Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 35 Back, Overalls...

I went with Soap Milk Fairy to buy some kitchen supplies, including seasonings, pots and pans.

By this time, it seemed that everything that needed to be bought had been bought.

As Su Yu passed by the clothing section, he noticed that there seemed to be clothes specially designed for Pokémon.

Just like the special forms Pikachu takes when wearing special outfits, Pokémon can naturally wear clothes too. And it seems that the outfits in the clothing section are quite nice?

Feeling somewhat interested in these clothes, Su Yu went inside and picked through them.

"Lady Creamy, come here for a second, what do you think of this little dress?"

Su Yu picked out a pink tulle skirt from the clothes rack and said this.

However, Alcremie showed a disdainful expression, pursed her lips, and indicated that she did not like it.

—Hmph, just the perspective of a middle-aged man.

Su Yu: ...

"Then you can choose one yourself. Actually, I think this dress is quite nice, but it's okay if you don't want it."

Su Yu said this.

At this moment, the other Pokémon also gathered around. In particular, Growlithe took the initiative to come forward and asked Su Yu to pick out a new outfit for it.

"Yours are easy to choose, but I'm afraid they won't look good. My aesthetic sense is rather questionable..."

Su Yu said this.

In his previous life, Su Yu was a straight man who never paid attention to his clothes and always dressed casually.

However, Growlithe didn't care. It barked and told Su Yu to just pick whatever he wanted.

Seeing this, Su Yu looked serious as he picked through the clothes of the canine Pokémon and finally chose a cute little vest with a tiger-shaped head.

"I don't know if this will look good on you, but why don't you try it on?"

As he spoke, Su Yu asked the salesperson next to him to get one for Growlithe to try on.

Just then, Caterpie and Farfetch'd arrived. Seeing Su Yu picking out clothes for Growlithe, Caterpie wanted one too.

"Hiss, hiss~!"

"Oh, okay. Then I'll pick one out for you too..."

"But don't get your hopes up too high..."

Su Yu said guiltily.

As he spoke, Su Yu also started browsing in the clothing section. After walking around for a while, he chose a brown striped detective-style cloak with a cape, and the outfit seemed to also come with a detective hat.

Su Yu tried on the cloak and detective hat for Caterpillar. Surprisingly, the outfit looked quite good; he looked very energetic.

"Hmm...it seems alright, what do you think?"

"Hiss!"

Looking at itself in the mirror, the caterpillar nodded deeply. It seemed it really liked the outfit.

"Then let's buy this. What about you? Green onion duck, do you want some too?"

"Huh...?" Can I have that too?

"I'm puzzled," said the green onion duck.

"Of course, you're the instructor for Caterpillar and Tropius! How could we go out to buy them clothes without you?"

Upon hearing this, Farfetch'd looked at the ancient-style straw raincoat and bamboo hat on a mannequin next to it. It thought that if it wore this outfit, it would definitely look very cool, just like those legendary knights who could come and go freely.

Once, Farfetch'd saw a Farfetch'd who called himself a "hero," dressed in the same straw raincoat and hat, with a leek hanging from his waist. Farfetch'd casually waded through the water in front of him, looking quite dashing.

He looks just like a real martial arts master.

"Do you want that?" Su Yu asked.

Upon hearing this, the green onion duck nodded.

Seeing this, Su Yu asked the salesperson to bring the raincoat and straw hat for Farfetch'd to try on. After putting them on, Farfetch'd raised his hand to press down the straw hat, making those around him look down on his face, and stood there pretending to be profound.

"Hiss~!" Awesome!

Upon seeing this, the green caterpillar immediately imitated humans by inflating its short abdominal legs, thus praising them.

Su Yu, who was standing to the side, glanced at it and also thought that the green onion duck looked pretty cool.

Of course... that's assuming you don't know its goofy nature.

After spending some time with it, Su Yu could tell that this big green onion duck was actually quite silly and easy to bribe; a little treat would do the trick.

Just then, Su Yu suddenly discovered a set of clothes that suited Farfetch'd very well. Immediately, Su Yu told Farfetch'd to take off its current raincoat and straw hat and try on the new clothes.

Once I was dressed—overalls, a black undershirt—it seemed like something was missing. Hmm…it should be a basketball, right?

But even this was enough to remind Su Yu of an old friend. If he were to put a wig on Farfetch'd...

Hmm... dressing up Farfetch'd in these clothes actually looks surprisingly good.

"Okay, then let's buy these two sets!"

Su Yu said this.

Noticing the gazes of Caterpie and Alcremie beside him, Su Yu coughed and said to them:

"You two go and pick some out yourselves. We'll each buy two sets for one Pokémon, that's fair, right?"

Seeing this, Alcremie and Caterpie stopped saying anything.

Just then, Growlithe finally returned, dressed in his new clothes. It seems that dressing a four-legged Pokémon is indeed a bit more troublesome.

When Growlithe saw the clothes on Caterpie and Farfetch'd, his eyes widened. Something wasn't right!

Why is it that Su Yu picked out such nice clothes for you, while my clothes look so clumsy and silly?

This is not fair!

……

By the time we finished picking out the clothes, it was already getting dark.

Su Yu and the others only arrived in the afternoon, so it was time for them to go home for dinner.

When Su Yu went to the counter to settle the bill, he realized that he had spent more than 40,000 Alliance Coins in the mall that afternoon.

Such a high cost reminded Su Yu of the construction team that had worked for Meira before. It seems... that previous construction team's asking price was practically equivalent to doing work for free...

"It seems I'll have to ask them for work again next time, and I'll pay them more then, as compensation for them."

Su Yu thought to himself.

Most of the money spent in the mall went towards furniture and appliances. Clothes and groceries, on the other hand, didn't cost that much.

While checking out, Su Yu also found the tutu he had just picked out for Frost Milk Fairy in his shopping cart.

"Huh? When did I buy this?"

Su Yu remembered that Creamy Fairy clearly didn't want this item back then.

Looking behind him in confusion, Su Yu didn't see any Pokémon. Alcremie and the others had long since disappeared.

"Looks like Alcremie got it... That girl, didn't she complain that I picked an ugly one?"

Su Yu shook his head and chuckled. At that moment, the cashier also asked:

"Sir, do you still want this garment?"

"Yes, let's include this one too."

Su Yu replied.

After they finished paying and left the mall, Alcremie and Caterpie hurriedly followed.

"Let's go, we've finished shopping, we should head back."

Seeing this, Su Yu didn't say anything more. After putting them all into Poké Balls, he released Tropius and flew towards home.

……

(End of this chapter)