Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Author: Penguin Master

Summary:

"Next, please let us interview the new champion of the Hoenn region, Lowe, about his feelings after winning the championship~"

Lowe: "Recently, there have been rumors that I have had improper relationships with female trainers such as Lusamine, the president of the Aether Foundation, Lilia, the eldest lady, Chrysanthemum, the leader of the Raven Gym, and the Sinnoh champion Takeran. I hereby solemnly declare that the above rumors are pure nonsense. Please do not continue to spread such false rumors. I am afraid that Kamen Meow, Gardevoir, Sylph, Long-eared Rabbit, and Tapu Butterfree will misunderstand the above..."

A story about a single mother who died suddenly from overwork and traveled through the world of Pokémon, collecting illustrated books along the way and saving the world to win the championship...

...What, you said that now that you have achieved success, shouldn’t you consider your life’s most important event?

I already have Pokémon, why do I need a girlfriend? Ladies, wives, young ladies, trainers, and champion ladies, please respect yourselves!

Volume One

Chapter 1 Welcome to the Pokémon World~

"In this world, there exist mysterious creatures called Pokémon..."

"There are more than a hundred, two hundred, three hundred species..."

"They grow, live and learn together with humans. They are the most important partners of humans..."

"Well, before this adventure (story) begins, I have a few questions to ask. First..."

...Are you a boy or a girl?

The man tapped his fingers quickly, and the "doctor" on the screen repeated the conversation that the man had watched countless times and had already memorized...

"Lowei, you are slacking off again?!"

The sudden scolding made the man who was tapping the screen shudder all over. He hurriedly put away the things in his hands, turned his head, and saw the middle-aged man standing behind him.

The middle-aged man had an angry look on his face, staring at the man who was caught red-handed sitting at his workstation.

"..."

...The man's name is Luo Wei. In short, he is a company animal programmer with no special features at all and can be found everywhere.

It is two o'clock in the morning. Of course, for a social animal, especially a programmer, time is really a meaningless thing.

Apart from the deadline for project handover, any time period can actually be summarized as "working time" and "time waiting to be 'summoned' by stupid leaders and Party A to work overtime"...

Of course, the word "summon" may not be accurate, because this word is generally used for prisoners. As we all know, the biggest difference between prisoners and office workers is that in prison, at least they have to respect the labor law...

The middle-aged man in front of Lowe was exactly Lowe's team leader. At this moment, it was the last few days before the project was delivered. Naturally, all members of the project team, regardless of gender or life or death, began the final sprint.

According to the team leader, at this point in time, even if you die at your workstation, you have to tell me the rest of the code in your dreams!

But Lowe was unlucky enough to do something that was extremely outrageous at the moment and tried to slack off during the overtime period of the deadline.

Of course, Lowe still fully considered the on-site environment. In such a situation, it would be a bit inappropriate for you to openly take out a Switch or 3DS at your workstation, so Lowe chose a mobile phone emulator, which can at least increase the so-called concealment.

Unexpectedly, he was caught red-handed. Facing the angry team leader in front of him, Lowe quickly defended his behavior.

"The parts of the project that were assigned to me have all been completed and delivered..."

However, Lowe's words were extremely unconvincing, because he knew very well that, although it was common sense, the company paid him a salary because it hired him to complete work for the company that was equal to his share of the salary.

In short, I will do as much for you as you give me...

...But it seems that in the eyes of the team leader and those above you, if they have rewarded you with wages, then you must work at your workstation within the working hours stipulated by the company (including overtime, the company reserves the final right of interpretation of the specific judgment).

To be honest, Lowe didn't understand this at all, but after all, he still needed this job now. As an old office worker who was almost 35 years old, he really didn't have the confidence to stand up and slap his stupid leader.

"What do you mean by your part?!" As expected, the team leader's voice immediately rose by two decibels. "Aren't we a whole project team? Everyone else in the project team is working hard, and you are holding everyone back?"

...They just work slower than me because they are clumsy... What does that have to do with me? I have already finished my work, and you are not paying me more, so why should I work more?

Although he really wanted to argue, unfortunately, the other party did not give Lowe a chance to argue.

In the end, Lowe had no choice but to put away his phone and unhappily start the extra work that was not his job.

Maybe it was because of the surge of blood and energy at that moment, coupled with the continuous overtime work, when Lowe typed on the keyboard with resentment, he suddenly felt a strong sense of dizziness accompanied by a piercing pain...

"?!"

He opened his mouth, but before he could even squeeze out a syllable, he fell headfirst, and then, all that was left was darkness...

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In a daze, Lowe felt as if something furry was sweeping back and forth across his face. He was still in a "dream" and his consciousness was not very clear.

"!"

And at this moment, with a sudden short brake sound, the inertia of the moment of stopping woke Lowe up from his dream instantly. He stretched out his hand, gently rubbed his temple, and scanned the surroundings.

This is a moving truck. Lowe is sitting in the back of the truck, surrounded by tightly packed furniture and luggage...

Just as Lowe's eyes wandered, a small figure jumped onto Lowe's thighs in a few seconds...

