Pokémon: My Online Friend Is Cynthia

Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Generous

The flower garden owner quickly finished counting.

All fifty Combee had returned, not one missing.

Officer Jenny came out of the room at this moment, escorting a middle-aged man wearing the garden’s work uniform.

The owner pointed at the man and loudly said to the Combee, "Before this, I misjudged someone and allowed him to swap out your food!"

"But something like this will never happen again! I promise that every Combee in my flower garden will eat well and drink well!"

Someone who could run such a large flower garden naturally had some charisma.

"Today, you all go back and rest first. Work will begin again tomorrow. I’ll immediately have the staff deliver food and Honey to you!"

After the Combee flew back to the hive, Julian curiously asked, "What’s this person’s situation?"

The owner snorted coldly.

"This guy counts as one of my old employees. A while ago, he went to an underground casino and lost hundreds of thousands."

"With no other way out, he thought of using his purchasing position to swap the food and steal Honey to sell."

"I called Officer Jenny, and her Growlithe found Honey that hadn’t been sold yet in his locker."

The owner was extremely angry.

"This guy really was bold. He even dared to steal Honey from the remaining fifty Combee to sell, though the amount was smaller."

"If he hadn’t been too greedy, perhaps there really wouldn’t have been evidence to catch him."

Julian came in front of Officer Jenny and smiled.

"Officer Jenny, how is the Trainer from last time, the one who abandoned Salandit?"

Officer Jenny said, "He has already been detained and is awaiting trial. This time, he’s looking at at least three years."

At least three years.

Then that was fine.

"People like that really should be heavily punished, so all Trainers can take warning from it."

Officer Jenny nodded in agreement.

"I told you, Gym Leader Veyne, you’re very good at solving cases. Look, you’ve helped our police catch another criminal. In the future, if we have any troublesome cases..."

"I hope Gym Leader Veyne won’t be stingy with your support."

The corner of Julian’s mouth twitched.

He had originally thought this mission was a Pokémon problem.

In the end, it was entirely caused by human wrongdoing.

"Fine."

Officer Jenny saluted.

"Then I’ll leave first."

After Officer Jenny left, the owner insisted on dragging Julian along for a meal — their flower garden’s speciality flower banquet.

Julian could not refuse him and could only stay to eat.

Honestly, the flower banquet really was quite good.

Especially the pastries.

The owner proudly introduced them to Julian.

"This is the newest product from our flower garden, sweet flower pie!"

High-end ingredients really did only need simple cooking methods.

"The taste is excellent."

The owner smiled and said, "Since Gym Leader Veyne likes them, take two more boxes back when you leave."

Julian waved his hand.

"That’s enough, that’s enough. This meal has already cost you plenty."

The owner continued, "One million has already been transferred to Gym Leader Veyne’s account. After tax."

"This..." Julian hesitated slightly.

The owner waved his hand.

"That’s only a small amount of money. I wanted to ask Gym Leader Veyne whether you have any research on Combee evolving into Vespiquen?"

Julian stroked his chin.

"Evolving into Vespiquen actually isn’t difficult. They only need to continuously eat Honey and food, and they will naturally evolve."

"Do you want to speed up their evolution process?"

The owner nodded and said, "I hope that obedient female Combee can evolve. If the more rebellious female Combee evolves..."

"If she becomes unhappy and directly takes my whole colony away, wouldn’t I lose everything?"

Julian frowned.

"My research into Bug types isn’t especially deep. And if we only train that one, I’m afraid the one that just returned will have thoughts about it."

That was indeed a problem.

The owner hurriedly said, "I’m willing to pay another one million. Please help me think of a method, Gym Leader Veyne. If Combee successfully evolves, I’ll give another one million."

"Both sums will be after tax!"

This boss really was generous.

Julian nodded.

"All right. I’ll go back first and think of a method. Once I find one, you can pay me the first one million."

The owner directly waved his hand.

"No need. I trust Gym Leader Veyne!"

He operated his phone on the spot and transferred one million into Julian’s account.

"I only hope you can help Combee evolve sooner."

Julian nodded.

"Leave it to me."

If Vespiquen was born in the colony earlier, it would not only stabilise the colony.

Vespiquen could also continuously reproduce Combee, expanding the production scale.

Julian’s experience simulating Butterfree could not be completely applied to Combee.

He needed to go back and check the information.

"Then I’ll take my leave first. There may still be challengers visiting the Gym. I’ll try to provide an evolution plan within a week."

The owner nodded.

"Then I’ll leave everything to Gym Leader Veyne!"

Before Julian left, the owner forcefully stuffed four boxes of sweet flower pie and one bucket of Honey into the boot.

After driving back to the Gym, Julian learned that only one challenger had visited while he was away.

Kai had already asked him to come again tomorrow.

Julian took out his phone and called Yuzo to explain the situation.

"The sweet flower pie from this flower garden really does taste good. I’ll mail some to the research institute later. You and the Professor can all try it."

"Help me find information on Vespiquen’s evolution. Once Vespiquen evolves, the quality of the Honey will definitely improve too. When that happens, I’ll send you even better sweet flower pies."

Yuzo smiled.

"That sounds good. I’ll have Naoko look up the research institute’s information on Vespiquen, then send it to your email."

"But the specific evolution plan will need to be designed by you according to the individual Pokémon’s condition."

Julian naturally understood that.

In truth, between the two Combee, he was more optimistic about the rebellious one evolving.

If there were no external interference, perhaps she really would evolve first.

The obedient Combee was not bad either.

The information on Vespiquen was quickly sent to Julian’s email.

After carefully reading it, he thought of a pretty good method.

Julian then called the owner.

"I’ll use the Honey you gave me, along with some other materials, to make food."

"Feed it specifically to that female Combee, and it should speed up her evolution."

This food would increase Combee’s internal energy. It was somewhat similar to a Rare Candy.

It could not strengthen Combee, but it would help with evolution.

The owner was somewhat surprised and glanced at the time displayed on his phone.

Calculating from when Julian left the flower garden, he should have only returned to Veilstone Gym half an hour ago at most.

He had found a solution this quickly?

"It will have some effect on Vespiquen’s strength. You’ll need to make up for that through a lot of training."

The owner waved his hand.

"That isn’t important. My Vespiquen only needs to be responsible for production. The flower garden has dedicated security Pokémon."

Fine.

Julian nodded.

"I’ll begin adjusting the formula tonight. Around the day after tomorrow, I’ll have my apprentice deliver the first batch to the flower garden."

The owner waved his hand.

"No need. Call me, and I’ll arrange for someone to come and collect it. It would be too troublesome for you to make another trip."

This owner really was generous. Even Julian could not help feeling moved.

He had only gone out for half a day, yet he had earned two million.

After tax, too.

The owner had given this price completely because Julian’s reputation was growing.

Julian suddenly felt that as a Gym Leader, having a strong reputation did not seem like such a bad thing after all.

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