Pokémon: Reborn as Lucario

Chapter 157: Learning to Respect Each Other

"...And these three, Shroomish, Beautifly, and Spinda, are my newly captured Pokémon partners."

"Hello."

Speaking of which, Míng Rìzhào hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Dad, I have a request."

"Hmm?"

"Your Pokémon Ranch... can it take in three more Pokémon?"

Míng Rìzhào's father knew at once what his daughter wanted to do. After all, compared to Kirlia, Riolu, and that unknown Pokémon egg, Shroomish, Beautifly, and Spinda were relatively ordinary.

For a trainer who wanted to walk the path to champion, the latter three were undoubtedly Pokémon that would require much more effort and resources to cultivate.

The other end of the phone shook, and what was displayed was the vast ranch behind Míng Rìzhào's father:

The ranch was covered in green grass and lush vegetation. Mareep, Wooloo, and Tauros were scattered across the ranch in small groups, leisurely chewing on the green grass. Starly, Natu, and other bird Pokémon stood on the trees, and on the grass, various frolicking Pokémon ran past from time to time.

"Do you want to transfer Shroomish, Beautifly, and Spinda over? No problem. I believe the Pokémon ranch will be very suitable for them to live in."

"However, you must ask for their opinions. They can only be transferred over if they are willing. Just as I've told you before, you must learn to respect every Pokémon you capture. If they are unwilling to come to the ranch, and you are also unwilling to raise them, remember to release them all and let them return to nature."

The man's voice came from the side of the screen, serious and earnest.

Míng Rìzhào nodded.

She turned around, squatted in front of the three Pokémon, and also very seriously showed them the ranch displayed on her phone.

"Are you willing to live on my family's ranch? There are many little Pokémon there. They will definitely be very happy to have new little companions join them."

Shroomish stared blankly at the ranch, seemingly somewhat uninterested.

Spinda was still spinning in circles and didn't show much enthusiasm either.

Only Beautifly, when it saw the large flower field in the southwest of the ranch, had a look of longing in its large, round eyes.

The final result was that Míng Rìzhào took the Poké Balls containing Shroomish and Spinda in her hand, long-pressed the button in the center of the Poké Balls, and two yellow beams of light shot out from inside. Shroomish and Spinda appeared in front of them—this action reset the Poké Balls to an empty state, and the originally captured Pokémon were released, allowing them to return to nature.

"Goodbye, Shroomish, Spinda! It was nice to meet you!"

Míng Rìzhào smiled and waved goodbye to Shroomish and Spinda.

In this world, there are many encounters and acquaintances. However, there are even more partings and goodbyes.

Whether between humans and humans, humans and Pokémon, or even, between Pokémon and Pokémon.

Shroomish hopped up and down, then with its short little legs, it burrowed into the bushes.

And Spinda stopped spinning in circles, nuzzled against Míng Rìzhào's hand, and also wobbled away.

Only Beautifly's Poké Ball was left, held in Kirlia's hand.

"Ruru, I'll have to trouble you."

Because the Pokémon Transfer System was only available at Pokémon Centers, general Pokémon trainers would buy a portable personal transporter to conveniently send captured Pokémon in the wild to a Pokémon ranch, to avoid exceeding the carry limit. However, this kind of portable transporter was relatively expensive, and Míng Rìzhào hadn't bought one. Fortunately, there was Ruru, who had learned [Teleport]. She could teleport back to the Pokémon Center, transfer the Pokémon, and then teleport back to Míng Rìzhào's side.

A little digression here: the Psychic-type move [Teleport], after many attempts by Míng Rìzhào and Kirlia Ruru, was found to be a very magical teleportation move, but it was also somewhat different from the [Teleport] Rio knew from the games. In the games, [Teleport] could allow a trainer to immediately escape from a battle with a wild Pokémon, or in a trainer battle, allow the Pokémon using this move to immediately swap with a reserve Pokémon. In the wild, it could even directly return to the most recently visited Pokémon Center (before the seventh generation; this effect was removed in the seventh generation and after).

However, in reality, [Teleport] was even more powerful. Leaving aside its effect in battle, just in the wild, it could allow Ruru to take the group to a place that Ruru had a deep impression of. The deeper the impression of that place, the more easily she could reach it. This could be called an essential skill for travel—although it couldn't directly go to a place she had never been, for returning to a place she had been before, it could save an unknown amount of travel expenses, making the money-loving Míng Rìzhào's eyes shine with a golden light.

However, Míng Rìzhào still planned to buy a portable transporter later.

Because [Teleport] was not without its limits. For example, it required a high degree of concentration during execution without the slightest distraction, it couldn't transport too many creatures at once, and so on. Another example was that it required remembering many details of the destination to teleport successfully—otherwise, it was easy to fail the teleport and end up in some strange place. Just like last time, after catching the Poacher General Captain, they had originally wanted to teleport to the Pokémon Center in Yuanqi City but had unintentionally teleported to the Pokémon Gym in Verdant Leaf City. Although it was a blessing in disguise, what if a failed teleport dropped them in front of Groudon, and none of them could fly and couldn't get away? Given the super ancient Pokémon's terrible temper, the ending would be unimaginable.

So Ruru was still very cautious, each time only choosing a Pokémon Center to teleport to. After all, anything could change, but the probability of a Pokémon Center changing was much smaller. And if it was just Ruru alone, it was fine. If the teleport failed, she could immediately teleport back to Míng Rìzhào's side, greatly reducing the probability of an accident.

"Swoosh," Ruru's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot.

Rio, on the side, watched the scene of Míng Rìzhào releasing Shroomish and Spinda with an appreciative gaze.

Respecting a Pokémon's own wishes—this was easy to say, but in reality, many humans couldn't do it. After all, in the Pokémon world, in the current era with humans as the world's dominant species, it was inevitable for humans to treat other intelligent creatures with a superior attitude. Some even just regarded Pokémon as tools to realize their own ambitions.

Therefore, being able to act like Míng Rìzhào's family, respecting and treating Pokémon kindly, was also a rare quality among humans.

When he was a human in his previous life, he didn't feel it. Now that he had become a Pokémon, he felt this point quite deeply.

Rio silently apologized in his heart to all the Pokémon he had captured in the games of his previous life and then just stored in PC boxes without a second thought.

I wonder what it was like in the era when humans were not yet the dominant species of the world...

As usual, Rio began to let his mind wander.

However, he suddenly remembered a very key matter.

"Xiao Zhao, what does your father do for a living?"

"Hmm? My old dad is a Pokémon Ranch owner."

"A ranch owner?"

"Yeah, behind my house, those few mountains, and those few Pokémon Ranches, are all managed by my old dad."

Rio nearly jumped up.

So Your Ladyship is actually a hidden rich woman?

Then you were even reluctant to buy a Super Potion??

And you even went to work a part-time job???

Fengling chatted with Míng Rìzhào with some envy. "Xiao Zhao, your family's ranches are so beautiful. The few ranches my family has are just average. It's mainly because my parents don't like to manage them much; only my grandparents usually go to take a look."

Rio looked at Fengling with an incredulous gaze.

How are you also a great tycoon who owns several ranches???

I'm surrounded by two hidden great "rich women"???

Arceus above, the day has finally come for me, Rio, to be a kept man!

Facing the two "rich women," Rio already had the impulse to go up, hug their thighs tightly, and shout things like, "Rich ladies, please keep me! I want to be a rich lady's steel wool ball!"

If it weren't for Snivy on the side constantly looking at him with the disdainful gaze one would use for a "country bumpkin"...

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