Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

After finishing breakfast, Ange and the others were about to depart for the Paldea Great Crater.

As they were about to board the airship, Nasir suddenly called out to Ange.

"Your Highness, I have a gift for you."

"A gift?" Ange looked puzzled.

"That's right, that's right." Saying that, he beckoned Ange over.

Ange leaned in, and two Poké Balls were immediately stuffed into his arms.

Ange: "This is…"

Nasir said with a chuckle, "You'll know once you open them."

As soon as the two Lechonk came out of the Poké Balls, they lovingly snuggled together, and it was clear at a glance that they were a couple.

"For me?" Ange asked, dumbfounded.

"Yes, yes!" Nasir said, "My Lechonk have very sensitive noses and are very good at finding all kinds of rare ingredients in the wild. When you find good ingredients, you must treat me to a meal."

Ange: . . .

"You're giving them to me, did they agree to it themselves?"

Nasir: "They agreed. If you don't believe me, ask them yourself."

"Oink oink ~"

"Oink oink ~"

Sure enough, the two Lechonk nodded repeatedly.

Nasir: "See? I told them that following you would mean good food, and they agreed."

"Oink oink ~"

"Oink oink ~"

The two Lechonk nodded vigorously again.

"Alright."

Ange used the Observation Eye to look at the two Lechonk.

Lechonk

【Type】Normal

【Ability】Aroma Veil

【Gender】Male

【Level】39

【Moves】Tackle, Tail Whip, Echoed Voice, Charm, Mud Shot, Dig, Headbutt, Work Up, Yawn, Take Down, Uproar, Double-Edge, High Horsepower, Feast

【Individual Values】

HP: 30

Attack: 26

Defense: 21

Special Attack: 23

Special Defense: 11

Speed: 22

Lechonk

【Type】Normal

【Ability】Gluttony

【Gender】Female

【Level】39

【Moves】Tackle, Tail Whip, Echoed Voice, Charm, Mud Shot, Dig, Headbutt, Work Up, Yawn, Take Down, Uproar, Double-Edge, High Horsepower, Feast

【Individual Values】

HP: 31

Attack: 19

Defense: 18

Special Attack: 15

Special Defense: 29

Speed: 21

Ange was silent after reading it. The data of the two Lechonk were very good.

Nasir said, "You must take good care of my little darlings! They were all carefully nurtured by me."

"Oink oink ~ ~"

"Oink oink ~ ~"

The two Lechonk nodded as a matter of course. They were both darlings who needed to be carefully cared for!

"Really giving them to me?" Ange asked.

"Of course." Nasir nodded.

"Alright then." Ange looked at the two Lechonk and said, "Then please take care of me from now on!"

"Oink oink ~"

"Oink oink ~"

The two Lechonk nodded together.

After returning the two Lechonk to their Poké Balls, Ange said to Nasir, "It's almost time. I should board the ship. See you next time."

Nasir: "See you next time."

Ange waved goodbye to Nasir and boarded the airship.

The airship slowly took off and flew towards the Paldea Great Crater, arriving at its destination in less than an hour.

The place where the airship landed was called the Zero Gate.

The Paldea Great Crater is located in the very center of the Paldea region. Two hundred years ago, the exploration team that explored it called its bottom the Zero Area, and this name has been continued to this day.

The Paldea Great Crater is surrounded by steep cliffs, making it difficult to enter. Only the area in the direction of Cabo Poco is suitable for entry, so the League established an entrance and exit here. This entrance and exit is the "Zero Gate."

After the airship landed at the Zero Gate, the two professors led Ange, Raquel, and the Azoth Kingdom's research team down and showed the entry and exit permits to the guards at the Zero Gate, and then led Ange and the others into the Zero Area.

The professors introduced to Ange and the others that the Zero Area is generally spiraling deep into the ground, and the observation stations have already been established in the upper, middle, and lower layers.

However, according to the professors' surveys, there are parts of the Zero Area below the lower layer that they have not been able to enter.

And Ange knew that in the game, the Zero Area also had a bottom layer and the Great Zero Void, and in the game, the two professors eventually died in an accident at Observation Station No. 4 in the lower layer.

He just didn't know what the real Zero Area was like.

Under the leadership of the two professors, Ange and the others entered the upper layer of the Zero Area and headed towards Observation Station No. 1.

