Not a trainer this time

As the Chinese New Year approaches and the weather is cold, people in the entire Padiya region are staying at home and rarely go out on weekdays.

That afternoon, Qishu woke up from a nap and found that there was suddenly one person missing at home.

"Huh?" She was surprised: "Where is Dad?"

The woman sitting on the sofa knitting a scarf with the silk of a beaded spider felt a little guilty:

"Him? Several of his old friends came to visit today, and they went to the city to eat together."

"Why haven't I heard that Dad has old friends?" Qishu was even more confused.

Woman: "Maybe he met someone when he was young while traveling outside?"

"Okay then."

Qishu didn't care, she began to take care of the electric belly frogs and others for breakfast.

*

Naoki, like the people in the Napadia region, stayed at home from morning to night, spending his days leisurely with Pokémon and rarely went out.

However, what surprised him was that even in such weather, there would be trainers coming to the ranch to challenge.

In the afternoon, when Naoki was watching the live broadcast of Pokémon battles at home, there was a knock on the door outside.

This surprised Naoki.

Why would someone visit in this weather?

Could it be that Mayor Thomas and his friends have something important that they need help with?

Thinking of this, Naoki hurried forward to open the door.

But when he opened the door, the person he saw was not Mayor Thomas or Mrs. Dantes.

Instead, he was a strange middle-aged man who was about 40 years old, wearing a gray winter coat and a scarf, and looked very tough.

Naoki was slightly stunned, and then asked politely: "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

"Looking for the owner here." The man looked at him and asked, "Are you Naoki?"

"...It's me." Naoki thought of a possibility, and his face showed a sudden realization, and then he welcomed the person into the living room: "It's so cold outside, come in and have a cup of tea first!"

"Still polite." The man thought.

He followed the boy into the house, looking around calmly.

The fireplace in the house was burning brightly, the air was warm, the floor was swept very clean, and Pokémon toys were scattered on the ground.

A Motor Lizard, a Harlequin Babu, two Butlers, a Frostmilk, and a Pokémon he had never seen before were lying in front of the fireplace.

As he expected, there were many Pokémon living here.

Looking at the appearance of those Pokémon, each of them had smooth fur and looked very energetic. It was obvious that they were well taken care of by their owners.

This shows that this kid is a kind and loving person who treats Pokémon well.

The man nodded inwardly and then sat down on the sofa.

The Butler quickly brought him a cup of steaming hot tea.

It was snowing all the way, and the man was now cold all over. After drinking a cup of hot tea, he felt comfortable all over.

"Are you here to challenge the trial too?" Naoki asked.

Trial? The man looked calm, but he was a little confused in his heart. What trial? Isn't this a ranch?

"Yes, I have heard of it before, but I haven't learned much about it yet. Can you introduce it to me?" the man said.

This kind of thing is normal. On weekdays, some trainers who have only heard that there are special training trials at Naoki Ranch come to challenge.

Naoki did not think much about it, but introduced:

"So far, there are four trials in the ranch, namely the Green Grass Trial, the Lightning Trial, the Storm Trial and the Finger Swing Trial."

"The Green Grass Trial requires fighting against my mount Goat, the Lightning Trial requires fighting against Babu Tubo, the Storm Trial requires fighting against Dragonite, and the Finger Swing Trial is equivalent to a trial of luck. Only Pokémon that can use Finger Swing can participate."

Hearing this, the man suddenly realized that things seemed to be a little different from what he thought...

"Except for the Finger Swing Trial, other trials require collecting a certain number of gym badges before you can participate."

"The Green Grass Trial requires eight, and the Lightning Trial and the Storm Trial require four. Which one do you want to challenge?"

"There is such a condition?" The man was a little surprised.

Naoki nodded helplessly: "Because if the difference in the strength of Pokémon is too big, there is no way to achieve a good effect."

The difference in the strength of Pokémon is too big?

The man was a little skeptical. Thinking back to the past, he was also a genius trainer who collected eight gym badges and challenged the champion level.

In this case, he will challenge the Green Grass Trial directly!

Naoki nodded: "Okay, but you have to show your gym badge."

The man was a little embarrassed: "I didn't know about this. The eight badges I collected before were left at home and not brought here."

Naoki: "..."

This is the first time he has encountered such a situation.

But looking at the age of this person, he must not be a rookie trainer who has just started out.

After a little thought, Naoki chose to believe the other party.

"Okay, in this case, I'll make an exception."

The wind and snow outside just stopped.

Naoki took a look at the weather, and then took the uncle to the battle site in the ranch.

