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Chapter 639 Another year

"One, one, one!"

As soon as they returned to the ranch, the baby bear happily ordered food from Naoki. He wanted honey bread, honey gummies, and honey drinks!

"Okay, I'll do it for you." Naoki was also very happy. He turned to look at the Pokémon next to him and asked, "Mew, Victini, Zapdos, Hoopa, what about you?"

Menghuan immediately thought of the sweet energy cube, "miu!"

"Nini~" Victini wanted to eat cookies.

The lightning bird said with a defiant look on its face: "Chirp!"

Hoopa looked impatient: "Hoopa wants donuts!"

"Okay, no problem. I'll make it for you right away." Naoki touched the heads of a few Pokémon, then turned around and went back to the kitchen to make snacks for them.

The honey gummy honey buns that Baby Bear wants to eat, the energy cubes that Mew wants to eat, and the cookies that Victini likes are all snacks he has made before, so they are not a problem for Naoki.

As for the donuts that Hoopa wanted to eat, he had never made them.

But now is the Internet age. Although Naoki didn't know the production method, he could see the process of making donuts through the Rotom phone in less than a minute.

Knead the dough, ferment it, and then fry it in a pan...

It's fairly simple.

Naoki memorized the production steps in his mind, and then began to prepare the ingredients needed for these snacks.

At the same time, in the ranch, the expedition team of heroes who had not returned for a long time looked at everything around them that was strange yet familiar with curiosity.

The environment is unfamiliar to them, but the Pokémon living on this grass are very familiar to them.

Pokémon that are more familiar to Baby Bear, such as Frostmilk and Ursa Major, saw the hero's expedition team returning and ran over to greet them.

"Bonnie~"

"One!"

Hoopa looked at all the Pokémon around him and seemed very excited. "It's so lively here!"

Baby Bear nodded in agreement: "Yeah!" That's right! Everyone here is a good friend playing together!
"Hoopa likes it here!" Hoopa danced happily.

For a moment, the whole ranch was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Since this was Hoopa's first time here, Dreamy and Baby Bear acted as its tour guides and took it to visit where everyone lived.

The farmland cultivated by Naoki, the place where Babu and the hens live, the Pappas by the pond, the pasture with flocks of braided sheep, and the garden where Bud Crown King drinks tea and basks in the sun.

After walking around, Hoopa seemed even more excited.

"Hoopa is so happy!"

Suddenly, Hoopa saw three "big guys" on the grass not far ahead.

Next to them stood a tiny human cub.

"Who's that?" Hoopa asked as he flew forward curiously and circled around the small tree.

Mew, Baby Bear, and Victini also followed. They surrounded the strange human cub, and suddenly an incredible idea came into their minds.

Could this child be...!
But how come she grows so fast?
The baby bear clearly remembered that when they set out from the pasture to travel, Xiaoshu was so small that he couldn't even speak and slept soundly in his crib all day.

And now, the little trees can actually walk!

"What's wrong?" Seeing that his friends were silent, Hu Pa asked in confusion.

The baby bear finally came to her senses: "Ichimo!" (She is Naoki's baby, named Xiaoshu!)

"miu..." Menghuan had rarely come into contact with humans before. Now it saw with its own eyes how much the little tree had changed, and it took it a long time to come back to its senses.

Compared to Mew, Victini knows much more.

It used to live with the old king in the "Sword of the Earth" castle and had seen many humans from birth to old age.

"Shulet..." Hoopa murmured the name again, and then happily flew to Shulet and introduced himself to her: "Shulet, I'm Hoopa, Hoopa!"

Xiaoshu looked at the Pokémon in front of him, then stretched out his little hand and hugged it: "Huba!"

"It's Hoopa!" Hoopa corrected.

"Hu Ba!" The little tree was still very persistent.

Hoopa was helpless. Well, let Hoopa be Hoopa...

Since this is the first time they meet, it wants to give the little tree a gift!
Thinking of this, Hoopa's figure flashed, and there was a bang. In a puff of smoke, its appearance changed drastically. It changed from a small Hoopa to a big Hoopa with six thick arms, a big tail, and a fierce face.

