Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 190 Returning to Officer Jenny's House

Nowadays, apart from Su Yu occasionally opening his barbecue restaurant, most of the time he only sells pineapple juice.

Tourists or locals who happen to be passing by will usually stop by to buy a cup of pineapple juice. Or they might patronize the convenience store next door.

This has led Su Yu to consider including juice in Messenger Bird's door-to-door service, delivering juice directly to your door, which would be a generation ahead of Donghuang.

In addition, Su Yu also posted a job advertisement through the restaurant, planning to hire a chef to teach him his barbecue skills in order to open a branch.

That day, the chef hired by the restaurant arrived. She was a girl.

Upon arrival, the female trainer immediately released her Pokémon and said that the Pokémon would also learn how to make barbecue with her.

Su Yu looked up and saw that it was actually an octopus-clawed martial artist.

This is a Fighting-type Pokémon that looks like an octopus. If this Pokémon came to learn how to barbecue, wouldn't it dry out its body?

Thinking of this, Su Yu glanced sideways at the scallion duck. An octopus martial arts master learning to barbecue… quite similar to the scallion duck, isn't it?

In response, the trainer named Shin-e said:

"Senior, you just need to teach me. Octopus is different from ordinary octopuses. It is all muscle, and water actually makes up a small percentage of its body."

Wouldn't that make it smell even better?

Su Yu was lost in thought. After bringing himself back to his senses, he nodded and began to teach Xin Ye his barbecue techniques.

After several days of training, the pair had almost mastered the skills. Watching the octopus martial artist skillfully move its tentacles, flipping skewers and sprinkling seasonings in one smooth motion, Su Yu nodded in approval.

"Unexpectedly, the tentacle monster actually has an advantage in learning barbecue."

"You've learned enough. Now you can open your own branch. Go and share my skills with everyone in town."

"Yes, thank you, Master!" Xinye bowed deeply to Su Yu. As for opening a branch later, the hotel would help her.

After Xinye left, Su Yu went back to his house to pack his luggage. With the affairs at the ranch finished, he prepared to set off for the home of Officer Jenny, whom he had never met before.

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Meanwhile, on the other side...

After passing through a special passage with numerous checkpoints, Steven, along with Squirtle and the others, entered the entrance to Hoenn.

Here, a large number of people are queuing up, but this is not a problem for Daigo. The Hoenn Champion has priority entry and exit.

Upon arriving in the Hoenn region, Squirtle and the others curiously looked around. Here, Pelippers soared freely above the sea, while Whaleon swam on the surface, spouting water columns several meters high.

They continued flying towards the mainland, and soon Daigo and his crew arrived in Coralz City. This was also where Devon's headquarters were located.

After taking Squirtle and the others to a tall building, Daigo told them to stay inside and not wander off.

"Because I've been away from here for a long time, I have some things that need to be taken care of immediately. I'm very sorry."

"You can wait here for a while. I'll come back and take you to eat when I'm done. Afterwards, I'll give you some free time. You two can plan where you want to go during your free time."

After saying that, Daigo turned and left.

Through the glass window, the caterpillar could also see the view outside the building. Not far away, there seemed to be a harbor, where ships were coming and going, a scene of considerable prosperity.

"Hiss~"

Is this what a big city looks like? It's so bustling!

Meanwhile, Squirtle climbed onto a chair and looked at the Hoenn map on the table.

It learned from Rashomon, the Gym Leader from whom it had previously learned moves, that the most unique feature of the Hoenn region is that people can challenge the League by collecting badges.

This is not yet widespread in the Eastern Kingdoms. In other words, it's a unique experience that can only be found in the Hoenn region.

Therefore, Squirtle wants to try challenging the gyms along the way to collect badges. That way, when Su Yu arrives later, maybe it can directly challenge the League Conference?

Thinking about this, Squirtle could already imagine Su Yu's happy expression when he saw a full badge collection box.

"Jenny, Jenny~" Let me see...

Immediately, Squirtle took off his sunglasses and looked at the map.

"Jenny?!"

Wait, there's a gym in Rustboro City? If that's the case, then I'll definitely have to challenge it!

This time, however, Squirtle doesn't plan to use the Slow Start ability. It intends to hone its own STAB abilities and, ideally, improve its understanding of Pulse.

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In the ranch.

After packing his luggage, Su Yu also reminded the Frost Fairy and the others to take good care of the ranch.

"And the green onion duck, by the time I get back, the race should be almost over. Don't let your obsession with fishing distract you from your practice lately."

"Quack~!" Farfetch'd waved in response. Beside it, Armored Rhino also nodded at Su Yu.

"Then I'll be leaving. Be careful in everything without me around."

With that, Su Yu rode the tropical dragon and left the ranch.

They traveled north, stopping only briefly in a few cities along the way before continuing on their journey.

The distance between Officer Jenny's Territory and the ranch is approximately over a thousand kilometers. This is quite unique to the Eastern Empire Alliance, as few alliances possess such a vast territory.

It's fortunate that Tropius is now a Gym Leader level Pokémon, with plenty of stamina. Otherwise, such a long distance would have taken a Pokémon with insufficient stamina several days to travel, stopping frequently.

After flying for some distance, Su Yu could see the iconic red soil of Officer Jenny from afar.

In Officer Jenny's Territory, this kind of soil is everywhere. It is rich in fire-attribute energy, similar to the soil that Su Yu bought to pave the ground for Growlithe.

As the tropical dragon slowly descended, Su Yu saw Officer Jenny Yangwen, who was already waiting for him, once they reached the ground.

Jumping off the back of the tropical dragon, Su Yu released Growlithe from its Poké Ball. Looking at Officer Jenny's Territory in the distance, Growlithe knew that this was where its people had lived for generations.

It excitedly stuck out its tongue and wagged its tail.

Seeing this, Yang Wen nodded in agreement.

"It seems you've nurtured it very well. At this stage, it's indeed time for it to evolve."

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(End of this chapter)