Pokémon Breeder

Chapter 7 My Problem

Akimoto and Yumo Hosono followed Kirlia to a nearby river.

There were scattered footprints on the bank of the stream, some large and some small, and there were also traces of snake Pokémon dragging.

Akimoto leaned down and took a quick look, but did not find any footprints of small four-legged land Pokémon such as Eevee. Just as he was about to look along the river bank, he found that Yumo Hosono had already walked away, hopping.

He shook his head to himself. It was not so easy to find the trace of Eevee.

He walked quickly to Yumo Hosono's side. She was kneeling on the small stone slab on the river bank, supporting herself with her hands, watching the horned goldfish swimming in the river with interest.

The horned goldfish and the little girl were having a lot of fun. Yumo Hosono stirred her little hand in the water, and the horned goldfish swam around her hand. Suddenly seeing Akimoto's big face, the horned goldfish was startled, sprayed a stream of water at Akimoto, and hurriedly dived into the water.

"What are you doing, Akimoto-san! You scared it away!" Hosono Yumo scolded.

Akimoto shook off the water stains on his hair, stared at the place where the horned goldfish was before with resentment, and muttered:

"If the meat of the horned goldfish was not bad, I would have braised it for you on the spot."

"Oh, Akimoto-san, don't say that!"

"That's what you say, but don't let Auntie grill it after you capture the Pokémon."

"How could it be?! You're just talking nonsense!" Hosono Yumo was speechless.

Most of the meat in the Pokémon world is similar to artificial meat made from soybean extracts. The nutritional value is not bad, but the taste is not good. There is also meat cultivated by using Pokémon somatic cells, but the price will be slightly more expensive, and the taste is naturally better.

The meat in Lingling BBQ is basically these two types. Except for areas with relatively backward civilization, people generally do not choose to kill animals when eating meat.

It is very common for Pokémon to prey on each other in this world, but after the development of human technology, hunting for the purpose of eating has stopped. The most famous Pokémon with its own seasoning, the Farfetch'd, was almost extinct because of human consumption.

There is no way, because their meat is delicious and comes with onions, so you don't have to think about anything when you cook them in a pot...

It's a bit dark to think like this. Smacking his lips, Akimoto missed the taste of the first time he ate the barbecued Farfetch'd, and then he stood up and prepared to continue looking for Eevee's traces.

The horned goldfish was scared away by Akimoto, and the little girl had to go to another place to play.

Just as Hosono Yumo stood up, Akimoto inadvertently glimpsed a row of small footprints in the mud beside the stone slab!

Bending down, Akimoto compared this footprint with the footprint of Eevee in his mind, and the result was very similar!

And in this row of footprints, there were footprints of different sizes, which made Akimoto even more overjoyed, meaning that he was likely to find a nest of Eevee!

Following the intermittent footprints, Akimoto discovered that one of them was missing, while the footprints of the other few were obviously deeper.

"What's going on?" Akimoto was a little confused. Although he had a lot of knowledge about Eevee in his mind, this situation was indeed a bit puzzling for Akimoto who had no practical experience.

Following the footprints, as he got closer and closer to the depths of the forest, the footprints disappeared in front of a meadow.

"Brother Akimoto! Come and have some fruit!"

The little girl found a few blue orange fruits of good quality from somewhere and handed them to Akimoto who was thinking about the disappearing footprints.

Taking the blue orange fruit casually, Akimoto took a bite. Well, it tasted good, sweet, and full of energy.

But now it's not a question of energy or not. He finally found the trace of Eevee, but the clue was broken, which was very uncomfortable.

"Is it delicious, brother?" Hosono Yumo said with a smile.

"Well... delicious..." Akimoto ate the remaining flesh in one bite and answered incoherently.

Hearing Akimoto's answer, the little girl was also very happy: "Then let's pick some more! There are still a lot over there!"

