Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 119 The Lucky One

"Do you think what I did to Jimmy this afternoon was a bit too much?"

It was already late at night, and Chiba Kaede and Xiaozhi were discussing the events of the afternoon in their room. Xiaozhi said with some regret.

"You were indeed a bit reckless. After all, Mr. Jimmy is just a student at the referee training academy. It's normal that he doesn't have a good grasp of some details in the fight."

As long as he wasn't in front of a beautiful older woman, Xiao Gang was quite reliable, so he rationally analyzed the situation with Xiao Zhi.

Chiba Kaede didn't want to comment on this. After all, from a trainer's perspective, it would be infuriating for anyone to have their Pokémon, which is still capable of battling, be judged by the judge to be incapable of battling.

However, their afternoon match was, to be precise, only intended as a training tool for Jimmy, so it couldn't be taken as seriously as a normal game.

Suddenly, Pikachu, who had been quietly listening to the conversation by the window, seemed to have noticed something. He pointed out the window, signaling everyone to go and check it out.

"Um, that must be Jimmy. Why is he still downstairs so late? He looks really down."

Chiba Kaede was closer to the window, and the first thing she looked down at was Jimmy sitting on a large rock by the lake, looking very lonely, while Wartortle and the others were comforting their trainer.

Upon seeing this, Ash was the first to rush down, and the others followed closely behind.

"Um... I'm so sorry about earlier in the day. I couldn't help but get too excited and complained about Mr. Jimmy's refereeing!"

When Ash got downstairs and saw the dejected Jimmy, he quickly apologized to him. 🏆♤ ➅➈ˢ𝓱Ữ𝓧.c𝑜м ☯♗

"No, I'm the one who should apologize. My wrong judgment has caused you trouble!"

Jimmy did not accept Ash's apology. He knew very well that he had not been a good referee during the day, which was why he stayed by the lake late at night, thinking about whether he was suitable to continue studying at the referee school.

Later, under questioning from Ash and his friends, Jimmy began to recount his past.

Jimmy was also a Pokémon trainer before. His starter Pokémon was Squirtle, which later evolved into Wartortle. Then, during an adventure in a forest, he caught Bulbasaur by chance using only a rice ball.

Then, after being rescued from drowning by chance, a golden Magikarp fell out of his clothes. At that moment, an uncle happened to pass by and really liked the shiny Magikarp. He traded his Charmeleon for Jimmy's Magikarp.

Upon hearing this, only two golden words flashed through Chiba Kaede's mind: "Emperor of Luck." This was beyond the reach of ordinary people like him. Among everyone present, only Ash, the protagonist, could rival Jimmy's luck.

However, this lucky guy's trainer journey wasn't so smooth. He never won a single Pokémon battle against others. After traveling for a long time, he only obtained a Sapphire Badge for the Cerulean Gym. This badge wasn't obtained by challenging the gym, but rather as a reward for cleaning the swimming pool for Sakura, who had asked him to.

Hearing this, Chiba Kaede could only mutter a "Holy crap!" inside her, and it was quite uncomfortable. Holding the evolved forms of three starter Pokémon, how could they possibly have such a record? After all, any random Bug Catcher could easily defeat them with a single spit from a Charmeleon. (New 69 Bookstore →)

However, Chiba Kaede came up with a more reasonable explanation. In other battles, the trainer helps their Pokémon defeat the opponent, while in Jimmy's battle, he helps the opposing trainer defeat their Pokémon. In this three-on-one situation, even the evolved forms of the starter Pokémon can't withstand it, and it's good that they didn't lose their composure.

Just as Jimmy was talking about how he was sleeping on a small boat at the Lilycove City dock when he was pushed by the waves to this Bamba Island, and then joined this referee school in a daze, Team Rocket's trio crashed in in their Gundam and captured the three starter Pokémon in their evolved forms.

Looking at the two people and one cat in front of him, Chiba Kaede felt that he should keep a low profile, otherwise it would be bad if these three immortal guys were to target him.

These guys can withstand attacks from divine beasts with their bare bodies and still be lively and energetic.

