I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

Teng Shu had just received a notification from the League and then hurriedly arrived at the gate of the orphanage to receive a batch of Pokémon.

Although he had been in this world for some time, Tengshu still hated this process, because every time he took over, it brought with it some kind of story, some kind of tragedy.

Teng Shu already knew about this incident, as it was a serious issue destined to make the league news.

A bus overturned and plunged into a valley; of the thirty-two people on board, thirty-one died.

Thirty-two people, thirty-one graves.

The surviving one is still in the hospital undergoing emergency treatment.

What it left for its loved ones was pain, tragedy, and scars that were difficult to heal, but at the same time, it also left behind some Pokémon.

Thirty-two people were accompanied by fifty-seven Pokémon. Of these fifty-seven Pokémon, forty-eight were killed on the cliff while trying to help their trainers stop a car from overturning.

The remaining nine Pokémon were knocked unconscious by the jolts caused by the rollover. Although they are fine, they may still have some troublesome problems.

Four Pokémon were taken away because their trainers had immediate family members, but five other Pokémon couldn't be taken away because their trainers were alone. The League decided to send them to the Tengshu Welfare Home and then deal with them as they become available.

"Dean, this accident is serious. The Alliance is going to crack down on fatigued driving again." Locke stood next to Teng Shu, looking at the news on his phone.

If these people were all seriously injured, then many people in Changqing City would probably have gone to donate blood by now, but now they are all dead.

The cause was that the bus driver was driving while fatigued and stayed up late to watch the game, which led to this problem.

"Locke, when these new Pokémon arrive, please check on their mental state. I'm worried they won't be able to handle the shock," Tengshu said softly.

Sometimes, living is far more painful than dying.

Especially such an accident, especially the other Pokémon that gave their lives for their trainers, especially the ones that survived.

“I know, survivor guilt.” Locke put away his phone, his expression becoming much more serious. He naturally understood what Teng Shu meant, since there is a term in psychology called survivor guilt.

This means that people who survive a disaster that causes many deaths may suffer from a psychological disorder in which they feel that they were at fault for surviving the disaster, and even wish they had suffered the same misfortune.

Among the factors that contribute to survivor guilt are the danger to others while they themselves are safe, and the feeling that they failed to do something that led to the deaths of so many people. These factors can easily lead to survivor guilt, and unfortunately, the Pokémon that survived this incident all have these issues.

They survived a disaster that caused many people and Pokémon to leave. Other Pokémon died while helping their trainers, but for various reasons, they were neither released nor died, which could lead to serious problems.

Soon, the Officers arrived in their car. They looked very serious, and Officer Guang was leading the way. She was considered the most likely candidate to become the next captain of the Officers' Brigade in Changqing City.

"Teng Shu." Officer Jenny greeted Teng Shu and then hurriedly stopped the car.

"Have these Pokémon been checked?" Teng Shu asked, looking at the car behind Officer Jenny. The car wasn't very big, and there was only one, so it seemed that the Pokémon inside weren't very large.

“The basic checks have been done, but the situation at the hospital isn’t very good, so we brought them here first. Qiao Yiyun will bring the equipment for another check-up tomorrow,” Jun Shaguang said hurriedly, her face not looking too good either. Teng Shu was silent for a moment, then nodded.

The situation in the hospital isn't good? Jun Shaguang probably underestimated it. According to Teng Shu's guess, the problems in the hospital are probably quite serious. Those families who lost their loved ones in the disaster won't listen to your explanation.

They will question why all the other Pokémon came to help but they didn't. They will fantasize that if these Pokémon had come, their families wouldn't have died. These expectations, these questions, and these accusations will become a heavy burden on the Pokémon.

So Officer Jenny sent them over first out of necessity; otherwise, the accusations and questions would have overwhelmed these Pokémon, since they are very intelligent and can understand human speech.

"Okay, I understand. I'll also do some tests here." Teng Shu nodded. Baby Dragon's treatment was almost over, and the next step was to continue treatment tomorrow. The medical pod was perfect for the tests.

Officer Jenny didn't stand on ceremony, and soon the car arrived at Tengshu's orphanage, where Tengshu saw the information about these Pokémon.

[wrist strength]

[Fighting]

[Feeling depressed, guilty, and prone to self-destruction]

[An arm wrestler feeling guilty for surviving a disaster needs psychological counseling.]

