Chapter 443 Guiding the Strange Tree The Bug in the Apple

On April 1, 200th year of the Alliance Calendar, with the rising temperature, the Padiya region officially ushered in the hot summer.

The temperature outside was a little hot during the day. While the temperature was not rising in the morning, Naoki helped his mount goat to milk the goat and fed the other Pokémon in the ranch.

After everything was done, Naoki was ready to go to the wine cellar to check the progress of the fruit wine brewing.

But before he entered the house, he received a call.

Naoki took out the Rotom phone and found that it was actually from Qishu.

He raised his eyebrows, stopped, and pressed the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Naoki, what are you doing now?" Qishu's energetic voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I just finished my work at the ranch and I'm going to take a break." Naoki answered while letting go of the Rotom phone and preparing to wash his hands at the faucet in front of the house.

The Rotom phone automatically switched to flight mode and floated beside Naoki's ear.

"What about you? You don't have work today?" Naoki asked. The gym leader hadn't taken a vacation yet. Normally, they would stay in the gym to meet the challenge of the trainer.

If it was Qishu... he should be broadcasting the gym battle live in Niangguang City now, right?

The person on the other end of the phone laughed and asked stupidly, "Guess!"

At the entrance of the ranch, Qishu made a silent gesture to Gulden and Motor Lizard who found him not far away.

Gulden, who wanted to make a sound, immediately closed his mouth.

"Huh?" Naoki was a little surprised: "Are you broadcasting live outside now?"

"No!"

Naoki: "..."

After washing his hands, Naoki stood up. He thought of Qishu's temperament and suddenly had an idea and asked:

"Are you on your way to the ranch?"

"Hehe, you're right!" Qishu laughed and said, "Look back!"

Naoki turned around and saw Qishu standing on the grass not far away and waving hard at this side.

Gulerton and Motor Lizard were standing not far away, watching this place with Qishu.

Seeing this scene, Naoki smiled helplessly.

This behavior is indeed in line with Qishu's character.

He hung up the phone, and the weather outside gradually became hotter. Naoki thought about it and invited Qishu to sit in the living room.

"Sorry to bother you then!" Qishu followed with a smile.

"Are you here to challenge the trial today as well?" Naoki asked.

Qishu nodded repeatedly: "Yes! After the last challenge, I have found a way to deal with Babu Tubo's hammer!"

In fact, she didn't know what excuse to find to come to the ranch.

"Is that so..." Naoki suddenly became interested, but he always felt something strange in his heart.

Because as far as he knew, Qishu was not the kind of person who worked hard to improve her strength.

In the game, she paid more attention to the effect of the show than the victory of the gym challenge.

Forget it, it's useless to think so much. Qishu probably suddenly wanted to work hard, right?

In this case, he had to help her well.

The two walked into the room. In the pasture not far away, Gultun and Motor Lizard squatted on the grass, looking at the back over there.

Seeing Gultun's expression, Motor Lizard looked at it, then looked at Qishu, and asked in confusion: "Gaao?" (Do you know that human?)

It always felt that Gultun seemed to be very familiar with that human.

But it also had a good impression of that human, because the other party had seen it lost before and encouraged it.

Hearing Motor Lizard's words, Gultun nodded: "Ah Gaxi." (You will also know it.)

It thought that the little master would be hatched from Qishu's eggs in the future.

In the future, the little master will ride on their backs and play with them!

Motor Lizard didn't understand, and it felt very confused about Gultun's words.

"Gaao..."

In the living room, the sister Ai Guanshi brought a cup of thirst-quenching black tea to Qishu.

"Thank you! You've worked hard!" Qishu thanked his sister Ai Guanshi, then took a sip, and his eyes immediately brightened: "Hmm, delicious!"

Hearing the guests praise the deliciousness of the tea he brewed, the sister Ai Guanshi was very happy.

Holding the tray, she smiled: "Aiya!"

The sister Ai Guanshi turned and left, and soon, she brought a few small snacks she made to entertain the guests.

"Ah! You've worked hard!" Qishu hurriedly thanked his sister Ai Guanshi.

"Aiya~" The sister Ai Guanshi said it didn't matter.

