I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

"I went grocery shopping for Mom!" Xiao Zhi said happily, showing off the bag he was carrying to Teng Shu. Teng Shu glanced at it and saw that the vegetables were all fresh, with a green pepper in the bag, which made Teng Shu want to laugh.

"So, can Xiaozhi eat stir-fried green peppers now?" Tengshu asked with a smile. Upon hearing Tengshu's words, Xiaozhi's expression instantly turned ugly, as if he had tasted something strange, and he even pouted.

"No! I'll eat any other dish, but I really can't stand this green pepper." Xiao Zhi quickly waved his hand.

He really couldn't accept green peppers. When he was a volunteer at Tengshu's orphanage, Xiaozhi had eaten green peppers cooked by Tengshu, but even with Tengshu's excellent cooking skills, Xiaozhi just couldn't stomach them.

"If you say that, your mother will be angry." Teng Shu looked at the woman who had silently come up behind Xiao Zhi with a black line on her face with a half-smile, and almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

One of the biggest questions in the Pokémon anime series is: who is Ash's father?

As for Tengshu, he already knows the answer. After all, Xiaozhi had volunteered with him before, so Tengshu and Xiaozhi's mother had talked about it a few times.

According to Ash's mother, Ash's father is a traveler who is still traveling.

"Just don't let Mom hear, Uncle Tengshu. I'm telling you, I secretly fed the stir-fried green peppers that Mom made to the Pokémon at home." Looking at Ash's smug look, Tengshu couldn't help but cover his face. He had never seen anyone who felt like they weren't dead fast enough and was even sharpening their knife.

"Oh, is that so? No wonder you suddenly started eating green peppers?" Hanako's gentle voice made Ash shudder. Ash's face stiffened, and he looked at Tengshu in fear. Tengshu nodded at him sympathetically.

"Hanako, it's been a long time." Teng Shu greeted Hanako with a smile. He and Hanako weren't that far apart in age, so it wasn't a problem for him to call her that.

"Long time no see, Fujiki. Are you here for a follow-up visit?" Hanako chuckled, pressing her fist against Ash's temple before giving him a hard flick on the head.

"Yes, as required by the alliance, a follow-up visit is also necessary this time. I wonder if Aunt Anzu is still here?" Ignoring Chi's pleading look, Teng Shu chatted with Hanako with a smile.

Ash isn't the Ash we know and love yet. He doesn't even have his own Pokémon yet. It will be a while before Ash meets his soulmate, Pikachu.

And he even became a Pokémon Master the year after he embarked on his journey, which is truly an inspiring story.

"Kyoko, of course Aunt Kyoko is here. She's at home right now. If you go look for her now, you should be able to run into her." Hanako thought for a moment and then told Fujiki about Kyoko. Upon seeing this, Fujiki politely said goodbye and left.

"Are you sure you're okay leaving like this?" Koichi turned around and glanced at Hanako and Satoshi, a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

"They were just exchanging feelings of kinship," Teng Shu said calmly.

Ash is still a bit precocious for his age, quite mischievous, so it's not a bad thing for Hanako to discipline him.

After walking for a while, Tengshu finally saw the house of his revisit target. Just as Tengshu was about to knock on the door, he saw a strangely strong creature carrying a flowerpot come out from behind the house.

The monster seemed to be in good spirits, except that it only had one hand, its right hand, which was carrying a flowerpot.

Upon seeing the monstrous strength before him, Koichi was instantly stunned.

"What did you remember?" Teng Shu asked, pressing the doorbell while looking at Xing Yi beside him. He had already noticed Xing Yi's strange expression.

"I...I..." Koichi was also a little confused, and at that moment the door was opened and a simply dressed woman came out.

"Oh my, isn't this Dean Teng Shu?" Xingzi said with a smile. Then, a little boy popped out of the house. When he saw Teng Shu, he ran over and grabbed Teng Shu's clothes.

"Uncle Tengshu! Did you come to play with me?" the little boy asked happily.

"Xiao Cai! Let go quickly, or you'll ruin your Uncle Teng Shu's clothes!" Xingzi quickly stopped her son's reckless actions. Teng Shu smiled and waved his hand, then rubbed the little guy's head.

"Uncle doesn't have time to play with you today, but I can tell you a story, okay?" Teng Shu said with a smile. Xiao Cai nodded excitedly and then stood obediently next to his mother.

