I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

"Hello, Mr. Airo, I would like to make a donation." Teng Shu said directly. Airo was stunned for a moment. He had thought that Teng Shu and this girl were a couple. Although Teng Shu looked older than the girl, there were still some young girls who liked mature and stable older men these days, so Airo did not think much of it. But he did not expect that Teng Shu came to donate money.

“Sir, our forest ranger team has a dedicated donation channel,” Airo said quickly with a smile.

“I know, but I want to donate it specifically to you.” Teng Shu patiently waited for Ai Luo to finish speaking before adding a sentence. Hearing Teng Shu’s words, Ai Luo was even more surprised.

Donations are rare, and those who specifically want to donate are even rarer.

The girl waiting for the doctor to come and treat her also looked at Teng Shu curiously. She knew that Teng Shu had come by bicycle, and the bicycle was quite old. She really didn't expect that Teng Shu would come to donate money.

"Okay, sir, please come with me." Although Airo was surprised, he still spoke politely and led Tengshu to the office. Tengshu breathed a sigh of relief. That girl talked too much. Tengshu planned to leave after making the donation. It would probably take a while to treat the sprained ankle, right? It would be even better if Miss Joey and the others could take her away.

In the office, Teng Shu frankly stated his intention to donate, and the fact that he would donate 500,000 yuan at once surprised Ai Luo even more, but Ai Luo's smile became even more sincere.

After signing the agreement and transferring 500,000, Airo still found it hard to believe.

"Mr. Teng Shu, may I ask why you specifically chose to donate to us?" Ai Luo couldn't help but ask, since most people donate through donation channels and very few come here specifically for this purpose.

Furthermore, Airo doesn't remember the rangers ever helping Tengshu, so Tengshu didn't come to repay a debt of gratitude.

“Because… I once gained the trust of a group of little guys, and they were the ones who earned this money.” Teng Shu smiled. Five hundred thousand? Not much.

But there are definitely quite a few.

However, this money doesn't belong to the Vine Tree; it belongs to the Pokémon. Donating it to the Forest Rangers will allow these little guys to receive more help. If the Forest Rangers develop well, the little guys will naturally have a better life. After all, the Forest Rangers are here to protect Viridian Forest and the Pokémon within it.

Teng Shu himself was well aware of this matter.

Chapter 182 Traditional Chinese Medicine

Airo politely saw Tengshu off, and even gave him some local specialties.

Of course, it wasn't anything valuable. After all, being located next to Viridian Forest, its biggest specialty was naturally all sorts of tree fruits. Teng Shu was somewhat amused and exasperated; he felt he was probably destined to be associated with tree fruits.

They also gave Tengshu a bottle of medicinal wine.

"Mr. Tengshu, this is a medicinal wine from our forest ranger team. It's used to treat bruises and sprains, and it works quite well. It can be used by both people and Pokémon," Airo said enthusiastically. Tengshu became quite interested after hearing this.

Compared to its predecessor, the Pokémon world is much more convenient in some aspects, such as medicine. In case of emergency, medicines used on Pokémon can also be used on humans. If you have bred a Pokémon with healing skills, you can treat most external injuries.

So this was truly the first time Teng Shu had ever seen something like medicinal wine.

"What is this medicinal wine made of? Ah, if it's inconvenient to say, then never mind." Teng Shu asked subconsciously, but then he realized that he had been a bit abrupt. This kind of question was like asking someone what their secret recipe was, which was taboo.

"There's nothing wrong with talking about it, it's just some Chinese herbal medicines." Ai Luo said with a smile, and then even enthusiastically told Teng Shu about the selection of these Chinese herbal medicines.

Teng Shu felt dizzy and disoriented listening to this.

Traditional Chinese medicine also exists in the Pokémon world. It has better medicinal effects and is cheaper. The only drawback is that it is too bitter. Pokémon that eat it will have a lower affinity with their trainer, so this thing seems a bit redundant. In later generations, this traditional Chinese medicine has basically disappeared.

I didn't expect these rangers to know about Chinese herbal medicine. But thinking about it, it makes sense. In the Pokémon world, apart from a few people who are involved in Chinese herbal medicine, most people treat Chinese herbal medicine as wildflowers and weeds and don't care about it at all. It's perfectly normal for rangers to take a few plants to make medicinal wine when they pass by.

"Hmm? You guys can make medicinal wine too? But I think we need to replace that Polygonum cuspidatum with Salvia miltiorrhiza instead!" A familiar voice rang out, giving Teng Shu a headache. He knew it was that chatterbox just by hearing it.

