I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

Well, after all, it's the world of Pokémon. Tengshu also made some minor adaptations to Journey to the West; otherwise, he would have needed to explain what a monkey and a pig are, which would have been too troublesome.

Even so, there are still many things that Tengshu needs to explain, but fortunately these settings can be gradually improved in the future.

With that in mind, Teng Shu put away his comic book manuscript, placed it in a file folder, and then took it out to mail it.

Fujiki's target publication is "Kanto Manga Light," the largest weekly manga magazine in the Kanto region. If his work is accepted, he can earn a fee to improve the lives of the little ones.

After resolving the comic issue, Teng Shu felt a bit more relaxed, and the rest of the time was his own to do as he pleased.

Although abandonment has always existed in the Pokémon world, it doesn't happen every day when you get to the city level, so Tengshu naturally has time to do other things.

[The alliance issued policy adjustments regarding welfare institutions in various alliance cities]

Teng Shu sat in his chair looking at the documents issued by the alliance. These documents were closely related to his orphanage, and Teng Shu often checked them.

With a cry, Little Black flew in through the window and landed on the table by the vine tree.

"What's wrong?" Teng Shu looked at Xiao Hei, his eyelids twitching. Could it be that someone has abandoned their Pokémon?

Xiao Hei looked at the vine tree and moved its left foot, and the vine tree understood.

Someone is coming.

Teng Shu walked out with a puzzled look. His welfare home was located on the edge of Changqing City, which could be considered a suburban area. However, it would be difficult to obtain such a large piece of land to build a welfare home if it were not in that location.

So usually, very few people come to his orphanage. Occasionally, it's staff from the alliance who come to distribute materials or something.

Or perhaps it's an abandoned Pokémon sent over by Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny.

After that, some volunteers came to do volunteer work and help out.

However, when Tengshu opened the door, he realized he was wrong.

"Teng Shu, good afternoon." Looking at the smiling man in front of him, Teng Shu's eyelids twitched again.

"Mr. Sakaki, what brings you here?" Teng Shu looked at Sakaki in front of him, somewhat puzzled by the other party's purpose.

Could it be that Sakaki has come to persuade me to join his Evergreen Dojo again? Tengshu had no such intention.

“We have a new batch of apprentices joining our dojo today. I’d like them to volunteer here for a few days to toughen up their character,” Sakaki said with a smile. Only then did Tengshu notice that there was a bus behind them, and five young men dressed in Evergreen City dojo uniforms got off one after another.

Teng Shu raised an eyebrow. If it was about volunteering, then that wouldn't be a problem.

Volunteers occasionally come to the orphanage in Tengshu to work, take care of the little ones, play with them, and so on.

Of course, they will also be responsible for cleaning, cooking, and so on, and most importantly, they don't need to be paid.

“That’s no problem at all, thank you very much, Mr. Sakaki.” Teng Shu said with a smile, he didn’t doubt whether there were any Team Rocket members among these people.

After all, this is Giovanni's gym apprentice; it would be too stupid to bring Team Rocket members here.

“It’s what we should do,” Sakaki said politely, then led his apprentices over.

Teng Shu glanced at them and saw a total of five people: three men and two women. They weren't very old; the youngest girl was probably in her teens, and the older one looked to be around twenty.

Although Fujiki was well aware of Sakaki's identity, he harbored no ill will towards these volunteers.

I politely introduced them to the work at the welfare home, and also introduced the Pokémon currently on site.

Sakaki accompanied him throughout, with a smile on his face, making him seem enigmatic.

Teng Shu glanced at Sakaki. This guy Sakaki was even more troublesome in real life than in the game; he was too cunning.

Giovanni is known as the Viridian City Gym Leader, a renowned philanthropist in Kanto, an honorary citizen of Viridian City, and a nature conservationist. This is the persona Giovanni created for himself.

It could be said that before Giovanni's true colors were revealed, this guy was a good citizen.

“Dean, my family owns a bookstore. May I donate some books?” A girl raised her hand.

Teng Shu was stunned for a moment.

