MTL - Not a Trainer This Time-Chapter 358 Insect catching competition

Chapter 358 Insect Catching Conference

 Taking care of your baby…

Zhi Shu was speechless for a moment, and while going to the kitchen to prepare dinner, he said:

"There is no hurry about this matter, and the way we humans and Pokémon lay eggs are different. We need to go through many rituals before we can give birth to a baby, such as confession, love, and wedding. But the most important thing is to have a baby first. Someone you like.”

Sister Ai Guanshi put the dragon egg on the small bed, and then accompanied Naoki to cook:

 “Love eh~love eh?” (I know~ Mom and Dad have told me and my brother about this before, so Master, do you have someone you like now?)

 Naoki: “…”

It always feels weird to talk to Pokémon about this kind of thing.

 He thought about it carefully and shook his head: "I've been at the ranch, where do I have time?"

 For this kind of thing, Naoki's attitude is to depend on fate. If there is no suitable one, he would rather live with Pokémon for the rest of his life.

"Oh." My sister, Guanshi, nodded solemnly. After thinking about it, she put away her gossipy eyes and concentrated on preparing the food.

 Before leaving, Zhishu prepared a fruit platter for several days for Green Onion Duck.

 But it had eaten all of them, but it hadn’t learned the moves it wanted yet, so it could only continue to eat hard.

Looking at the green onion duck showing off the fruit platter, Zhi Shu couldn't help but sigh: "There is still a long way to go!"

 At least you don’t have to worry about being unable to carry large items when you go out.

 Sure enough... Naoki understood.

The pickup truck started successfully. Zhi Shu drove the car and returned to Zhiqin Town with the motorcycle lizard.

However, he did not start studying energy cubes immediately.

 “Oh, by the way!” Naoki then remembered that there was one more thing he had not done.

Those luxury cars were not an immediate need for Zhi Shu, so he jumped directly on them and finally spent 120,000 alliance coins to buy a brand new white pickup truck.

　　Although the two brothers and sisters of Ai Guishi can take care of the cubs, he still needs to understand them so that he can feel more at ease.

 "Pokémon Breeding Guide" - written by Dr. Kongmu.

The Motorized Lizard sitting on it was happy to see Naoki, and it also laughed stupidly.

This trip, he came to buy a crib for Kuailongdan in response to the request of his younger sister.

After three days of separation, the green onion duck was about to turn into a fat duck with thick fat.

   *

 Early the next morning, Zhishu moved the fruit mixer to the kitchen and put it away.

 After paying the money, the car was completely in his name.

 “Sit down and don’t move!”

There are many cars on display at the exhibition area, including business cars, sedans, and luxury limousines.

 In addition to this, he also had to buy some more ingredients and seasonings to replenish his inventory.

Zhi Shu gave some instructions and then got into the cab.

Zhi Shu rode the motorcycle lizard out of the door and went straight to the vehicle management office in the town.

 "Pokémon Egg Hatching Care" - written by Dr. Kong Mu.

Instead, he planned to go to the town’s vehicle management office to get a driver’s license, and then buy a pickup truck to go back to the pasture to haul fruit.

Seeing that all the errands to be done on this trip were done, Zhi Shu clapped his hands and said to the Motorized Lizard: "Let's go back!"

Zhi Shu asked Motorized Lizard to wait in the car while he walked into the furniture store and walked out after a while.

Zhi Shu passed through without any surprises. He packed up the driver's license that he had just printed out and smelled of fresh ink, and then took the motorcycle lizard and went straight to the place where the car was sold.

Zhi Shu patted the cargo box at the back and said with a smile: "Come up quickly!"

The Motorcycle Lizard looked at the car in front of him in surprise, and jumped in with a single stride.

 Compared to the previous life, the driving license test in the Pokémon world is not that complicated.

 What if another Pokémon in the pasture falls in love with each other and lays eggs?

 Due to the existence of Pokémon, cars in this world are not very valuable. You can buy a car with good performance for more than 100,000 alliance coins.

 He has to buy some books about Pokémon laying eggs!

 In the past, he had only hatched Pokémon eggs in the game, and he had always hatched them by walking around.

 In reality, it may not be that simple. He needs to know in advance the time when the Pokémon eggs will hatch and how to take care of the newly hatched Pokémon.

 After paying the examination fee to the staff, a man in a blue uniform took him to the examination area.

 “Beep toot!”

The food and daily necessities he had purchased before were already placed in the carriage, plus a motorcycle lizard. Naoki looked left and right, thinking that this was quite convenient.

The clerk looked at him and introduced with a smile: "These two books record how to combine two Pokémon to lay eggs. They are very popular in the breeding house!"