The man immediately saw the three goats lazily lying under the shed eating fruit.

Thinking of the goat milk sold in the store, the man couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

"Are they the dairy goats in your ranch?"

Naoki was slightly stunned, then nodded and said: "Yes, they are also responsible for milk production. The goat milk sold in the ranch is produced by the three of them."

The man frowned slightly, and he subconsciously thought that this kind of Pokémon engaged in production work was not the main force of this boy.

How strong can a dairy goat that only produces milk be?

"Is there a more powerful Pokémon? You used to be a trainer traveling outside, right? Bring out your strongest lineup to have a Pokémon battle with me!"

Hearing this, Naoki couldn't help but have a big question mark on his head.

This uncle is so arrogant!

He said tactfully: "Mount goat is also one of my main forces."

Except for those legendary Pokémon, the strength of Mount Goat is also among the best in the ranch.

"My strength is very strong, and your rules are useless to me, because it was thirty years ago that I collected all eight badges." The man shook his head.

What he meant was that compared to those ordinary trainers, he had more than thirty years of experience in fighting Pokémon.

Naoki: "..."

"To be honest, the stronger Pokémon are hidden trials in the ranch. If you want to challenge them, you need to pass the three basic trials first." He explained.

Hearing this, the man immediately became interested.

"Then let me see your strength first!"

The two walked to the two ends of the battle field. Naoki did not clean the snow on the ground, but directly used the snow as the snow field.

The Pokémon sent by Naoki was the mount goat, while the man sent a Pokémon that looked like Kamen Rider.

Fiery Leg Locust!

The battle officially began!

The Fiery Leg Locust started with a piercing sound, then jumped high and pounced on the mount goat.

The mount goat looked calm, and there was no panic in its resolute eyes.

Naoki had already seen the flaw of the Fiery Leg Locust, and he whispered: "Swallow Return."

The next second, the mount goat's movements suddenly accelerated and ran to the side.

Fiery Legs Locust immediately launched a pursuit, but he never thought that it was just a feint. When Fiery Legs Locust changed the landing position of the pounce, it was too late to attack again!

After using agile movements to tease Fiery Legs Locust, a milky white airflow emerged from the horns of the mount goat.

The airflow turned into a sharp blade of wind and hit Fiery Legs Locust heavily.

"How is it possible?!" Seeing this scene, the man was shocked. Why did the mount goat react so quickly?

Although he was very surprised, he still kept a calm command: "Kick from the lower body!"

The Fiery Legs Locust who was knocked to the ground calmly gave a look to the back, took advantage of the opportunity to get up, and kicked the mount goat's leg with a right leg.

"Very good, that's it!" Seeing that the move hit, the man was very excited.

However, the next second, he saw an extremely terrifying scene.

I saw a green light released from the mount goat, and it instantly turned into a hemispherical aura, covering the entire battlefield.

"That's..." The man opened his eyes wide.

The Fiery Leg Locust sensed the danger and looked around with a vigilant expression.

"Mount Goat, use that move!" Naoki said.

"Meah."

The Mount Goat called out calmly, its body slightly bent down, and the green light quickly condensed in its mouth, turning into a huge holy sword of grass.

Man: !!!

What move is that?

"Fiery Leg Locust, get out of the way!" The man sensed the danger and shouted immediately.

However, it was too late. The Mount Goat held the leaf blade in its mouth and slashed straight at it.

In an instant, the green light submerged the Fiery Leg Locust in it.

In the huge explosion, the Fiery Leg Locust was directly blown away and fell on the snow, losing its combat ability.

The man looked at the Mount Goat in disbelief.

Based on its performance just now, are these Mount Goats really just ordinary dairy goats?

The man suddenly doubted his life.

"Unfortunately, you didn't pass the Green Grass Trial." Naoki shook his head regretfully.

Hearing this, the man immediately came back to his senses.

He looked at the boy opposite with a heavy face, feeling a little embarrassed.

A few days ago, he was going to let this guy see his gym leader-level strength.

"..."

After a moment of silence, the man shook his head and said, "No, come again! I have more powerful Pokémon!"

After that, the man took out the next Poké Ball.

With a flash of white light, a handsome Red Lotus Armor Knight appeared on the battlefield.

However, a minute later, the scene that happened to the Fiery Leg Locust was repeated again.

"Come again!"

Thirty seconds later, the Great Electric Petrel failed!

"No, I still have Pokémon!"

Twenty seconds later, the Super Powerful Ostrich fell to the ground.

"I don't believe it!"

Fifteen seconds later, the three-in-one Magnetron could not get up again.

