Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 360 Story of Seasons
Trainers from the Alola region challenged the Kanto League, but after defeating Lorelei, Cynthia, and Agatha, they were defeated by Lance, who had reorganized his team.

Ultimately, the other party proposed establishing an alliance in the Alola region as well, to deepen communication and cooperation between different regions.

Upon hearing this news from Misty, Link quickly thought of Dr. Kukui, surprised that he had started planning the Alola League so early.

At this time, Lillie probably hadn't even been born yet...

My mother-in-law and Moen are still in the Kanto region. My brother-in-law may have been born, but he's probably just a little kid.

Hmm... it's best to forget these terms, lest you accidentally blurt them out like you did in America and cause a social disaster.

"That sounds pretty good. Did you know that Incineroar is a Pokémon that originated in Alola?"

Xiaoxia's eyes seemed to sparkle: "I'm not sure, but I've heard of the famous West Lion Sea People!"

What water-type trainer would refuse a musician from the ocean?
Her graceful figure, long, wavy, sea-green hair, elegant and gorgeous demeanor and fighting style, as well as her singing and sonic skills that are no less than those of human singers!
Link muttered to himself, "Seven males and one female."

He was deeply impressed by it; heaven knows how many times he had to reopen it for this reason.

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxia's face darkened, and she was speechless for a moment.

After a long while, she firmly said, "I, I, my love for water-type spirits will not be hindered by gender."

Link shrugged. That sounded really good. He couldn't imagine what a male Primarina would look like when using "Aria of the Bubble" and "Symphony of the Sea God".

But if you actually encounter it, there's really nothing you can do. If you think about it carefully, if the fox had been male, would he have treated it differently?

Obviously not.

If Ash's Pikachu is female... is that even possible?
As they were talking, Ash and Pikachu arrived at the lakeside building after visiting the ranch.

"Xiaolin, there are so many elves at Sprout Ranch! Are you taking care of such a big ranch all by yourself?"

Link shook his head: "The elves also helped me a lot."

Leaving aside the Fire Fox and Porygon, the other elves are also very sensible and easy to manage.

Ash was inexplicably impressed by the other person, knowing that even in the quietest times, Professor Oak's backyard was still cared for by more than a dozen researchers and breeders.

"The professor's research institute is different; all the Pokémon in Kanto are there, so of course it needs a lot of manpower."

After a pause, Link added.

"I really don't know who would have the courage to attack Oak's lab."

Ash scratched his head; he'd never heard of Oak's lab being attacked.

"Impossible. Even though the Rockets' headquarters is in Evergreen City, nothing has ever happened in Pallet Town in all these years."

Before he knew it, Xiao Gang had recovered from the impact of the strangely colored iron dumbbell.

As the most professional breeder among the three, he quickly discovered the anomaly at Sprout Ranch during his visit—Link had not categorized and placed the different types and genders of elves separately.

As we all know, even different kinds of Pokémon can accidentally spark a romance, leading people to discover Pokémon eggs without their knowledge.

But Link didn't seem to have considered that at all.

"Kobayashi, won't what you're doing lead to an unlimited increase in the number of spirits on the ranch?"

With limited land available for ranches, increasing the number of elves may not necessarily translate into economic benefits; instead, it could unnecessarily increase costs.

"It's okay, my family runs a ranch, not a breeding farm." Xiao Gang does know about breeding, but he doesn't know much about running a ranch.

"But Professor Oak's lab takes care of Pokémon just like Brock said, right?" Ash asked, puzzled.

Seeing that the three were somewhat interested, Link gave a brief explanation.

Generally speaking, ranches are different from breeding houses and research institutes, so there is no need to worry about the number of Pokémon exceeding the limit.

Of course, any extra Pokémon are (usually) not sold, not eaten, and certainly not crushed up as feed...

There are three ways for ranchers to deal with these oversized Pokémon: release them back into the wild or their native habitat, donate them to Pokémon centers or gyms, or let wild trainers capture and take them away.

The first method avoids threatening the ecosystem, while the latter two offer certain benefits.

As far as Link knows, many ranches charge trainers an entrance fee to allow them to catch a certain number of Pokémon.

Another group might offer jobs to trainers, giving them some Pokémon as payment.

"Isn't this just selling Pokémon?" Xiaoxia asked in surprise.

"No, these are two different things. There is no direct monetary transaction involved."

In the end, it was indeed the trainer who paid for the Pokémon and then received it.

However, the elves in the ranch usually don't have much combat power, and this phenomenon is not common, so it has not become an industry.

Therefore, ranchers who allow Pokémon to breed freely usually choose to donate them to Pokémon centers or gyms.

"Fu?"

So what do Pokémon centers or gyms need these Pokémon for?

"Basically, they are released into the wild after training or to improve the ecology. The main purpose is to prevent individuals from messing around and disrupting the ecological balance, or causing negative impacts on the Pokémon."

Donating surplus Pokémon to Pokémon centers also yields almost no profit. The meager return prevents ranchers from profiting from it and also avoids people from arbitrarily disposing of excess Pokémon.

As for Link, his allowing the elves to freely fall in love is another matter entirely.

Firstly, he plans to become the Gym Leader of a Normal-type Gym, which requires him to train Normal-type Pokémon with combat capabilities.

Secondly, the Pokémon he trains are quite outstanding. He collaborates with Officer Jenny, the League, and the Pokémon Center, and will provide some of them to the three parties, mainly as starter Pokémon.

The ranch is even in talks with the Kanto Police Dog Training Center soon – his Gyro Dogs are so outstanding that they have left a deep impression on Officer Jenny.

Although the main credit goes to the Growlithe candy and the Growlithe scarf...

Thirdly, it provides trainers from afar with reliable characters by sending them Whimsicott, Ferrothorn, Amoonguss, and Wooloo that has learned "Cotton Guard" and "Pounce". This can be considered an indelible contribution to purifying the battle environment.

"In short, the sprites of Sprout Ranch are quite popular."

Upon hearing this, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia turned pale and remained silent for a long time, seemingly trembling with anger.

Ash subconsciously sensed something was off: "What's wrong, Brock, Misty?"

"So those Whimsicotts that used transformation moves right from the start were sent by you!?"

"So those water-resistant dumbbells that challengers used were given to you by someone else!?"

(End of this chapter)