Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 369 Dawn on the Horizon, Riko and Shin-chan (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The spaceship flew slowly through the night sky, supported by a huge airbag that allowed it to hover steadily in the air. It would be more appropriate to describe it as an airship than a spaceship, and even the spaceship itself looked somewhat like a fishing boat used for sea fishing.

"I've never seen a spaceship with this structure before... So it was modified by adding airbags and other structural facilities?"

Mingyou stood on the deck, briefly looking around to observe the environment and familiarize himself with the situation as quickly as possible. Being on a moving spaceship, his movements were restricted, so he needed to gather intelligence quickly.

Knowing there were other people in the cabin, and to avoid alarming them and causing misunderstandings, he did not push open the cabin door and enter, but instead strolled around the deck first.

"But where exactly is this place? Shouldn't I have said we're going back to Beishang Township? Or is the simple time machine malfunctioning? I don't want to have to knock on the alpaca's door to get back."

He glanced at the now-dead bracelet, then took out his Rotom phone. It still had no signal, indicating that this was indeed not his original timeline, and the time displayed on it had long since stopped.

But at that moment, his head was struck hard without warning, as if someone had thrown a stone at him from above. Caught off guard, he fell to the ground with a thud onto the deck.

"Ouch, that hurts..."

Fortunately, she hadn't lost consciousness yet. Mingyou endured the pain, reached out to touch the stone that had hit her head, and sat up, looking down at her hand.

Only then did I realize that it wasn't a rock at all, but a dazzling blue-green hexagonal crystal... or rather, a Pokémon resembling a tortoise, waving its long limbs and smiling at me.

"Clatter~ Clatter~"

This Pokémon is deep blue all over, with bright light blue eyes and rose-red eyeliner. Its crystal shell is engraved with a pattern symbolizing crystallization.

Its neck and limbs are encased in blue-green rings, inlaid with blue-green four-pointed star-shaped crystals. The tip of its tail is also four-pointed star-shaped. Its head is decorated with blue-green crystals, and three connected blue-purple gradient rhomboid crystals on its head combine to form a structure resembling flowing hair...

[Talibagos (Normal Form): A Crystal Pokémon, a pure, lively, and curious child who loves sweets, is not shy, gets along well with everyone, and can easily gain favor with food.]

"...Found it!!!"

Mingyou paused briefly, then raised the Talebagas and, without caring whether it would alert the people on the spaceship, shouted excitedly.

He never expected that once he arrived on this spaceship, Talebagos would come to him on its own initiative. Just like the previous fixed-point teleportation, the other party must have connected the teleportation line here so that he could come and rescue it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence.

"Elbow! I'll take you home!"

"Bang~"

"You're happy, aren't you~"

Mingyou patted Talebagos's little head, pondering what Futu had told her before she left, and how she could get back. Suddenly, the door to the deck cabin was opened, followed by the sound of footsteps, and then a man's voice that was both amiable and humorous, yet tinged with hostility.

"Hey, you came aboard the ship without even saying hello? That's very typical of you guys."

"..."

Mingyou looked in the direction of the sound and saw a white-haired man wearing goggles and a smile staring at him. Beside him was a Pikachu wearing a captain's hat, arms crossed, looking very confident.

He didn't pay attention to the others behind him anymore, because there was no need. He then hugged Talebagos with one hand, took out a Poké Ball, and smiled slightly.

"Hmm~ So it's you guys!"

Mingyou was ready for battle. According to Dr. Futu's guess, Talebagos was being chased and that's why he sought help. So the answer is simple.

Across from them, the man called Fried by his companion also took out a Poké Ball and said with a smile, "The new recruits on the Dream Exploration Team are getting more and more rude lately. If they can't take it by force, they resort to stealing."

"???"

Who stole something?

Mingyou looked puzzled. "Don't just throw whatever you've lost at yourself. That's typical of a villainous organization. Enough talk, let's fight."

"Let's go!"

"Kail!"

A flash of red light, and Keldeo emerged from its Poké Ball. Its eyes were fixed intently ahead, already aware that it had arrived at another place, but it hadn't expected that enemies would appear so soon.

Looking at Keldeo, Freed's face showed surprise: "Keldeo? But those tentacles... You people actually do this kind of cruel thing to control Pokémon?!"

"???"

"Unforgivable!"

Just as Mingyou was completely confused, Fried threw out a Poké Ball, from which a Charizard emerged. Due to the limited space on the deck, the Charizard could only fly in mid-air outside the railing.

