Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 76 Everyone Shrinks

"Huh?"

Seeing Su Yu suddenly come outside, the tropical dragon asked a question with great confusion.

Usually at this time, only this Pokémon is outside; the other Pokémon are all hiding inside watching TV.

What is Su Yu doing out here at this time? It's not even lunchtime yet!

Seeing the tropical dragon's reaction, Su Yu smiled and said:

"Tropical dragon, guess what this is?"

"Huh?" Pudding?

"No, this is fruit milk jelly. Moreover, this fruit milk jelly is not an ordinary dessert; it has the effect of shrinking Pokémon. I've finally managed to make this dish."

"How about it, want to give it a try?"

Upon hearing this, the tropical dragon exclaimed with delight, "Roar?!?!"

Is it true or false, a dish that can shrink Pokémon?

Does that mean that its enormous size can be shrunk through this dish and allowed to enter the house?

In the past, every evening after finishing its business, Tropius could only stay outside, watching the Pokémon playing alone through the window. It was already tired of this kind of life.

However, its size is something it is born with; almost all tropical dragons are the same size as it, and this cannot be changed.

This often made the tropical dragon feel lonely, and whenever it did, it would think that it would be nice to be able to enter the hut.

And now, those dreams have become reality...

Immediately, the tropical dragon eagerly lowered its head and swallowed the fruit milk jelly in one gulp. Its usual favorite dessert, however, now held no appeal for it.

Shortly after swallowing the fruit milk jelly, the tropical dragon sensed a special energy within its body. By activating that energy, it could shrink.

The tropical dragon immediately mobilized that energy, and its size gradually shrank from its original enormous body to about the same size as Su Yu, and it could even shrink further.

But once it reaches the size of an Alcremie, it can no longer shrink, but that's more than enough for it to move around freely in the cabin.

After shrinking, the tropical dragon tried to fly onto Su Yu's shoulder. Previously, only Alcremie and Caterpie could stay here.

This unprecedented perspective was quite novel to the tropical dragon.

Seeing this, Su Yu smiled and said:

"Alright, go inside and play with Alcremie and the others."

"From now on, I will make you a fruit milk jelly every day. This dessert is effective for 18 hours, so you need to eat another one before you go inside each day."

"But this is convenient enough. From now on, you can play freely with Alcremie and the others."

"Hooray~!"

Upon hearing this, the tropical dragon nodded and flapped its wings, flying into the small house.

Inside the little house, Alcremie and the others were watching TV. At this time, Growlithe was controlling the remote.

Recently, Growlithe's TV viewing preferences have changed. From its original favorite food programs, it has gradually shifted to watching superhero anime.

Su Yu guessed... this might be due to the nature of Growlithe's "Heart of Justice," which gave it the heart of a superhero.

However, this kind of program was incredibly boring for Alcremie; she didn't like these tedious superhero stories. At that moment, Alcremie was watching TV, yawning listlessly.

"Mama..." How boring. I'd rather go play with the tropical dragon.

Sommelier said this.

Just then, Tropius shrank in size and flew into the hut. Hearing Alcremie's words, Tropius was very happy.

It quietly hid behind Alcremie and patted Alcremie with the leaves on its back.

"Mama?" Who? Su Yu?

Alcremie turned her head in confusion, but what she saw startled her.

"Mama?!" Hot, tropical dragon?

Unable to hold back, Frost Milk Fairy cried out.

The Pokémon were watching TV at the time, and when they heard the sound, they all turned around and were startled as well.

"Hmm?"

Is this a tropical dragon? Why has it gotten so small?

"Awoo?!" o.0 Really? Can you turn back?

Seeing this, all the Pokémon gathered around. A Tropius could actually shrink... This was a rare thing, much more interesting than what you see on TV.

Upon seeing this, Tropius explained to the Pokémon why it had shrunk.

Upon hearing that it was Su Yu's cooking that shrunk the tropical dragon, all the Pokémon immediately looked at Su Yu, who had just entered the room.

Noticing the gazes of the Pokémon, Su Yu paused for a moment and said:

"Um... why are you looking at me?"

"I can make it for you, but please be careful not to run around when you shrink, or you might not be able to find it later."

If he gets stuck somewhere and can't get out, and the shrinking time ends, Su Yu won't have anywhere to look for him.

Especially since there's a Pokémon like Wooloo that's always been mischievous.

……

……

Early the next morning.

Because of the shrinking milk jelly, the Pokémon still played until very late last night before going to sleep.

Ordinary Pokémon can shrink to the size of a toy after eating Shrink Milk Jelly, and this perspective is very novel to the Pokémon, which is why they play until very late.

Early in the morning, after Su Yu got up, he looked at the Pokémon that were still fast asleep and felt something was wrong.

If this continues, the Pokémon on the ranch will start to become nocturnal creatures!

Fortunately, the little sheep and the tropical dragon didn't go overboard. The caterpillar also seemed to have gotten up early and gone to the back mountain to train.

After getting up, Su Yu first operated the machine to milk the lambs on his mount, then diluted and bottled the milk before riding the tropical dragon out.

However, at that moment, a Squirtle came to the edge of the pasture.

This Squirtle had been lost in the pasture for several days. In this pasture, there were many words it couldn't recognize, so it wandered into many wrong places.

Arriving at a signpost in a pastoral area set up by the Alliance, Squirtle matched the address in his hand with the words on the signpost one by one.

One horizontal line, two diagonal vertical lines, and a horizontal stroke with a hook...

Yes, this should be the character "Su", and the character "Yu" after it is exactly the same as the one written on the address.

Seeing this, Squirtle exclaimed with delight:

"Jenny, Jenny~!" That's right, this must be Su Yu Ranch.

After searching for so long, it has finally been found.

Squirtle immediately ran excitedly into the ranch, where it could already see the small house not far away.

Once we get there, we should be able to meet Su Yu.

Su Yu also noticed the small blue dot moving across the grassland. After a closer look, he identified it.

A Squirtle?

That's strange, why is Squirtle looking for me? This Pokémon is one of the starter Pokémon in Kanto, surely it wouldn't be reduced to wandering the streets, would it?

Seeing this, he, who was originally preparing to go out and deliver goat milk, jumped off the back of the tropical dragon and waited for Squirtle to run up to him.

After letting Squirtle catch its breath for a while, Su Yu asked:

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Jay, Jenny..."

Panting, Squirtle handed the job flyer to Su Yu. Su Yu took the flyer and glanced at it; on it was the address of Su Yu Ranch, handwritten by the manager.

"Are you... here for a job interview?"

Looking at the flyer and the seemingly travel-worn Squirtle, Su Yu was quite surprised.

Upon hearing this, Squirtle chuckled and nodded, which made Su Yu look quite strange.

Goodness, Pokémon are applying for jobs themselves! Is this what the Pokémon world is like?

(End of this chapter)