Chapter 486: Lightning Bird and Lightning Bun

200th year of the Alliance Calendar, December 15th, winter.

This morning, the expedition team of heroes who had been traveling outside for a year returned to the ranch.

Returning with them was Jirachi, the wishing star of the seven nights.

As the lightning bird landed in the ranch, Jirachi immediately happily dived into Naoki's arms.

The tone of this Pokémon was full of joy: "Naoki! We are back!"

Mew and Baby Bear also ran over. Naoki held the three Pokémon in his arms and ravaged them for a while until their fur was messed up.

"Are you happy traveling outside?" Naoki asked with a smile.

Mew and Baby Bear shook their bodies, trying to let the raised fur lie back down.

And the hairless Jirachi answered: "Happy! I saw a lot of things and made a lot of friends!"

"That's good." Seeing that they were covered in snow, Naoki called a few Pokémon into the living room and prepared some snacks for them.

The four Pokémon immediately started to eat with relish, their cheeks bulging with food.

Naoki looked at the scene with a smile on his face.

"Oh, by the way, the World Tree has grown up during the time you were away, and with the power of Giratina, it has flown to the sky!"

"Is it?!"

"Miu?"

Hearing this, Mew and Bear Baby showed surprise on their faces.

Naoki nodded: "You can go and have a look later."

Several Pokémon happily agreed.

And the Zapdos on the side also looked eager to move.

It came to this place just for the World Tree. Now, has the tree finally grown?

Zapdos was shaking with excitement.

A yellow feather slowly fell from its body.

The elder brother Ai Butler, who was standing by, noticed the feather.

Cleaning is its job, so the elder brother Ai Butler immediately picked up the broom and swept the feather into the trash can.

Naoki, who was sitting on the sofa, saw this scene with his sharp eyes.

He just glanced at it lightly, and the information about the feather appeared in his mind.

[Zapdos Feather: The feather of Zapdos contains powerful thunder power, which may be used to make dishes, but the effect is unknown. ]

Zapdos lost its feathers?

"Wait!" Naoki hurriedly shouted to stop.

The action in the hands of his brother Ai Guanshi paused, and it stood at a loss next to the trash can with the feather, looking at it blankly.

And the Pokémon such as Zapdos, Mew and Bear Baby beside him also turned their heads and looked at the feather.

Zapdos recognized it at a glance, isn't that its feather?

Losing hair is not a very surprising thing for it, because every year, it will naturally lose many feathers.

"That feather is not garbage, don't throw it away, give it to me!" Naoki said to his brother Ai Guanshi.

Although his brother Ai Guanshi was puzzled, he still sent the feather over.

So when Naoki looked up, he saw Zapdos staring at him sharply.

Naoki: "..."

Zapdos:?

What did Naoki want the feathers it dropped for? Did he want to collect them?

But it was just an ordinary feather of little value?

Zapdos was full of doubts.

Naoki thought about it and realized that instead of secretly making lightning buns and being embarrassed when the owner found out, it would be better to tell Zapdos about his plan directly.

Therefore, he explained: "This is not an ordinary feather. With my ability, it can be turned into a dish full of magical effects. As long as Pokémon eats it, it can become stronger."

Hearing this, Zapdos was a little speechless and looked unbelievable.

... Want to eat the feathers that fell from its body?

Ugh! Just thinking about it makes me feel a little nauseous!

Is that kind of thing really edible?

Naoki immediately saw what Zapdos was thinking. If we use humans to describe it, this behavior is probably using human sweat or hair to make food, right?

Ugh... It's really disgusting.

Naoki explained to Zapdos awkwardly: "Although it sounds a bit bad, the actual finished product is still good. Babu Tupo has eaten lightning buns before, so it became like this today."

Babu Tupo... Zapdos knows this Pokémon.

The other party has a strong electric power, which is no less than it.

But Naoki said that Babu Tupo also ate lightning buns... When?

"Chi?"

Naoki replied with a smile: "When the hero's expedition team first met you, Baby Bear picked up one of your feathers and gave it to me."

After Naoki mentioned this, Dream and Baby Bear also remembered.

"One..." It seems that this is indeed the case!

Zapdos: "..."

Forget it, anyway, it's not eaten by it, Naoki can do whatever he wants!

After traveling outside for a whole year, I didn't feel it before, but now that I have returned to the familiar ranch and in this safe environment, several Pokémon feel weak and exhausted.

Naoki noticed their state and said, "If you are tired, go and have a good sleep first!"

The Pokémon were very obedient and went to sleep.

They did not go to the World Tree, but stayed at home.

Zapdos stood on the floor and began to sleep, while Mew, Bear Baby, and Jirachi ran to Naoki's bed.

The three Pokémon fell asleep while clinging to each other.

Naoki went to the glass greenhouse to find Bud Crown and asked it to use its superpowers to crush the feather into powder.

Soon, he returned home with a can of Zapdos feather powder.

