Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 486: Lightning Bird and Lightning Bun
Alliance Calendar Year 200, November 12, Winter.

This morning, the expedition team returned to the ranch after a year of traveling.

Returning with him was Jirachi, the wish-granting star of the night.

As the Zapdos landed on the ranch, Jirachi immediately and happily threw himself into Naoki's arms.

The Pokémon's tone was filled with joy: "Naoki! We're back!"

Mew and Bear also ran over. Naoki held the three Pokémon in his arms and played with them for a while until their fur was messed up before letting go.

"Are you having fun traveling outside?" Naoki asked with a smile.

Dream and Baby Bear shook their bodies, trying to let their raised fur lie down again.

The hairless Jirachi replied: "Happy! I saw so many things and made so many friends!"

"That's good." Seeing that they were covered in snow, Naoki called a few Pokémon into the living room and prepared some snacks for them.

The four Pokémon immediately started to devour the food, their cheeks bulging with food.

Naoki looked at this scene with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, during the time you were away, the World Tree has grown bigger, and with the help of Giratina's power, it has flown into the sky!"

"One?!"

"miu?"

Hearing this, Dream and Baby Bear showed surprised expressions on their faces.

Naoki nodded: "You can go over and take a look later."

Several Pokémon happily agreed.

The Zapdos next to it also looked eager to make something.

It came to this place just for the World Tree. Now, has the tree finally grown?
Zapdos' body was shaking with excitement.

A yellow feather slowly and naturally fell from its body.

The elder brother Ai Guanshi, who was standing by, noticed the feather.

Cleaning is its job, so my brother, the housekeeper, immediately picked up the broom and swept the feather into the trash can.

Naoki, who was sitting on the sofa, saw this scene with his sharp eyes.

He just took a quick glance and the information about the feather appeared in his mind.

[Zapdaw Feather: The feather of Zapdaw contains a powerful force of thunder. It may be used to make food, but the effect is unknown.]

Is the lightning bird losing its feathers?

"Wait!" Naoki quickly shouted and stopped.

Brother Aibutu paused what he was doing, and stood beside the trash can with the feather in his hand, at a loss, looking over with a blank face.

The Pokémon nearby, such as Zapdos, Mew, and Bearcat, also turned their heads and looked at the feather.

The lightning bird was recognized at a glance. Isn't that its feather?
Hair loss is not a surprising thing for it, because it naturally sheds many feathers every year.

"That feather is not trash, don't throw it away, give it to me!" Naoki said to his brother Ai Guanshi.

Although the elder brother Ai Guanshi was puzzled, he still handed the feather over.

So when Naoki looked up, he saw the Zapdos staring at him with sharp eyes.

Naoki: "..."

Lightning Bird:?

What does Naoki want to do with the feathers it dropped? Is he going to collect them?

But it was just an ordinary feather of no value?

Lightning Bird looked confused.

Naoki thought about it and realized that instead of making lightning buns secretly and being embarrassed when the owner found out, it would be better to tell Zapdos about his plan directly.

Therefore, he explained: "This is not an ordinary feather. With my ability, I can turn it into a dish full of magical effects. As long as Pokémon eats it, it will become stronger."

Upon hearing this, Zapdos was speechless, his face full of disbelief.

...want to eat the feathers that fall from its body?
Ugh! I feel nauseous just thinking about it!
Is that stuff really edible?

Naoki immediately understood what Zapdos was thinking. If we use humans to describe it, this behavior would probably be using human sweat or hair to make food, right?
Ugh... it's really disgusting.

Naoki awkwardly explained to the lightning bird: "Although it sounds a bit bad, the actual finished product is still good. Babu Tubo has eaten lightning buns before, so it turned out like this today."

Babu Groundhog... Zapdos knows this Pokémon.

The other person possesses a powerful electric force, which is no less than its own.

But Naoki said that the Bubblehead had also eaten the lightning bun... When?
"Chirp?"

Naoki replied with a laugh, "When the Hero Expedition Team first met you, Baby Bear picked up one of your feathers and gave it to me."

After Naoki mentioned this, Dream and Baby Bear also remembered.

"One..." It seems to be true!
Lightning Bird: "..."

Forget it, it’s not going to eat it anyway, so Naoki can do whatever he wants!

After traveling for a whole year, the Pokémon didn't feel anything before, but now that they are back to the familiar ranch and in this safe environment, they feel weak, tired, and have no energy.

Naoki noticed their state and said, "If you are tired, go and have a good sleep first!"

The Pokémon were very obedient and went to bed nicely.

Instead of going to the World Tree, they stayed directly at home.

Zapdos stood on the floor and began to sleep, while Mew, Bear Baby, and Jirachi ran to Naoki's bed.

The three Pokémon fell asleep clinging to each other.

Naoki went to the glass greenhouse to find the Bud Crown King and asked it to use its superpowers to crush the feather into powder.

Soon, he returned home with a can of Zapdos feather powder.

Naoki took out a part of it to make lightning buns, and kept the rest for later use.

