Chapter 193

Baimu had intended to leave with as low a profile as possible.

But the Rainbow Team members gave him no chance, forcibly assembling a massive procession to see him off for eighteen li.

Especially Cheng Hong and Otsuka and others, who cried during the farewell, making the atmosphere strangely awkward—those who knew understood it was seeing off their boss, but those who didn't thought someone's elder had passed away!

"Jian Lai"

Furious, Baimu slapped each of them on the head.

On the other side.

Due to their hard work over the past half-month, Chansey had won the affection of many Young Ladies and Pokémon Nurses, so they came to see her off as she departed.

This moved her deeply; she waved repeatedly at her former colleagues.

"lucky~"

"Let's go."

Baimu patted its head, exchanged a smile with N amid the crowd, and waved farewell to everyone in Huang Tie Town.

Baimu entrusted the territory of Beldum to N's care; the former naturally favored N, the Child of Pokémon, and trusted him to safeguard it properly.

Of course, the most important thing was the Trainer's approval.

Baimu believed N could manage it, so Beldum had no objections.

Beldum also knew the Trainer's agreement with N wasn't just about guarding the territory, but also included helping care for other Pokémon the Trainer couldn't carry.

All it wanted to express was—

Catch more Grass-type Pokémon.

The past half-month's toil had made the giant beast understand that Grass-type Pokémon were gods to plants, the essential condition for seeing green mountains and clear waters.

Baimu got into the car; the driver startled him for an instant.

"Terry!"

"Hey! It was me who took you to the charity event before, and it's me again taking you away from Orey!" laughed Terry, the broad-shouldered female driver.

Though she and Lady Ayana were members of the Rainbow Team and had never done anything to incite public resentment, they still counted as half-repentant sinners and were usually forbidden to leave the vicinity of Huang Tie Town.

"Then you'd better drive carefully."

Baimu sat in the back seat; the car had been arranged by Flobo, likely because Terry had some task to perform in Jasper Harbor.

"You can trust my driving!"

Terry pressed the accelerator, and the car headed toward Jasper Harbor.

Seeing Baimu depart, the Rainbow Team members at the entrance of Huang Tie Town disbanded on the spot and went back to their own affairs.

Baimu watched the monotonous scenery outside the window and opened the simulator.

It had been nearly a month since his last simulation with the dual-blue talent of the calligrapher.

During this month, due to numerous events, he hadn't properly watched the simulation plots; the three ordinary simulations were merely skimmed through.

The rewards were naturally no different from before, even slightly worse: only two simulation subjects earned eight badges, granting him a level-50 Tier 3 reward; the remaining one gave a level-30 upgrade.

In terms of moves, it was slightly better: he obtained 【Electro Ball】, 【Curse】, and 【Low Kick】, barely worth the effort.

Now.

The fourth blue simulation had arrived.

With the slightly monotonous car ride, he decided to finish it now.

The bored Terry chatted with him while driving; Baimu responded casually, opened a book, and subtly operated the simulator.

【Select your starting region▽】

He pondered briefly, then selected Johto.

He had already experienced blue simulations in Sinnoh, Kanto, and Kalos; rather than repeat them, he might as well cover all regions' blue talents.

He opened the gender option.

Last time was female; this time, naturally, male.

He opened the Pokémon option.

After so many simulations, Baimu knew Pokémon significantly influenced the talent; choosing a specific Pokémon instead of random would greatly narrow the pool of simulation subjects.

But.

Did the simulator's subjects include only real-world individuals?

Could there be fictional ones? Or others from parallel worlds? Otherwise, at this pace, he'd simulate all top-ranked Trainers before long.

As Baimu pondered, the Pokémon field showed nothing.

Huh?

No Pokémon?

This startled him, then he realized the previous simulation subject hadn't even earned eight badges, so no Pokémon reward was granted.

Damn, this greatly increased the uncertainty.

Baimu continued scrolling down to the talents.

Fixed talent:

【Maternal Aura (Skilled at caring for young Pokémon)】

Optional talents:

【Physically Strong (Very Healthy)】

【One-Man Army (Can catch many Pokémon)】

【Appearance Reflects Heart (Attracts Pokémon matching one's appearance)】

【☆Three Magic Words (Stand up, hold on, dodge quickly)】

Wait, what the hell kind of talent combo is this?

All Baimu stared at his fixed talent, then looked at the selectable talents, genuinely a bit baffled.

A baby team taking on the League?

He couldn't help but think of Ash, who used a first-stage Pokémon to battle others' fully evolved ones, and on top of that, this blue Three-Word Truth talent…

Must be some grand master who has grasped the Three-Word Truth.

All Baimu selected 【Sturdy Body】 and 【Three-Word Truth】, and silently began the simulation.

A light screen unfurled.

—

【Simulation Begins】

In pixel-art style, All Baimu saw a grassland.

The grassland was home to large numbers of free and easy Pokémon, some lowering their heads to nibble fresh grass, others playing about without a care in the world.

As the camera pulled upward, numerous houses appeared before him.

Only then did All Baimu realize this was actually a ranch, specifically raising various Pokémon.

A female pixel character in cowboy clothes was running out of a building with a Ponyta, an exploding bubble popping up over her forehead.

Hate Dad the most!

The text vanished in a flash, and the pixel character rode the Ponyta off into the distance, even running straight out of the ranch.

No way… another opening of running away from home or fighting with family?

All Baimu twitched the corner of his mouth. After the chef who had a falling out with his family and the calligrapher who was kicked out to reflect on his conduct, now there's a ranch girl running away from home too?

What is this? The only obstacle to adventure is family?

As he was pondering, the scene didn't follow the female pixel character away, but suddenly cut to the inside of a house.

The house had a very warm and simple décor. Two pixel characters who looked no longer young—one broad and burly, the other relatively slender—sat by the dining table, murmuring something to each other.

The narration appeared at this point.

【At thirty-seven, you had a big fight with your little daughter who had just come home from school. She said everyone else's dad had taken part in the League, so why hadn't you?】

【You wanted to tell her you were a Breeder, that you had inherited the ranch from your grandfather and given up becoming a Trainer to take care of the family. But your daughter thought you were a coward, too afraid to even enter the League and only making excuses】

【You saw your daughter run out the door crying, and you felt utterly helpless】

Wait.

How old? Thirty-seven?

All Baimu rubbed his eyes. He had assumed the protagonist of this simulation was that little girl, only to realize he'd gotten it wrong—it was the ranch uncle!