"Mime Jr.?"
Mime Jr. crawled out from Lucas's embrace, looked at the still pitch-black Breeding House, rubbed its eyes, and sat on the floor, dazed.
"Munchlax?"
Munchlax, who had woken up even earlier than Mime Jr., saw Mime Jr. get up and sit dazed. It used all its strength to break free from Lucas's restraint, then climbed up and sat down just like Mime Jr.
Due to the influence of yesterday's typhoon, many Pokémon in the backyard had returned to the Breeding House to rest and shelter from the wind and rain. While Lucas was returning to his room to sleep, he had brought Munchlax back to the room with him. He had originally wanted to bring Zorua back to the room as well, but Zorua had indicated that it wanted to sleep with Shauna and Tomoyo.
After Lucas tentatively tried sleeping while cuddling Munchlax, it became uncontrollable.
It was fluffy, and its belly was bouncy.
It was so comfortable that Lucas had hugged it to sleep the whole night. Munchlax, which had developed a biological clock for waking up early at the Breeding House, had woken up early in the morning, but it was afraid of waking Lucas up, so it just kept its eyes open and waited until now.
After Mime Jr. was dazed for a while, it looked at Munchlax and greeted it.
Munchlax showed a cute smile.
Mime Jr. looked at Lucas, who was sleeping incredibly soundly, and playfully pinched his nose.
Lucas couldn't breathe. He used his hand to swat away Mime Jr.'s little hand and mumbled, "Don't mess around, Mime Jr., let me sleep a bit more."
Mime Jr. grinned, then looked at Munchlax, "Nini."
"Are you going out together?"
Munchlax was confused, looking at Lucas, who had turned over and pulled Lilligant into his arms, snoring loudly.
"Nini."
"Don't worry about him, let's go."
After Mime Jr. finished speaking, it stood up and ran into the bathroom to wash up. After washing up, it stood at the bathroom door, looked at Munchlax, and waved.
Munchlax stood up, carefully stepped over Luxray and other Pokémon, and came to Mime Jr.'s side.
"Nini~"
"We're leaving~"
"Gen gengar."
"Stay safe."
"Gothitelle."
"Stay safe."
Munchlax was greatly shocked. Were Gengar and Gothitelle already awake?!
Because the Breeding House was still experiencing a power outage, Munchlax didn't know that Gothitelle, who was lying on the bed sleeping, had already woken up.
"Nini."
"Got it."
After Mime Jr. finished speaking, it jumped up and grabbed the doorknob. With a click, the room door was opened. Mime Jr. and Munchlax walked out and closed the room door.
The early morning Breeding House was pitch black, and it was still raining non-stop outside. Everyone else in the rooms was still sleeping, and even the Pokémon resting in the Breeding House hadn't woken up yet, causing the entire Breeding House to fall into a dark and quiet state.
It was a bit eerie.
Munchlax shivered.
It followed carefully behind Mime Jr., and even the slightest movement could startle it.
Unlike Munchlax's cowardice, Mime Jr. had been raised in the Breeding House and trained by Gengar and the others, so it was now very bold; ordinary things could no longer scare it.
Relying on its senses, it skillfully ran downstairs, picked up a few candles, ran into the kitchen, lit the candles, and placed them on the counter and other places, illuminating the entire Breeding House.
Miltank, Gogoat, and other Pokémon were lying in the rest area.
Munchlax followed Mime Jr. into the kitchen. It rarely entered the kitchen because there were many delicious things there, and it was afraid it wouldn't be able to resist and would eat everything.
Mime Jr. skillfully opened the refrigerator to check what ingredients could be used. After taking out the usable ingredients, it started cooking breakfast for the Breeding House.
In the middle, it also took a small jar of sweet honey and some snacks and stuffed them to Munchlax.
"Nini."
"Here, eat this."
Munchlax looked confused, looking at the sweet honey and food in its arms, "Ka?"
"Won't you get scolded?"
Mime Jr. showed a cute smile and shook its head.
"Lucas won't scold me."
In the entire Breeding House, the only ones who could freely use everything in the kitchen were the two siblings, Gothitelle and Mime Jr., and Alcremie.
Gengar? Gengar definitely couldn't. It had been issued a wanted notice by Gothitelle, Mime Jr., and Alcremie. They had specially set up a food area for Gengar. Whenever they made any snacks or food, they would always leave a little for Gengar in this area, so Gengar could only take food from the food area every time it entered the kitchen.
Otherwise, within a day, Gengar would have ransacked the kitchen.
Never question a ghost's appetite!
Under Mime Jr.'s gesture, Munchlax sat on the high stool where Alcremie usually made food, eating snacks dipped in sweet honey while watching Mime Jr. make breakfast.
Because the Breeding House had a power outage, Mime Jr. was using gas.
Munchlax was still eating snacks when it saw Mime Jr. bring it a super-sized breakfast.
"Nini."
