I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

Abandoned Monkey shook its head; it hadn't sensed anything. Seeing this, Teng Shu didn't say anything. After all, although Abandoned Monkey was a Ghost Pokémon, it couldn't directly sense the presence of other Pokémon.

"A basement? A secret door?" This was the most likely scenario for Teng Shu, but he had also had the Abandoned Monkey check it out before, and they hadn't found any secret doors or basements.

The only thing they found before was that hidden folder; everything else had been discovered, even the secret doors had been smashed through by the adventurers who rushed in and looted everything.

Teng Shu couldn't help but glance at his beacon mission again.

Did you see the teardrops inside the Pokémon House?

Same as always, no other hints.

"I see, teardrops? What Pokémon has teardrops?" Teng Shu was a little confused. How did a normal simulation game suddenly turn into a puzzle game? Teng Shu really didn't like playing these puzzle games.

When Tengshu played Arkham Knight in his previous life, he hated the Riddler the most; he found him extremely annoying.

Teng Shu paused for a moment, then he thought of something.

Previously, when he was leading the abandoned monkey around, he saw a landslide site. There were some rubble and cement blocks, a mess, which almost blocked the road.

Teng Shu had walked through everywhere except this place, since he hadn't considered whether there was anything under those rubble.

But he's been everywhere except here, so...

Teng Shu stood up and quickly led the Abandoned Monkey to the first floor, to the place where a lot of rubble was piled up.

"Abandoned Monkey, go in and take a look. See if there's anything inside." Teng Shu looked at the pile of stones in front of him. It covered a considerable area and was piled up quite high. Logically speaking, if there really was a Pokémon, it would probably be dead.

However, he couldn't find any Pokémon anywhere else, so he could only look here.

The Abandoned Monkey nodded and then crawled inside. A moment later, it emerged, its body solidifying once more. It roared and began frantically moving the stones.

Teng Shu also quickly began to help.

Fortunately, although these cement blocks were heavy, they were all broken. There were also large pieces of abandoned monkeys, so Teng Shu only needed to move some of them that he could carry.

Soon, a panel popped up.

Did you see that teardrop in Chapter 243?

【Magic Masked Cat】

[Grass/Dark type]

【die】

The prolonged hunger left her with no strength left, and in the moment of death, she had done the best she could.

Teng Shu paused for a moment, then slowed down his digging. He was a little confused. Magic Masked Meowth, wasn't that the latest generation Pokémon from before he transmigrated? Why was it here, and dead?

And what does this note mean?

Although Teng Shu paused for a moment, he did not stop what he was doing. He perked up. Although this beacon mission seemed to have failed, since he was already here, Teng Shu planned to dig out the Magic Masked Cat and give its body a proper burial. He couldn't let it die here forever, could he?

As the excavation continued, Teng Shu also saw the remains of the Magic Masked Cat. He saw its back, a back that was almost skin and bones. At the same moment he saw the back, Teng Shu found that another panel had popped up in front of him.

【New Leaf Cat】

【Grass】

[Hunger, minor injuries, disability, near death]

[I witnessed my mother die under the cement while protecting me. The long burial left me on the verge of death, and what kept me alive was the blood that flowed from her own body after she bit her own skin.]

"New Leaf Meow?" Tengshu looked on in shock, then began to dig quickly, carefully clearing away the rubble around Magic Mask Meow. Before long, the Abandoned Monkey had dug out a space that was neither too big nor too small. Tengshu could not sense New Leaf Meow's emotions at this moment, probably because it was about to die and its consciousness was blurred.

The Abandoned Monkey carefully reached in and slowly pulled New Leaf Cat out through the gap. As New Leaf Cat was pulled out, Teng Shu quickly took it in, and the power of the Everlasting Sphere surged into it, warming New Leaf Cat's body with its gentle energy.

At the same time, Tengshu took out a small bottle of glucose water from his backpack and carefully fed some to Xinye Miao. Xinye Miao was lying weakly in Tengshu's arms and could not even swallow.

Fortunately, the infusion of glucose water stimulated the muscles, and Xin Ye Miao managed to drink the glucose water.

Tengshu checked Xinye Miao's body.

His first impression was that she was too thin, skin and bones. This was not an exaggeration. When Teng Shu held Xin Ye Miao, he could only feel Xin Ye Miao's bones, as if skin was covering a skeleton.

