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

Unlike fruits, most tree fruits have some special effects. For example, the most common peach can cure most poisoning or severe poisoning effects. Therefore, peach is also one of the raw materials for antidotes.

Since berries were introduced in Generation III, in the early stages of the game, the Kanto and Johto regions did not have "soft soil" suitable for berries to grow.

Therefore, in HeartGold/SoulSilver, players can only grow berries using an item called "Berry Bonsai".

However, according to Carl's understanding, in the real world, the Kanto and Johto regions certainly have land suitable for growing fruit trees.

As we all know, the growth of fruit trees is divided into five stages: planting, sprouting, growth, flowering, and fruiting.

According to the information Carl consulted, most fruit farms on the market do not choose to use fruit to cultivate fruit trees, but instead choose to directly purchase fruit trees in the growth stage and transplant them to the farm.

This method not only saves a lot of time and costs, but also ensures the quantity of fruit produced by the trees.

After deciding to establish the orchard, the first challenge Carl faced was deciding which types of fruit trees to choose as the first "residents" of the orchard.

In fact, the market demand for tree fruits is still very high, so Karl will not have to worry about sales no matter which type of tree fruit he chooses to plant.

However, since Carl's main goal is to make the farm's output enough to meet the needs of all the Pokémon on the farm, he is struggling with which types of berries to plant.

Currently, the berry seedlings available on the market can be roughly divided into three categories. The first category consists of basic berries such as Peach Berry and Cherry Berry. The second category consists of berries such as Garlic Berry and Honey Berry, which are needed to raise Pokémon. The third category consists of berries such as Chocolate Berry and Passion Berry, which can help Pokémon resist certain types of damage.

As for rare tree fruits such as dragon fruit and sand scale fruit, although the demand is very high, due to the high difficulty in cultivating the tree, there are only a small number of tree fruits circulating in the market, and the premium is extremely high.

If Carl had a Land Cloud or a Calycerin on his farm, he could use the fruit to cultivate fruit trees, but unfortunately Carl currently has no plans to travel to the Unova or Galar regions.

Carl could still hope that Dream would invite him to the farm, but for the latter, Carl could only dream about it for now.

After two days of discussion, Carl finally decided to plant seven basic fruit trees on the farm, including cherry, jujube, and peach.

So after making the decision, Carl called Lewis, the recipient of the goods from the Padian Agricultural Association.

After the call was connected, Carl first arranged a date for the next delivery with the other party, and then he told them about his idea of ​​buying tree seedlings.

Lewis was not surprised when he heard Carl's request, or rather, he had anticipated Carl's desire to buy tree seedlings.

Therefore, after a brief communication, Carl finally purchased ten seedlings of each of the seven types of fruit trees from the Agricultural Association at a price of four thousand Alliance coins per seedling.

Furthermore, according to Lewis, the agricultural association recently plans to release a batch of jujube seedlings, and he can keep an eye out for Carl if he needs them.

Carl immediately expressed his great interest in the batch of jujube seedlings and asked Lewis to keep an eye out for them, to which Lewis readily agreed.

Shortly after hanging up the phone, Carl was suddenly informed by his phone that Miss Feng had sent him a text message.

After reading the message sent by Miss Feng, Karl's expression immediately turned strange.

The reason Miss Feng messaged him was to order a batch of strawberries from his farm.

Carl naturally wouldn't refuse Miss Feng's order, but after agreeing, he curiously asked Miss Feng how she knew he was about to ship the goods.

After Miss Afeng's explanation, Karl learned that Master Haidai would regularly share information about high-quality food suppliers in a small group within his sect.

Miss Feng saw in this internal group that Carl's farm would produce high-quality strawberries.

After learning this news, Karl thought about it and put his plan to visit Master Haidai back on the agenda.

Just then, Carl's phone vibrated again.

“Let me see who’s looking for me this time.” Carl picked up his phone and his eyes widened immediately. “Zhu Lan?!”

Chapter 108 Metagross: Hey! I have a plan!

Sinnoh region, Sinnoh town.

Shinwa Town is a town that has preserved the history and ancient way of life of the Sinnoh region. The shrine in the center of the town dates back to an ancient era.

Moreover, Shinwa Town is the hometown of the newly crowned Sinnoh Champion Cynthia and Dorasena, one of the Carlos Elite Four.

After officially ascending to the Sinnoh Champion's throne, our dear Champion spent more than a month dealing with the pile of official duties in the League. Only an hour ago did she finally return to the long-lost town of Kil'hall to rest for a while.

Back home, Zhu Lan changed into a comfortable sky-blue nightgown and lazily lay down on the soft bed, her long golden hair casually spread out.

"Now I finally understand why that guy was so unwilling to take over as champion," Zhu Lan muttered to herself, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Thinking back on the documents she had processed over the past month, Zhu Lan let out a long sigh.

'If I hadn't acted impulsively back then, perhaps I'd be exploring some ancient ruins with my grandmother right now.'

After spacing out for a while, Cynthia remembered that she had made a promise with someone to have a Pokémon battle, but she had been too busy recently and had almost forgotten about it.

