Not a Trainer This Time

 Chapter 463 The Arrival of Xiaozhi

 “One!”

 “miu!”

 Meng Meng and Baby Bear, who had returned home from afar, happily flew to Naoki's side.

Zhishu smiled and touched their heads, then looked at the four people in front of him.

 Meng Meng and Baby Bear turned around and looked at Xiaozhi and others together with Naoki.

At this moment, Xiaozhi and the other four have been completely attracted by the scene in the pasture.

 Because there are a lot of Pokémon here that they have never seen before!

 A few days ago, they were traveling around the Hoenn region to collect gym badges.

Because they heard the news that the Thousand-Year Comet was coming, in order to witness the grand event that could only be seen once in a thousand years, they went to the Pokémon Park to prepare to see the Thousand-Year Comet there.

However, they did not encounter the Millennium Comet, but they encountered three Pokémon who called themselves the Hero Expedition Team.

At that time, Butler had just handed over the Sleeping Cocoon to them, and this group of Pokémon rushed there.

After a battle, they learned the truth about everything and Butler's evil plan from the baby bear, and helped them.

　　When everything was over, Dream told them that they had a way to change Jirachi's pitiful fate of sleeping for thousands of years, so they followed together, crossed the sea, and came to this remote place.

 Among the four of them, only Xiaogang tried hard to stay calm.

 He looked at the man in front of him with his narrowed eyes and asked aloud:

“This gentleman should be the trainer of the Heroes Expedition Team, right?”

Xiaoyao looked at the heroes expedition team aside.

 The legendary Lightning Bird and Mew, as well as the mysterious baby bear...

She couldn't help but murmured: "This is really incredible!"

Zhi Shu smiled slightly: "Hello, I am Zhi Shu, the owner of this ranch."

  Ash Zhi turned his attention away from the Pokémon around him, and then introduced himself:

“Hello, I am Xiaozhi from Zhenxin Town!”

 “I am Xiaogang.”

 “My name is Xiaoyao, and this is my brother Xiaosheng!”

Zhi Shu nodded. He didn't speak because there were more important things to do at the moment.

 Invited by the Heroes Expedition to come to the ranch, it was not only Xiaozhi and the others, but also an Absol and a Jirachi.

Zhi Shu’s eyes turned to Jirachi who was hiding on Absol’s back with a face full of ignorance and innocence.

"Come with me!"

 He said to the people in front of him.

 The group walked through the pasture and entered the living room.

 Seeing guests coming, my sister, Ai Guan, prepared tea and snacks for them.

"excuse me!"

  In the living room.

 Xiaozhi, Xiaogang and the others watched with curiosity as their sister, Ai Guanwei, brought several cups of tea in front of them.

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but take out his Rotom phone and scanned his sister Ai Guanshi.

　　【Avatar, a female, affectionate Pokémon, serves people and Pokémon attentively in order to collect gratitude. The female Avatar is very good at taking care of children! 】

Rotom’s electronic sound came from the mobile phone.

Both Xiaozhi and Xiaogang were very surprised.

 “Avatar…what a magical Pokémon!” Xiaozhi couldn’t help but say.

Naoki smiled slightly: "Yes, Tusseur is a very reliable Pokémon."

Xiao Zhi pointed the Rotom phone at Gulton next to him.

  However, I got the information "Unable to find relevant information, it is a Pokémon that has not been discovered".

 Xiao Zhi immediately opened his eyes wide and looked at Gu Ledun with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Xiao Zhi, now is not the time to care about such things!"

 Xiaoyao complained speechlessly.

Xiao Zhi came back to his senses and smiled sheepishly: "I'm so excited to see so many Pokémon I've never seen before!"

Seeing Xiaozhi like this, Zhi Shu smiled.

Xiaogang on the side brought the topic to business. He looked at this mysterious man and asked calmly:

“Mr. Naoki, is there any way you can help Jirachi?”

"Yes, that's why I commissioned the Hero Expedition to find Jirachi." Naoki said.

 He looked at Jirachi who was following Mew, looking at the people around him with curiosity.

 The eyes of one person and one Pokémon happened to be looking at each other.

Jirachi's eyes and temperament were as innocent as a child's.

 The dream next to it shouted at it: "miu~" (He is Naoki, he is a very good person~)

 “Naoki?”

 The next second, Jirachi's childish voice rang out from everyone's ears.

 “That’s right, I’m Naoki.”