Naoki took out some of it to make lightning buns, and kept the rest for later use.

Mix the dough, ferment, knead the dough, add feather powder, then pinch it into the shape of buns, and finally, put it in the pot and start steaming.

In this way, five lightning buns were made.

This series of processes took a lot of time. When the buns were steamed, the Pokémon sleeping in the room also woke up.

When Naoki placed these five yellow, round buns in front of them, both Zapdos and Mew were very shocked.

Because they could feel a strong energy from these buns!

Zapdos was stunned and shocked.

Is this the food made from its feathers?

[Lightning Bun (S+): A legendary dish made from the feather powder of a legendary Pokémon. It is said that eating it can harness lightning.

Effect of the dish: Thunder God. After eating it, Pokémon can gain the power of lightning and can control lightning as the owner of the feathers will. A huge lightning will fall from the clouds in a snap. It is limited to electric Pokémon and can only be eaten once.

Evaluation: A unique dish in the world. Feed it to your electric Pokémon! Warning, do not eat it indoors! ]

Naoki smiled and glanced at the information of these buns, then looked at Zapdos and asked:

"How about it? Do you want to try it? If you eat it, your strength will become stronger!"

His tone was full of temptation.

Suddenly, Zapdos showed a hesitant look on his face.

It wanted to become stronger, but when it thought that this was a dish made from its feathers, it felt a little nauseous.

"Imo?" (Can we become more powerful after eating it?) The bear baby next to him couldn't help asking.

Naoki shook his head: "No, this dish is only effective for electric Pokémon like Zapdos, but if you want to eat it, you can try the taste."

Hearing this, the bear baby shook his head: "Imo!" (Forget it, there are only a few steamed buns, so let's leave them for the electric Pokémon in need!)

Mew and Jirachi also had this idea.

Naoki was very pleased with these sensible Pokémon.

He touched their heads and then looked at Zapdos.

"Do you want to try it?"

Zapdos: "..."

This arrogant bird Pokémon finally couldn't resist the temptation.

In any case, it wanted to try it!

"Very good, let's go outside!"

It was still snowing outside, and everyone was staying at home. In addition, the ranch was in a remote location, so Naoki didn't worry that the noise he made would be discovered by others.

A group of people came outside the house, and the lightning bird stood in the vast snow and ate the lightning bun.

At first, there was no reaction on its body.

But when the lightning bird ate all the buns, a thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.

I saw a dark cloud floating in the originally gray sky, and then a huge lightning fell directly from the dark cloud and landed on the lightning bird.

Strong airflow surged from the body of the lightning bird to the surroundings, and the lightning bird in it was excited.

Because it could clearly feel that the power of thunder and lightning in its body was changing!

Its power became stronger!

"Chi!"

Suddenly, the lightning bird raised its head and let out a sharp cry.

A strong electric energy was released from its body to the sky.

When the electric energy sank into the thundercloud, the next second, the gathered thundercloud was defeated by the lightning bird.

The accident stopped, and everything around returned to silence.

The sky and the earth returned to a vast expanse of white.

The breath of the lightning bird became stronger.

"Congratulations, Zapdos." Naoki said.

Looking at the appearance of Zapdos, it seems to have improved a lot.

There are many Zapdos in this world, and the strongest one is the one called the God of Thunder on Asia Island.

The other Zapdos are all ordinary Zapdos.

"I wonder how strong the current Zapdos is compared to the God of Thunder..." Naoki murmured in his heart.

And Zapdos was full of excitement.

When everyone returned to the living room, they saw Zapdos' sharp eyes staring at the four remaining buns on the plate.

Naoki: "..."

Who felt disgusted by eating his own feathers just now?

Zapdos seemed to have forgotten what he had just said.

Naoki could only explain: "Each Pokémon can only be eaten once, and the second time will have no effect."

Hearing this, Zapdos' face suddenly showed a regretful expression.

At that moment, it even had the idea of ​​giving Naoki more feathers to make buns.

"Chi..." What a pity...

But soon, a new idea came into Zapdos' mind.

Since its feathers can be made into food, what about the feathers of the other two birds?

Moltres and Articuno.

Thinking of this, Zapdos asked.

"Chiu?" (Do the feathers of Moltres and Articuno have any effect?)

Naoki was slightly stunned, and soon understood what Zapdos meant.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be. Moltres' feathers can be made into flame buns, and Articuno's feathers can be made into frozen buns." He explained.

Zapdos nodded, and a light flashed in its eyes.

It's decided! It will go and grab the feathers of the two Pokémon!

Naoki didn't know what Zapdos was thinking.

After resting, the Great Hero Expedition Team and Jirachi went to the World Tree with great expectations to see their future home.

After several months, the World Tree has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The bustling expedition team guild, the restaurant opened by Mililong, the cafe run by the swaying spot, the queen flower selling various props, the wood gecko and Oliva who take care of the orchard diligently...