Naoki looked at the scene with a smile on his face, and waited until his sister Ai Guanshi turned and left before he asked:

"Is the live broadcast going well recently?"

Qishu nodded repeatedly: "Well! I changed my live broadcast style, and the popularity of the Brewing Light Gym is getting higher and higher!"

Naoki actually followed Qishu's personal homepage on Pichu TV, and he was quite familiar with Qishu's current situation.

Although it has not reached the level in the game, it is already very popular.

Hearing what Qishu said, he nodded and said with a smile: "But speaking of which, it seems that the Brewing Light Gym hasn't reached its holiday time yet, right? Is it okay for you to come here?"

As far as Naoki knows, the Padiya Alliance also has performance requirements for gym owners, and even sends people to inspect the gyms to test their strength.

Qishu nodded and said, "Don't worry! Before coming here, I had asked for three days off from the Padiya Alliance, and the chief approved it personally!"

"I see!" It seems that the Padiya Alliance and Yeci are also very humane.

After Qishu finished eating snacks and drinking the black tea made by her sister Ai Guanshi, she planned to challenge Babu Tubo's lightning trial again.

Zhishu found Babu Tubo, and the two came to the battlefield in the ranch.

Looking at Qishu who was full of fighting spirit on the opposite side, Zhishu couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

"I didn't expect it!"

Qishu was slightly stunned: "What didn't you expect?"

Zhishu: "I didn't expect you to be so hardworking, a little different from what I imagined."

For example, Guluxia and Aoki basically only came once, but Qishu often visited the ranch to challenge the trial.

Could it be that the nature of Qishu in the world he traveled through is different from that in the game?

Since Qishu wants to improve so much, he has to help seriously. After all, Qishu is his friend anyway.

However, when Qishu heard this, her face turned red. She didn't come here to challenge the trial!

"Although I am not good at breeding and training electric attribute Pokémon, I think you who specialize in electric attribute Pokémon may be able to get some inspiration from Babu Tubo."

"So, in the next battle, we will not play our full strength, it will be more of a demonstration, so remember to let your Pokémon watch carefully!"

"Huh?" Qishu didn't react for a while. After a long time, she understood what Zhishu meant and nodded quickly: "Okay!"

In the first battle, Zhishu sent Babu Tubo, and Qishu sent his own electric shock monster.

At the beginning of the battle, Babu Tubo swung the hammer and rushed towards the electric shock monster.

A strong current burst out from the hammer. The electric shock monster sensed the strong electricity and quickly crossed his arms across his body to try to resist.

Babu Tupo's hammer smashed down, and a yellow electric current burst out from the body of the electric shock monster. All of Babu Tupo's electricity was absorbed into its body.

Electric engine characteristic!

Naoki recognized the characteristic at a glance. Pokémon with this characteristic will not be damaged when attacked by electric-attribute moves, but will increase their speed.

But Babu Tupo is not an ordinary electric-attribute Pokémon. In addition to electric-attribute energy, its hammer also has physical damage.

The electric shock monster sank its arms, and at this time, Qi Shu's voice came from behind it.

"Electric shock monster, use tile splitting!"

The strong electric shock monster instantly raised his palm and chopped at the Babu Tupo in front of him.

Babu Tupo dodged sideways, and seeing that the attack failed, Qi Shu immediately gave the electric shock monster a pursuit order.

"One hundred thousand volts!"

The dazzling electric light burst out from the electric shock monster, turning into a beam of electric light and blasting towards Babu Tupo in mid-air.

Babu Tubo floated there motionless.

Naoki said calmly: "Charge."

"Bamo!"

The next second, 100,000 volts submerged Babu Tubo, but unexpectedly, the terrible electric energy did not cause much damage to Babu Tubo, but was absorbed into its body by charging!

"How could this happen?!" Qishu was quite surprised.

Naoki explained with a smile: "For electric attribute Pokémon, electricity is also their food. When using charging, Pokémon will automatically accumulate electricity in their bodies."

"But if you can eat the opponent's electric attribute moves at this time, although you will suffer some damage, it will greatly increase the effect of charging."

"Take the opponent's attack as food?" Qishu was slightly stunned. She never thought that it could be possible!

