[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines":3,"chapter-pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-328":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pokemon: Making pokemon stronger through happiness",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},480183,729,"Chapter 328: Food Expenses","pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-328",328,"\u003Cp>Chapter 328:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pokémon: Noibat]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gender: Male]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ability: Telepathy]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Potential: Purple]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[IVs: HP (20) Attack (17) Sp. Atk (29) Defense (17) Sp. Def (25) Speed (31)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 14 — 17]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Moves: Gust, Moonlight, Absorb, Wing Attack, Double Team, Supersonic.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Hidden Ability too?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hayashi Kaede’s eyebrows raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Telepathy ability was great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah! My hair, Noibat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl screamed, seeing Noibat holding her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached out to grab Noibat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noibat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noibat held the hair, buzzing, and seeing its furious Trainer approaching, quickly flew upward, stopping just where Megumi could reach but not quite grab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She jumped up and down but couldn’t catch Noibat. Kaede found it hard not to laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Noibat seemed to have quite the personality!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After trying for a while, Megumi finally gave up and could only stare at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She explained to Kaede, \"I caught it on the way back. I was picking wild Berries with Blastoise, and it just stuck around and wouldn’t leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How annoying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, Megumi was clearly irritated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She initially thought the approaching Noibat was just a Pokémon looking for food, but it turned out to be seeking a permanent meal ticket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha ha ha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hayashi Kaede released his Veridian Power and beckoned to Noibat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not friendly to anyone!\" Takagi Megumi said, pouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Noibat followed her around but wouldn’t let her pet it and didn’t obey commands. She had originally planned to release it back where she found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she got far, it would always follow her scent and fly back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Takagi Megumi want to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t pet it, but it kept following her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when it wanted food would it obediently fly down, making her feel like it was actually her Pokémon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Brother Kaede didn’t have any food in his hand, so this Noibat definitely wouldn’t come down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next moment, she was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Noibat she couldn’t catch just moments ago was now curiously flying down and landing on Hayashi Kaede’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened in disbelief. \"Why!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hayashi Kaede laughed, looking at the Noibat before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly sensed its telepathic communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Why?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean, why?\" Hayashi Kaede rubbed its ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(You have a very comfortable aura.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noibat gently twitched its ears, sending out layers of sound waves over Hayashi Kaede.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hayashi Kaede didn’t explain but changed the subject. \"Ha ha ha, want something to eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noibat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noibat was puzzled, but when Hayashi Kaede took out an Energy Cube that Dragonite usually ate, its eyes immediately lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noibat~!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It immediately flew onto Hayashi Kaede’s hand, used the small hands on its wings to pick up the Energy Cube, and tentatively asked, \"Noibat?\" (Is this for me?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving Hayashi Kaede’s nod, Noibat’s face naturally showed a happy expression and it started eating voraciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t resist at all as Hayashi Kaede’s hand rested on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Takagi Megumi, watching from the side, look on with resentment, unable to help stomping her foot. \"So annoying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whose Pokémon was this anyway?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had just returned, and now Brother Kaede seemed to be winning it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Noibat was eating, Kaede turned his attention to Megumi’s initial question. \"So, you want Energy Cubes for these three Pokémon, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the topic turned to her Pokémon’s food, Megumi’s expression became serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She poked her index fingers together, a bit embarrassed. \"Um... and also Mom’s Chansey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When traveling in the wild, it was impossible to feed her Pokémon well, but now that she was back, she naturally wanted them to eat better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, no problem.\" Hayashi Kaede nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Takagi Megumi was back, Uncle Qin and Aunt Mei would naturally be back too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, he made plenty of food every day anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding one Blastoise, one Floragato, Noibat, and Chansey wouldn’t make much difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Blastoise ate a lot; the others ate very little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Megumi took out a card and handed it to Kaede with both hands, reverently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this?\" Kaede was somewhat puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s for their food expenses... it’s the prize money I won from the Marine Piplup Cup...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Megumi looked at the card somewhat reluctantly. It contained 500,000 PokéDollars; she didn’t know if it was enough for her Pokémon’s food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Giving it all to me? Not keeping any for yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the offered card, Hayashi Kaede found it amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really was ’Pokémon earn money, Pokémon spend it’—not a single PokeDollar for herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not keeping any.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede didn’t refuse and smiled as he took the card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Megumi on her journey, aside from her Pokémon’s food, she rarely spent money on herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the type who would save up meticulously to buy food for her Pokémon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede remembered an incident from their childhood. The little girl had saved her allowance for a month to buy a limited-edition commemorative Poké Ball that was being released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But later, on her way to buy it, she encountered an injured Oddish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked up the Oddish and ran to the Pokémon Center, not even blinking when paying for its treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, she couldn’t afford the commemorative Poké Ball after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering this, Kaede couldn’t help but smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Blastoise again. \"Remember to bring them over at mealtime, okay? Don’t go through the reservoir anymore. The eating place is now the house in the front. Got it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blastoise~!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blastoise was immediately overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Finally, no need to swim the water route every day.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hayashi Kaede accept the card, Takagi Megumi also breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if remembering something, her gaze became somewhat resentful again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And, Brother Kaede, you didn’t tell me that Jirachi only stays awake for seven days and then falls asleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Takagi Megumi recalled the day she was preparing to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Brother Kaede’s Pokémon had looked so upset; it was the day Jirachi fell asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was supposed to sleep for a thousand years, and she was so heartbroken. But later, when she heard Jirachi say it would only be a year, she felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if it were a thousand years, she would never be able to see Jirachi again.\u003C\u002Fp>",1031,"2026-05-30T11:00:43.170Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","7b50d69e1df9b40fc83a9331a5eb759929af8b2cb20c4d43a9856bbfc5679313","pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-385","pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-384",473,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-cover.jpg"]