Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 123 More than thirty walking grasses!

"By the way, I can also teach you that Mind Hammer move you used to fight the demon earlier. How about that, is that sincere enough?"

Because it was Su Yu's Pokémon, Luo Sheng was particularly generous. He usually didn't teach these moves to most of his apprentices; he only taught them to those he particularly favored, or those whose families were willing to spend money to bribe him.

Squirtle nodded in agreement.

But if that's the case, it seems like it'll have to clock in for work every day, right? Then it won't be able to go fishing with Farfetch'd anymore.

……

And it was during this period when Squirtle officially became a teaching assistant.

the other side.

Su Yu was making grass cakes for his mount sheep. Because the mount sheep consumed a lot of mana, Su Yu had to make a lot of grass cakes every day to replenish the energy of his mount sheep.

However, at this moment, the Screw Mole hurriedly ran over, and Su Yu was very puzzled when he saw this.

He remembered that the screw-shaped groundhog had been in the orchard these past few days, probably guarding the fruit trees.

Why did they suddenly run over? Did something happen at the orchard?

And then we followed the screw-like gopher to the orchard.

Listening to Screw Mole's explanation along the way, Su Yu finally understood what was going on.

It turns out that early this morning, a bunch of walking grass suddenly appeared in the orchard. These walking grasses just stayed in the orchard and refused to leave.

No matter how much the Screw Mole and the Flying Mantis tried to persuade them, they refused to leave. Helpless, the Screw Mole had no choice but to ask Su Yu for help.

"Is it because the soil in the orchard is too fertile?"

Su Yu, who was familiar with the habits of Oddish grass, thought to himself.

It is said that Oddish, a Pokémon, loves fertile soil. Once it finds a suitable spot, it will bury its body in it, leaving only the green leaves on its head exposed, and then it will stay there.

Su Yu's orchard had just been fertilized, and a large amount of loose soil had been laid down. The soil in the orchard was clearly fertile.

"If that's the case, then getting rid of them seems a bit difficult..."

Su Yu thought to himself. After all, fertile soil seemed particularly attractive to Oddish.

Just as Su Yu was pondering how to negotiate with the Walking Grass and the others, the orchard arrived.

From a short distance, Su Yu could see a large number of walking grasses buried in the soil of the orchard; there seemed to be thirty or forty of them.

Upon seeing Su Yu, one of the Oddish poked its head out. Its first question was one that completely surprised Su Yu:

"So?" Excuse me, are you the owner of Su Yu Ranch?

"You know me?" Su Yu asked in shock.

Why would a wild walking grass know my name?

And the next sentence from this Oddish answered Su Yu's question:

"That's what the forest ranger in this forest told me."

We were very unpopular in the forest because we competed with the local fruit trees for nutrients, so we were chased away wherever we went. Later, the rangers suggested that we come here.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu understood. It turned out that it was the forest ranger who had visited the ranch before who had come to spread the word.

Long before, Su Yu had asked Lu Li to help him promote his ranch in the forest, but he didn't expect that wild Pokémon would arrive so quickly.

And... it's an Oddish, a Pokémon.

In this world, it seems that using extracts from the saliva of the stinky flower to make perfume is not yet popular. This is because no one has specifically developed this type of perfume.

However, Su Yu knew that this perfume was extremely popular in the Pokémon world. It was even said that the famous Celadon City Gym in the Kanto region sold it.

"In that case, you can stay here. You can absorb all the nutrients in the soil. As long as you evolve in the future, I'll be happy to collect some of your saliva."

Su Yu said this.

The reason why he agreed so readily was not only because Lu Li introduced these walking grasses, but also because grass-type plants are easy to care for.

With just a few bags of fertilizer, Su Yu could feed over thirty Walking Grasses, and the rest could rely on their own photosynthesis. Compared to Hairy Crabs, this was remarkably easy to raise.

"As for the Screw Grub and the Scyther... you don't need to guard the orchard anymore. You can leave it to the Oddish and the others."

"Go play. You're free to roam the ranch on your own unless I call you."

With so many walking grasses, Su Yu felt it was time to protect this orchard.

Upon hearing this, Scyther nodded happily, while Diglett seemed quite disappointed at losing his job again.

After all, in this ranch, besides digging holes, it doesn't have any other special skills to utilize.

Su Yu was also aware of this.

"Next time Mela passes by, let's ask Screw Mole again and see if it's willing to go dusting with Mela."

Su Yu thought to himself.

……

……

That evening.

After bidding farewell to the gym apprentices, Squirtle was greeted by Tropius who came to pick it up, and returned to the ranch.

In just one day, Squirtle had already become familiar with all the gym apprentices.

After returning to the ranch, Squirtle went back to the cabin and handed the two movebooks to Su Yu.

These are the move manuals for 【Brick Splitting】 and 【Enhancing Fist】, respectively.

Holding the two martial arts manuals, Su Yu asked curiously:

"Did Master Luo give this to you?"

Upon hearing this, Squirtle put one hand on his hip and waved it, saying:

"Jenny Jenny~" No, this is my payment for being its teaching assistant.

"I see."

Su Yu also opened the two manuals of martial arts techniques and took a look.

The manual Luo Sheng gave him was naturally a summary of his own techniques. A manual of moves provided by a gym leader of that caliber would certainly offer many valuable lessons for Su Yu to learn.

"Hmm... It's a complete manual, and the insights into the moves and the training process are written in great detail."

"Keep these two manuals with you for now. I'll go to town another day to buy a printer and make a copy to keep at home."

With that, Su Yu handed the manual to Squirtle.

Although the Pokémon on the ranch cannot learn these two moves at the moment, it is possible that some Pokémon that come to the ranch in the future will be able to learn them.

Therefore, leaving behind these two skill manuals can also serve as the foundation of the ranch.

"Wait a minute, why would I want to think about this?"

"Am I really going to open a dojo?"

Su Yu thought to himself. Even if he were to open a gym, he would open it on the ranch, which would also attract some tourists to the ranch.

In that case, he might become the first trainer in the entire East Empire to open a gym on a ranch.

"It's pretty... outrageous," Su Yu said, his lips twitching.

The next day, Su Yu rode a tropical dragon to town and bought a printer.

Incidentally, while passing by the Pokémon supplies section, Su Yu also picked out a bottle of shell care solution for Squirtle.

This small bottle of tortoise shell care liquid cost Su Yu 20,000 Alliance Coins, which is quite expensive.

"However, I heard that this is a special formula developed by the famous breeder Master Yugang, and many people who have used it say that the effect is very good. Perhaps it is worth the price."

Su Yu thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)