Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 278 Go and take care of Mingyou! Huh? Me? (Seeking monthly votes)

The Rotom drone continued flying toward the villa area, equipped with a detector for special singing energy that could immediately lock onto Meloetta as soon as she entered its range.

This is the Rockets' secret technology: even when Meloetta is invisible, they can still pinpoint its location. The Rockets have never given up in order to catch it again, keeping a close eye on Blueberry Academy.

The intelligence gathered from the Rotom drone was transmitted via the network and instantly reached a large building, like a secret base, hidden in the mountains of the Kanto region.

This place is heavily guarded, with various devices to block detection, and Team Rocket members patrolling everywhere with Houndoom. If any enemy breaks in, Houndoom will instantly tear them to shreds.

And this is Team Rocket's current headquarters in the Kanto region, the heart of the world's largest Pokémon mafia organization!

Meanwhile, in the deepest, quietest room at the headquarters, the room was dimly lit, with only the virtual projector on the desk displaying images transmitted by the Rotom drone.

"Meloeta... she's finally willing to come out, haha, it was worth waiting so long, Blueberry Academy is such a difficult place to infiltrate."

Sitting at his desk, a man in a black suit, his face exuding authority and ruthlessness, chuckled as he stroked the cat's soft fur, his cold gaze fixed on someone sitting in the passenger seat of an SUV in the video.

"Is it that Naruto again? He's been going against Team Rocket time and time again. He's quite an interesting guy. We were even thinking of recruiting him... but this time we can't let him off so easily!"

Sakaki's tone instantly became more serious. As the leader who ruled the entire Team Rocket, he would not repeat the same words a second time. Since Naruto rejected him once, he would not give him any more chances a second time!

He raised his cold eyes and looked down at a blue-haired man standing by the door, ready to serve at any moment. The man gently pushed up his hat and said respectfully, "So, we need to arrange for people to take him out while we're retrieving Meloetta?"

"That's right, we can't let this threat remain. His farm's business is booming, making more money than selling Pokémon. Our counterfeit fruits can't even get into the market. We absolutely cannot let such a thing exist!"

Sakaki's tone was heavy. He had thought that the pirated fruit that his family had painstakingly cultivated would be able to drive out the good and seize the market.

However, he completely underestimated the estate's output and relied on sheer volume to seize the market. Once the market was saturated, the price would naturally come down, leaving them no chance to produce counterfeit goods.

So now, he is furious whenever he thinks about this. If Lambda hadn't acted recklessly, he might have had a chance to talk to Mingyou and snatch the core technology from her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted so much research funding.

Thinking of all this, he continued to look at Mingyou in the passenger seat in the virtual projection, and said in a deep voice to his subordinate standing at the door, "Lance, this mission is entrusted to you. Bring Meloetta back, and take care of Mingyou as well!"

"Huh? Me?"

Lance, who had been grinning with amusement and wondering how Boss Sakaki would deal with Naruto, was stunned and somewhat incredulous upon hearing this.

Lambda led so many people and crashed, and you want me to go? Besides, they're staying at Cynthia's villa, which belongs to the Sinnoh champion!

What have I done to deserve this?

Is this any different from jumping straight into prison?

Sakaki was well aware of the difficulty of this mission, but he valued the attitude, so he continued, "The Unova branch has been keeping an eye on things over there. Recently, besides a Plasma Team organization that's been sneaking around doing who-knows-what, we've been paying extra attention to this woman, Chika. It seems she went to Tateyu City these past few days and won't be back anytime soon..."

"Um?"

"Besides, this isn't Naruto's home turf. The reason he was able to defeat Lambda was entirely because Lambda messed things up and detonated the Koffing bomb, which alerted the wild Pokémon living in the manor. I sent people to investigate after that incident, and they confirmed it."

"Oh ho~ I understand now!"

After listening to Sakaki's explanation, Lance took off his hat and held it to his chest, smiled and bowed slightly, saying, "Leave it to me. You can rest assured, I will handle this perfectly!"

"Um!"

Sakaki nodded slightly, put his hands in his pockets, and stood up. All the lights in the room turned on. He left his desk, strolled around, and then looked at Lance, reminding him, "Before we take care of him, try to extract the manor's core technology from him. You should be able to do that, right?"

"Mission accomplished!"

"Then you should set off now. The people at the United States branch are at your beck and call. If you fail to complete the mission, don't come back to see me."

"I'm not like Lambda!"

As he spoke, Lance put on his hat and turned to walk out the door, but as soon as he opened the door, he bumped into another blue-haired man in a white uniform.

"Apollo, what a coincidence."

Lance greeted the man, Apollo, who was very elegant, stroking his chin with his fingers and asking with a smile, "So eager to leave? Another mission?"