"Xiao Bao, dig a little more and dig out the remains of the Magic Masked Cat," Teng Shu said softly. The Abandoned Monkey nodded and continued to move the stones.

Teng Shu placed the flashlight aside, illuminating the excavation site. He fed Xin Ye Miao a small amount of glucose water and then stopped, as Xin Ye Miao's body was too weak to drink too much at once.

Teng Shu turned his head and glanced at it. The face of the Magical Masked Cat was now revealed. Whether it was due to the darkness or Teng Shu's eyes playing tricks on him, at that moment, he seemed to see a tear fall from the corner of the Magical Masked Cat's eye...

At this moment, the Magical Masked Cat is still kneeling, using her body to protect New Leaf Cat and her child.

The vine tree remained silent.

Pokémon are very powerful and have great vitality. Normally, such falling rocks shouldn't kill Meowth. However, Meowth had been starving and had no strength left. Under such circumstances, she had indeed done the best she could.

"Let's go, Little Viper, let's take Newleaf to the Pokémon Center first." Teng Shu called out. Newleaf's condition has stabilized a bit now, but we still need to take it to the Pokémon Center for a check-up to know its exact condition.

Abandoned Monkey glanced at the Magic Masked Meowth, which was still covered in rocks even in death, nodded, and then quickly followed Tengshu to the Pokémon Center.

When Tengshu hurriedly handed the new leaf cat to Miss Joey who had rushed over, he was met with a death stare from Miss Joey, followed by a stern reprimand.

Fortunately, Teng Shu quickly explained the situation, which prevented him from being sent to Officer Jenny's Brigade.

After all, anyone who sees this new Leafy will immediately think that Trainer Tengshu is torturing his Pokémon.

The standard weight for a new leaf cat should be around four kilograms, but this new leaf cat is so light that it feels like it weighs only one and a half kilograms. You can imagine how thin this new leaf cat is.

"Mr. Teng Shu, come and pay the bill." Miss Joey came out with a large stack of forms, and Teng Shu quickly went over to her as well.

"Xin Ye Miao's condition is not good. It has been starving for too long. Although we are treating it now, it still needs strict care and follow-up nutritional supplements, otherwise it is easy to develop some physical diseases. Also, Xin Ye Miao has some fractures in its leg bones, but that problem is easy to handle..." Miss Joey patiently explained Xin Ye Miao's condition to Teng Shu.

They had already found Teng Shu's information in the backend. After all, they needed to show their trainer card or resident card during treatment, so Teng Shu's information was easy to find. Naturally, they recognized Teng Shu as the director of the welfare home, and their attitude towards Teng Shu improved.

“Okay, no problem.” Teng Shu swiped his card directly, deducting more than 5,000 Alliance Coins from his account. The main issue was the expensive inspection fee.

"New Leaf Cat... how long do we need to stay?" Teng Shu asked, and Miss Joey gave him a strange look.

“It’s not that I don’t want to stay, it’s just that… its mother’s body is still in that rubble in the Pokémon House, and I want to bury her first,” Teng Shu explained, Nurse Joy’s eyes were a little red.

Then, he whispered to Tengshu that it would probably be tomorrow. Only then did Tengshu take the abandoned monkey, receive some tools from the enthusiastic Nurse Joy, and then, accompanied by two Officer Jennys who rushed over, arrive at the Pokémon House.

"I didn't expect there would be a landslide here." Miss Officer Jenny's expression wasn't good, and it turned even worse when she saw the remains of the Magical Masked Cat.

This is their dereliction of duty.

However, they did not receive any reports. After the Pokémon House was abandoned, it was no longer an area that Officer Jenny patrolled, so they really did not know that such a thing would happen.

"Please dig her out first; she shouldn't be buried here." Teng Shu's mood was somewhat heavy.

What was the mindset of the frail, magical masked cat as she protected her child during the landslide? Teng Shu didn't know.

Chapter 244 Happy New Year

When Magical Masked Cat was dug out, her body was still in a stiff position, kneeling. Her body was so stiff that it couldn't be pried open, and this was the only way to cremate Magical Masked Cat.

"Is her child... alright?" Miss Officer Jenny asked Tengshu. She had just learned some things about Magic Masked Cat from Miss Joy, and her voice was tinged with a sob.

