Chapter 428: The Forest of the Wood Gecko, Giving the Wood Gecko a Little Shock

After sending the message, Naoki felt like he was almost becoming an NPC that sent out tasks in the game.

But the Pokémon that live in the World Tree in the future are closely related to the Heroes Expedition. In this case, it is better to let Baby Bear and Mew invite the Pokémon themselves.

We are all good friends, living happily together every day, farming together, and exploring together.

That kind of life is wonderful just thinking about it.

After returning to the ranch, it was already noon.

Naoki washed his hands and started preparing lunch for all the Pokémon.

Today’s lunch is still very rich.

Pan-fried cutlets, steamed seabass, paella, vegetable salads, and sandwiches are paired with nutritious energy cubes and delicious after-dinner snacks.

The lunch set composed of these dishes is nutritionally balanced and can cover the preferences of almost every Pokémon in the ranch.

"Bu Yi! Bu Yi!"

The voices of Eevee came from the living room. Naoki looked up and saw several little Eevee chasing each other's tails and running around the sofa.

One of them accidentally stepped on Gulton's tail. Gulton, who had his eyes closed to relax, was immediately awakened. He opened his golden eyes and looked at the culprit.

As a result, instead of being afraid, the little Ibrahimovic started chasing and fighting around Gulton.

Seeing this scene, Gu Lerton looked helpless: "Ah, geez..."

"They are not afraid of you anymore." Naoki came to the restaurant with the food and said with a smile.

At the beginning, these little Ibrahimovics were afraid of Gullton. As they got along with each other on a daily basis, they gradually discovered that Gullton was not actually that scary and rarely lost their temper.

As time went by, I became less afraid of Guluton.

"Ah, geez..." Guluton sighed as if he was resigned to his fate. He looked like he was compromising and allowed the little Eevee to run around beside him.

Seeing Naoki coming, the Eevees quickly turned their attention to Naoki.

They gathered around one after another, raised their little heads and barked at him.

Naoki raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

Rotom's mobile phone helped translate: "The Eevees are asking [Can we evolve into more powerful Eevee now] Lotto!"

"You want to evolve?" Naoki turned his head and did not find the few evolved Eevee in the room.

The three brothers of Water and Fire, plus Ice Eevee and Moon Eevee, after evolving, they prefer the outside environment to the room.

At this time, they should be playing with the Frost Milk Fairy and the others outside, right?

The remaining three Eevee who have not evolved yet nodded their little heads: "Booy!"

That's right! They have grown into big Eevee and can evolve into even more powerful Eevee!

Having said that, one of the Eevee tried hard to show off his strong body.

Naoki: "..."

Calculating the time, it has been seven months since the Eevee hatched. Compared with that time, they have indeed grown up.

"Okay, I'll see if I can help you evolve after lunch later." Naoki agreed.

"Buyi!" The three Eevee cried out in joy.

There is also an Eevee sitting nearby, and it looks like it doesn't care about evolution.

Because Naoki said, the unevolved partner Ibrahimovic is the most powerful!

After all, only partner Ibrahimovic can use the super move-Nine Colors Sublimation Gathering at the Top!

After appeasing a few Eevee, Naoki turned around and brought the rest of the meal to the restaurant.

After everything was ready, he stood under the eaves and whistled towards the pasture.

Soon, a large group of Pokémon came running back from all directions, went to their food bowls, buried their heads in it, and happily enjoyed their lunch.

*

In the afternoon, in the Fengyuan area, there was a place called Mu Shou Palace Forest.

This is a very lush forest. A tall and tall tree originally grew in the center of the forest, but not long ago, the huge tree fell down due to excessive aging.

A Pokémon named Woodshou who originally built its nest around the giant tree also lost its nest.

The three Pokémon of the Hero Expedition got this news from a wild hunting swallowtail butterfly, and rushed here specially to see if they could provide some help to those poor wooden geckos.

Here, Dream and Baby Bear saw the huge withered and fallen tree.

"One thing..."

"miu?"

Seeing the miserable condition of this big tree, several Pokémon couldn't bear it. Mew even thought of the World Tree in the pasture.

Will the World Tree wither like this huge tree in the future? Will they also lose their homes like the wooden geckos living here?

Meng Meng doesn’t know, Baby Bear doesn’t know, and Lightning Bird doesn’t know either.