It has the strength of three wrists.

The situations were all similar; none of these Pokémon were injured.

“This bus is carrying a group of people who are working in the cave,” Officer Jenny explained softly.

Construction workers prefer to bring Pokémon like Machop and Machoke.

Geodude

[Rock/Ground Properties]

Fear, anxiety, depression, guilt

The other two are Geodude, both of which are Pokémon favored by construction workers.

The good news is that none of the five Pokémon have any external injuries; the bad news is that they all need psychological counseling.

"Light, what does the Alliance mean?" Teng Shu asked in a low voice.

This is an orphanage, and normally the animals should be adopted out. However, if these five Pokémon want to be adopted, there will probably be some minor troubles.

“According to the rules, their trainers...have no relatives left.” Officer Jenny whispered to Teng Shu, who understood.

Chapter 216 The Unsolved Mystery of Officer Jenny and Miss Joey

If a trainer has relatives, then after the trainer passes away unexpectedly, arrangements will often be made to place the trainer's Pokémon with their relatives. Of course, this also depends on the Pokémon's opinion. If the Pokémon does not agree, then the League will not do such a thing.

It can only be said that although the Pokémon League has its problems, it is indeed very concerned about Pokémon.

Now, regardless of the circumstances, these five Pokémon need to undergo psychological evaluations at the Tengshu Welfare Home for a period of time to determine their physical condition. Then, an analysis report will be made based on their psychological condition, and a decision will be made on whether to adopt them or release them into the wild.

“Teng Shu, those... families are very agitated. If anyone comes to the door during this time, do not open it. Notify me immediately.” Jun Sha Guang said seriously. Teng Shu nodded; he understood what Jun Sha Guang meant.

Generally speaking, when people face sudden grief, they often want to find something to distract themselves from their emotions. It is obvious that these five Pokémon in front of them are likely to become the target of the family members' anger. Although the probability is not very high, it is not impossible. Therefore, Tengshu needs to take protective measures to prevent those people from losing their minds and doing something irreversible.

The league's punishment for this is severe, but once this painful period passes, these people will probably calm down and naturally won't do such things again.

After Officer Jenny left, they were very busy, busy every day with all sorts of things, and sometimes even had to deal with some very difficult cases. The only time they could rest was during their vacations.

Moreover, unlike Officer Jenny in the anime, these Officer Jennys' clothes are all a bit dirty. After all, you can't expect someone who is out and about every day to be very clean. Especially since Officer Jennys often stay up late, it's even easier for them to become a bit unkempt.

If you encounter a case that requires working through the night, dark circles under your eyes are a common sight. Fortunately, the security situation in Viridian City is relatively good, at least much better than other places in the Kanto region, so the probability of Team Rocket causing trouble here is much lower.

Teng Shu naturally knew why this was. With Team Rocket's leader, Sakaki, sitting right there, Team Rocket wouldn't dare to cause trouble.

However, the Officer Jennys occasionally sigh with regret.

Officer Jenny once complained to Teng Shu, "Women like us probably won't be liked by anyone in our lives, and the girls born from marriages with our Officer Jenny family all look pretty much the same."

The reason why the girls from the Officer Jenny and Joey families are so similar has always been a very mysterious question. Teng Shu doesn't know the reason either, but he has seen people on the Internet say that it may be related to the inheritance of the Joey and Officer Jenny families.

It is said that this happened a long, long time ago, but no one knows the truth, not even Tengshu himself.

However, I personally think that Miss Joey and Miss Officer Jenny are very charming. After all, they are both very beautiful. Although there are only some subtle differences between the different Miss Officer Jennys, it cannot hide their beauty.

After seeing Officer Jenny off, Tengshu brought Arm Wrestler and Geodude to the infirmary.

Although there were no problems with the small stone and wrist strength on the panel, just to be on the safe side, Teng Shu thought it would be better to go and check it out.

After examining each of the listless Pokémon in the medical pod, Tengshu ruled out any potential problems with them.

“It’s lethargic, doesn’t react much to moving objects, and refuses to communicate…” Locke was checking Machop’s condition nearby, his brow furrowed. Just by looking at Locke, Tengshu knew how badly these Pokémon were in trouble.

