I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

In Tengshu's orphanage, only Akai can do this now. However, what surprised Tengshu was that Akai actually wanted to eat glutinous rice chicken, something he had made once before.

However, because chicken is relatively expensive in this world, Tengshu only made it once and never made it again.

"Trying to eat something sweet? Okay, then we'll have sticky rice chicken for breakfast this morning." Teng Shu smiled. That was fine too, it would save him the trouble of agonizing over the matter.

“But there are no lotus leaves…” Teng Shu realized a problem; he didn’t have any lotus leaves here.

The recipe for sticky rice chicken is quite simple. It involves wrapping ingredients such as mushrooms and chicken in sticky rice, and it tastes delicious.

Moreover, because of the glutinous rice, it is very filling. However, the glutinous rice chicken itself is quite filling; eating one is equivalent to eating half a meal, so it is a good choice for breakfast.

However, if this sticky rice chicken is wrapped in lotus leaves before eating, the overall taste will be better, although it's not impossible to eat it without lotus leaves.

There was a ‘pop’ sound.

A stack of lotus leaves, still glistening with water droplets, fell in front of the vine tree.

Teng Shu blinked.

"Ah Kai, thanks." Teng Shu rubbed his hands together. As long as there are lotus leaves, it will make the sticky rice chicken taste even better.

The water droplets tried to float, but the next second they burst into the pool.

Just as Tengshu was about to pick up the lotus leaf, the lotus leaf vanished from in front of him in a flash, leaving Tengshu stunned.

"Akai?" Teng Shu was a little confused. What was wrong with Akai? He remembered that the female Casey didn't have a menstrual cycle.

Why does this feeling feel a little strange?

The lotus leaf reappeared, but this time it appeared at the kitchen doorway.

Floating in mid-air.

Teng Shu was a little confused, but he still decided to go and get it.

But before Tengshu could walk over, he saw a pink Pokémon peek out from the kitchen doorway.

Pink, with a long tail and big eyes.

And the lotus leaf was floating on that guy's tail.

“…” Teng Shu rubbed his eyes.

dream?

When Tengshu opened his eyes again, he saw that Meng Huan was still watching him at the door.

"Ah... Dream, did you find the lotus leaves for me? Thank you." Teng Shu muttered to himself, not even knowing what he was saying. He was a little confused.

Why is it a dream?

Upon hearing what the vine tree said, Mew proudly placed the lotus leaf on the vine tree's table, and then the entire Pokémon instantly disappeared.

Teng Shu looked at the lotus leaves in front of him with some confusion.

"Mew? Mew is in my orphanage?" Teng Shu was somewhat surprised, mainly because Mew is such a rare Pokémon.

However, after shaking his head, Teng Shu calmed down.

Even if it's a Mew, it's not a big deal. You still have to cook. But when Tengshu thought about Mew, he felt like he had found the true identity of the Pokémon that had startled him and then turned out to be a reincarnation of a starving ghost.

"Never mind, let's cook." Teng Shu shook his head and then began to concentrate on making glutinous rice chicken.

...

In the attic, the morning sun was already shining into the small room. At this moment, Casey was leaning against the wall, reading a book while using her phone to film her headmaster making breakfast.

Thinking of the Mewtwo from earlier, Casey paused in her book-flipping motion.

That guy was a bit strange; Casey wouldn't have noticed his presence if he hadn't revealed himself.

A gentle breeze caressed the pages of the book that had not yet fallen.

Casey blinked.

Then he closed the book in his hand.

That guy wasn't hostile towards the dean; on the contrary, he was somewhat hostile towards it.

To be precise, it was when he heard the dean thank him that he suddenly became hostile towards it.

Casey didn't care.

After all, the lotus leaf wasn't the one it found, and even its own dean mistook it for someone else, and who knew that the guy would be unhappy about it.

Casey walked to the window in the attic and looked down at the orphanage.

As Casey's eyes flickered, a few petals drifted up, flew into the attic, and then landed in her vase.

While Teng Shu was cooking, the buttons on that small phone started moving on their own.

"Humans are so strange. Why would they want to watch the previous video again?" Casey was a little confused. It was only when she saw the new comments every night that she thought of asking Tengshu to make the glutinous rice chicken again, and the number of likes was also very high.

However, the director of our household cooks very well.

Chapter 48 The Abandoned Krookodile in the Pokémon Center

"Dean, what's this today?" Locke asked, holding a sticky rice chicken, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Dean Teng Shu is such a waste of his talent not to be a chef.

"Sticky rice chicken," Teng Shu explained simply as he distributed the sticky rice chicken to the children.

This time he made thirteen sticky rice chickens, taking into account Locke's big appetite, and also as a thank-you gift for Dream.

Tengshu was pretty sure that Mew was the mysterious Pokémon that had broken into his orphanage, and that it was also a glutton.

So Tengshu tried making two more sticky rice chickens, but then he was taken away by Dream.

However, Mew did not appear. It disappeared in the same way as Akaina. But Mew left a small lotus leaf to mark its identity, which made Tengshu both amused and exasperated.

"Sticky rice chicken?" Locke nodded, then unwrapped the lotus leaf, and a fragrant aroma wafted out.

The aroma immediately whetted Locke's appetite.

After taking a bite, Locke couldn't help but take another bite because of the rich ingredients inside and the soft, flavorful glutinous rice.

Teng Shu was also sitting there eating his glutinous rice chicken. He didn't have a big appetite, so one chicken was enough to fill him up.