"Eh? Little sister, you know about this?" Airo was genuinely surprised. Traditional Chinese medicine is a very niche field, since most illnesses are treated at Pokémon Centers, and it's rare to find treatments using traditional Chinese medicine.

The girl walked over, smugly touched her nose, and then proudly took out her ID.

"I'm a graduate student majoring in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Kanto Medical University!" the girl said proudly. Only then did Teng Shu realize that this chatterbox's name was Phil, a very strange name. However, people in the Pokémon world all have rather peculiar names, ranging from big to small, making them difficult to categorize.

"A graduate student, that's really amazing." Airo said with a smile. Teng Shu had no intention of interrupting their conversation; in fact, he was hoping they would continue chatting, so he decided to go for a bike ride.

"Uncle, could you take me with you again!" But before he could leave, Phil hopped over on one leg, waving as he went.

Teng Shu's lips twitched. He didn't really want to deal with this chatterbox, since the other person talked too much, to the point that it gave Teng Shu a headache.

“Miss Phil, you don’t need to trouble Mr. Teng Shu. We have a car here that’s going to Changqing City.” Airo said with a smile. Teng Shu looked at him with gratitude. Hearing Airo’s words, Phil didn’t insist, but she still thanked Teng Shu very sincerely, which made Teng Shu feel a little better.

It seems that although Phil is a chatterbox, he is not a bad person; he just talks too much.

After saying goodbye to the forest ranger and the talkative young lady, Teng Shu leisurely rode his bicycle towards the orphanage. Along the way, Teng Shu saw several trainers battling in the wild, and even one trainer being chased by wild Pokémon, making Teng Shu both laugh and cry.

These trainers and their Pokémon have a close relationship. Seeing this, Tengshu felt much more relaxed. This is the majority of people in the Pokémon world, quite normal people. Those who abandon their Pokémon are ultimately a minority.

Once back at the orphanage, Teng Shu parked his car, then picked up the Viridian Forest specialties that Airo had given him and went to the warehouse to put the tree fruits inside.

"Although I eat them every day, the quantity doesn't seem to have decreased much..." Teng Shu looked at the tree fruits in front of him, feeling a chill run down his spine. With so many tree fruits, he wondered when he would ever finish eating them.

Just as Tengshu stepped out of the warehouse, he saw a dark shadow on the ground. Before Tengshu could react, Charizard landed and lashed out with its tail, pulling its baby away. It then released its jaws, revealing a large object wrapped in leaves in front of Tengshu.

"..." This thing looks familiar.

Looking at the wrapped leaves, Tengshu inexplicably thought of tropical dragons. Come to think of it, the leaves on tropical dragons seemed to be just as big, and tropical dragons also grew tree fruits on their necks, which were of very high quality, large and plump, and were very popular tree fruits.

“This berry…” Tengshu looked at the berry in front of him, then looked at Charizard. Charizard was disciplining its child. Charmander was not very well-behaved, as Tengshu knew. Charmander really wanted to go out and play, but it was being held down by Charizard’s tail.

"Roar!" Charizard roared. Teng Shu didn't understand what it said, but judging from Charizard's expression, he knew that this was a gift from Charizard to him.

Teng Shu opened it and took a look.

Sure enough, the fruit was very large and plump. Such fruit does exist in the wild, but the quantity is definitely not large. It is not easy to collect so many. Wild fruits are generally very different from those that are specially cultivated, as anyone who has seen some wild fruits knows.

Berries are pretty much the same; it's not easy to find large, plump berries in the wild, but Charizard has them all here, just like the berries Zoroark gave him before.

Teng Shu's lips twitched. He was basically certain that this was the fruit from Tropius's neck. Only a special Pokémon like Tropius could grow so many excellent fruits.

If it weren't for the fact that raising tropical dragons is more expensive than planting trees, orchards could probably be converted into tropical dragon farms.

Chapter 183 Fiberglass?

"Why did you bring Charmander with you?" Teng Shu glanced at Charizard. Upon hearing this, Charizard flicked its tail and then scooped Charmander up like a ball. Teng Shu's eyes twitched. He now thought that Charizard's parenting methods were really quite hardcore.

It evokes the feeling of a father seeing his son is still alive and pulling out seven wolves.

However, Tengshu then noticed that the little fire dragon looked like it was in a lot of pain, and it even brought its tail closer with a pitiful expression.

Teng Shu looked at the little dragon's tail. There was nothing there; everything seemed normal. However, Teng Shu didn't believe that the little dragon and Charizard had come here specifically for no reason. He stared intently and soon noticed many fine, dense markings on the little dragon's tail...

A spot of light?

Teng Shu took out his phone, opened the camera, and zoomed in. Only then did he realize that they weren't light spots at all, but rather tiny, almost transparent, needle-like objects.

