I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

Chapter 148 The Newly Admitted Pokémon

"Locke, how are these five little guys doing?" After seeing off Da Jin and his son, Teng Shu came to the infirmary to check on the five Pokémon.

This time, Xiao Guang adopted the two eldest cats, bringing Teng Shu an income of 1,000 happiness points. Although it wasn't a lot, it seemed pretty good so far.

"Dean, Magikarp is doing well, there's nothing wrong. As for the other Pokémon..." Locke looked at the information in his hand, his expression somewhat strange.

Teng Shu leaned over for a look. He could see the information about these Pokémon directly, but what he was more concerned about now was whether the medical pod could cure these little guys' physical or psychological illnesses.

However, upon closer inspection, Teng Shu noticed that Locke had only written the name of the disease, without mentioning the possibility of a cure. It seemed that Locke couldn't see this information.

Thinking of this, Teng Shu glanced at the little ones.

Slowpoke

[Water/Psychic type]

[Old age and physical decline]

[Slowpoke, nearing the end of its life, is in good health but its movements and thinking are slow.]

Slowpoke is doing quite well; apart from being a bit old, it has no other problems.

【Charmander】

[Fire Attribute]

[Eye disability, early stage of bipolar disorder]

Because of the loss of his sight, he became irritable and restless, and was more prone to aggression in unfamiliar environments.

Teng Shu nodded. Locke's report had already stated that the little dragon might have mania. It seemed that Locke was quite skilled in psychology. This ability to make judgments was reassuring. He could just hand the little dragon over to Locke. He just didn't know if the little dragon's eye disability could be treated.

While some special Pokémon can live normally without eyes, Charmander is clearly not on that list.

Teng Shu glanced at the medical pod, which displayed the little dragon's basic information.

[Eye Disability: Loss of an eyeball is incurable. Upgrading to a level 3 medical pod and using the eyeball allows for organ transplantation. Upgrading to a level 6 medical pod allows for eyeball reconstruction.]

"Another upgrade?" Teng Shu was speechless. Upgrading was not an easy thing. Each upgrade required more and more happiness points, doubling the index. Teng Shu didn't know how long he would have to save up happiness points unless there were other ways to gain them.

Then Tengshu looked at Ralts.

Ralts

[Psychic/Fairy Attribute]

Alzheimer's disease

A powerful Pokémon that developed Alzheimer's disease at a young age, prone to forgetfulness and spacing out.

Teng Shu's lips twitched. He had been wondering if this Ralts had too much psychic power. After all, Teng Shu had seen some cases where some psychic Pokémon had such strong psychic powers that their brains couldn't handle them.

However, it was unexpected that Laluras was actually suffering from an illness, specifically Alzheimer's disease, also known as senile dementia, a disease that can occur in the elderly. Patients experience progressive memory loss, losing some of their memories and eventually losing the ability to live independently.

Teng Shu looked at the medical pod. This was yet another Pokémon that needed a medical pod for treatment. He just didn't know what level of medical pod would be needed to treat Alzheimer's.

Then Tengshu quickly learned what level of medical pod he needed.

"It actually requires level five?" Teng Shu was somewhat speechless. Level five medical skills are not easy to upgrade, but this was still an unexpected surprise. After all, Alzheimer's disease was an incurable disease even in his previous life, and could only be alleviated. The same was true in the Pokémon world. It was already quite good that it could be treated now.

Magikarp

[Water Attribute]

【healthy】

[An ordinary Magikarp, healthy and carefree.]

"We can just put this Magikarp in the small lake." Teng Shu looked at the Magikarp's information, not holding out much hope that it would be adopted.

Magikarp is so common that it's practically impossible for anyone to adopt one. After all, if you want a Magikarp, you can just go fishing in the wild. It's convenient, easy, and there's no difficulty or danger involved. The only reported incident of a Magikarp injuring someone was several years ago, when a fisherman was hit in the face by a Magikarp's Splash Jump.