Looking at these scenes, the eyes of several Pokémon of the hero expedition team are full of light,

"Is it!"

This is simply the expedition team guild in its dreams!

"Miu..."

Dream also stared blankly at the scene in front of it, until Mewtwo felt its breath and moved over instantly, and then Dream came back to its senses.

"Dream." Mewtwo nodded to Mew calmly.

"Miu!" Mew also greeted Mewtwo happily.

Although they were traveling outside, they often chatted with Mewtwo through Rotom phones.

Under the leadership of Mewtwo, several Pokémon began to visit the current World Tree. On the way, Mewtwo opened his mouth from time to time to introduce everything here to them.

Guild headquarters, farmland, mill, orchard, practice field, prop shop, Pokémon hospital...

Wait until all places are visited.

A group of Pokémon went to the tavern run by Meowth and Pikachu to drink.

Baby Bear and Meow looked around. For some reason, they always felt that something was missing in this place.

"I-me..."

After Baby Bear mentioned this, Meow realized that it was not only her Pokémon who had this idea.

So the question is, what is missing?

"I-me!" It's Naoki!

Without Naoki, there is no feeling of home here...

If only Naoki could come to the World Tree and live with them.

Meow and Baby Bear looked at each other.

Then she called Naoki with her Rotom phone.

Soon, the call was connected and Naoki's voice came from the other end.

"Hello? What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the World Tree?"

"I-me-me!" Baby Bear shook his head repeatedly, indicating that nothing happened. Then, he asked expectantly, "I-me-me?" (Will Naoki come to the World Tree and live with everyone?)

Naoki didn't expect Baby Bear to ask this question.

He thought for a moment, and then answered: "Of course, but not now."

"Miu?" (When will that be?) Menghuan asked.

Naoki: "Probably in a few decades!"

By then, they will all be old, and the familiar people in this world will slowly pass away.

If he has children at that time, he will pass the ranch to the children, and then go to live on the World Tree with Qishu, Gulton and Electric Frog.

It doesn't matter if the body ages, they can live forever in the form of souls.

In that case, they should be considered alternative "ghost Pokémon", right?

As long as they don't go to the spirit world to participate in reincarnation, they can live forever on the World Tree with everyone.

This is Naoki's current plan for the future.

In this way, he doesn't have to worry about the problem of life span, and can always be with Gulton and the others.

*

At the same time, in the city of Niangguang.

In a mansion.

Qishu's parents looked at their daughter across the street curiously.

"My daughter even changed her hairstyle. It seems that she has really grown up this time!" The man holding the newspaper sighed.

However, the woman saw a clue: "Are you in love?"

"Huh?!" The man next to him was surprised.

Qishu was giggling there: "He is a very good person!"

The woman narrowed her eyes: "Is it the man from last time?"

Qishu did not hide it from his parents and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, the couple did not know what to say for a while.

Thinking that this was their daughter's first love, the woman could not help but say:

"I don't have any experience to pass on to you, but I have something to say, this sentence was once said by a great celebrity."

Qishu looked at his mother.

Woman: "Love is a two-way street. It requires both parties to walk towards each other. Only then can two people live together for a long time. If one party is only willing to stay where he is and let the other party walk towards him, then the two are destined not to be a good match."

Qishu was slightly stunned: "What do you mean?"

Woman: "It means that feelings are mutual. If you want to go for a long time, the lives of two people need to slowly merge, and sometimes you have to make changes for each other."

Qishu: "...It doesn't seem so exaggerated, right?"

At this time, her Rotom phone suddenly rang.

When she opened it, she found that Naoki had sent her a message.

[Naoki: Bring your Pokémon to the ranch quickly, I have a gift for you! 】

Gift?

Qishu's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran back to his room to talk on the phone.

In the living room, the couple looked at their daughter's back, helpless.

At this time, the man suddenly remembered something.

His daughter once asked them to buy something in a small store.

He took out his mobile phone and started to check. As expected, he saw the words [Naoki Ranch].

"This store should be opened by that guy, right?" The man stared.

"... What do you want to do?"

"Of course, I want to see what kind of person that boy is. Our daughter is in love for the first time. It would be bad if she was deceived by a bad guy." The man was confident.

He decided to pretend to be a passerby and visit the ranch.

The woman looked at her husband helplessly: "How do you plan to understand?"

The man said as a matter of course: "Of course, use the trainer's way!"

Observe the other party's temper and character through Pokémon battles.

Sometimes, Pokémon battles are often the best way to see a person clearly.

Although the other party is now a rancher, looking at Qishu's appearance, the boy must have been a trainer before.

If that person doesn't even have the courage to fight him, then he is a coward!

If you want to get his approval, you must defeat him head-on!

Recalling the time when I challenged the gyms to collect badges, his Pokémon partner's strength had already broken through to the gym leader level.

I guess he is still as good as ever now.

Then, let that kid see his gym leader-level strength!