Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 600: Changes of Time
On January 203, 1 of the Alliance Calendar, with the arrival of spring, the temperature in the northwest of Padia began to gradually warm up.

People took off their thick winter clothes, put on light outerwear, and started a new journey by strolling through the mountains and forests with Pokémon.

The heroic expedition team consisting of Mew, Zapdos, Baby Bear, and Victini also officially set off. This time, their destination is the Kalos region.

As Qishu's body recovered, she began to take on the role of the gym leader of the Niangguang Gym again.

Naoki stayed on the ranch, continuing to do his job and taking care of the children.

However, with the professionally trained siblings around to serve him, he doesn't need to worry too much.

In addition, Xiaoshu sleeps twenty hours out of twenty-four hours a day, so to Naoki, everything seems to be the same as before.

The three sacred beasts follow the instructions of Ho-Oh and take care of the future Rainbow Hero. With them and other Pokémon such as Babutu, Dragonite, etc., Naoki doesn't have to worry about Xiaoshu being in danger.

In recent times, he had heard a lot about the great changes in Ziqin Town. Therefore, after finishing his work on the ranch, Naoki took Gulden into the city and strolled through the streets and alleys of Ziqin Town.

In the new year, a lot of changes have taken place in Ziqin Town.

There are many construction sites under construction in the town. Workers wearing yellow safety helmets and Pokémon such as Super Strength and Construction Master are hammering and pounding on the construction sites, constructing new high-rise buildings.

Continuing forward, Naoki arrived at the place where the Ziqin Market was located.

The original Ziqin Market was like a vegetable market with a greenhouse. Now the greenhouses surrounding the market have been renovated and rebuilt, and the scale has expanded many times, and it has become a very powerful supermarket.

Their town was developing rapidly. Naoki stopped to watch for a while, then continued to stroll forward.

He passed by many places and finally came to the seaside of Ziqin Town unknowingly, and saw the port terminal under construction that Keli mentioned.

Workers used cranes to move construction materials into the sea for the construction of the lighthouse, and several ships were docked not far from the coast.

Although the port is under construction, Naoki can already foresee that in the near future, ferries carrying goods from all over the world will dock at this port and then transport them to the Ziqin Market for sale.

The town of Ziqin, where commerce, agriculture and animal husbandry are very developed, will surely become an important economic center in the Padia region.

Naoki was full of emotion, but there was one good thing. When the time comes, it won't be so troublesome for them to go to other areas. They can just take a cruise ship at the port here.

After visiting the changes in the town, Naoki rode the Gulden back to the ranch.

He first went to the room to take a look at Xiaoshu, and saw that she was sleeping soundly with the burning bug. He did not disturb them, but walked out of the room quietly and closed the door.

There were not many Pokémon in the living room. Dragonite was out delivering goods, Bubblehead took Meltan to work in the chicken coop, and Frosty the Frog also went to play on the grass outside.

Naoki originally wanted to check on Sylph Eevee's special training, but at this moment, a video call came in.

It's Dr. Olin!
Naoki pressed the answer button, and Dr. Olin's face appeared on the screen.

There was still a smile on her heroic face: "Long time no see, Naoki! I'm sorry, I was busy doing research some time ago and was unable to send you my blessings in time."

"It's okay, Doctor." Naoki shook his head indifferently.

Dr. Olin smiled softly, and then asked, "How is your child? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It's a girl. She just turned one month old and is sleeping in bed now!" Naoki replied.

"That's great! Congratulations! From now on, you will be a parent just like us," said Dr. Olin with a smile.

Naoki also has his own child, and their research has made new progress. Dr. Olin feels that everything is moving in a good direction.

Perhaps the smile on Naoki's face reminded her of the time when she gave birth to Piper, and Dr. Olin was filled with emotion.

Then she thought about how she and her husband had been obsessed with experiments over the years and had not been with their child to help him grow up, and Dr. Olin felt very guilty.

"I wonder how Papa is doing now." Dr. Olin couldn't help but say.

"Huh? Doctor, hasn't you contacted Pepper recently?" Naoki was a little surprised.

