Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 109 Lillie

When Su Yu arrived at the chairman's office, he was about to go in.

"Hiss~!" Suddenly, the green caterpillar tugged at Su Yu's head, turning it in one direction.

Su Yu looked in that direction and, sure enough, saw the figure with long golden hair and a white dress.

"It really was her."

Upon seeing this figure, Su Yu understood immediately who the chairman of Ether Pharmaceuticals was.

As Su Yu opened the door and went inside, the person sitting in the office chair was exactly as he had expected.

—Lusamine.

Su Yu was very familiar with this person, whom countless Pokémon enthusiasts called "Mother-in-law".

Of course, some people call her more than just "mother-in-law." Compared to the seemingly obedient and cute Lillie, some people seem to prefer upholding the inexplicable legacy of Wei Wu.

Abbreviation: Cao Aman.

It seems that Lusamine's family is in the same situation as Brock and his friends, having arrived on Aquamarine ahead of schedule due to the arrival of the secret realm. But that's fine, at least this way they won't have to get involved in all that messy stuff about the Ultimate Cave.

Upon seeing Su Yu's arrival, Lusamine, who had been rubbing her temples wearily, sat up straight in her chair. She placed her hands on the table, clasped them together, and tapped them, saying:

"sit."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu sat down in front of Lusamine.

Rosamina, adopting a strictly businesslike attitude, had Su Yu produce the drugs she intended to sell. After observing them for a moment, she said:

"The quality is top-notch. If all your medicinal herbs are of this quality, we can purchase them at a high price."

"But the key question is... can this batch of medicinal herbs really maintain the same quality as you claim?"

As she spoke, Lusamine looked directly into Su Yu's eyes, as if trying to see if he was lying.

In the past, EtherPharma's medicines were sourced from mountain herbalists who went into the mountains to collect herbs. However, herbs collected in the forest are unlikely to maintain the same high quality.

Therefore, Lusamine expressed strong skepticism about the equally high-quality drugs that Su Yu mentioned.

Su Yu, however, appeared quite relaxed about this. He confidently stated:

"Of course it's possible, because these medicines... are all grown by myself, so the quality is absolutely guaranteed."

"Moreover, I myself have a lot of experience in cultivating these medicinal herbs, which allows me to ensure that they are of high quality when they finally mature."

Su Yu didn't finish his sentence; he did have lambs as mounts on his ranch. This was the source of Su Yu's confidence in guaranteeing the absolute high quality of his medicine.

Although the mounted sheep cannot directly accelerate the ripening of these medicines due to insufficient power, they can certainly use grass-based energy to ensure the quality and therapeutic effect of these medicines when they mature.

Upon hearing this, Lusamine showed a look of surprise in front of Su Yu for the first time.

Are the medicines grown by ourselves?

Lusamine is not unfamiliar with the technology of artificially cultivating drugs. In fact, their company has been funding this research in hopes of developing better technologies.

However, at present, this technology is not yet mature, and some medicinal herbs grown are mature while others are not.

But without exception, even if these medicinal materials eventually mature, their quality is never high, and they can only be used to make low-end therapeutic medicines.

The shareholders of Lusamine Company also protested about this, claiming that the effects of medicines made from these artificially cultivated herbs were almost the same as those made from tree fruits.

They believed that with this money... it would be better to invest it in research on new tree fruit treatments.

Ultimately, it was Lusamine who took a firm stance, silencing the shareholders' voices. She understood that the therapeutic potions made from tree berries had their limits, while the limits of other medicinal potions were far from being reached.

Especially now that the market for tree fruit-based therapeutic agents is saturated, a new path must be found to break through.

Clearly, the appearance of the drug provided by Su Yu gave Lusamine this hope.

Immediately, Lusamine asked:

"Are you sure... these drugs were all artificially cultivated by yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu nodded.

However, Lusamine thought about it and felt that this was still not appropriate, so she continued:

"Hmm... no, just listening to you isn't enough. How about this, would it be convenient for me to visit your ranch? Ideally, I'd like to see the entire process of you cultivating medicinal herbs."

It seems she still has a lot of doubts about Su Yun's ability to artificially cultivate medicinal herbs.

Su Yu didn't care; there was nothing shameful about the ranch anyway. So, he readily agreed.

Immediately afterwards, Su Yu brought up the matter of his family's medicinal herbs to Lusamine.

Lusamine stated that if these medicinal herbs were indeed as high-quality as Su Yu claimed, she would purchase all of Su Yu's batch of herbs for no less than 150,000 Alliance Coins.

"That's good, then I have no further questions."

Su Yu nodded.

However, 150,000 Alliance Coins is not a lot, because this is Su Yu's first time growing medicinal herbs, so the amount he planted was not large, and it is normal that he made less money from selling them.

But this was still a considerable income. With these 150,000 Alliance Coins, Su Yu's wallet was full again, covering the expenses he had spent on the orchard.

"Then, Chairman, I'll be going now."

With that, Su Yu got up and left. However, when he opened the door, he found a girl standing behind it.

"Lillie?"

Upon seeing the girl, Su Yu asked in surprise, "Why were you eavesdropping behind the door?"

While Rosamina wasn't looking, Su Yu closed the office door. He didn't want to talk to her while her mother was around.

"Hmm?"

The caterpillar was also very curious. It looked at Lillie, thinking, "This... must be the blonde girl in the white dress I just saw. Why did Su Yu make me pay special attention to this girl?"

When the door suddenly opened, Lillie first looked at Su Yu, and then at Caterpie.

Upon seeing the caterpillar, Lillie retreated several steps as if hiding from something. At the same time, a look of terror crossed her face, and she said:

"Po... Pokémon..."

Seeing this, Su Yu slapped his forehead, only then remembering that Lillie was afraid of Pokémon. This was a setting from the original anime, but he didn't expect that even after the secret realm had descended, Lillie was still so afraid.

Su Yu took out a Poké Ball and put the Caterpie away, deciding to make do with the Caterpie for now.

Then, Su Yu looked at Lillie and asked in confusion:

"What... are you doing hiding behind the door?"

(End of this chapter)