Mind Master of the Elf World

Chapter 180 Gengar: Jinghe can't do that! (Seeking monthly votes!)
A ray of sunshine

It's not a particularly catchy name, but it subtly expresses Jinghe's vision.

future.

His café can employ Pokémon as staff and even provide some Pokémon with temporary accommodation.

Just like the Vulpix that hid in the garbage dump, Gastly, after sleeping in the stone for a thousand years, met Jinghe.

Jinghe is willing to provide them with a ray of warm "sunshine".

In the future, he might even build a small Pokémon garden, providing a temporary place for stray, pitiful, helpless, and inconvenient-to-catch Pokémon to live and play.

If you could lend a hand to the coffee shop, that would be even better.

His requirements weren't high.

It would be even better if we could get a few Pokémon like the Alola region's Bewear or the Kanto region's Jigglypuff that loves to sing, to serve as doormen for the café.

He wouldn't refuse cute and powerful creatures like Victini, Mew, Marshall, and Shaymi.

I believe this place will become a favorite spot for many Pokémon in the future.

Of course, this was just Jing He's initial idea, since he didn't even have a single formal employee at the moment.
For now, the café only offers espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Items like ice cream, macarons, and cream puffs are only briefly mentioned on the menu.

However, this did not dampen the excitement on the first day of business.

Daigo, Dujuan, Rika, Kazuki, and some of Jinghe's acquaintances in Kanaz City all came to offer their congratulations and visit.

Gengar, Blacksmith, and Dratini temporarily act as waiters, while Vulpix and Jinghe make coffee together.

The sound of laughter could be heard from far away on the street.

Kanto, Rocket Team Base.

"cafes"

Sakaki stared at the "A Ray of Sunshine" café on his tablet, lost in thought.

"Boss"

Masato brought Sakaki a cup of coffee.

"So... is this telling me that our Rockets team can start in the food service industry?" Sakaki murmured, squinting his eyes.

After talking with Jinghe last time, Sakaki did consider the Rockets' "transformation", but he had no clue what to do.

But today he suddenly realized something.

indeed.

No matter who you are or what your status is, you can't avoid the word "eat".

If we can win over the stomachs of most ordinary residents, we can gain more support!

Capturing ordinary people is tantamount to capturing the entire alliance!

The biggest gap between the Rockets and the league is not just the strength of their top management, but also the number of players at the bottom.

"Change our thinking and weave a bottom-up 'encirclement'?"

Sakaki felt
It's definitely worth giving it a try!

"Makoto, would you be willing to help Jinghe Consultant?" Sakaki suddenly asked.

It seems that Makoto also has some talent for making sweets.

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, the real bird was taken aback.

Are we going to visit Teacher Jinghe's coffee shop?

To be honest, Makoto isn't actually opposed to it; he can even learn to cook a lot of delicious food from Jinghe, but the prerequisite is that he leaves Boss Sakaki.
She pursed her lips, unsure how to refuse.

However, Sakaki noticed her reluctance and nodded, saying:
"That's true. If you just change a secretary, a lot of things will have to start all over again."

Moreover, it's best to find unfamiliar faces for this kind of thing to avoid causing unnecessary trouble for Jinghe.

“Then let them go,” Sakaki said.

"them?"

Three figures appeared in Makoto's mind.

Are they really okay?

[Ibrahimovic eating cabbage]: Hmm, congratulations.

【Jingzhongzhihe】: I'd like to invite you for coffee.

[Eevee eating cabbage]: I'm not in Sinnoh lately, I'm in Unova.

【Jingzhongzhihe】：Hezhong?

[Ibrahimovic eating cabbage]: Yeah, there was an exhibition match with Gatria.

Is Cattleya the only girl who can rival Sabrina in psychic powers among the future Unova Elite Four?
【Jingzhongzhihe】: Then keep going and try your best to stop them from crying.

[Eevee eating cabbage]: Garchomp staring.jpg
Looking at the emoticons on her phone, Jinghe smiled.

"Jinghe, then we'll take our leave."

At this time.

Lijia, along with Abi, Xiaogang, and Yishu, got up to say goodbye.

They weren't just leaving the coffee shop; they were heading back to Kanto Yoko University.

"Shall I see you off?" Jing He said, putting away her phone.

"no need."

Lijia smiled and said, "Anyway, the celebration will be here soon."

celebration?

Jing He was taken aback.

Watching the four people wave goodbye and leave, he hurriedly said:
"Gengar, help me deliver this."

Gengar, dressed as a waiter, is wiping a table with its arms crossed.

"Genga~~"

I'm very busy, okay?

Although he said that, he still obediently went to deliver it to the person.

Jinghe wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Wow, that's really busy."

However, I believe this is only because it's the first day of opening; coffee shops that aren't famous or have any special features won't be as busy afterward.

Since it's just a hobby anyway, Jinghe doesn't expect to make much money from a coffee shop.

Do you really think everyone can be like Daigo, buying over twenty cups of coffee for 500 Alliance Coins each?
The pricing after opening was quite affordable.

After all.

His main profession is still a teacher, a Pokémon psychologist, a trainer, and so on.
How come there are so many?

"Genga."

After seeing off Rika and the other three, Gengar stood at the entrance of the cafe, hands on his hips, deep in thought.

