I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

“Yes, this is Natura. Take it to the medical bay.” Teng Shu nodded and told Locke. Locke, familiar with the way, took Natura to the medical bay for treatment. Charmander had just finished treatment.

"Good afternoon, Charmander." Teng Shu greeted Charmander with a smile. Charmander let out a roar and then slowly moved its short legs. Teng Shu couldn't help but laugh.

Meanwhile, the new leaf cat on the vine's shoulder looked warily at the flame on Charmander's tail. It was somewhat afraid of the flame, after all, it was a Grass-type Pokémon.

Teng Shu patted the little fire dragon's head; it felt very warm.

"Dean, the natural bird is fine." Locke had finished the examination by now. After all, the examination method was very simple; all he had to do was have the natural bird lie inside. Teng Shu nodded; this was within his expectations.

"Have you given them all the Chinese medicine?" Teng Shu remembered something and quickly asked.

Ever since that talkative traditional Chinese medicine doctor gave a free clinic at the orphanage, Teng Shu started feeding the children there traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, the medicine was very bitter, and the children drank it while wearing masks of pain.

Tengshu's reaction is understandable, since Chinese medicine in the game can reduce a Pokémon's friendship level, which shows how much Pokémon dislike drinking Chinese medicine.

"Yes, everyone is very obedient, although it's painful every time they drink it." Locke couldn't help but laugh when he mentioned this.

"Yes, when Darkraven went to the orchard to look after those fruit trees, he spat on them several times." Grandpa Xingzhen laughed heartily. He was cleaning when he saw Tengshu coming over and joined in for a chat.

Teng Shu laughed when he heard this. It was quite interesting that even Dark Raven couldn't stand it.

After chatting with everyone for a few minutes, Tengshu took the box and went out. He wanted to place the box in the cemetery. Natural Bird followed closely behind Tengshu. Abandoned Monkey, however, did not follow Tengshu. As soon as it returned, it went to find Baby Dragon.

Tengshu knew what Abandoned Monkey and Baby Dragon were doing. The two little guys were not very convinced of each other's superiority and often sparred. At first, Tengshu thought about stopping them, but Locke told him that this was the Pokémon dividing up their ranks, so Tengshu stopped interfering.

There are also differences in status among Pokémon. Just like a region will give birth to the strongest dominant Pokémon, a group will also give birth to a leader. There are quite a few Pokémon in the orphanage of Tengshu, and naturally there are also Pokémon that are not content with being ordinary and try to take the position of leader.

However, so far, the position of leader is still firmly in the hands of the Abandoned Monkey.

On one hand, it's because the Abandoned Monkey is incredibly strong, and on the other hand, it's because the Abandoned Monkey is truly very strong.

Abandoned, a Ghost/Fighting-type Pokémon, has a base stat total of 535, which isn't particularly high. However, the problem is that Abandoned is exceptionally hardworking, and the training area at the orphanage has the ability to enhance training results. Therefore, Abandoned is now far superior to its peers.

Currently, none of the Pokémon in the orphanage can rival Forsaken.

Oh no, maybe...

Teng Shu glanced to the side. He was heading to the cemetery, and there he could see the Abandoned Monkey and Baby Dragon fighting. Baby Dragon was pinned to the ground by the Abandoned Monkey in no time, when a new challenger appeared.

Sweet and cold beauty queen!

Sweet and beautiful looked at the abandoned monkey with great anticipation. The abandoned monkey had a very solemn expression. The two Pokémon clashed instantly. The clash of fists and kicks made Tengshu feel a little excited, as if he were watching a fighting match.

"This Selene... is too violent, isn't it? A Grass-type Pokémon that violent?" Teng Shu looked at Selene, who was reckless in battle and completely disregarded her injuries. He deeply understood why Selene was locked in a special cage when she was first discovered, and why the dosage of anesthetic was several times that of Farfetch'd.

Tengshu previously thought that it was because Selene was a Grass-type Pokémon that it had drug resistance. Now it seems that it's entirely because Selene is too violent. If it's not ruthless, Selene could break its jaw in a minute.

