Chapter 163:
"With you?"
wtwo felt a stir of interest, then glanced around the plantation. Tasks that once required manual harvesting could now be handled by Gardevoir and Indeedee.
The breeding house up front was managed by Indeedee, watering was taken care of by Milotic and Popplio, and plant care was overseen by Serperior.
In short, compared to its last visit, the plantation had undergone a dramatic transformation.
It could now operate as a self-sustaining system...
Put simply, it could function smoothly with or without wtwo.
But wtwo couldn’t help asking, "Doesn’t your plantation already have enough help?"
"Ah, who said that?" Hayashi Kaede raised an eyebrow. Hearing wtwo’s tone, he knew it was tempted.
He walked over and patted its shoulder. "There’s plenty to do. It’s not like you have anything else going on, right?"
Like helping repair roads or overseeing challenges—maybe even setting up a Psychic-type challenge later, with you as the final boss!
That way, no one should be able to clear it, right?
As the saying goes, what you can’t have is always the most desirable.
An unbeatable boss stage would keep people eager to challenge it!
Like Red on Mt. Silver?
I wonder if he’s made it there yet.
Anyway...
There’s always sothing to do—more than you might think.
Of course, Hayashi Kaede wouldn’t say this outright to wtwo; it was a bit too blunt.
He’d just ask for its help when the ti ca.
"...Well... alright." wtwo nodded, feigning "hesitation."
"Great... You all go sit down. Indeedee, Gardevoir, and I will head to the kitchen to prepare food... Oh, and later, tell about what happened during these past few days of your ’ga.’ I’m quite curious."
wtwo: "..."
...
An hour later.
Hayashi Kaede brought the food to the table, served each Pokémon their portion, then turned to wtwo.
But he didn’t ask about the "ga" first. Instead, he suddenly rembered sothing. "By the way, have you seen w these past few days? On the last day, it seed to follow you."
wtwo paused, recalling how worried w had been lately. It had explained that it seed to have had a falling out with Hayashi Kaede, which was why it asked wtwo to bring it along to the breeding house.
But in reality, even after wtwo brought w to the skies above the breeding house, the little guy was too nervous to co down imdiately and had hidden itself instead. wtwo had no idea where it was now.
It had even asked wtwo to put in a good word for it.
So strange...
Despite its imnse power, it worried about such things.
But now, it seed Hayashi Kaede had no idea about any of this.
"It said it had a disagreent with you, so it’s worried and doesn’t dare co."
"Uh... worried?"
Hayashi Kaede was taken aback, then shook his head with an amused smile. "If you find it later, tell it I’m not angry at all."
Their conversation wasn’t hidden in any way.
At that mont, in a pine tree outside the plantation, a "Pidgeotto" perked up upon hearing this. Its previously hesitant wings finally lightened, and it flew down, landing on the table in front of Hayashi Kaede, looking at him timidly.
"...Uh..." Hayashi Kaede was montarily stunned, then broke into an amused grin. "Still using that form, huh..."
The next second,
The "Pidgeotto" before him transford into w.
"w...."
It flew to Hayashi Kaede’s side, cautiously observing him, then circled around. Only after confirming that the smile on his face was teasing rather than anything else did it fly a bit closer.
"So strange. You’ve t plenty of people, right? Why are you still afraid of ?"
Hayashi Kaede muttered, placing two large stead buns in front of it, then adding so catnip-infused at sauce. "Eat up, it’s fine..."
"w~?"
Hearing this, the little w finally felt relieved. Its eyes lit up as it looked at the food. It picked up a large stead bun, hovered above the table, and began nibbling, occasionally dipping it in the sauce.
Although it had never tried this way of eating before, it had seen Hayashi Kaede do it while disguised as a "Pidgeotto," so it wasn’t entirely unfamiliar.
Still, it felt refreshingly new.
Along with it ca the system’s reward notification.
[Congratulations, Host! w’s Happiness has increased from 5 to 50. Reward: 3 Master Grade Rare Candies, 5 bags of Master Grade Fertilizer, 1 World Tree Leaf (SSS-grade ingredient. Seems usable for brewing tea?)]
Upon hearing this, Hayashi Kaede’s mood improved even more.
Goodness.
With rewards like this, how could he ever "drive away" w?
Or how could he ever stay angry at it?
"...Unbelievable. I was created from its genes..."
Watching this scene, wtwo couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
Its own personality was so strong-willed. How did w beco so "timid"?
Looking at the little cat before him, Hayashi Kaede felt a growing interest. This was his first ti observing w up close. He realized that w actually had fur—very short, clinging to its body, fine and soft.
Its tail was long, and its body was sowhat streamlined.
When he used to watch the ani, he always thought w was hairless and smooth.
Now he realized—so things you only truly understand by experiencing them in reality.
w noticed Hayashi Kaede studying it and shyly giggled back before moving a bit closer.
"w~" (So tasty~)
"Pfft... Hahaha."
Hayashi Kaede couldn’t help but laugh heartily, then reached out and placed a hand on w.
Probably no one would believe it if he said so, but he had just managed to pet the Pokémon all researchers dread of—w—using nothing but stead buns and sauce!
w didn’t understand why he was laughing, but it felt happy now, so it didn’t dwell on it and simply kept munching on the bun.
When he finally stopped laughing, Hayashi Kaede withdrew his hand and turned to wtwo, pouring it a cup of rice wine. "Co on, tell , what did you do in the Kanto region?"
"..." wtwo fell silent for a mont, wanting to say sothing but unable to find the words. Finally, it shook its head. "I don’t know how to explain it."
Such a complex matter—asking a Pokémon born without a talent for words to articulate it clearly was truly asking too much.
"...It’s fine, I’ll just sense it!" Hayashi Kaede didn’t press further. He placed a hand on wtwo’s shoulder.
As countless images flashed through his mind, his expression grew increasingly peculiar.
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