There are no other cases like this. And rather than saying it's an injury, Teng Shu thinks it's more accurate to say it's embarrassing, since this kind of thing is indeed quite shameful and could easily lead to social humiliation.

Finally, there's the stinky flower.

【Stink Flower】

[Grass/Poison type]

[High pollen count, distrust of humans, slightly extreme]

【The exceptionally gifted Gloom produces twenty times more pollen than a regular Gloom. This massive pollen production also makes Gloom extremely sleepy, requiring a full fourteen hours of sleep a day. Having been abandoned multiple times during adoptions, it harbors a distrust of humans.】

Looking at the indifferent-eyed Gloom, Tengshu couldn't help but rub his face. Gloom's condition was indeed quite rare. Abundant pollen was not common to begin with, not to mention that Gloom needed to sleep for a full fourteen hours a day. No wonder Gloom was sleeping when Tengshu saw it before.

So this is what happened after all.

"Dean, you can take these documents for now." Locke handed the documents to Tengshu, who took them, looked at the documents in his hand, then at the five Pokémon, and then put the documents down.

He wanted to first take the five Pokémon to familiarize themselves with the environment of the orphanage, introduce them to the big guys, and also introduce them to Murkrow and the others.

After the presentation, Teng Shu took the materials back to his office and began compiling them.

Since Slowpoke hasn't fully entered its old age, it can also be adopted. After careful consideration, Tengshu included the information of all five Pokémon in the adoption list. However, in the adoption introduction of Gloom, Tengshu also specifically mentioned Gloom's talent.

This talent is very strong, but it also has a lot of problems. However, Tengshu has not seen Gloom use this talent yet, so Tengshu is not sure just how unbearable this talent will be.

However, to ensure a smooth adoption process, Tengshu still made a note, which would make it easier for future trainers to learn about the Pokémon beforehand.

"But apart from Gloom, I guess it won't be easy for other Pokémon to be adopted." Tengshu sent out the report and sighed.

Chapter 149 Zoroark, you've done so many bad things!

Although two of the eldest cats were adopted, the number of Pokémon in the orphanage actually increased because of the addition of five little ones.

However, this kind of daily work was nothing new to Tengshu. Although five more Pokémon had been added, Magikarp was a special case, so Tengshu simply put Magikarp into the lake. Now, only these four Pokémon were exploring this unfamiliar environment in the orphanage.

"Caw!" Just as Teng Shu was busy tidying up the dormitory, a crow flew over and landed directly on Teng Shu's shoulder, then flapped its wings a few times towards the door.

"Has anyone arrived?" Teng Shu raised an eyebrow, then quickly walked out.

Tengshu's orphanage has a doorbell that connects to the control room. However, there aren't many people at Tengshu's orphanage right now, so the control room is usually empty. Tengshu doesn't have any plans to hire anyone, since Dark Raven is there and Tengshu will know if any guests come.

As soon as Teng Shu reached the entrance of the orphanage and pushed open the door, he saw a beautiful young girl with fair skin standing at the entrance. Upon seeing Teng Shu, she deliberately tugged at her clothes to make her long legs even more eye-catching.

Teng Shu's lips twitched, then he silently closed the door.

"Hey! Teng Shu! You bastard! Open the door!" A girl's furious voice came from outside the door. Teng Shu pinched his brow, feeling a bit of a headache. He really hadn't expected this girl to come. It was truly unexpected.

However, seeing the loud clanging of the heavy iron gate being smashed, Teng Shu reluctantly opened it.

"Zoroark, what are you doing here?" Teng Shu looked at the beautiful girl outside with annoyance. The tail behind her had already given away her true identity.

"Can't I come and see you? I thought you had frozen to death by the natural disaster!" Zoroark walked in angrily, then lashed out with his tail, and a tropical dragon walked in from outside looking aggrieved.

Teng Shu looked at the tropical dragon and blinked. What did Zoroark mean by this?

Tropius, despite having "dragon" in its name, is actually a Grass/Flying-type Pokémon and has nothing to do with dragons. Although this Pokémon is not very strong, it is surprisingly popular, and the reason is the fruit around Tropius's neck.

