I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

"Pikachu, what do you want to eat?" Tengshu chatted with Pikachu with a smile. Pikachu paused for a moment after hearing this, then looked around expectantly, its eyes filled with thought, as if it was trying to figure out what to eat.

But soon Pikachu made up its mind. It asked for several large steamed buns, all of them meat buns, and Tengshu bought them for Pikachu.

There's a steamed bun shop in this market that's been open for decades. Teng Shu himself has tried it, and the buns are indeed quite good, especially the seaweed buns, which are incredibly delicious. It's practically the market's signature dish. Teng Shu even saw someone recommending these buns when he was idly scrolling through his phone.

Pikachu also loves their steamed buns. As soon as Tengshu sees Pikachu wanting to eat steamed buns, he knows which shop it is.

After buying the steamed buns, Tengshu took Pikachu to start shopping. They bought a lot of ingredients. Although noon was a bit of an awkward time, there were still some ingredients that could be found. However, most of the fresh vegetables were gone, which disappointed Tengshu.

Often, cooking depends on the quality of the ingredients. The fresher the ingredients, the better the taste.

After buying his things, Tengshu drove with Pikachu back to the orphanage. However, after driving for a short distance, Tengshu saw a group of Pokémon. He immediately stopped the car and honked the horn.

There were exactly four Pokémon squatting on the street: a Meowth, a Jigglypuff, a Rattata, and an Arbok.

At first glance, the lineup seemed a bit odd, but when Tengshu saw the flower crown on Miaomiao's head, he knew what these little guys did.

In Pokémon, the city dweller is led by Pikachu, whose adorable charm reigns supreme in Viridian City. Pikachu is so famous that some tourists even make a special trip to Viridian City to see Pikachu being cute and then applaud it.

However, Viridian City is so big, and there are so many stray Pokémon, it's impossible for Pikachu to lead the team all the time. Pikachu doesn't have Ninetales as a reserve, nor does it know Shadow Clone Technique, so it forms small teams to earn food and support its family.

"Meow?" Meow walked up to the vine tree holding a sign with a printed text on it—a kind shopkeeper had helped them fix it, but Pikachu later paid for it too.

[Comedy Performance - A Serving of Food]

[Random Performance - Four Food Servings]

[A meticulously planned and incredibly entertaining theatrical performance – one hundred food dishes]

This is the price list for the stray Pokémon. Tengshu wasn't surprised by this. The reason why the last show was so expensive was because it would use a lot of stray Pokémon to perform, which is why it cost 100 servings of food. Tengshu had seen people order food before, and the little guys performed very energetically.

"Let's have a random performance." Teng Shu smiled and took out some food suitable for Pokémon and handed it over. Meowth happily took it, then stood properly in front of Teng Shu and bowed before starting its performance.

The cat stood at the front, gracefully flicked its tail, then meowed and began its performance—imitating a human's walk.

However, Tengshu wasn't surprised. After all, while Pokémon are intelligent, expecting a Meowth to put on a stand-up comedy routine in front of you during a performance would be a huge exaggeration.

It tried to straighten its body, swinging its two front paws like a human, but it almost fell over because it was walking too fast. It quickly used its tail to support itself on the ground, and continued its performance with an embarrassed but calm expression. Teng Shu smiled when he saw this. This must be the effect of Miao Miao's show. Miao Miao had been walking very smoothly just now.

Jigglypuff kept jumping around, its round body swaying gently. Then it opened its mouth and started singing. Its voice was very pleasant, as soft as cotton candy. A female office worker passing by couldn't help but stop and look at it with a soothing expression. It seemed that the fatigue of a day's work had been healed by the lovely singing.

Fatty sang with great seriousness, even closing his eyes, completely immersed in his own musical world. The working woman smiled and took a tree fruit out of her bag and tossed it to Fatty. Fatty happily caught it, took a bite, and the juice splashed onto his face, but he didn't care, just swayed his body contentedly.

Tengshu didn't care about this. Pokémon are all opportunists, and stray Pokémon are even more opportunistic. As long as they have a chance to get a full stomach, they will do anything. After all, stray Pokémon sometimes go hungry.

Rattata and Arbok were in charge of the acrobatic performance. Rattata hopped and jumped on the steps by the roadside, occasionally doing a backflip. Although its movements were not very standard, it jumped with great effort. It even bumped into a lamppost because it was too excited, squeaking twice in pain, but immediately got up and continued to perform.

