Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 88 Revisit the Research Institute

"You've all worked so hard lately, please take a few days to rest!"

Chiba Kaede addressed the spirits who had been working tirelessly for so long. 🎅😾 ❻9sina.csina.com

He also specifically instructed the Great Swallow not to train the Proud Swallows for the next few days, except for arranging necessary patrols.

After all, these proud swallows played a significant role in the expansion of the artificial lake, and they deserve a good rest.

As for his wrist strength, this guy didn't want to rest and wanted to continue training. Although digging these days had been quite arduous, Chiba Maple had used his abilities to help them recover their bodies quite a bit.

In the end, Armwyn followed Heracross away. However, from Heracross's somewhat conflicted expression, Chiba Kaede could tell that it wanted to rest and didn't want to immediately engage in Armwyn's training.

Of course, it's best to let the two of them resolve this themselves; Chiba Kaede doesn't want to meddle too much.

Seeing that there was nothing going on at the artificial lake, Chiba Kaede took her little chicks and went to the orchard to find Huhu. She obtained the recently brewed juice from them, but not much, only about 1 liter.

However, Chiba Kaede was already very satisfied with these gains. He had only drunk a few sips of the brewed juice last time, and he still found the taste unforgettable.

Looking at the juice in front of him, Chiba Kaede suddenly had an idea: to hold a banquet on the farm to reward the people and elves who had contributed so much to Chiba Farm.

Of course, the amount of juice we have now is still too small; we need to accumulate it for a while longer.

"Boss, why are you back so early? Is something the matter?"

It was only a little past 3 PM. Since Chiba Kaede went to dig the artificial lake, she wouldn't be back until at least 6 PM, so Terada Yuri found it a bit strange and asked the question. ♤💚 ➅➈丂𝐡𝓤ˣ.ᑕ𝕆ⓜ 🍟🎅

"The expansion of the artificial lake has been completed, so I didn't have much to do there and came back early!"

Chiba Kaede replied.

"Really? That's wonderful! The elves can finally get some rest!"

Terada Yuri was also happy for the elves, after all, they had been working hard for many days.

"By the way, nothing happened in the backyard, right?"

Chiba Kaede asked questions as she and Terada Yuri walked toward the backyard.

"I've been raising them according to the plan you set out for me, and I haven't found anything unusual. However, just to be on the safe side, you should still check them yourself!"

Terada Yuri has gained some experience in taking care of the seedlings in the backyard during this time, but she cannot be 100% sure that the seedlings in the backyard are completely without problems.

He inspected each of the Thousand-Leaf Maple seedlings and found that they were all very vigorous and had not suffered from any diseases or pests.

However, these can no longer be considered seedlings for Gracidia flowers; they are growing very quickly, and the plants are already more than 10 centimeters tall.

Based on this growth rate, it's estimated that these Gracidia flowers will bloom in less than a month, at which point he will be able to harvest a lot of Gracidia flower seeds.

However, at that time he would need to choose another place to grow these Gracidia flowers.

The next morning,

"Please look after the farm today. I'll be back as soon as possible."

Chiba Kaede said to Yuri Terada and Yui Takemoto.

He planned to take the Pokémon fossil to Professor Birch, since reviving a Pokémon from a fossil in the real world isn't as simple as it is in a game. 😳🐺 69sħᵘⓍ.Ć𝓞м 💥💀

The resurrection time is probably not short. Sending him now might be useful when he participates in the Ayame Tournament.

"Boss, we'll handle everything on the farm, so don't worry!"

"Leave it to us!"

Both women responded.

Then, Chiba Kaede mounted the Great Swallow that had been waiting beside him and flew towards Weibai Town.

The distance between Weibai Town and Chiba Farm is not too far; at the current flight speed of the Giant Swallow, it can be reached in about an hour.

Since Whitey Town is just a small town and doesn't have a plaza like those in big cities specifically for flying Pokémon to land, Chiba Kaede had Swellow land directly in front of Birch's lab.