"Roar!" With an excited shout, Teng Shu turned his head and saw the monstrous strength rushing over. The sight of it made Teng Shu tremble. He remembered that when they were in the orphanage, this monstrous strength especially liked to run over from a distance and then give him a loving lift-up.

Although Mighty only has one hand, it's not difficult for him to lift an adult with his strength.

"Little Power, stop!" Tengshu quickly stopped Guai Li's actions, and Guai Li stopped. However, it still happily walked to Tengshu's side and raised its hand. Seeing this, Tengshu also smiled and raised its hand to clap with Guai Li.

A crisp "snap" sound.

Upon hearing the sound, Koichi's pupils dilated instantly. A jumble of memories flashed through his mind, causing him to scream in agony as he collapsed to the ground, struggling erratically.

Teng Shu was somewhat surprised. What had happened?

However, at this moment, Kyoko and Xiaocai cannot see Koichi in front of them, which makes Tengshu unsure of what to do.

But to Teng Shu's surprise, Xiao Li seemed to have noticed something at that moment.

Chapter 61 Psychological Trauma Caused by Disability

"Strength? What's wrong with you?" Kyoko quickly noticed Strength's abnormality. Strength was looking around irritably, its eyes bloodshot, clearly indicating that it had entered battle mode.

But where are the enemies nearby right now?

Xiao Cai looked around curiously, trying to find the reason why the strange strength was causing trouble, but he found nothing. This scene might be a little creepy to an unsuspecting person.

"Machamp, don't be afraid, there's no threat now." Aunt Anzu gently patted Machamp's back, comforting her Pokémon.

Surprisingly, as Kyoko comforted Guai Li, Koichi gradually calmed down as well. He looked up at Guai Li and Aunt Kyoko, his eyes revealing a complex mix of emotions and regret.

"Thank you, Dean, I feel much better now." Koichi got up from the ground. He looked at the monstrous strength in front of him, his fingers trembling. He seemed to want to do something, but in the end he stopped and did nothing.

Tengshu glanced at Xingyi. He really wanted to ask what was going on, but looking at everything in front of him, Tengshu knew that now was not a particularly good time to ask, so he simply gave up asking and instead routinely asked Xingzi.

"Guai Li is actually quite good. He's very proactive in his work. Even though I don't let him help, he always insists on helping. It's just that sometimes he has nightmares, and in his dreams, it seems like he's fighting something." Xingzi handed Teng Shu a glass of water and said softly as she looked at him.

In the garden, the monstrous creature was moving flowerpots, and it was clear that it was working very hard. Koichi stood quietly in front of the glass window watching the monstrous creature. Fujiki noticed that Koichi's eyes were a little red, and he looked like he wanted to cry.

“Guai Li wasn’t like this when he was in the orphanage… Did you get him checked out?” Teng Shu noted this down and then asked Aunt Xingzi.

"I've had a checkup. The doctor said it might be post-traumatic stress disorder. Something happened that caused the superhuman strength to lose three arms, and he's become traumatized by that event." Kyoko sighed and handed Fujiki a medical record. Fujiki picked it up and glanced at it. It was indeed post-traumatic stress disorder, but why?

It wasn't that Teng Shu felt that the Mighty One was being mistreated by Kyoko, because he knew that Kyoko was a very nice person and treated the Mighty One very well, as evidenced by their 90% compatibility.

Therefore, the moment Tengshu saw the matching score, he knew he could do whatever he wanted during this follow-up visit.

However, Teng Shu was puzzled. If Guai Li had a serious post-traumatic stress disorder, then logically, Guai Li should have shown it when he was in the welfare home. Why did it only show up now?

This is the key reason why Teng Shu couldn't understand it. After all, mental illnesses like this usually manifest immediately. Post-traumatic mental illnesses are quite common among patients who become disabled due to accidents. Teng Shu had once watched a documentary in which a man who had his left leg amputated due to a car accident was very irritable from the start.

Smashing things and losing control of emotions are very common occurrences. Later, they will hug their broken leg and wail in pain, then loudly curse, blaming God for injustice, blaming the driver, blaming everything, until they slowly accept reality and eventually live a peaceful but inconvenient life.

When he first received the monster, Teng Shu had already prepared himself mentally for this. He had tried to calm it down, but he soon discovered that although the monster had some problems, it wasn't that violent.

The other party's emotions are relatively stable.

Therefore, Machamp successfully passed the League's relevant tests and was included in the category of Pokémon that can be adopted.

