Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 271 The Experiment with the Pokémon Synchronizer (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The topic changed so quickly that Mingyou didn't even have time to react. How did she suddenly end up taking care of Meilutan instead? Don't you have assistants like Candira?

"Because you have experience taking care of Pokémon. I watched the interview about your farm, so I trust you in this regard."

Dr. Vero responded with a smile, saying that although he had a sudden idea after seeing that Meltan had feelings for Mingyou, he and his assistant hadn't had time to take care of Meltan during this period. Meltan would always run away and disappear without a trace if they weren't watching him for a while, or eat some metal experimental equipment.

This was giving him a real headache...

I originally agreed to give a public lecture at Blueberry Academy so that I could leave Meltan at the Eco Dome for a while and ask the students to take care of it. But now there are better candidates available.

But Mingyou is now even more troubled: "This is really not an orphanage, and besides, I've been very busy lately, I still have to go to competitions..."

The birds at home are always making noise, and I'm busy training the Snivy. I don't have time to take care of the kids, especially a naughty one like Meltan.

And why... wasn't it me who came to Dr. Willow for help? How come suddenly I'm the one asking for his help?

Dr. Vero smiled calmly and said, "Don't worry, it will only take a few months at most. After I finish my business here, I will go to Hualan Cave to investigate the matter of Meltan. It is very close to Beishang Township, so I can also go there to investigate the impact of Taijing energy on the ecological environment."

"Coming to Beishang Township?"

Although she knew the other party was deliberately trying to lure her in, Mingyou was indeed tempted. Rather than just talking on paper, she decided to send Dr. Vero to conduct an on-site investigation. Once they were in Beishang Township, their own territory, they wouldn't be able to leave as easily as they wanted!

"Hmm... okay then!"

Although she was tempted, Mingyou pretended to be troubled and pondered for a long time before finally agreeing.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Vero nodded with great satisfaction. As a token of his gratitude, he looked up at the ecological core atop the giant ecological dome, lowered his voice, and said, "If you want to build such an ecological park, you can actually utilize the Taijing energy that permeates Beishang Township. The potential of Taijing energy is limitless!"

"Um?"

Mingyou raised an eyebrow and looked at the other person. Dr. Vero continued, "For a long time after the Eco-Dome was built, it still had many problems and was completely different from the scenery it is now. I often came here to study it."

"But one day, they incorporated a certain substance they had mined from the Padiya region into the bottom energy problem of the ecological core. Then, the crystalline energy emanating from the ecological core illuminated the earth and solved all these problems."

"It also caused very active crystalline elements to appear in the ecological giant egg. Since then, crystalline crystals will naturally form in the ecological giant egg, and the crystalline system can be used freely."

"I remember you're from the Parthian region, so you should be familiar with its unique climate, right? Isn't it very similar to the current ecological dome?"

While explaining the principles of the ecological giant egg, Dr. Vero suddenly posed a question to Mingyou.

"really……"

Mingyou nodded slightly. The Padiya region is centered on the Padiya Giant Pit, with each of the four areas—east, west, south, and north—having a fixed seasonal climate. This is said to be due to the influence of the Taijing energy.

But Beishang Township doesn't seem to have this problem; the seasons still change. What's the principle behind that?

Dr. Vero shook his head and replied, "I don't know about that, which is why I plan to go to Beishang Township to check on the situation later."

"Oh well……"

After all, there are still many mysteries surrounding Taijing energy, and Mingyou has no intention of figuring them out. As long as her ecological park can be built, that's enough.

After a brief chat, Dr. Vero entrusted the Melotan to him and then left, as he had to have dinner with the school leaders later.

Mingyou, with Meltan by her side, sat on a chair in the central square, looking at the cards floating in front of them.

[Meltan (lv1): When used on a cashew tree, the species changes to a nucleus tree; consuming nucleus fruits grants resistance to electricity.]

"You're really good at winning people over. But you must be hungry by now, right? It seems like you're not exactly a fruit-eating type..."

