I’m the Owner of the Pokémon Day Care In the World of Pokémon

After a sparring session, Yuga had a rough understanding of Florges's strength. Although the process of gaining such power had been perilous, the final outcome was fortunately positive.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed. During these days, Florges focused on adapting to her newly acquired power, while Nana diligently practiced her black hole ability, striving to master it as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Ninetales' fur, which had suffered from bald patches, finally grew back under the treatment of the ointment provided by Joyka. The new fur was indistinguishable from the rest of its coat, allowing Ninetales to regain its proud beauty.

No longer needing to wrap itself in that silk scarf, the first thing Ninetales did after its recovery was to beg Yuga to take it to the Pokémon Club for a thorough grooming session.

Thinking about how it had stayed indoors for so many days without going out, Yuga decided to take it there for a visit.

Shortly after their return, Yuga received a call from Diantha. She wanted to invite Ninetales to star in a commercial for one of her endorsement deals.

Ninetales had already grown tired of staying at home, so it had Yuga accept the offer on its behalf, reasoning that shooting a commercial wouldn't take much time.

A movie Ninetales had previously filmed had been released recently, and Yuga had even promoted it to customers at the YoYo Day Care. Thanks to his efforts, many residents of Verdanturf Town learned that the YoYo Day Care had produced a movie star.

Due to Yuga's reputation, even the smallest piece of news related to the YoYo Day Care and Verdanturf Gym quickly spread across the entire town. Thanks to this promotion, many residents contributed to the film's box office earnings.

Of course, Ninetales' fame was mostly limited to Verdanturf Town. Because of its bald patches, it had been hiding at home and refused to go out, so even those who visited the day care rarely got to see it. As a result, the initial buzz soon faded.

Upon learning this, Ninetales sulked for an entire day!

One day, while Yuga was busy in his workshop practicing the production of Pokéblocks, a sudden "beep beep" sound echoed in his mind—the system notification.

What's going on?

Hurriedly opening the system interface, Yuga saw a conspicuous red mark on the task panel. Clicking on it, he saw a large "FAILED" label over his main quest title.

"I failed the task?"

Yuga muttered under his breath.

"What did you say, boss?" Misaki, who was nearby, didn't catch what he said and asked.

"Ah... nothing. I have something to do, so I'll end today's practice here," Yuga said as he packed up his things and left the workshop.

Misaki watched her boss leave, puzzled by his odd behavior.

Once outside the new store, Yuga's mind was still preoccupied with the failed task.

The system provided two types of tasks: main quests and side quests.

The current side quest was the one Yuga had been working on—practicing Pokéblock and incense production. This quest had no time limit, so there was no risk of failure.

However, the main quest "New Pokémon Stock 2" had a one-year deadline. It required Yuga to introduce four different types of Pokémon for sale, serving as a continuation of the previous main quest but with a significantly increased difficulty.

Over the past year, Yuga had only managed to stock two types of Pokémon: Solrock and Lunatone, fulfilling only half of the quest's requirements. As time ran out, the quest naturally failed.

It wasn't that Yuga didn't want to complete the task, but the populations of various Pokémon species in his Ecopark were not yet sufficient. Rushing to put them up for sale would negatively impact their breeding process.

After all, he couldn't drain the pond just to catch the fish, could he?

So, due to Yuga's delay, he ended up overlooking the main quest, and before he knew it, a whole year had passed!

Speaking of the system's main quests, over the years, two overarching objectives have appeared in total: one being the "Sub-Ecopark Activation" and the other being "All-Type Output."

The "Sub-Ecopark Activation" objective has already been completed, as the various Sub-Ecopark activation quests were all grouped under this main objective.

Meanwhile, "All-Type Output" is a continuation of the Sub-Ecopark activation goal. The previous "New Pokémon Listing" task and the recently failed "New Pokémon Listing 2" both fall under this objective.

After so much exploration, Yuga has roughly figured out what "All-Type Output" means—it requires the YoYo Day Care to list high-potential Pokémon covering all Pokémon types.

Once this requirement is met, there will likely be no more sub-quests under this objective.

Currently, the YoYo Day Care offers high-potential Pokémon of the following types.