"Yes, it's a pity you didn't have the chance."

"Don't be so confident. Be careful not to end up like Lambda. You don't want to be fed by the police, do you?"

"Tsk, I'm not him!"

"Heh~ Will it succeed?"

"It will succeed!"

After the conversation ended, Lance walked straight ahead, while Apollo, maintaining his elegance, didn't say anything more and went into Sakaki's office...

Meanwhile, on the other side...

The group arrived at the Bamboo Orchid Villa and, with the help of the housekeeper, began carrying their luggage.

Looking at the grand villa and courtyard, Xiao Zhao, holding Soroya, was filled with astonishment.

Noticing her expression, Mingyou walked to the side, put her hands in her pockets, and said, "It's just a waste of land resources. It doesn't feel as good as my house."

"Indeed, it's too empty here. The manor is much more lively and comfortable to stay at."

Xiao Zhao responded and then planned to go with the other person to see the room. But just then, Xiao Guang came up with Bojiaman in his arms and said with a smile, "Sister Xiao Zhao, my room is next to yours. You don't mind if I come over for a visit tonight, do you?"

"It's okay, I'd like to talk to you more."

"Okay, see you later..."

As they were talking, Xiaoguang suddenly realized something, looked at the two of them again, and asked somewhat awkwardly, "By the way, you two aren't staying together tonight, are you? Would it be inconvenient for me to come over?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhao gave an awkward but polite smile, glanced at Ming You discreetly, and replied, "Well, we're not in that kind of relationship yet."

"Go ahead and spend the night with her."

Mingyou masked his embarrassment with a smile, while continuing to formulate his own plans in his mind, completely unaware that Pengpeng had been secretly watching him the whole time...

As evening approached, the group, having finished packing their luggage, prepared to have dinner under the arrangement of the villa's butler. Meloetta stayed by Mingyou's side the whole time, still hesitant to show herself in the presence of strangers.

Sitting at the dining table, Mingyou gently placed her hand on her shoulder to comfort Meloetta, who was sitting there, and encouraged her little by little: "It's okay, Xiaoguang isn't a bad person, he's a friend~ He won't hurt you."

"Melo..."

Encouraged by Mingyou, Meloetta finally showed herself, floated to the dining table, and reached out to pick up a piece of red bean bread.

Its sudden appearance instantly attracted Xiao Guang's attention, and he stood up in surprise.

"Could this Pokémon be?!"

"Melo?"

"It really is Meloetta! It's so beautiful!"

After checking the Rotom Pokédex app on his phone, Xiao Guang's tone became completely excited. As a Coordinator, surely no one could resist Meloetta, who was born to perform.

However, compared to her, there was someone even more excited. Her Pogaman, upon seeing Meloetta, stopped eating, covered her chest with both hands, and her eyes bulged with red hearts.

"Poga!"

"Melo?"

Meloetta was caught off guard when Piplup suddenly rushed forward, unsure of what it was up to. Fortunately, Riolu, who was closest to Piplup, reacted quickly and stopped it.

"Leo!"

After Riolu stopped it, Zhenyi and the others reacted and surrounded Bogaman. Meloetta is now the second most beloved pet in the family after Ponpon, and no one is allowed to hurt it!

"Hey, don't do anything rash!"

Mingyou quickly stopped them to prevent a real fight from ruining their harmony. Xiaoguang also quickly came over and picked up Bogaman, but at this moment Bogaman was staring intently, constantly kicking its little legs, trying to go towards Meloetta.

Seeing this, Meloetta thought it wanted to eat, so she shared half of the red bean bread in her hand with it. As Bogaman took it, it accidentally touched Meloetta's hand. At that moment, its body stiffened instantly, and then it fainted from pleasure.

"Poga..."

I can die without regrets...

"Melo?"

Meloeta looked at it with some concern.

Hikaru waved to indicate that everything was fine, then returned to his seat. Taking in the atmosphere, he said with a helpless and embarrassed expression, "Bogaman seems to have fallen for Meloetta..."

It goes without saying that Xiao Zhao smiled gently and said, "This must be love at first sight, right? But one-sided liking isn't enough, love is a two-way street."

"As expected of Sister Zhao, she's really experienced!"

"I... I didn't..."

Xiao Zhao felt that Xiao Guang's praise was more like a joke to her. Then she glanced at Ming You, but at that moment, the other party suddenly walked over, as if he had made up his mind.

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Zhao asked in confusion. Mingyou stopped, scratched his head, looked away, not daring to look at her, coughed twice, and then said, "Um... after we finish eating, I have something I want to talk to you about, if you have time later..."

"available!"

"That was a quick answer!"

……

(End of this chapter)