"So boring—"
Lucas was lying on a chair in the rest area of the Breeding House, staring blankly at the ceiling.
It had been a week since he returned to the Breeding House. In the past few days, Lucas had inspected the Breeding House, noted down everything that needed to be purchased, and then re-planned the backyard.
He then personally went to Twinleaf Town to buy some incubators, a large amount of ingredients, and a big refrigerator, as he found that the Breeding House's old refrigerator could no longer hold everything, considering the large number of people and Pokémon that needed to be fed there.
He also re-renovated the backyard with Gothitelle and explored the forest behind, as he, being a forest ranger, needed to occasionally check on it.
Moreover, having lured the Seviper family over, he also needed to observe their situation.
Fortunately, the Seviper liked the environment here, and even their volatile temper had mellowed considerably.
Although trees occasionally fell due to unknown factors, it worked out perfectly, as Lucas packed them all up and brought them back to the Breeding House.
Now, the Seviper had grown accustomed to life here and would occasionally come to the backyard to sunbathe.
After finishing all his tasks, Lucas, having nothing to do all day today, felt incredibly bored.
He just lay quietly on the armchair.
Nina glanced at Lucas, who looked like a dead fish, pulled two golden berry sticks from a jar in Gengar's arms, and took a bite.
"If you're bored, go build sandcastles with Shauna."
After saying that, she continued watching cartoons with Gengar.
"I wish I could—"
He had spent the entire morning building sandcastles with Shauna, and after successfully collapsing several sandcastles with his help, Lucas, like Pinsir, refused to go near the sand area.
Lucas looked at Nina, who was resting at the Breeding House, and asked, "Sister Nina, why do you seem to be resting more and more often lately?"
Nina replied without turning her head, "There are fewer cases. What can I do? I don't want to take the low-paying ones, so I just came back to rest."
"But I really didn't expect you, kid, to actually manage the Breeding House so well."
Lucas didn't answer her but continued to lie quietly.
Should he go fishing? Anyway, with Shauna and Sister Nina at the Breeding House, it should be fine for him to go fishing to pass the time, right?
Then he looked at Gengar. "Gengar."
Gengar turned its head and saw Lucas waving at it.
Gengar handed the snacks and remote control in its arms to Nina and floated to Lucas's side.
"Should we go fishing? This weather is perfect for a bowl of incredibly fresh fish soup."
"gengar sound—9 (°—°)"
Fish soup—
Gengar nodded vigorously.
No sooner said than done, Lucas stood up.
"Sister Nina, I'll leave the Breeding House to you for now."
"Where are you going?"
"Fishing."
Nina: "—"
"I came here to rest, not to watch your shop."
"Then do you want to drink fish soup?"
"Although that's what I said—"
"In this weather, a bowl of fresh fish soup, paired with some cold dishes, or a sour and spicy sauerkraut fish—"
"Deal."
Lucas: "—"
What a quick change of mind.
Learning that Lucas was going fishing, Vulpix scurried over, then leaped into Lucas's arms with a flying pounce.
Around its neck hung the small wooden tag Lucas carved for it and a Moltres feather.
It was clear it wanted to go too.
Lucas rubbed its head, then returned to the warehouse to get his fishing rod and sent a message to Rhys asking if he wanted to go fishing together.
Rhys replied instantly.
A selfie of him fishing.
This guy.
Lucas smiled and shook his head, then looked at the Pokémon in the Breeding House.
Not all Pokémon liked to go fishing; it was too monotonous, so Lucas only brought Gengar, Vulpix, and Dash, Vex, and Bolt.
He couldn't always let them stay in the Breeding House; they also needed to go out and explore.
Also Staraptor and Azumarill.
"Uncle, you must catch lots of fish and bring them back."
"Don't worry, we'll have fish soup tonight."
Lucas, holding Vulpix, waved his hand and walked towards Twinleaf Town.
At this time, the afternoon sun was just right, scattered sparsely on the Breeding Road, and with a gust of wind, Lucas could even smell the autumn fragrance.
Gengar hummed a tune, carrying several fishing rods on its shoulder, wearing a large straw hat, like an old fisherman, following beside Lucas.
Two big fish, two big fish swimming fast, swimming fast one made into fish soup, one made sour and spicy, so delicious so delicious
Listening to the familiar melody, Lucas glanced at Gengar, always feeling that the song coming from its mouth was different from what he heard when he was a child.
Machoke and Vex excitedly carried wooden buckets.
It had been a long time since they came out.
Arriving at the port, Lucas spotted Rhys at a glance.
Greeting Drake, Rhys walked over.
"Lucas."
Rhys showed a healthy smile.
Looking at Rhys, who was wearing only a thin short-sleeved shirt in late autumn, with well-defined muscles all over his body and bronzed skin, he looked completely different from when Lucas first met him.
Back then, he was a delicate pretty boy; now, he was progressing towards becoming a tough guy.
"You, guy, you're not fishing every day, are you?"
Rhys nodded, then grinned.
Lucas shook his head, then ignored him, found a spot, had Machoke put down the folding stool, distributed fishing rods to them all, and then skillfully cast his line.
With a splash, the hook was cast into the water, and the bobber moved with the waves of the sea.
Machoke and the others imitated him earnestly, while Vulpix lay quietly in his arms, watching the bobber on the water.
He glanced at Gengar; that guy was using three fishing rods by himself.
After setting up the fishing rods, it pulled out a can of cat ear snacks and leisurely began to eat.