Normal-type (Buneary), Fighting -type (Medididte), Flying-type (Gligar), Poison-type (Ekans), Ground-type (Trapinch), Rock-type (Solrock), Ghost-type (Misdreavus), Fire-type (Ponyta), Water-type (Clauncher), Grass-type (Hoppip), Psychic-type (Lunatone), Ice-type (Amaura), Dark-type (Vullaby).

(Note: Each type is represented by just one example; some Pokémon may have dual types.)

However, the missing types are Electric, Bug, Steel, and Fairy.

As for Dragon-type Pokémon, Yuga isn't sure if they count—Swablu, Trapinch, and Horsea all evolve into Dragon-type Pokémon eventually, but they themselves don't possess the Dragon type initially.

The system continuously issuing new Pokémon listing requirements seems to suggest that it wants Yuga to fill in these missing types.

Unfortunately, despite his efforts over the past year, Yuga has only managed to list two Pokémon, and they even share the same type. Strictly speaking, he hasn't even completed half of the task.

This marks the first time in all these years that Yuga has failed a mission.

The rewards for completing main quests are usually quite generous. For instance, the reward for the previous mission was a Water Stone vein, so Yuga felt quite regretful over missing out on this one.

However, regret is one thing—Yuga would never deplete his resources just to claim a reward. Sustainable development is the correct path forward.

"This system doesn't even provide a countdown alert, and it just shows 'failed' when the time is up. What a bad design!" Yuga thought bitterly.

System: ...

When Yuga returned to his room, the "failed" mark on the main quest had already disappeared, along with the entire "New Pokémon Listing 2" mission.

Suddenly, flashing green text indicated that a new sub-quest had appeared under the "All-Type Output" objective

...

[ Congratulations, host, for triggering the main quest: 'Loving Care.' (Accept) ]

[ Description: Since the host failed the previous quest, the system has thoughtfully updated it with a new task, hoping the host can feel the system's love. ]

[ Requirement: Collect at least one new Electric-type Pokémon and breed it to a scale sufficient for listing within one year. ]

[ Reward: ??? (Depends on completion level). ]

...

"Loving Care? (_)" Yuga: …...

Now you're reminding me quickly enough, huh? And what's with the 'loving care'? Gross! I don't feel any care here at all!

Yuga wasn't sure whether this new mission was harder or easier—after all, it not only required a specific type but also demanded a completely new Pokémon species.

This means he couldn't rely on the existing Pokémon in the Ecopark, which significantly increased the task's difficulty.

On top of that, he was expected to expand their numbers to listing scale within a year!

If he were truly that capable, wouldn't he have completed the last mission already? Why would he need this one?

Breeding Pokémon isn't that simple; otherwise, those well-known major Pokémon Day Care wouldn't have been dominated by long-established ones.

For a Pokémon species to be bred to a significant scale, it requires a huge investment of time and money. The fact that YoYo Day Care has developed so quickly is because Yuga has a cheat!

So, System, when you said "care," you were being sarcastic, right?

But complaints aside, Yuga still had to accept the task—after all, there's no penalty for failing.

From now on, he just needs to keep an eye out for Electric-type Pokémon opportunities.

After clicking "Accept" on the task panel, Yuga let out a long sigh of relief.

Once he was done thinking about the task, he left his room. However, just as he stepped out, he received a call from Diantha, saying she wanted to transfer Ninetales back.

Yuga was completely puzzled. Wasn't Ninetales supposed to shoot an advertisement? It had just left—why was it coming back so soon?

Diantha, feeling a bit guilty about how things turned out, apologized to Yuga and ended the call, suggesting he ask Ninetales directly for the details.

Clearly, the advertising shoot had fallen through.

Yuga went to the gym to retrieve the Poké Ball Diantha had sent back. Returning to the store, he released Ninetales.

As soon as it came out, Ninetales furiously exclaimed, "I'm so angry! So angry! What's so great about them? One day, I'll make them regret it!"

Yuga: …

"Alright, alright, what happened to make you this upset?" Yuga consoled.

"You wouldn't believe it…"

Turns out, Ninetales had its opportunity stolen by another Pokémon.

Diantha was supposed to shoot a fashion ad, and after learning that a Pokémon was needed to assist, she recommended Ninetales. After all, in terms of appearance, Ninetales was flawless and perfectly suited for a fashion shoot.

However, Diantha never expected the brand to suddenly push in another Pokémon at the last minute, forcing the director to drop Ninetales.

