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

As Karl presented the product as if he were selling a product, Pipa's face flushed red.

However, in front of Shinji, Pipa's habitual pretense in front of strangers made it difficult for him to confront Karl directly. So he could only give Shinji an awkward smile and say, "Hello, Shinji, if you encounter any problems at Orange Academy in the future, you can ask me for help."

“Hey, Pipa, you’re practically invisible at the academy, how come you’d say something like that?” Nemo looked at Pipa with surprise. “That’s really unexpected.”

Pipa saw the sly glint in Nemo's eyes and immediately understood that she was teasing him.

Seeing that Pipa was about to turn red, Carl immediately stepped forward to control the temperature, saying, "Alright, alright, tonight, to welcome Shinji to Padia, Chef Kuma is going to make some special dishes."

"Special cuisine?" Pipa's attention was immediately drawn to it.

Carl gave Master Bear a look, and it immediately nodded in agreement.

As Piper followed Master Bear into the house, Carl secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Next, Carl distributed gifts to the various Pokémon who remained on the farm.

The first Pokémon to receive Carl's gift was naturally his sweet little darling, Espeon.

"I saw Miss Wanlong's new book while shopping, so I bought it for you." Carl handed a beautifully packaged novel to Espeon, smiling as he asked, "Do you like it?"

"Ue~ (I like it~)" Espeon's eyes lit up the moment it saw the novel.

Shortly after Espeon was captured by Karl, it happened to read a book by Wandragon.

At that time, Taiyo Eevee was deeply attracted by the delicate and warm touch of Wanlong's writing and became a fan of Wanlong's books.

Looking at the Espeon snuggling in his arms, Karl smiled and stroked its soft, delicate fur: "I'm glad you like it."

"Roar! (Where's my gift!)" After Espeon left with the novel, Charizard couldn't wait to squeeze in front of Carl, looking at him expectantly.

Seeing Charizard's anxious look, Karl smiled helplessly and patted its creamy-colored belly: "You, if you keep eating like this, will you still be able to fly?"

The Charizard tilted its head back, pretending to say, "I don't understand what you're saying."

"Alright, I'll give it to you, but don't eat it all at once, understand?" Karl gave the Charizard's belly a playful punch, took out the pastries he had bought specifically for the Charizard from his backpack, and handed them to it.

Charizard immediately beamed, opened its arms to hug Karl, nuzzled his head, and then left without looking back, carrying Karl's gift.

"Ugh! (It's my turn, it's my turn!)" After Charizard left, the straight-running bear immediately looked at Karl with a pitiful expression, even though it was supposed to be there first according to the order.

"Alright, here's your gift." Carl reached out and ruffled the little bear's head, gently soothing it. "Make sure you put it away carefully."

“Okay~” Straight Bear took the three gleaming gold coins from Karl’s hand and immediately beamed with joy.

According to Carl's long-term observation, the Straight Bear, which has special picking-up characteristics, likes high-value items such as jewelry or gold. These three gold coins were specially bought by Carl for the Straight Bear at an antique shop. Although there are only three, they are enough for the Straight Bear.

As gifts were distributed one by one, the Pokémon who received them happily dispersed, except for one Pokémon that did not receive a gift from Carl.

“Magnificent Tooth, your gift might be a few days late.” Carl approached the somewhat disappointed Magnificent Tooth and said apologetically, “I don’t know what kind of gift you would like, so I plan to have a construction team come to the farm in a few days to build you a house that you would like. You can tell me what you need now.”

Hearing Carl's words, Xiongweiya, who had thought he was isolated, immediately felt relieved.

After Majestic Fang explained its housing needs to Carl, Ubume happened to step out of the farmhouse and called out to the Pokémon outside, "Hoohoo! (Everyone, dinner's ready!)"

Hearing what Master Bear said, Carl reached out and patted the thick skin of the majestic tooth, smiling as he said to it, "Let's go, Master Bear has prepared a feast tonight!"

Looking at Karl's bright smile, Majestic Fang felt a soft spot in his heart stir: "Roar. (Let's hurry over there.)"

