And so Ye Qing kept robbing his way along, collecting no fewer than twenty or thirty assorted Berries.
Looking at all the Pokémon laden with bundles of every size, Ye Qing rubbed his chin and began making plans for his own food.
"Farfetch'd!"
"Far!"
Hearing Ye Qing call him, Farfetch'd raised his leek and immediately answered.
Ye Qing asked with a smile, "Where is Tropius?"
"Far, far, far!"
Farfetch'd was thoroughly won over by Ye Qing. He immediately pointed into the distance and waved his leek, signaling for everyone to follow him.
This time, with Farfetch'd leading the way, the Pokémon charged toward their next destination like a gang of bandits.
Ye Qing's group made an imposing procession. Wherever they went, the wild Pokémon scattered, not one daring to step forward and stop them.
"Trop~"
In a corner of the forest, an enormous Tropius stretched out her neck and leisurely ate leaves. Her four huge, leaflike wings drooped to the ground, and a large bunch of exceptionally fresh, tender bananas hung beneath her neck.
Dust billowed in the distance. Tropius swallowed a leaf and looked over in puzzlement.
"Trop?"
Looking at the crowd of Pokémon beneath her, Tropius couldn't quite process what was happening. She had only eaten a few leaves, hadn't she? Why had they all come looking for her?
Ye Qing looked at the fresh, tender bananas beneath his neck and said politely, "I'd like to trade something else for the bananas under your neck. What do you think?"
"Far, far."
Farfetch'd gestured with his leek, which had only half its length left, telling Tropius not to put up any pointless resistance. His leek was a fine example of what would happen.
Bananas?
Tropius froze for a moment. These were fruits she had worked hard to grow, and