The Pokémon forced into the shoot was a Furfrou, reportedly owned by the brand owner's daughter. When it arrived at the set, it was incredibly arrogant, which infuriated Ninetales.

If it weren't for the fear of causing trouble for Yuga and Diantha, Ninetales would have burned that smug Furfrou to ashes!

Since the brand had the final say, Diantha couldn't do anything about it, which is why she felt so guilty and kept apologizing to Yuga over the phone.

After hearing Ninetales' complaint, Yuga laughed and said, "Come on, it's not that big of a deal. Is it worth getting this angry over?"

Ninetales retorted irritably, "Easy for you to say! You're not the one who got humiliated!"

Yuga replied, "They have connections, but so do you!"

"I do? Who?" Ninetales was taken aback.

"Me!" Yuga pointed at himself.

"You? What good can you do?" Ninetales scoffed but then softened its tone, realizing Yuga was trying to cheer it up. "You may have some influence, but you're not in the industry. Different fields have their own challenges!"

"You sure know a lot about that, huh?" Yuga chuckled. "Just watch."

With that, Yuga took out his communicator and dialed Kiriha's number.

"Yeah, it's me. You need an ad shoot, right?"

"I got it. The Pokémon has already been decided."

"As for the spokesperson? Hmm... let me think—how about Elesa?"

"Alright, it's settled. Send someone to discuss the details."

…

After hanging up the phone, Yuga said to Ninetales, "See? It's just an advertisement. If others can do it, so can we."

It turned out that Everlasting Workshop had been planning to shoot a promotional advertisement for their incense products recently. Although it was still in the preliminary stage, and the specific details had yet to be discussed, Yuga's phone call confirmed that he was going to have Ninetales star in the ad. Ninetales was now staring at Yuga with its mouth wide open in astonishment.

Poverty had limited its imagination—who knew things could be done this way!

Although Everlasting Workshop had fallen on hard times, its acquisition by Yuga meant it was now developing rapidly, and restoring its former glory was only a matter of time.

Besides, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; a broken ship still has three thousand nails. No matter how much Everlasting Workshop had declined, its reputation remained, far surpassing that of ordinary companies.

Being invited to be an ambassador for Everlasting Workshop was a dream come true for many!

"See? I can not only get you to shoot an ad, but I can also make you the star."

With Diantha, Ninetales was ultimately just a supporting role. After all, clothing advertisements primarily serve humans, and Pokémon only appear to create an atmosphere—they can't be the main focus.

But the incense ad was different. It was designed for Pokémon, and the main character of the ad would be a Pokémon, with humans playing supporting roles.

For the human ambassador, Yuga planned to invite Elesa. Her fame was no less than Diantha's, and with her and Ninetales working together, it would be a prestigious pairing!

Of course, this was just a preliminary decision. Whether Elesa had time to participate was still uncertain and depended on discussions with Kiriha on the Everlasting Workshop side.

With Yuga's current financial power, who couldn't he invite? This was the power of capital!

In short—money talks!

"So? Still angry?" Yuga patted Ninetales on the head and asked with a smile.

"You really want to spend money to have me shoot an ad as the star?"

"Of course! Didn't you hear everything just now?"

"I... I just can't believe it. I never thought you were so rich!"

"Of course!" Yuga said proudly.

(へ╬) "Then why do you always hesitate when I ask you to take me to the Pokémon club?" Ninetales questioned.

Yuga: ...

Despite its words, Ninetales was deeply touched. It believed that Yuga was spending money on the advertisement just to preserve its pride, unaware that this had been part of Everlasting Workshop's plan all along and Yuga was merely going with the flow.

Since Yuga personally took charge of the project, Everlasting Workshop quickly finalized the advertisement details, and everything progressed smoothly. Kiriha soon sent someone to get in touch with Elesa.

Elesa was quite surprised to hear that Everlasting Workshop wanted to collaborate with her for the ad.

"Everlasting Workshop? Is that the same company that was owned by the Gym Leader Shimizu?" Elesa asked her manager.

"Yes, it's that Everlasting Workshop."

"Hmm... I see." Elesa paused for a few seconds before saying, "Accept it."

"But you're just a supporting role in this," the manager hesitated.

Elesa replied indifferently, "So what? Supporting role or not, can't I play a supporting role?"

"Alright, then I'll respond to them now," the manager said, not arguing further and turning to leave.