Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 47 Stealing Skills (Three Thousand)

After observing the sheep, Su Yu took Zheng Ya to the next place.

Just then, Growlithe, herding a flock of ordinary sheep, happened to pass by.

Zheng Yaren was stunned to find that even Growlithe dogs could be used to herd sheep on this ranch.

When did even Growlithe become a sheepdog?

Isn't this a powerful Pokémon that only Officer Jenny's family can control? How come it's here, and even being used as a sheepdog?

Seeing Su Yu's nonchalant attitude, Zheng Ya didn't dare to say a word. She increasingly felt that this rancher was not simple at all.

Just then, Su Yu's phone rang. He took it out; it was Uncle Yang calling.

"Hey, Uncle Yang, what's wrong?"

"Your Pokémon is sick and you urgently need me to come over right away? Okay, okay, I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Su Yu had to go to Uncle Yang's house. He glanced around; the tropical dragons in the distance seemed to still be training.

So Su Yu pointed at the tropical dragons and said:

"I have to leave for a while. Why don't you go find those two Pokémon that are training, explain the situation to them, and they will take care of you."

"I have something to attend to and must leave now. I'm sorry."

With that, Su Yu called to Growlithe, ran back to the hut to get the first-aid kit, and then rode Growlithe toward Uncle Yang's house.

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After Su Yu left.

Zheng Ya froze for a moment. Didn't you promise to take me to visit the ranch? Why did you leave me with the Pokémon again?

However, given Su Yu's urgent situation, Zheng Ya didn't say much. After thinking for a moment, she headed towards the group of Pokémon Su Yu had mentioned.

As Zheng Ya approached, she realized that the two Pokémon undergoing training were no ordinary creatures either.

There's no need to elaborate on the tropical dragon; some of the teachers at Zheng Ya's school also breed tropical dragons. But compared to Su Yu's tropical dragon, the teacher's seems far inferior.

Whether in terms of size, presence, or the power of its moves, Su Yu's tropical dragon far surpasses Teacher Zheng Ya's.

—To become a professional trainer, being able to roughly judge a Pokémon's strength from its appearance is also very important. And coincidentally, this is the kind of course Zheng Ya excels at.

Besides, Zheng Ya's Cotton Ball is also proficient in this skill. At this moment, Zheng Ya had already released the Cotton Ball from its Poké Ball. She asked:

"Cotton Ball, what do you think of the tropical dragon in the ranch compared to Teacher Wei Lin's tropical dragon?"

"Is the tropical dragon in the ranch stronger?"

Upon hearing this, the cotton ball carefully sensed the life energy intensity of the tropical dragon in front of it, and then nodded.

"Akira-chan~!"

Kapok Ball affirmed this.

Having received affirmation from the cotton ball, Zheng Ya became even more cautious.

After all, this is a tropical dragon that is even more powerful than her teacher's Pokémon.

It's important to understand that someone capable of serving as a high school teacher is already an elite trainer with considerable skill, and their abilities are not bad among the people in town.

And someone even more capable than her teacher... Zheng Ya couldn't believe that someone like that could become a rancher. Wouldn't it be better to have a stable job? Could being a rancher really be better than being a teacher?

Just as Zheng Ya was hesitating about whether to go find the group of Pokémon, Tropius noticed her presence.

Tropical Dragon had just seen this girl; she seemed to have entered the ranch with Su Yu.

Since that's the case, then he must be Su Yu's friend. Immediately, Tropical Dragon beckoned Zheng Ya over, and seeing this, Zheng Ya had no choice but to walk towards Tropical Dragon.

Once they got closer, Zheng Ya explained to the tropical dragon the specific reasons for Su Yu's departure.

"Hey."

Upon hearing this, the tropical dragon nodded. It thought for a moment, and since Zheng Ya had nothing to do, why not train with them?

Su Yu wanted it to entertain the guests, but it had little experience in interacting with humans. After all, Su Yu was the only human it had ever met.

The only way it could think of to receive guests at that moment was through training.

After Tropius asked that question, Zheng Ya looked at Cotton Ball next to her with a puzzled expression. Unlike Su Yu, she couldn't understand what the Pokémon were saying.

Seeing this, Cotton Ball started gesturing to Zheng Yabi. Although they couldn't communicate verbally, there was still a certain understanding between the trainer and the Pokémon. Through gestures, they could understand each other's meaning.

"Oh, training? Want to join us?"

"Ah, this..."

Zheng Ya understood the meaning behind the cotton ball, and then she paused for a moment.

Huh? Training?

Should we train Cotton Ball and Tropical Dragon together?

Hmm...it doesn't seem like it's impossible.

After all, a powerful Pokémon like Tropius must have its own unique training methods. If Cottonball could train with Tropius, it might be able to learn something from it.

However, this was a rare opportunity, as she was facing a Tropius even more powerful than her teacher's Pokémon. Such an opportunity was rare in this small town.

