Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 247 Millardon appeared at the video game store? (Seeking monthly votes)

After receiving the invitation from Blueberry Academy, Mingyou read it repeatedly before replying with an email to accept the invitation and say she would be there on time.

Anyway, there's still a month before the open class, which is enough time for him to prepare for the class.

He never expected that someone with no kindergarten education would be invited to teach at a world-class university... The thought of this made him inexplicably nervous.

"I guess this is one of the benefits of making a name for yourself. After all, the Pokémon world is all about interpersonal relationships, and I guess they're trying to establish some connection with me?"

Mingyou believed it was impossible for him to come to him so easily; he wasn't one of those influential researchers, just an ordinary farmer.

The only plausible explanation is that it's related to the collaboration with the Padiya region. As the chairperson of Orange Academy, and with Blueberry Academy and Orange Academy being sister institutions, it's natural that they would be connected. It's likely that Ye Ci helped promote it.

That was all he could think of, and then he stopped worrying about it. There were still some new fruits that had ripened that day that he needed to try and study their taste. Anyway, a month was still quite a long time.

So he put down his phone, Rotom, and went back to work in the orchard. He didn't tell Xiaozhao and the others that he was going to Blueberry Academy next month, but planned to give them a surprise when he got there...

The matter was decided, and in the following days, all the mature Orange Pokémon were devoured. However, the reversion phenomenon that occurred with Jigglypuff did not happen again, indicating that the probability was really low. It is also possible that most Pokémon do not have such an ancient bloodline.

Therefore, Mingyou can confidently wait for the ancient orange to ripen for the second time, and then sell it as a limited-edition item on the Salted Fish King. He believes that the gimmick of ancient bloodline will attract many people.

But these past few days...

The roaring tails echoed throughout the manor, and the number of victims increased daily. Their band had almost fallen to the point of being disliked wherever they went, yet they remained oblivious, continuing to wreak havoc everywhere.

Whether there has been any progress is unknown, but Mingyou is getting annoyed to the point of exhaustion. So she simply lets them sing in Emerald Town, where there are quite a few listeners. Let them become a unique sight in Beishang Township to attract visitors.

After they moved to Greentown to search for the victims, the manor finally gained a bit of peace. These days, the noise from Roaring Tail and Vibrating Wing had made everyone's daily life difficult, and they didn't even feel like playing games at the arcade.

So on this day, the video game store became lively again. Kirlia entered the store again after a long absence. Even though it was usually so engrossed in playing games, it couldn't stand being forced to listen to Roar Tail singing.

"Nair~"

At this moment, Kirlia is no longer holding a Switch OLED, but a GBA. Mingyou had said before that he would buy it the whole set, and after some effort, this wish has now been fulfilled.

Snorlax was sitting not far away, holding a modified GBA that it could use, playing the classic old game "Pokémon FireRed" and catching itself in the way.

Meanwhile, Kirlia was playing another classic old game, Pokémon Emerald. They planned to connect online later to exchange Pokédex entries, hence the choice of different versions.

Iron Warrior watched the spectacle from the sidelines. These little toys were completely unheard of in its time. Games of that era were all sorts of random virtual games, and it rarely saw these old relics. Therefore, it was quite interested...

Kirlia continued operating the game controller. Now that it had evolved, playing with the controller had become even more convenient. At this moment, it was challenging the gym in "Misty City," which was modeled after the Hoenn region in the game.

This is an Electric-type gym. In reality, the gym leader of this gym is Iron Spin, while the gym leaders in the game are other characters based on Iron Spin.

After much effort, Kirlia finally defeated the Gym Leader with Gardevoir and successfully obtained the badge and TM. But just as it was about to leave, an encounter effect suddenly triggered on the screen...

In a gym with no grass or special features, I unexpectedly encountered a Pokémon!

Kirlia was a little confused, but when it saw the true appearance of the pixelated Pokémon, its expression froze completely.

The Pokémon was entirely purple, sitting on the ground with a slightly aloof air. It looked somewhat like a Motolizard, and when it appeared, a purple electric light effect flashed across its body.

"Nair?"

What kind of Pokémon is this?

Seeing the other person's name displayed as gibberish and question marks, Kirlia was a little curious. She didn't remember seeing it before, although it did seem somewhat familiar. Where had she seen it once before? Could it be a hidden Pokédex entry?

Although it had just finished a battle, seeing that its opponent was only level 1, it immediately prepared to switch to... Breloom! Ready for battle!