So after some tangle, the three Pokémon simply asked Naoki for help.

The video call was dialed, and soon, Naoki appeared on the screen of Rotom's phone.

The little faces of Mengmeng and Baby Bear were squeezed together, and they looked at Naoki opposite.

"One-one-one?" (Naoki, will the World Tree wither in the future?)

Baby Bear's words were automatically transmitted to Naoki's ears after being translated by Rotom.

Naoki was very surprised: "Of course not. As long as this world does not perish, the World Tree will never wither. What happened to you?"

Mew and Baby Bear nodded, then stepped aside and showed Naoki the huge tree that had fallen to the ground behind them.

Naoki understood it at once.

“So that’s how it is! But don’t worry, that kind of thing will never happen.”

Baby Bear and Mew breathed a sigh of relief.

Naoki wanted to say something else, but at this moment, he suddenly saw several figures flashing in the bushes behind the two Pokémon.

With the sound of breaking through the air, several sharp flying leaf knives fell beside the legs of the Zapdos.

“There’s danger!” Naoki reminded hurriedly.

The three Pokémon immediately sounded alarm bells, and the Rotom phone automatically scanned the surroundings.

Soon, Naoki saw several green figures on the big trees not far away.

That was... the three starter Pokémon of the Hoenn region, the Wood Gecko? !

At this time, Mew and Baby Bear also found the traces of those Wood Geckos.

The bear cub immediately started to negotiate with the other party: "Yi-mo-yi-mo!" (We are the traveling hero expedition team, no harm!)

The wood geckos still looked over here vigilantly.

Seeing this, Naoshu immediately realized what the wood geckos were thinking.

That place was their territory, and the sudden intrusion of Zapdos, Mew and bear cubs were regarded as enemies invading their territory.

According to the habits of Pokémon like wood geckos, they will fiercely intimidate enemies who invade their territory and protect their homes.

For this reason, wood geckos are also called Pokémon that protects the trees in the forest.

But looking at their actions just now, it doesn't seem like they are attacking, but rather warning the hero expedition team.

Otherwise, with the ability of the wood geckos, when facing an opponent standing still, the flying leaf knife would never miss.

Seeing that the geckos ignored her, Mew explained, "Miu!" (We heard from other Pokémon that a huge tree had fallen down, so we came here to see if we could help!)

The lightning bird spread its wings, and the sharp feathers crackled with the sound of electricity.

Seeing the action of the lightning bird, the group of geckos became more alert.

At this moment, an old Pokémon's cry came from the forest.

Hearing this sound, the geckos stopped and looked back.

I saw an older gecko slowly walked out of the bushes.

The other geckos jumped to the ground and followed the older gecko.

"Chafu?" (You mean, you are here to help us?)

Mew and Baby Bear nodded repeatedly.

"Ichimoku!" (That's right! We are a chivalrous expedition team, currently traveling around the world to help Pokémon in need!)

The wood scorpion looked at the giant tree: "Chafu." (But the giant tree is dead. It is too old and can't survive anymore.)

Hearing this, Mew and Baby Bear couldn't help but look distressed.

Mew flew forward and tried to use her ability to bring the giant tree back to life, but failed.

This made the two Pokémon not know what to do.

After thinking for a moment, Baby Bear was unwilling to give up: "Ichimoku!" (There must be a way!)

"Excuse me." Naoki, who witnessed the whole process, suddenly spoke across the screen of Rotom's mobile phone.

A group of Pokémon immediately looked over here.

The wood scorpions then noticed that there was a human in the body of the strange Pokémon.

Naoki: "Baby Bear, Dream, see if you can find its seeds near the giant tree. If you can, you can use the power of the Bud Crown to revive it."

Hearing this, Dream and Baby Bear's eyes lit up.

They quickly flew to the fallen giant tree, fiddled with the branches, and checked the rotten branches.

Soon, the lucky Baby Bear successfully found a tree seed.

Naoki continued: "Then next, dig a hole in the open space and bury this seed in it."

"One!"

Baby Bear did as he was told, and under the watchful eyes of the wood geckos, it began to dig a hole with its little claws.

Soon, a hole about ten centimeters deep was dug out.

Baby Bear put the seed in and covered it with soil.

In the pasture, Naoki nodded to the Bud Crown.

Back then, the Bud Crown, who was far away in Galar, had made the crops in his pasture mature early.

