Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 129 Frisbee Game and Growlithe's Bottom-Ranking Ranking on the Farm

After inspecting the duck shed.

Just as Su Yu was about to return, his mount, the little lamb, and the Alcremie caught up with him.

"What's wrong? Don't you guys have anything to do?"

Because it was unknown how long the power outage would last, Su Yu forbade the Pokémon from watching television during the outage.

After all, the electricity produced by the Drummer and Patchlitz is very limited, and their strength is too weak, so the electricity they produce is not enough to support the daily use of the ranch.

As a result, the Pokémon have become idle.

Squirtle is keen on weightlifting and naturally doesn't care whether the power goes out or not, but the other Pokémon find it boring.

"Speaking of which, Alcremie, you should learn a spell called [Magic Shine], then you won't be afraid of the dark in this situation."

Looking at Alcremie, who was clinging to the back of the shrunken tropical dragon because she was a little afraid of the dark, Su Yu said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Alcremie shouted:

"Mama!" Don't laugh at me for being afraid of the dark!

Su Yu just smiled.

Before the ranch had electricity, Alcremie was very afraid of the dark. But back then, she always carried a lamp with her when she went out to play.

"Awoo?"

Upon hearing the words "afraid of the dark," Growlithe immediately sprang to life. Afraid of the dark? What Pokémon is afraid of the dark?

Growlithe immediately used the Fire Fang move, with flames clinging to its teeth and illuminating the surroundings.

When Su Yu saw Growlithe use a Fire-type move, he was initially alarmed, fearing that Growlithe might accidentally burn down the grass again.

But Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Growlithe had only used Fire Fang. Thankfully, this time Growlithe had learned its lesson.

"By the way, I'm free tonight, how about we play that frisbee game again?"

Su Yu said to Growlithe.

"Awoo~!" Upon hearing this, Growlithe nodded excitedly. It immediately rushed back to the cabin, and soon returned carrying a frisbee.

When Growlithe brought over a frisbee, Scyther and Wooloo were also drawn to it.

Seeing this, Su Yu asked:

"Want to join in? Just race against Growlithe, you don't need to fetch frisbees."

"Sha~" Upon hearing this, Scyther immediately nodded. Woolworths were also somewhat interested, and they hopped over, wanting to use their limp form to race against Growlithe.

"Okay, then get ready... to throw!"

After a brief pause, Su Yu also threw the frisbee. He had been working out recently, so he was quite strong, and he threw the frisbee a long way.

Seeing the frisbee fly out, Growlithe panted and, like an arrow released from a bow, immediately darted out first.

The mantis's reaction speed was equally impressive; it followed closely behind, flapping its wings to aid its run, and also dashed off.

The woolly-horned sheep were left behind, but they remained calm. After using their leaping skills, they soared high into the air.

After leaping into the air, they use a ramming motion to accelerate themselves, gliding away into the distance at a similarly fast speed.

But not long after all the Pokémon rushed out, Growlithe came running back with the frisbee in its mouth, looking dejected.

It appears that it arrived at the location of the frisbee later than the woolly-horned sheep and the flying mantis.

"It seems that flying is ultimately faster than running on the ground."

Su Yu thought to himself.

After all the Pokémon were in position, Su Yu threw the frisbee out again.

……

I played with the Growlithe dogs for a while.

At 9 p.m., the power was finally restored.

The moment the power was restored, the entire ranch lit up, making it feel like stepping back from ancient times to the modern era.

The Alcremie and the others, who were sitting on the grass nearby, immediately turned around to look, while the Woolhorn sheep turned around and headed straight for the hut.

The power outage lasted so long... they really wanted to watch TV.

"Awooo..."

However, Growlithe seemed a little disappointed, expressing its desire to continue practicing frisbee.

Seeing this, Su Yu glanced at the time and said:

"Alright then, I'll practice with you a little longer. I have to go back and do the accounting around ten o'clock."

Seeing that Growlithe was disappointed, Su Yu continued to comfort it:

"Actually, it's not that you're not strong, it's just that they can all fly, which makes you seem much slower than them."

"And your body is far too weak compared to theirs."

Growlithe currently known moves that increase speed include Agility, which makes its body lighter and allows for high-speed movement, and the Electric-type Rage Volt.

Both of these moves are very practical and useful, significantly increasing Growlithe's movement speed. However, Growlithe's biggest limitation at present is its weak base stats before evolution.

Even Wooloo has undergone an evolution, far surpassing the current Growlithe in terms of physical attributes. And Scyther, needless to say, is one of the representatives of high-stat Bug-type Pokémon.

In the words of the game... how can a Pokémon with a base stat total of 350 compete with Pokémons with a base stat total of 490 and 500?

"Evolution, once it's evolved, that's all that matters. Looks like I'll have to find some time to take Growlithe to Officer Jenny's Clan again in a while."

Growlithe's physical abilities have clearly reached the point where it can evolve, and it's time to go back to Officer Jenny's house and see what it's like there.

"Speaking of which, Fire-type Pokémon, the weakest in the team, why does that seem so familiar? I feel like I've seen this kind of plot in some novel in my past life?"

Su Yu had a strange sense of déjà vu about Growlithe being at the bottom, and he felt that a certain Infernape had also had a similar experience.

……

I played frisbee with Growlithe for a while.

Su Yu returned to the house and remembered the accounts for that day.

And soon it was the next day.

The next morning, Zheng Ya and her classmates arrived very early. It seemed that the teachings given by the little sheep the day before had been very beneficial to these students.

Otherwise, these students wouldn't be so enthusiastic, rushing over here so early in the morning to continue.

Seeing this, Su Yu also said:

"It's not impossible for you to come here and continue your studies. But as you know, not everything is free."

"But since you are all students, I won't take your money. I only accept things. If you have any unique local products or good things to feed or use for your little sheep, you can bring them over. I'll consider it tuition payment."

The implication was that as long as he brought some things, he could offset the tuition fee. This was a decision Su Yu made after careful consideration. Anyway, his ranch was not short of money now, so he might as well ask for some things; maybe he could get some fun items.

Upon hearing this, some students whose families happened to work in similar production-related professions immediately had an idea. One of them said:

"That's great! My family makes tea, so I'll bring some tea leaves from home tomorrow."

"My family owns a supermarket, so I might as well bring some energy cubes from home tomorrow."

Some students whose families do not have similar jobs began to think about what they could use to offset their tuition fees.

……

(End of this chapter)