"I'm so sorry, Aunt Anzu, Machamp didn't show any signs of this when it was in the orphanage." Teng Shu quickly apologized, because saying such things could easily make adoptive parents overthink and suspect that the orphanage was maliciously concealing the Pokémon's illness, thus causing them to adopt a troublesome Pokémon.

The adoption process is not over once an adoption is completed. It is a long-term process that requires follow-up, both for adopters and welfare institutions.

The welfare home needs to determine whether the relationship between the adopter and the adopted Pokémon is normal, whether the adopted Pokémon has been abused or resold, and the adopter will also observe whether the Pokémon has any diseases that should not be present.

Because when adopting a Pokémon, they can see the official information provided by the league, which allows them to know if the Pokémon has any hidden diseases. This is to protect the rights of adopters, since no one wants to adopt a Pokémon that is seriously injured or has a serious disease.

This would mean higher costs, since the original trainers of these Pokémon could abandon them due to illness or lack of money, let alone people who have just adopted them and haven't yet established any emotional bond with them.

So whether it's for the sake of being responsible to Pokémon or to the adopters, the League has very strict requirements regarding adoption.

During the previous adoption process, Teng Shu also conducted various tests on Machamp. After confirming its strength, he took Machamp to the League to undergo various tests before compiling Machamp's information into a file.

Unexpectedly, the strange strength caused such a problem, which caught Tengshu off guard.

"It's alright. Although Machamp has only been with me for a short time, I really like this little guy. He's very hardworking and excellent, and I feel sorry for him." Aunt Kyoko looked tenderly at Machamp outside the window. Tengshu nodded silently after hearing this. He had to admit that the 90% compatibility was indeed quite accurate. Aunt Kyoko and Machamp's relationship was indeed very deep.

Looking at the gentle Aunt Kyoko in front of him, Tengshu couldn't help but glance at Koichi, who was still standing by the window in a daze. There was a strange look in his eyes. Look at Aunt Kyoko in front of him, what a gentle person she is. Even though the monster has become like this, Aunt Kyoko is still willing to take care of it. And Koichi? Why would he think of abandoning the monster?

The answer to the question should be available in a little while.

Tengshu jotted down a few notes in his notebook, then politely said goodbye to Aunt Xingzi. He then left Aunt Xingzi's house with a reluctant Xingyi, while Guaili stood in the garden, quietly watching the direction Tengshu had gone.

It seemed to have seen something.

Chapter 62 A melodramatic yet terrifying story

"Tell me, what's on your mind?" Teng Shu glanced at Xing Yi beside him and then asked calmly.

Upon hearing this, Koichi lowered his head in silence, his previous arrogance completely gone.

"It's all my fault. I'm the one who caused the superhuman strength to become like this." Koichi's voice was a little hoarse, his eyes were red, his hands were clenched into fists, and his body was trembling.

"What did you do?" Teng Shu frowned as he looked at Xing Yi, his tone not very friendly.

Koichi didn't say anything. He just quietly found a place to hide under the shade of a tree, then slumped down on the ground, groping in his pockets as if trying to find something, but he found nothing.

After a while, Koichi pulled a playing card out of his pocket.

A clown card.

The world of Pokémon has playing cards, and some of the card games in this world are similar to those in the previous world.

“Look, this is the Joker in cards. In some games, he’s the lowest card, and sometimes you don’t even need him. But in other games, he’s the highest.” Koichi’s eyes held a strange hint of sarcasm. Tengshu looked at him quietly without saying a word.

“My life… is just like this clown’s.” Koichi gave a bitter laugh, grabbed his hair in frustration, tore the cards in his hand to shreds, stuffed them into his mouth, chewed and swallowed them.

But after a moment, he looked helpless and pulled the clown card out of his breast pocket again.

"So what does this card have to do with superhuman strength?" As the sun gradually set and dusk slowly approached, the light shone on the vine tree, casting a long shadow.

“I used to be a rich kid, but I was also a gambler. I squandered my family fortune, kicked my parents out of the house, and lost all my Pokémon. In the end, all I had left was Machamp.” Sachi said calmly, but Tengshu could tell from his white knuckles and the crumpled Joker card that his heart was not so calm.

"To turn my life around, I borrowed money from loan sharks, and then I gambled away everything again." Koichi's tone was very low.

"I tried to escape with my superhuman strength, but I was caught by loan sharks. They kept attacking me! They forced me to ask my parents for money! They made us sell our blood! They made us sell my parents' organs!" Koichi roared angrily, his voice hoarse and desperate, like a trapped beast.