But as soon as I switched to the Breath of the Breath, the game text flashed with "???" and then it ran away...

"..."

As the battle ended, Kirlia stood there stunned, feeling a bit like the last time she used a Flash spell, only to be fooled by Raiden Ogre into thinking it was a game bug, resulting in her quitting and restarting the game.

"Nair!"

So annoying!

A rare Pokémon just got away!

But there was nothing it could do. It circled around in the same spot several more times but still couldn't spawn that special Pokémon. It could only tell Snorlax about it.

"Kirby?"

Is that true?

Snorlax squinted, lost in thought. Such a low probability... Could it be a game Easter egg? But I don't seem to have heard of this kind of Easter egg before...

It had watched related videos before to avoid missing anything while playing the game. It seems that this is a hidden Easter egg that has not been discovered by players for many years!

"Nair?"

Is Zun Du fake Du?

"Kirby!"

Of course it's true!

Snorlax instantly perked up and immediately rallied its little brothers to help search for this hidden game Easter egg!

"Nair..."

Seeing how enthusiastic they were, Kirlia immediately perked up as well. If it was going to find an Easter egg, it wanted to too, and it had to find it faster than them!

Perhaps this is a kind of competition; after being open for so long, the video game store is finally experiencing its first internal competition.

The Iron Warrior watched from the side, unable to understand why they were so excited. If it was something hidden inside such electronic devices, he could analyze the data immediately and unpack it all without going through all that trouble.

"Nair!"

Quiet down, you cheaters!

Kirlia didn't want to resort to such trickery; it wanted to rely on its own strength and luck!

"..."

A frenzy of searching for Easter eggs in video game stores ensued and lasted for quite some time. The hype not only didn't wane, but intensified, with even more Pokémon joining in.

The reason is that while searching for Easter eggs, the Easter egg Pokémon described by Kirlia also appeared in some other games that were completely unrelated to Pokémon. Unfortunately, they only flashed by, and even the screen recording function could not save the recording.

So much so that this original Easter egg from Pokémon Emerald has now evolved into a special Easter egg hidden in all games, and they all hope to find it and photograph it.

After some time had passed, Mingyou, having finished arranging her work for the next month, finally noticed the matter from Pengpeng during her leisure time.

"Huh? Looking for game Easter eggs?"

Mingyou raised an eyebrow and blinked. Why did this sound so far-fetched? What kind of Easter eggs only appear in games at video game stores?

It's really not anything else?

Filled with doubt and curiosity, he returned to the arcade after a long absence. He rarely had time to come here to play games. The moment he stepped inside, he was immediately drawn in by the lively atmosphere.

"It's been a long time since we've had such a lively atmosphere..."

He could tell that many Pokémon who were normally completely uninterested in games were also attracted by this so-called Easter egg.

Are they all vying to be the number one player?

That description seems quite accurate... However, he actually quite likes this kind of atmosphere. Sometimes being too calm isn't a good thing, and creating enthusiasm and atmosphere is also quite nice.

So he leaned closer, wanting to know what Easter egg they were looking for that made them so engrossed.

Just then, a purple cartoon figure suddenly appeared on the large screen in the arcade used for live streaming, causing the Pokémon to gasp in surprise. But before they could record this long-awaited Easter egg, the figure had already disappeared.

Amidst a chorus of sighs and an ever-growing desire to catch the Easter egg, Naruyu, standing beside the bar, gradually calmed down, cold sweat beading on his forehead, and began to grin foolishly.

"Oh no..."

How could he not recognize that figure? He was so familiar with him that he had fought with him once recently.

Moreover, the cartoon character seemed somewhat familiar; I felt like I had seen it once on my Rotom phone, but I thought it was just my imagination at the time.

Now it seems...

Millerton raided our base!

It actually appeared in the video game store!

Why is this guy here? It must have been that after I left the online world last time, he secretly infiltrated my phone's Rotom.

Otherwise, it's impossible to explain how the other party came to the manor's video game store from the Niangguang City online world without any warning.

For the past two months, has Millerton been by his side the whole time?

This is a horror story, okay?!

A legendary Pokémon that you've had a conflict with has been staying by your side without your knowledge, and could even kill you at any time.

Upon guessing the truth behind this game Easter egg—that Milton was hiding inside the arcade's system and wandering around—Mingyou couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

He looked up at the still enthusiastic group, unable to understand... was it really necessary to continue searching for such a terrifying Easter egg? (Fear)

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(End of this chapter)