"Do you want to try it?" Naoki asked.

Qishu hummed: "Electric shock monster, get ready!"

The electric shock monster, who had heard the conversation between the two, nodded and began to prepare at the same time.

"Babu Tubo, use discharge." Naoki commanded.

"Bamo!"

Accompanied by Bamo's voice, a strong electric current gushed out from Babu Tubo's small body, and finally enveloped the entire battlefield.

At the moment when the discharge was about to submerge the electric shock monster, Qishu's voice also sounded at the same time: "Electric shock monster, use charging!"

"Roar!"

The electric shock monster roared, and the huge body stood still, and it went directly into the charging state.

Take the electric current as food...Zhishu's words appeared in the mind of the electric shock monster, and it began to swallow the electric current in big mouthfuls.

I eat, I eat, I eat eat eat!

The electricity in the body continued to climb up, and almost in the blink of an eye, the electric shock monster felt that the electric attribute energy accumulated in its body had reached a new height.

In this state, if it uses other electric attribute moves, the power will definitely be greatly improved!

Zhishu nodded to Qishu and the electric shock monster: "Come on!"

Qishu was also fully involved in this battle at this moment.

She hummed loudly, and then gave a loud order: "Electric Monster, use Lightning Strike!"

"Bubble, we come too, use Lightning Double!"

After the order was given, the two Pokémon on the field moved at the same time.

The strong body of the electric shock monster was completely covered by an electric current, and it looked like it was wearing a lightning armor, rushing forward.

And Babu Tubo injected all the electricity in his body into the silver hammer, and rushed forward fearlessly to face the electric shock monster.

The two Pokémon were very fast, and they collided in the blink of an eye.

A dazzling electric light burst out instantly, and finally turned into a yellow round ball of light, covering the two Pokémon.

Immediately afterwards, a violent explosion occurred on the battlefield.

The strong shock wave shook Babu Tubo and the electric shock monster back, but no one lost the ability to fight.

"What a powerful blow!"

Looking at the scars on the electric shock monster, Qi Shu couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

Naoki smiled and said, "It seems that you have learned the electric shock monster. Next, you should consolidate it well. There is no need to continue. Let's end this battle here!"

"I know!" Qishu nodded.

The elder brother Ai Butler brought the life goat milk to restore the physical strength of the two Pokémon.

Because of the battle and the weather, the two Pokémon were sweating a lot.

Seeing this, Naoki invited them to rest in the living room.

"How do you feel?" Naoki asked with a smile.

Qishu nodded and praised, "It's Naoki!"

"When you go back, you can use this method to train the electric belly frogs at home. I believe that if all your Pokémon are mastered, the strength of the Brewing Light Gym will definitely be stronger." Naoki said.

"Well, I know!" Qishu listened very seriously.

Looking at so many powerful Pokémon around Naoki, Qishu suddenly became very curious about his past.

According to the chief, Naoki came to the Padiya area three years ago. Before that, he had been traveling around other areas.

Thinking of this, Qishu asked, "By the way, Naoki, where did you travel before you came to the Padiya region?"

Naoki was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Qishu to ask this question.

He thought carefully before answering, "Many places! I've been to places like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Kalos."

"Wow!" Qishu exclaimed, "I've never left the Padiya region."

Naoki smiled slightly, "When you have time in the future, you can go to other places to have a look. The customs and Pokémon in each region are different."

Qishu nodded and asked, "Then don't you live with your parents?"

"Parents?" Naoki shook his head, "They are all dead. I lived in the Padiya region when I was a child. Later, I went to the Hoenn region with my parents to recuperate. After they died, I went to travel to other places."

"Later, I was tired of traveling, so I took my luggage back to my hometown, which is the town of Ziqin, and inherited the ranch left by my grandfather."

Hearing these words, Qishu opened his mouth and said apologetically, "Sorry, I didn't mean to bring up these things."

Naoki grinned and signaled Qishu not to be nervous, "It's okay, it's all over."

He looked at Qishu, and Qishu looked at him.

A light flashed in Qishu's eyes, and she nodded seriously: "Well, Naoki is a very strong person!"

Naoki did not continue this topic, he asked instead: "What about you?"