"It makes no sense that Sweetie isn't a Fighting type." Teng Shu shook his head as he watched the two Pokémon locked in a heated battle. Then he took Natu to the cemetery and buried the box for it.

"Is it Natura?" Tengshu asked, looking at the Natura beside him as he was about to write the tombstone. In Tengshu's opinion, there was no need to ask, since the Natura's unevolved form was Natura. Although it was also a combination of psychic power and flight, its strength was relatively weak.

The natural bird shook its head, which surprised Teng Shu. It wasn't a natural sparrow after all.

Then Nargacuga drew a simple shape on the ground with its claws. Tengshu immediately recognized it as a Pokémon, but he found it somewhat unbelievable.

"This is... Crocodile?" Teng Shu looked at Natalya in surprise. Natalya tilted its head and looked at him. Teng Shu took out his phone, opened the Pokémon Encyclopedia, and showed Natalya a picture of Crocodile. Natalya nodded.

Teng Shu was genuinely surprised this time; it really was a blue crocodile?

Crocodile, one of the starter Pokémon, is the evolution of Totodile, and will eventually evolve into Feraligatr. However, the key point is that this thing is a Water-type Pokémon.

Water-type Pokémon perished in a fire?

It's too ridiculous.

However, the bird's nod was clearly not a hallucination of the vine tree, so the vine tree was silent for a moment, then wrote "Tomb of the Blue Crocodile" and fixed the tombstone.

As Natuna looked at the tombstone in front of it, it became sad. Tengshu originally wanted to ask something, but seeing Natuna like this, he gave up. Meanwhile, Gastly crawled out of Krookodile's tombstone and looked at Natuna curiously.

"Gastly." Tengshu greeted Gastly, and then saw Mimikyu pop out from the side and stand with Gastly.

Gastly smiled happily at the vine, then looked at Natu.

Teng Shu looked at Mimikyu with a strange expression. How did this guy end up hanging out with Gastly?

Chapter 288 Spiritual Baptism and the Approaching New Year

Tengshu didn't disturb the natural bird's lamentation of its past, because Tengshu had some more important things to do. First, Tengshu placed the unnamed item he had drawn earlier in his office. This item could provide a spiritual baptism once a month. Although Tengshu didn't know what it was for yet, it was a product worth 100 million happiness points, so Tengshu felt it was worth the price.

"The New Year is coming soon." Teng Shu looked at the calendar on the computer, his eyes filled with thought. Teng Shu hadn't expected that there were two kinds of New Years in the Pokémon world. The first kind was naturally the alternation between years, while the second kind was a unique festival celebration in Pokémon.

Although it's different from the Lunar New Year in the previous life, it's still a relatively important festival in the Pokémon world, and now there are only about two days left until the New Year.

This was Tengshu's first New Year since coming to this world, so he cared about it quite a bit. Moreover, the New Year was very important in the Pokémon world, so Tengshu planned to decorate properly and have a meal with the little ones at the orphanage. However, as he thought about it, Tengshu remembered something else.

"Wait, that's not right. If that's the case, the cold wave should be here in the next day or two." Teng Shu quickly took out his phone to check and found that the temperature would start to drop significantly from tomorrow, and might even drop below 0 degrees Celsius. It seemed like it was going to snow in Changqing City. This made Teng Shu feel a little helpless. If it was cold, some activities would not be suitable to be carried out outdoors. It seemed that he would have to spend the New Year at the welfare home this year.

Looking at it this way, Tengshu realized that he had really been busy lately. However, looking at Saki beside him, Tengshu felt a little helpless. This girl had come over again.

"Have you finished watching your TV series?" Tengshu asked Saki beside him with a hint of helplessness. This girl had come to his place again. Tengshu glanced at the tablet and was surprised to see that the TV series on it had finished. It seemed that Saki had been watching TV series all night without sleeping.

"Happy New Year, Dean!" Saki looked at Tengshu with a smile, a hint of amusement in her eyes. Tengshu was taken aback when he heard this.

"It's not even New Year's yet, is it? Isn't it a bit too early for you to say Happy New Year?" Tengshu said with amusement, looking at the girl next to him. Saki shrugged indifferently, then floated next to Tengshu with her chin on her hand, gazing out the window, seemingly looking at something.

