Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 266 The Second "Payday", Vending Machine

After talking with Dazed King, Su Yu left the living room.

Speaking of which, the Pokémon's "payday" at the ranch is almost here, and he needs to go and get some new stock.

He took out his phone and called the supplier, who happened to be nearby and was ready to come over to talk to Su Yu.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu told him the location of the passage into the ranch, and then waited at home for the other party to arrive.

When a large truck drove into the ranch, the owner, Xu He, jumped out of the truck and took out a supply list from the vehicle.

He handed the list to Su Yu, telling him to simply indicate the quantity of whatever he wanted to order. The rest would be delivered by a specialist.

Su Yu was writing and drawing on the list when the boss suddenly said:

"By the way, we recently got a new batch of beverage vending machines here. They're supposedly a novelty from big cities. Would you like to buy a few to try?"

"It's supposedly the kind that's unmanned."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu remembered. It was one of those machines where you put coins in and buy a drink, right?

This world... has such a thing only just appeared?

"Sure, but I need to customize the payment method for the machine."

Su Yu nodded. Even if they bought this kind of machine, it would most likely be used by the Pokémon on the ranch. Therefore, it would need to be able to recognize the special tokens on the ranch.

"Alright, sir! I'll bring it over to you tomorrow." Upon hearing this, the boss rubbed his hands together like a fly rubbing its paws, looking quite pleased.

And then the next day...

Along with the previous goods, the boss also brought two machines and some new card and board games.

With the help of the passenger, Rikishi Makushita, getting out of the car to carry the items, the two vending machines were placed at the entrance of the convenience store.

Sensing something new, the Pokémon in the ranch gathered around and asked Su Yu what it was.

"Oh, this is called a vending machine. You just put coins in and you can buy whatever you want."

Su Yu explained, and then he demonstrated it.

He took out the tokens, put them into the vending machine's cash register, and then chose the soft drink.

Soon, a bottle of soda was spat out into the discharge port. Su Yu lifted the cover and took it out.

"How about it? Pretty amazing, right?" Su Yu asked with a smile.

The surrounding Pokémon were all amazed at the sight, as it was the first time they had ever seen something so novel.

"You can give it a try too," Su Yu said.

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore was the first to rush forward. These machines were specially designed to accommodate the height of the Pokémon.

Therefore, the dummy mouse easily inserted the coin, and almost simultaneously, a bottle of tree fruit drink was spat out.

This made the other Pokémon even more eager, and they lined up to go up, as if they had discovered a new and interesting toy.

Su Yu, along with Slowking, started giving "salaries" to the Pokémon.

The distribution was done simultaneously from both sides, which was much faster than the last time.

Just then, Suijun walked by. He had been asleep on the last "payday".

Seeing this, Su Yu explained the function of the tokens to Him.

Upon hearing this, Suijun nodded in agreement:

"You've really put your heart into this, coming up with this method to make things a little more fun for them."

He could tell that Su Yu's purpose in doing this was not to better exploit the Pokémon. After all, Su Yu provided them with their daily necessities.

The introduction of tokens is more about making ranch life less monotonous.

"It's just a method I came up with because I thought some of their Pokémon were bored."

"Oh, right, you got a share too. Take the money and see if there's anything you want?"

As he spoke, Su Yu handed some tokens to Suijun.

"Me too?"

Suijun was quite surprised.

"Of course, everyone has one, how could you be left out?"

"Alright, let's go inside and take a look. Although, you might not like these things."

Su Yu urged.

Water Spirit was initially reluctant, but under Su Yu's half-hearted persuasion, it also entered the convenience store.

"The items... are quite complete."

Looking at the various items in the convenience store, Sui-kun nodded.

It seems like it's worth buying some to take home.

After pushing Suicune inside, Su Yu continued dealing with the remaining matters outside. At that moment, a golden ring slipped into the vending machine while he wasn't looking.

Patchlitz was about to yell when he noticed the situation, but then Hoopa poked his head out and made a shushing gesture.

"Hehehe, Huba won't take too much, Huba just wants to try it out," Huba said softly.

However, Su Yu happened to witness this scene. He said helplessly:

"Hupa..."

Hoopa looked embarrassed when she realized she had been discovered.

"Hehehe... Oops, I've been found out."

In the past, when he was caught stealing, he would inevitably be reprimanded by the elders of the Valley of Creation. It seems that Su Yu will likely be the same way now.

Therefore, Hoopa was prepared to be scolded.

However, to his surprise, Su Yu merely sighed. He said helplessly:

"You're actually entitled to a share of this 'salary' this time. However, this is an advance payment for you."

"Anything obtained by stealing is ultimately illegitimate; it's stealing the fruits of someone else's labor. So from now on, you're not allowed to use your abilities to steal anything."

Su Yu felt as if he were teaching a child. And indeed, Hoopa had the mind of a child, but the difference was that he possessed immense power.

Therefore, education needs to be done step by step. Su Yu doesn't expect to change anything in the short term.

Hoopa in the movie also matured after experiencing a series of events.

Seeing that he hadn't been scolded, Hupa seemed quite pleased.

He immediately used his ring to teleport to Su Yu's side, holding a donut that appeared out of nowhere in his hand.

"Hoopa wants a donut!"

"Donuts?" Su Yu asked.

Hupa nodded and said:

"Hmm, Hoopa likes to eat donuts!"

It seems that Hoopa quite liked it in the movie; in fact, he even stole the donuts that Serena made.

"Okay, I'll make it for you later," Su Yu agreed.

Donuts are actually a type of deep-fried pastry.

However, if you want it to taste even better, you could buy some dough fermented using the special fermentation ability of dog-shaped bread.

Thinking of this, Su Yu felt he still needed to go to town. Perfect, he could take Huba with him and let Him meet the people in town.

"Slowking, can I leave everything to you? I'm taking Hoopa to town."

"Payment won't be for a long time, and there are still many Pokémon waiting in line." Therefore, Su Yu asked directly.

Upon hearing this, Dazed King nodded reliably. It created a substitute to take over Su Yu's work.

"Thank you then, Dazai-sama."

"Let's go, Hoopa, let's go to town together and buy the ingredients we need for the donuts."

With Hupa on his arm, Su Yu arrived in town in an instant using the aura.

(End of this chapter)