Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 259 Club Activities: Let's Chase the Wind to Find Meloetta (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Upon hearing Nari's complaint, Mingyou felt it was better to keep her distance and not to reveal that Nari liked Wuli. She decided to pretend nothing had happened.

Noticing that Mingyou took a half step back, Xiaozhao guessed what had happened—he was being envied… It wasn’t a secret that Nali gave Wuli chocolates on Valentine’s Day; many people in the Alliance knew about it, but they just pretended not to see it.

But Uri didn't care about such things at all, and probably didn't even realize that, to him, Meiyu was a friend as important as his sister, otherwise he wouldn't have lent out Porygon without hesitation, while Nari was just an ordinary friend to him...

After a short while, accompanied by Xiao Zhao, Mingyou toured the Alliance Club, and now the two finally had a chance to talk alone.

"Are there any normal people in this alliance?"

Mingyou couldn't wait to know the answer.

Xiao Zhao smiled helplessly, glanced at the conference table, and said, "How could there be any normal people in a place like this? A normal person couldn't possibly stand out and become one of the Four Heavenly Kings..."

"..."

"And the person sleeping over there is Du Ruo, the former champion who was defeated by A Li. He sleeps all day and plays games at night. He has been held back for several years and is even a year older than me."

Xiao Zhao pointed at the toothpaste-haired boy in front of the conference table, who was being pointed at and talked about by Zi Yu, but the boy didn't listen at all, waved his hand, and continued to sleep.

"That's unreliable..."

Mingyou shook his head, wondering if these people could find Meloetta. But it seemed that one of the Four Heavenly Kings was missing, and Wuli wasn't here either.

"Where's Ah Li?"

"He should be at the Eco Dome. He usually comes to the club activity room in the evening. But didn't you want to ask about information about Meloetta? This event was initiated by Du Ruo, and he only shows some energy at times like this."

"Really? Then I'll go find him!"

Mingyou smiled calmly, looked at Du Ruo sleeping over there, and walked over...

"Um?"

Hearing someone calling his name, Du Ruo slowly opened his eyes, his face full of sleepiness from staying up all night. But the moment he looked at Ming You, he seemed to finally get interested, stood up, and stretched.

"You're finally here! I've been waiting for you for so long!"

"ha?"

Seeing that Du Ruo seemed to recognize him, Mingyou was slightly taken aback. He didn't remember having any contact with her before.

Du Ruo yawned, staring straight ahead with her golden eyes. Her face had regained much of its vitality as she smiled and said, "I watched the entire live stream of you defeating Wu Li in Qi Shu's room, and I've also studied your paper on the evolution of the Honeybee into the Honey-Gathering Serpent!"

"Um... what I mean is, why aren't you surprised at all to see me?"

"Why is that? My grandfather must really want to see you..."

Du Ruo smiled and spread his hands. His tone was somewhat flippant and not very pleasant, but he didn't continue speaking. Instead, he returned to the previous topic: "And don't underestimate my intelligence network. I knew you were here yesterday, and that you even spent the night in Teacher Xiao Zhao's room."

"Huh!?"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yu was greatly surprised, never expecting that Teacher Xiao Zhao would actually...

Nari adjusted her glasses, processing the information from what she had just heard: "I really couldn't tell..."

Faced with everyone's astonishment, Xiao Zhao blushed and looked flustered, unable to utter a single word to explain. It had only been one night, and no one had noticed! How did the students find out?!

"Oh no, my image is ruined!"

She immediately wore a look of utter despair. It was too late to regret it now. Although it wouldn't be a big deal even if people found out, she had always maintained a very pure and reserved persona. The only person who could make her act impulsively was Mingyou.

At this moment, Mingyou wanted to explain for her, but she knew very well that it would be useless to explain at this time, and it seemed that someone was changing the subject.

He looked at Du Ruo and calmly continued, "It can't be that simple, can it?"

"Okay, okay..."

Knowing that his attempt to change the subject had failed, Du Ruo simply raised his hands in surrender. Actually, while he was playing games last night, he overheard some students saying that a very handsome boy had come to the school and had been taken away by Teacher Xiao Zhao.

So out of curiosity, he asked someone for a photo. Coupled with the open class notice issued by the school this morning, he immediately connected the dots and concluded that Mingyou would definitely come to the Alliance Club. As for the rest, it was all speculation. He wanted to see how the other party would explain it, but he didn't expect Xiaozhao to react so strongly. So it was probably true.

"That's how it is... I was just afraid you'd keep asking, so I didn't bother explaining."

"..."

Xiao Zhao covered her face with one hand and clenched her fist with the other, inexplicably wanting to hit someone. Now she had no chance to say it was okay.

Mingyou scratched his head, realizing that's what was going on. He had thought his schedule was being monitored.

He glanced at Xiao Zhao, then remained silent for the moment, returning to his initial question. Looking at Du Ruo, he asked curiously, "By the way... how much do you know about Meloetta?"

Mingyou cut straight to the point, and Du Ruo was slightly taken aback: "You want to participate in this event too? No problem, buddy, let's go find it together!"

His tone suddenly became familiar, making it seem as if he and Mingyou were very good friends. He then took out a photo and handed it to her.

"Um?"

Mingyou reached out and took the photo. It was very new and seemed to have been taken near the coast. It had a dark brown vintage filter. Looking at the leaves in the photo, it seemed that the wind was blowing in one direction around that area, and it was captured perfectly.

But in the corner of the background of this photo, a petite figure can be clearly seen, as if she is singing under a tree...

"This is... Meloetta!?"

Mingyou recognized her instantly. Du Ruo, hands in her pockets, smiled and said, "Yes, this photo was taken by a photographer in the coastal area a while ago, and I bought it. Plus, I often hear students discussing online that they saw Meloetta appear at school, and for some other reason... so I wanted to gather everyone together to find her!"

"Some reason?"

"This is something I can't say. Although you're my friend, I don't completely trust you yet. So, would you like to join my club activities? Let's follow the wind and find Meloetta!"

"..."

Hearing Du Ruo presumptuously treat him, whom she didn't trust, as a friend, Mingyou was really struggling to keep his composure. But what she said next made him pause, and then he smiled slightly.

"Chasing the wind... Let's go find it together! Let's see who finds Meloetta in the end!"

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(End of this chapter)