"To be honest, I've completely forgotten about the New Year. Since I took this form, I haven't interacted with anyone. Most of the time they're setting off firecrackers and eating together, while I'm left all alone watching." Saki's voice carried a hint of etherealness and loneliness. Fujiki didn't say anything after hearing this.

Because he knew that this situation was real, since most ghosts could not communicate normally with humans, and some ghost Pokémon were not even aware of the existence of these ghosts.

Ghosts may seem to be immortal, but they also harbor loneliness. After all, they cannot communicate with others, enjoy food, or even have access to entertainment such as computers and tablets. Saki can only use these when Fujiki helps her.

Although they appear to be alive, they are more like silent observers most of the time. They cannot change the world and can only be bystanders. Therefore, Tengshu understands why most ghosts are thinking about going to the world they should be in.

"Happy New Year, Saki." Fujiki smiled and said to Saki. Saki's eyes became somewhat confused after hearing this, and then, right in front of Fujiki, Saki's expression slowly turned ferocious.

This made Teng Shu realize that his words seemed to have triggered something, but before Teng Shu could speak, the unknown object he had placed in his office suddenly trembled, and then an invisible super-energy wave swept through the orphanage, and Saki's expression became blank.

At this moment, Teng Shu felt that his energy had suddenly increased a lot, which made him feel a little surprised. After all, after being a corporate slave for so many years, Teng Shu found that his physical condition was relatively poor. This was the fundamental reason why Teng Shu insisted on going to bed early and getting up early every day and exercising.

But now, the slight fatigue he had before has completely disappeared, and he even feels very energetic and youthful.

"Is this the effect of the unnamed item?" Teng Shu looked at the ornament with some surprise. He really didn't expect that the so-called spiritual baptism would feel like this. In that instant, Teng Shu even felt that all his troubles had been swept away and he became happy.

If he had to put it into words, Teng Shu even felt that his current state was a little strange. If others saw him, they might even suspect that he had come to believe in something extraordinary.

"What just happened to me?" Saki looked at Fujiki with some curiosity. She felt much more relaxed. Fujiki looked at Saki and asked if she remembered anything, but Saki shook her head. She still couldn't remember anything. This made Fujiki realize that this spiritual baptism could not make people recall things that had been forgotten before.

It has to be said that this is a bit of a pity.

"So what do you want to watch now?" Teng Shu casually plugged in the tablet to charge, then looked at Saki in front of him and asked. After hearing this, Saki selected a palace drama adapted from the Dark Empire era. Teng Shu's lips twitched when he heard this. There were palace dramas in this world? This was really amazing.

However, Fujiki thought it was pretty good that Saki could watch a TV series to improve her mood, so he found the series for her, bought her a membership, removed the ads, set up automatic playback, and made sure the charger was working properly before leaving.

"Let me see what we need to prepare for the New Year?" Teng Shu looked at the welfare home in front of him and pondered this question.

Chapter 289 New Year in the Pokémon World

"Dean, are you asking how I usually celebrate the New Year?" Locke asked Tengshu with some surprise. Tengshu nodded. He wasn't quite sure how the New Year was celebrated in the Pokémon world, so he planned to ask Locke and the others for their thoughts and then consider them together.

"For me, generally speaking, during the New Year, I'll probably just have a meal with my family, see what my daughter's New Year's wishes are, and buy her some gifts or something," Locke said with a smile, seemingly already imagining the time he would spend with his daughter.

Teng Shu nodded after hearing this. This way of celebrating the New Year was quite normal and there was nothing particularly strange about it. It was something that was very common in his previous life, so it seemed to be no different from his previous life.

Immediately afterwards, Teng Shu went to find the old man. When Teng Shu found the old man, he was in the orchard giving instructions to Black Crow on how to plant fruit trees. Black Crow even brought a special book with him, and while flipping through it, he was cawing and cawing with the old man, as if they were communicating.

However, most of the time the old man was probably guessing, since he couldn't understand Dark Raven's words.

Teng Shu went over to take a look. The orchard had grown bigger and bigger. Judging from the current situation, there were at least dozens, or even close to 100, fruit trees. However, this was also thanks to the fact that the welfare home had expanded a lot. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Dark Raven to plant so many fruit trees.

