Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

Faced with this situation, Karl and Charizard exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Roar~ (It's all up to you now~)" Charizard let out a low growl at Carl, then turned into a red light and returned to the Poké Ball on Carl's waist.

Watching the Charizard run away, Karl clenched his fist, then slowly relaxed it. That good-for-nothing Charizard had really left him with a big problem.

For most trainers from Sinnoh, Garchomp is one of the Pokémon they most want to catch. No one can resist a powerful and cool Dragon-type Pokémon, and Carl is no exception.

The Garchomp in front of Karl, in its postpartum weakness, was in a state of extreme tension, and any slight movement from the outside world would trigger its sensitive nerves.

In this situation, it would be virtually impossible for Karl to subdue the other party.

Of course, "capture" here refers to Garchomp voluntarily joining Carl's team, not being forcibly captured by throwing a ball like some other players do.

Therefore, all Carl can do right now is to calm this Garchomp that could "explode" at any moment, but his method of calming this new mom might be a bit unusual.

"Come out, Espeon." Carl took out a Poké Ball and threw it out. With a flash of white light, Carl's sweet little Espeon appeared beside him.

"Eevee, please use your Psychic powers to control Garchomp and prevent it from moving around." Carl said as he walked towards Garchomp.

As Garchomp slowly approached, a fierce glint flashed in its dark golden eyes. Just as it was about to attack Garchomp, Espeon's psychic power enveloped Garchomp's body like mercury, binding it in place.

If Garchomp is in its prime, it can try to break free from Espeon's dominance.

After giving birth to its offspring, Garchomp fought a fierce battle with that despicable Tyranitar for many days. It's no exaggeration to say that it's now completely exhausted.

Therefore, faced with Espeon's psychic suppression, even though Garchomp struggled with all its might, it could only watch helplessly as the unknown human approached it step by step, eyeing its disheveled state with ill intent.

In reality, Carl was simply checking Garchomp's injuries.

Garchomp's injuries were not optimistic; if it weren't for its incredibly strong physique, it would probably have already passed out.

After checking Garchomp's injuries, Carl crouched down and gently removed the Pokémon egg from under Garchomp.

In Garchomp's eyes, this despicable human was trying to lay a hand on its offspring, which made it struggle even more fiercely.

The more Garchomp struggled, the more it felt how powerful the psychic force binding it was. Even in its prime, it might not be able to break free, let alone in its current state.

Thinking of this, a wave of despair washed over Garchomp: Was my child going to leave me like this?

Just as Garchomp was feeling desperate, Carl took out an oval-shaped machine, twice the size of a Pokémon egg, and a jar of emerald green liquid the size of a bottle of water from his backpack.

This is the Pokémon egg incubator and premium nutrient solution that Carl won from a fishing competition sponsored by Silver Company.

Since Carl had never received an elf egg before, this was the first time he had used the incubator.

After quickly reading the instructions, Carl placed the elf egg into the incubator, poured in the entire bottle of premium nutrient solution, and then added enough water to cover the egg as instructed in the manual. Finally, he turned on the incubator, which was manufactured by Silver Company.

According to the instruction manual, the principle behind the Pokémon Egg Incubator actually comes from the Flame Body ability, which can accelerate the hatching of Pokémon.

Although Silver Company's current technology can only simulate about 80% of the effect of a flame-bodied Pokémon, with the help of premium nutrient solution, the effect of the incubator is almost equivalent to having a Pokémon with a flame-bodied body hatch a Pokémon egg.

On the other side, Garchomp watched as the "evil" human placed its child into a seemingly fragile container and added an unidentified green liquid, and a surge of anger welled up in its heart.

After placing the Garchomp's egg, Carl took out his portable first-aid kit and walked towards the Garchomp.

Garchomp glared fiercely at Carl standing in front of it. If looks could kill, it would have torn Carl to shreds long ago.

As Carl looked at Garchomp's gaze, which seemed to want to devour him alive, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

Since Espeon needs to remove the psychic power that is binding Garchomp so that Karl can treat its injuries, Karl pondered for a moment and then smiled.

But that smile looked particularly creepy to Garchomp.

'What exactly does this human want to do to me?' Garchomp wondered to itself, trying to decipher the meaning behind Carl's smile.

The next moment, Carl's voice rang in Garchomp's ear: "Garchomp, you don't want to never see your child again, do you?"

Seeing Garchomp's gaze harden, Carl added, "Your injuries are very serious. If you don't get treatment soon, are you sure you can protect your cubs from Tyranitar?"

After listening to Karl's words, Garchomp subconsciously began to think. Then it realized that the human in front of it was not exaggerating, and its gaze toward Karl became complicated.

Seeing that Garchomp's attitude had softened, Carl immediately said to Espeon, "Alright, Espeon, let it go."

As Espeon slowly withdrew its psychic power, Garchomp regained its mobility, then growled at Karl: "Roar?"

“Bueie. (The big guy asks, what did you do to its child?)” Espeon dutifully translated.

“That machine can speed up the hatching process of Pokémon eggs without any side effects.” Carl said, noticing the Garchomp’s suspicious look, and added, “Why would I need to lie to you?”