Since he was now entrusted with taking care of Meltan, Mingyou would naturally do his best to complete the task. However, before that, he needed to understand Meltan's language, as it was too difficult to understand because it kept calling out "Meltan Meltan".

"Miroku~"

"I think I'll go find a translator..."

Mingyou took out his Rotom phone, intending to call Ponpo and the others over, but in that moment of distraction, Meltan seemed to have spotted something interesting, its face filled with excitement, and it immediately ran over...

"Okay, okay, I'll go back right away."

Looking at the message Ponpo sent him, Mingyou had a look of utter despair. Ponpo told him that Zhenyi had heard from Meloetta that Blueberry Academy had a music classroom, so he went there.

One thing after another...

He put down his phone, Rotom, stood up, and was about to call Meltan when a girl's scream suddenly came from not far away. He quickly looked over there.

There was a curly-haired Black woman in a white lab coat sitting on the ground in shock, with many devices resembling keypads scattered all over the floor in front of her, clearly indicating that she had accidentally fallen.

But at this moment, Meltan was right there, constantly using his body to melt the metal parts of those devices and absorb them into his body along with the electricity, thus enjoying a delicious meal.

"Oh my god... please let me go!"

Mingyou cried out helplessly, already regretting coming to see Dr. Vero...

A moment later, he grabbed the tail of the Meltan that resembled an electric wire, and together they bowed their heads to apologize to the girl.

The other party identified himself as "Synchronizer," a research teacher at Blueberry Academy, who was conducting research on a special device called a "synchronizer."

The device that Meltan just ate was her latest synchronizer, which is currently undergoing its third improved test. So she brought it all over for the students in the central square to assist with the experiment.

But unexpectedly...

"There were 12 synchronizers in total, and half of them were eaten by you, you weird Pokémon! Do you know how much effort it took to develop one like this?!"

Synchronous Mi crossed her arms and shouted angrily at Mingyou. The research funding for the synchronizer was already limited, and Blueberry Academy did not have a high opinion of this meaningless research. She and her friends were basically paying out of their own pockets to do it. Now, half of it had been lost in an instant, and there was no way to recover it. How could she not be angry?

"I will make it up to you..."

Mingyou said weakly that he was now Meltan's guardian and naturally bore full responsibility, unless he abandoned Meltan immediately, but he couldn't do that.

"Melo~"

Synchronizer, delicious!

Meltan was completely unaware that it had done something wrong; its mind was so innocent and naive that it would never learn right from wrong unless someone could actually teach it.

It's too late to talk about compensation now. Even if they offered money, Synchronous Rice wouldn't be able to make all of them in a short time, and she didn't think this somewhat familiar-looking person in front of her could afford to pay.

With things having come to this, she could only sigh, point at Mingyou, and say, "No need for compensation, but you have to do me a favor!"

Hearing that he was being asked for help again, Mingyou scratched his head and replied, "Helping you one or two times is the same as helping, it doesn't matter, just give me the task."

Seeing that he was remorseful and willing to help, Synchrony calmed down a bit. He took out a synchronizer that hadn't been eaten by Meltan and said, "That's for me to collect data for synchronizer experiments. The more Pokémon you synchronize, the better. It will be a bit troublesome, but it will be very interesting once you experience it."

"Um... I don't quite understand."

"After using the synchronizer, it can synchronize with your Pokémon's emotions... Simply put, it allows you to experience your own Pokémon's life, isn't that interesting?"

Synchronizer explained the function of the synchronizer in detail, and Naruto finally understood. It was about letting one's thoughts enter the Pokémon's body and then controlling the Pokémon's actions. Although it sounded a bit like possession, it did seem quite interesting.

"Oh well!"

Naruto participated in the experiment because he wanted to experience what it would feel like to become a Pokémon and also wanted to know if this kind of research could really achieve such a thing.

After listening, Synchrony nodded in satisfaction, handed the synchronizer to him, and then said, "Then without further ado, why don't you synchronize with this strange Pokémon once to get a feel for it!"

"ha?"

Mingyou was slightly taken aback. Now?

He looked at the Meltan he was holding in his hand. This... shouldn't be a problem, right?

……

(End of this chapter)