Chapter 102 Nemo VS Shinji

After dinner, Carl took all his Pokémon to the battle arena not far from the farm building to watch Nemo and Shinji's first Pokémon battle.

Before the battle began, Carl secretly analyzed the differences between Nemo and Shinji.

From the perspective of battle experience, Shinji has a natural advantage due to his travel experience, but from the perspective of Pokémon training, Shinji is far behind Nemo in this aspect.

It's worth mentioning that, perhaps due to the influence of Karl, Shinji's current team is more mature than in the original timeline.

Shinji currently carries the following Pokémon: Torterra, Electivire, Aggron, Drapion, Gliscor, and Gastrodon.

Just from the team's composition, it's clear that Shinji's fighting style is rather conservative. He's better at using tight, airtight tactics to defeat his opponents head-on.

Due to time constraints, Shinji and Nemo's battle adopted the six-three singles rule, which means that each side chooses three Pokémon from their six Pokémon to battle.

Unlike the game rules, in real-world 6v3 singles battles, you don't need to select your Pokémon before the battle starts; instead, you can choose freely during the battle. This greatly increases the difficulty of 6v3 singles battles.

Since neither side knew the other's lineup, the first Pokémon they sent out was their respective starter Pokémon.

"Go, Earth Platform Tortoise!"

"Babu Tubo, let's go!"

The battle officially begins when the two Pokémon appear in the battle arena.

From an attribute perspective alone, Nemo is undoubtedly at a disadvantage, since Torterra has a Ground attribute that can ignore Electric-type moves, which is fatal enough in a battle.

Shinji had clearly deduced from Babutop's appearance that it was most likely an Electric-type Pokémon, so he immediately commanded Torterra, "Torterra, use Earthquake!"

"Babu Groundhog, jump up and use Quick Attack to rush over!" Nemo seemed to have anticipated Torterra's use of Earthquake and calmly gave the order.

As the Earth Tortoise's two thick front branches slammed into the ground, ground-based energy spread outwards from it, causing the once flat ground to crack, and a booming sound echoed across the battlefield.

On the other side, just a second before the Earth-Turtle unleashed its earthquake, Babubo leaped high into the air, nimbly stepping on the cracked clods of earth, and charged toward the Earth-Turtle's location.

Shinji watched as Babuto effortlessly weaved through the flying rubble, and a slight smile appeared on his lips: "Turtle, use Iron Wall."

As Shinji finished speaking, a metallic sheen appeared on Torterra's body, and a dense layer of steel-attribute energy covered its surface, greatly enhancing Torterra's defense.

"Babu Tubo, use a powerful push to interrupt it!"

Seeing Torterra begin to strengthen itself on the spot, Nemo immediately gave a rapid-fire command to Babutop, who had already arrived in front of Torterra.

The two sides' command styles are clearly different. If Shinji falls into an attribute disadvantage, he will definitely rotate his team to avoid the disadvantage. Nemo, on the other hand, will still look for opportunities to counterattack even when she is at a disadvantage.

As Nemo gave the command, Babu Groundhog immediately stretched out its two small hands, circling around Torterra while waiting for an opportunity to strike out with a palm, attempting to interrupt Torterra's enhancement.

"Turtle, take the hit, then use Stomp," Shinji commanded calmly.

As Torterra withstood Babubo's powerful push, its power-up was completed. Faced with this situation, Nemo stopped struggling and used the Poké Ball in her hand to recall Babubo.

Although Shinji could have interrupted Nemo's action of recalling Babuto, he didn't do so, considering that this was just an exchange battle, and watched helplessly as Babuto was recalled into its Poké Ball.

"Go, Butterfly!"

Ribbonfly, a beefly Pokémon, possesses the Bug and Fairy types and is type-advantageous against Torterra, which has the Grass type.

The best course of action for Shinji in dealing with this rotation would be to choose to rotate out a Fire-type Pokémon.

After all, considering Torterra's type advantages, the Fire type can counter Torterra's weaknesses of Ice and Bug types.