Arbok coiled up, twisting its body nimbly like an acrobat, occasionally popping open with a "snap" to create various shapes. It would even perform with Rattata. Tengshu was quite pleased to see this, and Pikachu clapped happily beside him.

The performance ended, and Miaomiao very politely came over to bow and thank him. Tengshu then handed him two tree fruits, which he had just found.

This made Miaomiao meow excitedly several times. Unfortunately, Tengshu couldn't understand Miaomiao's words, but sensing Miaomiao's happy mood, Tengshu was also in a good mood.

Although these little guys were abandoned by their trainers, the good news is that they can live happily together and even support themselves through their own methods.

Teng Shu was quite happy.

Just as Tengshu was about to drive away, he saw Pikachu and a small group of Pokémon emerge from the street. They were all very excited. They even meowed a few times when they saw Meowth and the others. Meowth also meowed a few times, then bowed to Tengshu before happily running over.

"Looks like there's a big order." Teng Shu naturally knew what was going on; someone had ordered a special performance with a hundred servings of food, which was why the little guys had all come out.

Pikachu lay in the car, curiously looking at the scenery not far away, its eyes filled with some doubt. Tengshu smiled and patted Pikachu's head.

"There are still quite a few stray Pokémon in Evergreen City. The official count is 275," Teng Shu said gently.

Viridian City is large, housing 275 Pokémon, but it is also small because these little guys are always wandering.

"Maybe I need to help them out too..." Teng Shu looked at Pikachu and the others' large group, his eyes filled with thought.

These little guys may be cute, but that doesn't mean they don't like being with their trainers and enjoying days when they can eat and drink their fill without worrying about catching a cold.

But these little guys...

how to say?

They are all quite vigilant.

Even if someone clearly expresses their intention to adopt them, they will carefully hide away.

"Sigh, it's easy to become a trainer these days, but a qualified trainer still needs to pass an exam." Teng Shu shook his head and then started the car.

It's not that no Pokémon has ever tried to be brave.

However, many people who adopted Pokémon on a whim later abandoned them because they found them troublesome. As a result, the courage that was hard to muster was completely gone, which led to the current state of Pokémon. It is difficult to solve this problem, and Tengshu can only say that he will try his best to find a solution.

After all, there are so many Pokémon in the world of Pokémon, and so many Pokémon in the wild, why choose an abandoned Pokémon?

Therefore, it is quite difficult to move forward with this issue.

"This kind of problem is really difficult to deal with..." Teng Shu pinched his brow, feeling a bit of a headache. However, he couldn't ignore the problem just because it was difficult. Although he knew that even if he solved it, there would be other problems in the future, the key question was whether he should do it now.

Teng Shu returned Pikachu to its original location and sat down to ponder the problem.

"Let me see... The League has launched an adoption day event before, but the subsequent abandonment problem was very serious. Although I have a matching eye, this way..." Teng Shu seemed to be thinking. He solved it once, but he can't keep solving it forever unless he holds a fixed event from time to time and then adopts the Pokémon. But wouldn't that backfire and exacerbate the problem of abandonment?

This is really a headache.

"Forget it, let's take our time working on a solution." Teng Shu sighed. He didn't believe he couldn't come up with a way to solve the problem.

Chapter 565 Teng Shu: Stop stuffing it in, there's really no more room.

Teng Shu felt he was quite busy.

The situation in Lumiose City hasn't been resolved yet, and now there's another problem: stray Pokémon in the city. Add to that the Meowth issue and the Ho-Oh Hero issue, and Tengshu feels that if he were playing the game right now, he'd probably already maxed out the main questline and wouldn't be able to continue.

"I just hope they don't add any more side quests to my list." Teng Shu pinched his brow. He was currently thinking about how to solve the problem of stray Pokémon, but after thinking it over, Teng Shu felt that unless he was a legendary Pokémon, and a super powerful one at that, and could change everyone's subconscious in an instant, it would be impossible to completely eliminate stray Pokémon.

However, the situation of stray Pokémon cannot be completely eliminated, so how can we increase the possibility of adoption?

However, after much thought, the only solution that Tengshu could think of was to organize adoptions himself every now and then, giving those abandoned Pokémon to the people who were most suitable for them. After all, Tengshu had a matching value, and as long as the matching value was sufficient, then this problem was not actually that difficult.