 As long as you show your driving ability and answer some questions while driving, you can get a driver's license.

"Nurturing house?" Zhi Shu was a little surprised. Is it the kind of breeding house he knew?

The clerk nodded: "Yes, there is a Pokémon breeding house near Zhiqin Town. Trainers can foster their tamed Pokémon there and be taken care of by the owner of the breeding house."

So, Zhi Shu returned to Zhiqin Town and plunged into the bookstore. Under the guidance of the clerk, he quickly found two books that suited him.

"In addition, the breeding house will also specialize in breeding Pokémon. If a trainer who has just turned ten wants a Pokémon, you can give them a small adoption fee and choose one from them. Only newly hatched Pokémon are taken away and taken care of as starter Pokémon."

 During the days when he was gone, all the food in the house was eaten by the Pokémon.

“Just put it on top!” Naoki pointed to the carriage, and the two strong men worked together to lift the crib up.

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 He nodded, without asking any questions, and drove the pickup truck directly back to the ranch with two books.

As soon as the car stopped, a group of curious Pokémon gathered around it.

Zhi Shu introduced them to them with a smile: "This is the car I told you about before, and now I can also take you!"

 “Boni!”

　Egui Peng’s face was full of expectations.

Zhishu smiled slightly, and then he and Motorized Lizard moved the goods out of the carriage.

 He patted the carriage and said to all the Pokémon: "Come up!"

 Pokémons such as Frostnake, Ergui, Baboo, Bad Butterfly, Gulton, Hackron, and Mini Dragon immediately swarmed up and filled the cargo box.

Zhi Shu took the opportunity to take a look at the load capacity of this pickup truck, and surprisingly found that it could hold things, and it could hold so many Pokémon.

But there are still some Pokémon that cannot get on the car because there is no room for them on it.

Five big salt stone giants looked at everyone with envy.

 Naoki: “…”

 He thought carefully, and then said: "I will take you with me when the next batch comes!"

So the Salt Giant stayed in the center of the ranch, watching eagerly as Zhi Shu drove a group of Pokémon around the ranch.

After taking a group of Pokémon around for a few times, Zhi Shu parked the car next to the house, got out of the car, and said to the Pokémon:

 “Okay, you go and play! I still have something to do.”

The Pokémon readily agreed, then jumped out of the car and continued playing on the grass.

Naoki helped his sister, Ai Guanshi, move the crib up to the second floor and put it in their room.

 Sister Cuishi happily spread the soft blanket on the crib.

　　After the bed was made, my elder brother carefully put the egg in his arms.     “Love!” Done!

 Sister Guanshi looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction.

Zhi Shu sat on the chair and began to read the two books in his arms.

The authors of these two books are Dr. Kongmu from the Johto area.

 Dr. Kongmu, the descendant of Dr. Omu.

Different from Dr. Ohmu, this Dr. Kongmu’s research topic is “Pokémon cultivation and Pokémon eggs.”

He was the first to discover that Pikachu actually had a pre-evolved form, and he also researched the egg cluster. In addition, Dr. Kongmu also studied the characteristics and evolution of Pokémon and discovered a lot of powerful things.

Due to his outstanding abilities, Dr. Ohmu once praised Dr. Kongmu as a top researcher on Pokémon evolution.

With various things about Dr. Soramu coming to mind, Naoki opened the book in front of him.

“The so-called cultivation of Pokémon is the whole process in which two Pokémon of the opposite **** with the same egg set combine with each other to give birth to the crystallization of love.”

“Besides, there is a special case: Variety can combine with all Pokémon to lay eggs.”

“The offspring Pokémon hatched by laying eggs have a certain probability of inheriting the appearance, characteristics, moves and abilities of the parent Pokémon. This is generally called inheritance.”

“Research has shown that the stronger the parent Pokémon is, the better the children will be.”

“Sure enough, it’s exactly the same as what I knew.” Naoki continued to browse, and soon discovered the egg groups divided by Dr. Kongmu for different Pokémon.

 There are monster group, insect group, goblin group, flying group, land group, humanoid group, etc.

 Each group has some example Pokémon.

For example, Pokémon such as Jackrabbit belong to the humanoid group, while Dragonite belongs to the water group 1 and the dragon group.

 Zhishu continued to look down.

“The hatching time of eggs laid by Pokémon of different races is also very different. Eggs of Pokémon like green caterpillars often only take more than ten days from birth to hatching.”

“The hatching time of eggs produced by some dragon-type Pokémon is dozens of times longer than those of green caterpillars, such as the long-lived and powerful Kuailong.”

“The hatching time of this kind of Pokémon’s eggs is about five to ten months. It is speculated that the reason why this happens may be that the growth cycle of dragon-type Pokémon is relatively slow.”