Naoki looked at this cute Pokémon, and then introduced it to Xiaozhi and others:

“The ecological habits of Pokémon like Jirachi are like this. They sleep for a thousand years, but can only wake up for seven days. Because they only wake up once every thousand years, their personalities and minds grow like children.”

 “It’s so pitiful...” Xiaoyao couldn’t bear to say.

 Xiao Sheng looked up at Jiraqi floating in the air, and then implored: "Mr. Naoki, please help Jiraqi!"

 “Don’t worry, just leave it to me!”

 Zhi Shu turned around, took out the special leaf green dumpling from the kitchen, and then walked to Jirachi.

"This is a dish I made using secret techniques and special ingredients. If you eat it, Jirachi will never have to sleep again."

 “Cooking?”

Jirachi tilted his head and looked at the Qingtuan in front of him blankly.

"That's right." Naoki nodded and asked softly: "Does Jirachi want to be like Absol and the others, waking up every morning, playing with friends, waiting until the sun goes down, and then sleeping together together?"

"You no longer have to sleep for so long at once, and you don't have to worry about opening your eyes and finding that all your familiar friends have disappeared. You can wake up when the sun rises like the ordinary Pokémon in this world. "

These words touched Jirachi's heart.

Its eyes flickered slightly, thinking of the Pokémon friends it made when it woke up last time.

 Its tone is full of expectations for that kind of life: "Is it really possible?"

 “Of course.” Zhi Shu said.

Jirachi looked back at Mew and Baby Bear, and then at Xiaozhi, Xiaosheng and the others.

Although they only got along with each other for a short day, Jirachi has already become friends with them.

Looking at everyone's encouraging eyes, Jirachi nodded vigorously, and then ate the leaf green dumpling.

 The next second, a rich light burst out from Jirachi.

 When the light dissipated, it seemed that something had been changed unconsciously.

Jirachi looked down at his body blankly.

 “Is this all right?”

"Well, that's right." Naoki smiled and said, "This way you don't have to sleep like before."

 Hearing this, Jirachi's eyes suddenly lit up.

 Meng Meng on the side also happily flew over to celebrate it.

 “miu!”

 The two Pokémon were flying around the room happily.

 Xiao Zhi and others looked at this scene and felt relieved.

"Very good."

“But having said that, was the food Jirachi ate just now made by Mr. Naoki?” Xiaozhi couldn’t help but ask.

"Well, that's right." Naoki explained with a smile: "That's my special ability. You can think of it as the same type of ability as a superpower."

 “Super powers?” Xiaogang immediately became energetic and asked with a surprised look on his face: “Like those humans who have super powers?”

As far as he knows, Miss Naz, the gym leader in the Kanto area, has super powers.

 And Xiaozhi also recalled his experience of challenging the Golden Gym.

“It seems that you have seen humans with superpowers before.” Naoki said with a smile.

Xiao Gang nodded. Just as he was about to say something, a burst of Pokémon's exclamations suddenly came from outside the door.

 Everyone’s attention was instantly attracted by the sound.

"What happened?" Xiaozhi asked puzzledly: "Is it the Pokémon in Mr. Naoki's ranch that are fighting?"

 Zhi Shu knew that sound very well.

Everyone went out to check, and sure enough, as Naoki expected, the violent hyperactive ape was jumping up and down in the pasture.

And the green onion duck was chasing it crazily behind with the green onions on its back.

Zhi Shu looked in the direction of the green onion garden, and sure enough he saw that the green onions there had been destroyed by the hyperactive apes again.

“It’s a hyperkinetic ape!” Xiaoyao recognized the Pokémon at a glance.

 Her father Qianli kept several hyperactive apes in his gym.

“That green onion duck is chasing it!” Xiaozhi’s eyes followed the figure of the hyperape and the green onion duck, and asked: “Mr. Naoki, what on earth is going on?”

 Naoki: “…”

He sighed helplessly and explained: "That hyperactive ape used to be a lazy otter that I took in. It used to sleep in the tree orchard, but in recent days it suddenly evolved into a hyperactive ape. , and started making a fuss everywhere."

“Yes, Pokémon such as Hyperkinetic Ape are very energetic, and they will only calm down if they vent all their excess energy.” Xiaoyao nodded.

 Vent? How to vent? Through Pokémon battle?

Ash immediately became excited when he thought of Pokémon battles. He rolled up his sleeves and said: "Mr. Naoki, please let me help!"

Naoki: "...That hyperactive ape is very energetic!"