It was a kitten covered with turquoise fur. She had mask-like facial patterns on her face, a circle of floral-leaf-shaped hair on her chest, fluffy hair like a scarf, and a fluffy tail that looked like it felt very high-quality.

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

The furry touch that Lowe felt just now was the flower-shaped scarf on the little guy's chest.

The trunk was filled with furniture and luggage, and with Lowe inside, the space was already quite narrow, but the little guy was able to flexibly move back and forth in various gaps...

As the little girl moved nimbly, her hair danced, emitting a faint fragrance of grass mixed with flowers, clearing away the turbid air in the originally cramped space.

The little guy wagged his tail, looked at Lowe, and meowed twice...

It was clearly just two meows, but Lowe seemed to hear some worry and concern in them. Immediately, Lowe responded with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay~ I just had a nightmare, haha, sorry to have made you worried~"

As he answered, Lowe looked at the furniture beside him. There was a dressing mirror there, which reflected his current appearance...

...a handsome young man who looked to be in his early teens.

His name is Luo Wei. He died suddenly from overwork twelve years ago, and then reincarnated into this world...

Because of my father's job transfer, my family moved to a new town.

Luo Wei's father had moved here half a year ago to handle various formalities and affairs. Now that everything was done and his work was on track, he brought Luo Wei and his mother here as well...

Luo Wei took a short nap on the moving truck, and unexpectedly he dreamed about the things that happened before he traveled through time...

For Lowe now...that memory is undoubtedly a nightmare, so the little guy who was traveling with him noticed the change in Lowe's facial expression, which led to the scene just now.

Lowe reached out and patted the little girl's head, indicating that he was fine. After the little girl confirmed that Lowe was indeed fine, the expression on her face suddenly turned from cloudy to sunny. She jumped twice on Lowe's thighs excitedly. Although she didn't say a word, Lowe immediately understood what she meant.

"...Ahem, I have some things to do right now, I'll help you comb your hair later~"

The little guy seemed to understand what Lowe said, and his excitement dropped instantly. He lowered his head, meowed, and jumped off Lowe's legs, fiddling with Lowe's trouser legs out of boredom.

This felt like a caring but clingy cat-like girlfriend. Lowe didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just as he was about to say a few words of comfort, the back door was opened and a lively voice was heard.

"We're here, Lowe~"

The person who spoke was naturally Lowe's mother, a young lady who was theoretically in her early thirties but looked like she was only in her twenties.

Of course, this is not because Lowe's mother has any special talents. It's just that most people in this world look much younger than their actual age. As the saying goes, appearance reflects the heart. Lowe thinks that this may be related to the atmosphere of this world itself.

You know, in the second dimension... handsome men and beautiful women are worth less than garbage, and ugly ones are more rare instead.

Lowe agreed, picked up the little guy who was still pulling at his trouser legs and jumped off the truck. At the same time, the employees of the moving company also arrived.

However, the two figures with their employee badges were not human...

...Although at first glance they look like two sturdy men, you don't have to look closely to tell from the four arms sticking out from their shoulders that they are definitely not human.

However, these two strange creatures that looked like sturdy men were indeed wearing employee ID cards of a moving company, which meant that in this world... these magical creatures were able to do the work of humans and live equally with humans.

The two sturdy-looking creatures stepped forward and lifted up the tightly packed furniture and luggage with one stretch of their arms.

Lowe and his mother could barely lift the package together, but this creature called "Strength" could lift two packages with one arm with ease. It was obvious that its strength far exceeded that of humans.

At this point, the two "super-strong" employees of the moving company and the "New Leaf Cat" beside Lowe have fully proved where Lowe has traveled to at this moment.

Lowe's mother looked at the small two-story house in front of her, facing the midday sun. She stretched comfortably, took a deep breath, and nodded contentedly.

"What a great air! As expected, even the air in a small town like this exudes a sense of leisure. Well, Weibai Town looks like a great place. Starting today, this will be our new home~"

Weibai Town, the starting point of the third generation, welcome...

...to the world of Pokémon~

Chapter 2 The World Most Suitable for Traveling

Lowena is very familiar with his current situation.

Although he is not a die-hard fan of the Pokémon series, he is at most a fan of completing all the games and collecting all the Pokémon encyclopedias. He does not know much about battles, and his ability is just enough to complete most of the medium-difficulty versions without any problems.

But at least I got a set of all the original cartridges and bundled consoles, including the pirated ones I played back then... I also bought genuine second-hand ones at a used store...

As for his fate with this series, it can be traced back to junior high school...

As a 90s kid, GB was a rare commodity when I was in primary school. Only the richest guys could play with it. Most people could only afford a Tetris machine. If you had a Little Overlord at home, you could walk around with it…

Therefore, Lowe missed the red, green, blue and yellow four-color version as well as the gold, silver and crystal version. When he really started to get in touch with this series, it was already the third generation of three-color gem era.

On his birthday after graduating from elementary school, Lowe received a GBA as a birthday gift, and the first game cartridge he got with it was Pokémon Ruby...

...At that time, it was still called "Pocket Monster" or "Pocket Elves", and there was no official translation of "Pokémon".

From that day on, Lowe's fate with this series began.