Looking at the sky, it was estimated that it was almost evening. Akimoto thought about it and didn't bother about Eevee. Let's play with the little girl for the rest of the day, and look for clues about Eevee tomorrow.

Following Hosono Yumo, we found a small depression where blue orange fruit trees grew. There was a river not far away. There were no tall trees to block it. These fruits grew very well, with bright colors and excellent appearance.

Akimoto, who had the mentality of an elderly person, had made up his mind to call it a day and didn't want to toss anymore. He picked a dozen blue orange fruits, washed them in the water, and sat on the grass beside him to eat the fruits, watching the little girl and Kirlia working hard to pick fruits.

Akimoto, who was bored, called the system in his heart. In the past few days, Akimoto really didn't explore the system's capabilities.

"Hello, system, are you there?"

[Ding! ]

[What's wrong with the host? 】

"You said that in the novels, other people's systems deliver awesome props, 999 per second, but why is yours so lame? Isn't this embarrassing for your system family?"

[……]

[Host, please distinguish the system prefix. The system you described is for show-off purposes]

[And remind the stupid host that you have a novice gift pack that has not been opened. Don't blame the system! ]

The system's intelligence is still fine. It directly calls Akimoto the stupid host, but it seems that it is indeed a bit stupid. The novice gift pack has been in the system warehouse for a few days, and Akimoto doesn't even remember it.

"Huh? Ah this...hahaha...haha..." Akimoto said awkwardly, "My problem, my problem..."

He opened the system warehouse with his mind, and found a red gift box lying quietly on the ground.

My kingdom has such a magical thing, it is my negligence... Akimoto was a bit silly, covering up the fact that he has an old man's memory.

"How to open this thing, is it just a matter of reciting it silently?"

The system ignored him.

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Akimoto didn't know what to say. He silently said "open" to the novice gift package, and the gift package disappeared, replaced by several things on the ground.

The first item was a small bag. When Akimoto opened the bag, he found that it contained ten ordinary Pokémon balls in an unactivated state.

Remember that the detection ability seems to be useful for Pokémon props? The novice gift package is not really ten ordinary Pokémon balls, right?

Akimoto silently said "detect".

[Item Information]

Name: Pokémon Ball

Quality: Yellow

Purpose: Capture Pokémon

Introduction: Low-level Pokémon Ball produced by the system, has an 80% chance of capturing wild Pokémon whose level does not exceed the user's main battle Pokémon and whose qualifications are lower than green, and a 50% chance of capturing green qualifications. The intimacy of the captured Pokémon is automatically increased by 50.

…

[Ding! ]

[Intimacy function is turned on, the minimum value is -45, the maximum value is 255]

[Intimacy below 0 is hatred, -45 is endless, 0 to 75 is indifference, 75 to 150 is friendship, 150 to 225 is enthusiasm, 225 to 254 is loyalty, 255 is loyalty until death]

[Intimacy detection is only applicable to the host, and human intimacy can be detected by the detection function]

…

Akimoto raised his eyebrows, not bad, this thing, the Pokémon Ball produced by the system, is indeed better than other Pokémon Balls.

Most wild Pokémon are white in color, and yellow is an excellent individual.

The mainstream Pokémon on the market are yellow. Some excellent breeders can breed green Pokémon through their own cultivation, which is enough to sell for a high price.

There is also this intimacy function, which can make Akimoto's work as a breeder more convenient in the future. , The evolution of many Pokémon requires intimacy support.

In human society, intimacy is manifested as the feelings of Pokémon towards trainers or breeders, while in the wild it is manifested as the feelings of Pokémon towards their parents or spouses.

Akimoto was surprised when he curiously released the exploration skill on Kirlia.

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Kirlia

Lv: 23

Intimacy: 228 (loyalty)

Attribute: Psychic Fairy

Qualification: Blue

Personality: Gentle

Gender: Female

Features: Synchronization

Inherited skills: Same fate, healing wave

Taught skills: Hypnosis, telekinesis, illusion light, teleportation