Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 542: Professor Oak's Summer Camp
Professor Oak's summer camp?

Hearing this, the first thing Naoki thought of was the summer camp that Satoshi and Serena attended together in the anime.

But if you think about it carefully, Xiaozhi has now gone to the Sinnoh region to travel, and that plot has long passed.

From what Professor Oak said, he is planning to hold a new summer camp activity at his ranch?

Seeing Naoki in a daze, Dr. Oak continued: "Of course, we will bring our own tents and food, and we will also pay you for the venue fee."

Naoki finally came to his senses and said with a smile:

"That's not necessary. It's just a summer camp activity. You're welcome to come anytime. I just thought that the Kanto region and the Padia region are so far away, and it would take a lot of time to come here."

Professor Oak immediately smiled happily: "Sorry to bother you. I will take the children with me on the plane. I believe it won't take long."

In fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to go to Naoki Ranch to observe those rare and precious Pokémon.

Not long ago, Professor Oak saw a photo posted by Naoki on WeChat Moments.

The photos showed four mysterious Pokémon that he had never seen or heard of, and which were not even recorded in the Pokémon Encyclopedia.

As a doctor who studies Pokémon, nothing is more attractive than unknown Pokémon.

"Okay, then when do you plan to come over?" Naoki asked with a smile.

Professor Oak replied: "In just one week."

A week later? That would be May 5th, right?
"Okay, I'll prepare in advance." Naoki agreed.

After making the agreement, the two hung up the phone and went to prepare for the next summer camp.

In order not to reveal his identity, Naoki found the Onion Duck grinding onions in the onion garden and asked it to replace the super onion with an ordinary onion, so as to disguise himself as an ordinary Onion Duck.

Then, Naoki decided to temporarily close the entrance to the reverse world in the ranch, and went to the World Tree to find the Dragonites, asking them to temporarily travel between the ranch and Dragon Town via the sky route.

Finally, Naoki found the Eevees again and asked them whether they should stay at home from May 5th to May 27th, or play in the World Tree for three days.

Hearing this, the Ibrahimovics asked what happened.

So Naoki told the Eevees that many human children would be coming to the ranch to visit the Pokémon.

Upon hearing the news, his partner Ibrahimovic immediately became excited.

"Bu-yi-bu-yi?!"

There are so many humans coming to the ranch. Are they the same as those trainers who came to challenge the trial before?
So exciting. Will it be able to fight against those humans then?

It used the Nine-Color Sublimation that it had just learned to gather all the elements at the top, and defeated all of them like a mount goat would treat those challengers!

Just thinking about it made his partner Ibrahimovic excited.

Naoki: "..."

He touched his partner Ibrahimovic's little head helplessly and said to it:

"Those people are still children. They haven't become official Pokémon trainers yet, and they don't have their own Pokémon partners. They can't fight you."

"Buyi..." His partner Ibrahimovic suddenly felt very disappointed.

"However, next time there is a chance, I will open an [Exclusive Trial for Eevee] at the ranch, and then there will be trainers coming to challenge you, and then you can compete with them to see who's better." Naoki added.

Upon hearing this, his partner Ibrahimovic's ears, which had drooped due to disappointment, immediately stood up again.

"Buyi!"

*
At the same time, in Dr. Oak's laboratory.

After hanging up the phone, Professor Oak went to the living room.

Sitting upright on the sofa in the living room was a handsome young man, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a calm and composed temperament.

"Xiao Mao, do you want to go to the summer camp with me this time?" Professor Oak looked at the boy and asked with a smile: "It just so happens that you can stay with me for a few more days."

Xiao Mao glanced at Professor Oak, shook his head and declined, "Although I really want to stay at home for a few more days, Dr. Yamanashi still needs my help."

Since the end of the trip to the Johto region, Xiao Mao stopped his training as a trainer and transformed himself into a Pokémon researcher. He went to Dr. Yamanashi's research institute in the Sinnoh region to help with research.

The reason he came back this time was because he wanted to see the Pokémon he raised in the research institute. Now that he has seen them, Xiao Mao plans to return to the Sinnoh region to continue his training as a researcher.

Hearing his grandson's words, Professor Oak immediately showed regret:
"What a pity! Do you know where our summer camp's destination is? It's a dream place where many rare and uncommon Pokémon live!"

