Pokémon Ranch Story

After putting away his fishing rod, Xia Mu called over Foam Squirrel and started rowing the small boat.

The foam squirrel's laughter never stopped along the way. It became friends with the glittering iron-armed pistol shrimp and even invited it to the ranch to play and introduced it to everyone.

The Iron-armed Pistol Shrimp is also happy to play with the Foam Chipmunks. Because of its unusual body color, it is ostracized by the Iron-armed Pistol Shrimp and has always been a lonely shrimp without friends.

Bubble Squirrel was the first Pokémon to actively seek friendship with it, and Squirrel really liked it.

Upon arriving at the meeting point, the shore was already bustling with activity, and Xia Mu even spotted Galio and his companion.

They showed off their catch to the others, spitting as they did so, while glancing out of the corner of their eye at Xia Mu, who was approaching the shore with two smiling faces.

"Xia Mu, you've arrived."

"How did you know I caught a babysitter mambo?"

A pink fish-shaped Pokémon, about a meter tall and resembling a sunfish, was lifted high by Galio, who didn't give it a chance to speak, and boasted to himself.

"Wow, Galio, that's impressive!"

Xia Mu responded with a smile and casually opened his live fish hold.

"Sigh! All my fish combined aren't as big as one of yours. Looks like you're going to win!"

Hearing Xia Mu say this, Galio wanted to offer some words of comfort.

Looking down at the live fish hold, he rolled his eyes and said sourly.

"How about we switch? I don't want it to be big, I want it to be bigger."

"Hehe!" Xia Mu chuckled smugly, noticing the fishermen gathering in his direction. "Everyone, don't crowd around! Make way."

Despite saying that, Xia Mu transferred the fish to the transparent fishing box and enjoyed the envious tone and eager looks from the anglers around him.

This is so awesome, hahaha!

Just as the staff finished counting and scoring the catch, Foam Chipmunk raised a glittering iron-armed pistol shrimp and came to Xia Mu's feet.

"Lili~"

(Natsuki, Natsuki, may the Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp come visit our ranch?)

Galio was the first to spot the foam squirrel and the iron-walled pistol shrimp, his eyes wide and his words incoherent.

"A red, iron-armed pistol shrimp!!!"

His words caused a huge uproar, and the fishing enthusiasts were instantly in an uproar.

"That's... a Flash Iron Arm Pistol Shrimp?" Someone rubbed their eyes, unable to believe what they were seeing.

"Am I seeing things? Why is the Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp red?"

"This is an extremely rare Shiny Pokémon!"

Pairs of eyes, filled with excitement or curiosity, were fixed on the two Pokémon.

The foam squirrel was startled and frantically burrowed into Xia Mu's arms for comfort.

The Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp looked around and then, mimicking the movements of the Foam Chipmunk, climbed onto Natsuki's shoulder.

This made it even more eye-catching, drawing gasps of amazement and a constant stream of camera flashes.

While comforting the frightened foam squirrel in his arms, Xia Mu didn't forget to explain to the others that he couldn't steal the foam squirrel's glory.

"I didn't catch this. The Flash Iron-armed Pistol Shrimp was the first catch of Foam Chipmunk."

As he spoke, Xia Mu winked at the foam squirrel and held it high up for everyone to see.

The foam squirrel was no longer afraid and happily waved its little hands at everyone, enjoying their friendly praise.

The champion of today's fishing festival competition was undoubtedly the foam squirrel, who carried the golden trophy in its arms as it returned home.

The trophy base was temporarily engraved with cartoon images of a foam squirrel and an iron-armed pistol shrimp.

Trainer Xia Mu also received a reward: a powerful fishing rod and a shiny Iron-Armored Shrimp.

Of course, some people gained nothing, such as Ding Zhi.

From beginning to end, the air force personnel didn't dare to breathe loudly, fearing they would attract attention.

"Brother Dingzhi, did you catch any Pokémon?"

Xia Mu had just gotten off the bus at the entrance of the Big Milk Tank Ranch when she noticed Ding Zhi asking her a question out of curiosity.

Ding Zhi shook his head and walked towards the Big Milk Tank Ranch without looking back.

"Hahaha!" Galio laughed and told him about Ding Zhi's entire journey in the air.

Only then did he say goodbye to him and start the small truck to pick up Digging Rabbit.

"Let's go back too. The little guys at the ranch must be getting impatient."

With two Pokémon by his side, Natsuki hurried toward the ranch.

Upon seeing the ranch gate, the foam squirrel excitedly jumped down, raised its fishing competition trophy, and ran forward, eager to show it to its other companions.

Following behind it, Xia Mu did not forget to pick up the shimmering iron-armed pistol shrimp that was slowly crawling on the ground.

"Shh!"

"Let me show you around the ranch first. How about you live on the ranch? No Pokémon will bully you here."

The iron-armed pistol shrimp didn't respond, but it became docile and let Natsuki do as he pleased.

As soon as we entered the ranch, we saw the kangaroos surrounding the foam squirrel on the neatly trimmed lawn in front of the gate, listening to it chatter and tell us the story of what had happened on its trip.

They were all extremely envious of the foam squirrel for being able to spend half a day playing alone with Xia Mu.