After retrieving the Great Swallow, Chiba Kaede went straight to the front door and rang the doorbell, then waited for Professor Birch's response.

"Who are you looking for?"

Unexpectedly, a strange female voice came from the doorbell.

"My name is Chiba Kaede. I have some things to discuss with Professor Oda Birch. I've already told him about it before."

Although Chiba Kaede had never heard of this voice before, since it could appear in the research institute, it must be someone like a researcher here, so he briefly explained his situation.

"Oh, the doctor is currently conducting an experiment and will be out in a little while. Please wait a moment while I open the door for you."

Before long, the institute’s doors opened, and a beautiful woman in her twenties with long hair, wearing a white lab coat, walked out.

The beautiful woman was also wearing round-framed glasses, which made her look intellectual and mature, and it was obvious at a glance that she belonged to the research community.

"You must be Xiaofeng's younger brother. Professor Birch introduced you to me before. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Kawakami Miho, and I recently became Professor Birch's assistant."

As she introduced the area, Miho Kawakami led Kaede Chiba into the Odamaki Research Institute.

"Please wait here for a moment, I'll go check on how the doctor's experiment is going!"

Kawakami Miho led Chiba Kaede to a meeting room, thoughtfully poured him a drink, and then turned to leave to find Professor Odago.

This is Chiba Kaede's second visit to Odamaru's lab, but there's something different from the first time: the environment has become much cleaner.

When I came here before, there were messy papers everywhere and many leftover instant noodle boxes on the table. But this time, everything was in good order. Obviously, this is all thanks to Ms. Kawakami Miho.

"Haha, Xiao Feng, I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting."

About 15 minutes later, Dr. Odama and Miho Kawakami walked over one after the other.

"Doctor, you're too kind. I didn't coordinate the time with you beforehand. I hope I haven't disturbed your experiment."

Chiba Kaede responded politely.

"Come out, Machop and Torchic, say hello to the professor!"

Chiba Kaede released Machop and Torchic from their Poké Balls, since they were both obtained from Birch's lab.

"wrist!"

"Chamo!"

Machop has a lot of affection for Professor Birch, after all, he took care of it for quite some time. As for Torchic, it doesn't have much of an impression of Professor Birch, back when it was still an egg.

"Hello, arm wrestler! It seems you've been doing well lately, and your skills have improved quite a bit. Keep up the good work!"

Dr. Oda Birch looked at the gleam in Armstrong's eyes and his much stronger body, and remarked with admiration.

When Armwyn was in the research institute, although he trained every day, Dr. Birch could tell that he was just running away from the past and closing himself off.

When they met again, its mental state was completely different, which made Dr. Birch very happy.

"Turkey, nice to meet you! Please take care of me!"

After greeting Machop, Professor Birch turned his attention to the Torchic that had been circling around them since it came out, and greeted it.

"Wait a minute, why are the turkey's head feathers bright red?"

Dr. Birch, who was initially having a good time interacting with the turkeys, finally noticed something interesting: many turkeys were born in his lab, but none of them had such a bright red head feather.

"Xiaofeng, do you know what's wrong with the Torchic?"

Completely baffled, Dr. Oda Scroll quickly asked Chiba Kaede.

"Well, I'm not entirely sure why this is the case, but it should be related to where it hatched."

The Torchic hatched in a place with abundant fire-elemental energy, and it absorbed a large amount of fire-elemental energy before hatching.

Although Aysa did not ask him to keep it a secret, Chiba Kaede felt that he could not casually reveal the matter of the cave in Fuyan Town.

"Hmm, that makes sense. The Torchic, having absorbed a large amount of fire-attribute energy, stored the energy it couldn't digest immediately in its head feathers, which caused the color change in its head feathers."

After listening to Chiba Kaede's explanation, Dr. Oda Scroll pondered for a moment and then presented this argument.

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