Chapter 104: Dr. Oda's Astonishment!

The ecological park was enormous.

Besides this forest-and-river area, there was also a desert zone on the other side for Ground- and Rock-type Pokémon, as well as a vast lake built for Water-type Pokémon, among other areas.

Hu Yang released the Slowpoke and Relicanth.

The Relicanth swam into the lake, while the Slowpoke slowly crawled to the riverbank and, just as they had on the island, sprawled across the rocks and began staring blankly into space.

Hu Yang was extremely satisfied by the sight.

This was exactly the ecological park he had envisioned.

The only regrettable thing was that, apart from the Slowpoke and Relicanth, there were no other Pokémon. The trees and grasslands all looked rather empty.

The facilities in the ecological park were excellent, but the house where he lived was completely bare. It did not even have basic furniture.

After settling the Slowpoke and Relicanth, Hu Yang returned to the living room.

The house had two floors, with several rooms on each floor.

The rooms upstairs were for resting, while the other rooms on the first floor had been divided into three areas: a “Hatching Room,” a “Medical Room,” and an “Examination Room.”

Since the ecological park was located in the suburbs, taking a sick Pokémon all the way to a Pokémon Center in the city would be troublesome.

For convenience, a medical room had therefore been established within the park to treat Pokémon.

After inspecting the rooms on the first floor, Hu Yang followed the stairs upstairs.

What he had not expected was that the wooden passageway on the second floor extended all the way into the ecological park.

He walked along the passage, pushed open a door, and saw the entire park spread out below.

The structure had been built so that the owner of the ecological park could observe the Pokémon living inside it more easily.

From above, he could see the Relicanth swimming lazily through the lake, while the Slowpoke dangled their tails in the water, trying to catch something.

Even the Slowbro had reluctantly gone into the water, hoping to catch fish to eat.

The river was connected to the one outside, but because of the netting blocking the passage, Pokémon from outside could not enter the park through it.

Likewise, the fish outside could not swim in.

In other words, the river was currently completely empty. There was nothing for the Slowpoke to catch.

After a long while, the Slowbro, having found nothing at all, returned to shore with a question mark hovering above its head.

It gazed around blankly, seemingly searching for something.

At the sight, Hu Yang suddenly felt like laughing.

Those two Slowbro were actually looking for him.

He had fed them before, so they recognized him.

Slowking was their king.

Now that Slowking had been captured by him, the Slowbro and Slowpoke were willing to obey his commands as well.

In fact, the talents of those two Slowbro were quite impressive.

Hu Yang had not modified their moves at all, yet they had both learned Psychic on their own, a move of considerable power.

That afternoon, after feeding the Slowpoke and Relicanth, Hu Yang locked the door and prepared to take his Pokémon to the department store to buy furniture for their new home.

Together, they selected a sofa, a clock, kitchenware, a television, a refrigerator, and other furnishings. They also bought Fraxure a large bed for sleeping.

Everything was handed over to the Machoke from the moving company, who loaded it onto their truck and transported it to the ecological park for installation.

In addition, Hu Yang went to the market and bought a group of young fish, intending to release them into the river as a reserve food supply for the Slowpoke.

However, when they returned to the ecological park, they saw someone crouching furtively beside the glass wall, peering inside.

Hu Yang: “?”

Just then, the Machoke from the moving company arrived in a truck.

Hu Yang turned around to open the gate and let the Machoke carry the sofa into the house.

Hearing the sound of the vehicle, the man turned around, his eyes shining with excitement.

“Hello, sorry to bother you. Are you the new owner of this ecological park?”

Hu Yang turned back and saw a middle-aged man of about thirty-five standing before him.

He wore a white lab coat and had a slightly plump build, with a ring of short beard around his chin and a brown shoulder bag slung over one shoulder.

He looked somewhat like Professor Birch.

As Hu Yang examined him, he nodded and said, “Yes. I just moved here today.”

The man introduced himself. “Hello! I’m Professor Birch, from the research laboratory next door!”

Hu Yang: “……”

All right. It really was Professor Birch.

He could not help recalling the scene from the game in which Professor Birch was chased by a Poochyena.

At that moment, Birch continued, “I just saw a mysterious Pokémon leap out of the lake over there. Is it one of yours?”

The lake… He must be talking about the Relicanth.

Hu Yang nodded. “Yes.”

Hearing this, a pleading light appeared in Birch’s eyes.

“May I go inside and take a look at them?”

Hu Yang: “……”

He had previously bought a biography of Professor Birch.

It described him as follows:

“His research focuses on Pokémon habitats and distribution. Believing that most other Pokémon professors rarely conduct field research, he frequently ventures outdoors to carry out investigations himself.

“Professor Birch loves Pokémon and often goes into the wild with his child to observe them. However, he is frequently mistaken for an enemy by wild Pokémon and attacked as a result, causing him to return home covered in injuries. His wife worries greatly about him, but Professor Birch believes that it is all worthwhile.”

Relicanth were extraordinarily rare in this world. Any Trainer who encountered such a rare Pokémon—especially one they had never seen with their own eyes—would be incredibly excited.

And Professor Birch was a specialist who devoted himself to researching Pokémon.

Although he was often chased by Poochyena, Professor Birch seemed like a decent man.

With that thought, Hu Yang nodded. “Of course.”

He opened the gate and led Professor Birch to the lake inside the park.

Looking at the many Relicanth below, Professor Birch was stunned.

“Wow! These are Relicanth, the ancient Pokémon that went extinct!”

“Hu Yang, you can’t put those little fish into the water yet.”

At that moment, Slowking walked out of the house and said to Hu Yang, “With the Slowbro here, they won’t have time to grow.”

Hu Yang: “……”

Oh, right!

Slowpoke would not actively enter the water to catch fish, but Slowbro would.

Although Slowbro appeared rather dim-witted, they were actually quite intelligent.

They had already learned to use their psychic powers to catch fish from the water with ease.

Those ordinary little fish would not even be enough to get stuck between a Slowbro’s teeth.

He should have bought adult fish from the beginning.

Still, it did not matter. He still had money.

“It’s fine,” Hu Yang said. “I’ll go buy a few bigger fish later.”

Slowking nodded and prepared to return to the house to continue reading and studying.

After it left, Professor Birch, who had been so shocked by the scene that he could not speak, finally came back to his senses.

He stared wide-eyed and stammered, “A… a talking Slowking?!”

Hu Yang: “……”

Seeing Professor Birch’s expression, Hu Yang wanted to tell him to calm down.

He was already this shocked now. Hu Yang did not even dare imagine what his reaction would be when the three Regis were brought back in the future.