Chapter 143:The Fresh Milk Delivery Business! Jangmo-o's Training

Inside the bathroom of the cabin.

The slowly rising steam had unknowingly enveloped the entire space.

Natsume brushed his hair back, resting his hands on the edge of the bathtub, his neck slightly arched back as he gazed at the ceiling where water droplets were steadily dripping down.

Drip~

A water droplet fell.

Natsume extended his finger, and all the falling droplets were instantly suspended in mid-air.

Lopunny's delicate fingers gently pressed on Natsume's shoulder.

The pressure was just right, the water temperature was perfect, and the breeze and moonlight outside were just as soothing.

Natsume lowered his finger, and the droplets began to fall back into the water.

He said to Lopunny behind him, “I should still be going to Towada Lake in the next few days.”

“But mainly in the afternoons.”

“I'll be back before dinner after the afternoon passes.”

Thanks to the teleportation portal, coming and going had become very convenient.

Natsume's main purpose for going was, naturally, to find Meltan.

At the same time, he needed to capture a batch of Scyther.

When Mewtwo left, it not only gave Natsume the Mewtwonite X but also didn't take the armor attached with the Metal Coat.

Although the armor was broken, the Metal Coat was still intact.

Natsume planned to use this Evolution Item to complete a capture.

“The farm's next plan is to develop the Miltank Valley, so I’ll contact Misaki tomorrow.”

“I’ll ask her to help us select a batch of Miltank to send over.”

As Natsume spoke, he began to play with Lopunny's ears.

Lopunny's ears were soft and fun to toy with in his hands.

However, Lopunny was feeling a bit uncomfortable being played with.

Her face turned slightly red as she tried to pull away.

“Lopunny.”

Lopunny pouted, and then suddenly opened her cherry-like little mouth to gently nibble on Natsume's ear.

It was light and moist.

Suck~

Natsume laughed and said, “Come on, don’t do that; it tickles.”

“Lopunny!”

Lopunny playfully pointed out that he knew ear-playing was ticklish too.

Splash~

As Lopunny said this, she splashed water toward Natsume.

Natsume rolled over, reached out, and pulled Lopunny in, then placed her in the bathtub.

“By the way, Lopunny, have you grown a bit taller?”

“Lopunny~”

Lopunny knelt in the water on Natsume's lap.

“Lopunny?”

Is this more normal now?

Natsume looked at Lopunny in front of him.

In this position and atmosphere, things felt a bit off.

“Um…”

Natsume felt a little awkward as he adjusted himself.

Shake~

The Pokémon egg he had placed aside suddenly wobbled and tipped toward the bathtub.

Natsume hurriedly reached out to catch it.

“Can't have it in the water!”

Natsume temporarily shifted his attention to Celebi's egg.

“Let’s go, Lopunny.”

“We’re heading out.”

Natsume got up and walked toward the room.

Gardevoir was sitting on the sofa beside Natsume's bed, looking at a magazine in her hands.

Psychic-type Pokémon have a strong learning ability, especially for humanoid Pokémon like Gardevoir.

Gardevoir could even browse through some simple books now.

Natsume naturally flopped onto the bed, looking at the Pokémon egg in his hands with a hint of worry. “I can’t have you following me around every day.”

“Celebi, you need to be an independent child.”

The Pokémon egg remained silent.

Natsume tried to wrap Celebi's Pokémon egg with Eternity Power.

He immediately sensed that Celebi's Pokémon egg seemed to be filled with a very pleasant emotion.

Natsume placed the egg on the pillow and said, “Celebi, let’s make a deal.”

“During the day, you can stay here, and when I'm free, I’ll keep you company.”

The energy emitted from the Eternity Power wrapped around Celebi's Pokémon egg.

The egg gave off a faint glow.

Natsume smiled at Celebi's Pokémon egg, saying, “Not saying anything means you agree.”

“Then it’s settled; time for bed.”

The farm's nights always passed in tranquility.

A peaceful night ensued.

“Dodrio~ Dodrio~ Dodrio~”

In the morning, the sun rose with the calls of Dodrio.

The once quiet farm immediately came alive with noise.

Inside the cabin’s living room, the kettle with hot water was steaming.

On the stove, a small fire simmered a warm porridge.

The porridge contained Springy Mushrooms, Dragonite’s favorite, so it was staring intently at the slightly vibrating pot lid.

Natsume approached with his phone, video chatting with Misaki.

As he passed by, he picked up a piece of sliced Leppa Berry from a plate on the side and popped it into his mouth, then took a quick glance around the living room.

Meltan, Eevee, and Zorua were all present.

However, there was no sign of Jangmo-o, who had just arrived yesterday.

“Dragonite, have you seen Jangmo-o?”

“Dragonite~”

Dragonite replied that Jangmo-o had gone with Sirfetch'd and the others to the training facility below the mountain early in the morning.

“Oh, it’s working hard.”

“Chansey~”

Chansey approached, holding an egg.

It handed the egg to Natsume.

Misaki smiled as she saw Chansey coming. “Good morning, Chansey.”