"Of course! I've been thinking about setting up a library in the orphanage." Teng Shu was quite pleased. He had indeed been considering buying some books so that the Pokémon could read them too.

Buying one or two books is fine, but buying a lot is quite expensive, which is why Teng Shu has never set up a library.

Chapter 11 The Library and Kai, the Medical Student

Pokémon are not unintelligent; in fact, you could say they are quite intelligent.

Some of these psychic Pokémon possess intelligence beyond that of ordinary people; many Alakazam work at an academy of sciences in the Kanto League.

Some world-changing inventions also originated from the Academy of Sciences.

So, creating a small library for the Pokémon was also Tengshu's plan. He didn't expect it to be realized so quickly, and it didn't even cost any money. It was such a great deal.

The girl was very efficient; in no time, she drove up and brought a batch of books. Although some of them were quite old, it didn't matter.

[A large number of books have been detected. Should we spend 100 Happiness Points to build a basic library?]

The system, which rarely makes any announcements, suddenly popped up a notification.

Teng Shu looked at the prompt in front of him and paused for a moment. He wanted to choose to agree, but the problem was that he didn't have any happiness points left.

Loans are available, with monthly interest payments of 1%.

The system prompted again, and Teng Shu's lips twitched before he selected "agree".

One hundred happiness points, with one point of interest each month, isn't very high, and Tengshu doesn't need that much time. The welfare home's monthly work summary will give some happiness points, which will be enough to pay off the debt.

"Put them here, thank you." Teng Shu smiled and led the volunteers who came to help to place the books in the newly renovated library.

Tengshu also saw the potential of the library.

[Library: Enhances Pokémon's understanding of knowledge and slightly increases Pokémon's intelligence]

Very good attributes.

Those 100 points were well spent.

After moving and sorting the books, it was time for the volunteers to leave.

After all, although Tengshu's welfare home was large, it didn't really have staff dormitories, just a few simple beds. And these trainers were all residents of Evergreen City, so they naturally chose to go home to rest.

Only Sakaki remained all smiles throughout, leaving Fujiki completely unaware of what Sakaki was planning.

Teng Shu didn't want to be prejudiced, but he couldn't help but overthink things when facing Sakaki, the leader of the Rockets.

After making a simple dinner and feeding the teddy bears, Tengshu introduced the orphanage's new facility—the library—to the little ones.

"You can come here to read any books you want in this library, but please be careful to keep it clean and take good care of the books. Put them back in their original places after you're done reading," Teng Shu said in a rambling manner.

Xiao Hei looked at the books in front of him with great interest, seemingly choosing which ones to read later.

Judging from Xiao Bao's lack of interest, Teng Shu figured that Xiao Bao was probably only thinking about how to recover.

Teng Shu planned to take Xiao Bao to fight the Fist of Wrath again later, since only after twenty Fist of Wrath battles could they find a way to evolve Xiao Bao.

Meanwhile, Dong Shi Miao walked around the bookshelf, then stretched like a cat, and lost interest in the books.

Teng Shu glanced around; Akai hadn't come, but he had taken a book with him.

These books were all archived by Teng Shu himself, so Teng Shu also remembered these books. The one that Akai took away was a copy of "Medical Introduction: Understanding Body Structure".

So, is Akai planning to study medicine?

Teng Shu was a little curious, but he didn't stop Akai, since his orphanage always taught according to individual aptitude.

If Akai has a talent for medicine, then that would be ideal.

..

"Xiao Bao, you've worked hard." Teng Shu looked at the panting Xiao Bao and smiled as he patted Xiao Bao's head.

The evening workout was a success. Compared to the morning workout, Xiao Bao, wearing boxing gloves, managed to throw a powerful punch in just half an hour.

The gauntlets that Kai made himself did help protect Xiao Bao's hands, but unfortunately, they exploded after one punch and have now been taken away by Kai.

That's why Xiao Bao stopped training.

It didn't want to cause trouble for the vine.

Xiao Bao nodded slowly in silence, then sat down next to Teng Shu, his small eyes staring intently at the Milky Way in the sky.

Teng Shu looked up and glanced at it.