Then, a halo flew out from Hoopa's arm, and Hoopa reached his hand into it and began to explore: "Hoopa laolao--!"

But before it could finish its words, it suddenly heard a loud crying sound.

Hoopa was stunned for a moment, and when he looked down, he saw Xiaoshu crying and hiding among the three majestic Pokémon behind him.

The three sacred beasts cast disapproving glances at Hoopa.

Hoopa scratched his head in confusion.

What happened? Why did the little tree suddenly cry?

Menghuan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh: "miu!"

Baby Bear explained: "Yimo!" (She was scared by you!)
Hearing this, Hoopa understood immediately.

It decisively changed back into Little Hupa's form and summoned the halo again.

The next second, donuts and candies fell from the sky like a candy rain, forming a small hill on the grass.

As expected, Xiaoshu's attention was attracted by this scene. She seemed to know that this Pokémon had no ill intentions towards her, so she was no longer afraid. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the hill made up of candy and donuts.

Hoopa suddenly poked his head out from behind the hill. He grinned and said, "Hehe, this is the gift from Hoopa to you!"

Xiaoshu was amused and started giggling. She clapped her hands while laughing.

Seeing this scene, the three sacred beasts looked at each other and immediately breathed a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

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Because the dough took too long to rise, Naoki's donuts were not ready until the afternoon.

When the donuts came out of the frying pan, its information suddenly emerged in Naoki's mind.

【Donuts (B+): Donuts made with flour, eggs and fresh moo moo milk.

Cooking effect: Sweet Honey level 2, greatly increases the friendliness of Pokémon that likes sweets, making it easier for them to get close to you.

Rating: A favorite for sweet lovers! 】

"Sweet honey..." Naoki read out the name. Although the effect was not very significant, it was at least better than nothing!
Naoki brought the still steaming donuts to Hoopa who was already waiting on the sofa.

Even though Hoopa had eaten a lot of donuts in the morning, he still enjoyed his meal.

Donuts, delicious donuts, you can never get enough of them!
Hoopa also discovered one thing: the donuts made by Naoki seemed to be particularly sweet. Eating them made him feel the taste of happiness!

Hoopa was having a particularly good time eating there, while Naoki began to discuss this year's New Year's arrangements with Qishu.

It is now December 12th. In another 20 days, it will be the 10th year of the League Calendar, which is also the seventh year that Naoki has come to this world.

Before he knew it, he had started his own family, had his own children, and lived a happy life.

How should we celebrate the Chinese New Year this year? Qishu gave some suggestions on this issue.

"Just celebrate it at home! Hehe, actually, as long as we are all together, it doesn't matter where we celebrate the New Year!"

Naoki agreed with this: "That's right."

In that case, let's just live our normal life like before.

On the last day of December in the year 203 of the Alliance Calendar, Naoki went to Ohana Town to buy some fireworks and New Year's goods.

In the evening, the family and the Pokémon had a New Year’s Eve dinner and set off fireworks on the ranch.

With the ringing of the midnight bell, the year 203 officially came to an end, and following closely was the brand new year 204.

After the New Year, the snow begins to melt and all things begin to revive in the spring sunshine.

As the temperature in various places gradually warmed up, the family officially decided to move back to the Padiya area.

With Hoopa around, the move was very convenient. It transformed into Liberated Hoopa, and the six halos on its body flew out and landed at the same time, forming a series of portals connecting to the Padiya area.

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Mount goats, braided sheep, big milk pots, and ghost horses lined up and walked through the portal.

Soon, only Naoki's family of three and Guldun and the others were left at Alola Ranch.

"Naoki, are you going back now?" Hoopa looked over and asked.

Naoki shook his head: "I still have something to do."

"Then Hoopa is waiting for you here!" Hoopa put away the halo.

Naoki rode the Gulden to the place where he used to fish.

He shouted for a while, and soon the sea lion swam ashore.

"Ball Sea Lion, we are leaving. Do you want to go with us?" Naoki asked.

"Qiuqiu?" Qiuqiu sea lion looked over in confusion.

Naoki smiled and explained, "We came here for vacation. Now that winter is over, we have to go home. We may not have the opportunity to come here to fish again. I thought that if that happens, I might never see you again, so I wanted to come and ask you if you want to go back with us."