“Chansey~”

Chansey glanced at Natsume's lenses and then smiled at Misaki inside.

“Chansey~”

Natsume chuckled, “Chansey says that when you come back, it will treat you to two eggs.”

“Oh really?”

Misaki said happily, “I should be able to come over the day after tomorrow.”

“Moo~”

Behind Misaki, a blue Miltank curiously approached.

It looked like it had just woken up, rubbing its eyes.

“Hello, Miltank.”

Natsume smiled at Miltank and said, “You should come and play with Misaki.”

“Moo.”

Misaki hugged Miltank. “Of course it will come.”

“I plan to train this Miltank myself.”

“That's great.”

Natsume sat down on the sofa in the living room.

“Are you going to train it for battles?”

“Yeah.”

Misaki nodded. “This child has had a hard time fitting in with the other Miltank because of its shiny color.”

“So there have been frequent conflicts.”

“Just a couple of days ago, it even fought with a Ponyta.”

Natsume said, “Is that so? It sounds like it has some talent for battling.”

Meltan was sprawled on the sofa.

It was squeezed in between the Eevee, watching TV with them.

“Meltan~”

In front of Meltan was a bag of screws.

It picked one up now and then, just like eating fries, and popped it into its mouth.

“Meltan~”

Meltan had a good-natured personality and was willing to share its favorite food.

Just like now, Meltan placed a screw by the mouth of a little Eevee.

Natsume saw this but didn’t stop it.

Instead, he pointed his lenses at Meltan and the little Eevee.

“Glaceon~”

Eevee instinctively opened its mouth and took a bite.

Crunch~

“Eevee.”

Spit, spit.

Eevee jumped up immediately and hurriedly spat out the screw from its mouth.

Meltan looked confused.

Natsume laughed from the side.

“You’re so mean”

Although Misaki said this, she was also smiling in the lenses.

The news on TV didn’t have anything particularly interesting for Natsume.

The main content was about various regional tournaments.

Natsume wasn’t very interested.

“By the way.”

Misaki said, “We’re preparing to open a fresh milk warehouse in Morimachi.”

“The goal is to dominate the fresh milk business across Hokkaido.”

“Since we need deliveries, we are currently looking for a delivery company to collaborate with.”

“You mentioned before that you were planning to have the farm's Pidgeot handle deliveries, so I thought you might be interested in this.”

Natsume immediately replied, “Of course, I’m interested.”

“Hehe, then I’ll talk to my mom about it.”

“Alright, thank you, my little fortune-maker.”

Natsume’s main purpose for raising Miltank was to provide fresh milk for the Pokémon on his farm; he had no intentions of entering the fresh milk market.

However, he was very interested in the delivery business.

“Speaking of deliveries, wouldn’t we need to make some uniforms as well?”

“If we’re making clothing, we can certainly leave that to Leavanny.”

Leavanny’s sewing talent was quite impressive.

Natsume had a jacket made from Dragonair’s shed skin that Leavanny crafted.

Thinking of this, Natsume immediately ordered a batch of fabric.

The clothing design was simple.

It would be a lightweight vest that fits Flying-type Pokémon.

He just needed to print “Takamagahara Farm” and the farm's contact information on it.

“If we’re going to do flight deliveries, we’ll need to capture more Flying-type Pokémon.”

If there’s any Pokémon suited for a delivery team, it was undoubtedly Delibird.

Their nature predisposes them to love this kind of work.

There were also quite a few Delibird in Towada Lake.

Natsume added another kind of Pokémon to his capture list.

After breakfast, Natsume went to check the growing conditions of the Hearty Grains in the land behind the house.

“Good morning, Swadloon.”

Natsume greeted the Swadloon there and then asked, “Has there been any change in the growth of the Hearty Grains?”

“Leavanny~”

Natsume was just asking casually, but the Swadloon actually surprised him.

They gestured for Natsume to look at a Hearty Grain plant in the center of the land.

This Hearty Grain seedling was noticeably larger than the others surrounding it.

Natsume said happily, “That’s great.”

“With this, the mutated Hearty Grains task should be smoothly completed, and now we just need to wait for it to mature.”

As he spoke, Natsume infused a bit of Eternity Power into the Hearty Grain seedling.

“You need to grow well.”

Shake~ Shake~

The Hearty Grain seedling swayed slightly under the influence of the Eternity Power.

After wandering around the farm for a while, Natsume decided to head to the training facility to check on Jangmo-o and the others.

Inside the Training Facility.

“Infernape!”

Infernape stood in front of the punching training machine, skillfully dodging the punching bags while rapidly throwing punches of its own.

Not just Infernape, but also Heracross and Breloom, along with Feraligatr and Squirtle, were training here.

The entire Training Facility was bustling with the sounds of Pokémon.

Bang~

Infernape was caught off guard and took a hit.

“You got hit. Go run a lap, Rotom,” Rotom called out to Infernape.

“Infernape.”

Infernape scratched its head and then began to jog laps around the Training Facility.

“Keep it up, Infernape.”