Mix the dough, ferment it, knead it, add feather powder, then shape it into steamed buns, and finally, put it in the pot and steam it.

In this way, five lightning buns are made.

This series of processes took a lot of time. By the time the steamed buns were ready, the Pokémon sleeping in the room woke up.

When Naoki placed these five yellow, round buns in front of them, both Zapdos and Mew were very shocked.

Because they can feel a powerful energy from these steamed buns!

Lightning Bird's face was filled with astonishment and shock.

Is this the food made from its feathers?

[Lightning Bun (S+): A legendary dish made from feather powder from a legendary Pokémon. It is said that eating it will allow one to harness lightning.

Cooking effect: Thunder God. After eating it, the Pokémon can gain the power of thunder and lightning, and can control thunder and lightning at will like the master of the feather. In the blink of an eye, huge lightning will fall from the clouds. It is limited to electric Pokémon, and a Pokémon can only be eaten once.

Comment: This is a unique dish in the world. Feed it to your electric-type Pokémon! Warning: Do not eat it indoors! ]
Naoki glanced at the information about the buns with a smile, then looked at Zapdos and asked:
"How about it? Do you want to give it a try? If you eat it, your strength will become even greater!"

His tone was full of temptation.

Suddenly, a hesitant look appeared on Zapdos' face.

It wanted to become stronger, but the thought of dishes made from its own feathers made it feel a little nauseous.

"Yimi?" (Can we become more powerful after eating it?) The baby bear at the side couldn't help but ask.

Naoki shook his head: "No, this dish is only effective for electric-type Pokémon like Zapdos, but if you want to eat it, you can try the taste."

Hearing this, Baby Bear shook his head: "One!" (Forget it, there are only a few steamed buns, so I'll leave them for the electric Pokémon that needs them!)
Mew and Jirachi had the same idea.

Naoki was very pleased with these sensible Pokémon.

He touched their heads and then looked at Zapdos.

"Want to give it a try?"

Lightning Bird: "..."

This proud bird Pokémon finally couldn't resist the temptation.

Anyway, it wants to give it a try!
"Great, let's go outside then!"

It is still snowing outside and everyone is staying at home. In addition, the ranch is located in a remote area, so Naoki is not worried that the noise he makes will be discovered by others.

The group came outside, and the Lightning Bird ate the Lightning Bun while standing in the heavy snow.

At first, there was no reaction on its body.

But when the Zapdos ate all the buns, a loud thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.

I saw a dark cloud floating in the originally gray sky, and then a huge lightning fell straight from the dark cloud and landed on the Zapdos.

A strong airflow surged from the body of the Zapdos to the surroundings, and the Zapdos in the middle of it looked excited.

Because it can clearly feel that the power of thunder and lightning in its body is changing!
Its power has become even stronger!

"Chirp!"

Suddenly, the lightning bird let out a sharp cry towards the sky.

A strong electric energy was released from its body towards the sky.

When the electric energy penetrated into the thundercloud, the next second, the gathered thundercloud was defeated by the lightning bird.

The incident stopped and everything around returned to silence.

The sky and the earth turned white again.

The aura of Zapdos became stronger. "Congratulations, Zapdos." Naoki said.

Judging from the appearance of the Zapdos, it seems that it has been significantly improved.

There are many Zapdos in this world, and the most powerful one is the one on Asia Island, known as the God of Thunder.

The other Zapdos are all ordinary Zapdos.

"I wonder how powerful the current Zapdos is compared to the God of Thunder..." Naoki murmured in his heart.

And the Zapdos' face was filled with excitement.

When everyone returned to the living room, they saw Zapdos staring sharply at the four remaining buns on the plate.

Naoki: "..."

Who just felt disgusted by eating their own feathers?

Lightning Bird seemed to have forgotten what he had just said.

Naoki could only explain: "Each Pokémon can only be eaten once, the second time will have no effect."

Hearing this, a look of regret suddenly appeared on Lightning Bird's face.

At that moment, it even had the idea of ​​giving Naoki more feathers so that he could make steamed buns.

"Chiu..." Unfortunately...

But soon, a new idea popped up in Lightning Bird's mind.

Since its feathers can be made into food, what about those of the other two birds?

Moltres, and Articuno.

Thinking of this, Lightning Bird asked.

"Chiu?" (Do the feathers of Moltres and Articuno have any effect?)
Naoki was slightly stunned, but soon understood what Zapdos meant.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be. Moltres' feathers can be made into flame buns, and Articuno's feathers can be made into frozen buns." He explained.

Zapdos nodded, a light flashing in its eyes.

It's decided! It will go and grab the feathers of those two Pokémon!
Naoki had no idea what Zapdos was thinking.

After the rest, the Hero Expedition Team and Jirachi went to the World Tree with great anticipation to see their future home.

After several months, tremendous changes have taken place on the World Tree.

The bustling expedition team guild, Mililong who opened a restaurant, Huanghuangban who ran a cafe, the queen flower who sold various props, the wood gecko and Oliva who worked hard to take care of the orchard...

Looking at these scenes, the eyes of several Pokémon in the hero's expedition team were full of light.
"One!"