The only downside is that the entire alliance is so large, with a bunch of big cities and small towns in each region. Teng Shu himself doesn't know how long it will take to solve these problems. Just making a round trip would probably take several months.

"Sigh, this is really troublesome, but the problem is that if I don't step in, other adoption methods won't work either." Teng Shu felt a chill run down his spine. He had written some plans, but the problem was that these plans had been implemented in other regions and all of them had failed.

Adopting a Pokémon is a complicated matter, as other people don't have a character stat. Whether the Pokémon's nature matches the trainer's is also a troublesome issue.

So even now, Teng Shu hasn't found a perfect solution, and it seems he can only look for a solution in the system's shop.

Just as Teng Shu was about to take a break, he saw a cell phone float over. Tilley, who was nearby, curiously pounced around, seemingly very interested in the floating phone. Teng Shu could tell that it was Kai's phone, but he didn't know what Kai wanted to talk to him about.

[Dean, how do you humans usually fall in love?]

Looking at the words on his phone, Teng Shu blinked, then looked a little confused. What was all this about?

Humans? Falling in love?

what?

Dude, you're not planning to start dating someone else, are you?!

Teng Shuren was astonished. The Pokémon world is made possible by humans and Pokémon, and Pokémon have existed for a very long time. Furthermore, since the establishment of the Pokémon League, people's lives have become increasingly happy and fulfilling. Therefore, as the saying goes, "keeping warm makes one think..."

cough cough.

Anyway, it's because people eat too much and have too much free time that some people have developed very unusual tastes. They don't like anything else but Pokémon, which has led the Pokémon League to create a series of laws to restrict such behavior.

Teng Shu had seen some legal articles while following Tianxi, including those concerning this area.

According to Article 1147 of the Pokémon League Penal Code [Prohibition of having improper relationships with Pokémon].

No human individual may engage in sexual relations or other intimate acts with Pokémon in any form that violate natural ethics, including but not limited to:

Using Pokémon's physical characteristics or psychological dependence to commit sexual assault;

Inducing Pokémon to cooperate through superpowers, drugs, or mechanical means;

To produce and distribute obscene content involving humans and Pokémon.

Furthermore, regardless of whether a Pokémon demonstrates willingness or possesses the ability to communicate telepathically, this cannot be used as a reason for exemption; a Pokémon's "consent" is legally invalid.

This is supposedly to prevent some people from doing anything reckless, so they've basically banned everything.

Those who meet any of the following conditions will be subject to a heavier sentence:

To perform actions on young Pokémon (before they have completed their final evolution).

Trainers take actions against the Pokémon directly under their management;

Use the Poké Ball's forced recall function to prevent Pokémon from resisting.

This is quite outrageous, and the punishment is very severe, generally starting at seven years and going up to the death penalty.

So these days, it's really difficult to become a Furious fan in Pokémon.

It is said that in the past, someone even married Gardevoir, but the League later banned such things, and the reason is unknown.

As for this matter, rumors are flying everywhere. After all, people are very interested in gossip, and that's why people are so curious.

Some people say that something happened to Gardevoir or the person she married, otherwise the League wouldn't have done this.

Some say it's because that person planned to do some kind of experiment with Gardevoir's organs, while others say it's because human lifespans are not equal to Pokémon's; the person died of old age, but Gardevoir was still alive, so it went mad and took revenge on everything around it, leading to this ending.

However, no one knows the truth or the falsehood, and Teng Shu himself is naturally unaware of it. Moreover, the alliance has always kept quiet about this issue, so Teng Shu doesn't understand what's going on.

This matter even made it onto the list of the "Top Ten Mysteries of the Pokémon League," which shows that people's gossip-loving nature is abundant, whether in this life or the past.

"Kai, you...you shouldn't break the law." Teng Shu coughed and looked at Kai's phone with a strange expression. A question mark emoji appeared on Kai's phone at the right time, as if he didn't understand Teng Shu's meaning at all.

After a while, however, Akai seemed to understand. The characters on the phone appeared extremely quickly, showing that Akai was also very excited at this moment.

No, it wasn't me. I have no intention of dating, especially not with a human. I just wanted to ask!

Seeing Akai's message, Teng Shu breathed a sigh of relief. That's good.

"Humans falling in love..." Teng Shu scratched his head. Strictly speaking, this question was a bit difficult for him, since he himself was a lifelong single. In his previous life, his parents constantly pressured him to get married, and he had no intention of going on blind dates. Then he was transmigrated here. And speaking of falling in love, Teng Shu himself didn't really have any interest in it right now...