'How about we take advantage of this vacation time and go on a holiday to the Parthian region?'

With this in mind, Zhu Lan immediately took out her phone and searched for flights from Veil City to the Padiya region.

After buying a plane ticket to Padiya for three days later, Zhu Lan opened her contacts and dialed a number she had never dialed before.

"Hello, is this Zhu Lan?"

The moment the call connected, Karl's slightly puzzled voice came from the other end of the line.

"Karl, it's me. Long time no see." Zhu Lan's lips curled up slightly. After all these years, this guy still looks so dazed.

"Long time no see." Karl paused. "Um, may I ask what Grandma Kikuno wanted to talk to me about?"

Carl was indeed confused by Zhu Lan's phone call. He had a bit of a falling out with Granny Kikuno because of Hunter J, and he couldn't understand why Zhu Lan would call him at this time.

Has something major happened in the Sinnoh League? Shouldn't Team Galactic still be in a dormant phase at this time?

"Do you remember when you promised to fight me?" Zhu Lan asked bluntly. "I'm planning to take a break for a while, so I'm going to go on vacation to the Padiya region to fulfill our promise."

"?"

Carl was shocked. He hadn't expected Cynthia to have mastered the art of slacking off so quickly. Less than three months after becoming the Sinnoh Champion, she was already planning to quit and run away, specifically to the Padia region.

Carl believed that Granny Kikuno would be furious when she learned of Takeran's decision.

With his thoughts racing, Carl replied, "I'll be staying at the farm for a while. When exactly are you coming? Do you need me to pick you up?"

“I booked a flight for three days from now.” Zhu Lan thought for a moment and then said, “Just send me the address of your farm, and I’ll go there myself.”

“No problem, but does Granny Kikuno know about this?” Karl hesitated for a moment, then finally added, “I suggest you keep it from her for now, otherwise…”

Karl didn't finish his sentence, but Zhu Lan, who knew about Karl's "glorious" deeds, understood the unspoken meaning in his words.

"I understand what you mean. Don't worry, Granny Kikuno won't know," Takeran said with a light laugh. "That's all for now. See you in a few days."

As Carl listened to Zhu Lan's slightly seductive laughter on the other end of the phone, his cheeks flushed slightly: "Okay, see you in a few days."

After hanging up the phone, Carl raised his hand to rub his face, then collapsed onto the sofa and stared blankly into space for a while.

Then Carl suddenly sat up from the sofa and sent a text message to Yeci: "President Yeci, do you remember what I mentioned to you before?"

"what's up?"

"The thing about the new Sinnoh champion coming to the Padia region to spar with me."

The familiar ringtone sounded again. As soon as Carl answered the phone, Yeci's voice came from the other end: "Carl, is the information accurate? I haven't received any official letters from the Sinnoh region recently."

“I just spoke with Zhu Lan on the phone half a minute ago,” Karl replied truthfully. “Besides, Zhu Lan’s trip to the Padia region is a private one, so she shouldn’t need to report it to the Alliance, right?”

Theoretically speaking, there is nothing wrong with what Carl said. Coming to the Padia region as an individual and coming to the Padia region as the Sinnoh Champion are two completely different things.

The former is a personal matter, while the latter has a diplomatic nature; however, in most cases, the two cannot be completely separated.

After a moment of silence, Ye Ci's voice came from the other end of the phone again: "Karl, how is your relationship with Zhu Lan?"

"Uh, we're friends, but not really," Carl replied truthfully. "As you probably know, Professor Yamanashi raised me after my parents passed away, and Cynthia's grandmother was also a Pokémon Professor in the Sinnoh region, so..."

"I understand." Yeci paused for a moment. "If it's convenient for you then, could you please introduce me to this Sinnoh champion?"

“Of course, no problem, but I think you should be able to get along well with Zhu Lan, President,” Karl said in a slightly strange tone.

Although Ye Ci didn't understand why Karl would say that, she didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she exchanged a few more pleasantries with Karl before hanging up the phone.

For some reason, Karl felt that Ye Ci seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after hearing that his relationship with Zhu Lan was just so-so. Could there be some problem with Zhu Lan coming to the Padiya region?

However, this was not something Carl should care about, after all, he was just an ordinary farmer.

More than Zhu Lan's plan to come to Padia to spar with him, Karl is currently more concerned about something else: the future infrastructure of the farm.

As of now, five buildings are under construction on the farm at the same time: the den of Garchomp and Majestic Tooth, the Salt House where Saltstone lives, and the shed for the steeds Lamb and Milkcan.

According to the construction team's estimate, the five buildings will be completed within a week.

Carl was relatively satisfied with the construction schedule, but at the same time, he also had to start considering the future infrastructure of the farm.

The most critical issue is warehousing.

As the farm's planting area expands, the harvested crops also need a place to be stored.

Especially in summer, without cold storage, most crops will mold and rot after just a few days.

To build a cold storage facility, Carl had to consider the energy issue...

In short, all these things suddenly piled up, and even with Metagross's help, Carl was still a bit overwhelmed.