"Does your tail hurt?" Tengshu asked the little dragon. The little dragon nodded pitifully. Tengshu understood. It seemed that the little dragon had somehow gotten itself covered in needles on its tail, and since it couldn't see them, burning them probably wouldn't help. So it came to him.

"This is easy to solve. You guys wait here for me." Teng Shu hurriedly ran to the kitchen. The little Charmander's eyes lit up and it wanted to follow, but before it could take a step, it was stared at by Charizard with a death stare and immediately became obedient.

Teng Shu ignored it, went to the kitchen, looked around, took some flour, added water, and made a small ball of sticky dough. Then he took the bowl out.

Tengshu had encountered something similar before, but not with a little fire dragon. After all, there was no little fire dragon in his previous life. Back then, Tengshu's little nephew was crying loudly in pain. Tengshu took a look and discovered that there were tiny, transparent needle-like things on his nephew's hand. Then Tengshu took some dough or something, wrapped it around his nephew's hand, wrapped it twice, and it came off.

To put it simply, this thing is a very small object, similar to a hair, that can get into a pore, but it doesn't go all the way in, only a small part of it. But even that is enough to make someone feel pain when they touch it. Some things containing glass fibers can cause this to happen. If it falls on the surface of the body, it's not so bad, but if the glass fiber is inhaled into the lungs, then it's really the end of you.

Therefore, vines are very careful about things containing fiberglass and never put them near their noses or around them. If they are inhaled into the lungs, they are basically impossible to remove and will cause serious injury.

If something is stuck to the skin like this, you can wrap it with something sticky like glutinous rice or dough, or use tape to stick it off. Once it's off, the person will be fine.

The little dragon is in the same situation. I wonder where this little guy went off to have so much fun, ending up with this thing all over its tail. Even a single fiberglass strand can keep someone awake at night. Tengshu thinks that with so much of this stuff on its tail, the little dragon is practically a human being...

No, Bao Cai.

Tengshu found the little dragon and wrapped the dough around its tail, making sure it was completely covered. The little dragon kept howling, but when Tengshu pulled the dough out, the dragon's howling subsided considerably.

Tengshu looked at it again, then threw away the used dough and continued with new dough. He did this four or five times before he was finally done, and the little dragon's tail no longer hurt.

"It's alright now." Teng Shu clapped his hands. The little dragon tentatively flicked its tail and found that the pain was indeed gone. It immediately became smug again, which resulted in its father giving it a good beating with its tail, making the little dragon howl in pain.

"Charizard, where did Charmander get all these things?" Teng Shu asked Charizard with some doubt. He had just looked at the thing and it looked a lot like fiberglass.

This thing shouldn't exist in the wild.

Charizard thought for a moment, then gestured, but Tengshu couldn't understand it.

Charizard was getting impatient. It couldn't speak, and the vines couldn't understand its gestures, which annoyed it. The more it thought about it, the more annoyed it became. Then, Charizard lashed out at Charmander with its tail. Charmander covered its head, looking at Charizard in bewilderment.

"Alright, alright, does Charizard know the way? Take me there and see." Teng Shu quickly dissuaded Charizard, who didn't refuse and immediately lay down.

Teng Shu climbed up directly. It was still early before mealtime, so it would be more convenient to finish quickly.

Charmander was lifted into the air by Charizard. Teng Shu squinted. It was a cold day, but sitting on Charizard's back wasn't cold at all. In fact, it was quite warm, like sitting next to a heater.

Before long, Charizard flew into the dense Viridian Forest, occasionally letting out a cry, which Charmander would respond to. Soon, Charizard landed.

Teng Shu rubbed his hands together, jumped down, and then saw what was in front of him.

A tent.

Camping tent.

But no one is around, it's been abandoned for a long time, and has become a paradise for wild Pokémon. There are some pipes nearby, broken and scattered all over the ground. I don't know why they're all broken, and that's where the fiberglass comes from.

"These things..." Teng Shu shook his head. Fiberglass is a real pain, and so much of it is difficult to handle. Teng Shu simply had the Charizard try burning it with fire. It took most of the day to burn it completely. Teng Shu checked it over and found no residue. At least he didn't see any, so he was finally relieved.

Although there may still be some glass fibers, that's all the vine can do; it can't see all the glass fibers.

After finishing all that mess, Tengshu simply cleaned up some of the other trash. As for the tent, Tengshu originally planned to take it with him, but when he came down, he sensed a tense atmosphere inside. When he opened it, he found that it was a Nidoran, so Tengshu simply left it alone.