For some reason, and quite inexplicably, the image of a certain blonde, arrogant girl suddenly flashed into Tengshu's mind...

Teng Shu shook his head violently. He must have lost his mind to think that the Phoenix King was not bad. But the Phoenix King is not a person. Teng Shu could not possibly break the law himself, could he?

"Let me think about it." But Teng Shu is Teng Shu after all. Although he has never had a sweet romance and has some fear of dating due to various negative news from his previous life, he has seen pigs run even if he has never eaten pork.

"Wait a minute while I draw... Are you in a hurry?" Teng Shu asked curiously. A Kai quickly said that he wasn't in a hurry, and Teng Shu was relieved.

If that's the case, then it's time to start copying and pasting the classic works of those masters from the past!

Sweet romance anime about past lives still have a large market. Teng Shu himself has watched some before, such as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, which is called one of the four school bullies by many people, and some niche works, such as One Room, which is not widely known but loved by those who do. These are all very good works, and One Room is unanimously considered by viewers to have the most handsome male protagonist in all anime, without exception.

There are also "Tonikaku Kawaii", "Takagi-san", and so on, too many to list.

I don't know if the island nation has such a low birth rate that they are desperately encouraging young people to get married and have more children. But the problem is that getting married and having children is not a matter for one person, but for two people. If you only shout slogans and don't see the pain points, then you are just daydreaming.

However, there are also some bad apples. For example, the manga "Rent-a-Girlfriend" by a certain manga artist has come up with a series of bizarre things. Even the once-popular anime "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War" has some aspects that have been criticized later on, not to mention the "what if" scenarios in "We Never Learn".

Therefore, those romance anime that can be successfully adapted to the screen are the true masterpieces, while others that flop or turn out to be terrible are just examples of disappointment.

"Speaking of which, I haven't painted for a long time since Journey to the West." Teng Shu twisted his wrist. He hadn't painted much during this period, since there was no need for it. He was currently painting Journey to the West, and the plot of Journey to the West was progressing steadily. Now it had reached the stage of fighting against Tiger Power Immortal.

After completing the eighty-one tribulations, it will be almost time to confer a Buddha title.

However, the popularity of Journey to the West still surprised Teng Shu, because it has become so popular that it's become ridiculous. It's been adapted into an animation, and now people are discussing a live-action adaptation with Teng Shu. However, a live-action adaptation would be quite troublesome, mainly for Teng Shu, since he has always had a Monkey King in his mind.

So if it doesn't meet that standard, Teng Shu thinks it's better not to film it and make it an eyesore.

"Let's just draw a short story. Let's use 'Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai' as the script." Teng Shu stroked his chin. The anime "Room" was good, but it was too short. It wasn't as long as "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai". Moreover, Teng Shu still had a very deep impression of Mai-senpai's storyline.

Bunny Girl Senpai has gradually been forgotten by everyone, but Sakuta Azusagawa's classic quotes are still a memorable work.

So Tengshu drew quite quickly, but while drawing, he was also a little curious: why did Akai suddenly start to care about this issue?

"Kai isn't dating, so what is he curious about?" Teng Shu was also a little curious. After all, Teng Shu's impression of Kai was that he was honest and didn't talk much. He spent most of his time staying in the attic, so seeing this change in Kai naturally made Teng Shu very curious.

At this moment, Kai was sitting in front of his computer, staring at the screen, lost in thought.

Since experiencing what happened to that old man, Akai has gained some new perspectives on life and death. By chance, Akai learns about a special profession.

Suicide Prevention Counselor

As the name suggests, this profession is responsible for persuading people who want to commit suicide to give up the idea. The reason why Akai is curious about this profession is because he wants to understand through these people why people want to die and what people's attitudes are towards death.

Suicide counselor is a profession that Kai plans to try, and she also finds that sometimes she encounters people with self-destructive tendencies on the Yorozuya's commission platform.

Most of these people's actions stem from emotional issues, which is why Akai wants to know why they do these things and see if he can solve the problem. That's why he plans to ask Tengshu for information about human relationships and see why humans develop self-destructive tendencies because of love.

Then, I can write an academic report and see if it can be published. If it can be published, then I can go back to participate in the Casey family's knowledge awarding ceremony. However, this is something that only the Casey family, like Akai's, knows. Others really don't know about it, so the information has not been circulated in the Alliance.