I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

Although the person in front of him was brought in by Teng Shu, Dark Raven wasn't particularly familiar with him, so he was naturally a little wary.

"Dean, who was that just now?" Locke asked curiously, sticking his head out of the cafeteria window.

“A friend.” Teng Shu was quite calm. He was checking the dried beef he had made earlier. He had originally intended to air-dry it, but the weather had clearly not been very good lately, making it difficult to air-dry. If things continued like this, bacteria would grow.

If so much beef becomes inedible due to bacterial growth, Tengshu would be so heartbroken that he would think about it every night before going to sleep.

Therefore, vines naturally need to be treated in other ways, such as making them into roasted dried meat.

The roasted dried beef tastes pretty good and is relatively easy to store. Although it doesn't keep for very long, Tengshu thinks that with his and Locke's eating speed and so many mouths to feed in the orphanage, it wouldn't be too difficult to finish it.

"How are the 'Silly Flower' and 'Rada' doing?" Tengshu asked Locke while preparing some roasted dried meat.

Although Tengshu felt it would probably take a long time for the mouth-shaped flower and Rada to recover, Locke was, after all, a psychologist, and it was hard to say whether he might have some solutions.

"Not good, still the same as before, refusing to communicate and isolating itself. But I have also learned some other information." Locke became much more serious when he mentioned the two Pokémon that had just joined the orphanage.

Although he was a foodie and particularly fond of writing papers, Locke was very reliable when it came to serious matters.

"What?" Teng Shu looked at Locke with some curiosity.

“These two Pokémon are quite old, already in their twilight years, and probably don’t have many years left.” Locke’s voice was somewhat low.

Pokémon also have lifespans. Among them, Bug-type Pokémon have the shortest lifespans, while the lifespan of Ghost-type Pokémon is still unknown. However, most Pokémon, like humans, will eventually die.

Only death is the final scale that stands before life.

Teng Shu didn't speak. He knew that the two Pokémon wouldn't live long. After all, the old lady was quite poor, and these two Pokémon had been with her for almost half her life. It was already quite good that they had survived until now.

"Give me the information, and I'll report it to the alliance." Teng Shu placed the beef on the grill.

These two Pokémon also need to go through the League's procedures to determine whether to release them back into the wild or include them in the adoption pool. However, considering the lifespan of these two Pokémon, Tengshu thinks that they will most likely not be adopted in the end.

After all, elderly Pokémon with short lifespans are often not adopted and may even become abandoned.

As Pokémon age, their physical functions decline and their battle prowess diminishes, making them unsuitable for battle even if adopted. Consequently, almost no one is willing to adopt them.

Pokémon like these might be left at Tengshu's orphanage, with the League paying for Tengshu to take care of them, since that's what orphanages do.

Chapter 118 The Sudden Power Outage

[...Based on current investigations, both the Silence Flower and the Rada are in their later years.]

Teng Shu was sitting in his office typing on his keyboard.

As the director of an orphanage, Tengshu's job can be boring or interesting, but most of the time it is repetitive. Every time a new Pokémon comes in, Tengshu has to prepare a report to report it.

Monthly reports, quarterly reports, semi-annual reports, annual reports, and then the year-end auditing of the ledgers is another chaotic time.

However, Teng Shu has only been running the welfare home for three months, so he doesn't need to do anything like annual reports in the short term, which is quite lucky in a way.

"Finally finished writing." Teng Shu pressed enter and looked at the email that was being sent out, feeling much more relieved.

Then, the computer screen went black the next second.

Teng Shu was stunned for a moment.

He stared in disbelief at the black screen of the computer in front of him, then rubbed his eyes incredulously, but when he opened them again, the screen was still black.

"It crashed?" That was Teng Shu's first thought. He glanced at it subconsciously and then found one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

The good news is that the computer didn't crash.

The bad news is that there's a power outage.

"Holy shit!" Teng Shu couldn't help but curse.

Actually, as a steady and mature man, Teng Shu doesn't like to swear much, but when the power goes out while he's sending the message after finishing his work, anyone would probably find it hard to avoid uttering a curse.

"It has automatic saving, right? It won't be lost or the document will be corrupted, will it?" Teng Shu was a little helpless. He stood up and looked around. Good heavens, the entire orphanage had lost power.

Teng Shu hurriedly walked out.

"Director, the infirmary is without power!" Locke happened to walk over and said anxiously when he saw Teng Shu. Teng Shu nodded. Of course he knew that not only the infirmary, but the entire welfare home was without power.

Although Teng Shu's welfare home was built with the help of the system, the power grid and water supply are still connected to the alliance. Otherwise, Teng Shu would have to find a way to explain why his welfare home does not need to be connected to the power grid and water pipes.