Garchomp remained silent for a moment upon hearing this. Yes, this human's partner was so powerful, what right did it have to let him deceive it?

Although Dragon-type Pokémon are proud, this also gives them a natural sense of awe when facing beings stronger than themselves.

"Alright, don't think about it too much." Carl said as he walked to Garchomp's side and pressed the full recovery spray in his hand onto its wound.

The cool medicine was sprayed evenly onto Garchomp's wounds, causing Garchomp to shiver involuntarily.

The full-healing medicine works extremely quickly. Before long, Garchomp felt a slight itch on its wounds, which it knew was a sensation that occurred when the wounds were healing rapidly.

'This human is a little different,' Garchomp thought.

Chapter 72 Karl: You're coming with me with the child? (Please read on, please vote!)

After treating Garchomp's injuries, Carl moved the hatching device containing the Pokémon egg to Garchomp's front.

Meeting Garchomp's questioning gaze, Carl explained, "I'm leaving here soon, so this incubator is for you."

Garchomp was stunned for a moment, then an expression of disbelief appeared on its face.

Garchomp never expected that this human would first use a tool to accelerate the hatching of its child, then heal its wounds, and finally have no intention of capturing it.

Could it be that this human's target is not me, but my child?

Just as Garchomp was beginning to doubt itself, Carl continued, "Garchomp, remember, when the liquid inside this device becomes completely transparent, it means that the nutrients inside have been completely absorbed. At that time, you can open this device and take out your child."

As Carl spoke, he demonstrated the correct way to open the device in front of Garchomp.

"Did you remember that?" Carl waved his hand in front of Garchomp's eyes. "What's wrong? Did you hurt your brain?"

Upon hearing this, Garchomp immediately snapped out of its daze, its dark golden eyes fixed on Karl, as if trying to discern something from his face.

Carl was unaware of Garchomp's thoughts at that moment, but this time, he did not sense the previous ferocity in Garchomp's gaze, but rather a more subtle and complex emotion.

“Since you’re not answering, I’ll take that as a fact.” Carl packed up the medical kit and put it back in his backpack, then waved to Garchomp: “Goodbye, Garchomp. I’ll come back to see you next time I have the chance.”

Garchomp was surprised that Carl left so decisively. It opened its mouth and instinctively stretched out its claws towards Carl.

"Huh? What's wrong, Garchomp? Is there anything else?" Carl paused in his turn after noticing Garchomp's movements.

"Roar." Garchomp carefully handed the incubator containing the Pokémon egg to Carl with its paws, then raised its paws to point at the Poké Ball that Carl was holding, and then pointed at itself.

"You want to take the child and leave with me?" Karl asked, flattered.

Although Carl had indeed considered taking Garchomp and its offspring with him, in his understanding, most Pokémon that have just given birth to offspring would subconsciously resist leaving their territory.

This is why Carl chose to give the incubator to Garchomp to leave a good impression, rather than directly asking Garchomp if it wanted to go with him.

Carl originally planned to wait until the Gible hatched from its egg, and then, just like when he caught Dratini, spend some time gaining Garchomp's approval before finally adding it to his team.

But now, Garchomp is actually planning to leave with me, taking its cubs with it?

On the other side, Garchomp, seeing the expression on Carl's face, felt relieved and nodded at him: "Roar!"

In fact, Garchomp's decision to bring its kittens with it to follow Carl wasn't just because Carl had just treated it and given it an incubation device.

In fact, as a noble Dragon-type Pokémon, Garchomp has encountered many trainers over the years.

But those trainers were either too weak or looked like they had it all figured out, so Garchomp had absolutely no interest in them.

Unlike Karl, he displayed great strength as soon as he appeared in front of Garchomp, and he did not take advantage of its weakened state to forcibly capture it.

In Garchomp's view, only a trainer like Carl, who possesses great strength but does not bully the weak, is worthy of its following.

After all, Garchomp is such a Pokémon. During its years living in the Seal Cave, although it has great strength, it has not bullied weaker Pokémon because of it. This is the root cause of its conflict with that Tyranitar.

Seeing Garchomp's determined gaze, Carl immediately put aside his chaotic thoughts, reached into his backpack, took out a Poké Ball, and handed it to Garchomp: "Garchomp, please take care of me from now on."

As Garchomp's claws touched the Poké Ball, a flash of red light appeared, and the Poké Ball in Carl's hand only shook slightly before its indicator light went out.

"Garuda, get—daze!"

The two little ones, who had been hiding in the distance, watched the entire interaction between Carl and Garchomp. After Carl put Garchomp into his Poké Ball, they quickly came to Carl's side.

"Congratulations, Karl! You actually caught Garchomp!" Piper exclaimed excitedly.

While observing from the sidelines, Nemo gave Pipa a brief introduction to the Pokémon Garchomp, so he understood how difficult it was for Garchomp to be willingly captured by Carl.

“Karl is the man who can become my master!” Nemo said proudly.

After Pipa and Nemo came to Carl's side, Carl shook the Poké Ball containing Garchomp in his hand, and immediately pressed the button on the Poké Ball.