"Grandpa, the New Year is almost here. How do you usually spend it?" Teng Shu asked the old man, holding a pen in his hand. He intended to ask for the old man's opinion, but he didn't need to ask about the little ones in the orphanage.

This doesn't mean that Teng Shu is indifferent to the little ones in the orphanage, but rather that the concept of the New Year is something that only humans have.

Most Pokémon don't actually celebrate the New Year, and they don't even have a tradition of celebrating birthdays. Basically, only Psychic Pokémon and some Pokémon that have had a lot of contact with humans and understand human behavior do have the tradition of celebrating the New Year and birthdays.

"New Year? Oh, right, New Year is almost here. Generally speaking, New Year is just about eating, watching shows together, and sometimes setting off fireworks." What the old man said reminded Teng Shu of something he had overlooked: fireworks. Fireworks are usually set off during New Year.

The Pokémon world doesn't have particularly strict requirements for setting off fireworks. In the Pokémon world, fireworks can be set off freely, but you can only buy League-made fireworks. These League-made fireworks do not produce sparks and can't cause fires, making them very safe. However, if you buy them privately, you will be held legally responsible.

"Holding a fireworks show sounds like a good idea, but fireworks are usually quite expensive." Teng Shu took out his phone to check, then his lips twitched. If he wanted to achieve the kind of fireworks show he envisioned, he couldn't afford the expense. No wonder the Alliance usually puts on these large-scale fireworks shows. Teng Shu could only buy some smaller fireworks to set off casually, which the kids could play with later.

Looking at the notebook in his hand, Teng Shu had a clear idea in his mind. It seemed that the first thing to do during the Spring Festival this year was to have a meal together. The meal problem was easy to solve. Teng Shu cooked every day, so this did not have much of an impact on him. Although the meal he was making this time was more like a New Year's Eve dinner, so the requirements for the dishes might be more, Teng Shu still had a good grasp of it.

Before he transmigrated, Teng Shu used to cook New Year's Eve dinner at home. His parents were getting old, so it was more appropriate for him to cook. However, Teng Shu later found that for some reason, his parents would often argue when he cooked New Year's Eve dinner. So, under these circumstances, Teng Shu gradually gave up cooking New Year's Eve dinner and chose to spend some money to order it from outside.

"After the New Year's Eve dinner, we'll set off fireworks. Before that, we can do some other activities, like giving out red envelopes. But what about the Pokémon...?" Tengshu hesitated when he thought about the red envelopes. Did the Pokémon need to receive red envelopes?

It seems unnecessary, since apart from Akai and a very few other Pokémon, most Pokémon don't understand what money means.

When it came to Akai, Tengshu hesitated. Akai's question had been on his mind for a day or two, and he didn't know what Akai was thinking now. In any case, Akai hadn't appeared by Tengshu's side during this time, which made Tengshu very worried.

Just as Teng Shu was wondering whether he should go over and ask about A Kai's situation, he saw a pink phone fly out and land in front of him. This surprised Teng Shu. Of course, Teng Shu knew that this was A Kai's phone, but he was still a little taken aback when he saw the information on it.

I'm sorry, I've given up on becoming Yamcha.

Tengshu wasn't surprised that Akai gave up on evolving. After all, Akai had hesitated about whether or not to evolve before, and even said that it didn't want to talk. So Tengshu could understand Akai's feelings.

However, Teng Shu was hesitant because he wondered why A Kai had suddenly made a decision. This reminded Teng Shu of the spiritual baptism he had just experienced. Could it be that the spiritual baptism had strengthened A Kai's belief, thus making him give up his dilemma?

After all, Akai had been very conflicted about this issue before, and even hesitated about whether to evolve or not, which caused him a lot of pain. Unexpectedly, this has now strengthened Akai's confidence.

"I think it's fine. Whether you can talk or not, you're still Kai." Teng Shu said with a smile, and the phone shook up and down, as if Kai was nodding. This made Teng Shu feel a little happier. Although Kai hadn't evolved, Teng Shu didn't care. After all, Pikachu hadn't evolved either.

