Wildfire

When he heard the Pokémon Day Care teacher say this Eevee was already reserved, Su Bai felt utterly devastated.

Pikachu's two ears drooped down as well.

Even Gengar, hiding in Su Bai's shadow, shook its head.

Eevee?

This Eevee truly wasn't afraid of people. Seeing Su Bai and Pikachu's expressions, it first cautiously walked forward a few steps and rubbed against Pikachu with its soft fur.

Then, with a single bound, it leaped into Su Bai's arms, scampered up to his shoulder in two or three steps, and began acting spoiled toward him.

Don't be sad anymore, Eevee will play with you.

Su Bai clutched his chest and collapsed directly onto the grass, and Pikachu did the same.

So cute!

Fragrant and soft, affectionate, and yet so adorable-why would someone reserve it?

"Teacher, is there really no way?"

"Su Bai, please don't make it hard for the teacher. There really is no way. But Eevee's Trainer won't take it away for a few more days; you can come find Eevee to play these next few days, and the teacher can pretend not to see."

The Pokémon Day Care teacher smiled bitterly, shook his head, and turned to walk away.

Under normal circumstances, Pokémon that were reserved by someone at a Pokémon Day Care were not allowed to be touched by others.

Contacting other humans before contacting their Trainer would cause the Trainer's standing in the Pokémon's heart to plummet drastically.

It was the exact same logic as the first person a newborn saw being its parents.

Su Bai lay helplessly on the ground, pulling both Pikachu and little Eevee onto his body.

It was a bit heavy, but he could barely manage.

No! I have to figure something out. I love this little Eevee way too much!

Thinking of this, Qi Shijun gave-no, Su Bai gave Qi Shijun a call.

"Hello? Dear Uncle Qi? What are you doing?"

"You brat, shut your mouth!"

Qi Shijun on the other end of the phone hurriedly cut off Su Bai's words.

"Every time you are this polite to me, nothing good is happening. Spit it out!"

"It's about that Eevee in the Pokémon Day Care..."

"No way! That Eevee is already reserved, you brat don't even think about it, and you already have two Pokémon."

"Uncle Qi, I can shell out the money too! I can keep it raised at the Pokémon Day Care first, and only start training it after I graduate."

Qi Shijun stated there was no room for negotiation. Money was one thing, but the main point was that the contract had already been signed with the other party.

"Kid, it's not that Uncle doesn't care about you; it's truly something someone else booked long ago. If you really like Eevee, when you graduate Uncle will definitely gift you one. Hanging up, I'm busy."

Today was Qi Shijun's fifth-anniversary livestream, and a massive crowd of viewers had swarmed into his livestream room to support him. As a result, right in front of so many audience members, his female Machamp ate three critical hits in a row from the opponent, used Hypnosis on the opponent, only for the opponent to wake up instantly. Qi Shijun was already annoyed enough.

"Fine, Uncle, I wish you a happy fifth anniversary."

Su Bai sighed, holding little Eevee and giving it a thorough rua.

Over the next few days, whenever Su Bai came to feed the Pokémon at noon, he would bring Pikachu and Growlithe along to find Eevee and play for a while.

When he came again on Friday, Eevee was gone.

The Pokémon Day Care teacher told him that Eevee's Trainer had taken it away.

On this day, Gengar learned Rain Dance, and Pikachu learned Thunder.

The thundershowers made Eevee's departure feel even more agonizing.

Hopefully little Eevee's Trainer would treat it well.

Over this past week, Gengar also learned Drain Punch and Night Shade.

It was just that nothing good was randomly rolled.

However, because of earning credits, Su Bai's random accumulation reached (76/100).

He would be able to get a new Chosen Lucky One count very soon.

Su Bai was considering finding a Fire Stone for Growlithe as soon as possible, or buying one online.

The work at the Pokémon Day Care looked like it only offered the benefits of those Berries, but in reality, it wasn't the case.

Altaria's feathers, Lillipup's shed teeth, Goomy's mucus...

These were all decent materials. Lillipup's shed teeth, after being processed, became a Razor Fang.

Goomy's mucus was a raw material for medicine.

Altaria's feathers were also a type of ornament.

These could be traded with the system store in exchange for a small amount of money.

Accumulating over time, he could make nearly two thousand a month.

Coupled with the fact that Su Bai really liked being with Pokémon, even when he wasn't working, he would stay at the Pokémon Day Care, lingering there for entire days.

Sometimes he would even stay in the Pokémon Day Care employee dorms, sneaking out at night with Gengar to look for Snover.

The white fruits on Snover's body were indeed quite delicious, tasting like an old-fashioned popsicles, but with a more refreshing texture.

He just never saw little Eevee again.

On Saturday night, Su Bai went out as usual to ask Snover for fruits to eat. The temperature in late summer and early autumn was still quite high.

Tonight, for some unknown reason, it was hot and dry, breeding an unprovoked irritability. Eating a few of Snover's fruits would be fantastic.

He traded a Premium Pokéblock for a few fruits, and after eating them, his spirits improved quite a bit.

However, Su Bai found it strange, feeling that something was off today.

Clearly it was night, yet it was very bright; the night sky was glowing a reddish brilliance.

A gust of wind blew past, and there was even a faint burning smell in the air.

The Pokémon also looked a bit strange: Goomy shivered as it burrowed into the water, and Altaria lifted its head, its eyes looking terror-stricken toward the distance.

On the other side of the courtyard wall, a huge Tropius, easily at the Near-Elite Four Level, raised its head high with a solemn expression.

Two Swanna flapped their wings and soared high into the sky, flying toward the distance without a Trainer's command.

Su Bai turned around, following the gaze of the Pokémon, and saw a terrifying sight he would probably never forget for the rest of his life.

Fire!

Blazing flames that reached the sky looked as though they were about to scorch the clouds away, countless burning particulate matter fluttering along with the wind.

It was the Ten Directions Mountains! The Ten Directions Mountains were on fire!

J University's location was over five kilometers away from the Ten Directions Mountains, yet he could still clearly see the firelight; the blaze was likely enormous.

Siren wails rose and fell across the roads, countless counter-marching warriors driving fire engines and rushing toward the direction of the Ten Directions Mountains with Water-type and Ground-type Pokémon.

Experts possessing Flying-type Pokémon were already mounted on their own Pokémon and hurrying over.

In an instant, the alarm at J University sounded. Within less than ten minutes, all the on-duty teachers possessing Water-types rushed into the adjacent Breeding Area and brought out their own Pokémon.

Swanna, Pidgeot, Staraptor, and other Pokémon shot straight up into the sky one after another, flying toward the direction of the Ten Directions Mountains.

Leading the charge was Director Li, and that Tropius belonged to her.

Atop Tropius's back was also a Near-Elite Four Level Primarina.

Because the teaching area was filled exclusively with teaching Pokémon, no teachers kept their Pokémon raised there.

Even so, it didn't take long before someone rushed in.

The first to rush in was the Pokémon Day Care teacher, followed closely by school team captain Hua Silai.

"Su Bai, go quickly and grab the Pokémon Balls for all the Water-type and Ground-type Pokémon!"

After saying that, the Pokémon Day Care teacher pulled out a signal flare and fired two shots: "Bang! Bang!"

One blue and one yellow flare flew up into the air.

Sure enough, all the Water-type and Ground-type Pokémon in the breeding area came running over.

The Pokémon Day Care teacher, Su Bai, and Hua Silai together began retrieving them.