Not Being a Trainer This Time

Chapter 840 - 427: Eevee and Baby-Doll Eyes, Evolve Now, Sylveon!

When Naoki bid farewell to Mayor Thomas and returned to his room to dial the video call again, the matters on the Heroic Expedition Team’s side had already been successfully resolved.

Through the screen of the Rotom Phone, Naoki saw the wild Treeckos on the other side holding a banquet under the giant tree to thank the three Pokemons of the Heroic Expedition Team.

But what surprised Naoki was that three young Treeckos suddenly stood up and walked towards Mew and Teddiursa.

Just as Naoki was feeling puzzled, Teddiursa happily explained to him:

"Teddi Teddi!" (These Treeckos are willing to accept our invitation to live on the World Tree!)

Naoki paused for a moment. Is it really that easy to invite three Starter Pokemon from the Hoenn Region?

Is this how the Heroic Expedition Team usually invites Pokemon residents?

Naoki found it extremely novel.

He couldn’t help but ask: "What did you say to them?"

Teddiursa replied: "Teddi, Teddi Teddi!" (I introduced them to the World Tree and Explorer Team Guild; they are very interested in the Pokemon Restaurant and Café built on the World Tree, and want to go see it for themselves!)

Upon hearing this, Naoki immediately understood.

These are three Treeckos curious about job opportunities.

The nature of Treecko is calm and collected, able to remain composed in any situation, making them well-suited for jobs requiring patience.

Naoki naturally welcomed their arrival.

And after the banquet on the other side was over, the three Treeckos bid farewell to other tribe members and were taken in by Mew and Teddiursa into the Poke Balls, then finally sent back to the ranch by Zapdos.

Naoki witnessed the entire process with his own eyes.

Watching the Zapdos flying high into the sky, Naoki thought that with Zapdos’s speed, it would reach the Paldea Region by noon tomorrow at most.

*

In the afternoon, Naoki set to work addressing the evolution issues of the Eevees.

Nowadays, the ranch already has Glaceon, Umbreon, Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon.

Still lacking Espeon, Leafeon, and Sylveon to form a full Eevee army.

On this bright sunny afternoon, Naoki had the young Eevees line up neatly on the grass, except for his partner Eevee.

The Eevees sat obediently there, their cute little faces filled with anticipation for evolution.

Ogerpon, Alcremie, Gholdengo, Cyclizar, and other Pokemons also stood curiously beside, watching the process.

"So, who wants to go first?" Naoki’s gaze swept over the three Eevees.

"Eevee!"

The Eevee on the far left promptly raised its little paw.

Naoki looked at it and asked: "You want to evolve into a Leafeon, right?"

The Eevee nodded repeatedly, its voice soft and cute: "Eevee Eevee!"

The evolution method for Leafeon is quite simple, requiring only a Leaf Stone for direct evolution.

Naoki had prepared the Leaf Stone for Eevee long ago, waiting for this day to come.

He took out a green stone from a small box, the Stone Man engraved with leaf patterns, looking quite unique.

The Eevees’ eyes all turned towards the Leaf Stone, their inherited genetic instincts telling them that upon contact with that stone, they would evolve into another form of Eevee.

"Then let’s remove the Everstone from you first!" Naoki squatted down and took off the Everstone necklace from Eevee’s neck, then placed the Leaf Stone in front of it.

"Eevee..."

Eevee looked down at the stone and reached out with its little paw to touch the Leaf Stone.

And at the moment Eevee touched the stone, a dazzling light erupted from its body.

Within the light, Eevee’s appearance rapidly changed.

As the light faded, a new Eevee with a green body and exuding a fresh grass aroma appeared before everyone.

Leafeon was born!

Naoki nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that Eevee’s evolution process was fairly smooth.

Next, it was the turn of the next Eevee.

"Espeon, right?" Naoki asked.

The Eevee gently nodded: "Eevee~"

"Hmm, let me think about what needs to be done to help you." Naoki then fell into contemplation.

Compared to Leafeon, Espeon’s evolution conditions are more demanding.

Not only does it require a certain friendliness with the Trainer, but it must also be during the day.

Is the friendliness enough?

Naoki felt it should be maxed, after all, these Eevees were raised by him from a young age, and he had hardly left the ranch, spending almost every moment together.

Thinking slightly, Naoki took off the Everstone from Eevee.

The warm sunlight shone on it, but nothing happened.

"It seems the conditions for evolution haven’t been met yet..."

It’s a pity there are no Rare Candies in this world, if there were, he could feed one to Eevee and it would directly evolve.

Since that’s the case, he has to use conventional methods to achieve the goal.

Thinking of this, Naoki called out: "Cyclizar!"

"Vroom!"

Cyclizar immediately stepped forward.

Naoki patted its head and said: "Next, I’m going to ask you to help out, act as a sparring partner for this Eevee, train its combat skills, and help it gain experience, can you do it?"

Cyclizar immediately patted its chest, assuring: "Vroom!"

Cyclizar took Eevee to the side to impart experience.

Meanwhile, Naoki looked at the next Eevee.