"...He is still receiving treatment, but his left leg has not been treated due to a fracture, and he has developed some signs of disability." Teng Shu was sitting in a chair, waiting for the cremation to be completed. He planned to take Masked Cat's ashes back to the orphanage for burial, and he also planned to take New Leaf Cat to the orphanage.

Tengshu felt that Xinye Miao's disability wouldn't be a problem if she stayed in his orphanage, but he didn't know if Xinye Miao could withstand these blows, these blows about her mother.

Teng Shu rubbed his face.

“These guys really deserve to die. They actually starved Magic Mask Cat to this extent before. If it hadn’t been starved for so long, Magic Mask Cat should have been able to…” Officer Jenny’s tone was tinged with anger. She really wanted to find the person who abused Magic Mask Cat and send them straight to prison.

Teng Shu didn't speak, but he felt that Officer Jenny was right. After all, Pokémon are very powerful, especially since this was Masked Meowth. In the face of such a crisis, she should have been able to escape with her child, but she was too weak, which led to this situation. In the end, Masked Meowth chose to exchange her life for Newleaf Meowth's life.

[Beacon quest complete, you have earned 3,000 Happiness Points]

The system notification popped up, but Teng Shu didn't feel particularly happy. He felt a bit of a stomachache from collecting these happiness points. He wished he hadn't known about this. Although it still happened, at least he wouldn't feel so frustrated if he hadn't known.

Having obtained Masked Meow's ashes, Teng Shu thanked Officer Jenny for her help and then returned to the Pokémon Center. By this time, Newleaf Meow had also woken up, but Newleaf Meow's condition was a bit strange; it looked somewhat dazed.

"Xin Ye Miao's condition has stabilized. The next step is long-term recuperation. Just maintain a healthy and normal diet." Miss Joy stood outside the ward and explained to Teng Shu. Teng Shu took it seriously. Beside him, Abandoned Monkey was holding the urn containing Magic Masked Cat's ashes.

"Although you helped deliver it to the Pokémon Center yesterday, Newleafy may suffer from a disability in the future due to the lack of proper treatment for its long-term fracture," Nurse Joy added. Teng Shu nodded in agreement. He wasn't too worried about that; with the medical pod, he wasn't afraid of such problems.

What defects? These are nothing in the medical pod. Teng Shu is just waiting to upgrade the medical pod after returning to the orphanage so he can take Xin Ye Miao in for a check-up.

After giving some instructions, Miss Joey let Tengshu take Xinye Miao away.

When Tengshu saw Xinye Miao again, he noticed that the little guy was still very thin and weak. You could see its bones with every breath it took.

"New Leaf Meow." Teng Shu called softly. New Leaf Meow looked up at him, but her eyes, which should have been bright and clear, were now like dull stones.

Teng Shu reached out his hand, but he couldn't sense Xin Ye Miao's emotions. It was as if the person lying in front of him wasn't Xin Ye Miao, but a stone.

He patted Xin Ye Miao's head. Xin Ye Miao didn't move or resist at all; she just lay there and let Teng Shu touch her without making a sound.

It seems it will take a long time for Shin-chan to recover from this blow.

Tengshu took out a Poké Ball, put Newleafy into it, and then left with Abandoned Monkey.

Originally, Tengshu planned to take Xinye Miao with him so that Xinye Miao could see the scenery outside and perhaps it would brighten Xinye Miao's mood. However, Miss Joey said that Xinye Miao was currently very weak and not suitable for being exposed to the wind, so Tengshu did not let Xinye Miao be exposed to the wind.

"Tengshu, are you going back?" As soon as Tengshu arrived at the dock, he saw Kojiro talking to someone. Kojiro waved happily when he saw Tengshu, and Scarface stood up with his tail standing on end when he saw Tengshu.

"Yes, things are settled here." Teng Shu responded with a smile, then patted the scarred-headed man who had walked up to him and was circling around his feet.

"Dean Tengshu solved it so quickly, meow?" Meow came over and looked at Tengshu expectantly. Tengshu was stunned for a moment, then patted Meow's head, and Meow immediately looked very pleased.

