Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 124 Su Yu: If you want to take classes on the ranch, you'll have to pay extra.

the next day.

Early in the morning, Su Yu first went to check on the orchard.

Oddish, this Pokémon, seems to prefer being active at night and resting buried in the ground during the day.

Therefore, when Su Yu arrived, these walking grasses were preparing to go to sleep.

However, some of the Oddish that hadn't gone to sleep yet looked at Su Yu curiously when they saw him arrive.

Seeing this, Su Yu said:

"It's nothing, I just came to see you all and check on how the fruit trees are growing."

These fruit trees have been planted for several days now, and every day, the little sheep that ride the trees come here to use the grassy area.

As a result, these fruit trees are growing quite fast, and they are already taller than Su Yu.

"It looks like it won't be long before we can eat the fruit from our own ranch."

Su Yu thought to himself.

Incidentally, Su Yu glanced at the soil fertility. With the combined consumption of the walking grass and fruit trees, this soil would probably need to be fertilized every three days.

No wonder these Oddish are chased away by various Pokémon. The speed at which these thirty-odd Oddish gather together absorb soil nutrients is terrifying.

If Su Yu hadn't been able to easily buy fertilizer here, the land in the ranch probably wouldn't be enough for these walking grasses to consume.

……

……

While Su Yu was observing the soil fertility in the orchard.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

A group of high school sophomores are walking on their way to Su Yu Ranch.

The leader was naturally Zheng Ya, the daughter of the electrician from before.

A month later, Zheng Ya finally set off for Su Yu Ranch again. The reason for the long delay was naturally partly due to the busy schedule of high school studies.

The reason they were able to come this time was because next week, high schools from several towns around Seagull Town would be gathering together to host a joint tournament.

In preparation for the competition, Zheng Ya's high school gave her and her classmates a week off so they could take their Pokémon to rest and recuperate.

Taking this opportunity, Zheng Ya also brought her high school classmates to Su Yu Ranch.

Along the way, Zheng Ya's classmates kept discussing what the ranch that had made such a huge difference in Zheng Ya's strength looked like.

In response, Zheng Ya said helplessly:

"It's just an ordinary ranch, but because the rancher there is so extraordinary, I've made such great progress."

"Really?"

"So, what level of strength do you think the ranch owner of that ranch possesses?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Ya pondered for a moment and replied:

"He should... be close to the level of a professional trainer, right?"

That tropical dragon was stronger than the teacher's main tropical dragon. At the very least, Su Yu should be at that level.

As they got closer to Su Yu Ranch, Zheng Ya felt a surge of excitement. A month had passed, and she wondered how her mounts, Little Sheep and Tropical Dragon, were doing.

At this moment, a classmate suddenly shouted:

"Look, that tree is so tall! I've never seen a tree this tall in the pastoral area!"

"That tree is so tall, aren't you afraid it will be blown down by a typhoon in the summer?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Ya also looked in the direction her classmate pointed. Seeing such a tall tree suddenly appearing on the vast grassland was indeed quite unexpected.

"Really? And that little house under the tree looks like the ranch I visited before..."

"Wait, is this the ranch?"

Zheng Ya paused for a moment when she said this.

Wait a minute, when I came here a month ago, there wasn't a single tree like this on the ranch.

How come it appeared after only a month? And it's grown so tall.

The classmates standing nearby looked at each other in bewilderment and said:

"Didn't you say you went to that ranch? Is that really true?"

"Indeed, the direction is right, and the surrounding terrain is right too. It's just... this ranch is very different from what it was a month ago," Zheng Ya replied.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that it wasn't just that tree, but also the vast farmland that Su Yu had reclaimed, the newly built huge fish pond, the newly opened orchard, and the newly constructed duck shed.

The ranch is much more complete than when Zheng Ya came a month ago, making it hard to believe that these changes happened within a month.

As they walked towards the ranch together, Squirtle called out into the house, then climbed onto Tropius's back and hurried off to work at the gym.

"Tropical Dragon Master..."

Seeing this, Zheng Ya thought about going up to say hello. However, Tropical Dragon was in a hurry and didn't hear her, taking off and flying away.

It was Su Yu who, thanks to his extraordinary physical abilities, heard the voice. He walked out the door and looked at Zheng Ya and her group.

Seeing this, Su Yu asked in surprise:

"Wow, it's Zheng Ya. You... brought your classmates?"

"Yes, Rancher Su. These are all my classmates. They heard that I have grown a lot here and they are very curious and wanted to come and see for themselves."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu nodded knowingly. So, they're treating my ranch as an opportunity?

Now, I've become a random NPC.

However, some of the Pokémon on the ranch happened to be quite free, and they might be interested in tutoring high school students. But Su Yu didn't intend to provide free tutoring services; what he meant was...

You'll have to pay more.

Since this is the first time these students have visited the ranch, we can let them experience extracurricular tutoring for free. It's a good opportunity to give them a free boost and let them spread the word at school when they get back.

So Su Yu said:

"You can look around, but don't wander off. This ranch isn't a place for tourists to roam."

"You guys wait here, I'll go and call the little sheep and the others over."

Seeing that Su Yu was about to leave, one of Zheng Ya's classmates asked curiously:

"Um... Brother Su, may I ask what kind of Pokémon that just flew up was?"

"I just failed my Pokémon class, so I don't recognize what Pokémon that is."

Su Yu: ...

You don't even recognize a tropical dragon? No wonder you failed your Pokémon class.

However, Su Yu ultimately explained:

"That's a tropical dragon. It took one of my Squirtle from my ranch to the Rashomon Gym in the next city."

"Rashomon Gym...? Is Squirtle going there by itself? And what would it be doing there?"

"Oh, it went there to be an assistant instructor for the gym leader. Last time it went there, the gym leader Rasho took a liking to it, so it became his assistant instructor."

Su Yu replied.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Ya's classmates erupted in an uproar. Had she been noticed by the dojo master and hired as an assistant instructor?

That sounds amazing!

"Brother Su, you must know the owner of that place, right?" one of the students asked curiously.

Su Yu nodded and replied:

"I know him. And not only do I know him, but last time I even used my little sheep mount to fight Rashomon's main master, Itachi, to a draw."

Is this a lie? You defeated a gym leader using a little sheep as a mount?

Upon hearing this, Zheng Ya's classmates looked skeptical, as it sounded like bragging.

Su Yu, however, remained completely unfazed. How could he use these students as free tools without revealing his true strength?

Once these students see the little sheep I ride with their own eyes, they'll know how amazing I am.

Zheng Ya's classmates didn't believe it, but Zheng Ya did, because Su Yu had no reason to lie to her; that would be too pointless.

What shocked Zheng Ya was that her little sheep mounts were already able to fight against the gym leader.

"My little sheep mounts... have they really become this powerful?"

Zheng Ya found it hard to believe; just over a month ago, her mounts, the little sheep, were still ordinary Pokémon...

In just one month, they've already managed to go toe-to-toe with gym leaders?

(End of this chapter)