Speaking of this, Dr. Olin felt very distressed again: "Since the child grew up, he has become more and more independent. Now he hardly takes the initiative to contact us. I can only ask the principal of the college for his recent news."

Naoki: "..."

If you calculate his age carefully, Papa is already thirteen or fourteen years old, in the middle of puberty. Coupled with family reasons, he is likely to become autistic.

If this continues, Papa will most likely become the taciturn, withdrawn and sensitive Papa in the game again.

The reason for all this is that Papa has been lacking love for a long time.

"I'll help contact Papa and invite him to visit the ranch later." Naoki said. All he could do was cook a meal for Papa.

"Thank you very much." Dr. Olin thanked him. In fact, she and Futu were very grateful to Naoki.

Because Naoki has taken good care of Piper over the years.

"Well, once the research on Paradox Pokémon is finished, Futu and I will leave Area 0 and return to the ground. Then, we will go to the ranch to visit you with Piper!" Dr. Olin sighed and said.

Naoki Shinko said it would be too late by then, because by then, Pepper's personality had already been formed and it would be difficult to change.

But for Dr. Olin, it was impossible for her to abandon the experiments in the Padilla Crater and return to land.

Thinking of this, Naoki didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Huh, let's not talk about this topic anymore. What about Gulden? Is Gulden okay?" Dr. Olin asked again.

"Gulden!" Naoki shouted, and soon, Gulden ran in from outside and put his big head close to the screen.

"Ah gah?"

"So energetic!" Dr. Olin smiled. "Every time I see Gulden living with you, I feel motivated to do research. Maybe one day, Pokémon from the past and the future will be able to live among us just like the Pokémon of today."

After hanging up the phone, Naoki thought for a moment, took out his Rotom phone and invited Papa to visit the ranch.

[King Wing: Hello Papa, how are you doing recently? Do you want to come to the ranch to play for a day? ]

Padia Academy, Orange Academy, Piper heard the sound of Rotom's phone and picked up the phone to take a look.

[Papa: I'm very sorry, Mr. Naoki, but I have something else to do at the academy and I can't leave.]

At first, Pepper was reluctant to come because he didn't want to disturb Mr. Naoki's life.

But soon, he received another message.

[King Yi: Huh? My child is born. I wanted to invite you to come and see her...]

When Piper saw the message, she was stunned.

Mr. Naoki's child was born?

Then why doesn't he go and take a look? Isn't that a bit bad...

Piper pondered for a moment and finally decided to go over and visit Mr. Naoki.

[Paper: Congratulations, Mr. Naoki. I think I'll have time tomorrow, and I'll come visit you then!] [Wing King: Do you want Dragonite to pick you up?]

How could Papa have the nerve to trouble others? He quickly replied: [No, no, there is a flying taxi called Angry Parrot that goes directly to Ziqin Town in Zhuotai City. I can just take it!]

[King Yi: Then I will wait for you at the ranch! ]

After the call ended, Piper breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, a lively voice came from behind.

"Papa, let's have a Pokémon battle!"

Hearing the voice coming, Piper turned around and saw Nimo in the academy uniform looking at him with fighting spirit.

Nemo just entered school this year. The two met at Naoki Ranch when they were young. She recognized Papper at first sight, so she rushed over to challenge him. After a few interactions, the two became friends.

It's just that Piper doesn't really like Pokémon battles. He shook his head and said, "Forget it this time. I'm going to visit Mr. Naoki tomorrow. His child is born."

When Nimo heard this, she immediately became excited: "Mr. Naoki's baby is born?! I want to go too!"

She wants to go see Mr. Naoki's child, and then have an exciting Pokémon battle with Mr. Naoki!

It’s exciting just to think about it!
Piper: “…”

"You have to ask Mr. Naoki about this matter." Piper said.

When Naoki heard that Nemo was going to visit the ranch with Papa, he was naturally very welcoming. He immediately responded and said that he would prepare delicious food to entertain them.

"Yeah!" Nemo celebrated immediately.

Piper: “…”

So the next morning, the two of them took the Angry Parrot Flying Taxi from Zhuotai City to Ziqin Town.