"Ah... because I found it quickly, and there were still some things to do at the orphanage..." Teng Shu looked at his hand with a strange expression. If he hadn't never drawn any skills, he would have suspected that he had obtained some kind of head-patting skill. Any Pokémon that he patted on the head would feel very happy.

The cat even came over to let me pet it.

This made Teng Shu wonder if he had drawn some kind of divine hand or something similar.

"Tengshu, are you leaving so early? We were just saying we'd treat you to lunch here. There's a really famous volcano barbecue place in Crimson Lotus Town. It would be a shame to miss it; you won't be able to eat there again." Musashi sighed in disappointment.

Teng Shu's lips twitched upon hearing this. What? Volcano barbecue? Volcano?

"...Actually, volcanic eruptions release some toxic gases, such as hydrogen sulfide, before and during an eruption," Teng Shu thought to himself, but he didn't say it aloud, as it would be too blunt.

"Is the barbecue served in the restaurant, or sitting by the volcano?" Teng Shu couldn't help but ask.

"Of course it's in the restaurant. This restaurant is built above the crater. The owner spent a lot of money, and there's transparent glass underfoot, so you can eat barbecue while looking at the volcano," Musashi said matter-of-factly.

Teng Shu was somewhat tempted by what he said.

Ash hasn't started his journey yet, so there's no need to worry about the volcano erupting at this time. Therefore, the volcano is safe right now. However, after thinking about Nebula, Tengshu gave up on the idea.

"By the way, Dean Fujiki, it's almost New Year's Day, Happy New Year~" Kojiro said with a smile. Fujiki paused for a moment, then realized, oh right, it's New Year's Day.

"Happy New Year."

Chapter 245 My Hometown is Where My Heart Finds Peace

"It's New Year's Day." Teng Shu sat in a chair, enjoying the sea breeze. Although he had only been in this world for a few months, he had already transmigrated at the end of the year, so this was Teng Shu's first New Year in the Pokémon world.

Although Teng Shu didn't feel much of a difference, since he was busy with this and that every day, upon closer reflection, it was indeed true that the beacon mission was unlocked at the end of the month, so saying it was the New Year was perfectly accurate.

"Little Bao, what is your New Year's wish?" Teng Shu asked curiously, looking at the abandoned monkey sitting next to him. Upon hearing Teng Shu's question, the abandoned monkey's face showed a human-like look of confusion.

For Pokémon, except for a small number of Pokémon that are deeply involved in human society, most Pokémon do not have the concept of a New Year, nor do they have the concept of time and months.

The leaves turn yellow and then green again; that's their concept of time.

Ultimately, time is a concept defined by humans themselves. Teng Shu remembers that the current scientific definition of a second is the duration of 9,192,631,771 cycles of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of an undisturbed cesium-133 atom.

But Pokémon have no idea about cesium atoms.

So the abandoned monkey really didn't think about any New Year's wishes or anything like that.

"Roar." The Abandoned Monkey roared. Teng Shu didn't understand, but seeing the Abandoned Monkey looking at him expectantly, Teng Shu guessed what it meant. So he simply reached out and patted the Abandoned Monkey's head.

Sure enough, the abandoned monkey also showed an expression of enjoyment.

"My hand..." Teng Shu looked at his hand suspiciously. What was wrong with his hand? Could there really be something dirty inside?

After looking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. However, the ship had just returned to the dock near Changqing City, and Teng Shu rode his bicycle back to the welfare home.

Looking at the familiar orphanage, Teng Shu felt a little more relaxed. It has to be said that the orphanage is now like home to Teng Shu. Returning to the orphanage feels like returning to a safe harbor.

"Dean? You're back? Perfect timing, the rescue teams Qinglv contacted have sent people." When Teng Shu entered, Locke was rushing to the office building. Upon seeing Teng Shu, he quickly greeted him. Only then did Teng Shu realize that he had almost forgotten about this matter.

Fortunately, his trip to Honglian Town didn't take too long; it took him about a day.

Before going in, Tengshu first had the Abandoned Monkey put the urn away, then handed Xinye Miao over to Locke, asking Locke to take Xinye Miao to the infirmary for a check-up to see what Xinye Miao's mental state was like.

Locke was somewhat surprised to hear that the dean could bring back a Pokémon from his business trip, but he quickly took the Poké Ball and went to the infirmary. Teng Shu changed his clothes and then came to the office to meet the rescue team.