This is exactly the expedition guild it had dreamed of!
"miu..."

Mew also stared blankly at the scene in front of him, until Mewtwo felt its breath and moved towards him instantly, then Mew came back to his senses.

"Mew." Mewtwo nodded calmly to Mew.

"Miu!" Mew also greeted Mewtwo happily.

Although they are traveling outside, they often chat with Mewtwo through the Rotom Phone.

Under the leadership of Mewtwo, several Pokémon began to visit the current World Tree. On the way, Mewtwo occasionally introduced everything here to them.

Guild headquarters, farmland, mill, orchard, training ground, item shop, Pokémon hospital...

Wait until you have visited all the places.

The group of Pokémon went to the tavern run by Meowth and Pikachu to have some drinks.

Baby Bear and Dreamy looked around. For some reason, they felt like something was missing in this place.

"One thing..."

After Baby Bear mentioned this, Mew also realized that he was not the only Pokémon who had this idea.

So the question is, what is missing?

"Ichimoku!" It's Naoki!

Without Naoki, this place wouldn't feel like home anymore...

It would be great if Naoki could also come to the World Tree and live with them.

Dreamy and Baby Bear looked at each other.

Then he called Naoki using the Rotom phone.

Soon, the call was connected and Naoki's voice came from the other end.

"Hello? What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the World Tree?"

"Yi-me-me!" The baby bear shook his head repeatedly, indicating that nothing happened. Then, he asked expectantly, "Yi-me-me?" (Will Naoki come to the World Tree to live with everyone?)
Naoki didn't expect Baby Bear to ask this question.

He thought for a moment, then replied, "Of course, but not now."

"miu?" (When was that?) Menghuan asked.

Naoki: "Maybe a few decades later!"

By that time they will all be old, and the familiar people in this world will slowly pass away.

If he has children at that time, he will pass the ranch to the children, and then go to live on the World Tree with Qishu, Gulton and Electric Belly Frog.

It doesn’t matter if their bodies age, they can live forever in the form of souls.

In that case, they should be considered a different kind of "ghost Pokémon", right?
As long as they don't go to the spirit world to participate in reincarnation, they can live forever on the World Tree with everyone.

This is Naoki's current plan for the future.

In this way, he won't have to worry about the issue of lifespan and can always stay with Gultun and the others.

*
At the same time, Niangguang City.

In a mansion.

Qishu's parents looked at their daughter opposite with curiosity.

"My daughter even changed her hairstyle. It seems that she has really grown up this time!" The man holding the newspaper sighed.

However, the woman saw something: "Are you in love?"

"Huh?!" The man next to him was surprised.

Qi Shu was grinning and said, "He is a very good person!"

The woman narrowed her eyes: "Is it the same person from last time?"

Qishu did not hide it from his parents and nodded in acknowledgement.

Seeing this, the couple didn't know what to say for a moment.

Thinking that this was her daughter's first love, the woman couldn't help but say:
"I don't have any experience to pass on to you, but I have a sentence I want to tell you. This sentence was once said by a great celebrity."

Qi Shu looked at his mother.

Woman: "Love is a two-way street. It requires both parties to walk towards each other. Only then can two people live together for a long time. If one party is only willing to stay where he is and let the other party walk towards him, then the two are destined not to be a good match."

Qi Shu was slightly stunned: "What do you mean?"

Woman: "What it means is that feelings are mutual. If you want to last long, the lives of two people need to slowly merge, and sometimes you have to make changes for each other."

Qi Shu: "...It doesn't seem that exaggerated, right?"

At this moment, her Rotom cell phone suddenly rang.

When she opened it, she found that Naoki had sent her a message.

[Naoki: Bring your Pokémon to the ranch. I have a gift for you! ]

Gift?

Qishu's eyes lit up and he immediately ran back to his room to talk on the phone.

In the living room, the couple looked at their daughter's back with helplessness on their faces.

At this moment, the man suddenly remembered something.

My daughter once asked them to buy something in a small shop.

He took out his cell phone and started searching, and sure enough, he saw the words [Naoki Ranch].

"This store should be opened by that guy, right?" the man stared.

"...What do you want to do?"

"Of course, we have to go and see what kind of person that boy is. This is our daughter's first time in love. It would be bad if she was cheated by a bad guy." The man said confidently.

He decided to pretend to be a passerby and visit the ranch.

The woman looked at her husband helplessly: "How are you going to find out?"

The man said as a matter of course: "Of course I'll use the trainer's method!"

Observe the other party's temper and character through Pokémon battles.

Sometimes, Pokémon battles are often the best way to see a person clearly.

Although the other party is a rancher now, judging from Qi Shu's appearance, he must have been a trainer before.

If that person doesn't even have the courage to fight him, then he is a coward!

If you want to gain his approval, you must defeat him head-on!

Thinking back to his trips to challenge gyms and collect badges, his Pokémon partner's strength had already broken through to the gym leader level at that time.

I guess he is still as good as ever now.

Then, let’s let that kid see his strength as a gym owner!
(End of this chapter)