"Me?" Qishu pointed at herself, and when she saw Naoki nodded, she spoke: "I grew up in Niangguang City since I was a child. Like other ordinary children, I left home after I turned ten and went to Padiya Academy to study."

"Then, I met the electric belly frog and the dream demon. We challenged the gym together, collected badges, and finally joined the Padiya Alliance and became the gym leader of Niangguang City."

"Life in a big city must be very lively, right?" Naoki asked.

Qishu was stunned, not knowing how to answer: "I have never lived in the countryside."

"That's a pity, isn't it?" Naoki said with a smile: "Although the countryside is not as lively as the big city, life here is also great."

"In spring, you can see flowers all over the mountains, and many wild flower stalks are flying in the flowers."

"In the summer night, you can see many fireflies gathering on the water surface by the river, just like stars. Some water-attributed Pokémon will also stick their heads out of the water to watch the fireflies."

"In autumn, the trees all over the mountains will begin to turn yellow. If you go to the mountains, you can pick all kinds of mountain products, such as mushrooms, hazelnuts, and berries. Occasionally, you can see wild Pokémon living in the mountains storing food for the winter."

"Winter... The weather is too cold in winter, so I don't go out much, but occasionally I will take Pokémon to build snowmen in the pasture and watch the stars."

"At that time, there were no clouds in the night sky, and you could clearly see every star and the moon."

Qishu looked longing after hearing these words.

"Sounds great!"

"Really?" Naoki also began to look forward to this summer.

And just then, he suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, it's summer now, there should be fireflies tonight, do you want to see them?"

Qishu was slightly stunned: "Eh? Can I?"

Naoki nodded: "Of course, there is a room upstairs. You can stay here for one night and return to Niangguang City tomorrow."

That is a guest room specially used to entertain guests.

Adek, Dr. Omu and others all lived upstairs.

"Hehe!" Qishu smiled sheepishly: "Then I'm sorry to bother you!"

"Love~"

The sister who was standing by was happy to say that she would help the guests clean up their rooms.

*

In the evening, as dusk was approaching, there was a sound of cicadas chirping in the back mountain, which seemed far away.

The fireflies living in the grass gradually became active.

When it gets completely dark, fireflies gather at the lakeside to light up the night.

Naoki spread a picnic cloth on the grass by the river and filled it with various snacks and food.

Fresh milk pudding, honey cake, poffin, energy cubes, tree juice, moo milk...

All the Pokémon in the pasture gathered here, happily chasing and playing around the picnic cloth.

On the other side of the river, the group of ducks sat obediently by the river, holding their heads with their hands and staring blankly at the fireflies flying on the river.

Qishu also released all his Pokémon.

Electric Belly Frog, Big Electric Petrel, Dream Demon, Naughty Thunder Bomb, Roentgen Cat, Electric Shock Monster.

Their Pokémon had eaten together before and were fairly familiar with each other.

Therefore, as soon as they met, Baboo flew forward, released a ray of electricity, and greeted Roentgen Cat and the others using the special communication method of electric Pokémon.

Flapping Wings is still very curious about the Dream Demon. It floats in mid-air and stares at the Dream Demon without blinking.

The dream demon was so frightened by its stare that he turned around and hid aside.

Qishu looked at this dreamy scene, and an unprecedented feeling suddenly emerged in his heart.

She had seen many attractions before.

The million-volt night view of Nianguang City, the Cauldron Waterfall at Cauldron Lake, the olive farm in the southwest of Padea...

As for the Frost-wiped Hands on Frost-Mossed Mountain, Qishu has never been there because she is also afraid of the cold.

But none of those places could give her this feeling.

Along the slowly flowing river, groups of fireflies emitting light fluorescence are flying slowly, their silhouettes reflected on the clear water, rippling gently with the water waves.

The quiet night, the chirping of cicadas full of summer flavor, the gentle evening breeze...

All of this cannot be experienced in big cities.

"So beautiful!" Qishu murmured, and then a smile appeared on her face: "Thank you, Naoki!"

Naoki put his hands on the grass, looked up at the firefly river in front of him, and said softly:

"I should say thank you too."

"Eh?" Qishu was stunned for a moment.