Observation Station No. 1 and Observation Station No. 2 were built in the upper layer of the Zero Area, Observation Station No. 3 was built in the middle layer, and Observation Station No. 4 was built in the lower layer.

As soon as he entered the upper layer of the Zero Area, Ange saw large swathes of lush green grass. There were many Pokémon active on the grass, including Raichu, Jumpluff, Rockruff, Meditite, Corviknight, Pawmi, and Masquerain, etc.

In addition, Ange also saw glittering crystals in the grass and by the river. Those were Tera Crystals condensed from the Tera Energy seeping out from the bottom of Paldea.

Soon Ange and the professors arrived at Observation Station No. 1. As soon as they arrived here, they led the research team to get busy, and even Raquel was no exception, leaving only Ange and Penny staring at each other.

Ange asked the two professors, "Professor, can I wander around?"

Professor Sada, who was busy, raised her head, "Of course, but don't go too far. The wild Pokémon here sometimes attack people."

Ange: "Got it, I'll be careful."

Professor Turo: "Ange, can you take care of Penny for me?"

Ange nodded, "Of course, professors, go ahead and get busy. Leave Penny to me, and leave Raquel to you."

The two professors smiled and gave Ange an OK gesture.

Ange looked at Penny and said, "Penny, let's go."

Penny nodded and followed Ange outside.

After arriving outside, Ange asked Penny, "Have you been here before?"

Penny nodded: "I've been here, occasionally."

"Then let's wander around and take a good look at the place where your parents work." Saying that, Ange also released the two Lechonk.

As soon as the two Lechonk came out, they sniffed the lush green grass. Ange and Penny followed the two Lechonk forward.

"Oink oink ~ ~"

After a while, the female Lechonk came back with a pile of mushrooms in her mouth and placed them at Ange's feet, and these mushrooms were all edible.

Picking up the mushrooms one by one, Ange patted Lechonk's head and praised, "Great job, I'll make something delicious for you later."

"Oink oink ~ ~" Delicious, I like it!

The female Lechonk happily ran away.

After a while, the male Lechonk came back with a few Starf Berries in his mouth, not forgetting to ask Ange for credit.

Ange quickly patted his head too, "Good job, good job."

“Ahem ~ ~”

So, the male Swirlix also scurried away.

Before long, Ange had a pile of materials in his hands.

Indeed, just as Nasir had said, these two Swirlix were simply geniuses at finding ingredients in the wild.

Looking at the pile of ingredients in Ange's hands, Peipei asked curiously, "Are these all edible?"

"Yes! Why, are you interested?" Ange asked with a smile. He remembered that Peipei in the game was very good at cooking.

Peipei hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

"I'll teach you."

Ange introduced the materials in his hands to Peipei one by one, and Peipei listened with great interest.

As they walked, they suddenly saw two Swirlix squatting by the river, heads together, whispering to each other, not knowing what they were doing.

Ange led Peipei over there, only to see the two Swirlix putting their tails in the river, wiggling their butts, with a faint, inexplicable fragrance emanating from them.

"Squeak!!!!!"

Suddenly, the male Swirlix screamed, quickly pulling its tail out of the water, only to see a Light Body Cod biting its tail and being brought out of the water.

The male Swirlix kept shaking its tail, and the Light Body Cod fell back into the river with a splash. At the same time, a piece of snow-white fish fell at Ange's feet.

Seeing this, the male Swirlix immediately ran to Ange to take credit.

"Squeak~ Squeak~"

Ange stared blankly at the Swirlix, then at the fish on the ground.

What a unique way to fish!

Light Body Cod, the Shed Pokémon, Water and Psychic type, possesses a powerful regenerative ability and sheds unnecessary flesh to hone itself, hence its name.

And the flesh shed by the Light Body Cod is said to be extremely delicious.

So, what fell at Ange's feet just now was the Light Body Cod's shed flesh.

It was the first time Ange had seen Light Body Cod meat.

Ange looked at the Swirlix and asked, "Are you fishing with your tails?"

"Squeak squeak~" Yes, yes!

"Squeak squeak~" We, smart!

The two Swirlix nodded together, their faces full of pride.

"Squeak!!!!"

At this moment, the female Swirlix also screamed suddenly, only to see another Light Body Cod biting its tail and being pulled up.

Splash ~ Splash ~

The Light Body Cod shook its body and quickly broke free from the female Swirlix's tail, while another piece of fish fell at Ange's feet.