Jinghe developed a new way to make money, which pleased Gengar, but Gengar was not very satisfied with Jinghe's "laid-back" attitude.

so.
click-

Gengar took out his phone and took a picture of the front of the cafe.

Then we went into a printing shop not far away.

Upon seeing Genggui float in without even opening the door, the temperature inside the shop plummeted, and the print shop owner's face instantly turned pale.

"Gengar~~" Gengar stuck out its scarlet tongue and slowly approached with a sinister grin.

"You...don't...I'm robbing you?"

The middle-aged man who owned the print shop was sweating profusely.

Robbery?

Gengar was slightly taken aback.

It's not that it's impossible.
But thinking of Jing He's gloomy face, Gengar suddenly shuddered, stuck out his tongue, took out his phone, and showed the photos of the coffee shop.

"Doruk?"

Just as Gengar was pondering how to express itself, a Smeargle nearby made a sound that caught its attention.

"Giggle giggle~~"

Gengar's eyes lit up, and it began gesturing with its hands.

Upon hearing this, TuTu Dog looked enlightened. Its tail transformed into a paintbrush, which danced in its hand. Soon, a picture almost identical to the photograph appeared on the canvas in front of it.

"Doruk?"

"Gengga. Gengga"

Tutu the dog wields its paintbrush once more.

The image was transformed into a promotional poster.

Gengar stepped closer, examined the poster carefully for a while, and then gestured with its finger on the poster a couple more times.

Tutu Dog looked serious.

Unexpectedly, this Gengar is actually a master of painting!

After some negotiation, and to the astonishment of the print shop owner, Gengar obtained a very cool promotional poster.

(I couldn't find a suitable image, but this is just a general idea. I'll try to get a great artist to draw it sometime.)
Gengar nodded in satisfaction and gave Smeargle a thumbs up.

Seeing this, Tutu breathed a sigh of relief.

Subsequently.

Gengar received a stack of promotional posters.

Watching Gengar float away again, the print shop owner wiped his forehead, muttering stiffly:

"I actually find it quite cute; there must be something wrong with me."

Tutu's face was full of approval.

"Doruru."

It understands my paintings!
"By the way, did it pay?"

Gengar, after leaving the print shop, did not return to the coffee shop, but instead went to a dark alley a few blocks away.

Just arrived here.

Pairs of sharp, scarlet eyes appeared in the alley.

Gengar grinned.

Palms raised.

A huge "shadow ball" appeared in a spiral shape in its hand.

"Woo~~"

The fierce look in its eyes vanished instantly, and one by one, wild, stray, and evil Pokémon appeared obediently before it.

Even Krookodile, a Dark-type Pokémon, is no exception.

Gengar, boss!

Gengar pulled the poster out of its dimensional pocket with a "bang" and then started calling out.

"Genga~~"

Come here, everyone. Take a stack of these posters. I want to see them plastered all the streets around here by tomorrow!
When Gengar emerged from the alley after assigning tasks, it let out a long sigh.

really.

If the coffee shop wants to thrive, I'll have to personally take charge!
Jinghe wouldn't do that!

Kanazon Pokémon Academy.

"headmaster!"

When Minjiang, the director of the Academic Affairs Office, entered the principal's office, he saw the principal, whose face was bruised and swollen, sitting obediently at his desk.

The bullying panda, with its arms crossed, glared at him menacingly, supervising his work.

Min Jiang: "."

"It's Minjiang." The old principal looked up, forcing an awkward smile. "What is it?"

"cough."

Minjiang pretended not to see the old principal's appearance and simply said:
"I heard that Yuhong University is interested in poaching Professor Jinghe with a large sum of money to take up a position there."

"That's it"

"Principal!" Seeing that the old principal didn't seem worried, Minjiang quickly said:

"The enrollment plan is already in preparation, so Teacher Jinghe can't leave!"

"Well"

The old principal nodded. "That makes sense."

"Should we..."

But then the old principal smiled again, only to gasp in pain as his face hurt so much.

But he still waved his hand and said:
"Yuhong University has no idea about Professor Jinghe. How could someone with such a deep bond with Pokémon possibly care about such trivial matters?"

"But Teacher Jinghe does need money and resources to train Pokémon."

"Makes sense."

Min Jiang: "."

Principal, couldn't you have phrased it differently?
"Ahem. We are an academy, dedicated to teaching and nurturing students. Of course, we can't do things like giving money away."

However, the old principal quickly came to his senses.

"But the salary could definitely be increased, since Professor Jinghe will be leading teams on exchange trips in the future."

He saw the cup on the table and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"I heard that Professor Jinghe opened a coffee shop outside the school? Don't many teachers at the school like to drink coffee? Let's order some in the name of the school."

The old headmaster slowly stood up and said earnestly, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

"Understood!"

Minjiang also realized what was happening.

"Why hasn't Gengar come back yet after so long?"

In the coffee shop, Jinghe took out her phone, ready to call Gengar.

But then I suddenly noticed that my phone screen looked blurry.

Then a message popped up.

[Young man]: I'm so bored here, I can't even think.
"This phone is unreliable, I really should replace it," Jinghe thought.

However, I still managed to reply to the message when I had a moment.

【Jingzhongzhihe】: Where are you? I'd like to buy you coffee.

(End of this chapter)