By the time Naoki finished his work in the ranch, it was already approaching noon.
I have to say that such a big watermelon in the pasture is really eye-catching.
Before making lunch, Naoki came to the field again and walked around the big watermelon, sometimes stopping to observe, sometimes reaching out to take a picture.
[Giant Watermelon: A type of giant crop, a product that is affected by the energy of the grass of the mount goat and combined with some mysterious power.]
Looking at the description of this watermelon, combined with what happened yesterday, the owner of "some mysterious power" is already obvious.
After thinking for a moment, Naoki returned indoors and started making lunch.
Today's lunch is still fried steak and sandwiches, plus lucky pudding, honey lemonade, buns, and fruit. A lunch that can't be called a sumptuous meal is ready.
Although it is monotonous, it is the favorite of several Pokémon.
The thick-cut pork chops that are fried and dripping with oil are tender and juicy. The sandwich sandwiched with lettuce, tomatoes and meat patties is nutritionally balanced. Ordinary tree fruits can also provide a lot of nutrients to the Pokémon's body.
After the meal, I drank a glass of honey lemonade and sat in the shadow under the eaves while enjoying the breeze while eating bread and tree fruits. Even the arrogant Ice Eevee showed a contented expression on his face.
A group of Pokémon such as Guluton, Motorized Lizard, Kuailong, Butubo, Ice Eevee, and Frostnoodle each took a glass of lemonade, and sat in a row under the eaves from oldest to youngest.
Looking at them, Naoki smiled and shook his head, then sat down at his desk and began to think about the guests he would invite tomorrow.
First of all, Mayor Thomas, who takes great care of him, must be invited.
This old man has been helping him since he first came here. Not only that, he also gave him a motorcycle lizard to act as an assistant.
Secondly there were the people he met in town.
Keri who lives by the forest, the postman Alvin, the seed shop owner Eero and his family, the old man from Happy Ranch and his granddaughter Xiaomei, and Zach who comes to the ranch to receive goods every day.
Finally, there is the farmer of the nearby farm.
For example, the Elif family in Elif Cherry Orchard, Thunder in Thunder Ranch, Little Green in Light Green Pasture, Mrs. Pollan in Poppy Farm...
Naoki imitated the town's method of announcing festivals and wrote a letter to everyone, then called Kuailong and put part of it into its small red satchel.
"Ouch?" Kuailong looked puzzled as he watched Naoki put the satchel around its neck.
Naoki: "Please send these letters to Mr. Erif in the Cherry Orchard of Erif, Mrs. Dantès and Mr. Hérault who live in the town."
Delivering a letter?
Kuailong nodded, accepted it happily, and then flew to the town with ease.
Naoki contacted Alvin by phone.
Because he had never been to other pastures except the Elif Cherry Orchard, and he didn’t know the location, so he simply left it all to Alvin and asked him to help deliver it there.
Alvin, who was working, rushed over immediately after receiving the call.
Naoki handed him the rest of the letter and asked, "Are you free tomorrow morning?"
"Tomorrow morning?" Alvin was a little surprised: "What's wrong? Do you want my help with anything?"
"No." Naoki shook his head: "I just want to invite you to the ranch to participate in an event. At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, I will hold a watermelon eating party here."
"Watermelon? Where can I find watermelon?"
Hearing this, Ai Wen thought to himself that watermelons should have just been planted this season, right?
Although it can be grown in a greenhouse, it seems that Naoki Ranch does not have a greenhouse yet.
Ivan turned around and looked around. The next second, he saw a super huge watermelon in the farmland.
Alvin: "!!!"
He was shocked: "Is that the watermelon I know?"
Naoki said with a smile: "How about you go and take a look?"
As expected, Alvin went to see it.
He ran to the farmland, walked around the big watermelon twice, stretched out his hand to touch it, and saw that the watermelon was still connected to the vine and had not been picked.
What does this mean?
This shows that this big watermelon is not a model, it is real!
