Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 165 Gladio's Fate

"Gladio, what are you doing here? What happened at Ether Pharmaceuticals?"

Upon seeing the disheveled blond boy, Su Yu asked in confusion.

Could it be... that he and Rosamund have had another falling out?

Upon hearing this, Gladio glanced at Su Yu silently, then said somewhat weakly:

"Zha, Zaobo..."

Zaobo?

What did that guy do?

Seeing this, Ke Rui nudged Su Yu's shoulder and said:

"Um...why don't you let him eat something first?"

"Oh, right. Wait a moment, I'll get you a bowl of mushroom soup."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu realized what was happening. Look how hungry Gladion was; he could barely speak.

He quickly handed the mushroom soup to Gladio, and after drinking the soup, Gladio felt much better.

At least... I still have the strength to speak.

Seeing the look Su Yu was giving him, he explained:

"That day... when I was at my mother's company's experimental base, I happened to bump into a Pokémon wearing a strange mask."

"It kept asking me for help, and I could tell that the mask it was wearing... was causing it a lot of pain. But before I could help it, Zaobo appeared."

"Zaobo immediately ordered his men to lock up that special Pokémon. In addition, he sent people to chase after me, wanting to capture me and lock me up in his research base as well."

After that, Gladio desperately fled, eventually escaping Zaobo's men and escaping to Chimney Mountain.

Therefore, he doesn't even dare to go back to Seagull Town now, and only dares to wander around Chimney Mountain.

Upon hearing this, Ke Rui was dumbfounded and said:

"That Zaobo is too arrogant! How dare he do something like this...!"

Su Yu had anticipated Zaobo's insane behavior; whether in the animation or the game, this guy was a mad scientist.

However, the current plot development is quite similar to that in the anime. In the anime, Gladion secretly took Silvally first, and Zaobo only found out later. After learning about it, Zaobo also hid it from Lusamine.

The only difference between then and now is that Gladion failed to take Silvally with him.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yu also said:

"Zaobo... It's said that he was specially brought in from other alliances by Lusamine at a high price, so it's not surprising that he would do something so crazy."

"But I didn't expect him to dare to openly try to take you back and lock you up. It seems his madness has exceeded my expectations..."

If you accidentally attract Officer Jenny's, you'll be in big trouble, Zaobo. How dare you?

Could it be because they have something to rely on?

"Speaking of which... does your mother know about this?" Su Yu asked Gladgio.

Upon hearing this, Gladio shook his head:

"During the escape, my phone was somehow destroyed by Zaobo's men."

"Ha, without a cell phone, I don't think that old woman would ever contact me on her own initiative."

Yes, that's a very good way to address someone.

However, this seems to be a rather bleak reality, because Lusamine is truly a workaholic. Even if she could think of Gladio, Zaobo would probably find a way to simply brush her off.

Seeing this, Ke Rui said:

"Um... I won't comment on your mother-son relationship. So, what are you going to do next? Do you need me to notify Officer Jenny?"

Gladion shook his head. Rather than informing Officer Jenny, he preferred to rescue the Pokémon bound by the mask himself.

This idea coincided with Su Yu's, who was very curious about the power that Zaobo was relying on.

So Su Yu said:

"Then you can come with us from now on. Ke Rui and I will protect you."

"As for saving Silvally... ah no, the masked Pokémon, I'll help you with that too. I'm the kind of person who's always happy to help others."

Upon hearing this, Glagio gave Su Yu a very grateful look. He admitted that at first, he had a great deal of prejudice against this rancher because the man seemed to have ill intentions towards his sister.

However, it seems that the rancher was really a good person, and I must have misunderstood him back then.

……

That evening.

After the fire died down, Ke Rui took out a lamp from his backpack to provide light. Meanwhile, on Su Yu's side, Alcremie, holding the Fairy Gem, unleashed a magical flash, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime.

"No, this is too bright. Frost Fairy, turn the brightness down a bit..." Su Yu said helplessly.

The brightness is almost comparable to the flashbang in some FPS games.

"Mama~" Upon hearing this, Alcremie obediently lowered the brightness.

The light attracted many wild Pokémon from the surrounding area. They gathered curiously around, but did not approach.

Seeing this, Su Yu looked at the Pokémon with curiosity and said:

"These Pokémon...aren't they afraid of humans at all? In fact, they dare to get this close."

Su Yu had rarely seen campers coexisting peacefully with Pokémon like this. After all, wild Pokémon are generally wary of humans.

"Maybe... it's because of the forest rangers here?" Ke Rui guessed.

"Normally, the forest rangers' job is to maintain the safety and balance of the forest, and to defend against malicious trainers and poachers. If the forest rangers are skilled, it's not impossible for Pokémon to live in such a safe environment."

Hearing this, Su Yu nodded. "You're making me want to become a forest ranger myself."

It sounds like a very prestigious job.

When Dedon saw these Pokémon approaching, it ran towards them. The wild Pokémon, startled by the approaching unfamiliar Pokémon, quickly retreated.

But after Dongdong Mouse explained its identity, they looked at it curiously and started talking to it.

"Knock knock, knock knock~!"

"Sizzle~"

"Hee-ma~"

After chatting for a while, Drowsy came back to Su Yu and shared the berries from the branch that Tropius had brought back with the wild Pokémon.

"Knock knock, knock knock~" Su Yu is a very good person, you don't need to be afraid of him at all.

Drowsy explained to the wild Pokémon.

Upon hearing this, the Pokémon lowered their guard a bit and reduced the distance between themselves and Su Yu.

Seeing this, Su Yu also tried to step forward. This time, the wild Pokémon did not retreat.

Since staying in the tent was boring anyway, Su Yu decided to play with these wild Pokémon for a while.

Gladio, who was standing to the side, glanced at it twice, then turned away, losing interest, and said:

"I'm going to train with my Pokémon first."

With that, he took his Eevee and Zubat with him and left the camp.

(End of this chapter)