Ange bent down, picked up the fish, and sniffed it. To his surprise, the Light Body Cod's meat didn't have the slightest fishy smell, but instead had a faint fragrance.

It really is a top-quality ingredient!

"It seems we're in for a treat today," Ange said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed a prompt from the system, so he opened the system and saw several new tasks in the system taskbar.

Needless to say, Diancie must have accepted them on his behalf.

The new tasks are as follows:

[Ingredient Collection Task] Capture at least 10 Light Body Cod - Pending Completion.

[Seasoning Collection Task 1] Capture at least 1 Mini-Fau, Olivenue, or Oliva - Pending Completion.

[Seasoning Collection Task 2] Capture at least one Salt Stone Treasure, Salt Stone Fortress, or Salt Stone Colossus - Pending Completion.

[Seasoning Collection Task 3] Capture at least one Herba Mystica or Spicy Pepper - Pending Completion.

The prerequisite tasks for these tasks are the tasks that Ange accepted at the invitation of the two doctors earlier.

Moreover, these tasks are only transitional tasks. After they are completed, there will be an ultimate task.

It was the first time Ange had received so many tasks at once, but he was very happy because more tasks meant more rewards.

Let's do it!

After thinking for a while, Ange said to the two Swirlix, "I want to capture some Light Body Cod. Can you help me?"

"Squeak~~"

"Squeak~~"

The two Swirlix, of course, agreed without hesitation.

So, Ange began to assign tasks to the Pokémon.

"Swirlix, you are responsible for using your tails to fish up the Light Body Cod."

"Squeak~~"

"Squeak~~"

The two Swirlix nodded, indicating that they understood.

"Komala, when the Light Body Cod are fished up, please help defeat them."

Upon hearing this, Komala rolled off Ange with a thud and swayed on the grass.

Obviously, it agreed.

Ange couldn't help but urge, "Komala, be gentle later, or the Light Body Cod won't be able to withstand it."

Ange vaguely felt that his Komala was a big shot.

"Alright, let's start then," Ange said.

"Squeak~"

"Squeak~"

The two Swirlix responded and inserted their tails into the water at the same time. As before, they wiggled their butts. They were releasing fragrance into the water through their tails to attract the Light Body Cod.

Especially the male Swirlix's fragrance, when mixed into the water, was too lethal to female Pokémon.

"Squeak~~"

Sure enough, not long after putting it down, the male Swirlix reacted. It vigorously flicked its tail upwards, and a Pokémon with a reddish body was thrown into the air.

Splash ~

The Pokémon fell on the grass, flapped twice, and then there was no reaction.

Ange: . . .

Peipei: . . .

It turned out to be a Magikarp! And a female one.

The gender of Magikarp is also different in appearance. The whiskers of male Magikarp are yellow, while the whiskers of female Magikarp are white.

"Oh~~"

Ange sighed, picked up the Magikarp, and put it back into the water.

"Squeak~~"

This time it was the female Swirlix's turn.

Ange said with anticipation, "Is it coming? Is it coming?"

"Squeak~~"

The female Swirlix called out loudly, and then vigorously flicked its tail, only to see a pink Pokémon being thrown up.

Glug glug ~ ~ ~

After landing, the Pokémon rolled several times on the grass before slowly getting up.

? ? ? "Yadon?"

The pink Pokémon tilted its head and looked at Ange and his party, its eyes dull and lifeless.

Ange said with a wry smile, "It turned out to be a Slowpoke!"

Saying that, he picked up the Slowpoke and put it back into the water. The Slowpoke wagged its tail and slowly sank into the water and disappeared.

It is said that Slowpoke's tail is also delicious! Ange couldn't help but think.

Ange had just put the Slowpoke back into the water when the male Swirlix reacted again.

"Squeak~"

As it vigorously flicked its tail, a Light Body Cod was finally thrown into the air. Before it could fall, a piece of fish automatically fell on the shore.

Ignoring the fish, Ange shouted loudly to Komala, "Komala, I choose you!"

Upon hearing this, Komala jumped high and slapped the Light Body Cod, using the Knock Off skill. It followed Ange's instructions, neither daring to use too powerful a skill nor daring to use too much force.

The Light Body Cod couldn't resist at all and was directly knocked unconscious, falling on the grass.