Therefore, Zheng Ya hopes that Kapok Ball can learn more from the Tropical Dragon, and ideally, the Tropical Dragon could take the initiative to teach Kapok Ball something.

So, Zheng Ya, shameless as ever, asked the tropical dragon:

"Um... excuse me. May I ask if there's anything that Kapok Ball can learn from you?"

"Actually, my dream is to become a powerful professional trainer. But my Cotton Ball is still too weak. Even in class, my grades are only average, and I'm still a long way from my dream of becoming a trainer. So, I hope you can help me."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, the tropical dragon and the farfalle next to it looked at each other in bewilderment. What kind of strange request was this?

Is she asking us to teach her how to make cotton balls?

Tropical Dragon roughly understood Zheng Ya's meaning.

After thinking about it for a while, the tropical dragons agreed to the request. After all, it wasn't a big deal.

"Hooray hooray~!" Okay, we agree!

The tropical dragon nodded and said this.

However, Alcremie looked worried.

—I seem to remember that the electrician sent his daughter here so she could experience ranch life and change her mind about becoming a professional trainer, right?

But what you're doing is like pushing her into a fire pit for trainers...

"Mama..." If you keep acting like this, when Su Yu comes back later, won't you say anything...?

However, the tropical dragons didn't hear Alcremie's words. At that moment, they had already begun to teach Cottonball a series of tips on grass-type moves.

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By the time Su Yu returned from Uncle Yang's house, several hours had passed.

It seems that Uncle Yang's flock of sheep and Pokémon have suddenly fallen ill. As a result, Su Yu spent a lot of time helping Uncle Yang control the disease, and he will have to go back to help a few more times.

Meanwhile, Zheng Ya had already been learning from the tropical dragons for a long time.

However, from a distance, Su Yu observed that the tropical dragons seemed to be getting along peacefully with Zheng Ya. This made Su Yu very pleased.

But when Su Yu got closer, he realized that the tropical dragons were teaching Cotton Ball how to use Grass-type moves.

At the same time, Zheng Ya's joyful voice also came:

"Great, Cotton Ball, you've finally mastered the secret of the 'Flying Leaf Blade'!"

"Thank you so much, Tropical Dragon Teacher! You're absolutely amazing!"

At that moment, almost all the Pokémon in the ranch gathered around.

The little sheep and tropical dragon teach Cottonball how to use Grass-type moves and share their experience, while Farfetch'd serves as Cottonball's battle sparring partner...

Even the woolly sheep came, seemingly teaching the cotton ball the secret of "cotton defense." It's unclear how Zheng Ya convinced the woolly sheep to teach the cotton ball these tricks.

These woolly sheep, normally, wouldn't be so easy to talk to as strangers, right?

The scene of numerous Pokémon surrounding a cotton ball, constantly teaching it, is just like a group of famous teachers tutoring a student, desperately trying to cram all their knowledge into the student's head.

Only Alcremie stood anxiously to the side. Upon seeing Su Yu return, Alcremie immediately rushed towards him. Seeing this, Su Yu quickly caught Alcremie in mid-air.

"Mama~!"

After being hugged by Su Yu, Frost Milk Fairy immediately told Su Yu the whole story.

"I understand, I understand..." After listening to Frost Fairy's explanation, Su Yu had mixed feelings.

You want to learn various moves from the Pokémon in the ranch, right...?

You're something else, Zheng Ya. Your dad sent you here hoping to reform you, but you've ended up learning combat here.

"As expected of you..."

Su Yu expressed his admiration for this.

However, the matter wasn't actually that serious. In the first place, Su Yu hadn't intended to change Zheng Ya's mind. The reason he suggested the electrician bring Zheng Ya was simply to encourage his daughter to see more of the world.

If we can broaden our horizons and gain more experience, it will give us more options when making choices in the future, which would be excellent.

"Looks like you're adapting quite well here," Su Yu said to Zheng Ya as he approached.

"Su... Rancher..."

Upon seeing Su Yu return, Zheng Ya became somewhat flustered. After all, she had come to steal Pokémon knowledge from someone without their permission. Now that the original owner of this body had suddenly discovered her, she was naturally very flustered.

She was even afraid that Su Yu would kick her out of the ranch and never let her come back in.

Su Yu secretly grumbled to himself – they call me Pokémon teacher, but they call me rancher?

This way of addressing someone feels a bit strange, doesn't it?

"Don't be nervous, I didn't mean anything by it." Su Yu said, as if he had guessed Zheng Ya's thoughts.

"If this place has been helpful to you, I think it's been pretty good. If you'd like to come back and study here again in the future, you're always welcome."

"However, if you want to come back and learn new moves from me later, you'll have to work for me to pay off your tuition. You can't learn for free here."

As he spoke, Su Yu gestured to the farmland next to him, seemingly wanting to entrust the watering to Zheng Ya.

He had long wanted to slack off on watering. These crops needed watering frequently, requiring a lot of time to care for them every day.

If there weren't no Water-type Pokémon on the ranch, Su Yu would have stopped doing this a long time ago.

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(End of this chapter)