"You eat first."
Munchlax smelled the fragrant breakfast, and it was a super-sized portion, so its eyes narrowed with happiness.
Just as Munchlax was eating breakfast, Gothitelle also came down from upstairs and came to the kitchen to join in the breakfast preparation work.
Immediately after, Alcremie and the Meowstic siblings followed.
Munchlax consciously jumped off the high stool, brought its breakfast and snacks, walked out of the kitchen, and sat on the counter to eat.
Listening to the sounds from the kitchen behind it, and listening to the snoring coming from the rest area, Munchlax put the fried egg into its mouth, licked its paws by the way, and narrowed its eyes.
"I love life at the Breeding House~"
Opening its eyes, the first thing Lucas saw was Lilligant looking at him with its eyes open.
"Good morning, Lilligant."
Lilligant showed a sweet smile.
"Lilli~"
"Good morning~"
Letting go of Lilligant, Lucas sat up. Gengar opened the curtains, and Lucas looked out the window. The sky was still gray, but the rain had stopped.
Lucas stood up and walked out to the balcony. When the wind blew, it was so cold that he returned to the room.
Looking at the pitch-black room, Lucas looked at Gengar, "What time is it?"
"Gen gengar."
"Ten-thirty."
Lucas tentatively pressed the switch, but there was no response.
"Still no electricity?"
"Gen gengar."
"No."
Gengar shook its head on the side.
"Gen gengar — — — —"
"My tablet is out of power — — — —"
"If there's no power, there's no power. Just endure it for now. I can't do anything about the power outage. Maybe the power will come back after we finish eating."
Gengar, whose corners of its mouth were being pulled by Lucas, hummed a little aggrievedly.
Just as Lucas finished breakfast, the phone rang.
As soon as the call was connected, Jenny's voice came through: "Lucas, how is the situation on your side? Is there any problem?"
"There shouldn't be any problem."
Lucas checked the various rooms of the Breeding House, "The windows and such are not damaged, and the roof is intact. I just don't know what the backyard has been devastated into."
"The backyard has no protection, so it's helpless if it's destroyed. You first clean up with the Pokémon of the Breeding House. After I'm done here, I'll go with Sister Joy to help you clean up the backyard."
"No need. There are so many Pokémon in the Breeding House, it's very simple to clean up. But Sister Reese, what's going on with the power outage at the Breeding House?"
"This is because the power gate in Twinleaf Town was struck and broken. Now it is being repaired at an accelerated pace, but don't worry, the power supply should be restored before tonight."
"Okay, then I understand. Be careful when you and Sister Joy are cleaning up Twinleaf Town. It's best to avoid the wires."
"I know, it's annoying. There are broken wires everywhere. Hey, you guys, didn't you see the wires are broken? There is water all around, you still dare to go over, are you thinking you've lived too long?"
Then, Jenny's cursing voice accompanied by the wind came from the phone.
Seeing this, Lucas hung up the phone and stopped disturbing Jenny.
Lucas pushed open the door of the Breeding House. The situation on the Breeding Road outside was tragic.
There were trees broken at the waist everywhere, lying scattered on the Breeding Road, and there were also some huge iron sheets, stones, etc., blocking the Breeding Road tightly.
Looking at the trees that he and the people and Pokémon of the Breeding House had planted all broken, Lucas felt extremely regretful.
"I didn't expect the wind force to increase in the second half of the night."
Mr. Fujino came to Lucas's side, looked at the situation outside the door, and couldn't help sighing.
"Now I only hope that my backyard won't be destroyed so seriously — — — —"
Lucas said worriedly.
However, Lucas also knew that this was impossible unless a miracle happened.
Lucas stood at the door and watched for a long time before saying: "Let's go to the backyard to see the situation first, and then come back to deal with these things outside."
Mr. Fujino nodded.
"Eh?"
Lucas looked at the backyard and said "Eh".
"What is the situation?"
The facilities in the backyard are intact.
Lucas quickly came to the flower bed and found that the flowers in the flower bed were all intact. Not only were they not damaged, but on the contrary, they bloomed even more brightly.
"This is — — — —"
Mr. Fujino came to Lucas's side and saw this scene, and was also a little unbelievable.
You must know that there were trees broken at the waist everywhere at the entrance of the Breeding House, but the flowers in the backyard were intact. It couldn't be that the typhoon walked around the Breeding House, right?
Lucas did not answer, but quickly came to the planting area. The situation in the planting area was the same as in the flower bed. Vegetables, herbal medicines, and tea leaves were all intact. The reason why the berry area was not intact was because many berries were knocked off by the rain and fell to the ground, covered with mud.
Lucas looked at other places, and looking around, everything was intact.
???
Lucas, with a head full of questions, came to the Forest Area, walked directly into the beehive, looked at Vespiquen sitting on the throne, and Lucas asked: "Is there any problem with the beehive?"
Vespiquen shook her head.