"Battle begins, Dragon Claw!"

Fried waved and shouted, already having his own plan in mind. Although the Charizard couldn't use a wide-range attack due to spatial limitations, the enemy was also trapped and had no chance of escaping.

However, Keldeo, having experienced countless battles, is used to life-or-death battles. Now, facing this kind of Pokémon battle, it is indeed a bit unsure how to deal with it. It can't just defeat Charizard, can it?

Seeing that it was struggling, Fried laughed and said, "Looks like your Pokémon isn't listening to you very well."

"Of course, we're still in the adjustment period."

Mingyou simply replied, understanding Keldeo's concerns, and softly called out, "Use Water Tail to knock Charizard away!"

This was to instruct Keldeo to control its power, and it immediately understood. Its sky-blue tail whipped up a raging torrent, and it swung its body sideways, forcefully striking out, colliding with Charizard's claws in mid-air.

Seizing the opportunity of the battle, Fried gave a signal with his eyes, and the captain Pikachu beside him gave him a thumbs up. Understanding the signal, Pikachu immediately nimbly leaped left and right on the deck and charged forward in a zigzag motion. If he couldn't take down the Pokémon, he would take down the trainer!

However, Mingyou is also an expert in open-world combat. It is common for him to multitask or even triple during battles, let alone in this situation.

The moment Pikachu approached, a blue flame formed a blazing coat, the intense heat enough to incinerate everything, forcing Pikachu to stop in its tracks due to a sense of danger.

"Tsk... They held back, huh!"

Fried's face finally turned serious. In his opinion, there must be a very strong Fire-type Pokémon hiding nearby. This person is not simple.

Seeing that Captain Pikachu had failed, two figures appeared behind Freed, seemingly exchanging a few words before suddenly leaving and entering the cabin...

The situation quickly became tense.

Mingyou recognized the strength of these people, but remained vigilant, pondering how to get Talebagos to send him back. He always felt that the child in his hands was a bit silly.

"Plop..."

"Um?"

At this moment, Mingyou suddenly noticed that the joy on the face of the Talebagos in her arms had turned into worry, and it kept swinging its limbs forward.

"...Is there some kind of misunderstanding?"

Mingyou was slightly taken aback. He always paid special attention to the emotional changes of Pokémon. He could barely understand that Talebagos was telling him not to attack these people, which seemed to be different from what he had expected.

Just as he was pondering for a moment, intending to have Keldeo temporarily stop and figure out the situation, a girl's shout suddenly came from above.

"Meow, use leaves!"

The girl's voice was very loud. She could have easily gone unnoticed, but she insisted on shouting to attract everyone's attention, and everyone looked up.

Through the outer window of the spaceship's airbag, a cute girl with a blue coat and blue-dyed bob haircut was hanging in mid-air, one hand held by a boy inside the window and her feet on the edge. She was directing a small cat with light green fur on her shoulder to launch an attack.

Immediately, the new leaf cat leaped into the air with a serious expression. The leaf-shaped fur on its chest emitted a light green light, and as it landed, it emitted many glowing green leaves that swirled in the air like a tornado!

"What kind of leaf is this?!"

Even the well-informed Mingyou was astonished by this scene. The momentum and power of creating a leaf storm with leaves, is this new leaf cat legal?

After Xin Ye Miao launched her attack, the girl broke free from the boy's hand and leaped down. Her emerald green eyes were fixed on Talebagos, who was waving at her, her gaze filled with determination.

Clearly, her plan was for New Leafy to attack the enemy, and then, while the enemy was caught off guard, she would reclaim Talebagas, but...

"Rico!"

Fried shouted the girl's name in alarm, realizing her intentions, but this enemy was extremely dangerous!

Sure enough, as a wisp of blue flame rose, the leaves of Shin-Ye-Nyan were instantly burned to ashes upon contact. Only at close range could one truly feel the terrifying power of the blue flame. Riko and Shin-Ye-Nyan were both startled, but there was not a trace of fear in her eyes.

"Hey! Watch out!"

Mingyou was startled by her actions and quickly dispersed the flames. She was then knocked to the ground by Riko, and even her face was stepped on by Shin-Ye-Nyan. The Talebagos in her arms was also snatched away by the other party.

But jumping from such a height, Riko's petite body lost its balance in an instant, tumbling over the deck railing, and panic finally appeared on her face.

