Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 195 The Rare Ice-type Pokémon, Mt. Spine

Because of a shortage of manpower, the veteran forest ranger had to issue a request for help. Su Yu expressed his understanding of this.

Although this task... is indeed a bit too heavy.

With Arcanine by his side, Su Yu began patrolling the mountain. Along the way, he saw many Ice-type Pokémon, such as Boar, Jynx, and Snorunt.

Some of them weren't afraid of humans and just stared at Su Yu in the snow. Others, however, scattered and fled upon seeing a human.

Seeing this, Su Yu immediately reached out and released the power of Viridian. This power from the forest has a strong affinity for Pokémon.

Sure enough, after sensing the power of the Eternal Moon, the Snow Children who had just escaped hid behind the trees and peeked out to look at Su Yu.

"Do you like energy cubes?" Seeing this, Su Yu simply unleashed his trump card. He almost always carried some energy cubes with him when he went out; they were practically a magic weapon for getting closer to Pokémon.

After all, even in games, there's a method to capture Pokémon by using Power Cubes.

After Su Yu handed over the energy cube, the aroma it emitted immediately whetted the appetites of the Snow Children. Saliva dripped from the corners of their mouths.

At this moment, several Jynxes ran over and took the energy cubes that Su Yu handed over. Seeing this, the Snow Children could no longer sit still. They all ran out and gathered around Su Yu, begging for energy cubes.

"Click—"

After handing over the energy cube, Su Yu also pressed the shutter button at the same time. He had bought this camera on his way to the mall to buy warm clothes, and it came in handy now.

Looking at the adorable appearance of the Snow Child in the photo, Su Yu nodded.

If you're planning to catch an Ice-type Pokémon, Snorunt seems like a very good choice. It has two evolutions, Froslass and Glalie. Glalie can even Mega Evolve.

In contrast, Abomasnow, another Ice-type Pokémon that can Mega Evolve, doesn't seem like a good choice. With its Ice/Grass typing, even Ash would have a hard time finding a Pokémon with the opposite type to fight it.

Because... there is a long list of attributes that counter it in the attribute table.

After patting Yuki-Douji's head, Su Yu continued his patrol. Further ahead, Su Yu spotted a Galarian form of Daruma.

"The Pokémon here are indeed of quite good quality."

Seeing this, Su Yu sighed. Darmanitan and Snorunt are both excellent Pokémon. No wonder the old ranger was worried about poaching gangs coming to steal Pokémon.

Further into the Spine Mountains, Su Yu even spotted a Frozen Spine Dragon.

"Holy crap, a pseudo-god from the Parthian region?!"

Upon seeing this Pokémon, Su Yu was taken aback. This Pokémon was the second-stage form of a pseudo-legendary Pokémon from the Padina region, and its final evolution had a rather strange name: Styrax…

Su Yu hadn't expected to see a quasi-god cub here. This explained why the old ranger had issued the mission.

The value of a quasi-god cub is indeed enough to tempt many poaching gangs. A simple theft and resale could net them several million Alliance coins. A cub with exceptional potential could even be worth tens of millions.

"But this Frozen Spine Dragon... seems to be in trouble?"

The Frozen Spine Dragon has a dorsal fin on its back, which it can freeze into the shape of a sword and use to attack enemies by performing a front flip.

And this Frozen Spine Dragon in front of us... seems to have failed a front flip, so its entire body is stuck directly into the snow?

It struggled to get out of the snow, but only sank deeper. Beside the Frozen Spine Dragon were several sneezing bears, looking helplessly at the dragon stuck in the snow.

Seeing this, Su Yu also said:

"Growlithe, go help it."

"Awoo~!"

Upon hearing this, Arcanine immediately ran forward and dug away the snow next to the Frozen Spine Dragon.

After digging through a section, Arcanine grabbed the Frozen Spine Dragon's tail and pulled it out.

"Spine!"

After being rescued, the Frozen Spine Dragon immediately expressed its gratitude to Su Yu and Arcanine.

In response, Growlithe grinned and shouted:

"Awooo ┗|｀O′|┛~!" You're welcome. It's only right for capable people to help the weak.

And this is the path of justice that Su Yu and I share!

Upon hearing this, the Frozen Spine Dragon paused for a moment, then became engrossed in savoring the words.

Su Yu, standing to the side, was astonished that his dog could utter such philosophical words. Was this still the same Growlithe who loved to destroy things and was always lazy?

"Well said! If we have enough ingredients tonight, I'll give you an extra meal!"

Su Yu immediately praised him.

That evening, after borrowing the old forest ranger's kitchen, Su Yu prepared an extremely sumptuous dinner.

Seeing how good Su Yu's cooking skills were, the old forest ranger silently put down the instant noodles he had just picked up.

"By the way, regarding sleeping arrangements, you can stay in the room my companion is staying in for now."

"He's currently on a mission and won't be back for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu nodded.

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For the next few days, Su Yu continued his life of patrolling the mountain.

During this time, it is unknown which tourist witnessed the Frozen Ridgeosaurus in the mountains and uploaded the photos online. Soon after, the news that a quasi-god appeared in Ridge Mountain spread at a rapid pace.

This led to a surge of trainers wanting to capture pseudo-legendary trainers. In addition, there were various poaching gangs.

"Arcanine, after Extreme Speed, use Flame Blitz!"

"Awoo~!"

After defeating another poaching gang, Su Yu and the old ranger arrested them and prepared to transfer them to Officer Jenny.

To be honest, the strength of these poaching gangs seems to vary greatly. Some are probably blinded by greed, attracted by the near-god-level poachers, and despite having little real strength, they still come here shouting that they want to capture them.

But some of them are actually quite skilled. You can tell they have a certain level of professionalism.

Turning to look at the Frostivorosaurus, it was now gazing sadly at the poaching gang. The repeated attacks had left it quite frightened.

Seeing this, Su Yu walked over and patted the Frozen Spine Dragon's head, and smiled:

"Don't worry, they're just some bad guys in the alliance. There are bad guys like that everywhere, but we'll protect you."

"Spine..." I've dragged you down.

The Frozen Spine Dragon became saddened once more. Over the past few days, it had come to realize that these attacks were all its fault, and that Su Yu and the others had been doing their best to protect it.

Perhaps... it should never have existed in the first place.

"How could that be? Your existence is not a mistake. It's just that your race is rare, which is why you attract these bad people."

"To be honest, it's the existence of these bad people that's the problem."

Seeing that the Frozen Spine Dragon was even beginning to doubt its own existence, Su Yu stroked its head and quickly comforted it.

Then, he grinned and said:

"Besides, isn't it only right that those with greater abilities protect the weak?"

It's said that Pokémon and their trainers become more and more alike. However, Su Yu doesn't know if that's true.

Upon hearing this, the Frozen Spine Dragon felt a warmth in its heart. It looked up at Su Yu's reliable figure and clenched its fist.

Since that's the case... it needs to work even harder to become stronger. Su Yu said that it possesses enormous potential, which can be unleashed through diligent training.

Only after it becomes stronger can it help Su Yu, and even protect the other Pokémon around it.

Immediately, the Frozen Spinosaurus turned around and prepared to go back to training.

(End of this chapter)