What he said was not wrong. Although they would come to the Alola region for vacation in the future, wild Pokémon might not always live in the same place.

During this period, it is possible that the sea lions left the coast and ran to other places. In that case, it would be difficult for them to meet again.

The Qiuqiu sea lion understood and blinked as if it was thinking seriously.

Naoki was not in a hurry and waited patiently for the answer from the Ball Sea Lion.

After a long while, the sea lion finally gave the answer.

"Ball!"

During this time together, it quite liked this human. He didn't get angry even though it ate so much of the other person's bait. Not only that, he also brought it a lot of delicious food.

However, it seems that there is still one commission that has not been completed.

"Qiuqiu..."

It is a thankless person who takes advantage of others, and it is also a thankless person who eats other people's food. It has been helping to find the trace of the Pokémon named Kyogre during this period of time.

It’s a pity that so much time has passed and there is still no news.

Naoki was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm just curious about that Pokémon, I don't have to find it."

If that little Kyogre really came to the Alola region from another world through the Ultra Hole, it might not have appeared at this time.

The Qiuqiu sea lion suddenly realized: "Qiuqiu!" So that's it!
Naoki smiled, then extended his hand and invited: "Now, can you go back with us?"

"Ball!"

The ball-shaped sea lion jumped up happily.

"Gulden, let's go!"

The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and Naoki rides on Gulden and returns to the ranch.

"Hoopa, please!" Naoki said.

"Leave it to Hoopa!" As Hoopa finished speaking, a fan of light spread out in front of Naoki.

Before going in, Naoki looked at the Pokémon of the Great Hero Expedition Team and asked, "Are you going to stay here?"

"miu!" Huanhuan nodded her little head.

That's right! They found that this place called Alola Region is quite large, so they decided to start their journey from there!
"Okay." Naoki nodded with a smile: "In that case, I wish you a pleasant journey!"

"miu~"

"Goodbye, Hoopa, Baby Bear, Mew, and Zapdos!" Naoki waved to them, and then passed through the halo with Gulton and the others.

The next second, they crossed countless spaces and returned to Tree's home.

Looking at the familiar scenes around him, Naoki couldn't help but take a deep breath.

finally come back!
After being away from home for three months, the ranch looked a bit messy. Next, they had to tidy it up!
The group divided the work among them. Entei, Leigong and Suijun were responsible for taking care of the little tree, Qishu and Ai Guanshi were responsible for cleaning the house, and Naoki took Gulton and Motor Lizard to work on the ranch.

After a winter, the grass on the lawn grew messy, so Naoki took a lawn mower and trimmed the lawn to make it clean and smooth.

There were many fallen leaves on the ground. When Dragonite used Storm, the leaves flew all over the sky.

"Gaao!" The motorcycle lizard opened its eyes wide.

Gu Leton also glared at Dragonite.

Dragonite scratched its head in embarrassment. It just wanted to help blow the leaves together with the storm wind! As a result, it accidentally failed to control its power and used too much force.

It quickly ran forward and picked up the leaves with its claws.

"Ah geez..."

Gu Leton and Motor Lizard looked at each other helplessly, then stepped forward to help.

The orchards and apple orchards also had a lot of ripe fruits that had dropped. After a winter, these fruits had begun to rot and looked dirty.

Naoki put on gloves and kept moving around the orchard, picking up the fruits on the ground and throwing them away.

It has been a long time since anyone has lived there. Perhaps because it has lost its popularity, the Chicken Coop and the Pokémon House where Miltank lives are both looking a bit dilapidated.

I don’t know if it was damaged by wild Pokémon, but there was a hole in the roof of the chicken coop.

Naoki got a ladder and a wooden board, climbed up and repaired the places that might leak.

Naoki took another walk around the ranch and checked the damage to the fence. Then he found tools and repaired the fence.

By the time all the work was completed, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

After an afternoon of hard work, the entire ranch looked brand new.

Naoki looked at everything in front of him and the Pokémon playing in the pasture with satisfaction, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Well, now it finally feels like home again!"

(End of this chapter)