"So you ran away?" Teng Shu seemed to have guessed how the story would unfold.

“Yes, I ran away, leaving the superhuman strength there to stop them, but I was caught again the next day. I had no money, so they…” Koichi pulled open his clothes, and then Fujiki saw a very bloody scene. Looking at all this, Fujiki remained silent.

A somewhat clichéd story, yet one that is undeniably brutally real.

Although it sounds outrageous, Teng Shu, who knows the personality of gamblers well, knows very well that all of this is really possible.

Back when Teng Shu was still working at the company, one of his colleagues suddenly borrowed money from everyone in the company and from all his relatives and friends. Later, everyone found out that he had gone to gamble online and ended up with a mountain of debt.

Moreover, this wasn't the first time the other party had done something like this. There was another time when the other party gambled away all their savings and ended up with a huge debt.

Ultimately, they forced his parents to sell the house to pay off his debts, while the other party cried desperately, begging his parents that he would be a good person in the future and never gamble again.

But after only six months of quitting, this guy went into debt again.

Teng Shu heard the rest of the story from a familiar colleague at the company. He said that the gambler had secretly run away, leaving his parents behind.

His parents, driven to desperation by loan sharks, chose to end their lives, causing a great deal of impact. The gambler has yet to show up.

The gambler seemed to have vanished into thin air, and Fujiki never heard from him again. So when he heard what Koichi said, Fujiki felt a deep sense of anger.

"Gambling addicts don't deserve sympathy." Teng Shu said expressionlessly, looking at the pitiful Xing Yi. To be honest, everything this guy has now is his own fault.

“Yes, I didn’t expect any sympathy either.” Koichi nodded in agreement. He had already crushed the card to pieces, and his fingernails were even digging into his flesh, but Koichi seemed to feel no pain.

He just stood there laughing, laughing loudly.

"Can I do you a favor?" Koichi looked at Tengshu, his tone pleading.

"What is it?" Teng Shu was reluctant to agree, but he wanted to see what Xing Yi was going to say. This gambler couldn't possibly say that he still had a sum of money saved up, could he? That was impossible for a gambler.

“When I died, I saw the true faces of several wanted criminals. They seemed to be registered with the League, and I also knew where they had their surgeries. Could you please report them to the League for me? And if there is a reward, please give it to my parents, and also share a portion with Mighty. I owe them so much.” Koichi suddenly knelt down, his eyes red as he looked at Teng Shu and pleaded.

Teng Shu stared at Xing Yi in a daze. He remembered when he first met Xing Yi, the latter was so aloof and arrogant, but now…

"Okay, I'll help, but I'm not sure if it will work. After all, so much time has passed, they might have changed locations by now." Teng Shu finally agreed to Xingyi's request, since it wasn't a big deal for him.

Moreover, if this can help Koichi's parents and his superhuman strength, then it would be a good thing.

Xingyi excitedly kept talking to Tengshu, and then he followed Tengshu to Officer Jenny's Brigade in Zhenxin Town.

Although it's called Officer Jenny's Brigade, the Officer Jenny's Brigade in Pallet Town is actually smaller in terms of personnel and offices compared to Viridian City.

Teng Shu checked the Alliance's wanted fugitives on the public service machine. After searching for a while, Xing Yi excitedly pointed to three of them. Teng Shu looked at them and saw that their bounties were as high as more than 130 million.

"If you can really catch them, then at least your sins can be lessened a little."

Chapter 63 Team Rocket, the Dark Organization

After making the report, Teng Shu took a bus back to Changqing City.

As for Xingyi, he was also by Tengshu's side. His previous arrogance had disappeared. Now, whenever he noticed Tengshu's gaze on him, he would show a humble, ingratiating smile, which made Tengshu feel uncomfortable.

"Where are your parents?" There weren't many people on the bus from Zhenxin Town to Changqing City, so Tengshu decided to chat with Xingyi about it.

Although it's still unknown how effective the report will be, if the suspect is caught, Teng Shu plans to distribute the entire reward.

"I don't know..." Koichi's tone turned somber, and his gaze was forlorn.

"Back then... to pay off my debts, I kicked my parents out of the house, stole the property certificate, and sold the house. My parents were very disappointed in me... I even blocked them..." Koichi's voice was low and tinged with resentment.

Teng Shu raised an eyebrow. Although he already knew Xingyi's story, he still had to say that Xingyi was a beast when he was alive.