Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 345 Unlocks Caterpie Capture

They took Cynthia back to the ranch.

Just as I landed on my tropical dragon, the woolly horned sheep, who were holding a racing competition, ran past me like a gust of wind.

"What is this?" Seeing this, Cynthia tilted her head in confusion and asked.

"Oh... these are woolly sheep from my ranch. Daigo and Watari should have told you, right? My main job is being a rancher," Su Yu explained.

As their group grew larger, the three giants became the de facto rulers of the ranch. When they had nothing to do each day, they would take their underlings to "patrol their territory" on the ranch.

Recently, they even developed a racing mode, training their younger siblings together.

"Don't worry about them, let me take you to get some ice cream!" Su Yu said, leading the way.

Just then, Onion Knight ran outside to practice his swordsmanship. As she passed by, Cynthia stood nearby for a while, watching with some curiosity.

As Alcremie passed by, she also looked at Cynthia. She asked Su Yu if this was a new guest.

"Yes, by the way, Alcremie, I have something to attend to here. Could you take this customer to the warehouse to get the ice cream?"

After handing Cynthia over to Alcremie, Su Yu ran to the Sky Tree. He asked:

"What's wrong, Dazed King? Why are you texting me all of a sudden?"

Upon hearing this, Slowking pointed to a trainer not far away. He seemed to be a very inexperienced newcomer who had just embarked on a journey.

When Su Yu looked over, he saw that Su Yu was fighting a green caterpillar.

Dazai also said:

"That's him. He suddenly came to the ranch, saying he wanted to catch a new Pokémon."

"I was worried he might hurt the Pokémon on the ranch, so I notified you immediately."

It's clear this newbie is incredibly reckless. Without even asking questions, they're already trying to catch a new Pokémon.

But the caterpillar battling the newcomer seemed to be enjoying itself, and seeing this, Su Yu didn't stop it.

He noticed many green caterpillars peeking from the Sky Tree. So he climbed up the tree ladder and asked the caterpillars:

"What's wrong? Do you also want to be subdued by humans and go on a trip outside?"

Upon hearing this, eighty percent of the green caterpillars shook their heads. But quite a few nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Su Yu understood what they meant. Since that was the case, he decided to put up a notice in the ranch indicating that Pokémon could be caught there.

This way, trainers who happen to be passing by and are interested can come in and challenge them. However, this clause will only apply to Pokémon that are willing to travel.

……

After Su Yu finished arranging things here.

He put up many notice boards under the Sky Tree and wrote various slogans on them, indicating that the Caterpie could be captured here.

In addition, he also announced the news in the ranch group.

After that, he returned home. There, Cynthia was eating ice cream with Alcremie.

Farfetch'd, along with a Lucario, was learning some fighting techniques.

"You've taken on a new master again?" Su Yu asked in surprise.

"Gah~" Onion Soldier waved happily at him. In recent times, it had taken on many masters, and its progress in strength could be described as rapid.

Indeed, in the world of combat, it's always better to learn from more masters. Trying to learn on your own in isolation will ultimately limit your achievements.

Su Yu: ...

And then the next day.

The Dragonite started flapping their wings and moving around early in the morning.

Some of them went to sea to fish, while others went to tend the orchards.

Others were pondering how to manage the remaining Dragon Island area. They gathered together and started a family membership program for Dragonite.

One of the Dragonite suggested that a certain Dragon Island area could be filled with flowers.

The suggestion was immediately accepted by the Dragonite, and they invited Rotom to be their teacher, to teach them how to grow flowers.

"Huh? Can I really be a teacher, Loto?"

Rotom was quite surprised by this.

The Dragonite nodded very honestly. Looking at their憨厚 (honest and simple) appearance, Rotom felt that they probably wouldn't lie.

After clearing his throat, Rotom said:

"Ahem... In that case, I'll give you the lesson! The first lesson is to teach you how to distinguish different types of flowers."

When Cynthia got up, she also saw what was happening. She found it quite amusing and watched with great interest.

After watching for a while, she came to find Su Yu, saying that she was going to the Alliance headquarters in Donghuang to hand over the reins with Xin Dong.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu said:

"Are you leaving so soon? Before you go, should you take some ice cream with you?"

"With Milotic, the ice cream should stay in place, right?"

Hearing this, Cynthia seemed somewhat tempted. But then she thought about how inconvenient it would be to carry ice cream around, and shook her head.

"No, I'll come eat here again another time."

With that, she mounted Garchomp, leaving a long contrail behind, and left the ranch.

……

Several days later.

The fact that Su Yu's family had opened up the world to the capture and taming of green caterpillars attracted the attention of many people in the pastoral area.

At first, many new trainers came to the ranch with great enthusiasm, hoping to catch a Caterpie with good potential.

As a result, they were all defeated by the caterpillars. After undergoing Su Yu's special training, the caterpillars' strength had been raised to another level.

This inevitably made the newcomers anxious. How did they become so weak that they couldn't even beat Caterpie, which was known as one of the weakest Pokémon?

Immediately, many unwilling newcomers chose to stay. In the Sky Tree area, they honed their skills with their own Pokémon, undergoing arduous training.

This indirectly enhanced the strength of these newcomers. Even if they ultimately failed to capture a single Caterpie, the trip was still worthwhile.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Wandering in the vast ocean, Kyogre finally found Groudon sleeping on a volcanic island in the sea.

Seeing that He was still sleeping, Kyogre used Root Wave, and with a wicked grin, "woke" Him up.

Groudon was dreaming of eating Flame Crackers when his dream was suddenly interrupted, which made him very angry.

Seeing that it was Kyogre who woke Him up made Him even angrier.

"Roar—!" I see you want to try my enhanced version of the Cliff Sword.

After using the Precipice Sword to restrict the opponent's movement and prevent them from dodging, Groudon immediately rushed forward and started fighting with Kyogre.

Upon engaging in battle, He was astonished to discover that the opponent's strength seemed to have been enhanced.

Although the magnitude wasn't as great as what He received from Su Yu, this level of enhancement couldn't be achieved overnight.

The only possibility is that the other party also went to find Su Yu.

After fighting for a while, since no winner could be determined in a short time, Groudon waved his hand and chose to call a truce.

After all, if the fighting continued, the scope of their influence would continue to expand. And in that case, he would be unable to keep his promise to Su Yu.

Groudon may be a bit foolish, but he still has that much credibility.

(End of this chapter)