A Strange Poké Ball

Chapter 24 A Strange Poké Ball

A moment later, Mingyou returned to the living room, packed up all the tangerines, and sent a message to Xiaoxia reminding her not to eat red tangerines casually, lest something bad happen.

However, after waiting for quite a while, the other party still hadn't replied; perhaps it was too early and they were still sleeping.

So he didn't wait any longer and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Just as he finished cooking the corn porridge, the deliveryman arrived.

Unfortunately, it wasn't the delivery guy from yesterday, but an older man...

"Please deliver this to Cerulean City. Thank you for your help."

"Don't worry, it will be delivered very soon!"

"Okay, bye~"

After seeing the deliveryman off, Mingyou returned to the living room, preparing to go to the kitchen to stir-fry one last plate of cabbage to eat with the corn porridge.

As soon as he walked in, he saw that Ponpo had already woken up and was running downstairs in a panic, as if she had realized that he was not there and was very anxious.

Just then, Snorlax smelled the aroma of porridge coming from the kitchen and immediately ran over, bumping into Ponpo who was rushing down the stairs...

"Slow down, you guys!"

Mingyou slapped her forehead, somewhat unable to bear the sight.

Then he went over and helped Ponpo up, while the little Snorlax didn't even get up, but crawled straight to the kitchen, as if afraid that someone would steal its food.

After standing up, Ponpo immediately took Mingyou's hand. She had been really worried that she wouldn't be able to find him.

"Hmm..."

"I'm here, I just didn't want to wake you up, so you can sleep a little longer."

"Hmm..."

"Alright, alright, let's go eat first."

Mingyou comforted Ponpo, and then they went to the kitchen together. Seeing that Snorlax was trying to take the rice cooker away, he quickly called out, "Hey, leave some for us! Don't eat it all!"

"Gambit~"

……

Finally, I managed to snag a little porridge, and that's how life with Munchlax is.

Mingyou, used to this, looked at Pengpeng, who was drinking porridge from her bowl, and said, "By the way, I'm going to Emerald Town to buy some things later. Do you want to come along?"

"Hmm? Hmm..."

Hearing this, Ponpo put down the bowl, caught in a dilemma; it didn't want to go to Emerald Town...

Seeing its expression, Mingyou quickly said, "Then wait for me to come back soon, and then we'll go to Ghost Mountain together, okay?"

"Mmm~"

Ponpon nodded obediently.

After a moment, Ponpo hid and only dared to come out after the Flying Taxi picked up Mingyou.

But suddenly, only this remained...

"Gambit~"

Some hungry Snorlax came up to it and invited it to go with it to find wild berries and mushrooms in the orchard.

"Hmm?"

"Gambit~"

Let's go!

It eats the tree fruit you bring every day, and it wants to find some food for you as a thank you, so that people won't say that it does nothing but eat and sleep all day.

"Knock it down~"

Hearing that it was going to find food, the Silence Flower and the others jumped out, intending to follow along, since they hadn't eaten breakfast that morning.

Seeing everyone at the manor inviting her, Ponpo covered her face, suddenly feeling a little nervous, but also very curious. Was everyone really this enthusiastic?

"Mmm~"

Okay then, let's play together!

Ponpo happily joined them, running around everywhere under the leadership of their "big brother," Munchlax. Even though Mingyou wasn't there for the time being, now that it was living with everyone in the manor, it seemed that it was no longer lonely without even realizing it...

A moment later, in Emerald Town.

Mingyou and the Flying Taxi driver exchanged LPs for some cash. Momozawa Store still only accepts cash transactions, so there's nothing he can do about it.

Walking down the street to Momozawa Store, he noticed that the same GG logo was hanging on the streetlights and some signs, and the image above it was the outline of the three companions who had once protected Kitakami Township.

"Is there an event?"

Filled with curiosity, he arrived at the entrance of Momozawa Store and saw Granny Momozawa sitting in front of the store, breaking open a few pieces of shortbread and feeding them to Rokuo.

