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Time flashed forward another day.
Ron and Viola successfully arrived in Santalune City. After sending their Poké Balls back using the Pokémon Center's transport machine, Viola stretched and patted Ron on the shoulder.
"I wish we could travel together in the future! Your cooking is really delicious!"
So much so that Viola completely couldn't fathom how the Wizard could make that kind of stuff.
"It's okay, mostly I just cook at the farm a lot too," Ron said, then remembered the Wizard and asked about him.
"Him? He's probably already in the Sinnoh region by now," Viola said. "Why didn't you tell him there are no Beldum in the Kalos region?"
"——There aren't?"
Viola burst out laughing: "Nope. Unless a research institute specifically needs them, someone might bring one over, but as for wild ones, nope."
"..."
Ron apologized to the Wizard in his heart, then walked toward his factory alongside Viola.
Because he had promised to challenge the Gym later, and probably fearing Ron might run away, Viola followed him and accompanied him to the factory.
"Are you planning to rent the land around here too?" Viola asked.
"Yeah." Ron gestured. "About that much, from over there to there."
"Then it might just become the largest ranch in Santalune City. I remember this place used to be completely barren."
After sending Nacli to Pelican Town, and planting the high-quality grass starters from Pelican Town, the situation here had improved significantly.
Glancing at the workers busy in the factory, Viola took a handful of special grass seeds from Ron's hand.
"Just scatter them on the ground," Ron demonstrated to Viola. "Like this. This kind of grass seed is a specialty of Pelican Town; it's very easy to grow."
"I see." Viola looked at the grass seeds in her hand.
"The pasture grass that grows is blue, and it seems to taste much better than ordinary grass," Ron introduced while burying himself in work.
Meanwhile, in the Sinnoh region.
The Wizard got off the plane, standing at the airport feeling a bit dizzy.
"——Next time, flying by myself is better." Taking a few deep breaths, following what Viola had taught him, the Wizard found the staff, successfully located the nearby Pokémon Center, and updated his Pokédex with the Sinnoh regional data.
Just then, the Wizard keenly sensed someone peeking at him from behind. Turning his head, he saw two people sitting in the corner, pretending to seriously read the news.
"An illusion?" the Wizard thought, withdrawing his gaze.
Out of absolute confidence in his own power, the Wizard didn't feel that anyone here could cause him any harm, let alone imagine someone would actually track him.
After confirming Beldum's habitat, the Wizard set off on his own.
"Should we report to Boss Giovanni?" the Team Rocket executive asked.
"He's just an old man," his teammate beside him said. "The Pokémon he has, I saw it just now, an unevolved Caterpie. Reporting to the boss now is completely unnecessary, right? If we want credit, we might as well just kidnap that weird old man and bring him to Team Rocket."
"——" Looking at the Wizard's back, the executive thought for a moment. "Are you sure he won't pull out something else? I heard that the guy who was tracking those girls earlier got eaten by their frog, and his scars still haven't healed."
"But he doesn't have anything weird on him, right?" the teammate thought for a moment. "Then let's keep observing, pay attention to the disguise."
Reaching a consensus, the two followed behind the Wizard and entered the nearby forest.
"Finished planting!" Viola clapped her hands, and saw that the grass seeds just scattered had somehow already sprouted.
Just as Ron said, what grew was a kind of blue grass bud.
Although it wasn't a Pokémon, Viola still smelled a special fragrance.
"If used to raise Miltank... the yield should be quite good, right?"
However, the supply of Miltank's Moomoo Milk was basically saturated, so doing this would hardly bring in much profit.
Viola then turned her head and noticed a worker not far away, carrying something that looked familiar, loading it onto a truck nearby.
"Isn't that a Lumiose specialty?" Viola asked.
"Which one?" Ron glanced over. "Oh, right... you could call it a Lumiose specialty."
The cooperation between the two parties was fairly stable, and Ron had no plans to cut ties with the food company for the time being; the revenue sharing was also reasonable.
So he changed the subject: "Let's go. Since it's on the way, I'll challenge the Gym. Tomorrow I'll be busy planning the ranch and building the barns and factory."
Although it sounded a bit like he was looking down on the Santalune Gym, Viola wasn't angry at all.
"Alright, I've been waiting for this day for a long time," Viola said, rubbing her hands together. "Who are you planning to send out?"
"This one." Ron sent out Ribbon.
Ribbon, who was grooming its fur, froze and pointed at itself: "Rattata?"
"A Rattata." Viola looked at the stunned Ribbon and smiled. "Your Pokémon, even if it's a Rattata, is definitely not ordinary."
"Rattata, Rattata?"
What do you mean 'even if it's a Rattata, it's definitely not ordinary'?
Ribbon cried out in dissatisfaction.
"Just fight like it's a Pokémon Contest," Ron thought for a moment, then pulled an Everstone from his pocket and handed it to Ribbon.
"Rattata?"
"——If you evolve, it'll be hard to enter Pokémon Contests, right? Of course, if you want to evolve, that's fine too."
Thinking about its evolved form, Ribbon shook its head rapidly, showing that it absolutely did not want to evolve.
"Then wear this for now. When we get back, I'll have Clint modify it into an accessory for you."
"Rattata!"
Meanwhile, in Pelican Town.
After helping Jas and Shane with a little battle in the back mountains yesterday.
Sailor woke up in bed feeling weird all over, and went to the washroom to look in the mirror as usual.
It looked at its flickering reflection in the mirror and fell into brief contemplation.
"Rattata."
I must not be fully awake, otherwise how could I, a Rattata, have used Dazzling Gleam?
Thinking this, Sailor rubbed its eyes, sensed the surging power within its body, and snapped fully awake.
Not good!
Am I going to evolve?!
Does that mean evolving from a Rattata into a Raticate?
If I evolve into a Raticate, won't I never be able to wear my precious sailor suit, or lie on my favorite porthole window again?!
Thinking this, Sailor desperately suppressed the power that was about to burst forth, and staggered toward the bus stop.
Nacli—
Everstone—
Sailor stumbled onto the bus and shoved 500g into Pam's hand.
"Rattata."
Hurry, hurry up and go—
I can't hold on anymore—
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