Not Being a Trainer This Time

Soon, the ground began to bulge as Dugtrio emerged from the earth and started their work.

Very quickly, holes were dug into the soil.

Naoki brought Koraidon forward to plant the bamboo seedlings.

Lono watched for a while and then joined in.

Maybe the recent event had sparked her competitive spirit.

Lono firmly said, "Once I return to Levincia City, I’ll pursue further studies. Next time, I’ll show you the amazing skills of Lono!"

Naoki: "..."

He replied helplessly, "Everyone has things they’re good and not good at; let’s leave the farming to me and Dugtrio."

After planting the bamboo seedlings, Naoki had Koraidon call over Kubfu and Gogoat.

Soon, Naoki saw Kubfu running over from the Scallion Garden.

Lono was also attracted to this Pokemon she had never seen before.

"What’s this Pokemon?"

"Oh, it?" Naoki introduced, "This is Kubfu, a Pokemon I brought back from Fury Falls yesterday. Perhaps you haven’t heard of it, but in the Galar Region, Kubfu sightings are common."

After all, the previous Galar Champion Mustard’s signature Pokemon is Kubfu’s evolved form, Urshifu.

"Oh? A Pokemon from the Galar Region? It looks so cute!"

"Bya!"

Kubfu stood beside Naoki, looking up at the human in front of it.

Naoki introduced to it, "This is Lono, she will be the mistress of this place in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Kubfu glanced at Lono a few more times.

Lono waved at the Pokemon and greeted it, "Hello, Kubfu!"

Kubfu hesitated a bit, then quietly responded, "Bya..."

"Alright, time to get to work." Naoki turned his attention to the three Gogoat and said, "Take care of the bamboo seedlings for us!"

"Meh!"

Such a task was a piece of cake for the Gogoat now.

With a slight effort of their minds, they released a burst of natural and rich Grass Energy from their bodies.

In the blink of an eye, this energy enveloped the entire Bamboo Forest, then poured into the bamboo seedlings.

In the next second, the seedlings began to grow visibly, getting taller and sprouting lush green bamboo leaves.

Soon, a lush Bamboo Forest appeared before them.

Having been with Naoki for a long time, Lono was now used to scenes like this.

But for Kubfu, seeing this for the first time, it showed a surprised expression, gazing at the Bamboo Forest in disbelief, "Bya!"

Amazing, so amazing!

"This shouldn’t be much different from the bamboo forest at Fury Falls, right?" Naoki said with a smile, "From now on, this will be your new home!"

Upon hearing Naoki’s words, Kubfu quickly realized that this Bamboo Forest was specially built by Naoki for it.

Naoki is really good to it!

Kubfu, who had never been treated this way before, felt deeply moved.

But it’s not very good at expressing its emotions, so facing Naoki, Kubfu became shy and bashful.

Kubfu was embarrassed!

Naoki saw through this little Bear-type Pokemon’s thoughts, but he didn’t say much, just smiled and patted its head.

*

In the afternoon, after sending Lono back to Levincia City, Naoki returned to the ranch and found Kubfu in the Bamboo Forest.

"I’ve found two teachers for you; they agreed to help with your training," he said.

Upon hearing this, Kubfu paused.

"Bya?" (Teachers?)

Naoki nodded and then picked up Kubfu, "Follow me! I’ll take you to meet them!"

Kubfu didn’t struggle; filled with curiosity, it entered a strange world under Naoki’s lead.

There were floating Sky Islands everywhere, captivating Kubfu’s attention as it watched them wide-eyed.

Soon, they passed through this place and arrived at a region teeming with intense natural aura.

Green grass, dense forests, and various Pokemon...

Kubfu even saw many Pokemon living in those strange buildings like humans!

"Bya?!" Kubfu was very surprised.

Seeing Naoki come over, a few Pokemon excitedly ran over to greet him.

"Ah, long time no see! Tatsugiri, and Treecko! How have you been lately?"

Naoki reached out to stroke their heads, then said to Kubfu:

"I haven’t introduced you yet; this is the World Tree, a place I’ve built especially for Pokemon."

"Those buildings ahead are the Explorer Team Guild, as you can see, it’s a place where only Pokemon live."

"Bya..." Kubfu murmured.

"Alright, Tatsugiri, don’t you need to work in the sushi shop? We’ve got some things to do; we’ll come over and play with you later!" Naoki said.

However, the Tatsugiri jumped with excitement.

They indicated that the sushi shop was currently managed by Venusaur; they now plan to team up with Dondozo to catch fish!

"Oh? That’s great, I also need to visit that place, so we’ll go together!"

"Me!"

The group came to the next level together, where Naoki parted with the Tatsugiri on Dragonite Island.

The three Dondozo were already waiting there ahead of time, and when Tatsugiri arrived, they opened their big mouths eagerly.