While the advantages of this are very reasonable and there is absolutely no need to worry about any problems, there are also disadvantages.

Take the current situation, for example.

[Changqing City Power Grid issued an emergency notice: Due to severe convective weather, power outages have just occurred in some areas of our city, with power poles collapsing. The power grid is currently conducting emergency repairs. Affected areas...]

Teng Shu looked at the notification on his phone and scratched his head.

"The utility pole collapsed, and then the power went out. They're working on repairs now," Teng Shu explained, then looked towards his orphanage.

There aren't many places in the welfare home that need electricity; the air conditioner is probably the most affected.

Furthermore, Teng Shu uses a gas stove for cooking, so there's no need for electricity. And according to the alliance's repair speed, the power supply is usually restored by evening.

"Will the infirmary be affected?" Teng Shu asked Locke. Locke shook his head. There wasn't anything in the infirmary that required electricity, except for the medical pod.

However, he had checked and found that Tengshu's medical pod had the ability to store electricity, precisely to prevent such a thing from happening, so that even if the power was cut off, it would not affect normal use.

"Then it's alright." Teng Shu rubbed his face.

So, in this power outage crisis, you're the one who's most affected, right?

Before I could even send out the report I'd written, my computer screen went black. This kind of experience would raise the blood pressure of any working person.

Teng Shu shook his head. There was nothing he could do now. He would wait for the power to come back on and see. It seemed he would need to buy a laptop next time, just in case something went wrong.

If such a problem were to occur when preparing the annual report, Teng Shu would probably really consider tearing down the telephone pole.

Although Teng Shu was worried about his emails, the damage was done and there was no point in worrying, so he quickly put the matter out of his mind.

Anyway, at worst, we can just rewrite one later and that'll be the end of it.

"The two cat bosses that Kojiro and Eiya adopted gave me a total of 1,300 happiness points. The accumulation speed is quite fast." Teng Shu took out a notebook and looked at the to-do list on it.

This is a record of some things by Teng Shu himself, all of which are to-do items at the welfare home.

The first issue is Crocodile's heart problem.

However, solving this problem is very difficult at present. Tengshu doesn't have enough happiness points to upgrade the medical pod, and even if he did upgrade it, he would need to find a matching heart donor.

Therefore, this problem is one that cannot be solved for the time being, and Tengshu is somewhat helpless about it.

The second thing...

"Should we upgrade the medical pod again?" Teng Shu looked at the to-do list for treating Primeape and felt somewhat helpless. This also required upgrading the medical pod. Otherwise, they could only wait and see if Primeape could rely on the magical power of evolution to solve this problem after it evolved.

Next, we need to treat the Baby Dragon's disability, which also requires upgrading the medical pod. Similarly, the Child Bear's erosive skin disease also requires a medical pod.

"Upgrading the medical pod is a problem..." Teng Shu looked at the medical pod. Upgrading the medical pod now requires 2,000 happiness points, and upgrading it again will require 4,000 happiness points, increasing by 2 each time.

It might not seem like much in the short term, but if this continues, it will become an astronomical figure. After all, Teng Shu knew about the power of exponential growth.

However, we can't not upgrade, since a lot of Pokémon in Tengshu's orphanage need medical treatment.

We've made some progress on the issues between Akai and Dongshimiao, but Akai doesn't have any, only Dongshimiao.

Under Locke's treatment, Dong Shi Miao's illness has shown some signs of improvement. Although Dong Shi Miao still often clings to the vine tree, it is no longer as sickly.

Previously, it really reached the point where it would do whatever the vine tree said, and even after it finished, it would feel guilty and afraid that it hadn't done well enough.

Teng Shu saw this, but didn't have any good solutions.

“...If you want these fruit trees to grow well, you can’t just fertilize them randomly.” Teng Shu was about to return to his office when he heard Grandpa Xingzhen’s voice coming from the woods nearby.

Teng Shu was stunned for a moment. What was Grandpa Xingzhen doing...?

Tengshu walked over curiously and saw Grandpa Xingzhen standing next to Dark Raven, instructing Dark Raven on how to plant fruit trees.

The bewildered look on Dark Raven's face made Tengshu want to laugh.

Chapter 119 News about Black Flame!

Although Murkrow is a fairly intelligent Pokémon, Tengshu knew that Murkrow's intelligence was limited, and expecting it to understand such a long passage from the old man was really asking too much of it.

However, Teng Shu didn't bother with it. Although the old man was a cleaner at the welfare home, there wasn't much cleaning work there, and Teng Shu was worried that the old man would get bored if he had nothing to do all day.

