Pokémon: Start with a Pokémon Ranch

Hearing the familiar voice, the Baddies looked at each other. If I remember correctly... this should be the green caterpillar companion that left the group alone a few months ago, right?

Is that soothing~? How come a few months have passed and you are still in the form of a green caterpillar?

As the same batch of green caterpillars, they have already evolved into giant butterflies and have taken on the responsibility of guarding the group. They originally thought that the green caterpillar, which was better than them back then, would have completed evolution earlier than them.

Hiss...

Naturally, the green caterpillar couldn't explain too much to them what it had experienced in the past few months, so it casually found an excuse to excuse it. Then it asked:

Huh? How has the tribe been doing in the past few months? Has the condition of the ancient tree gotten better?

Hearing this, all the Bada butterflies showed depressed expressions. It seemed that they had not been having a good time in the past few months.

Caressing... Let's go back to the tribe first.

One of the big butterflies suggested.

The other Bada butterflies looked at Su Yu and the others. After the green caterpillar's explanation, Su Yu and the others also obtained permission to enter the group.

Along the way, Ke Rui whispered in Su Yu's ear:

It seems that the condition of this ancient tree is not very good. Its life has probably come to an end again.

Unless the phantom Pokémon that gave me the blessing is found again, no one will be able to save it.

But how difficult is it to really find that fantasy Pokémon?

Not to mention that Su Yu's guess was that the phantom Pokémon was probably the legendary forest god who could travel through time - Celebi.

It doesn’t matter whether that Pokémon exists during this time period or not. Or, I don’t know where I am sleeping.

…

Follow a few big butterflies and walk inside.

The size of this ancient tree is quite huge. And every branch and leaf it grows will be connected to form a flat platform. Each platform has its own floor, forming several floors up and down.

There are a large number of green caterpillars and butterflies living on each floor. An ancient tree is like a city.

Seeing humans coming, many green caterpillars cast curious glances along the road. Among them were several Bada butterflies that were of the same generation as Su Yu's green caterpillars, flying over to say hello to the green caterpillars.

There are also some green caterpillars, which are babies that have just hatched. Their size is much smaller than other normal green caterpillars. Seeing them, Su Yu took out some energy cubes from his backpack, handed them to them and said:

Here, these foods are given to you. They should be quite to your taste.

These energy cubes were all made by Su Yu himself. Among them, some powder of Sky Tree leaves is also added to enhance the effect of the energy cube.

I don’t know how these little green caterpillars feel, but Su Yu’s green caterpillars really like to eat.

Hiss...

Hearing this, these green caterpillar babies turned their attention to their Bada butterfly parents. After getting permission, they accepted the food sent by Su Yu.

Following the Bada Dies and others, Su Yu and his party also arrived at the core of this ancient tree. Here, there is a guardian butterfly with unusually huge wings.

It seems that this big butterfly is still the leader of the green caterpillar group. It is said that it has been strongly favored by the ancient tree and has mastered the super power [Phantom Light] move.

It looks like the Salud tribe in the anime...

Su Yu muttered in his heart.

The group of Salud in the movie also live in a magical tree, and they also have their own ethnic structure.

The difference is that Salud is a powerful fantasy Pokémon, while Green Caterpillar is just an insect Pokémon that can be found in any forest.

Moreover, the tree where the green caterpillars live is only suspected to have been blessed by Celebi, and is incomparable to the sacred tree of the Salud clan.

Seeing Su Yu and his party arriving, Chief Badie flapped his wings and turned around to look at Su Yu.

Caress 咿咿~ I felt the strong blessing of the forest on you, human being.

Forest blessing? Does it refer to the power of Viridian?

Then, Patriarch Baddie turned his attention to the green caterpillar and said:

“Caressing…” It’s good to be back.

I have already felt that the vitality of the ancient tree is passing away faster. Now that I am back, I can see it for the last time.

After saying this, Chief Baddie turned around and continued to look at the body of the ancient tree.

Only then did Su Yu notice that the ancient tree's body was already covered with cracks.

It seems that I really can't last much longer... Su Yu sighed in his heart.

…

After meeting the Badadi clan leader, Su Yu and others were taken away from the core area. As soon as it came out, the green caterpillar looked at the other companions next to it and seemed to be interested.

What, do you want to say hello to them? Su Yu asked.

Uh-huh. Hearing this, the green caterpillar nodded.

Then go ahead and come back later. Let's go play.

After being away from home for a long time, Green Caterpillar probably misses this place very much. Therefore, Su Yu chose to let it move freely on its own. After hearing this, the green caterpillar jumped off Su Yu's shoulder and went to reminisce with its companions.

After walking a little further, Su Yu also looked at the two people behind him and said:

Let's set up the tent under the tree tonight. Next, we may have to live here for a few days and let the green caterpillars stay here for a while...

Can you accept spending some time here?

Hearing this, Gladion nodded indifferently. Since he couldn't get out of the forest alone, he couldn't go anywhere, so he might as well follow Su Yu.

Curry said:

I remember that there is a lake with pretty scenery not far from here. Su Yu, do you want to go fishing there with me?

For Keri, it doesn't matter even more. He was originally a traveling trainer, and it was he who took the initiative to ask Su Yu to come with him on this trip.

If you can witness the decline of ancient trees during this trip, it can be said to be a worthwhile trip.

Hearing this, Su Yu shook his head and said:

I just seemed to see some familiar strange patterns on the ancient trees. I want to confirm them again, so I won't go.

Ask Gladion to accompany you.

After hearing this, Keri felt a little disappointed. He thought he could compete with Su Yu to see whose fishing skills were better.

However, if Gladion accompanied him, he could barely accept it, so Corey agreed.

After Su Yu set up the tent, he also walked in the direction of the ancient tree.

If he remembered correctly...the patterns he just saw should be related to the legendary Pokémon-Rayquaza.