Not a trainer this time

Naoki hasn't set up a stall for a long time.

It's been more than four years since he last set up a stall.

That time, he and Gulerton rented a stall at the cherry blossom wine party in the Elif Cherry Orchard and sold some simple Chinese dishes.

So what should they sell this time?

Crops? Fruits? Fresh Moo Moo Milk? Apples? Or some simple snacks?

But they are not in a hurry. The celebration will not be held until tomorrow night, and they have a full day to think about it.

Mayor Thomas has set up many stalls this year. They only need to rent a stall in advance and then they can set up a stall here.

Although there is still one day before the Harvest Festival, many passing trainers and tourists have heard the news and come here to visit in advance.

During the period, they encountered a group of wild Pokémon making trouble. Naoki wanted to go and see it, but when he got there, he saw that a trainer had solved the problem before him.

Naoki heard from Ivan next to him that it turned out that a platoon soldier accidentally fell into the barrel of fireworks, and the other platoon soldiers blocked the way of the townspeople and prevented everyone from approaching.

The trainer saw that the platoon soldiers seemed to be in trouble, so he went to investigate and then found the platoon soldier who fell into the barrel.

In the end, everyone was happy and stood on the grass together to watch a beautiful and grand fireworks show.

So happy! It's time to go home!

It was late, and the bright moonlight fell on the earth, illuminating the road to the ranch. In the quiet night, the calls of insect Pokémon could occasionally be heard from the grass.

The Pokémon in the ranch had fallen asleep early, and Naoki patrolled the ranch with a flashlight to check if any Pokémon had run away.

After making sure that everyone was there, he returned home to wash up with peace of mind.

Gulton was already very sleepy. It yawned and lay on the side of the bed, forcing its eyes to look at Naoki.

"Go to sleep! I'll take a bath and then go to sleep!" Naoki touched its head.

"Ah, ah..." Gulden yawned, two tears squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, then he rested his head on his arms and closed his eyes peacefully.

Before going to bed, Qishu suddenly screamed.

"What's wrong?" Naoki got up quickly.

Qishu looked at his belly in disbelief: "The baby seemed to move just now! She was kicking me!"

"Huh?" Naoki put his head forward, and after a long time, he really felt a movement in Qishu's belly.

"Baby, I'm daddy, can you hear me talking?" Naoki tried to communicate with the baby.

The baby in the belly did not respond, as if everything just now was Naoki's illusion.

Qishu chuckled: "How could she hear it, she's only a few months old?"

Naoki: "..."

Forget it, sleep!

*

At the same time, in the western part of the Galar region, Suchuan Town.

On the rugged mountain road, Sonia, carrying a backpack, slowly explored this unknown area.

The terrain here is very complex and steep, with towering peaks and bottomless valleys, and the mountains are endless.

Except for some backpackers and explorers who love mountaineering, almost no one comes to such a place.

Sonia originally did not plan to come here, but according to her investigation, the hidden mysterious hero is likely to be in such a place.

"It should be in front." Sonia looked at the map in her hand and murmured.

She took out a Poké Ball from her waist, and with a flash of white light, a huge bird Pokémon with steel-like black feathers, a cold expression, and a huge body appeared in front of Sonia.

"Steel Armored Crow, please take me there!" Sonia pointed to the valley below and said.

If nothing unexpected happens, that is the end of her journey, the hiding place of the fourth hero.

The Steel Armored Raven then spread its huge wings, and when Sonia rode on it, it leaned forward and rushed down.

The wind blowing through the valley hit Sonia's face, and at this moment, Rotom's phone suddenly rang.

Sonia took it out and looked at it, then pressed the answer button, and Dante's face appeared on the screen.

"How is your investigation going?" Dante asked.

"I have found the place recorded in the mural, and I will be there soon. What about you? You won't get lost again, right?" Sonia asked with a smile.

"Of course not!" Dante immediately retorted: "I just... there is just one thing I can't figure out, what exactly does President Roz want to do with Wuji Taina."

"Don't worry! We already know the truth about the night, don't we?" Sonia said: "Even if Wuji Taina wakes up, we still have you, the strongest champion."

Dante was slightly stunned.

Sonia continued, "As for the Sword King and the Shield King, I suspect that the phenomenon of wild Pokémon becoming Gigantamaxes that have appeared frequently in various places in recent years is due to the influence of the Infinite."

"It didn't exist in the past, but it has become active in modern times... This shows that the Infinite has gradually begun to recover. Before it officially wakes up, we should be prepared in advance."

Dandy nodded solemnly, "I see."

