Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 154 An Unknown Blue-Haired Champion

The next morning.

Su Yu was hanging clothes to dry by the pool in the backyard, while the only remaining woolly sheep among the three was running and exercising in the open space in front of the house.

More than a month has passed since its two companions completed their evolution. During this time, it still shows no signs of evolving.

This speed made Su Yu wonder if he had accidentally fed this woof a piece of Everstone.

Suddenly, a thick fog rolled in over the ranch, reducing visibility to less than two meters. Seeing this, Su Yu had no choice but to return inside and close the doors and windows.

Unbeknownst to Su Yu, the woof sheep, while running, suddenly lost its way and headed towards Chimney Mountain.

After running for a while, the Woolstaff realized it had gone to the wrong place. However, by then, it could no longer find its way back and could only wander around aimlessly.

In her panic, the Woolstaff felt as if she had bumped into someone. Looking up, she saw a young man with blue hair dressed in luxurious clothes. He was holding a shovel and digging at something.

Beside him, a miscolored Metagross was guarding him. Seeing a lamb suddenly bump into its trainer, Metagross used its psychic powers to grab the lamb.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Back inside, Su Yu went upstairs to the second floor to watch TV with the woolly sheep.

Suddenly, the television switched to a news channel. A fleeting message caught Su Yu's attention.

"Recently, the Hoenn League Champion paid an official diplomatic visit to our League and engaged in friendly sparring with our League Champion. The Hoenn Champion stated that this was a great opportunity that would promote mutual progress..."

Has Daigo finally arrived?

Upon seeing this news, Su Yu was somewhat surprised. Now that Daigo was coming, he needed to make some preparations.

Although he didn't know if Daigo would come to Gulltown, even if the hope was slim, he couldn't be completely unprepared, could he?

"Perfect timing, there are still some rooms available on the first floor. Let's decorate one of them and use it as a display room for the stones we found earlier."

Without hesitation, Su Yu went downstairs and took out the stones he had collected earlier.

Just then, the Fairy of Eros was riding her little lamb around the house, playing.

Seeing Su Yu's strange behavior, Frost Milk Fairy stopped in confusion and asked Su Yu what he was doing.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu replied:

"Oh...this is a display stone, prepared to welcome a possible guest."

"Although, I don't know if that guest might even come."

With such a large alliance as the Eastern Empire, getting Daigo to happen to come to my house seems a bit too difficult...

……

Meanwhile, on the other side...

"I see. So you're a Pokémon from the nearby ranch, and you got lost in the forest because of this sudden white fog?"

"Meow."

Upon hearing this, the woolly sheep nodded.

"Then let me take you back. Anyway, with this fog coming in, our plan to find a new stone this morning is probably ruined."

"Perfect, let me see what the ranches of the Eastern Empire are generally like. Metagross, what do you say?"

"Conkin!"

Metagross responded nonchalantly, following Daigo wherever he went.

Seeing this, Daigo smiled. He then looked at Woolstaff and asked:

"Do you know the general direction of your ranch? Or are there any special features?"

"Baa..." The Woolständer shook its head. It usually lived on the pasture and didn't know the general direction of the area.

As for its features... does a very tall sky tree count? Once the fog clears, they will be able to easily see that tall tree.

"Tree?" Daigo understood the meaning from Metagross's translation. He nodded, then took a Poké Ball from his waist.

"Please, Skarmory, use [Clear Fog]!"

"Oh dear!"

Upon hearing the command, Skarmory immediately unleashed this move. The Champion-level Fog Clearing technique dispersed all the fog that shrouded the entire mountain.

After the thick fog dissipated, Daigo indeed saw the very tall tree at the foot of the mountain. He patted Woolbraid's head and said:

"That should be the direction. Woolstaff, let's go!"

"Meow~" the Wool-braided sheep responded.

……

When Daigo brought the Woolblade sheep to the pasture at the foot of the mountain.

On Su Yu's side, seeing the thick fog on the mountain suddenly blown away, he realized that the woolly sheep in the pasture had gone missing.

He was about to go out to look for it, carrying his caterpillar and his little sheep, when he ran into Daigo coming down the mountain.

"This... Daigo?!"

Upon seeing Daigo, Su Yu looked utterly astonished. What was going on? Had I not woken up properly this morning?

Or perhaps, Dongdong Mouse's good luck has turned on me?

However, the Daigo in front of me... seems a bit young. He looks like he just became the Hoenn Champion.

Seeing Su Yu's surprise, Daigo was also very puzzled. Could it be that my identity as the champion has been exposed?

That doesn't make sense either. The Donghuang media's reports about me didn't mention my appearance at all, or even the Pokémon I carry. Logically, unless someone has seen me before, no one else in Donghuang should know me.

"Could it be... because of Metagross?" Daigo looked at the Shiny Metagross following behind him. Indeed, a Shiny pseudo-legendary Pokémon is quite rare for ordinary trainers.

Daigo then flashed a hearty smile, extended his hand, and said:

"Hello, my name is Steven Shivucci, and I am a trainer from another region."

"Su Yu, the ranch owner of this ranch." Seeing this, Su Yu also extended his hand.

"You must have brought the Woolbraided sheep back here on purpose, thank you so much, I was just looking for it."

"Hmm... this one." Daigo looked at Wooloo and nodded. "I found it while digging for rocks, so I brought it back."

After a friendly conversation, Su Yu invited Daigo to stay for lunch. Daigo accepted, as he was eager to tour the ranch and learn about the ranch culture of Donghuang.

"Did you plant this tree? It's so tall! Taller than many trees I've ever seen."

After several dozen days of growth, the Sky Tree has now grown to nearly thirty meters tall and is growing almost constantly.

In particular, it can absorb the energy of the wind to help it grow. Therefore, the wind at the seaside is not a threat to it, but rather a source of nourishment for its growth.

Looking up at the tree, Daigo suddenly noticed a green caterpillar flying through the bushes. He exclaimed in surprise:

"This is... a green caterpillar?"

"And this green caterpillar can fly?!"

Su Yu, on the other hand, wasn't worried at all about Daigo's feelings towards Caterpie. For a champion like him, a flying Caterpie was just a rare find.

So he said:

"Yes, my Caterpie has a high affinity for Flying-type energy and can master some special Flying-type moves."

"And that's how it learned to fly."

Upon hearing this, Daigo nodded:

"It makes sense that Butterfree, the evolved form of Caterpie, also has the Flying-type attribute."

"Speaking of Flying-type, it is said that among the three deities who originally lived in Hoenn, there was one who controlled the power of the sky and possessed the ability to calm extreme weather and air currents. At the same time, he could also create air currents to protect himself."

I'd like to recommend this new book by my friend, written by the author "Fox Is Not a Cat." It's over 200,000 words long and definitely worth reading!

(End of this chapter)