"Bee."
"Except for the heavy rain, I didn't feel the typhoon."
This is strange — — — —
Lucas pinched his chin and thought.
Why was it that only his own Breeding House was not damaged?
It couldn't be Lugia's reason.
Thinking of Lugia, Lucas quickly checked his Golden Finger. At this moment, there was a blessing shining brightly.
[Favorable weather ma — — — —]
The Breeding House will not be affected by any abnormal weather?
Typhoon is also abnormal weather, so the typhoon will not destroy the Breeding House?
Lucas suddenly realized.
Sure enough, there are no trash blessings, only trash — — — —
After Lucas figured everything out, he nodded to Vespiquen who was looking at him curiously.
"Don't worry, it's because of Lugia and Celebi."
After listening, Vespiquen nodded.
"Bee."
"I see."
After saying goodbye to Vespiquen, Lucas took Gengar and the others back to the backyard. At this time, Mr. Fujino was taking Shauna and Tomoyo around a light bulb, and there was also a generator.
"Where did the generator come from?"
Lucas asked.
"Oh, this was specially brought back by my wife. We used to have a generator prepared at home, but now it seems that the generator is also out of power."
Mr. Fujino patted the generator next to Lucas's feet and said.
"Can't it be charged?"
As soon as Lucas finished speaking, everyone and the Pokémon looked at Lucas with strange eyes.
"Gothitelle?"
Gothitelle disgustedly reached out and placed it on Lucas's forehead.
"No fever? Why did you start talking nonsense again?"
Lucas hadn't reacted yet, "Why are you looking at me so strangely?"
"Cough cough, Manager, power outage — — — —"
Mrs. Fujino couldn't help coughing twice.
Lucas: — — — —
"Blushing with shame — — — —"
Lucas felt as if his face had been burned by fire, and it was hot as hell.
"Damn Gengar, actually possessed me and asked such a low-level question."
Gengar, who was secretly laughing, widened its eyes.
???
"Again me?!"
"Again want me to take the blame?!"
"Lilli."
"Purely literal meaning."
Lucas: — — — —
"Wait a minute, I'll try to see if I can Charge the generator."
Lucas looked at the unpowered generator, squatted down, and started to divert attention.
"Luxray."
Lucas shouted.
Luxray crawled out from the door, came to Lucas's side, looked at him curiously, and asked what he wanted him to do.
Lucas pointed to the generator, "See if you can help me Charge it full?"
Luxray: ???
"I became the generator's generator?"
Lucas grinned.
There's no way, the Breeding House only has this one Luxray that has been strengthened by Raikou, it should be very fast to use it for charging, right?
Under Lucas's gaze, Luxray helplessly rolled its eyes, then stretched out its claws and placed them on the generator's battery.
"A little less power."
Lucas pulled Gothitelle in front of him, then poked his head out from its shoulder and said carefully.
Then he waved to Shauna and Tomoyo, letting them all hide behind him.
Gothitelle opened its psychic power protective shield, and Lucas felt a sense of security.
Luxray: — — — —
"So I deserve to be blown up?"
Electric Charges surged on its body, and Luxray retracted its claws.
"Try it."
Lucas nodded to Mr. Fujino, and Mr. Fujino plugged the plug into the generator.
The Breeding House instantly lit up.
"Wow."
Shauna said "Wow".
Lucas was satisfied. As expected of a Luxray-brand generator, everyone who uses it says it's good.
"The power is back! Lucas!"
Zorua ran out to tell Lucas this good news.
As a result, it found that Lucas and others were surrounding a machine. It curiously crawled out from under Ninetales and looked at this machine.
"What is this?"
"A generator. The electricity in the Breeding House is provided by it. It should be able to support until the power comes back."
After speaking, Lucas looked at Luxray.
Speaking of which, if Luxray is allowed to go to the town to Charge generators, it should be able to earn a lot of money, right?
Luxray's fur suddenly stood up, feeling cold behind its back. Looking back, it found that Lucas was looking at it with unkind eyes.
Luxray hurriedly ran back to the Breeding House.
"Run first as a sign of respect."
After solving the temporary power problem of the Breeding House, Lucas began to arrange the next things.
Although the Breeding House has the blessing of Lugia and Celebi and will not be affected by the typhoon, this only means that the wind will not directly reach the Breeding House. The surrounding influence brought by the wind still has some influence.
For example, there are many stones, iron sheets, tree branches, etc. blown over in the backyard. These need to be cleaned up to avoid potential hazards.
There is also the Breeding Road at the door, which also needs to be cleaned up to avoid traffic congestion. It just so happens that the Breeding House has sufficient manpower.
The forest also needs to be visited to see if there are any losses, and the Pokémon that need help all need him to go over. After all, he still has the status of a ranger.
After Lucas carefully assigned the tasks, everyone and Pokémon in the Breeding House devoted themselves to the rescue work after the typhoon weather.
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