Ivan was so shocked that he turned to look at Naoki and exclaimed: "How did you grow it?"
"You really want to know?" Naoki asked.
"Of course, tell me quickly!" Ivan paused, turned to look around, and whispered: "I promise not to tell anyone else!"
"Then come with me!" Naoki led him to the statue of King Lei Guan: "All of this is a gift from this Pokémon."
Looking at the Pokémon with a particularly big head in the shrine, Alvin couldn't help but ask: "What Pokémon is that...?"
"King of Fertility, King Lei Guan." Naoki briefly introduced the legend of King Lei Guan to Alvin.
Although half of it is due to the goat, as long as he feeds the grass cake to King Lei Guan in the future, King Lei Guan will be able to do it himself.
After all, it is also a Grass-type Pokémon.
In Ivan's shocked eyes, Naoki added:
"If you grow something at home, you can also believe in King Lei Guan, or follow my example and put up a statue to worship Him. He will bless your crops with a good harvest."
Ivan swallowed and nodded: "I understand." There are such powerful Pokémon in this world!
"Where did you buy the statue?" Ivan asked quickly.
It’s decided! He wants to buy one and take it home!
His grandma especially likes to plant things, and has planted many fruit trees and gardens in the yard.
"Uh... I made this myself." Naoki thought for a while and then said, "Maybe you can buy it in Keli's store after a while."
He planned to go back and cooperate with Claire to see if he could mass-produce the statue of King Lei Guan. He would provide the pattern, and Claire would be responsible for making the wood carvings, polishing them, and selling them to nearby farmers.
Alvin nodded: "I'll go take a look when I turn around!"
Because he still had work, he did not stay in the ranch for too long. After taking the letter from Zhi Shu, Alvin turned and left.
He had to deliver these letters before dark.
After he left, Zhi Shu contacted Mayor Thomas using the video phone and invited him to come here tomorrow to participate in an event.
Mayor Thomas readily agreed and said he would definitely be there.
Seeing this, Naoki felt relieved.
After everything was done, the time came to 4:40 pm.
Looking at his pasture and the green grassland.
Naoki thought to himself: "Then the only problem left is to arrange the venue."
There are not enough tables, chairs, and benches at home, and he won't be able to let everyone sit on the grass and chew watermelons. That would be too rude.
Naoki felt worried that he would not be able to raise so many tables and chairs in a short period of time.
At this moment, the sound of a truck driving was suddenly heard outside the ranch.
Zhi Shu turned around and saw Keri arriving at the ranch in a truck.
Following closely behind was Alvin riding a motorcycle lizard.
Keri parked the truck in the pasture and directed her strange friends to move everything out of the truck.
Zhi Shu walked up and took a look, and was surprised to find that all those items were items used to decorate the event venue.
Tables, chairs, benches, celebration balloons...
Naoki was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "Is this?"
Ivan walked up to him, put his arm around his shoulders, and looked at Klee with him, who was directing the strange force to move things, and explained with a smile:
"Isn't this your first time to hold an event? Kerri and I thought you just came here, have no experience and don't have enough tables, so we came together to help you decorate the venue, how about it?"
"It's really a big help!" Naoki was grateful.
Keli walked forward with a smile: "I have to pay for these!"
Naoki: "...how much?"
"Five watermelons!" Keri stretched out her hand and counted the number of people with her fingers: "Two monsters have one each, two construction masters have one each, and I have one."
Naoki immediately understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll make sure you have enough!"
Keri: "Then come over and help prepare!"
So Naoki, Gullton and Motorized Lizard came forward to carry the table and chairs.
Alvin and his Motorcycle Lizard also stepped forward to help.
Bing Yibu, Frost Milk Fairy, Bu Tubo, and Bad Butterfly were blowing up balloons on the side.
Kelly directs all this.
Everyone and the Pokémon worked together to decorate the venue, set up tables, chairs and benches, decorated the ranch with ribbons, and hung the blown balloons on the Zhishu Ranch sign.