"..."

Five seconds later, the Sea Rabbit was killed in one move.

At this point, the man's six Pokémon were all defeated, and the goat achieved a feat of six in a row.

In the end, even Naoki felt that it was a bit cruel.

"That uncle, how about we just forget it?"

The sister Ai Guanshi stepped forward to help the fallen Pokémon with goat milk.

The man's face was livid, his eyes were glaring, and he left with the Pokémon in a huff.

Naoki was left standing there confused.

What a strange uncle...

"What?" The goat also looked confused.

Naoki couldn't understand and simply didn't think about it. He touched the goat's head and said to it:

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go and have a good rest!"

*

"That boy is so rude!

After returning home, the man sat down on the sofa.

His wife was a little surprised when she saw this scene: "Isn't he a good person?"

"..." The man was about to speak, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that except for Pokémon battles, the other party was quite polite, and he also took good care of Pokémon.

Judging from the behavior of the Pokémon in that ranch, they all liked him. Based on this alone, the man could tell that the other person was not a bad person.

Seeing her husband's appearance, the woman immediately understood.

She asked funnyly: "You must have lost to someone else, right?"

man:"……"

He gritted his teeth and was very angry: "So that kid was so rude! He defeated six of my Pokémon with only one Pokémon!!!"

The woman burst out laughing: "You are the one who wants to challenge others."

"dare you laugh!"

"Okay, okay!" The woman gently comforted her husband: "Looking at you, he seems to be a pretty good person."

"I originally thought that it doesn't matter even if that person is not a great trainer, as long as he can take good care of our daughter."

"But looking at it now, not only can he take care of Qishu, he is also a very good trainer. This is something to be happy about!"

"Besides, you didn't identify yourself when you went, right?"

man:"……"

The man felt very embarrassed when he thought that he was brazen enough to challenge that boy's stronger Pokémon.

"Stop talking, I want to be quiet."

He lay on the sofa and closed his eyes and began to play dead.

Seeing her husband like this, the woman became curious about the young man named Naoki.

She also wanted to go over and see what kind of person the other party was.

But the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and she may not have time to go there.

"Forget it, let's wait until spring to visit him again!"

The woman made a plan in her mind.

When spring comes next year, she will bring some gifts, pretend to be a lost tourist, and visit the ranch.

*

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it came to the last day of the 200-year alliance calendar.

Early this morning, Zhishu Ranch began to prepare for the New Year.

This year is the third year since Naoki came to this world, and the third year since he met the Motorized Lizards.

After this year, it will be the fourth year since they met.

It is quite emotional to say that without realizing it, the abandoned pasture has completely changed its appearance.

And there are so many Pokémon coming to live here.

Naoki, who was preparing New Year's Eve dinner at home, couldn't help but look around.

The brother and sister Ai Guanshi are decorating the house with colorful ribbons and lights, preparing to give their home more New Year atmosphere.

Ergui opened the window and looked at the snow over there, his starry eyes filled with the light of happiness.

The Motorized Lizard was arranging its toys and scarves in front of the fireplace. Those were bought by Naoki, and the Motorized Lizard put them in a storage box alone.

Therefore, Luton kept "making trouble" next to the Motorized Lizard, and seemed to be envious of the Motorized Lizard for having so many toys.

However, it also has many toys of its own...is this called eating from the bowl and looking at the pot? Naoki couldn't help but curse.

Babu woodchuck is eating macadamia nuts and chestnuts prepared for them by Zhishu with his parents.

Today is the Chinese New Year. In order to reunite the family, Naoki went to the World Tree to pick up Babu's parents.

There were sounds of Boo-Boo-Boo-Boo from upstairs, presumably the Eevee boys were playing around up there.

Kuailong and Mini Dragon were sitting on the floor, happily eating the fried dried fish that Naoki gave them.

But Lei Guanwang was still sitting on the sofa playing with her mobile phone.

The famous King of Galar in the past has now become a mobile phone king.

Looking at this scene of Pokémon playing happily, Naoki couldn't help but smile.

At this time, Alvin, the town's postman, came to the ranch.

"Naoki, there's your letter! It's New Year's greetings from everyone in the town!"

Alvin still looks energetic.

"Thank you!" Naoki smiled and took it from him. After saying Happy New Year to each other, Alvin left because he had to go to other ranches to deliver letters.

Opening the envelope, most of the contents on the letter were New Year's greetings from the townspeople.

There are also notices about the arrival of new goods from some stores, saying that there will be new crops and new flower seeds in the store next year. If Zhishu Ranch needs it, you can go to the store to buy it.