As the Poké Ball opened, Garchomp reappeared in front of Carl, its gaze sweeping over Piper and Nemo before nodding slightly at them.

In fact, Garchomp had already sensed the presence of the two little ones, but compared to Karl, their auras were far too weak, so it hadn't paid any attention to them.

Since Garchomp was in the recovery period, Carl put it back into its Poké Ball after Garchomp officially got to know the two little ones.

Upon returning to the camp, Master Xiong, who remained there, was the first to sense an unfamiliar aura emanating from Karl. He then gave Karl an inquiring look.

Carl made no attempt to hide anything and immediately released Garchomp out of the Poké Ball again.

The moment it emerged from the Poké Ball, the Garchomp, which was extremely sensitive to auras, immediately sensed the profound and imposing aura of a master Martial Arts Master emanating from Urshifu.

Garchomp was startled. It had thought that Charizard was Karl's strongest Pokémon, and it never expected that Karl had such a powerful Pokémon as Urshifu.

If Charizard felt like a mountain peak to Garchomp, then Urshifu was like a mountain range whose true form was hard to discern.

Just then, a bewildered-looking Winged Fur emerged from Carl's shadow. Sensing the unfamiliar presence, it turned to look at Garchomp: "Huh? (Who's this?)"

Chapter 73 Treasure Dining Hall and Special Dishes (Please read on, please vote with monthly tickets)

The moment Garchomp was locked onto by Vibrating Wing's gaze, a chill crept up Garchomp's spine, and a feeling it had never experienced before lingered in its heart.

Garchomp has encountered Pokémon stronger than itself before; in fact, living in the wild, it can be considered a seasoned veteran.

But at the very moment this "large-sized Dream Demon" set its sights on it, it had the illusion that it was being targeted by a top predator—no, perhaps it wasn't an illusion.

"It's a Garchomp, our new partner," Carl said affectionately. "You two should get along well from now on."

Winged Hair tilted its head, its gaze shifting from scrutiny to affection as it looked at Garchomp. It floated up to Garchomp, blinking its large, watery eyes: "Hello~ (My name is Winged Hair, nice to meet you!)"

Garchomp nodded somewhat stiffly at Winged Hair, then extended its claws, which touched the long hairs that Winged Hair had extended.

Due to the recent changes, all the Pokémon that used to come to the camp for meals had disappeared. After tidying up the camp a bit, Carl and his two companions set off again.

The rest of the journey was very peaceful, except for the occasional encounter with wild Pokémon begging for food.

Time quickly passed to five o'clock in the afternoon. The brilliant sunset shone into the cave from the entrance. The off-road vehicle drove forward along the dirt road with its alternating light and shadow, passing between the towering stone pillars, and headed towards the exit of the cave just before the sun was about to set.

The moment the off-road vehicle passed through the entrance of the columned tunnel, the soft sunset streamed into the cabin, and the three people who saw the light of day again couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

Although the natural scenery inside the columned caves is indeed very attractive, even the most spacious underground caves can feel somewhat oppressive.

"Phew, finally out." Nemo rolled down the car window, letting the evening breeze rush into the cabin, and comfortably squinted her eyes, saying, "It's so nice outside."

"Karl, what are we having for dinner tonight?" Piper asked Karl.

"Hmm...it's 5:13 now." Carl held the steering wheel with one hand and glanced at his phone with the other. "How about we head straight to Jinhui Town and try that famous Bao Canteen from Padia?"

“Agreed!” Nemo said, swallowing hard. “When I came to challenge the Jin Hui Dojo last time, the kind dojo master treated me to a meal. The food there was delicious!”

“Papah, what do you say?” Carl looked at Pipa through the rearview mirror.

“I’ll do whatever you say, Karl,” Piper said, scratching his head a little embarrassedly. “However, I also want to try the food at Bao’s Dining Hall.”

"In that case, I'll speed up!"

"Hey—Carl, slow down!!"

……

Jinhui Town is a complex and intricate town, and also a town that exudes a nostalgic atmosphere because of its thriving food culture, with all kinds of restaurants scattered throughout the town.

In this "food battlefield," Treasure Canteen is the most famous, because it not only provides delicious food, but is also the place where Jin Hui Dojo conducts dojo tests. Aoki, the head of Jin Hui Dojo and the number one worker in Padia, is a regular customer of Treasure Canteen.

In the game, the Pokémon Restaurant also offers a special dish that can change the type of a Pokémon's Crystal.

To obtain this dish, players must first visit the Jinhui Dojo and provide the staff with fifty Tai Crystal Shards of the same attribute to create a dish that can change the attribute of Tai Crystals.

So the question is, how do you obtain crystal fragments?

In the game, the Crystal Pit is the only way for players to obtain Crystal Shards.

If a player wants to change a Pokémon's type, they must go to the wild, find a Crystal Cave of the desired type, defeat the Crystallized wild Pokémon, and obtain Crystal Shards of the corresponding type.

In reality, besides defeating wild, crystallized Pokémon, there is an even more convenient method: simply buy them with real money.

However, Carl was unsure whether, at this point in time, Pokémon Restaurant had invented a special dish that could change the type of a Pokémon Crystal. If not, then this might be a business opportunity.