"Locke, it's all up to you." Teng Shu patted Locke on the shoulder. The reason he hired a psychologist was because he really had no experience in dealing with mental illness, so he could only choose to trust a professional. And so far, Locke was doing a very good job.

Locke nodded, and Teng Shu, seeing this, didn't say anything more and left the infirmary.

Since the decision had been made to entrust the task to Locke, Tengshu naturally wouldn't meddle.

"Information on three Machop and two Geodude..." Teng Shu returned to his office and hurriedly began compiling information on the five Pokémon. The information on these five Pokémon was easy to handle, and Teng Shu was now quite adept at typing it.

While typing, Teng Shu glanced around the office. He felt that there was something in his office, probably a Pokémon, because he could sense a complex and curious emotion around him.

"Mimikyu?" Tengshu had some ideas in his mind, but he couldn't be sure if it was Mimikyu. After all, there were always some Pokémon that would break into his office. Two Pidgeys had even nested in his office before.

After finishing with the documents, the office was quiet. If Teng Shu hadn't been able to sense the emotions around him, he might have really thought there was nothing there.

"Are you going to eat later?" Teng Shu asked from inside the office, but there was no response. The tension in Teng Shu's voice grew even stronger. Teng Shu's lips twitched. He was pretty sure it was Mimikyu. After all, Mimikyu was timid, which suited its personality perfectly.

Tengshu shook his head. Although he didn't quite understand why Mimikyu was so timid, he didn't intend to drag it out and teach it a lesson. He would just let nature take its course.

After Tengshu left the office, a squashed Pikachu emerged from the shadows under the cabinet, its small eyes curiously staring at the office doorway.

After a while, seemingly having finally confirmed the office was safe, Mimikyu crawled out from under the cabinet, looking around curiously. Then it jumped onto Tengshu's desk, tilting its head curiously at a photo frame on it.

The framed picture contains a family photo, with Tengshu sitting in the middle and various Pokémon on the sides, though not many. Behind the frame, you can see the attic of the orphanage, and inside the attic, you can see the silhouette of a Pokémon.

Mimikyu tilted its head, showing some curiosity about the orphanage.

Chapter 217 The Utopian Experiment with Rats

"Dean, do you know about the Twenty-Five Space Experiment?" During dinner, Locke ate his braised pork while talking incoherently to Teng Shu. Teng Shu paused for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head.

Teng Shu didn't know much about science, let alone something like Universe Twenty-Five, which he had never even heard of.

"There was once a Pokémon professor who conducted a special experiment. To set up this experiment, the professor found four pairs of Rattatas, one male and one female, and placed them in a space of a fixed area. Then he set up automatic feeding and watering devices..." Locke said with great interest.

Teng Shu paused for a moment. Wait, why does this experiment sound so familiar?

"The Pokémon professor prepared enough resources for six thousand Rattata to live on, and the area was also large enough for six thousand Rattata to survive. However, after these Rattata multiplied to more than two thousand, they began to exhibit self-destructive tendencies, and there were even instances of males mating with each other..." Locke ate another piece of braised pork, his eyes narrowed with satisfaction.

Upon hearing this, Teng Shu remembered that he had indeed heard of a similar experiment before. Teng Shu recalled that it was something like the Utopian World Experiment with Rats. Anyway, these rats had no worries about food and water, and the sociologist wanted to observe how these rats would develop in order to predict the laws of the human world.

Logically, the experiment provided plenty of water and food, enough for the mice to live on and reproduce. However, the mice went from initially getting along politely to later engaging in tribal mergers, class divisions, and fighting among themselves in a short period of time. Eventually, some mice even lay down and refused to reproduce.

Under such circumstances, the number of rats that reproduced also decreased, eventually leaving only one male rat, and the population simply disappeared. This is a rather interesting phenomenon that sociologists have used to simulate the future development trends of human societies.

However, this experiment seems to have some controversy in the scientific community, with some people believing it to be a hoax. But based on the situation before Teng Shu's transmigration, he felt that the experiment seemed to make some sense.

"...Later, that Pokémon professor published a series of papers, but because using Pokémon for experiments is a very inhumane thing, the professor was still punished and is currently imprisoned in the League's special prison." After Locke finished speaking, Teng Shu's lips twitched.