Xiao Mao: “…” Grandpa started to coax him again.

Don't think he doesn't know that the previous summer camps were all held in the forest near Pallet Town.

The wild Pokémon there, no matter how rare they are, will only be a Farfetch'd or Scyther.

However, Professor Oak continued to narrate without asking, "That's the Dragon Country where dozens of Dragonites live!"

Hmm? Xiao Mao raised his eyelids slightly. Dozens of Dragonites live here? This is too much, right? Grandpa is not going to hold a summer camp in the Dragon Sanctuary of the Yulong Family, right?

Professor Oak continued, "Not only that, there are also very rare legendary Pokémon and mysterious mythical Pokémon living there."

A question mark popped up in Xiaomao’s head.

"?"

Professor Oak then looked at him and asked with a smile: "How about it? Do you want to go and take a look together?"

*
On May 201, 5 of the Alliance Calendar, the summer camp team led by Professor Oak officially arrived in the Padya region.

After a series of tedious transfers, they finally arrived at the ranch at two o'clock in the afternoon on the 27th.

Naoki, along with Pokémon such as Gul'ton and Motolilo, stood in the ranch to welcome the arrival of Professor Oak.

From a distance, he saw Professor Oak walking towards here with seven or eight children around five or six years old.

When Naoki saw the figure next to Professor Oak, he was stunned.

Is that... Xiao Mao?
While he was stunned, Professor Oak had already walked in front of Naoki. He smiled and stretched out his hand to Naoki:
"Long time no see, Naoki!"

Naoki came back to his senses and responded, "Long time no see, Professor Oak, how have you been lately?"

"Except for being a little busy, everything else is fine!" said Dr. Oak.

While the two were talking, Xiao Mao, who was standing beside them, was also observing the place that Professor Oak mentioned, which was full of rare and uncommon Pokémon.

But when he saw the surrounding scene clearly, he froze in place.

Neatly organized farmland, towering barns, large orchards of trees and fruits, and groups of large milk cans on the grass...

The place grandpa was talking about was actually a ranch?!

Xiao Mao's eyes were subconsciously attracted to the Pokémon around the young man named Naoki.

A mysterious Pokémon that is scarlet, muscular, and has an airbag on its chest that looks like a motorcycle tire.

A dark green Pokémon that looks like a lizard and has a tire airbag on its chest.

Both of them are Pokémon that Xiao Mao has never seen before... He was very surprised.

At this time, Naoki finished his greetings with Professor Oak. Professor Oak stepped aside and introduced the seven boys and girls behind him who were wearing shorts, short-sleeved shirts and sun hats:

"Everyone, Naoki Ranch is the destination of our trip. We will hold a three-day summer camp here. This is Mr. Naoki, the owner of this ranch."

Hearing this, the boys and girls with curious eyes immediately looked at Naoki.

"Sorry to bother you, Mr. Naoki!" said a shy girl.

"Wow! Mr. Naoki, there are so many Pokémon living here! You are so awesome! Are they all Pokémon you have captured? They look so cool!" An enthusiastic and lively boy stared at Gulden excitedly.

Naoki smiled and touched Gulden's head, then nodded and said, "Yes, they are Gulden and Motorlizard. Follow me!"

"Everyone remember to keep up, don't fall behind!" Dr. Oak reminded.

"Yes!" The voices of a group of children revealed full of anticipation and excitement.

It’s so exciting to be able to see so many mysterious Pokémon!

Led by the ranch owner, the children looked around the ranch.

Xiao Mao also calmed down and began to silently observe the Pokémon living here that he had never seen before.

At this moment, Xiao Mao was very glad that he agreed to participate in this summer camp with his grandfather.

At this moment, several Dragonites suddenly appeared in the sky.

A child living in the Kanto region recognized those Pokémon immediately.

"Wow! It's Dragonite!"

Hearing this, Xiao Mao looked up, and the next second, he saw a sky full of Dragonites flying overhead, and then slowly landing in the pasture.

Xiao Mao: “!!!”

So many Dragonites!

Professor Oak smiled and glanced at his grandson, his expression seemed to say to him: See? I didn't lie to you, did I?

Soon, another child saw the bag that Dragonite was carrying.

