With the help of the people of Twinleaf Town, the road construction progress was greatly accelerated.
Lucas rode on the Arcanine of the Jenny who came to help, galloping on the newly repaired road.
Jenny, holding a Vulpix, watched the Arcanine appear in her line of sight.
She walked forward with Mayor Quinn and the others.
Lucas dismounted from the Arcanine and nodded.
"Beyond expectations."
Lucas only said four words.
What was unexpected was not just the practical condition of the road, but also its construction.
It wasn't just one person, or a few people.
Rather, it was the combined effort of the townspeople and the Pokémon of the forest.
Lucas looked at the Pokémon surrounding him.
He continued, saying:
"Everyone, next, we are going to sow the seeds of our hope."
All the Pokémon stared intently at Lucas.
"So, who wants to plant the seeds?"
A group of Pokémon immediately surged forward.
Lucas tried desperately to calm them down.
But none of them succeeded.
Finally, it was Lilligant's Energy Ball that brought quiet.
Lucas took out the seeds.
"Don't rush, everyone will get a turn."
Then he personally demonstrated it.
He dug a small pit, placed the seed in, covered it with soil, "Marill, I'm counting on you."
"Liruu~"
Marill wiggled its small tail.
Then it used Rain Dance.
Light rain began to fall over the seed.
Does one seed really need Rain Dance? How extravagant.
Lucas complained internally.
After the Pokémon in the forest had all learned, Lucas handed the seeds to them.
They teamed up in pairs and scattered in the directions of Twinleaf Town and Sandgem Town. Vespiquen arranged for the Combee to observe everything from the air, preventing any accidents.
Lucas, meanwhile, brought Gengar and the others to the entrance of the Breeding House.
He decided to plant a few fruit trees at the entrance so that in the summer, he could hang a net bed on the fruit trees by the door, lie comfortably on it, and wait for guests to arrive.
Or, he could bring out his armchair, take a self-made cattail fan, gently sway it, fanning himself.
Then he would hold Vulpix in his arms.
Swaying back and forth.
He could even let Gengar pick some to nibble on.
No, the more he thought about it, the more he looked forward to it.
After Gengar had dug the holes, Lucas placed the seeds inside.
Then, under the watchful eyes of all the Pokémon, he took the Gengar watering can handed to him by Gengar and watered them.
One, two, three, four —
After watering all of them, Lucas handed the watering can back to Gengar.
"What kind of flowers do you like?"
Lucas looked at them and asked.
Then he selected the seeds of the flowers they chose, and even made a special video call to Shauna.
"Uncle~"
Shauna's delicate and lovely face appeared on the screen.
"Lingling~"
"Good evening, Shauna, and Little Bell"
Shauna revealed a cute smile.
Lucas explained the situation to Shauna.
Under Shauna's guidance, they selected Shauna's favorite flowers.
"Uncle, I met another good friend here."
Just as Lucas was about to hang up, Shauna's voice rang out.
"Oh? Who is it?"
Shauna aimed her camera at a distance.
A Ponyta appeared on the screen.
It was leisurely eating grass at that moment.
"A Ponyta, huh."
"Yes, Uncle, but it seems to be in a bad state. I plan to stay with it for a while, and then I'll go back to the Breeding House to help you."
"Uncle, please wait for me. And Gengar, Lilligant, you all have to wait for me to come back too."
Lucas smiled.
Then he was squeezed out of the screen by Gengar and Lilligant.
Gengar was one thing, but Lilligant, after evolving, you're almost becoming a second Gengar.
The male and female bullies of the Breeding House: Gengar, Lilligant.
Lucas felt a pang of sadness.
They sensibly said only two sentences before returning the phone to Lucas.
Then, after a couple of words, he hung up the phone.
He then began to arrange the environment around the Breeding House with Gengar and the others.
Gengar and the others held flower seeds in their hands.
They planted them according to their own ideas and thoughts.
Afterward, they asked Marill to use a small-scale Rain Dance.
Boom!
Lucas looked up.
Large patches of dark clouds.
Didn't he ask Marill to use a small-scale Rain Dance?
Why was the power so great?
Then he saw Water Gun blasts darting everywhere in the distance.
Lucas immediately guessed that they were playing around.
The Combee returned to report the situation.
It was indeed so.
A Pachirisu took a seed, found a suitable spot, and planted it.
Then it asked Golduck to come over and told him about it.
Golduck was just about to come over to water it.
Then a large-scale Rain Dance suddenly struck.
"Ga?"
Golduck looked confused; he hadn't even used Rain Dance yet.
He turned his head to look.
Azumarill was using Rain Dance.
Golduck was a little unconvinced.
Someone asked me to water this; if you water it for me, what am I supposed to do?
He then went to argue with Azumarill.
Under Azumarill's eloquent persuasion, he went to help other Azumarill water.
When other Azumarill argued with him, he repeated what that Azumarill had said.
Thus, it was passed on layer by layer.
Rain Dance after Rain Dance in the sky.
Finally, the Pokémon of the forest, under the heavy rain, simply started a water fight.
He let the people of Twinleaf Town and the construction team come into the Breeding House to take shelter from the rain.
After dinner was ready, Lucas took out a gong.
He struck it hard!
Dong~
Dong~
Dong~
Some Pokémon heard the sound and stopped, then passed it on to those behind them.
The rain slowly stopped.
Rainwater accumulated on the newly repaired road, forming one small puddle after another.
One small foot after another stepped on them.
Splash~
~
~
Water splashed.
The Pokémon reflected in the puddles had smiles on their faces.
They all ran towards the Breeding House.
Time to eat~
Looking at the Pokémon lining up neatly.
Some still had some spiderwebs on them, and they were completely soaked.
Some people from Sandgem Town or Twinleaf Town saw the activity on the road and the playing Pokémon.
They weren't too worried.
They all knew these were friends from the Breeding House between the two towns.
Some of them had even watched fireworks with them.
So, some people simply joined in.
Therefore, Lucas looked at the smiles on their faces.
He didn't blame them.
Instead, he cautioned them not to be so mischievous next time.
After receiving their assurance, he distributed Energy Blocks to them.
Lilligant, witnessing this scene before her, gathered green light around her body.
Then the flower on top of her head bloomed even more vibrantly.
The green light converged towards this flower, then was emitted by the flower, shooting straight into the sky.
Sunny Day.
The setting sun once again fell upon the road in front of the Breeding House.
Lucas looked up, squinting slightly.
The light was a bit dazzling.
Then he looked down.
He seemed to see some green beginning to break through the bare road.
When he focused, he found it was still bare.
Lucas smiled knowingly.
Seeds of the crown?
Perhaps it was the hope of the Pokémon and people.
Perhaps it was the bond created between Twinleaf Town and Sandgem Town and these forest Pokémon.
Through his Breeding House, he personally helped them plant the crown.
One day, these seeds will take root, sprout, and eventually blossom and bear fruit.
Presumably, by then, near the tree canopy or the flowers, there will be a large number of people and Pokémon, right?
Even if they don't know each other.
The encounter between people and Pokémon, how truly wonderful.
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