The world of Pokémon also has starry skies and universes, which look very beautiful.

You can't usually see them in bustling cities because of severe light pollution. You can only see the stars in the suburbs and countryside, and even then, you have to check the weather.

In the world of Pokémon, the vine can see the brilliant starry sky simply by looking up.

"Little Bao, your illness is curable. Don't worry, you'll get better in the future." Teng Shu looked at the silent Little Bao and couldn't help but comfort it.

Despite being the hottest-tempered Fiery Monkey, he was acting like a quiet, absent-minded king right now, which was not in line with his personality.

However, Teng Shu knew that Xiao Bao just didn't want to move, because moving might hurt others or even injure itself.

Xiao Bao nodded with difficulty.

Teng Shu took out his phone and searched.

Since the special Pokémon Forsaken was confirmed to be an evolution of Primeape, various Pokémon professors have been researching this evolution method, but so far, they have not been able to figure it out.

There are even more live streaming rooms online featuring the Fire Monkey, with titles like "Challenge to Raise a Forsaken Monkey" or similar phrases.

However, it's unclear whether it was the Ghost attribute of the Abandoned Monkey that led these people to have some strange ideas. So, Tengshu once saw someone try to kill his Primalta, causing Primalta to evolve into Abandoned Monkey.

This caused a huge uproar, and the guy with the wild idea was taken to court and is still in jail.

The alliance has also issued a document prohibiting research into the evolutionary methods of abandoned monkeys without supervision and control.

Therefore, as of now, how Primeape evolves into Forsaken in the real Pokémon world remains an unknown.

"There aren't any new research papers, so it seems impossible to make Xiao Bao evolve in the short term." Teng Shu pinched the bridge of his nose.

He looked around but didn't see anything substantial new.

That makes sense, though. Games have communication evolution, conditional evolution, and level evolution, but things aren't like that in reality.

Alakazam and Gengar often evolve by using special stones to meet the evolution requirements, rather than simply trading them. They also need to reach a certain friendship level to evolve, so it's quite complicated.

The evolution of Xiao Bao is probably similar, but the specific method has not yet been figured out.

Breaking news! Officer Jenny's team in Cerulean City has seized a shipment of smuggled Pokémon!

Teng Shu looked at the news on his phone, and his eyelids twitched.

Chapter 12 Poachers

Smuggling Pokémon is a black market industry that the League has been cracking down on, but it's never been able to completely eradicate.

There are always some wealthy people who are willing to spend money to buy rare Pokémon, such as Shiny Pokémon or very famous Pokémon.

These Pokémon will become targets for Pokémon hunters as long as the price is right.

"But if it's in Hualan City, it probably has nothing to do with me." Teng Shu patted Xiao Bao next to him.

Cerulean City also has a League welfare facility, so these seized Pokémon should be sent to the Cerulean City welfare facility for placement, and then dealt with according to the situation.

"The poaching situation seems to have gotten much worse lately? But I guess I won't encounter any poachers in my orphanage, right?" Teng Shu looked around his orphanage, thinking that Pokémon hunters probably wouldn't be targeting it.

After all, the Pokémon that are still here are mostly those with various problems, and there's nothing particularly worth these people's attention.

...

The next morning, Teng Shu got up early. He didn't have anything special to do today, but since coming to this world, getting up at seven o'clock every day had become a habit.

I get up at 7:00 and have breakfast at 7:30, which can be considered a healthy lifestyle.

However, as soon as he got up, Teng Shu found a new text message on his phone.

Teng Shu yawned and picked up his phone to take a look.

[Officer Jenny: Dean Tengshu, we have three smuggled Pokémon that we seized today, and they need to be kept here with you.]

The message was sent at 3:20 AM.

Teng Shu rubbed his eyes in confusion. He wasn't mistaken; it was indeed such news.

"From Cerulean City?" Teng Shu immediately thought of the news about Cerulean City that he had seen yesterday.

What about the Cerulean City Welfare Home? Is it closed down?

Although Tengshu was confused, she still washed up and then went to make breakfast for the little ones.