March 4th.
Inside the kitchen, all kinds of berries floated through the air. Some were being peeled, while others were being finely chopped into powder...
Standing beside them was a red-haired girl wearing a serious expression.
It was Latias, currently transformed into "Kanon."
Under her careful control, the berries slowly completed the final condensation process.
Once they reached this stage, the Pokéblocks were officially finished, and Latias finally let out a sigh of relief.
Standing at the kitchen doorway, Lin Feng could not help praising her with satisfaction.
"Right, right, just like that! Your control over Confusion has become incredibly stable now!"
At the same time, Lin Feng casually glanced at Latias's status panel.
Pokémon: Latias
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Type: Dragon / Psychic
Potential: Gold
Individual Values: ...
Power Level: Level 49
Moves: Charm, Charge, Helping Hand, Recover, Confusion, Tailwind, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Dream Eater, Dragon Dance, Psychic, Zen Headbutt
Happiness Index: 60
Affection: 79 (Excellent...)
Her power level had already reached Level 49.
Because of her recent training with psychic control, she had also learned Psychic and Zen Headbutt.
As expected of a Legendary Pokémon.
Even though she had known almost nothing before, once she found a good teacher and seriously applied herself, her growth became unbelievably fast.
ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ: "Woohoo~~"
Hearing the praise, Latias instantly smiled brightly.
But combined with Kanon's appearance and her silly tone of voice, she somehow looked adorably airheaded.
"Alright, alright. That's enough for today."
Lin Feng nodded, signaling that her work was finished for the day.
At the moment, she could choose to stay in the ranch or leave whenever she wanted.
Sometimes Latias stayed.
Sometimes she wandered off outside.
She was curious about everything.
At first, she would secretly mingle among customers to see what people were buying. Whenever she noticed someone purchasing Pokéblocks she had personally made, she would quietly giggle to herself.
Even she did not fully understand why it made her happy.
Recently, though, she had developed a new hobby.
She liked hiding invisibly among the crowd and secretly watching trainers challenge the gym.
One trainer after another would bring out their Pokémon to challenge Pidgeot...
And every single one of them got defeated.
To Latias, it was strangely entertaining.
They obviously could not win, yet they still rushed forward anyway.
Wasn't that just asking for suffering?
Those birds looked terrifying at first glance.
Lin Feng fully supported this habit of hers.
Because he knew that sooner or later, Latias and Latios would eventually encounter the Phantom Thief Sisters.
By watching battles now, she would at least gain some combat experience.
And if the day came when she could personally defeat her enemies herself, that would naturally be the best outcome.
March 5th.
Lin Feng originally thought it would be another peaceful day.
Alolan Ninetales had taken Salamence, Dragonite, and Blaziken off to train somewhere remote.
Lin Feng secretly followed them once out of curiosity, only to discover that their training ground was actually a deserted island.
After confirming that, he finally relaxed.
With their current strength, as long as they did not encounter humans or Legendary Pokémon, there was basically nothing to worry about.
Serperior, Milotic, Steenee, Tsareena, and Leafeon guarded the gardens together.
Even Meowscarada had begun learning from them how to use Grassy Terrain to support the berry fields.
Meanwhile, Gardevoir, Latias, and Indeedee handled the kitchen duties.
And then there were Skwovet, Ponyta, and the others, who now regularly helped manage the berry orchards.
By now, they had become surprisingly skilled workers.
Even Furret had recently brought along several Sentret.
From the way they interacted, Lin Feng guessed Furret was probably their mother.
Among them was one shiny Sentret that Lin Feng found especially eye-catching.
A shiny Sentret would evolve into a pink Furret!
Back when he had watched tournament broadcasts before, he had once seen a pink Furret appear briefly in a match, and the image had stayed firmly in his memory ever since.
Even though the shiny Sentret was still brownish-yellow for now...
That did not stop Lin Feng from imagining a future berry orchard filled with bouncing pink Furret everywhere.
Still, all of that was fairly ordinary.
The truly strange thing was...
Today, Mew suddenly reappeared out of nowhere.
After noticing how many Pokémon were living around the ranch now, it once again transformed into another species like it always did.
This time, it became a Combee.
Queen Vespiquen had quietly produced five additional Combee children earlier, and now they were all working among the blooming flowers.
Well...
At least honey production had increased again.
Thinking back on it, Lin Feng realized he had nearly missed the moment Mew transformed into a Combee this time.
After all, Combee constantly flew around collecting nectar from different areas, and now that their numbers had increased, there was naturally no way Lin Feng could count every single one individually.
He only discovered something strange while walking around the ranch.
Some of the Combee never properly collected nectar.
Whenever they saw him approaching, they would immediately pretend to buzz around the flowers seriously. But the second he left, they would hide somewhere nearby and quietly giggle to themselves for no reason.
Once or twice might have gone unnoticed.
But after it happened repeatedly, it became impossible to ignore.
Because real Combee were never lazy.
They were hardworking little bees.
Lin Feng quickly guessed that one of them was probably Mew.
However...
Something about this situation felt even stranger.
Because he discovered there was not just one lazy Combee.
There were two.
At that moment, inside the flower garden, Lin Feng pretended to pass through the Miltank barn and casually acted like he was collecting milk.
Then he quietly used his Appraisal Eye on the two suspicious Combee.
The moment he saw the results, he froze.
"Victini?"
Lin Feng stared blankly.
Shouldn't Victini still be inside the barrier right now?
He watched the two "Combee" flying aimlessly among the flowers, refusing to return to the hive no matter what.
Even though Lin Feng had no idea why Victini had suddenly appeared at this time, the moment he spotted the two little troublemakers, he immediately thought of a way to deal with them.
After putting away the Moomoo Milk, he returned to the garden and deliberately walked over nearby.
Then he dragged out a chair and sat down casually.
Stretching lazily, he yawned and sighed:
"Ah... after working all day, it's finally time to rest."
His gaze swept slowly across the swarm of Combee.
"They really work hard..."
After observing for a while, his eyes finally settled on the two suspicious ones.
"Hm? Why are there two lazy workers slacking off over there?"
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