Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 259 The Town Gathering

In the blink of an eye, several more days have passed.

In the past few days, Su Yu took Daidaiwang to the town library and borrowed many books.

These were all things that Daidaiwang was interested in. The vast majority of them were geography books.

As for Stand moves, Slowking is constantly practicing, but his progress is somewhat slow.

This is normal, since it doesn't have the same talent for combat as a mountain goat.

And on this day...

June has arrived before we knew it, and the road to the championship is about to begin.

After dinner, Su Yu led a group of Pokémon to the town.

Here, many vendors set up their stalls early in the morning, and the streets are full of all kinds of pedestrians.

There was even someone wrapping zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) on the spot, and on that person's shoulder was a fire lizard. Every now and then, the fire lizard would breathe fire into the pot next to it.

"Speaking of which, the Dragon Boat Festival seems to be just around the corner?"

Seeing this, Su Yu remembered. He looked at the Pokémon beside him and asked:

"Would you like to eat zongzi (sticky rice dumplings)? If so, I can buy some for you."

Upon hearing this, Alcremie showed interest, as did Farfetch'd.

"Then let's buy some." Su Yu took out his money and bought a string of zongzi from the stall owner.

After cutting the rope and distributing a few to the Pokémon, Su Yu continued browsing. Just then, he ran into Alcremie's mother.

"Mama~!"

Upon seeing Little Matcha, Alcremie happily ran up to her and shared the rice dumpling she was holding with her.

Su Yu nodded to the old man beside Little Matcha. Seeing Little Matcha and Alcremie together, the old man smiled helplessly and shook his head.

He patted Little Matcha's head and said:

"I need to buy some oil and salt. You can go with Su Yu. I'll come find you after I'm done buying them."

Upon hearing this, Little Matcha nodded obediently, clearly quite satisfied with the arrangement.

Seeing this, Su Yu found a place to sit down and let Frost Milk Fairy chat with its mother for a while.

It's strange, really. Even though he calls his mother every day, Alcremie still has so much to say when they meet. How come he never noticed before that Alcremie was such a chatterbox?

"Awoo~?"

Seeing Su Yu sit down, Arcanine asked to act on its own. Then, Su Yu took out a small wallet, put some money in it, and tied the wallet around Arcanine's neck.

He instructed:

"You're free to do whatever you want, but don't wander too far, and remember to come back later."

Arcanine, who frequently drove Su Yu to town to buy vegetables and seeds, was extremely familiar with the area. After receiving Su Yu's permission, it excitedly ran off with Yamper, not knowing where it was.

Su Yu remembered that Arcanine had several canine Pokémon friends in town; perhaps it had gone to play with them.

"You can go and do your own thing now."

Su Yu then placed a wallet around the necks of the Styracosaurus and the woolly horned sheep.

Upon hearing this, the Styracosaurus nodded steadily and, like an adult taking care of children, led the Snow Children to go shopping.

The woolly sheep, carrying their wallets, went to an open space next to a small stall. They tucked their feet into their wool and began to hop and jump around, putting on a show.

Adults and children passing by found it fascinating and stopped to watch. They cheered loudly, and some even took out money and put it in their wallets.

"Maya~"

Whenever this happens, the woolly horned sheep express their gratitude and perform even more energetically.

Su Yu: ...?

I gave you my wallet, and you took it to perform on the street?

"...As expected of you all." Su Yu was speechless for a moment.

Beside him lay three little lambs. Su Yu wanted to let them roam freely, but the lambs refused, saying they didn't like strolling around.

Rather than wandering around aimlessly, it's better to stay by Su Yu's side and prevent him from getting into danger.

"What danger could I possibly be in?" Su Yu laughed, but then he suddenly shut up when he thought of the Water Lord and the Spirit Horse he had encountered in the past.

It's best not to jinx things...

While sitting and watching the passersby, Suicune suddenly received a telepathic message from its Poké Ball.

"Su Yu, look over there, does someone you know look like there?"

Following the direction Suijun pointed, Su Yu saw Gladion on a battlefield.

At this moment, Gladion is battling a trainer who has a Red-faced Dragon.

The opponent seemed to be a veteran professional trainer. Seeing that Gladion's Silvally was one he had never seen before, he became interested in battling it.

But what he didn't know was that... Silvally was a sixth-generation Pokémon.

"Um, may I use an item? My Pokémon's [Ability] is a bit special, and it needs an item to function properly," Gladion asked before the battle began.

Upon hearing this, the other party generously replied:

"Of course, there aren't many rules for our private matches. Just do it your way."

Gladion nodded. Facing a Dragon-type Pokémon, he immediately switched to an Ice-type Disc for Silvally and commanded:

"Silver Companion, Frozen Fang!"

"ah……?"

In reality, Dragon-type Pokémon are relatively rare. Therefore, the opposing team didn't expect to encounter a Pokémon with a super-effective move right from the start.

Moreover, the power and proficiency of the opponent's move seem to indicate that it is a move from their own system.

With a single Frost Fang, the Red-faced Dragon suffered a severe blow. And this was only because Gladion had asked someone to hold back.

"..."

Following the traditional martial arts principle of stopping short of defeat, the opponent withdrew the Red-Faced Dragon. Then, they released another Aggron.

My Aggron is a Steel-type, which is resistant to Ice-type. Surely it won't get one-shotted now, right?

The next moment, Silvally used Surf, which appeared to be a STAB move.

Unknown professional trainer: ? ? ?

Logically, Pokémon should find it easier to use moves of their own type. This is because their bodies are more familiar with a type matchup, allowing them to execute moves more quickly.

But you...

"Again!"

The opponent gritted their teeth and sent out a new Pokémon.

Until the final 6v6 match ended, Gladion never allowed Silvally to be rotated.

Seeing that the two had finally finished fighting, Su Yu also went up to them.

"Rancher Su?!"

Gladio was quite surprised to see Su Yu.

Nodding to Lusamine beside him, Su Yu asked curiously:

"Your 'Empty' attribute has evolved?"

Rather than evolution, it's more like breaking free from its constraints. After all, this is Silvally's original form, only its power has been artificially suppressed, causing it to regress to the Void attribute.

"Hmm." Gladio nodded and took out several attribute discs from his pocket.

He said:

"After taking over Zaobo's research materials, I found the corresponding method. In addition, I also obtained these discs."

"Through these discs, Silvally can switch to various known attributes. That's how I won the battle so easily just now."

With these discs, Silentay reaches its complete form. After all, Silentay is known as "Little Arceus".

Seeing this, Su Yu patted Gladgio on the shoulder and said some encouraging words.

"Keep it up! I feel that you and Silvally have a lot of potential that can be tapped."

After all, the opponent was the third-place finisher in the Alola region's tournament in the anime. Although it was the first League Tournament with little prestige, it was still an achievement worth mentioning.

While chatting with Gladgio, it was already 8 PM before we knew it. The challenges of the road to the championship were about to begin.

(End of this chapter)