Naoki smiled and said, "You helped advertise my ranch shop in the live broadcast room before, right?"

Qishu was completely confused: "How did you know?"

She obviously did it very carefully!

"Because all your fans went to my store's message board and said it." Naoki opened Rotom's phone and found the first messages.

[Recommended by Qishu Live Room! The milk here is delicious, sweet and fresh, and the delivery speed of Kuailong is also very fast. Highly recommended! 】

[It’s really good. Thanks to Qishu, I found this treasure shop. The vegetables are very fresh. With it, my grandma no longer has to go out to buy vegetables. I will come back next time! 】

And so on.

Qishu's face turned red when he saw it, this was too embarrassing.

"Thank you." Naoki said softly.

Qishu is indeed an enthusiastic person! If he remembered correctly, in the anime, Qishu, a live broadcaster, often encouraged his fans and cheered them up.

Qishu touched his head in embarrassment.

At this moment, Naoki suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, did you come here by Angry Parrot flying taxi?" he asked.

Qishu nodded: "That's right! There are flying taxi stations just now in Nianguang City and Zhiqin Town. If you take a ride, you can go directly to here, which is very convenient!"

"How long will the flight take?" Naoki asked.

"It's not much, about six hours." Qishu calculated carefully.

After all, Zhiqin Town and Niangguang City are too far apart. One is at the far west of Padea and the other is at the far east. Six hours is already very fast.

Naoki asked in disbelief: "You want to take a six-hour flying taxi?"

Qishu was puzzled: "Huh? What's wrong?"

Naoki: "..."

Too slow, no, it would be too much trouble to go back and forth, right?

"Let Kuailong take you back tomorrow." Naoki suddenly felt a headache.

At Kuailong's speed, he could reach Niangguang City in half an hour, several times faster than Angry Parrot.

This time it was Qishu's turn to be confused.

She was a little embarrassed, "Isn't this a little too troublesome?"

"It's okay. It just so happens that Kuailong is going to deliver goods to Niangguang City. You can just take it then." Zhi Shu said.

"Okay." Qishu smiled and said, "Thank you very much!"

Not far away, Guluton and Motorized Lizard were squatting on the grass.

The Motorized Lizard looked at Gulton in confusion and asked: "Gaw?" (Why can't we disturb Naoki?)

Gu Ledun said with a serious face: "Ah, geez." (Because Naoki has something very important to do.)

"Gaw?"

Very important thing?

Motor Lizard immediately perked up.

Gulton looked at the two people on the river bank and the Pokémon surrounding them, and the past scenes emerged in his mind.

Its little master, Naoki's child, pitifully pulled it and asked it when it would be back.

At that time, it was still a motor lizard and said that it would be back soon.

However, it was not able to go back, and the little master never waited for it again.

Thinking of this, Gulton's mood could not help but become depressed.

But then, it perked up again.

Because it was back, when it met the little master again, it must say to the little master: I'm back.

*

The next morning, Qishu took Dragonite back to Niangguang City.

Half an hour after Dragonite left, Naoki received Qishu's message.

[Qishu: Thank you, I was very happy yesterday! ]

Naoki smiled, replied with a smiling expression, and then put away his phone.

It was a new day again, and there was still a lot of work waiting for him to do on the ranch.

While Naoki was planting summer crops in the farmland, Klee came to the ranch with a construction team.

She greeted Naoki, then looked around and gossiped, "Where is your girlfriend?"

Naoki was stunned on the spot: "What girlfriend?"

But then, Naoki suddenly noticed something.

Could Klee be talking about Qishu?

Sure enough, the next second, Naoki heard Klee say, "It's the girl who came to the ranch yesterday!"

Naoki: "..."

"Don't talk nonsense, she came to the ranch to challenge the trial." Naoki shook his head.

However, Klee smiled: "Oh? Really? But I found that she looked at you differently!"

Naoki: "..."

What eyes? Qishu looked at him differently?

Impossible?

Klee didn't say much. After saying those few words, she continued to work with her strange strength.

Naoki was left standing there with a confused look on his face.

But he couldn't figure it out after thinking for a while, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

In addition, the videophone in the house rang, so Naoki put the matter behind him and went into the house to answer the phone.