Unfortunately, Shinji has not yet caught a Fire-type Pokémon, so when he saw Nemo send out Ribbon, he immediately recalled Torterra and sent out Drapion.

Drapion, the Scorpion Pokémon, is covered in a hard shell of alternating shades of purple, with blue spots on its forelimbs and tail.

Although Drapion appears to be a Bug-type Pokémon, it is actually a Poison/Dark type.

With both sides rotating in, Nemo once again found herself at a disadvantage, and the scales of victory began to tip in Shinji's favor.

However, as a future champion-level trainer in the Padilla region, Nemo already possessed some of the demeanor of a "champion." Even in the face of her current disadvantage, her spirits did not decline but instead rose even higher.

"Butterfly, use paralysis powder!"

As Nemo gave the order, Espeon, who was following Karl, immediately used its psychic powers to raise a barrier, blocking the paralyzing powder that was carried by the wind.

Faced with the paralyzing powder, a highly effective attack, Shinji's expression froze for a moment before he immediately gave the order: "Dragon King Sasori, create distance and use Poison Sting!"

A second before the paralyzing powder enveloped it, the Dragon King Scorpion pulled back to create distance, then used poison energy to condense poison needles and shot them in the direction of the Butterfly Fly.

Unfortunately, because the Butterfly's body was so small, it skillfully avoided all of the Dragon King Scorpion's poisonous stingers.

Faced with such a highly agile opponent, Shinji would usually choose to have Ryūō Sasori close the distance to increase the hit rate of his attacks. However, under the threat of Chōki's paralyzing powder, he did not want to risk Ryūō Sasori.

Seeing the stalemate on the battlefield, Piper, standing next to Karl, asked Karl curiously, "Karl, how do you think Shinji will break this deadlock?"

“Of course, it’s to enhance in place,” Karl replied without hesitation.

As if he had heard Carl's words, Shinji, after a brief moment of thought, commanded Ryuo Scorpion in the arena: "Ryuo Scorpion, use Sword Dance."

Seeing Shinji choose to strengthen himself on the spot again, Nemo immediately shouted to Chomper, "Chomper, let's use Butterfly Dance too!"

As the red glow of attribute boosts lit up on both Pokémon in succession, Carl knew that Shinji and Nemo intended to decide the outcome with a single, decisive move in this round.

If any one of them can defeat the opponent in this round, the enhanced Pokémon will have the potential to sweep the entire team.

The moment both sides completed their buffs, they simultaneously gave the command to launch a powerful attack on the Pokémon in the field.

"Dragon King Scorpion, use Poison Strike to charge forward!"

"Butterfly, use Magic Shine!"

Chapter 103 The Current State of the Farm (4K)

Ultimately, the first battle between Nemo and Shinji ended with Shinji winning 3-1.

Carl wasn't surprised by the result, since Nemo was at a disadvantage from the start. Although she later sent out the Salt Werewolf to forcefully replace the Dragon King Scorpion, it also fell to Aggron, sent by Shinji.

Nemo was not discouraged by the defeat; on the contrary, she was somewhat excited.

After all, given her current strength, only a very few people in the academy have the courage to fight her, and Shinji's arrival has given her a new opponent, which has brought Nemo a long-lost sense of joy.

"Shinji, you're really good. How about we have another battle tomorrow?" Nemo put the fallen Babupo back into its Poké Ball and quickly walked up to Shinji, extending a battle invitation to him.

Shinji naturally wouldn't refuse Nemo's suggestion. After all, although he won the battle, he knew in his heart that there was an element of luck in that victory.

If he had been at a disadvantage from the start, Shinji might have been the one to lose.

"These two are really passionate about Pokémon battles," Pipa, who was watching the battle next to Carl, remarked quietly.

"You should also get ready." Carl looked at Pipa with a mischievous grin. "I'll be going to Tabletop City in a few days to complete my onboarding procedures. You must take my combat class then."

"Ah—" Papason looked at Karl's wicked grin with utter despair. He was certain that Karl was up to something again.

However, since Carl had spoken, Piper had no choice but to agree. He knew that if he dared to say no, Carl would definitely teach him what the dignity of an "elder" was.

