Chapter 48: The Poliwag Who Wants to Become Stronger

Speaking of Pokémon suitable for raising on the ranch, the choices were plentiful.

First were Mareep and Wooloo, capable of producing high-quality wool.

Mareep's wool was widely loved for its unique property of being warm in winter and cool in summer, while clothes and carpets made from Wooloo's wool possessed remarkable toughness, sturdy enough to astonish anyone.

Then there was Miltank, which could produce Moomoo Milk, and Skiddo, which provided goat milk and served as a mount.

Moomoo Milk enjoyed an extremely high reputation throughout the Pokémon world; this milk was not only rich and sweet in flavor but also contained extremely high nutritional value.

Although Skiddo's goat milk lacked the fame of Moomoo Milk, it was still a rare tonic.

Mudbray and Tauros were also suitable for raising within the ranch; Mudbray's evolved form, Mudsdale, could use the rare Field Tillage move to benefit the farming area, while Tauros could breed with Miltank to produce Pokémon Eggs, hatching new Miltank or Tauros.

Tropius was also a good choice; the banana-like fruits hanging from their necks tasted absolutely exquisite.

However, before introducing Pokémon to the ranch area, one first had to replace all the fences surrounding the entire farm with new ones.

Xiao En was right; the fences here were so dilapidated that even a Caterpie could smash a hole through them, let alone those powerful Pokémon.

Luo Mu sighed and said, "Calculating it this way, it seems I really must first save up enough money to purchase brand-new fences to surround the farm."

He did some calculations; including the money spent on daily expenses plus the money he had just earned, he currently had savings of 57,350 League Dollars, which was just over fifty-seven thousand.

Previously, he had also inquired with the Machop Engineering Team and learned that replacing all the fences would require at least 80,000 League Dollars.

"It seems I still need to work harder to earn money..."

Luo Mu felt it was better to first expand the planting scale, and only then construct the farm area and the lake area.

The next morning.

Early in the morning, Luo Mu, familiar with the routine, arrived at the fields and began his farm work.

This morning's main task was to clear those crops that could only be harvested once.

Tomatoes, strawberries, and cabbage were crops that could bear fruit multiple times; only eggplants, although capable of bearing fruit a second time, would have quality and size far inferior to the first harvest.

During the clearing process, Bai Bai Pengpeng had already taken two companions who had just completed their evolution to familiarize themselves with the field environment and work content.

Now that their numbers had increased, the efficiency of cultivating the fields had improved considerably, though when Luo Mu later expanded the planting area, they would likely still feel inadequate despite their best efforts.

Noticing this, Luo Mu did not plan to immediately add new members for them.

Just feeding the dozen or so mouths on the farm every day constituted a considerable expense; without a plan, blindly and unrestrainedly increasing members would only lead to the tragedy of a broken capital chain and farm bankruptcy.

After finishing the farm work, the time had already reached noon.

Luo Mu immediately began preparing lunch for the dozen or so Pokémon; on ordinary days, the menu was not as lavish as before, so the task was not difficult.

After eating and drinking their fill, just as Luo Mu was about to rest and take a nap, the Poliwag boss, having completed its watering duties, came knocking.

Luo Mu glanced doubtfully behind the Poliwag but did not see the three Poliwag that usually followed it everywhere, so he asked doubtfully, "Where are your little underlings?"

The Poliwag shook its head; it had sent its underlings back to rest at Thunder Lake before coming to find Luo Mu alone.

"Wululu!"

The Poliwag looked solemn, using body language to strenuously explain its intentions to Luo Mu.

It first moved its feet, which it had already mastered walking with, running several circles around Luo Mu, then opened its thick lips, driving a stream of water to spray onto the ground, leaving a wet patch.

This was the Water Gun move.

Immediately after, the Poliwag used its round tail to fiercely slap a small stone twice, but alas, the force was insufficient, merely knocking the small stone flying to a nearby spot.

This was the Pound move.

Next, the Poliwag used Mud Shot, Bubble Beam, and Haze, as if specifically demonstrating the moves it had mastered before Luo Mu.

This unusual behavior from the Poliwag made Luo Mu thoughtful, and then, after it cast an envious gaze toward the sparring Marshtomp and Cangyan Cangyan Rengui, Luo Mu reached a ten-out-of-ten certain conclusion.

Did the Poliwag seem to want to become stronger?

Therefore, it had sought out Luo Mu, who had trained Marshtomp and the others, to learn from his experience.

Moreover, this should not be Luo Mu's illusion; during the Poliwag's demonstration, he had observed a trace of terror and anxiety hidden extremely deep within the Poliwag's eyes.

What was it terrified and anxious about?

With a guess in mind, Luo Mu readily accepted the Poliwag's request for help.

After pondering for a moment, Luo Mu, now with a plan in mind, took the Poliwag to where Growlithe was watching Marshtomp and the others spar.

Since the Poliwag wanted to become stronger, there happened to be a suitable training opponent for it here; additionally, this could train Growlithe's resistance to Water-type moves that dealt four-times super-effective damage against it, truly killing two birds with one stone.

Seeing Luo Mu arrive, Tapu Tapu Moumou could finally rest assured leaving Growlithe behind to go back and take a nap.

Ever since watching the Cottonee evolve last night, Growlithe had been somewhat excited, making noise all night long and causing Tapu Tapu Moumou to suffer from lack of sleep.

Thus, the arrival of the child's father to look after the child was exactly what the mother, Tapu Tapu Moumou, had wished for.

The aftermath of the sparring between Marshtomp and Cangyan Cangyan Rengui was too likely to injure the still very weak Growlithe and Poliwag, so Luo Mu found an open space slightly further away to conduct the training.

Along the way, Luo Mu was also thinking about how to plan the Poliwag's training regimen.

As the leader of a small group, the Poliwag possessed the potential to evolve into Politoed, and the most prominent feature of this Pokémon was its ability to manipulate the weather.

Luo Mu had previously specifically tested the Abilities of the four Poliwag.

Two of the Poliwag had the Ability Water Absorb, and one Poliwag had the Ability Damp.

As for this Poliwag boss before his eyes, its Ability was... the Hidden Ability "Swift Swim"!

Once a Poliwag with the Swift Swim Ability evolved into Politoed, its Ability would transform into the super-rare Drizzle.

Just how rare this Ability was could be understood with a single example.

The Pokémon with the Drizzle Ability that Luo Mu knew of numbered only three.

Pelipper, Politoed, and... the creator of the oceans, the Legendary Pokémon Kyogre!

The weather manipulation capabilities of Pokémon possessing the Drizzle Ability were simply incomparable to those of ordinary Pokémon that could only use the move Rain Dance.

As long as the Poliwag successfully evolved into Politoed, from then on, it would become one of the core Pokémon of this farm!