Looking at Gengar, who was always like this, Lucas snatched the snack and ate it himself.
"gengar sound?! (*□)!!"
Then it pulled out another can.
Fortunately, I still have more.
While Lucas was leisurely fishing, the Breeding House welcomed some special guests.
Nina watched the trainers in school uniforms enter the Breeding House, and just as she was about to stand up, she saw Shauna run over.
"Hello, brothers and sisters, can I help you?"
One of the girls with a high ponytail saw Shauna and couldn't help but exclaim how cute she was.
A boy looked around and finally looked at Nina.
"Excuse me, are you the owner of this Breeding House?"
Nina stood up and came before them, shaking her head.
"I'm helping to watch the shop."
"Then where is the owner of the Breeding House?"
"She went out for something, but if you need anything, you can tell us. She is the acting junior boss of the Breeding House."
They looked at Shauna and saw her with a serious expression on her small face.
"Her? Perhaps she can't solve our problem."
Shauna frowned instantly.
Lilligant came from behind the counter with Roselia, and Gothitelle also came out from the backyard.
"How do you know she can't solve your problem if you don't say it?"
"I said she can't solve it, and she just can't—"
Before the boy could finish speaking, a short-haired girl tugged at his sleeve.
The boy followed the short-haired girl's gaze and saw Lilligant staring at them.
Nina pulled Shauna back to her side and then said in a cold voice, "This is the Breeding House. She is the acting boss. If you need anything, please state it, and we will provide services according to your needs. If you are not clear about our services, we can introduce them to you first. Lilligant."
Lilligant handed over a Breeding House business sheet.
The high-ponytail girl took it, looked at it for a moment, then looked at Nina and apologized, "I'm sorry, but we actually came here to challenge the Breeding House."
Nina thought she had misheard.
Challenge the Breeding House?
Did Lucas turn the Breeding House into a Gym at some point? How did she not know?
"Say that again, what did you come here to do?"
"To challenge the Breeding House. Could you please tell us when the Lucas will be back?"
Nina frowned. "This is a Breeding House, not a Gym."
Then she looked at Shauna, asking if the Breeding House had this service.
Shauna shook her head.
"We do not offer challenge services, and you won't get a badge for challenging the Breeding House."
They exchanged glances, and finally, the high-ponytail girl spoke, "We know. We came here to study at Professor Rowan's Research Institute. Later, Professor Rowan told us that if we wanted to become stronger, we could come and interview the Breeding House. According to him, the owner of the Breeding House is a powerful trainer."
Nina frowned again, Professor Rowan?
She was about to refuse but was tugged on the sleeve by Lilligant.
Looking down, Lilligant smiled and nodded at her.
Then Mr. Fujino also called out to Nina, and Nina walked over.
Mr. and Mrs. Fujino told her that they could charge them a challenge fee, let Lilligant and the others play freely, and also let Lilligant guide their Pokémon, which could also earn some money for the Breeding House.
Nina also thought it was feasible. Then she took out her phone and called Lucas.
"Huh?! Come to challenge the Breeding House?!"
Lucas was shocked. Come to challenge his Breeding House? What was going on?
Then Nina told Lucas the whole story, and also shared her and Mr. and Mrs. Fujino's ideas.
Pay money, challenge, and the Breeding House Pokémon battle on their own?!
As expected of you, Mr. and Mrs. Fujino, as expected of merchants!
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed feasible. If they won, they would be sent back. If they lost, they would be given some small wooden carvings that he carved based on his Grandma's prop list when he was bored at the Breeding House.
Although they only had a slight effect, they were at least a feature of the Breeding House.
Lucas nodded, indicating agreement, and told Nina his thoughts.
Nina listened carefully, and just as she was about to speak, she saw Lucas on the other side of the screen suddenly shout.
"Gengar, pull hard, I'll help you."
Then the phone screen shook, and Vulpix's small head appeared in the center of the screen.
"Vulpix sound?"
At the same time, a sound came from not far away.
"Machoke, come help quickly, Gengar and I can't hold it anymore—"
"nihai!"
I'm coming!
Nina decisively hung up the phone, walked to the trainers, and slowly said, "Our Lucas said that you can challenge the Breeding House, but the Breeding House's Pokémon will fight on their own. If you win, we will give you a unique special gift from the Breeding House. If you lose, you get nothing."
The trainers exchanged glances, then nodded.
"Okay."
"Oh, and you have to pay a fee to challenge."
The few felt it was acceptable. After all, this was a Breeding House, and it was reasonable for them to charge a fee for a sudden challenge, especially since even challenging a Gym required payment.
Nina nodded, then collected 8888 from each person.
Nina smiled, subtly putting away the money, then looked at Lilligant.
"I'll leave it to you, Lilligant."
Lilligant nodded, then exchanged glances with Gothitelle.
Gothitelle went to the backyard and called all the Breeding House's Pokémon over.
Heracross, Pinsir, Vespiquen, Gliscor, Seviper, Luxray, Roselia—
All gathered in the open space at the entrance of the Breeding House.
All were smiling as they looked at the trainers who came to challenge the Breeding House's Pokémon.
So you're the ones who came to challenge the Breeding House?
It's been a long time since I fought, I need to work hard to get stronger and defeat Zangoose.
Boring!
The Pokémon had different thoughts.
The trainers looked at this group of Pokémon and suddenly felt a chill down their spines.
....
Power Stones PLZZZZZ
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