Upon his arrival, Granny Momozawa smiled and said, "You've come early today, young man. The bean sprout seeds you requested have arrived."

"So fast? Thank you, Grandma."

"Haha, it's nothing."

"But it's still necessary to say thank you."

Mingyou said politely that he had a good impression of Granny Taoze. In fact, most of the residents he had met in Emerald Town were quite simple and honest, except for the administrator and some young people...

Then he looked at the guy not far away and asked curiously, "Is there some kind of event going on?"

"Summer vacation starts at the end of the month, and there will be a lot of tourists coming here then, so the guys are fighting in advance to film videos for promotion. We do this every year. The administrators also proactively approach schools and companies to organize summer camp activities..."

"Is that so..."

Mingyou stroked his chin and nodded slightly. So, in the next two months, the number of tourists in Beishang Township will increase exponentially? Then, could he bring some of the farm's crops to Cuilv Town to sell?

It seems like it should work. The only problem might be with the administrator, Yao Qian. Although we haven't seen him since refusing to sign the contract, who knows if he might secretly sabotage us?

But there are still more than ten days left, so there's no rush.

He went into the store and bought all ten bags of bean sprout seeds. He also bought some ingredients. Since Ponpo didn't have any food he disliked, he bought more fish and meat, so she could have some meat after a long time.

As we arrived at the cashier to pay, Grandma Momozawa also came in from the doorway.

As they began settling accounts, Mingyou asked curiously, "By the way, Grandma, have you heard of a monster in Beishang Township that only appears at night when it's foggy and that eats people?"

"...A man-eating monster?"

"That's right!"

Mingyou wanted to gather information by asking about related matters, and since her grandmother had lived in Beishang Township for so many years, she might actually know something...

"Hmm... Let me think... I seem to remember hearing that a long time ago..."

Grandma Momozawa thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "I've never seen them, but when I was little, I liked to go out at night to catch fireflies. Back then, it wasn't as safe as it is in the wild..."

At this point, Granny Momozawa seemed to recall something memorable and continued, "So, to keep us from running around at night, our family would scare us with stories of monsters eating people. We were so scared that we stayed quiet and well-behaved for a long time."

"Are there really monsters?"

"I don't know if it really exists, maybe it only exists in stories, but not many people know this story now, haha."

Granny Momozawa smiled, also marveling at how quickly time had passed, and continued, "That monster seems to live in the northern forest, but I can't remember much more. If you want to know more about this story, you can ask the caretaker."

"Hmm? Ask him?"

"Yes, the administrators have searched for every legend and story they could find in order to develop tourism in Beishang Township and attract tourists."

"He's really something..."

Mingyou didn't know how to complain. Although the other party didn't leave a good impression on her, he was definitely the person that the people of Beishang Township wanted to thank the most.

He shook his head slightly, glancing at the cashier to see if there were any snacks, like candy, to bring back for Ponpo.

But just as he discovered the lollipop, his attention was subconsciously drawn to a ball casually placed beside him. Its shape was the same as a Poké Ball, but its body had a gradient color from green to white, which was very beautiful.

"Grandma, what is this?"

"It looks like a Poké Ball toy. The day before yesterday, my Vulpix went out to play at night and brought it back from somewhere. I saw that it had left it aside and stopped playing with it, so I picked it up and put it here."

Grandma Momozawa glanced at it but didn't pay much attention. She continued, "This toy is quite realistic. Although it's a bit heavy, it can't be opened at all... It's a solid toy. This color would be quite nice as a decoration for the home."

"Is that so..."

Mingyou nodded gently, then reached out and picked up the Poké Ball, examining it closely. The surface was very smooth, without any marks, and the workmanship was excellent, even better than that of a regular Poké Ball.

He recognized the ball; it was a type of Poké Ball called a Rare Ball, but it seemed that this type of Poké Ball wasn't available on the market yet...

He held the Strange Ball in his hand and shook it. It did have some weight, but it didn't feel solid. It felt more like there was a Pokémon trapped inside!

"This...could there really be something there?"

……

(End of this chapter)