Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 111 The Arrival of the Forest Ranger

After planting the fruit tree saplings, Su Yu, as usual, summoned his mounts, the little sheep, and used the Grass Field move on the saplings in the orchard.

Furthermore, Su Yu built a wooden fence around the orchard and had Diglett stay there to guard it, preventing the saplings from being damaged by wild Pokémon or other animals.

After finishing all that, Su Yu looked at the orchard, nodded in satisfaction, turned around and left, returning to the cabin to watch TV.

……

Time flew by, and it was already the afternoon of the second day.

At around three o'clock, a forest ranger appeared on a hillside not far from the pasture.

After seeing Su Yu's ranch, the ranger confirmed its appearance and then nodded, saying:

"Hmm... this should be our destination, Su Yu Ranch."

"This is the first mission I've been assigned to carry out alone since passing the forest ranger exam, and I'm determined to complete it perfectly."

As a forest ranger, Lu Li clearly didn't come here for no reason; he came with a mission.

His mission was to investigate why some of the Pokémon from the forest had come to Suyu Ranch.

Several days ago, a ranger in the neighboring area noticed that some Pokémon were moving into human settlements within his assigned area.

After the ranger's investigation, he discovered that the Pokémon that left had actually been persuaded by a rancher from the pastoral area to go there and work for him.

The forest ranger immediately considered a possibility under these circumstances. He reported the situation to his superiors, which led to Lu Li receiving the assignment to investigate.

"Are they kidnapping wild Pokémon from the forest to work illegally?"

"We cannot rule out that this is the case."

Hanging his ranger ID around his neck, Lu Li looked at the ranch. It seemed the scenery there was quite nice.

"Such a beautiful ranch, I really hope this rancher hasn't done anything wrong. Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to arrest him."

Lu Li thought to himself.

Thinking this, Lu Li headed towards the pasture at the foot of the mountain. However, he had only gone halfway when a green caterpillar with golden markings on its body, completely different from ordinary green caterpillars, suddenly darted out from the bushes beside the road.

The green caterpillar displayed strong hostility as soon as it appeared, seemingly sensing Lu Li's unfriendly attitude towards the ranch.

"Are these the green caterpillars bred by this rancher? They look quite well-bred."

Thinking this, Lu Li took out a strange-looking red device. This was a device that almost all forest rangers in the Eastern Alliance were issued, also known as the [Hunting Beacon].

Of course, the hunting darts in this world aren't as overpowered as they are in the games, and they can also command wild Pokémon to help the rangers in battle.

The hunting sleigh uses a technique related to mental power, which helps rangers perceive the feelings of the Pokémon opposite them.

"So you want to protect this ranch? It seems you see me as an intruder."

Looking at the information displayed on the hunting sniper, it showed that there was an 89% chance that the caterpillar was expressing a desire to protect the ranch.

Seeing this, Lu Li took out his identification as a forest ranger and waved it in front of the caterpillar, saying:

"Hello, Caterpie. You must be the Pokémon of the ranch owner here, right?"

"I didn't mean to trespass here. I'm an Alliance ranger responsible for this area. So, could you please talk to your rancher and ask if I can come in?"

In theory, the ranch belongs to the rancher. Therefore, Lu Li did not want to trespass.

Upon hearing this, the green caterpillar opened its eyes wide and carefully examined the documents that Lu Li had taken out.

Although it, like Squirtle, couldn't read many words, Su Yu had specifically instructed it. Caterpie recognized the League stamp on the document.

"Hiss...?" It seems like he really is a forest ranger?

Having cleared up the misunderstanding, the caterpillar immediately abandoned its hostility. It told Lu Li to wait where he was and then turned back to the ranch to find Su Yu.

Meanwhile, on the ranch.

Su Yu was pouring various ingredients into the fish food making machine to produce the amount needed for today.

Upon hearing what Caterpie had said, Su Yu pondered for a moment: Had the Alliance really sent someone?

Su Yu had already anticipated this when Uncle Yang mentioned it earlier. However, Su Yu wasn't worried about it. After all, he hadn't done anything illegal or disorderly.

"Then let him come over. I'll go and greet him after I finish preparing this fish food," Su Yu said.

Before long, Lu Li was led to the cabin by the green caterpillar.

Throughout the journey with Caterpie, Lu Li's eyes were constantly scanning the ranch, carefully observing everything in the hopes of finding any evidence that Su Yu had abused the Pokémon there.

However, after searching for a long time, he couldn't find a single thing. On the contrary, in Lu Li's eyes, the ranch was quite normal, so normal that he couldn't find any problems.

Whether it's the Frost Fairy grazing her ducks in the distance, the Hairy Crab living on the cliff, or the Wool Horned Sheep secretly watching TV inside the house behind Su Yu's back.

The Pokémon here all live happily, and there doesn't seem to be any forced labor involved.

After Lu Li was brought to Su Yu by the green caterpillar, Su Yu wiped his hands on his apron, took it off, and said:

"You must be the forest ranger. I am Su Yu, the ranch owner of this ranch."

"Please wait here for a moment. I need to process the fish food I just made. I'll come back to you when I'm done. Of course, if you'd like to look around, feel free to do so. You can have Caterpillar show you around."

With that, Su Yu picked up a large bag of fish food and headed towards the fish pond.

He certainly knew why the ranger named Lu Li had come to the ranch, but since he was upright and had nothing to hide, he acted rather casually.

After Su Yu left, only Lu Li and the green caterpillar remained, staring at each other in bewilderment. After a moment's hesitation, Lu Li spoke up:

"Then...why don't you take me to see the Pokémon that recently arrived at your ranch?"

"I heard from the Pokémon in the forest that your ranch has recently attracted many wild Pokémon. Can you take me to see them?"

Lu Li, of course, would not forget the main purpose of his trip.

"Hiss."

Upon hearing this, Caterpie nodded and led the way, acting as a guide.

(End of this chapter)