"There must be a way to calm it down!" Xiaozhi said to Pikachu on his shoulder: "Pikachu, it's time to get on!"

 “Pikapi!”

Pikachu rushed out immediately and stopped in front of the hyperactive ape.

Seeing a Pokémon coming to block the way, the hyperkinetic ape immediately fell into a state of rage. It pounded its chest with its fists, then roared and rushed towards the Pikachu.

Pikachu then fought with the hyperape.

Seeing this scene, Xiaoyao couldn't help but raise his forehead and said: "That guy Xiaozhi is so reckless!"

 Zhi Shuxin said that this was quite in line with Xiaozhi's style.

Looking at this scene, a good idea suddenly occurred to him.

 Can he entrust the hyperactive ape to Xiaozhi's care?

In the past two days, the Pokémon in the pasture have been tortured by the hyperactive apes. Moreover, Frostnake and the others do not like Pokémon battles very much, so they cannot meet the challenge of the hyperactive apes anytime and anywhere.

At this time, if a trainer can subdue the hyperactive ape, he can consume the hyperactive ape's energy through constant Pokémon battles.

 More importantly, Xiaozhi’s character is trustworthy to him.

 “Let’s go back and ask the animal what he thinks!” Naoki made a decision in his heart.

This is the best of both worlds. It can help the apes find suitable trainers, and the crops in the pasture can be avoided from being spoiled.

At the same time, in mid-air, above a meow-shaped hot air balloon,

Meowth, Musashi, and Kojiro are observing the pasture below through the telescope.

 “The little devil is fighting a hyperactive ape, meow!”

"Let me take a look!" Musashi snatched the telescope from Meowth's hand. She first looked at Ash and Pikachu, and then slowly moved the camera.

 “Oh my God! There are so many Pokémon in this ranch! There are still many Pokémon that I have never seen before!”

 Ojiro on the side also became excited: "If I could catch them all and offer them to the boss..."

As soon as these words came out, the trio's minds pictured Boss Sakaki praising them and giving them promotions and bonuses.

“What a happy feeling, Meow!” Meow made a decision immediately: “It’s decided, then we will serve as the advance team to explore the Padia region, Meow!”

 Suddenly, a curious voice came from the side.

 “Ouch?”

The trio turned around and saw several fast dragons wearing red satchels who had arrived around the hot air balloon at some point. They were looking at them with a pair of bright black eyes.

One of the dragons with a scar on his face was glaring at them fiercely, with an evil look on his face.

"There are so many fast dragons, meow!" Before Miao Miao could say anything, he felt a chill on his back, because those fast dragons were full of hostility towards them for some reason!

Pokémon like Kuailong are very powerful, especially in such a large number, which they cannot handle at all.

Upon realizing this, the trio immediately threw away their binoculars and huddled together, shivering.

 “Ouch?”

 “Ouch.”

 “Ouch!”

The fast dragons began to communicate.

Musashi stared and asked, "Meow, what are they talking about?"

A drop of cold sweat broke out on Meow Meow's forehead: "What we just said about capturing those Pokémon and presenting them to the boss was heard by Meow Meow!"

 The next second, one of the dragons used its claws on the hot air balloon.

　　With the puffing of air blowing out from the hot air balloon, the hot air balloon immediately lost its balance and flew into the distance.

Only the screams of the trio were left in the wind.

 “What a disgusting feeling!”

　　After beating away the bad guys, the fast dragons happily returned to the pasture.

By this time, the battle between Xiaozhi and the hyperactive ape had ended, and the hyperactive ape, which had consumed a lot of energy, finally calmed down.

However, only Naoki knew that it was only temporary, and it wouldn't be long before the hyperkinetic apes would start a new round of riots.

At this time, Xiao Sheng suddenly saw a dozen fast dragons landing on the pasture from the sky.

 An exclamation came out of his mouth immediately: "So many fast dragons!"

Hearing this, Xiaogang, Xiaozhi and others also quickly raised their heads and looked at the sky.

 Looking at the Kuailongs carrying satchels, Xiaogang's face was full of surprise.

"Those are…"

 “They are the delivery boys on my ranch.”

 Zhi Shu’s voice came from the side.

 “Delivery boy?!” Xiaogang was shocked.

It is too extravagant for Mr. Naoki to use a Pokémon like Kuailong as a delivery boy, right?

　　Okay, so awesome!

Xiaoyao was also shocked.