Nimo didn't have the airs of a young lady at all. She kept chattering along the way. She hadn't decided which trial she wanted to challenge yet.

Papa occasionally replied, but didn't say much most of the time.

The Angry Parrot Flying Taxi soared all the way and finally arrived at the taxi station in Ziqin Town at nine o'clock in the morning.

The two got out of the car and headed straight for Naoki Ranch.

When they arrived at their destination, Naoki was loading the fruits he had picked from the fruit trees into the back of his pickup truck.

When she saw Naoki, Neemo immediately opened her eyes wide and shouted excitedly, "Mr. Naoki, let's have a Pokémon battle!"

"As soon as I heard the voice, I knew it was you, Nemo." Naoki looked at the two of them with a smile, and then said, "Wait for me to move all the fruits to the car!"

A dessert shop in Ziqin Town ordered a batch of berries from him yesterday to make energy cubes, so Naoki had to deliver them to the customers before noon.

Hearing this, Nimo immediately raised her hands: "Then I will come and help too!"

Naoki wanted to say that the berries were very heavy, but before he could say anything, he saw Nemo hurriedly carrying a box of berries and running to the car.

Naoki, Piper: "..."

She doesn't look like a rich lady at all!

"Let me help too!" said Papa.

With the help of the two, the carriage was quickly filled.

Sister Aishwarya was taking care of Xiaoshu, and brother Aishwarya was doing housework, so Naoki asked Guerton to bring two bottles of drinks to quench the thirst of Pepper and Nemo.

"You guys take a rest in the ranch first. I'll deliver this truckload of berries to town and I'll be back soon."

"Okay!" Nimo responded.

"Papa, you can have fun here without worry!" Naoki smiled, then took Gulden into the car, started the car and headed for Ziqin Town.

It took Naoki nearly forty minutes to deliver all the goods.

When he returned to the ranch, Piper and Nimo were watching the Ursa Majors playing hide-and-seek.

"Have you seen the baby?" Naoki got out of the car and asked from a distance.

The two turned around after hearing the noise, and Nimo nodded vigorously: "Yeah! She's already asleep! The baby is so cute! Does she have a name?"

"Yes, her name is Xiaoshu." Naoki nodded with a smile.

"Little Tree... Little Tree..." Nimo repeated twice: "What a cute name, Mr. Naoki. When Little Tree grows up, let her fight with me!"

"Of course." Naoki thought to himself that this was very Nemo.

"Well now, I want to challenge you!" Nemo took out a Poké Ball.

Five minutes later, Nemo's Ankylosaur fell to the ground at the hands of the Motorcycle Lizard's dragon claw.

"So strong! As expected of Mr. Naoki!" Nemo was very excited.

Naoki smiled and invited, "Let's go to the living room and take a rest!"

The three of them returned to the living room, and the elder brother, Ai Guanshi, poured two cups of black tea for the two guests.

Seeing Nemo and Piper coming together, Naoki was very curious: "Has Nemo started school too?"

"That's right!" Nemo nodded: "Hey, I met Papa on my first day at school!"

"Niemo wanted to have a Pokémon battle with me as soon as we met, which scared me and Godfather Mastiff," Piper recalled.

Naoki was a little surprised to hear this, as he remembered that Nemo and Piper didn't know each other at the beginning of the game.

Is it because of him that the two of them got to know each other and became friends earlier?
As a result, the only ones left in the Red and Purple Quartet are Mudan and the game's protagonist, Xiaoqing or Xiaochun.

Naoki remembered that when the story in the game took place, Nemo had already become the champion. At that time, she was about fifteen years old.

And now Nimo has just entered school and has not yet become a champion.

"So, there are only about five years left before the game's plot takes place?" Naoki pondered silently in his heart.

He once implicitly warned Dr. Olin of the disaster that would happen in the future. It is unknown whether the fate of the two doctors will change because of his appearance.

If that changes, all will be well and Piper won't lose his parents.

But if nothing changes, it means that Dr. Olin and Dr. Fortu will still lose their lives in the Padilla Pit, and Zhu Zi's story will be staged again.

(End of this chapter)