Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 54: Finding someone to sell the goods, participating in the Ghost Festival...

After some questioning, Mingyou learned that finding ghosts actually meant finding fragments of stories scattered throughout Beishang Township, not really searching for ghosts.

"Are those stories again...?"

Mingyou had already reviewed the story from Danyu, and he felt somewhat uncomfortable with its content. However, the truth remained unknown for the time being, given that several hundred years had passed.

Xiao Zhao noticed his expression. Although she didn't understand why, she still asked nervously, "Did I say something wrong again...?"

"No, no..."

Mingyou snapped out of her reverie, waved her hand, and then asked, "Anything else? I'd like to see if there's an opportunity to do business there during the summer camp activities."

"Hmm... the last thing is to find the road signs in each area of ​​Kitakami Township, and finally explore the haunted Eternal Forest."

Xiao Zhao told him about the summer camp activities and whispered a reminder: "Don't tell anyone. These haven't been made public to the students yet. I don't want to get my salary docked."

Don't worry.

Mingyou isn't a big mouth, but she feels like she doesn't have much opportunity to get involved in business, but it doesn't matter.

He was more concerned about the other party's offer to help him promote his produce, so he said, "How about this: if you help me sell my fruits and vegetables, I can give you 5% of the profit!"

"Is Zun Du fake Du?"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhao looked incredulous. She knew that the other party's fruit prices were very high, and that they could make a lot of money even if they sold it individually, even at a 5% markup.

"More real than a thimble!"

Mingyou gave a thumbs up. These students are all quite wealthy. Why not take advantage of such a good business opportunity? Xiaozhao is beautiful, has a good personality, and is naturally approachable. Helping her sell goods will be twice as effective with half the effort.

Xiao Zhao readily accepted his suggestion. This kind of part-time job was simply amazing. You couldn't find such an easy job in Beishang Township or Blueberry Academy, but you still have to work hard yourself!

Seeing Xiao Zhao agree so readily, Mingyou couldn't help but ask curiously, "By the way, are you short of money?"

"Um...didn't I tell you I have amnesia? I don't remember anything from before?"

"Yes, and then..."

"I want to save money, travel as a trainer, recover my lost memories, challenge the Pokémon Leagues in different regions, and stand on the highest stage with my Pokémon!"

Xiao Zhao smiled as she spoke of her dream, a very ordinary dream... After all, there are far too many trainers in this world who share this kind of thought.

On the contrary, young people like Mingyou who dream of enjoying a peaceful life in the manor and with Pokémon are a minority. However, he will not laugh at anyone's dream. Dreams are precious, and he will support them!

"come on!"

"Thank you. I'll come find you again tomorrow morning. Have fun at the Masked Festival. Zoroa and I will head back now."

"Woo~"

Watching Xiao Zhao carry Zoroya away, Mingyou gazed at the specks of light drifting from that direction, which coalesced into a card in front of her, before reaching out to grab them...

[Zoroa (lv1): After using it on a tomato seed, the seed type changes to White Fox Tomato Seed, and there is a chance to learn the following moves (Seal, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Revenge, Farewell Gift)]

"Ponpon likes tomatoes, I hope the taste isn't too weird."

Mingyou accepted the card with satisfaction, but then he noticed that Pengpeng seemed a little off: "What's wrong?"

"Hmm..."

"You mean... the man-eating monster that stole your mask lives in the Everlasting Forest?"

After understanding the meaning, Mingyou frowned. Wasn't that the location of the last summer camp activity, and the theme was adventure...?

Is the administrator of Beishang Township stupid? Knowing there are man-eating monsters there, why did he send the students there to play? What if someone dies?!

"It's necessary to say something!"

He wanted to catch up with Xiao Zhao to remind her of this, but she was already far away. However, after calming down, he suddenly remembered something.

It was Granny Momozawa who told him this when he went to inquire about the monster last time. She said that only the administrator knew the most about the various legends of Kitakami Village.

Ponpo had told him before that the monster only appeared on foggy nights...

The administrator isn't stupid; he wouldn't do something that would seriously impact the tourism industry of Beishang Township. So, he must be deliberately planning to arrange for the students to go on an adventure on a night when the monsters won't appear.

"That old guy..."

Mingyou shook his head. It seemed he was still 20,000 years behind these guys when it came to doing business.

But going back to the previous topic, now that we know the monster is in the Eternal Forest, can we just go and snatch the mask back?

Now that you have Latias to help you, even if you can't win, you can ride the Devil Trigger to escape!

"Hmm..."

Ponpo doesn't want everyone to get hurt, so it's best to avoid fighting monsters if possible. Its mindset hasn't changed; it's still best to steal them back quietly.

"Hmm... let's wait and see."

Mingyou also kept his own thoughts to himself. Although he was confident that he could take it down, the only problem now was that he didn't know how strong the monster was. He had only heard about it from Pengpeng and the stories.

So what is its actual strength? Is it a monster at the level of Rayquaza? Or a monster at the level of Caterpie? We have no idea. We'll have to investigate when we have time…

"Let's go take a look around the shrine. It seems like there's an event going on there. We'll play for a while longer before heading back to rest."

"Mmm~"

Mingyou led them onward, passing through the road illuminated by lantern lights, and soon came to the shrine, where a large crowd was gathered. Judging from their conversations, it seemed that some event was about to begin.

Upon hearing about the event, Latias immediately ran forward, and Mingyou quickly grabbed Ponpo's hand and followed, lest she get lost in the crowd...

Among the crowd were the siblings Danyu and Wuli, surrounded by many students, all eagerly anticipating something. Then, someone in front shouted into a microphone, "The Ghost Festival is coming! Six more people are needed!"

"Ghost Fighting Festival..."

Upon hearing the sound, Mingyou's expression changed instantly, and Ponpo beside her lowered her head, tightly holding Mingyou's hand, her body trembling with fear.

"let's go."

Mingyou didn't want to stay here and ruin her good mood for the evening. What, they still need six more people for the Ghost Festival? Did they want to find six people to bully Ponpo together?

Just as he was about to leave, Danyu spotted him and waved, calling out, "Mingyou, come join us! How about we participate in the Demon Festival together? Let's have a competition!"

"..."

Hearing the voice, Mingyou stood still, as if reminded of something. A slight smile appeared on her lips as she turned around and replied with a smile, "Okay!"

"Hmm?"

Ponpo's expression behind the mask was full of disbelief, while Danyu was overjoyed inside, as she was the record holder for the Ghost Festival in Beishang Township!

Xiao Zhao lost the fishing competition to her opponent, which made her very unhappy. Now she is going to get revenge for Xiao Zhao and herself from a few days ago!

However, Mingyou had her own ideas, so she decided to use this ghost-hunting festival as the end of the day, and have a good ghost-hunting game with Pengpeng and the others...

No! It should be called a...

The game of "tag"!

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(End of this chapter)