Only Xiaozhi looked excited. At this moment, he realized belatedly that the rancher named Naoki might be a very powerful trainer.

Not only can he tame Dream and Lightning Birds and let them form an expedition team to travel outside, but he can also tame so many dragons...

Decided! He wants to have a Pokémon battle with Mr. Naoki!

 Xiaozhi immediately challenged Naoki.

 Naoki: “…” Yes, this is very smart.

 But now the time has come to eleven o'clock at noon, and it's time for him to prepare lunch.

Thinking of this, Zhi Shu said: "Afternoon! It will be meal time soon. I will prepare lunch. You can stay in the ranch today. During this time, you can visit my ranch."

Zhishu called his brother Ai Guanshi and said to him: "Take these guests to visit the ranch."

"Aye." Brother Ai Guanshi nodded slightly, then stepped forward and led the way for a few people.

 “Then excuse me!”

 The four of them politely thanked their brother's steward.

 Then, my brother Ai Guanshi began to lead everyone to visit the Zhishu Ranch.

 Ash Zhi held Rotom’s phone throughout the whole process and used the Pokédex to learn about the unseen Pokémon.

Zhi Shu came to the resting ape and asked:

“Hyperzoic ape, do you want to see the outside world?”

 Hyperactive ape: “Aoao?”

"It means traveling with human trainers, constantly challenging gyms, and having Pokémon battles with professional people. In that case, you will become stronger. If you are willing, I will help you find a Pokémon A suitable trainer." Zhi Shu said.

 Hearing these words, Hyperactive Ape's face showed longing.

 Ever since it evolved, the blood in its body has begun to boil.

This feeling made it unable to stop at all. It just wanted to run in the mountains and have a good fight with other Pokémon.

 Hyperkinetic apes have some mental movements.

　　No, it makes me excited just thinking about it!

The hyperkinetic ape who was sitting on the ground and resting stood up directly, beat his chest hard with both fists, and let out a passionate cry from his mouth.

 “Ouch!”

 Naoki: “…”

Alright, he knows the answer.

 In this case, then you can ask Xiaozhi to conquer it.

 Zhi Shu turned around and returned to the room to prepare for cooking.

 He wanted to check on Jirachi's condition, but found that several Pokémon had all run away.

It doesn’t take much thinking to know that Mew and Baby Bear took Jirachi and Absol to the World Tree to visit the Pokémon Guild.

Zhi Shu was not in a hurry to call them. It was not until he finished preparing today's lunch that he called a few Pokémon back through his Rotom phone.

At this time, Xiaozhi and the others also finished visiting the ranch.

　　 Thinking back to the rare and rare Pokémon in the ranch, Ash's face was full of excitement.

When he saw the video phone in the living room, he immediately remembered something.

“Mr. Naoki, can I borrow your video phone?”

"Of course." Naoki nodded. He looked at Xiaozhi's Rotom phone and was a little confused as to why Xiaozhi didn't use a Rotom phone.

 Perhaps it feels better to use a video phone?

While Naoki was thinking, Xiaozhi's phone number was dialed.

 Soon, the call was connected.

  Dr. Ohki’s face appeared on the screen.

Dr. Ohmu was a little surprised when he saw the slightly familiar background behind Xiaozhi: "Huh? Xiaozhi, are you at the Pokémon Center now?"

"No! Because we encountered something, we went to the Padia region on the way. After the matter here is resolved, we will return to the Hoenn region to continue traveling." Xiaozhi explained.

 “Padia region?!” Dr. Omu was very surprised.

Xiao Zhi nodded excitedly: "Well, that's right! We came to a ranch where many Pokémon are raised!"

At this time, Dr. Ohki saw Naoki passing behind Xiaozhi carrying dishes.

 “Naoki?” He asked incredulously.

Zhishu had already heard Dr. Ohki’s voice. He looked at the screen with a smile and greeted the other person: “Long time no see, Dr. Ohki!”

“Eh? Does Dr. Ohki know Mr. Naoki?” Xiaozhi was stunned.

Dr. Oak smiled and nodded: "Well, because I have been to Naoki Ranch before, but having said that, Naoki is a very powerful trainer. Have you ever had a Pokémon battle with him?"

Hearing this, Xiaozhi's eyes were full of fighting spirit: "Mr. Naoki has accepted my invitation to fight, and he will fight me after eating!"

 “Ah! Then you have to work hard!” Dr. Omu smiled.

 (End of this chapter)