And with the current power of the Bud Crown, that kind of thing is simply too easy for Him.

The Bud Crown took a look, then closed his eyes, sensed the location of Dream and Baby Bear, and then activated his ability.

The next second, a magical scene happened.

The tree seed that had just been buried grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into a young sapling.

The wood geckos looked at this scene in shock.

Before they could react, the sapling began to grow again.

In a few breaths, a huge and strong tree stood in front of them.

Wood geckos: !!!

The wood geckos, who had never seen such a scene, were stunned.

Dream and Baby Bear stood happily under the tree.

"Yi Mi Yi Mi!" (It's okay now!)

"Miu~" (This way you can live under the huge tree again~)

Looking at the shocked look of the group of wood geckos opposite, Naoki couldn't help but want to laugh.

Bozo, one of the three starter Pokémon in the Hoenn region, Xiaozhi also has a Bozo.

His Bozo evolved into Lizard King, and its record was very good. In the league meeting in the Sinnoh region, it even defeated Darkrai, the legendary beast man Darko.

Although it was defeated by Latios sent by Darko later, Lizard King had done a great job.

But then again, is this the daily life of the hero's expedition team?

It looks quite interesting to help Pokémon in need everywhere.

Naoki wanted to watch for a while, but there was a knock on the door outside.

He saw that there should be nothing wrong with the baby bear, so he hung up the phone and went to open the door.

The person knocking on the door was Mayor Thomas with a white beard.

The old gentleman said with a smile: "Good afternoon, Naoki!"

"Good afternoon, Mayor Thomas!" Naoki greeted: "What's up?"

Mayor Thomas nodded and asked: "It's like this, the spring fishing competition will be held the day after tomorrow, do you plan to participate in that competition this year?"

Spring fishing competition...

Speaking of fishing, Naoki remembered the Padilla seafood rice he had eaten before.

One effect of that dish is to increase the probability of the eater catching rare fish.

"Okay!" Naoki thought that since he was idle at the ranch anyway, he might as well go there to have some fun.

Mayor Thomas smiled and said: "That's good, those fishing celebrities in the town wanted to compete with you a long time ago. You didn't participate in the past two years. This year, those guys came to me specifically and asked me to ask if you would participate."

Naoki: "..."

After Mayor Thomas said this, Naoki immediately understood what was going on.

When he first came to the ranch, he asked Gulton to help fry a lot of fish in order to make money.

The townspeople have always thought that those fish were caught by him. In the minds of the people in Zheqin Town, the rancher Naoki is probably a fishing master with superb fishing skills.

His fishing skills have reached the level of perfection.

Naoki was speechless for a moment.

Mayor Thomas was very happy: "The fishing competition will be held at Daguo Lake at 8 o'clock the day after tomorrow. Then use your fishing skills to convince those challengers!"

Naoki: "..."

It seems that Padiya Seafood Rice has to be put on stage.

*

At the same time, in the Wood Gecko Forest in the Hoenn region.

In order to express their gratitude to the hero expedition team, the wood geckos found tree fruits and held a banquet under the giant tree.

The older wood gecko handed a tree fruit to the baby bear.

"Chafu!" (You are so amazing! You can give a withered giant tree a new life!)

The baby bear reached out to take it, shook his head happily and said: "Yi Mo!" (That's all the credit of Naoki and the Bud Crown King!)

Naoki? Bud Crown King?

Is it the human in the body of the Pokémon named Rotom?

Thinking about it, the bear cub asked directly.

The bear cub shook his head and nodded: "I-I-I-I!" (Naoki is Naoki, the best human in the world! Bud Crown is also a very powerful Pokémon, and he lives with everyone in the ranch!)

Mew on the side also nodded in agreement: "miu~"

The bear cub asked again: "Chafu?" (Ranch?)

"I-I-I-I!" (That's our home! There is also a very big tree in the ranch, that is the World Tree!)

At this point, the bear cub suddenly remembered the commission that Naoki had issued to them before.

It looked at the bear cubs in front of it. These Pokémon are also grass-attribute Pokémon, right?

So, the bear cub happily invited the bear cubs.

"Yi-me-yie? Yi-me!" (The World Tree is very big. Naoki said he plans to build an expedition guild there, as well as a Pokémon tavern, a Pokémon farm, and a Pokémon restaurant. Would you like to settle down on the World Tree? It would be very lively if everyone lived together!)