While eating, Teng Shu took out the Magic Conch Shell. His daily routine now included asking about the method for Infernape to evolve.

The magical conch shell remained unresponsive.

"This one percent probability is really quite low." Teng Shu shook his head helplessly. One percent, and only once a day. Teng Shu didn't know how long it would take to get the answer.

I wonder if this conch has any kind of safety net?

After finishing breakfast, Tengshu cleaned up the kitchen. The cooking utensils for making glutinous rice chicken were not many, so cleaning was easy.

However, Tengshu didn't see Meng Huan, and didn't know if that guy had run off to play or left.

Mew, this magical Pokémon, is known for its elusive nature and wandering around everywhere. There are sightings of Mew in all sorts of places, the most outrageous being a sighting of it in a public restroom.

However, because there were no supporting photos or videos, it was deemed questionable.

"So..." Teng Shu wiped his hands, looked around, wondering what he was going to do next.

Nothing particularly noteworthy happened at the orphanage today, so we could replenish the reading corner. Teng Shu had noticed that Akai liked to read medical books.

However, just as Teng Shu was about to go buy books, his phone vibrated. Teng Shu picked up his phone, glanced at it, and frowned slightly.

It's Miss Joey.

“Miss Qiao Yichun, is…” Teng Shu paused for a moment.

"I understand, okay, I'll be right there." Teng Shu put down his phone, then pinched his brow before pushing his bicycle.

"Dean, is there a new little one joining our family?" Locke stood to the side watching, holding a sticky rice chicken in his hand.

Locke admitted his mistake.

He hadn't expected the sticky rice chicken to be so big and so filling; he still had half of it left to eat!

"Hmm." Teng Shu didn't have time to say much more and hurriedly rode his bike away from the orphanage.

What are the common sources of Pokémon in welfare homes?

In the past, Teng Shu wouldn't have known, but now he can say it easily.

The largest source is animals that are deliberately abandoned at the entrance of welfare homes, followed by those abandoned at Pokémon Centers.

Pokémon Centers offer free medical care, but not all illnesses are covered by the free service.

Some people who cannot afford or do not want to pay for medical treatment will abandon their Pokémon at the Pokémon Hospital.

The call I just received was from Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Center Medical Center.

Teng Shuqi didn't ride very fast, after all, he had just eaten and couldn't do strenuous exercise, as it could cause intestinal torsion.

When Tengshu arrived at the Pokémon Center, he stopped the car and went inside.

Even in the morning, the Pokémon Center was already bustling with activity: people coming to treat their Pokémon, people bringing their families for checkups, the sounds of numbers being called, hushed discussions, and sobbing...

Teng Shu pursed his lips.

He didn't like going to the hospital because it was filled with too much sadness.

Teng Shu found his way to the infirmary with practiced ease, knocked on the door, and it opened. Qiao Yichun was dressed in a business suit and holding a Poké Ball.

"Tengshu, thank you so much." Qiao Yichun sighed and handed the Poké Ball to Tengshu.

“This illness…” Teng Shu took the Poké Ball. Nurse Joy didn’t say much on the phone. Besides knowing that it was a Krookodile that had been abandoned, Teng Shu didn’t know much else.

Being sent to an orphanage doesn't necessarily mean the Pokémon has been cured; it could also mean...

The Pokémon Center doesn't always have the money to treat these abandoned Pokémon; even the wealthiest businessman wouldn't dare say that.

"...We need to go through the charity application process, but we don't know if we can get it." Qiao Yichun sighed, then handed Teng Shu a medical record.

Teng Shu picked it up and glanced at it.

[Transposition of the great arteries requires heart transplant surgery]

A simple sentence, yet it seemed to sentence the scoundrel to death.

Any procedure involving the word "replacement" is unlikely to be a cheap surgery. Organ transplants are even more outrageously expensive, and even if you have the money, you may not be able to get treatment immediately; it also depends on whether someone can donate an organ.

If no one donates an organ, and there is no suitable match, then there is nothing that can be done.

"I understand, I'll go back and submit the application." Teng Shu put the Poké Ball into the special belt around his waist.

The Pokémon League has specific rules and standards for almost every situation, and these rules are made up of cold, hard words.

Teng Shu touched the Poké Ball at his waist, his expression not looking too good.

The Love Channel is a welfare channel used by the League to release charitable donations to the public. It can give seriously ill Pokémon and people a glimmer of hope and has indeed saved many lives, but many lives have also been lost.

The reason is also very simple.

No money.

Krookodile has to compete with other sick, abandoned, or not abandoned Pokémon whose trainers are broke, and also with humans, to get enough donations. It's too difficult.

"Then what about its trainer? This disease should have been checked, right?" Teng Shu asked.

"We can't find anything. The other party may have trained medical-related Pokémon. Transposition of the aorta is still easy to identify." Qiao Yichun understood what Tengshu meant.

Teng Shu nodded, then silently left with the Poké Ball.

He needs to go back and submit the application.

Chapter 49 Pokémon Organ Transplantation

Teng Shu brought the scoundrel to the orphanage. He didn't see Xingyi on the way and didn't know why.

As soon as he entered, Teng Shu checked out the information on the scoundrel crocodile.

【Rogue Crocodile】

Ground/Dark type Pokémon

[Time bomb]

[Due to transposition of the great arteries, a heart transplant is necessary. If the transplant cannot be performed within two months, the patient will die.]