"That's it, I'm already there, and I'm going to start investigating this cave ruins. See you later!"

After hanging up the phone, Sonia jumped off Steelix and looked up at the cave in front of her.

In Quanguan City, Dandi, who hung up the phone, leaned against the wall and fell into deep thought.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Mr. Dandi?"

Dandi turned around and saw a tall woman wearing a burgundy short skirt on the upper body, black stockings on the lower body, and a white coat looking at him.

Dandi was slightly stunned.

That was President Roz's secretary, Oliver.

"What a coincidence!" Oliver greeted with a smile and asked, "Why did you suddenly come to Quanguan Arena today?"

"Come to see if there are any excellent trainers." Dandi replied without changing his expression.

"Is that so..." Oliver nodded: "In that case, I won't bother you!"

After that, Oliver turned and left.

When she turned around, her face changed immediately.

When she came to a place where no one was, Oliver took out her mobile phone and made a call.

"We have found out the identity of the person who sneaked into the energy plant last time!"

*

The next morning, Naoki and the Pokémon began to prepare for the night market stall tonight.

After a night of thinking, Naoki had already figured out what to sell.

That is candied haws!

If there is anything that his ranch does not lack, it must be all kinds of tree fruits and apples from the apple orchard on the other side of the river!

After Naoki's special cultivation, the quality of those apples is very high. Each one is big and round, sweet and crisp, plump and juicy, and is no less than the apples from Kitakami Township, the famous apple town.

"Ma?"

Seeing Naoki sitting there boiling sticky syrup early in the morning, Frost Milk Fairy thought that Naoki was going to make some desserts that it had never eaten before, so it rushed over excitedly, stood in the big bowl of syrup, and curiously poked its head in.

When the other Pokémon heard what Frosty Milk Fairy said, they thought Naoki was going to make something delicious for them again, so they stopped running out and turned to run to Naoki's side.

For a while, Naoki was surrounded by Pokémon.

Babu, Eevee, Eruption, Flutterfair...

"I'm making candied haws." Naoki looked at them with a smile and asked, "Have you heard of it?"

"Ma Ma..."

Frosty Milk Fairy had never heard of it, but it sounded so delicious when she heard the name!

It happened that Naoki had already boiled the syrup at this time. He put the syrup aside, and then took out the freshly picked fruit and apples from the fruit basket beside him.

After washing these fruits, remove the roots and stems, cut them in half, and use a knife to dig out the cores.

Finally, put them on bamboo sticks, put them in the bowl of clear and transparent syrup and roll them a few times, then find Ice Eevee to blow a breath of cold air, and a string of candied haws is ready!

The crystal clear syrup has completely solidified, and the fruit pieces with distinct colors are wrapped inside. Under the natural light, it looks shiny and translucent, which looks very tempting. It doesn't look like food, but rather like a craft decoration.

[Tanghulu (C): Made from syrup boiled with rock sugar and various tree fruits, it tastes sweet and sour and is a very good snack.

Cooking effect: Sweet syrup lv1, slightly improves the quality of syrup, honey, and juice brewed by the Pokémon that eats this cooking.

Evaluation: It is said that Tanghulu is sour, but it also has sweetness in the sourness. 】

Naoki glanced at it, and the information of this string of Tanghulu emerged from his mind.

Improve the quality of syrup...

There are not many Pokémon in the Pokémon world who have the ability to brew. Naoki can only think of Huhu, who brews tree juice, the sweat of Tianzhuzhu's family, and the honey brewed by three bees...

Although the effect is minimal, it is better than nothing!

Naoki raised this string of Tanghulu.

Frosty Milk Fairy's eyes were immediately attracted by the string of candied haws: "Mama!"

It looks delicious!

"Try it?" Naoki picked one of them and handed it to Frosty Milk Fairy.

After tasting it carefully, Frosty Milk Fairy's face instantly showed a happy expression.

"Mama!"

"Bamo..."

The other Pokémon also looked envious, and Naoki shared the remaining candied haws with them.

The fruit pieces wrapped in crystal syrup have the unique sweetness of rock sugar, which blends perfectly with the fruit fragrance. The taste and flavor are all super good!

Soon, the Pokémon who finished eating a candied haws looked at Naoki eagerly.

That expression seemed to say: They want to eat more!

Naoki smiled and said: "Okay, then I will continue to make it for you."

So, it became a situation where Naoki and Glaceon made it in the front, and Leto, Motor Lizard, Babu Groundhog and other Pokémon ate in the back.

As a result, the basket of fruits that Naoki specially prepared was eaten up by the greedy Pokémon at home before it was used to set up the stall.