"Clap!"

Xia Mu clapped his hands to attract the Pokémon's attention, holding the Ironclad Shrimp in his palm. "This is the Ironclad Shrimp, the new partner of the ranch! Everyone, please welcome him."

"Shh~"

Being given so much attention and attention for the first time, the Iron-armed Pistol Shrimp nervously raised its large pincers to greet everyone.

"Lung lang!"

The Kangaskhan was the first to welcome them.

The other Pokémon followed closely behind, instantly surrounding the Iron-Armed Shrimp.

They also presented a gift.

The motorcycle lizard hid at the back, and seeing that everyone had given gifts, it couldn't refuse to give one too.

The only thing he could offer was a little red flower; he gave Orion one last time.

Even the iron-armed pistol shrimp should not be treated unfairly.

The Motor Lizard reluctantly stuck a small red flower onto the Iron-armed Shrimp's claw, and casually told it how to use it and to keep it safe.

"scare?"

The Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp blinked, crawled over to the Foam Chipmunk, and gave the little red flower to its first and best friend.

"Milli?"

(really?)

"Shh~"

Upon receiving an affirmative answer from the Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp, the Foam Chipmunk happily hugged the shrimp and touched its pincers with its little paws.

Motorized Lizard: "Gaa ...

To soothe the lizard, Xia Mu patted it and then picked up the iron-armed pistol shrimp and took it to Lotus Leaf Lake.

Call over the sea lions, light cod, and ancient coelacanths from the water, introduce them to each other, and ask them to help take care of the iron-armed pistol shrimp.

He returned to the cabin, intending to prepare a celebratory feast to celebrate the addition of the Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp to the ranch.

Chapter 165 Weeding, the Soul-Hooking Eye Appears

After the celebratory feast, the Iron-Arm Shrimp really enjoyed the dish: Steamed Giant Claws.

Furthermore, due to the improved cooking effect, the Iron-Arm Pistol Shrimp's large claws became stronger, and their surfaces shimmered with a metallic sheen.

Xia Mu and everyone else have been so kind to it.

Not only did I befriend it, but I also helped improve its strength.

He will never be bullied by other Pokémon again.

At night, Xia Mu quietly went to the lake with a flashlight.

The Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp had just arrived at the ranch, and Xia Mu was worried that it wouldn't sleep well.

The result was negative. The iron-armed pistol shrimp was sleeping peacefully on a lotus leaf, emitting soft snores, and a sweet smile appeared on its lips.

"Lili!"

The foam squirrel exclaimed happily.

Xia Mu quickly made a 'shh' gesture, nodded to the light-bodied cod that had surfaced, and then tiptoed away.

The next day, early in the morning.

After breakfast, before getting back to work, he first visited Ironarm Shrimp.

Xia Mu took out Bao Fen to feed it, and asked, "Did the Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp sleep well yesterday?"

"Hah~ (chewing motion)~Hah!"

With its eyes half-closed, the Iron-Armed Shrimp nudged Xia Mu with its pincers.

"You want to help too?"

Iron-armed pistol shrimp felt it was wrong for it to freeload on the ranch, and it wanted to help Xia Mu.

"Hmm!" Gently tapping its shell, Xia Mu said with a smile, "Now your most important task is to grow up obediently and get strong."

The shiny iron-armed pistol shrimp in front of us is only half the size of a standard shrimp due to malnutrition in the wild.

If it were a standard-sized squirrel, it would never be able to be caught by a single fishing line.

"scare!"

The iron-armed pistol shrimp looked dejected, but managed to rouse itself and indicate that it understood.

Seeing the little guy's disappointed look, Xia Mu thought for a moment.

"I actually have a mission that suits you. Iron Arm Pistol Shrimp, would you like to accept it?"

"Shh~"

With the Iron-Armed Pistol Shrimp by his side, Xia Mu found the Fire-Spotted Cats catching insects in the orchard and called them to an open space nearby.

"Iron-Armed Shrimp will use a water gun to attack Firefly Cat later!"

"Fire-spotted Cat, remember to dodge. We'll move on to the next training exercise once you've dodged the water gun."

Natsuki still remembers Firefly's desire to become stronger.

The cat and the shrimp's eyes lit up when they heard this. Xia Mu is so smart!

After settling the two little ones, Xia Mu called over the ready-to-go Meowth, Motolizard, and Orion Pokémon to the hops field.

Green vines climbed all over the trellis, with scattered yellow-green flowers dotting the landscape, and the buds fluttered about in the field collecting hop nectar.

"Let's get started! Pull out all the weeds, so they don't compete with the hops for nutrients in the field."

"Gah!"

The Motor Lizard confidently patted its chest, indicating that Xia Mu could rest assured that it was safe to leave the matter to it.

All three cats were equally energetic.

Orion, Morubike, and a group of little squirrels also joined in the weeding work.

Pull out all the weeds growing near the hops by hand, or with a hoe or sickle, and discard them in a corner to dry and die in the sun.

The five little lambs wanted to help when they saw them working, but the kangaroo stopped them.

They have a thick layer of wool on their bodies, and if they get in, they will damage the crops; it's not worth it to ask them for help.