Shortly after the battle ended, Sebastian's butler drove his familiar luxury car to the farmhouse and got out.

"Miss Nemo, I've come to take you home." Sebastian, still wearing his impeccably ironed butler uniform, bowed as he approached Nemo.

"Sebastian, you've come at the right time." Nemo knew it was time to go home after seeing Sebastian, so she turned and waved to Shinji. "Shinji, I'll come back and fight you again tomorrow morning. Don't forget our promise!"

Shinji glanced at Sebastian, who looked respectful, then at the luxury car behind him, before nodding blankly at Nemo.

After Sebastian drove away from Carl's farm in his luxury car, Shinji couldn't help but ask, "Master, what about Nemo...?"

“Although Nemo may seem like a tomboy, she’s actually the daughter of the Rotom Corporation boss,” Carl explained to Shinji with a smile. “Nemo’s personality is due to her past experiences. You can ask her about it yourself once you get to know her better. I won’t go into details.”

"Understood." Shinji nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, Shinji was indeed shocked when he saw the luxury car, which was worth enough to buy dozens of his brother's breeding farms, but his rationality quickly brought him back to his composure.

So what if Nemo is a rich heiress? Her goal is to become a powerful Pokémon Trainer.

Of course, it would be a lie to say he wasn't envious, but as much as he envied, Shinji knew that just having money wasn't enough for Nemo to reach her current level.

After Nemo and Piper left, the farm quieted down again. Since this was Shinji's first night at Carl's farm, he didn't train his Pokémon but let them roam freely on the farm and get used to the environment.

The next morning, Karl got up early. When he arrived at the first-floor restaurant to have breakfast, he found that Shinji had gotten up even earlier than his master.

"Ahem, Shinji, why didn't you sleep a little longer?" Karl sat down at the table, took the breakfast from Chef Bear, and asked Shinji, who was eating.

"I'm going to battle Nemo today, and I want my Pokémon to warm up beforehand so I can be in better shape for the battle," Shinji replied earnestly.

Karl raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. It seemed that Nemo had put a lot of pressure on Shinji yesterday. However, Karl was happy to see this happen, since competition was the only way to improve.

“You should understand that while Nemo’s fighting style is somewhat unrestrained, it also adds a lot of variables, which is not a good thing for your style,” Karl casually analyzed. “After all, Shinji, your fighting style is more rigorous, and you always want to incorporate all situations into your tactics.”

Listening to Karl's analysis, Shinji nodded in agreement. He knew very well that his situation was indeed as Karl described, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

“The advantage of your fighting style is that as your experience increases, your tactics will become more refined.” Karl paused as he spoke, his fingers unconsciously tapping the table. “But the problem is, there are no absolutely perfect tactics in the world. I hope Shinji, you don’t fall into the trap of pursuing perfection.”

Shinji pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "I understand what you mean, Master."

Seeing Shinji's answer, Karl nodded in satisfaction. Teaching a smart student like Shinji was indeed easy; if it were some idiot, he might have already broken down.

After finishing breakfast, Carl first approached Garchomp, who was guarding the incubator: "Garchomp, are you adjusting well to life on the farm?"

"Roar. (Not bad.)" Garchomp shifted its body after seeing Carl arrive, allowing Carl to see the Pokémon eggs in the incubator more clearly.

"That's good." Karl walked to the incubator, looked at the nutrient solution in the container which had become almost transparent, took out the premium nutrient solution he had prepared beforehand, and added it into the incubator.

The elf eggs in the incubator seemed to sense Karl's arrival and trembled slightly.

In the world of Pokémon, Pokémon can sense the outside world even in their egg stage. Gible, still in its egg, has a natural affinity for Carl, the one who provided it with much nourishment.

After confirming the current status of the Pokémon egg, Carl bid farewell to Garchomp and continued his inspection of the farm.

"Meow! (Karl, you're here!)"

As Carl patrolled the fields, New Leaf Cat, who had just closed the grassy area, immediately noticed Carl's figure at the edge of the farm and quickly hopped over to him on its four short legs.