Pokémon orphanage

Chapter 12: Poachers



The smuggling of Pokémon is a black industry chain that the Alliance has been cracking down on, but has been unable to fully suppress.

There are always some rich people who are willing to spend money to buy rare Pokémon, such as different-colored Pokémon and very famous Pokémon.

As long as the price is right, these Pokémon will become the target of Pokémon hunters.

"But if it happens in Cerulean City, it probably has nothing to do with me," Taylor said to Bonk next to him.

There is also an Alliance Pokémon orphanage in Cerulean City, so these seized Pokémon should be sent to the Cerulean City Pokémon orphanage for placement, and then dealt with according to the circumstances.

"Why does the poaching situation seem to have gotten a lot more serious recently? But I don't think I'll encounter any poachers in my Pokémon orphanage, right?" Taylor looked at his Pokémon orphanage. He felt that those Pokémon hunters would not target this place.

After all, the Pokémon that are still here basically have problems of one kind or another, and there is nothing special that is worthy of these people's attention.

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The next morning, Taylor got up early. He didn't have anything special to do that day, but after coming to this world, getting up at seven o'clock every day has become a habit.

Getting up at 7 o'clock and having breakfast at 7:30 can be considered as living a healthy life.

However, as soon as he got up, Taylor found an extra text message on his mobile phone.

Taylor yawned and picked up his phone to take a look.

[Officer Jenny: Dean Taylor, we have three smuggled Pokémon that we seized today and need to place them with you]

The message came at 3:20 in the morning.

Taylor rubbed his eyes in confusion. He was not mistaken, this was indeed the news.

"From Cerulean City?" Taylor immediately thought of the news about Cerulean City that he saw yesterday.

What about the Cerulean City Pokémon orphanage? Is it closed?

Although Taylor was confused, he still washed himself and went to make breakfast for the little ones.

After making breakfast, Taylor used his mobile phone to contact the Officer Jenny Brigade, and then learned about the situation of the three Pokémon from there.

Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur.

"Isn't this one of the three great families?" Taylor was a little surprised.

"Well, these three Pokémon belong to Professor Oak, but the nearest Pokémon orphanage to Professor Oak's research institute is only yours, Taylor," Officer Jenny on the other end knew why Taylor was so surprised.

Although the three starter Pokémon are also good, they will not be the target of poachers. After all, they are too common. However, these three are Professor Oak's Pokémon, so they are naturally different.

"Professor Oak?!" Taylor was even more surprised. Although he had been in this world for two months, except on the Internet, Taylor had never seen Professor Oak, who was famous in the Kanto region.

It seems that these poachers this time are very skilled and bold, daring to poach Professor Oak's Pokémon. Professor Oak is a well-known figure in the Kanto region.

Although he didn't understand how these people poached these three Pokémon from Professor Oak, Taylor still did his reception work and then met these three special Pokémon at the Pokémon orphanage.

"Looks fine," Taylor looked at the three Pokémon in front of him. They were in good spirits and had no external injuries, but they were a little depressed.

When Taylor was watching the legal program, Officer Jenny mentioned that in order to prevent Pokémon from resisting, these poachers would inject a special potion to make the Pokémon fall asleep. The side effect of that potion is that the Pokémon will become listless and groggy all day long.

Taylor first used the power of Viridian to sense the status of the three Pokémon. Fortunately, his mind was empty and he had no emotions.

"When will Professor Oak come?" Taylor asked while looking at Officer Jenny while putting away the three Pokémon.

According to Professor Oak's personality, he should have come a long time ago, but he hasn't come yet, which is a bit outrageous.

"Professor Oak happens to be in the Sinnoh region right now, participating in a project in the Sinnoh region, so he didn't come here right away. He should arrive tomorrow," Officer Jenny said to Taylor with dark circles under her eyes.

"Okay, I understand," Taylor knew what Officer Jenny meant, but he was also a little confused.

Doesn't Professor Oak have other researchers? Why doesn't he let them take these Pokémon back?

However, since Professor Oak did not do so, there must be a reason, so Taylor did not ask any further questions.

Anyway, for Taylor, as long as the Pokémon enter Taylor's Pokémon orphanage, he can get some happiness points after being taken away. As for what the standard for giving happiness points is, Taylor has not figured it out yet.

"By the way, I want to ask, if we find the person who abandoned the Pokémon, is there any way to punish him legally?" Taylor thought of Bonk's matter.

He already knew the information of the abandoner, and it would be best if he could be punished by law.

"It's difficult. After all, these people always have various reasons to evade legal responsibility," Officer Jenny shook her head. For this kind of thing, unless they are caught on the spot, it will be difficult to impose penalties afterwards.

Some people will say that their Pokémon was released, some will say that their Pokémon was lost, and they didn't do it on purpose and so on.

Moreover, you cannot use Pokémon to determine whether a person is its trainer. Even if the Pokémon knows most of the person's information, it cannot be used as actual evidence.

After all, if this precedent is set, it is hard to say whether someone will deliberately train Pokémon for blackmail, so the Alliance punishes the abandoners only when they are caught in the act.

Taylor scratched his head. It seemed that he would have to place a camera at the gate of the Pokémon orphanage next time. However, if he placed a camera, those people might abandon the Pokémon somewhere else.

Thinking of this, Taylor gave up.

The cameras are useless. As long as they want to abandon the Pokémon, they will always find a way to do it. By then, he can't possibly walk around the Pokémon orphanage as the first thing he does every morning when he wakes up, right?

Officer Jenny left, and Taylor sent the three Pokémon to the lounge to let them rest first. At the same time, the five volunteers who reported yesterday also came over.

This time Giovanni didn't follow him, and Taylor was relieved. It would be a bit troublesome if Giovanni followed him.

Taylor couldn't figure out what that guy was thinking, and he had to worry about him dragging him into Team Rocket.

Taylor is quite satisfied with his current life. There is no future in following the Rockets, a dark organization, so it is better to follow the Alliance.

But when he thought of Giovanni having the power of Viridian, Taylor's expression became a little subtle. He remembered that Giovanni in a certain version seemed to have the power of Viridian, but he couldn't remember which version it was.


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