At five o'clock in the evening, Zach came over to receive the goods.
He looked at this scene and said in surprise: "Wow, it's really lively!"
Then, he also saw the super big watermelon.
Zach's reaction was different from that of Kelly and Evan. After a brief shock, he murmured:
"How much can such a big watermelon be sold for if it is brought to the market?"
Alvin chuckled and said, "Uncle Zach, a family of three can't finish such a big watermelon!"
Zach was stunned for a moment and agreed: "That's right."
He looked at Naoki and said with a hearty smile: "In that case, then save a place for me tomorrow!"
"Don't worry!" Naoki nodded.
In the evening, Naoki invited Keri and Alvin to have dinner in the ranch.
The three of them took a group of Pokémon and had a smoky barbecue under the stars.
After having enough wine and food, the sky had completely darkened.
Ivan looked at the fireflies gathering by the river and couldn't help but sigh: "Nature is so beautiful!"
Zhi Shu helped Kuailong rub his bulging belly and said, "You can also come to the countryside to run a ranch."
Alvin shook his head: "It's better to say goodbye. I don't have that many Pokémon to help me work together. I'm afraid I will be exhausted by then."
Naoki: "It's not that exaggerated, right?"
After hearing this, Alvin, who was lying on the grass due to overeating, immediately straightened up, as if he remembered something.
"To be honest, this is the first time I've seen a ranch develop so fast. It's only been a few months? This place has completely changed."
Keri on the side nodded in agreement: "Do you remember Thunder from Thunder Ranch?"
"I know." Zhi Shu had seen him.
Keri: "His ranch is almost the same as yours now, but it took him almost two years to develop to this point, while it only took you less than four months!"
Naoki thought for a while and guessed: "Maybe it's because I can catch Pokémon by myself, right?"
He caught the goat on which he was riding and brought back the salt and stone treasure from the wild. These not only helped him save a lot of money, but also provided him with a very considerable income.
"So!" Alvin lay down again: "Ordinary people don't have the help of powerful Pokémon like Gullton. It's still very time-consuming to run a ranch."
Naoki understood. He looked at Gulton and reached out to touch its head.
After a while, Keri said: "It's getting late, we should go back."
Naoki stood up to see them off. As the truck drove away, the ranch became quiet again.
After a busy day, Zhi Shu felt a little tired, so he went to bed early to rest, preparing to be in the best condition for tomorrow's event.
The next day.
Zhi Shu got up early. After he and all the Pokémon had breakfast, the people who had received invitations yesterday also arrived at the ranch one after another.
The first person to come over was Mayor Thomas.
He specially wore a formal suit today, and it can be seen that he attaches great importance to today's activities.
Naoki welcomed the people in. After seeing the big watermelon, Mayor Thomas rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Oh God! I swear, this is the first time I have seen such a big watermelon in my life!"
Naoki smiled at the side and said: "You will get used to it slowly in the future."
Then, he told Mayor Thomas about today's preparations and invited him to cut the big watermelon.
Mayor Thomas happily agreed.
It was quite a while before the event started, and Naoki originally planned to ask Mayor Thomas to sit down and rest for a while.
In addition to watermelon, he also prepared many snacks and snacks.
Lucky pudding, juice milk, honey buns, cream smoothies...
But he didn't expect to be rejected by Mayor Thomas.
He was like an old man in his own family, helping Naoki welcome people from the town to visit.
With the arrival of Mayor Thomas, as if some kind of switch was turned on, people followed in groups and arrived at the ranch.
The old man from Happy Ranch and his granddaughter Xiaomei, the seed shop owner Eero and his wife Abby.
Naoki didn't see their daughter Belle, presumably she was staying in the room fishing.
Then came Thunder from the Thunder Pasture, Little Green from the Light Green Pasture, and the farmer from the nearby farm.
The Elif family of three in the Elif Cherry Orchard, Alvin who rides a motorcycle lizard, Kelly who has strange strength and is an old builder, Zach who is full of muscles and has a short haircut.