He remembered that the experiment was done with rats in his previous life, but in this world it was Rattata. Rattata is a Pokémon, so it was understandable that it was punished by the League. However, Teng Shu was also a little surprised. He did not expect that the rat utopia in his previous life would have similar experiments in this world. This was really hard to understand.

"Why did you suddenly think of this experiment?" Teng Shu asked Locke with some curiosity. He didn't quite understand. Wasn't Locke busy conducting psychological tests on the Arm Strength and the others?

Teng Shu glanced at the cafeteria. Machop and Geodude were nowhere to be seen. The five Pokémon were still in the infirmary, and they didn't seem to want to come out.

"I saw it on the news." Locke handed his phone to Teng Shu for a quick look. Teng Shu glanced at it, somewhat speechless. The headline read: "[Birth rate gradually declines, alliance launches relevant countermeasures]".

"How are Arm Strength and Geodude doing?" Teng Shu decided to inquire about other matters. He looked at Locke and asked, and Locke's expression became much more serious after hearing this.

Sure enough, once people start getting busy, they have no time to care about anything else.

“Neither is very good, but things should get better after this period passes, right?” Locke shook his head. Although he was a psychologist, he was not omnipotent. He didn’t have any good solutions for Little Stone and Arm Strength’s situation. After all, it was unknown how long it would take to get through such a thing through talk therapy.

Teng Shu had a bit of a headache, but he also knew that Locke had indeed done his best. If Locke could cure the psychological problems of Wrist Strength and Little Stone in such a short time, then Teng Shu would have to wonder if Locke was a transmigrator, or even the kind with a system.

"Roar~" A happy sound rang out. Teng Shu turned his head and saw someone wearing a bear costume.

The bear had changed its clothes.

Perhaps Guy felt that after the Bear evolved, its physique became too muscular, making it unsuitable to continue with the Naruto style. So he gave the Bear a very special new outfit, so special that even Tengshu was somewhat amazed.

"Holy crap, a Unicorn Mech?!" Locke's exclamation echoed Teng Shu's feelings.

Teng Shu's gaze was somewhat strange. He looked at the bear in front of him. The mecha suit on the other party was very cool. Moreover, he didn't know how Akai had done it. Although it was a mecha, it didn't look bulky. Instead, it accentuated the bear's muscular physique.

The current bear-wearing outfit makes it extremely eye-catching. Teng Shu thinks that if the bear-wearing outfit were to go out, it would probably attract 100% attention.

Then, with a bang, the bear-wearing boy slammed his butt on the table, knocking all the bowls over. Fortunately, Kai was watching and noticed the commotion. He quickly caught the bowls and chopsticks, preventing an early New Year's celebration.

"Big Black!" Teng Shu called out, and the bear immediately lowered its head to admit its mistake. Teng Shu looked at the bear like this and felt a little helpless, but he was not angry with the bear. After all, the bear had just gotten rid of the scars on its body, so it was understandable that it was a little too excited.

After finishing a somewhat awkward dinner, which had also been filled with knowledge, Teng Shu washed the dishes and went to his parking spot to wipe down his small truck.

Just as Teng Shu finished wiping it and was about to leave, he suddenly noticed a pink tail out of the corner of his eye.

Teng Shu looked down.

It's Slowpoke.

Slowpoke was lying under the truck, seemingly lost in thought. Tengshu looked at Slowpoke's wrinkled skin and silently patted its head.

"Slowpoke, do you want to eat?" Tengshu asked gently.

no response.

"Asleep?" Teng Shu turned to face it in confusion, and then saw Slowpoke staring blankly with lifeless eyes. If it weren't for the fact that it was still breathing, Teng Shu would have thought that Slowpoke had left.

Chapter 218 The Abandoned Monkey Who Almost Died

Slowpoke was in a daze. Tengshu squatted down in front of it and patted its head, but Slowpoke still didn't react. This made Tengshu a little helpless. However, Tengshu found some small bugs on Slowpoke's body.

"Although the natural environment in the orphanage is very good, it also has some problems in some ways..." Teng Shu cleaned the bugs off Slowpoke's head, but couldn't clean the ones on its body for the time being.

Slowpoke remained lying under the car, and Tengshu couldn't pull it out. He could only clean the bugs off Slowpoke's head first.