These little guys probably consider this place their home, but being responsible, Tengshu still checked them over and, finding no fiberglass, let the fire-breathing dragon take him back.

"By the way, Charizard, don't bring me berries next time. Tropical Dragons have it tough too." Teng Shu remembered something important. Charizard looked a little confused after hearing this, but still nodded.

Since Tengshu said no, then we won't do it.

Soon, Teng Shu returned to his orphanage, and Charizard also planned to leave with Charmander.

At that very moment, the little dragon who had lost his eye walked over.

Chapter 184 Strange Lists

Charizard and Charmander looked over at the same time. Charizard narrowed its eyes slightly, but didn't say anything. In the wild, such a situation would usually be abandoned immediately, but since the other party was in Tengshu's orphanage, it naturally wouldn't be abandoned.

"Roar?" The little Charmander looked curiously at the eyeless Charmander, eager to go over, but was immediately picked up by Charizard and flown away from the place.

Teng Shu didn't pay much attention. The little fire dragon in his orphanage that had lost its eyes was in a more special situation. Although the little fire dragon seemed to have smelled something, it still didn't come over. At this moment, the little fire dragon was walking slowly, as if it was exploring the orphanage.

“This little guy…” Teng Shu remembered what the dean had said before. According to him, the little fire dragon would repeatedly explore a place until it became familiar with its surroundings. Then it would walk much more naturally.

It seems that Charmander is still in the exploratory stage.

Tengshu didn't think much of it and went back to continue looking at his study materials. When it was time to eat, he prepared food for the little ones and then continued studying. Now Tengshu had some understanding of some traffic rules in the Pokémon world. However, what surprised Tengshu the most was that there were some rather obscure traffic rules in the Pokémon world.

For example, there are regulations that prohibit Pokémon from driving or using Pokémon as drivers. However, upon closer inspection, these regulations seem to make sense, since Pokémon do have the ability to learn how to drive.

In the past, the Pokémon League held Pokémon racing competitions, but this led to some shady dealings and Pokémon abuse, so the League banned Pokémon from driving.

While Teng Shu was focused on learning about traffic, in the attic, A Kai was looking at the task list in front of him, lost in thought.

[ID: Please help me find Xiaomi]

[Requirement: Find the cat named Xiaomi]

[Paid Reward: 5000 Alliance Coins]

This time, the reward for the mission was higher, but Akai was still somewhat powerless to complete it, since finding a Pokémon was not an easy task.

Generally speaking, in the Pokémon world, as long as the trainer isn't mentally unstable or enjoys abusing their Pokémon, and a bond is formed between them, the Pokémon won't get lost.

Pokémon are highly intelligent. Except for Slowpoke, which often spaces out, most normal Pokémon can remember where their home is. Some intelligent Pokémon can even know the city and street where their home is located and then locate their home.

Therefore, in the world of Pokémon, the probability of a Pokémon getting lost is extremely small.

However, if Pokémon really disappears, then it is usually a big deal.

This would prove that either the Pokémon's trainer is problematic, abusing their Pokémon and causing it to run away, or the Pokémon encountered a poaching gang and was captured. These are both possible scenarios that could lead to a Pokémon going missing.

Akai squinted, his eyes flashing with a purple superpower.

Meowth is a very common Pokémon in Kanto, so unless it's a shiny Meowth, generally no one would bother catching it.

Thinking of this, Akai sent a message to the other party to inquire about Miaomiao's situation. The other party replied very quickly, and the message arrived in less than ten seconds after the message was sent.

Please help me find my kitten: It's not a mixed-color kitten, it's just a regular kitten. My kitten has been missing for three years.

Upon seeing the message, Akai paused for a moment, then rubbed his eyes in disbelief. It wasn't three days, nor three hours, nor even three months or three weeks, but three years.

Three years!

When Kai saw this message, he could only tell the other party in a roundabout way that the probability of finding Xiaomi in three years was extremely low. After all, it was three years. Three years was enough time for a person to change into a completely different person, making them unrecognizable, let alone a Pokémon.

Three years is a long time. It's hard to say whether Xiaomi has evolved into the boss cat and then disappeared somewhere. Moreover, Xiaomi has not returned after being gone for so long. In that case, Xiaomi either ran away or was captured by someone and could not come back. Otherwise, it is hard for Akai to imagine why Xiaomi has not returned to its home after three years.

The other party was clearly disappointed, but still begged Kai to take a look, saying that the little cat cared a lot about the name, and only he could call it that. If anyone else called it that, it would make the little cat unhappy and even show aggression.

Akai silently noted it down. He didn't have a good solution to this problem. Three years was too long. Even Alakazam probably wouldn't be able to find Xiaomi.