At this moment, the tropical dragon had a large pile of tree fruits hanging from its neck. There were so many of them, and each one was very plump, making them look very appetizing.

"This is a gift from me, so hurry up and thank the all-powerful Zoroark." Zoroark said smugly, arms crossed. Teng Shu paused for a moment, then seemed to understand what Zoroark meant.

This guy...

Then the tropical dragon shook its neck pitifully, and a whole bunch of tree fruits fell down, leaving its neck empty.

"You..." Teng Shu was both amused and exasperated. Zoroark was simply unbelievable. What was the difference between this and robbery? It's just that there's no such thing as robbery when it comes to wild Pokémon, otherwise Tropius would probably have written a long post about Zoroark and posted it online.

"Don't worry, it's an equal exchange. I'm not that shameless Charizard who always freeloads off Tropius." Zoroark gave a human-like smirk, then crossed his legs and stretched.

However, Fujiki wasn't interested in the benefits that Zoroark had 'inadvertently' revealed. That's just how Zoroark is; he likes to play tricks on people. If you actually believe Zoroark, you'll suffer a great loss. But Fujiki simply wasn't interested in fake things.

Teng Shu glanced at Tropical Dragon. Although Tropical Dragon felt wronged, it didn't seem to have much dissatisfaction. It seemed that what Zoroark said was true.

So Tengshu still put away the tree fruits, but the thought of the mountain of tree fruits gave him a headache. He had been eating different kinds of tree fruits every day, but he still couldn't finish them all. Now that there was a huge pile of them, it looked like he would have to eat them for another day or two.

"You little rascal, you never come here unless you have something to say. What brings you here today? Tell me honestly, have you been up to something bad?" Teng Shu looked at Zoroark and asked suspiciously. Hearing Teng Shu's question, Zoroark rubbed his hands together sheepishly and put on a fawning smile.

Teng Shu's lips twitched. Seeing Zoroark's expression, he knew that the bastard had definitely gotten into trouble.

"Tell me, what wicked thing have you done this time?" Teng Shu rubbed his temples helplessly.

Now, Tengshu deeply regrets helping Zoroark in the first place; he should have let Zoroark be hunted down.

When Tengshu met Zoroark, this guy poured salt and pepper into Zoroark's Exeggcute Pokémon. Then, when he passed by Farfetch'd, he grabbed Farfetch'd's green onion, took a bite, said it didn't taste good, and threw it away, which made Farfetch'd very angry.

At that time, Tengshu didn't know about this matter. He just saw a group of wild Pokémon arguing outside the orphanage, went out to persuade them, and that's how things turned out.

“What do you mean by ‘immoral’? I just saw that Blastoise’s cannon was so big, and I figured it hadn’t been properly cleaned, so I stuffed some paralyzing powder inside. How can that be considered immoral?” Zoroark said vehemently.

Teng Shu glanced outside. There was no one there, not even a Pokémon. It seemed Blastoise hadn't found Zoroark yet.

"And then there's Charizard. Last time, it freeloaded off a Tropius, forcibly plucking a berry from its neck. How could I tolerate that? Of course, I immediately stepped in to help, burning down Charizard's lair." Zoroark continued to attack.

Tengshu saw from afar that some Pokémon was approaching, but Zoroark was still excitedly talking and didn't notice.

"But the angrier one should be Venusaur, you don't know what that guy is like..." Zoroark was still attacking like crazy, it was still attacking!

Then Tengshu watched as Zoroark was taken away in despair by Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur. Tropius also left. Looking at Zoroark's desperate eyes, Tengshu sighed.

This is probably what friendship is all about.

Yes, it's definitely friendship.

Hearing the screams coming from outside the orphanage, Teng Shu inexplicably felt a urge to drink some tea.

"Youth is wonderful, Dean." Xingzhen poured Tengshu a cup of tea, which Tengshu took, blew on to cool it, and then took a sip.