Natsume waved at Infernape.

“Infernape~”

At that moment, Jangmo-o arrived in front of Infernape's machine.

“Jangmo-o.”

Rotom looked at Jangmo-o and said, “I’ll lower the machine's attack speed for you, just a moment.”

“Jangmo-o!”

Jangmo-o replied that there was no need for adjustments!

“Are you sure, Rotom?”

“Jangmo-o!”

Jangmo-o nodded seriously.

“Alright, then let's get started.”

Rotom activated the machine.

Whoosh!

The rapidly flying punching bag hit Jangmo-o squarely on the nose with a thud.

Jangmo-o swayed slightly but steadied itself, preparing to continue the challenge.

Rotom kindly suggested, “Maybe we should adjust it after all, Rotom?”

“Jangmo-o!”

Jangmo-o shook its head.

Thud, thud.

Two more punches slammed into Jangmo-o's body.

Jangmo-o had no time to react.

The attack speed of the machine was adjusted to just a few milliseconds.

Such high-frequency consecutive attacks were naturally too much for Jangmo-o to handle.

Natsume walked over and said, “Rotom, turn off the machine for now.”

“Got it, Rotom.”

“Jangmo-o.”

Jangmo-o, who had been mercilessly hit by the machine, looked at Natsume with dissatisfaction.

Jangmo-o insisted it would be able to dodge soon.

Natsume squatted down and looked at Jangmo-o. “Jangmo-o, training can't be rushed.”

“You can't just look at the distant problems; you need to defeat the challenges right in front of you first.”

After saying this, Natsume gestured for Jangmo-o to look at the Timburr in their training.

The Timburr were practicing their dodging moves.

Their levels were also around 20, similar to Jangmo-o.

The Timburr were quite agile.

They stood about two meters away from the machine, continuously dodging the water balls fired from it.

If they couldn’t dodge, they would use the wooden planks in their hands to swat the water balls away.

“How about that? Want to give it a try?”

Jangmo-o thought that this machine looked much easier than the previous one.

Natsume smiled and said, “Then if you can successfully dodge continuously, you can keep training with Infernape.”

“Jangmo-o.”

Jangmo-o thought for a moment and decided to accept the challenge.

Jangmo-o followed Natsume to join the Timburr.

“Timburr~”

The Timburr looked at Jangmo-o and kindly made room for him.

Rotom looked at Jangmo-o and asked, “Are you ready?”

Jangmo-o nodded.

“Begin!”

Rotom activated the machine.

A water ball was fired from the machine's nozzle.

“Jangmo-o~”

Jangmo-o quickly jumped aside.

Successful dodge!

Jangmo-o thought, this isn't so difficult after all.

Pop~

The water ball hit.

“Jangmo-o.”

Jangmo-o looked a bit dazed.

“Timburr~”

One of the Timburr explained the reason.

As Jangmo-o was moving, the cannon of the machine also adjusted its aim.

The speed of the attack hadn’t changed; it was just that Jangmo-o hadn’t noticed the cannon's movement.

Therefore, Jangmo-o missed the second attack entirely.

Jangmo-o fell silent.

“Jangmo-o!”

One more time!

Jangmo-o tried again twice, but generally got hit around the third attempt.

“Jangmo-o!”

Jangmo-o was not willing to accept this.

“Timburr!”

One of the Timburr chimed in, “If you get hit, it’s time to start running laps.”

“That’s part of the training.”

Natsume looked at Jangmo-o, who was beginning to integrate with the Timburr trainers, and said, “Jangmo-o, set a small goal for yourself.”

“Earn the approval of all the Timburr.”

Jangmo-o looked at the Timburr.

Gaining approval meant, for Fighting-type Pokémon, achieving victory in battle!

But for now, Jangmo-o needed to focus on honing its instinctual reactions.

The Fighting-type Pokémon on the farm usually started their mornings at the Training Facility.

They would typically train until the gym's tourists arrived.

The unique atmosphere attracted many tourists looking to experience the fun of battles.

So they never lacked for real opponents.

Training, battling, sleeping.

This was the joy of Fighting-type Pokémon.

Natsume stood by the window of the training area, gazing outside.

The farm's gym was already bustling with quite a few tourists.

In the surrounding fields, Sandslash were inspecting the growth of the crops.

The empty plots of land around the farm gym had also been fully developed.

To continue expanding, they would need to start chopping down trees.

Natsume shifted his gaze to Infernape and Heracross, who were training, and said, “Infernape, Heracross, do you want to come with me to Towada Lake?”

“Eh?”

Natsume continued, “I plan to capture a batch of Scyther to help us with chopping down trees.”

“There should be some battles!”

As soon as Natsume finished speaking, the Fighting-type Pokémon in the Training Facility immediately turned their excited gazes toward him.

“Breloom!”

Breloom and Timburr also wanted to join.

“Feraligatr!”

Feraligatr slapped its chest.

Catching Pokémon was something it had done often before.

Seeing the enthusiastic group of Pokémon, Natsume laughed and said, “Since that’s the case, let’s all go together.”