Moreover, Tengshu himself had no intention of becoming a trainer, so he supported Guy's decision not to evolve, as long as it was Guy's own will.

Chapter 290 The Sand Rats and the Bear Traps

Akai felt a little uneasy, after all, it didn't know how Tengshu would react after learning about its decision.

Kai heard that some people really wanted their Pokémon to evolve, and Kai's Abra was indeed not as strong as Kadabra, so Kai was a little uneasy. But after hearing what Tengshu said, Kai felt a little excited and hugged the phone in his arms tightly.

That's why Akai especially likes this orphanage and Tengshu; he always feels a gentle power here.

but...

Is it Yunjira?

A hint of pain flickered in Akai's eyes; it seemed to be recalling that day again...

Akai shook his head. That was all in the past. Now, he was Akai, the Akai in the care and welfare home, and that was enough.

Although Teng Shu didn't know what A Kai was thinking, he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that A Kai had resolved his inner conflict.

As for why Akai doesn't want to evolve, Tengshu isn't quite sure either, but he knows that he'll know the answer when Akai is willing to talk about it. If Akai isn't willing to talk about it, then Tengshu won't ask, since he doesn't have the habit of forcibly reopening other people's wounds.

At this moment, Tengshu is dealing with another problem.

"Pangolin? What brings you here?" Teng Shu was just about to get his car. He planned to drive to Changqing City to buy some New Year's supplies and some ingredients. After all, the New Year was coming soon, and according to Teng Shu's habits, he would definitely make it a more lavish affair.

But to his surprise, the pangolin came looking for him.

"Eek eek eek." The pangolin whined sweetly, and Teng Shu almost laughed. Strictly speaking, the pangolin shouldn't actually whimper like that, since it's a pangolin, not a whining monster.

But the girl just couldn't resist wanting to act cute with Tengshu, and Tengshu couldn't do anything about it.

"Alright, stop whining. What's wrong?" Teng Shu helplessly patted the pangolin's head. Its head had scales, which felt strange to touch, but it was quite nice. This reminded Teng Shu of a time when he went to a classmate's house and saw the snake the classmate kept.

The feel of touching a snake is actually similar to that of touching a pangolin. As for what a pangolin feels like, Teng Shu doesn't know, since he's never touched one, but he imagines it's probably similar.

The pangolin squeaked a few more times, then gestured as if it were injured, which startled the vine tree.

"You found an animal trap?" Teng Shu instantly realized what was going on. He looked at the pangolin in front of him and said in a serious tone. The pangolin immediately nodded. Seeing this, Teng Shu followed the pangolin away. However, he drove away because he still needed to buy New Year's goods after he finished.

The sand rat used its tail to point the way in the car. When they arrived at the outside of Viridian Forest, the vine stopped the car, closed the door, and followed the sand rat into the dense forest.

However, as he walked along the road, Teng Shu noticed that the flowers and plants around him seemed to be shaking. He had always thought it was the wind, but now, following the pangolin, he vaguely realized that the thing seemed to be guiding him, as if it was pointing him in the right direction and telling him where he was. This made Teng Shu's expression a little strange.

Teng Shu thought of the Everlasting Heart within him. Could it be the reason?

The world of Pokémon is not so simple. However, Tengshu hadn't thought too much about it before. In Tengshu's eyes, Viridian Heart was just a special ability, similar to psychic powers and aura. But now it seems that Viridian Heart has some other uses.

With a soft "whimpering," Teng Shu subconsciously lowered his head, and then he saw the pangolin stop and keep chirping at a certain spot.

"Shock rat, is this the place?" Teng Shu looked at the sand rat in front of him, then casually took out a tree fruit from his pocket and tossed it to the sand rat.

The pangolin opened its mouth, grabbed the tree fruit, skillfully removed the pit, swallowed the flesh, and then let out a few melodious cries.

Teng Shu frowned.

He naturally couldn't understand what the pangolin was saying, but after spending some time with it, Tengshu knew what it was trying to express.

So he quickly followed the sand rat, which led the way in front of the vine tree. The vine tree followed the sand rat and soon smelled a peculiar stench.