Just then, the Electro Metagross gave Carl a brilliant idea.

"Geng Metal. (Why not let Zapdos provide energy for the farm?)"

"Um?!"

Just as Carl was about to teach Metagross a lesson again, Metagross placed the plan he had written first in front of Carl, indicating that he should read it before making a decision.

Five minutes later, Carl put down the plan that Metagross had written and looked at it with a complicated expression: "Metagross, tell me the truth, when did you start planning this?"

Chapter 109 The First Lesson of the New Semester

Metagross's plan is actually quite simple: it intends to purchase a batch of battery packs that can absorb Pokémon's electricity, so that Zapdos can generate electricity to power the farm.

These battery packs are actually quite common in the Pokémon world, and many remote towns use this method to power their residents.

As a legendary Pokémon, Zapdos had no trouble powering the battery pack, so when Carl explained the situation to Zapdos, it agreed without much hesitation.

In addition to having Zapdos power the farm, Metagross also plans to have Zapdos bring its "good friend" Articuno to the farm to create a cold storage facility.

When Zapdos learned of Metagross's plan, it agreed without hesitation.

After all, as the saying goes, "Returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night," and Zapdos had long wanted to show off its current living conditions to its two old friends, and Metagross's suggestion just gave Zapdos such an opportunity.

As one of the three legendary birds, Zapdos has a special "symbiotic relationship" with Articuno and Moltres. Simply put, the three legendary birds are almost always born in pairs.

Although they live separately on weekdays, the three birds hold a "gathering" every now and then due to their "symbiotic" relationship.

In most cases, the purpose of the Three Divine Birds' gathering is to have a fight to determine the "center position".

Zapdos, trained by Carl, planned to unleash its full power at the next gathering, suppressing the other two legendary birds single-handedly to solidify its position within the trio of legendary birds.

Metagross's suggestion would not only allow Zapdos to overwhelm the other two legendary birds in terms of strength, but also allow it to overwhelm them once again in terms of living environment.

As for whether the other two would join Carl's team, Zapdos hadn't considered that. After all, it's an Electric-type Pokémon, so it's normal for it to be a bit slow on the uptake. Otherwise, it wouldn't have joined Carl's team after being defeated by him seven times.

After planning the farm's future infrastructure, time quietly arrived at Monday, April 8th, the day Carl's first battle lesson began.

"Suree, I really should get going." Carl looked at the Espeon floating in front of him, picking out clothes for him, and said helplessly, "Otherwise, I'll be late."

"Booee! (This is Carl's first lesson, you have to make a good impression on the students!)" Espeon said seriously. "Booee! (At worst, Charizard will take you there later!)"

"Okay, okay, but I think wearing a tracksuit to class is fine." Karl shrugged, saying helplessly, "After all, all the other combat class teachers dress like this, I can't be the only one who goes out of style, can I?"

Upon hearing Carl's words, Espeon hesitated slightly, but ultimately used its telekinesis to retrieve a black tracksuit with a white Poké Ball logo from the wardrobe and placed it in front of Carl.

Carl felt like he had been granted a pardon. He immediately changed into the tracksuit, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and fled out the door as if escaping, riding his Steelraven into the sky.

About an hour later, Corviknight landed steadily in front of the Orange Academy gate once again. Under the watchful eyes of the surrounding students, Carl recalled Corviknight into its Poké Ball and quickly ran towards the battle arena that Orange Academy had prepared specifically for his classes.

When Carl arrived at the arena for the class, Nemona's energetic voice came from the crowd: "Yo, Carl, you're finally here."

"Nemo, please call me Teacher Carl during class," Carl said, putting on a stern face.

Nemo was very cooperative and immediately replied, "Okay, Mr. Carl."

Pipa and Shinji, standing at the edge of the crowd, exchanged a glance, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes. These two are really something...

Shortly after Carl arrived at the battle arena, a cheerful ringing sound came from the loudspeakers beside the arena, officially marking the start of Carl's first battle lesson.

"Ahem, hello everyone. Before we officially begin the class, let me introduce myself." Carl looked at the young faces in front of him and said with a smile, "My name is Carl, and I come from the Sinnoh region. I will be the teacher of this Battle Studies course for the next academic year. You can call me Teacher Carl, or you can just call me Carl."

"Now, I will be taking attendance for the first time in this class. Students whose names I call, please come forward and give a brief self-introduction." Carl said, taking out the attendance book he had prepared in advance from his backpack. "There is no time limit. I just hope that everyone can take this opportunity to get to know each other."

While Carl was speaking, some students had already begun mentally rehearsing their self-introductions, and some of them were already regretting choosing this course.

"Now, let's give a round of applause to our first student, Nemo!"

As Carl called out Nemo's name, some students secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, Nemo stepped forward to face the crowd and began to introduce herself without any stage fright.

"Hello everyone, I'm Nemo. My goal is to become a Pokémon Master. I've already earned eight Gym Badges, and I plan to challenge for the League Championship this year."

After hearing Nemo's plan, the students in the audience all looked at her with knowing eyes.