Even the pot of syrup he boiled was almost gone.

Naoki: "..."

He twitched his mouth. These Pokémon are too greedy, right?

But Naoki felt that it was more like eating together, so they kept eating one after another.

Seeing that the fruits that Naoki prepared to set up the stall were eaten up by them, Pokémon such as Bubble and Groundhog immediately showed embarrassed smiles on their faces.

"Awoo~"

Dragonite stepped forward first, picked up Naoki's fruit basket with its big claws, and prepared to go to the orchard to help Naoki pick some more fruits.

The rest of the Pokémon also rushed over to help pick the fruits.

Qishu's Pokémon also ran over to join in the fun.

Qishu on the sofa looked at the scene with a smile: "You've worked hard!"

"Fortunately, there are no Pokémon with the gluttonous characteristics at home." Naoki couldn't help but say.

After finally feeding a group of Pokémon at home, Naoki had time to prepare the candied haws to sell in the evening.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, after dinner, Naoki took a bunch of candied haws and set off for the night market under the Shrine of Plenty.

Gulden, who had the most strength, carried two boxes, Frost Milk Fairy stood on Naoki's shoulders, and Babu Tubo carried a bag with some water and some simple food for them to drink when they set up the stall later.

Ergui and Sai Fuhao followed behind, calling Boni Boni non-stop, obviously full of anticipation for the upcoming celebration.

When the group arrived at the destination, all the stall owners around had already arrived in advance. They greeted each other and cleaned up their stalls.

Seeing Naoki coming, some people who knew him greeted him with a smile.

"Good evening, Naoki!"

"Hello, Mr. Chris!"

Naoki took out the candied haws from the box, inserted them into a special mold, and placed them in the stall. Soon, rows of red candied haws appeared on the stall, which were very tempting under the orange light and looked very beautiful.

"Your child should be born soon, right?" The shop owner next to him smiled and wished: "Congratulations! You will be a father soon!"

"Well, there are still four months." Naoki nodded.

He glanced around and saw many stalls.

There were uncles selling Magikarp in transparent fish tanks and pools, selling wooden carvings of the same style as the Bud Crown King, selling Pokémon masks, and selling food such as takoyaki, various props and handmade Poké Balls.

In short, there are all kinds of things for sale, and the night market is very lively.

Looking at this scene, Naoki couldn't help but sigh: "When I first moved here four years ago, Ziqin Town was not so lively. Now it has changed so much!"

The town where the culture of the bud crown king is prevalent, the seaside town with developed commerce, and the agricultural town with rich products and resources have attracted people from all over the world to settle in Ziqin Town.

In the past two years, some high-rise buildings have begun to be built in the town. Naoki always feels that it will not be long before Ziqin Town will develop into Ziqin City.

"Very good! Niangguang City used to be like this." Qishu said: "Later, a port was built there, and gradually, the city prospered and became what it is today. In the future, maybe a port leading to other areas will be built in Zheqin Town! It will be much more convenient to go to other areas at that time!"

Naoki was filled with emotion, and then nodded gently: "Yes! The times are developing too fast!"

From afar, foreign tourists who came to visit the Harvest Festival and traveling trainers came with Pokémon.

Those boys and girls are always youthful and full of energy. Some trainers were quickly attracted by the Eruption and the golden Saifuhao who served as the signboard.

"Boni~" Eruption made a happy cry, and then recommended the goods of the stall to the two guests.

The teenage trainer realized that it was not polite to stare at other people's Pokémon without buying anything, and asked quickly: "How much are these candied haws?!"

"300 Alliance Coins a string!" Naoki said.

300 Alliance Coins? So cheap!

The Eevee on the trainer's shoulder had already started drooling, it wanted to eat!

"I want three strings!" said the young trainer.

"Okay!" Qishu took the money, and Zhishu packed three strings of candied haws and handed them to the other party.

One tree fruit costs 20 Alliance Coins, and a bag of rock sugar for boiling syrup costs 500 Alliance Coins. Excluding the cost, the price of a string of candied haws nets more than 200 Alliance Coins.

It's a huge profit! Zhishu thought that the price of 300 was a bit expensive. He originally wanted to set it at 200, but this person actually thought it was so cheap...

"It seems that I will make a lot of money today!" Qishu was quite excited.

At this time, there was a sudden exclamation from the crowd.

Zhishu turned his head and saw that rows of flames were lit up one after another on the mountain road leading to the Shrine of Harvest.

This means that the celebration of the harvest and the harvest of the Bud Crown King has officially begun!