 “Five to ten months…”

　That can wait.

No wonder Kuailong said before that Kuailong on Dragon Island would leave the eggs on the grass after laying eggs.

 Then, Naoki read the book for a while and firmly remembered some information in his heart.

   *

In mid-April, with the arrival of summer, the temperature outside gradually becomes hotter. At night, you can hear bursts of rapid chirping of cicadas from the back mountain.

People took off their thick coats and sweaters and put on lighter and cooler short-sleeved clothes.

 This morning, Naoki was watering and fertilizing the world tree that had grown a lot in the pasture.

 Suddenly a strange visitor came to the ranch.

Zhi Shu turned his head and saw a girl dressed in a country style standing awkwardly outside the ranch.

Seeing someone paying attention to her, the girl quickly asked:

“Hello, is this Zhishu Ranch?”

Zhi Shu stood up and replied: "That's right!"

 He looked the girl up and down and found that she didn't have a Poké Ball around her waist, so she didn't look like a trainer coming to challenge the trial.

 After thinking for a moment, Naoki asked: "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

The girl nodded: "Um, I would like to ask if there are any fruits for sale here?"

“Tree fruit?” Zhi Shu was surprised at this moment. If you want tree fruit or something, you can just go to the town and buy it, right?

The girl saw his confusion and quickly explained: "No, no, I want to buy a large number of tree fruits. I come from the Sunshine Town next door. There is going to be an insect catching conference there, but the tree fruits are used to make snacks. They were all eaten by a greedy Kirby!"

“Without tree fruits, we won’t be able to make snacks that attract insect-type Pokémon, and we won’t be able to hold insect-catching conferences... I just visited other farms several times, and I didn’t see any orchards there.”

 Insect catching convention? Sunshine Town next door? Naoki had heard from Mayor Thomas before that their harvest last year was not very good.

Zhi Shu hesitated slightly. He looked back at his orchard. He had saved all the fruits and was going to keep them for developing energy cubes...

But after thinking about it carefully, he was not in a hurry, not to mention that with King Lei Guan around, even if the fruits were sold, they would be able to grow back quickly.

 In this case, let him do the other party a favor!

Thinking of this, Zhi Shu nodded and said: "Yes, I just harvested a batch of tree fruits a few days ago and haven't sold them yet. See how much you want."

Hearing this, the girl immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "The more, the better!"

 Naoki: “…”

He simply took the girl to his warehouse. Looking at the pile of tree fruits inside, the girl waved her hand and said, "I want them all."

Zhi Shu was surprised: "Can we use up so many tree fruits in the insect catching competition?"

He knew about the Insect Catching Tournament. It was a competition to see who could catch the rare and precious insect-type Pokémon.

The girl nodded shyly: "Yes, yes! Because a lot of trainers have come to the town in the past two days, and they are all eager to participate in this insect catching competition!"

"Okay!" Zhi Shu roughly calculated the price of this batch of fruits and asked, "Do you have a car over there to pull it?"

 The girl was a little embarrassed: “We don’t have a car.”

 Naoki: “…”

 He had no choice but to compromise, and then asked: "How long does it take to get from Yangguang Town to Ziqin Town?"

 Girl: “It takes about twenty minutes by car!”

twenty minutes? That's pretty close.

Zhi Shu nodded and simply said: "Then I will drive you there!"

The girl’s face was filled with gratitude: “Then please!”

Because there was still something to do in Sunshine Town, the girl hurriedly paid the deposit and rode back on a motorcycle lizard.

Zhi Shu, on the other hand, took a group of Pokémon and started packing the fruit into boxes, and then moved the boxes of fruit onto the pickup truck.

After everything was completed, Zhi Shu sat in the driver's seat and honked the horn twice: "I'm going out for a trip. Is anyone willing to go with me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several Pokémon ran over.

Egui Peng happily sat in the passenger seat, while the small Frost Milk Fairy jumped on the center console, with her little face pressed against the windshield, looking forward in an odd way.

 The fluffy Babu Woodchuck, Ice Eevee, and a few Hackrons got into the back seat, holding up the armrests and looking ahead.

Motor Lizard and Gulton sat in the back compartment.

Zhi Shu and Kuai Long did not go with them. After Zhi Shu said hello to them, he started the car and took a carriage of Pokémon out to deliver goods to others.

On the way, the screams and laughter of the Pokémon mingled into songs, and Naoki suddenly felt as if he was taking a group of kindergarten children out for a spring outing.

Naoki glanced at the group of Pokémon through the rearview mirror.

With them here, he will probably never feel bored again during this journey!

 (End of this chapter)