"Dragonite seems to be carrying something on his back!" a boy exclaimed.

Naoki took a look and introduced with a smile: "Those Dragonites are the deliverymen of the ranch. The packages they carry are filled with fresh milk and crops ordered by customers."

"Eh?!"

"what?!"

Two voices came at the same time, one was the children's incredible voice, and the other came from Xiaomao's mouth.

Naoki turned his gaze to Xiao Mao.

Xiao Mao then realized his mistake and couldn't help asking, "Are all those Dragonites deliverymen?"

"Yes, they are currently doing delivery work at the ranch." Naoki nodded.

"But..." Xiao Mao was speechless for a moment.

Isn't it too extravagant to use a rare and powerful Pokémon like Dragonite to deliver goods?

In Xiaomao's opinion, Dragonite is very talented and powerful, and is a good player for Pokémon battles...

Naoki naturally understood what Xiaomao meant.

He remembered that Xiaomao was the type of person who would capture any Pokémon he encountered, and would capture many of the same Pokémon.

Because he believes that the same kind of Pokémon can be strong or weak, in the anime, in just less than a year, Xiao Mao captured more than 200 Pokémon.

Thinking of this, Naoki smiled and said to Xiaomao: "Rattata is a Pokémon, Dragonite is also a Pokémon, as long as they like it, what difference does it make who does the job?"

Xiao Mao was slightly startled.

This reminded him of an argument he once had with Xiaozhi.

At that time, he thought that the number of Pokémon captured was more important, while Xiaozhi believed that the relationship with Pokémon was the most important.

So later on, he wanted to capture all the Pokémon in the world, while Ash wanted to be friends with all Pokémon, regardless of their strength, rarity or not.

Grandpa said that they were both right because everyone had their own way of treating Pokémon.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mao, who had become more and more calm, nodded slightly: "I understand."

Seeing this scene, Professor Oak gave him an approving look.

However, the next second, Professor Oak suddenly noticed the ancient snail, ancient tripod deer, ancient jade fish and ancient sword leopard passing by slowly.

His attention was instantly drawn to the four Pokémon.

"Ooooh! What are those Pokémon?!"

"Wow! What beautiful Pokémon!" The children next to them were also attracted by the Paladin.

"They?" Naoki introduced, "They are legendary Pokémon that have been passed down from ancient times in the Padiya region!"

"Legendary Pokémon?!" Everyone was shocked.

Xiao Mao was also stunned.

The rarity and power of Legendary Pokémon far exceed those of ordinary Pokémon. One is fine, but there are so many in this ranch at the same time?!

You know, some trainers may never encounter a legendary Pokémon in their entire life!
"That's right." Naoki nodded with a smile: "Speaking of their legends, it's a bit complicated..."

Then, he told Professor Oak and the children the legend of the treasure of disaster in detail.

"…The ancient kingdom of Padya went into decline because of this. The king was afraid of their power, so he asked a Pokémon master to seal them away. Later, thanks to an archaeologist, they were able to reappear in this world."

Hearing that the power of the Calamity Treasure almost destroyed a kingdom, the children's faces showed expressions of horror.

One girl frowned and looked very worried: "Are they dangerous?"

"That's right, if they stay on the ranch, will they destroy the ranch one day?" another boy asked fearfully.

Professor Oak and Xiao Mao also turned their eyes to Naoki, waiting for his answer.

Under the gazes of everyone, Naoki shook his head slightly.

"No, they are not evil Pokémon in nature. They are just infected by the king's greed and their minds are affected."

"The current treasures of disaster, no, they should be called the Four Auspicious Treasures. Perhaps they have been influenced by my desire to run the ranch well, and their power has also changed."

"The ancient snail can prevent pests from appearing in farmland and ensure a good harvest of crops. The ancient tripod deer can bless the soil to be fertile. The ancient jade fish can bring good luck to people through fire. The ancient sword leopard can protect people and Pokémon in the snow." Naoki said slowly.

Hearing this, Professor Oak's face showed an expression of interest:
"A legendary Pokémon that changes according to the trainer's heart? There's actually such a Pokémon in this world!"

What Xiao Mao was thinking was: If these four Pokémon were captured by trainers who liked fighting, wouldn’t they become Pokémon that are extremely good at fighting?

(End of this chapter)