The last to arrive were Mrs. Dantès and her husband, who had a kind face and gray hair.
Naoki saw this kind old man walking up to him carrying a cloth bag.
Mrs. Dantès handed over the bag of biscuits with a smile on her face: "These are the biscuits I made this morning. Do you want to try them?"
"Sorry to trouble you." Naoki smiled and reached out to take it, accepting Mrs. Dantès's kindness.
This lovely old man always likes to make some snacks such as cookies and snacks and give them to Kuailong to take back to the ranch.
Seeing that everyone had almost arrived, Zhi Shu asked Kuailong and Gulton to work together to pick off the huge watermelon and carry it to the lawn here.
"Ah gah~"
"Ouch~"
The two Pokémon happily agreed. They flew to the farmland and moved the big watermelon over.
People's eyes couldn't help but be attracted by the big watermelon, and they came forward to gather around the big watermelon, with expressions of astonishment on their faces.
Mrs. Dantès covered her mouth and said in surprise: "Oh my God! This is incredible!"
Lei from Thunder Ranch was astonished: "Okay, what a big watermelon! How did you grow this?"
The old man of Happy Ranch held his granddaughter Xiaomei's hand and was speechless looking at the big watermelon.
Xiaomei's eyes were bright and her heart was filled with admiration: "Mr. Naoki is so awesome!"
Eero couldn't help but trembled: "Are these really the watermelon seeds sold in our store?"
"It's absolutely true, Mr. Aero." Naoki's voice came from the side.
Everyone turned back to look at the young man who planted an incredibly large watermelon.
Ray: "How did you do that?"
Looking at the people with eyes full of curiosity and shock, at this moment, Naoki felt as if he had transformed into a missionary wearing a robe and holding a Bible in his hand, saying to the people, "Believe in our Lord and you will have eternal life."
Although it is embarrassing, I still have to continue for the sake of those two horses.
Naoki coughed lightly, and slowly said under the gaze of people:
"All this is a gift from the Lord of Plenty."
"King of Fertility?" As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately answered.
Naoki looked over and saw that it was the little green lady from the light green pasture.
He nodded: "The legendary King of Plenty, King Leiguan, is the embodiment of fertility."
Then, Naoki slowly told the legend of King Lei Guan, focusing on his ability to make flowers bloom, soil fertile, and crops harvested.
"King Lei Guan is a Pokémon with a loving heart. He can see everything in the past, present and future, and will bring good luck to those who believe in him."
No more, the more I talk, the more I feel like a magician... Naoki complained in his heart.
He coughed lightly, and then changed the subject: "Mayor Thomas, let's start carving up!"
Before everyone could recover, Mayor Thomas had already walked up to the high platform with a smile on his face.
He held a watermelon knife in his hand and said while cutting the melon: "Let us thank King Lei Guan for allowing us to eat delicious watermelons during this season."
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Galar Region, Crown of Snow Fields.
Lei Guanwang suddenly found a warm power gushing out of her body.
He was very familiar with this feeling. He had felt this way a long, long time ago.
That is the power transformed by human faith in Him.
Feeling that his body was gradually getting warmer, Lei Guanwang's figure flickered, and then appeared on a vast white snowfield with no end in sight.
Its toes lightly touched the snow, and its eyes flashed with blue superpowers.
Through the distant space and time, he saw a group of humans gathered together, seemingly celebrating something, and the surroundings were very lively.
And His little believer, who has been working very hard, is standing in front of everyone, trying his best to promote His existence to them.
"...the great Lord of Plenty."
"The embodiment of fertility...a Pokémon with a loving heart..."
"Let us thank King Lei Guan..."
Hearing these words and looking at that scene, Lei Guanwang was deeply touched in his heart.
In a long time, this was the first time that a human had done such a thing for Him.
It is impossible to say that I am not moved.
Lei Guanwang: "I really didn't expect that little believer to trust Gu so much."