Although Rotom phones have become popular in this world, videophones have not been eliminated.

Because some trainers do not have Rotom phones, or their phones are lost in the wild, they can go to the local Pokémon Center and use the videophone there to contact family and friends.

The videophone at Naoki Ranch is also retained, but this videophone is used by Naoki as a public phone at the ranch.

On weekdays, customers will call this number when they need to order vegetables, milk tree fruits, etc.

When the call was connected, a rough voice came from the other end.

"Hello, is this Naoki Ranch? I am the owner of a dessert shop in the next city. This city is holding a dessert competition recently. Fresh apples are needed to make apple pies and apple candies. I plan to order a batch of apples from you!"

"Okay, no problem." After listening to the other party's needs clearly, Naoki asked the man to send his location and contact information, and said that he would deliver the apples soon.

Soon, Naoki got the information of this customer.

Name: Cliff

Contact number: 6937394

Address: Shop No. 3, Blue Bay Street, Glass Bottle City

After hanging up the phone, Naoki used the map app to check the distance between Glass Bottle City and Zheqin Town.

If you drive, it will take about an hour and a half to get there.

After determining the location, Naoki began to call his Pokémon assistants to go to the apple orchard on the other side of the river to pick apples.

In this season, the apples in the apple orchard are big and round, and almost every one is red, which looks very tempting.

Picking apples is a very simple job. Naoki originally only called Gulerton and Motor Lizard to help.

But after hearing about this, Ergui and Sai Fuhao also took the initiative to run over and wanted to help.

So Naoki gave them a few cartons and asked them to put the picked apples into the cartons.

Ergui and Sai Fuhao are very smart. They learned how to operate just by taking a look.

They picked apples from the tree in an orderly manner and put them into cartons.

Seeing that they were picking apples quite well, Naoki withdrew his gaze with relief and continued to work on his own side.

At first, the two Pokémon worked very smoothly, but soon, Naoki heard Uruk-O let out a cry of surprise, as if it was frightened by something.

Naoki and several other Pokémon turned their heads to look.

"What's wrong?" Naoki asked.

Uruk-O pointed to an apple on the fruit tree.

"Boni!"

Naoki looked in the direction of its finger, and then saw an "apple" with a strange appearance.

At first glance, the thing looked very much like an apple, but if you look closely, you can see the difference between it and a real apple.

The original apple stem was replaced by big eyes, and a pair of caterpillar tails appeared from the hole behind the apple. Two small fang-like patterns also appeared on the lower part of the apple.

Obviously, there was a worm in the apple.

Looking at the strange apple, the name of a Pokémon immediately popped up in Naoki's mind.

Fruitworm?

As if frightened by the cry of the Uruk-Yo, the fruitworm immediately shrank into the apple and hid inside without daring to move.

Looking at the fruitworm, Naoki's first reaction was that it was finally here!

He had been looking forward to the fruitworm coming to his apple orchard for a long time.

Because the fruitworm with the ripening characteristics can help the fruit and apples mature!

With them, the orchard on the World Tree can grow better.

Thinking of this, Naoki stopped his actions and said to Uruk-Yo: "Don't worry, it is also a Pokémon. Its name is the fruitworm, and it is a Pokémon that lives in apples."

Hearing this, Sai Fuhao showed a surprised expression on his face.

Can Pokémon live in apples?

And Uruk-Yo was terrified.

Because it was very worried, what if it accidentally ate the fruitworm inside the apple when eating it in the future?

"Boni..." Uruk-Yo didn't know what he thought of here, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

Naoki noticed the expressions of the two Pokémon and explained:

"Don't worry, the fruitworm didn't live in the apple from the beginning. It hides in the apple after it is born and spends its whole life in it."

"Evil, you don't have to be afraid of it. As long as you pay more attention when eating apples in the future, you can tell the difference between the fruitworm and ordinary apples."

As he said, Naoki walked forward and stretched out his hand to cover the apple where the fruitworm was living.

The power of the dragon, start!

The fruitworm, which has the dragon attribute, immediately felt a friendly breath.

It was slightly stunned, then stretched out its eyes from the apple and observed the situation curiously.

