond its capacity, problems begin to emerge. Therefore, the time machine must be shut down before these ancient Pokémon start to go out of control...

After a fierce battle, Xiaoqing and her friends, together with Guleton, defeated Dr. Orin AI, who was in charge of guarding the time machine. In the end, Orin, carrying the doctor's wish, went to the past through the time machine.

With Dr. Orin's AI disappearing, the time machine was shut down... Well, that's how it should be, but that's where the problem lies!

At this point, Xiaoqing suddenly changed the subject!

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Mingyou raised an eyebrow slightly.

Pipa put down his sandwich, picked up where Xiaoqing left off, and continued, "I'm afraid the time machine isn't the real problem, because..."

As he spoke, he took out a book with Gu Leton on the cover: "This is 'The Book of Zhu,' which I bought from the second-hand market. My mother's obsession with time machines was also influenced by the contents of 'The Book of Zhu' when she was a child."

"For some reason, I always hated this book... I only picked it up again to treat the Mastiff Godfather, but I still didn't study it carefully. It wasn't until I returned from the Paddy Pit that I really started to understand the contents of the book and wanted to know what my mother really wanted to do..."

So after returning from the Paddy pit, he studied culinary arts while also researching the contradictions between reality and the issues in the Book of Zhu.

For example, even though Dr. Orin brought these Pokémon from the past to the present after inventing the time machine, the author of the "Book of Zhu," Haze, had already seen these Pokémon two hundred years ago.

That's right, in an era when time machines didn't exist... So when Piper realized this, he guessed a very surprising truth!

That is, these Pokémon from ancient times may not have had much of a connection with the time machine, or perhaps the time machine simply provided these Pokémon with a relatively stable way to travel!

But he could no longer go to the Padia Crater and could only continue his investigation alone. Finally, he heard from a student at Orange Academy that a very strange Tyranitar had appeared near Brewmaster City.

So, out of curiosity, he came to Niangguang City, but unfortunately, before he could find the Iron Thorn, he was first lured into the online world by a text message scam.

Although he soon became a digital life form, after entering the online world and seeing other Pokémon that were not recorded in the "Book of Zhu" but were extremely similar to the ancient Pokémon, he knew that the matter of the time machine was not over yet!

Aside from ancient times... even Pokémon from the future have arrived in this era!

Hearing this, Xiaoqing stroked her chin, lost in thought: "So all the Pokémon we see in the online world come from the future?"

"That's right. Although I haven't found any information about these Pokémon yet, I can use the naming method that Haizhe uses for Pokémon in the 'Book of Zhu' to name these Pokémon."

Piper nodded slightly and continued, "I heard from the headmaster that Haizhe's descendants are now teachers at Blueberry Academy. Perhaps we could find out something by going to them?"

"A teacher from Blueberry Academy?"

Mingyou nodded slightly. That's quite a coincidence.

So he asked curiously, "So you're going to Blueberry Academy to find this teacher next?"

"No……"

"Um?"

"I need to investigate for a while longer. I don't have time to go to Blueberry Academy right now, so I can only wait until the holidays. Besides, I heard that this teacher is often not at school, so it will be very difficult to find her."

Piper shook his head, but he would investigate this matter thoroughly, uncovering the truth about these Pokémon from the past and future, as well as the time machine, to truly understand his mother's thoughts.

"I'll help you!"

Xiaoqing smiled and said this, which touched Papa deeply. Mingyou, however, became concerned about another question and asked curiously, "By the way, where is your father?"

"have no idea……"

When this was mentioned, Piper shook his head slightly. From childhood to adulthood, he seemed to have rarely heard his mother talk about his father.

It wasn't until a few months ago, after returning from the Paddy pits, that he found some information about his father among a pile of dusty papers while sorting through his mother's belongings at home.

All that is known is that the other party is a researcher studying Taijing energy, just like the mother, and is called Dr. Futu by others, but there is no other record of him, not even online, as if he has been blocked or optimized by someone.

His parents are no longer alive, and he is still living a strong life on his own.

After learning all this, Mingyou sighed, as if empathizing with the other person. She took a deep breath and smiled as she replied, "It's okay, I'm the same."

"???"

……

(End of this chapter)