Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 96 Mingyou is kidnapped...

After a very pleasant conversation, seeing the table full of clean plates, Xiaoxia didn't think much of it and just grabbed her wallet to pay the bill.

"It's settled then. I'll get back to you in a while. Remember to save some tangerines for me!"

"Don't worry!"

Mingyou stood on the street and waved to Xiaoxia. Beside her, Snorlax rubbed its belly, so full it could barely walk. Latias was the same, even asking Snorlax to carry it on its back.

Although it's my first time in the city and I haven't been able to do anything yet, the food is really delicious. I'm not afraid to eat whatever I want and get taught by Mingyou about a balanced diet.

Soon they boarded a bus together and left. Xiaoxia put one hand on her hip, let out a long sigh, and then smiled. She was quite optimistic about these fruits with special effects, and now it was time to invest in them in advance.

"But who knew we'd order so much food? I'm a bit stuffed, let's go buy a bottle of water~"

She touched her stomach and then walked to the vending machine not far away. She took out her wallet, intending to find some coins, but the wallet was empty. There wasn't a single coin left; it seemed she had used them all when paying.

"My eyesight is getting worse and worse; I can't even see the money in my wallet when I open it..."

She muttered under her breath, then her expression suddenly changed. She slammed her purse to the ground, as if baring demonic fangs, and shouted, "Are you all reincarnated starving ghosts?! How can you eat so much! That's half a month's living expenses for me..."

"Gambit~"

The little Munchlax, who had already taken the bus and gone far away, naturally couldn't hear her complaints. If you can get something for free, you should definitely go all out and order food. Eat as much as you can when you can. The little Munchlax always thought this was very important!

However, on the bus, Mingyou was using her Rotom phone to show Ponpo some interesting places outside the window, pointing to the map, when she suddenly noticed that the Gible in her seat was acting strangely.

"What's wrong?"

"Mmm..."

Simocha waved the tea ladle in its hand, indicating that it had been like this since the meal, but you were chatting the whole time and didn't notice at all.

"what?"

After understanding what was meant, Mingyou quickly apologized to the Gibles, and also felt guilty for neglecting them while discussing the development of the manor with Xiaoxia.

"shark……"

Gible didn't mind any of that. Besides, Yuu wasn't his trainer, but he treated it better than some trainers treat their Pokémon. How could it possibly have any complaints?

only……

"You mean... you saw your trainer? That bastard is in Cerulean City right now?!"

After understanding its meaning through its gestures, Mingyou's fist instantly tightened. He had to strike hard against this irresponsible guy who abandoned his Pokémon!

Latias, who was originally going to sleep after eating, instantly perked up upon hearing this. What were they waiting for? Let's go for it!

"Mmm!"

Ponpo also took out the thorny vine stick, but Mingyou quickly stuffed it back in. They were on a bus, and they didn't want to scare the other passengers.

Seeing that everyone wanted to help it, Gible's eyes welled up with tears, and it was very moved... But the problem was, it only knew that the other party should still be in Cerulean City, but it had no idea where to look for them.

Actually, it had another question for the other party: why abandon it? Just because it was captured by Team Rocket, they just abandoned it? That's illogical; no one could possibly believe it…

"Don't know where to look? That makes sense, after all, Cerulean City is so big..."

Mingyou sighed softly. There was really nothing she could do. Such a good opportunity had just slipped away. If she didn't have to catch her flight tomorrow morning, she could still try to find it, but there was simply no time for that now.

For a moment, everyone felt quite disappointed, and they could only go to the hotel together after the bus arrived at the station.

What Mingyou didn't notice was that after they entered the hotel, a figure wearing a black hat was secretly watching him from a short distance away.

"As expected... since they're catching a flight tomorrow morning, they'll most likely choose this hotel... didn't expect me to be staking out this place!"

The man chuckled contemptuously, when suddenly another middle-aged man appeared beside him and whispered, "Dingzhen, how's it going? The prey you've got your eye on has even called me over for help; it must be tough to deal with!"

"It's not that it's difficult, it's just a little different. Let's make our move together tonight, Snow Leopard!"

Whether it's Dingzhen or Snow Leopard, these aren't their real names, but rather code names used for communication. They would never reveal their real names to their accomplices.

"Hehe, looks like there's a big shipment coming!"

"Of course! This has been certified by Xia, otherwise why would I have called you over? It's almost dark!"

……

As night deepened, Mingyou went to bed early to rest because she had to get up early the next day.

Because there were many Pokémon, the room he booked was quite large, and it even had a living room sofa. The Snorlax and the others still slept on the sofa, while Ponpo and Latias slept together, like best sisters.

It was well past midnight when a sudden noise startled the giblet, a light sleeper. It often had nightmares, so it dared not sleep too deeply.

"shark?"

Because the living room was too dark, it didn't know where the noise came from, so it didn't pay any more attention to it and just lay down.

But at that moment, Simocha was also awakened by the noise, and then tapped it with a tea spoon and pointed towards the bedroom.

"Mmm!"

There seems to be an unfamiliar smell in the room...

As the only Ghost-type here, the dim environment has no effect on it at all, and it is also particularly good at moving at night.

"Mommy~"

Let's go check it out, maybe there'll be something fun!

"shark……"

Gible hesitated for a moment, but still followed. Just as Smocha opened the door and they went in together, a gust of cold wind suddenly swept in, almost blowing them all away.

The room's windows were wide open, and the curtains were billowing in the wind, but the light streaming in from the neon lights outside did not reveal Mingyou on the bed.

Moreover, the bed was a mess, which was very strange; even the blankets were nowhere to be found...

"Mmm!"

With his extensive experience, Simocha instantly guessed what might have happened and hurriedly flew towards the window, but it was already too late.

Two Weavile were seen using a blanket to bind the sleeping Mingyou on a distant high-rise building. They leaped across it with incredible agility, like two people carrying a stretcher, before jumping into an alley and disappearing from sight.

Gible and Smoothie were both stunned; how could they commit such a blatant kidnapping?

"shark!"

Finally, Gible realized what was happening and rushed to the living room to tell everyone that Naruto was missing...

After a while, due to the constant jolting, Mingyou finally woke up from her sleep, but she was still a little groggy. After looking at the figure in front of her, information appeared in her mind.

[Weavile: The Hook Claw Pokémon, always lurking in the shadows, with only prey and missions in mind; gaining its favor is almost impossible.]

"???"

Upon seeing the two Weavile, Mingyou finally regained consciousness, but he was bound together with the blanket and rope, and even his mouth was taped shut. The kidnappers' methods were exceptionally skillful!

"Well……"

Mingyou couldn't make a sound, he could only struggle like a caterpillar crawling, but it was no use. He never dreamed that he would be kidnapped one day... So who will save him?!

……

(End of this chapter)