Moreover, they're all expert craftsmen; they can easily build Gundams with their bare hands. Some of them are ridiculously overpowered. If it weren't for plot twists, Ash's Pikachu would have been captured many times over.

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Jimmy, fearing for his life, climbed onto a giant machine to rescue his Pokémon after they were captured by Team Rocket, but he was thrown off.

However, Wartortle was moved by his selfless act of saving them and immediately evolved into Blastoise, breaking through the protective shield that trapped them.

Afterwards, Blastoise used its water cannon to shatter the protective shield that trapped Ivysaur and Charmeleon, rescuing them as well.

Next came the much-anticipated beating of the fallen team. Under the combined assault of the crowd, the Team Rocket trio transformed into shooting stars and vanished into the distant sky.

After defeating Team Rocket, Jimmy clearly regained some confidence in becoming a trainer, and with the help of his teacher Serena, he decided to leave the referee training school and continue his journey to becoming a trainer.

Chiba Kaede felt like he had experienced a lot tonight. Even though he was just a bystander, he still felt a bit tired. Maybe this was the price of following the protagonist!

Nothing was said that night.

The next morning, Chiba Kaede and his group boarded a ship bound for River Island after being seen off by Serena and Jimmy. The ship was not large, so it could only make short island voyages.

"What is that?!"

During their voyage, Ash, alerted by Pikachu and Torkoal, spotted a Scimitar boar drifting on the sea not far away, clinging to a piece of wood.

From their subsequent conversation, Chiba Kaede also learned that Ash and his friends had encountered this boar before, but they didn't know how it ended up drifting on the sea.

Suddenly a huge wave crashed in, sweeping the bouncy pig off the log and into the sea. Ash quickly told the captain to stop sailing and then used a swimming ring to pull the bouncy pig onto the boat. The bouncy pig was very happy to be on the boat and jumped around joyfully, but it accidentally bumped into the railing, causing the pink pearl on its head to fall into the sea.

Without the pearl on its head, the jumping pig seemed very uneasy, and wanted to put any round object on its head.

The Coal Turtle, who is on good terms with Jumpy Pig, saw this and immediately jumped into the sea, intending to retrieve the pearl for its friend. However, it seemed to have forgotten that it couldn't swim.

Seeing this, Chiba Kaede immediately called out Mosquito Coil and asked it to retrieve the Coal Torch. Before long, Mosquito Coil carried the Coal Torch, which had swallowed a bellyful of seawater, and jumped onto the deck.

Afterwards, the group released their water-type spirits to search for the lost pearl at the bottom of the sea, but they searched for a long time without success.

Finally, due to the captain's urging, the group had no choice but to head to River Island first and then try to find a pearl for Jumping Pig.

After arriving on River Island, the Jumpy Pig tries to put any round object on its head, and its victims include Marylou, Swablu, Float Bubble, and even a Howling Whale.

Chiba Kaede was astonished to see the tiny Jumpy Pig use its psychic powers to lift the much larger Howling Whale on its head. This meant that the Jumpy Pig possessed incredibly powerful psychic energy, and its potential was beyond question.

Chiba Kaede had considered catching it, but this bouncy pig was clearly connected to Ash and his friends, and catching it rashly would definitely cause their dissatisfaction, so he gave up the idea.

Just when they were struggling with this, a pearl oyster researcher named Izaki told them that they could use the pearls from the pearl oyster to replace the pearls from the jumping pig, or that the pearls on the jumping pig's head were actually pearls from the pearl oyster.

Afterwards, the group visited Izaki's research institute, where many pearl oysters lived, but unfortunately, none of them had produced pearls yet.

However, they did find a very rare blue pearl in the research institute. Jumping Pig was very excited when it saw the pearl, but since the blue pearl was an item that the research institute was studying, it obviously could not be used by Jumping Pig.

The group had no choice but to leave the research institute with the bouncy pig, intending to search for wild pearl oysters that had already produced pearls on the beach outside. Unfortunately, they searched for a long time but found nothing.

(End of this chapter)