Then, the fruitworm noticed that the human had come in front of it.

The fruitworm subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but soon it realized that the friendly breath it felt was emitted from this human.

"Hello, fruitworm, I am Naoki, the owner of this orchard. Don't be afraid. No Pokémon here will hurt you." Naoki released his kindness to the fruitworm.

The fruitworm looked at the human very cautiously. Originally, it was still full of vigilance, worried that the other party would eat it.

Because the fruitworms that have not evolved yet are very fragile, various events can cause their death.

For example, if they lose the apples they hide in, the water in their bodies will slowly drain away, and they will gradually become weak. If they can't find the apples, they will lose their lives in weakness.

Or if the apples fall from a high place, the fruitworms may be forced to escape from the apples during this process.

In addition to these two accidents, they have to worry about their natural enemy bird Pokémon from time to time.

Sometimes, even Pokémon like Buzzbat will mistake them for food and bring them back to the nest.

Who makes them look too much like apples.

However, soon, the fruitworm felt a special power from the human in front of it.

The other party seemed to be taking care of it and conveyed his thoughts to it.

[Don't be afraid, no one and no Pokémon here will hurt you. ]

The fruitworm gradually relaxed its vigilance.

He knew that Pokémon without dragon attributes could refuse the power of dragon control.

"Okay, from now on, you can live here without worry!" Naoki said.

After helping the fruitworm evolve into a fennec dragon or other forms, the World Tree should be fully grown by then, and he will send the fruitworm to live on the World Tree.

For Pokémon, it is an absolutely safe place there.

But before that, Naoki has one more thing to do.

"Come on, fruitworm, let me see your characteristics first."

He conveyed his meaning to the fruitworm.

The fruitworm seemed to understand, and after a long time, it understood what Naoki meant.

The fruitworm jumped to the side of a slightly green apple.

The next second, a special wave was released from its body.

Affected by this wave, the green apple began to turn red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally completely turned into a big red apple.

Seeing this scene, two big words instantly appeared in Naoki's mind-[Maturity].

The characteristics of this fruitworm are perfectly adapted to the maturity of the orchard!

This kind of Pokémon can take care of fruit trees and help the fruits grow better and faster.

Naoki was delighted, but then he sensed the idea of ​​the fruit worm through the power of the dragon.

[I ripened all the apples on this tree! ]

"Huh?" Naoki was very surprised: "Really?"

The fruit worm gave a positive answer.

Seeing this, Naoki turned his head to look at the growth of the apples on this apple tree, and then observed the apples on other fruit trees for a while.

Through comparison, he found that the apples on this fruit tree have been ripe for a while, and the reason why there is still a green apple is that the fruit worm has not had time to ripen it.

"Why do you do these things?" Naoki asked curiously.

The idea of ​​the fruit worm was quickly conveyed to him through the power of the dragon.

[Because I ate an apple here, I have to ripen a few apples and return them to you. ]

Naoki didn't expect it to be this reason.

"You have been here a long time ago?" he asked.

However, the fruitworm said that it had not been here for long, but it had seen Naoki watering the apple orchard and taking care of the fruit trees before, so it knew that this was the territory of this human.

"I see." Naoki nodded, thinking that this fruitworm was quite sensible.

"In that case, then you can stay here first! After a while, I will take you to live in another place where there is no danger, and you can help take care of the orchard there." Naoki said.

The fruitworm agreed.

Naoki put it back on the tree, and then led his Pokémon assistant to continue working, packing the apples and moving them onto the pickup truck.

When everything was done, Naoki sat in the driver's seat, pulling a car of apples and a car of Pokémon following the car, driving on the road to deliver goods to customers.

At the same time, in the Hoenn region, in a vast mountain forest.

Mewtwo, who was leading a group of copy Pokémon, while looking for his place in this world and the meaning of his existence, suddenly felt a familiar breath.

It stopped flying and used its superpowers to slowly land with Meowth, Pikachu, Bulbasaur and other Pokémon copies.

As soon as it landed, Mewtwo saw two familiar figures in the dense forest.

One was a bear cub with a heart of justice.

The other was Mew, a mythical Pokémon that it once regarded as its mother and had a fierce battle with.