Teng Shu could tell a little about the old man's condition.

Since his wife passed away, the old man has been somewhat depressed, which is not good.

A person's mood can affect their physical health, especially for someone of his age like the old man. If he is always frowning, his health will naturally suffer.

Although it's unclear how the old man met Dark Raven, since the old man is now planning to help Dark Raven plant fruit trees, Vine Tree is naturally happy to see it happen. At least the old man has something to do, which will put his mind at ease in the future.

"I never imagined that Blackie could be used for this purpose." Teng Shu shook his head as he thought of Dark Raven.

Originally, Tengshu showed Dark Raven those books on planting tree fruits just so that Dark Raven could have something to do. After all, Dark Raven was acting as a surveillance camera at the orphanage every day, and Tengshu couldn't really expect Dark Raven to be a surveillance camera every day.

I never expected that the old man would still have something to do.

Humming a little tune, Teng Shu returned to his office. The power wasn't back on yet, but Teng Shu planned to tidy up his office first.

Just as Teng Shu finished tidying up, the office computer buzzed. Teng Shu paused for a moment. Was it a call coming in?

"I don't even know if it's been sent out yet." Teng Shu hurriedly turned on his computer and then glanced at his phone.

More than two hours have passed since the power outage, and the alliance is still efficient. After all, this is a natural disaster, and it is not appropriate to expect it to be repaired too quickly.

Teng Shu turned on his computer and checked the file. He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it had been sent. Then, he casually opened a webpage to read the news, which was one of his little habits.

Moreover, as the director of the welfare home under the alliance, Teng Shu sometimes needs to study documents issued at alliance meetings. If he sees them in advance, he can study them earlier and they won't affect his other work.

"Rare Pokémon tracks discovered in the Indigo Plateau... How boring, they find them several times a month." Teng Shu yawned.

The news in the Pokémon world isn't anything special; most of the time it's just ordinary, normal news.

After all, the Pokémon League doesn't have any external enemies right now. It just expands its member regions from time to time every year. Previously, the Padilla region joined the Pokémon League and became a part of it.

We don't know when there will be news of a new league joining, and when that happens, a new region will mean a new batch of Pokémon entering the League Pokédex.

The Pokémon world is vast, with many regions, but not all regions are willing to join the League directly. Therefore, the League also encourages other regions to join. However, Teng Shu doesn't pay much attention to these things. Right now, he just wants to take good care of the little guys in his orphanage.

[Top Dojo Masters in Changqing City]

Ho-Oh has been spotted in the Johto region! Come and pray for its safety!

Teng Shu read through all sorts of news articles one by one.

The Kanto Regional League is about to begin. Are there any players you like?

"Hmm?" Teng Shu paused for a moment, then opened the news and quickly scrolled down. Immediately afterward, Teng Shu saw a familiar name.

Black Flame.

The photo shows a man with a cold, serious expression, and a hint of arrogance. Below him is his personal introduction.

[Blackflame, a powerful trainer, has challenged Gym Leaders every time since his debut, and has now collected all eight Gym Badges. He is highly controversial due to his strength and cold command style...]

"The Kanto League? You?!" Teng Shu was somewhat annoyed.

Blackflame was a character that Tengshu didn't recognize. He hadn't appeared in the original series. After all, the Pokémon world was so vast that not everyone was qualified to appear. However, after Primeape was abandoned, Blackflame's name became a name that Tengshu remembered.

But I never expected to see Black Flame's name again, and he's even going to participate in the Kanto League, wanting to become the champion?

“But Little Tyranitar…” Teng Shu scratched his head; Tyranitar’s physical condition wasn’t very good.

It could even be said that some of it was bad.

Even though Primeape has been training hard, its body shows no signs of recovery, and it still makes mistakes from time to time when it throws a punch.

The resulting neuromotor imbalance is not easy to resolve; medical pods would need to be upgraded to a very high level to fix it.

Tengshu had previously found a way for Primeape to evolve, but to evolve Primeape, one needs to comprehend it in the face of life and death, and with extreme anger.

If it were Teng Shu himself, he would personally prefer to let Primala wait until the medical bay is upgraded, and then Primala's disease can be cured. But how long would that take?

The medical pods have been upgraded once, then again by 2,000, and the third upgrade by 4,000. At this rate, it's not too far off.

But what does Infernape think?

“Little Violent.” Teng Shu found the Violent Monkey.

When Tengshu found the Infernape, the Infernape was training.

It kept adjusting its body, then threw a powerful punch, but the Beast Dragon next to it blocked it from below. The Infernape tripped over its own feet and fell directly to the ground.

However, with the help of the dragon, the Primeape was not injured this time.