"ah!!!"

Xinye Miao stood on the railing, trying to grab the other person's coat to save them, but she wasn't strong enough and was pulled down in an instant, her cat fur fluttering in the wind.

Seeing this, everyone on the deck tensed up. Fried immediately sent Charizard to rescue them, but as soon as Charizard stopped fighting and turned around, it was swatted away by Keldeo, which hadn't managed to stop its attack in time.

Just as everyone was at a loss, a pair of hands appeared by the railing and grabbed Riko's arm and Shin-chan's nape. Naruyu reacted quickly and got up immediately after being knocked down to save the people.

"Bang~"

So fun! So fun!

Talebagos, nestled in Rico's arms, smiled again and clapped happily.

After pulling Riko and the cat aboard with great effort, Mingyou finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, looking at the still-shaken girl kneeling on the deck, she coldly and loudly rebuked, "Don't do such dangerous things!"

"Feel sorry……"

Rico responded softly, her face full of apology.

Although she didn't know why she should apologize to the enemy who stole Talebagas, perhaps she had caused him trouble?

Because of her own actions, while grooming Xinye Miao, she didn't notice that the room door was open, allowing Tailebagos to run out. Otherwise, none of this would have happened, so she felt a great deal of responsibility.

Seeing her remorseful expression, Mingyou shook her head and didn't say anything more. It was clear that she had a very good relationship with Talebagos and was obviously not one of the people from the Crystal Pool who were hunting Talebagos.

There was definitely something wrong...

Mingyou fell into deep thought. Fried, noticing that he had stopped trying to snatch the Talebages, realized there might be a misunderstanding and stepped forward.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Hmm... just an ordinary passerby, it's okay not to remember him."

Mingyou chuckled in response, then asked, "Have you seen Zygarde here?"

"Kygerd?"

"really……"

Seeing the confusion on their faces, Mingyou was certain that she had made a mistake; this Talebagas was not the one she had asked for help with… she had actually caused such a misunderstanding.

He shook his head helplessly and said to Fried and the others, "I'm sorry to have troubled you. Well... it's too much trouble to explain in detail, and you probably wouldn't believe me anyway. In short, I mistook Turtle for someone else, so please forgive me."

"Admit your mistake?"

Fried frowned slightly, realizing that this matter was probably a bit complicated. So who exactly was this person?

"Bang~"

Just then, the cry of Talebagos came again. It crawled out of Rico's arms and tried to climb onto Mingyou. Just as everyone was wondering, Rico stood up and understood the meaning of this action. She looked at Mingyou and said, "It seems that there is something on him that Talebagos is very interested in."

"interested……"

Mingyou pondered carefully, then took out the crystal from the backpack Dr. Futu had given her. The brilliance emanating from the crystal of such purity instantly attracted the attention of Fried and the others, who found it incredible.

"Clatter~ Clatter~"

Talebagos continued to chirp happily, clearly attracted by the crystal, which was why it had come to Mingyou's side.

"Um……"

Watching the turtle's actions, Mingyou pondered for a moment and had a guess in his mind. This Taijing crystal contained the residual energy of the Tailebagos he was looking for. The reason it attracted the turtle in front of him was probably because it felt that it had found a companion.

According to Dr. Futu, the Talebagas are the source of the terrestrial crystals, born from crystallization. They are life forms manifested from the energy of the terrestrial crystals and existed as a race, but they were almost wiped out due to tectonic activity.

Since it can sense its companion, could it ask this silly turtle to help find the Talebages that asked for help?

Just as he was pondering, a figure suddenly ran quickly across the deck, accompanied by the familiar scent of citrus, grabbed him, and tackled him to the ground.

"Mmm~"

"Eh...Eh? Eh!"

Mingyou stared wide-eyed at Ponpo, who had suddenly appeared and tackled her, her face full of disbelief.

What's going on? He couldn't understand why Ponpo was on this spaceship.

The incident happened so suddenly that Mingyou's mind was a little slow to process it, but the Ponpo in front of him was real. No wonder he felt a strange sense of familiarity and warmth when he first arrived on the spaceship.

Just then, the voice of the Crowned King slowly echoed in his mind through telepathy: "I told you, this idiot was nearby, but you didn't believe me. This place will go bankrupt sooner or later without me."

"What are you doing here!"

"Kairu?"

Keldeo looked around in confusion, wondering what was happening, but he found it all quite interesting.

……

(End of this chapter)