Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 219 May Day Labor Day, Ranch Awards Ceremony

And after Daigo turned off the recording function.

He looked at the two Pokémon behind him and asked in confusion:

"Aren't you really going to tell him that you're challenging the dojo?"

Upon hearing this, Squirtle and the others waved their hands.

We're going to keep "Jenny Jenny~" a surprise and reveal it when Su Yu arrives in Hoenn.

"I see..." Upon hearing this, Daigo nodded. This was indeed a good option.

Since that's the case, he chooses to respect Squirtle and the others' decision.

With one foot on the shovel, Daigo continued digging into the soil. According to the information he had gathered, a very interesting ancient secret was hidden beneath the soil in this place.

As they dug, a stone slab suddenly emerged from the soil. Upon seeing this, Daigo switched tools and carefully cleared it out.

"Bu...Bugatana Stone City? Or does it mean something else? This seems to be ancient Hoenn script."

Daigo read the title on the stone tablet with a puzzled expression. He only recognized a few characters from the ancient script.

Regardless, this is still a gain. Taking it back and finding a scholar who recognizes ancient scripts might allow them to decipher some information.

Daigo put the stone slab into his backpack and prepared to continue digging. However, at that moment, the cave shook.

The ground suddenly shook violently, and even the cave entrance collapsed, seemingly because the removal of the stone slab had triggered some kind of mechanism.

Seeing this, Daigo was about to release Metagross to protect him, but Caterpie beat him to it.

"Hiss~!"

The secret power technique was unleashed, and a special secret chamber was formed by Caterpie's power. After that, Caterpie beckoned to Daigo, and they jumped inside together.

Looking out through the wall of the secret base, the entire cave had completely collapsed, but this didn't affect those inside. Daigo breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the caterpillar and said:

"Thank you, Caterpie. Luckily you reacted quickly."

Even without Caterpie, he would probably have enough time to release Metagross to protect himself.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side...

After a pleasant day of slacking off, time gradually brought us to May 1st.

This day also happened to be Labor Day in Su Yu's previous life.

Looking at the busy Pokémon on the ranch, Su Yu made a decision. He was going to hold an awards ceremony that day!

Riding a tropical dragon, Su Yu went to town and bought an award platform. Afterward, he found a merchant and ordered some trophies.

Back at the ranch, Su Yu first set up the award platform on the grass in the backyard. Just then, the messenger bird arrived.

According to its usual routine, it should be time for it to receive the goat milk from Su Yu and prepare to go out to deliver it.

However, at this moment, Su Yu shouted:

"Messenger bird, come here for a second!"

"Believe it or not?"

Upon hearing this, the messenger bird came to the backyard in confusion and happened to see Su Yu on the award stage.

"Don't deliver the goat milk today. Since it's Labor Day, you're getting a day off."

"I've already asked Yang Hao from the ranch next door to deliver the goat milk for you."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, the messenger bird scratched its head. Labor Day, what's that?

Hearing the messenger bird's question, Su Yu realized that there was no Labor Day in this world. So, he explained it to the messenger bird.

The so-called Labor Day is actually a holiday for all working people.

"On this day, people stop what they're doing to celebrate. That's why I'm giving you a day off."

Upon hearing this, the messenger bird nodded. Seeing that Su Yu was still installing the award platform, it went up to help.

"No need, I can come by myself. You should go and rest," Su Yu said.

However, the messenger bird stubbornly insisted on helping, and seeing this, Su Yu smiled and accepted its kindness. Before long, the podium was set up.

At this moment, the other Pokémon in the ranch also gathered around. They looked curiously at the award stage, where a pile of prizes was stacked up next to it.

Su Yu had the Pokémon stand on the stage one by one according to their names, and he presented them with prizes and trophies.

Since it's a semi-playful event, each Pokémon has one of these trophies. The prizes, however, vary depending on the Pokémon.

Alcremie received a complete set of Boffin-making tools. Boffins are similar to Power Cubes, both being products made by adding berries. However, Boffins are more like a type of bread.

The fuzzy-horned sheep received the new trampoline they had been longing for. A single jump on it could send them soaring over ten meters high. After receiving the trampoline, the fuzzy-horned sheep immediately went to play on it, jumping and hopping around outside.

What Big Green Duck received was a brand new high-end fishing rod, which cost Su Yu tens of thousands of Alliance Coins.

The trophy that Farfetch'd received was also engraved with the words "Best Slacking Off Knight Award," which made Farfetch'd feel very wronged.

"Gah...(﹏)" I clearly worked hard and didn't just slack off all the time!

Glancing to the side, Farfetch'd saw that the messenger bird had received the "Best Diligent Courier Award," making him even more dejected. Why is my award the weirdest one?!

The messenger bird patted the farfalle on the shoulder, offering words of comfort.

Seeing this, Suijun sighed helplessly:

"You're acting like a little kid. You're already an emissary of the creator god, yet you're still playing these childish games."

"But it really is a lot of fun! I think it's fun, and the Pokémon are happy too, aren't they?"

After hanging a gold medal on the Screw Mole, Su Yu turned around and said.

Upon hearing this, Suicune paused for a moment. It glanced at the Pokémon around it, and indeed, every single one of them wore a smile on their face because of winning the award.

Although... every Pokémon receives this kind of award.

Even a family of mice smiled happily after receiving a plaque that read "Best Ranch Attendant." They gathered together, each behaving differently.

The father of a family of mice let his younger brother ride on his shoulders and took him to show off to other Pokémon in the neighborhood. Meanwhile, the mother looked gently at her younger sister's medal, took out the miniature camera from the prize, and started taking pictures of her.

They all seemed genuinely happy.

Suijun: "..."

"Then I'll assume that your award is very meaningful," Shui Jun said, turning his head away.

At this moment, Su Yu shouted:

"Suiki, look over here!"

Upon hearing this, Suicune turned its head back. At this moment, Su Yu also hung a medal on it.

"this……"

Caught off guard, Suicune looked down at the medal, surprised to find that even it possessed one.

Seemingly sensing Suijun's thoughts, Su Yu smiled and said:

"Of course, aren't you part of the ranch now?"

Su Yu still vividly remembered helping water the crops a few days ago. Moreover, in the past few days, Shui Jun had even secretly helped purify the water in Moon Lake, which startled Su Yu when he discovered it.

After all, it's important to know that Suicune's power hasn't fully recovered yet. Su Yu hadn't expected that she would be willing to use some of her power to help purify the lake.

Su Yu had gotten to know this Suicune's personality quite well over the past few days. It was indeed very kind to Pokémon, just like in the Pokédex, possessing a gentle, spring-like kindness.

As for humans, perhaps due to the experience of being driven away by the people of Enju City, He remains somewhat indifferent.

But Su Yu was an exception. At the beginning, perhaps because of the misunderstanding of Arceus's messenger, Suicune only communicated with him as an equal.

But gradually, after spending some time together, Suicune came to truly acknowledge him.

Suicune also quietly helped out at the ranch, doing many things without anyone noticing.

(End of this chapter)