Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 288 The Watermelon Festival, Deoxys's Arrival

After Su Yu brought the Squirtles back.

"You can stay in the guest rooms for now. I'll buy you a few turtle bowls on my way back."

Speaking of which, after Blastoise evolved, it could no longer sleep in its old turtle bowl, so it was originally going to be replaced with a new one.

However, like Tropius, Blastoise now prefers to eat a shrinking meal every day to return to its original size as Squirtle and sleep on its original bowl.

After settling into their lodgings, Blastoise immediately took his little brothers for a stroll around the ranch.

Wherever they went, the Squirtles surrounded Blastoises in the center. Each of them was wearing sunglasses, making them look like a professional bodyguard team.

Just then, the three Woolhorn sheep came running to the hut. They grabbed Su Yu's pants and dragged him to the sheepfold.

Here, the original woolly horned sheep couple successfully laid an elf egg.

Upon seeing Su Yu, the couple greeted him with joy.

"Congratulations! I bet you'll have a new baby soon," Su Yu said with a smile.

Wait until the next morning...

The Squirtles got out of bed early in the morning. They exercised and ran on the grass, and then went to the fields to help water the plants.

His self-discipline was so extreme that even Su Yu thought it was exaggerated.

As their leader, Blastoise is no exception. After evolving into its final form, it appears more composed and no longer sneaks out to train at night.

As for Hoopa and the others, after finishing breakfast, they continued playing hide-and-seek on the ranch.

Regirock is still asleep. When he first arrived at the ranch, he was very cautious.

Gradually, after interacting with the Pokémon on the ranch, it joined the hide-and-seek team. It also seemed to have become less aggressive.

Regice, as always, has the best relationship with Hoopa on the ranch and they play together the most.

"There's no way you can hide like this and not be found."

Seeing Regice holding two tree branches and crouching in the grass trying to hide himself, Su Yu was both amused and exasperated.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it; the three Titans are too big to be suitable for playing hide-and-seek.

"Okay, I'll make you some food, wait for me a moment."

As she spoke, Su Yu ran back to the kitchen and made some fruit milk jelly for Regice.

"Here, this is it. Eat it."

Running back, Su Yu handed over the food.

However, Regice scratched his head with a puzzled look on his face:

"Ray...Gee?"

I don't have a mouth, how am I supposed to eat this?

"Oh... I forgot."

Su Yu had a headache. He thought for a moment and said:

"Do you know how to use a Stand? Putting the food into a Stand and then returning it to your body, that method might be feasible."

"Reggie—"

Upon hearing this, Regice did as instructed.

After the Stand was retracted into its body, its size miraculously shrank, which made it let out a joyful sound.

Now, it won't be the first one to be found when it hides.

"Alright, go find somewhere to hide," Su Yu said with a smile.

That same evening, Hoopa attempted to secretly take the shrunken dishes from the kitchen using his light wheel.

However, Su Yu happened to witness this scene and asked in confusion:

"You're bringing shrunken dishes... what are you trying to do?"

Surely they don't intend to use it for playing hide-and-seek, do they?

Seeing that his thoughts had been guessed at once, Hupa smiled sheepishly and slipped away using the light wheel.

……

Over the next few days, the green caterpillar continued to pour energy into the Sky Tree, causing its branches and leaves to cover an ever-expanding area.

The tree is starting to look more and more like the World Tree from Dream Home.

As the tree expanded, the caterpillars' relocation plan was also put on the agenda.

On this day, the Caterpie Clan, carrying large and small bags, also checked into various secret bases of the Sky Tree.

With their arrival, the Sky Tree area began to become lively.

This entire scene was witnessed by Deoxys, who was floating high in the sky.

Ever since he saw the caterpillar single-handedly shatter a tropical storm and clouds, Deoxys has been keeping a close eye on this ranch.

Because it's a Pokémon from outer space, Deoxys's eyesight isn't actually very good. When it looks at other Pokémon, it can only see images that are almost like mosaics.

(Deoxys looks at Rayquaza)

This is precisely why He finds it difficult to understand the actions of the Pokémon on this planet, much like how the Trisolarans view Luo Ji.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen.

"Huh, they've actually made a dish?"

Su Yu originally intended to try extracting cod liver oil from the ranch herself. Unexpectedly, it turned into a dish.

"Mighty Eyes Cod Liver Oil"

"After consumption, it can improve the user's vision."

A rather strange dish...

However, since it had some effect, Su Yu simply wrote down the recipe.

Tonight is also the day of the town's watermelon festival. Su Yu packed up and prepared to take his Pokémon to town.

He didn't notice that Deoxys had caught up from a great distance behind him.

……

It was evening.

The town was still quite lively at this time.

To host a watermelon festival, the town mayor bought a large quantity of watermelons from several ranchers in the pastoral area. These watermelons were all provided free of charge, with the town covering the cost.

When Su Yu arrived, many people had already gathered there, enjoying the sweet and juicy watermelons.

"Senior, over here!"

Upon seeing Su Yu arrive, Gu Lihuo called out, with Anna also present.

Seeing this, Su Yu walked over.

After carrying Frost Fairy and Drumstick to the table, someone brought over plates of sliced ​​watermelon.

Both Pokémon picked up a slice of watermelon and took a bite, both showing expressions of satisfaction.

"There seem to be quite a lot of watermelons. It looks like this year's harvest is really good."

Looking at the truckloads of watermelons that were being delivered, Su Yu also said something.

Their own ranch has all sorts of overpowered Pokémon, resulting in consistently impressive crop yields. As for other ranches, a good harvest depends more on the weather.

Anna nodded as she ate her watermelon.

"Indeed, even my family's orchard has yielded good returns this year."

"I really hope this situation can continue... I wish we could have such a good harvest every year."

Hearing this, Su Yu shook his head and smiled. If all he wanted was good weather, taming a single Hakuryu would have been enough.

Dragonair, a Pokémon capable of controlling the weather, was worshipped and revered by agricultural workers in ancient times.

However, if you really want a good harvest, this alone is probably not enough. Perhaps, adding a Rare Crown from the Galar legends, or taming a harvest deity like Capu MooMoo, would be necessary to achieve that effect.

While eating watermelon, Su Yu thought that he should hold a watermelon festival on the ranch someday.

Just then, screams suddenly came from not far away.

Su Yu looked up and saw a Deoxys floating above a truckload of watermelons, looking at the vehicle with hostility and letting out an angry roar.

(End of this chapter)