"Yes, youth is wonderful, but the wind today is a bit noisy," Teng Shu smacked his lips.

Chapter 150 Livestock Farming in the Pokémon World

Zoroark was nowhere to be seen, but Tengshu figured it was probably exchanging pleasantries with Charizard and the others. After all, Zoroark was such a prankster, Charizard and the others certainly wouldn't mind exchanging feelings with it.

“Huh?” Teng Shu suddenly paused, realizing a problem he had just overlooked.

That's what Zoroark said before: the Tropius was taken by a Charizard for free.

Then, by sheer coincidence, the vine had previously been visited by a Charizard, who then brought it a bunch of very good-quality berries...

Thinking of this, Teng Shu silently looked at the berries that Zoroark had given him. He hadn't had time to put them in the warehouse yet, since Zoroark had been taken away by Charizard and the others to "get to know each other" before he could put them away. So Teng Shu didn't put the berries back.

Looking at them now, these tree fruits are indeed similar to those that Charizard gave to the vine tree before; they are all of very good quality.

"So..." Teng Shu was somewhat amused and exasperated. So the berries that Charizard had given him before were actually freebies he got from Tropius?

After all, Tropius is a very special Pokémon. Its composition is very unique. It loves to eat berries, which results in many berries growing on its neck. No one knows how they grow, but these berries taste quite good.

This has led to some special livestock farming practices in the Pokémon League, such as raising Tropius. Each Tropius is fed berries daily, and the berries are harvested from the Tropius. These Tropius berries can often be sold for a good price.

After all, the fruit from tropical dragons does taste really good. Compared to ordinary fruit, it has a much richer flavor and is more juicy, making it a very popular food.

"This tropical dragon is really pitiful." Teng Shu shook his head. This tropical dragon was really too miserable. Moreover, based on what Zoroark said before, Teng Shu reasonably suspected that it was the same tropical dragon. That is to say, this tropical dragon was first taken advantage of by Charizard and then traded for an equivalent amount by Zoroark. It was truly tragic.

However, there was nothing the Vine could do about it. After all, Zoroark and Charizard were nowhere to be found, so the Vine couldn't tell Charizard not to bring it berries next time.

Teng Shu had a strange feeling that the Charizard wouldn't just deliver the berries once.

After all, humans know about social interactions, and only through frequent interactions can one make demands later. Although natural disasters are not very common, if one were to occur, Charizard could naturally seek refuge in the orphanage thanks to its relationship with the Vine Tree.

Pokémon aren't stupid.

Although Charizard is not a Psychic-type Pokémon, it is still very intelligent. Even if it weren't so complicated, and it were simply repaying the kindness of the old tree, Charizard would probably do it again one or two more times.

"Never mind." Teng Shu shook his head, not wanting to think about it anymore. He chatted with the old man for a bit, and then moved the fruit to the warehouse.

"Meow~" Dong Shi Miao saw Teng Shu and happily ran over, then rubbed against Teng Shu, circled around Teng Shu's legs, and also gave him a bunch of cat hair as a bonus.

"Xiao Dong, the cat bosses are gone. Are you getting used to it?" Teng Shu chuckled and patted Dong Shi Miao's head. Dong Shi Miao's head was soft and felt great to the touch.

Looking at Dong Shi Miao, Teng Shu felt a surge of affection, which made Dong Shi Miao even more affectionate towards Teng Shu.

However, Teng Shu didn't have any prejudice against cats like Dong Shi Miao who were a bit chubby. Before he transmigrated, Teng Shu had kept cats. In Teng Shu's world, if a cat was fat, people would say that it was well-cared for.

Dong Shi Miao shook her head, then obediently lay down next to Teng Shu, stretched, and waved her paws boastfully. Then Teng Shu saw two little Rattatas that had been played with until they were exhausted.

Teng Shu's lips twitched.

Teng Shu knew that there were rats in the orphanage, or rather, it was something that couldn't be avoided, since the ecological niche of Little Rada and Rada was similar to that of rats.