Chapter 10

Hu Yang was utterly puzzled.

After pouring the Kingler into the river, he returned to the dormitory with the Ancient Moon Bird and, before preparing his lesson, instructed it, "Don't bring things home anymore."

Times have changed; he had found a job smoothly, and although he hadn't received his salary yet, he wouldn't go hungry like before.

"Quack?" The Ancient Moon Bird's reaction clearly showed it didn't understand the words.

Seeing this, Hu Yang sighed helplessly.

It seemed it still wouldn't work.

In this world, there were indeed some dim-witted Pokémon, like Bidoof and Psyduck, but unlike the Ancient Moon Bird, they could always understand human speech no matter how dim they appeared.

Although the Ancient Moon Bird was just data in the game before, it now had its own life, and the blood flowing in its veins was warm.

So why couldn't it understand human language?

Hu Yang was a bit confused.

He thought of the few golden finger templates he had lost when he crossed over. Could it be that the Ancient Moon Bird also had some issues or lost something during the crossover?

Thinking about this, Hu Yang touched the money in his pocket; he only had 330 left. He wasn't sure if it would be enough to get a full body check-up at the Pokémon Center.

It wasn't that he didn't trust the information given by the golden finger, but he didn't want to miss any possibility of finding the problem.

As a companion who came with him, Hu Yang didn't want to see it continue like this.

Therefore, after lunch, he took the Ancient Moon Bird to the Pokémon Center in the city center.

"Excuse me, how much does it cost to give a Pokémon a full body check-up?" Hu Yang asked.

Nurse Joy's voice was gentle: "Two hundred League coins."

Hu Yang sighed in relief. If it wasn't enough, he would have to sell the two valuable Poké Balls he had.

"Please give it a full body check-up." Hu Yang handed the Ancient Moon Bird to Nurse Joy.

"Sure, please wait a moment." A Chansey pushed a small cart over, and Nurse Joy placed the Ancient Moon Bird on it before turning and walking into the treatment room.

The door to the treatment room slowly closed, and Hu Yang prepared to wait outside. But before he could turn around, he heard Nurse Joy's exclamation from inside.

Then, the door was slammed open, and the Ancient Moon Bird flapped its wings and flew out, still with its usual dim-witted expression, but Hu Yang could see a hint of panic in its actions.

Hu Yang was stunned for a moment and instinctively reached out to catch the Ancient Moon Bird.

"I'm very sorry," Nurse Joy said, blushing as she walked over. She was familiar with this situation and said, "You might need to accompany it for the check-up."

Hu Yang had no problem with that. He held the Ancient Moon Bird and entered the examination room, accompanying it through the full body check-up.

Soon, the results came out. Nurse Joy looked at the information on the screen and said, "This Pokémon is very healthy, with no signs of illness."

Very healthy... Hu Yang was even more confused, but he still kept his composure, thanked Nurse Joy, and returned to the school with the Ancient Moon Bird.

There were no issues with the personal information, and the physical check-up was also fine. Hu Yang couldn't think of anything else that could be wrong.

He could only choose to prepare his lesson with the Ancient Moon Bird.

On September 7th, the school officially opened.

Hu Yang also officially began his teaching career.

Because he was a new teacher, the school only assigned him classes for two classes.

Hu Yang originally thought this Pokémon elementary school would be similar to the primary school he attended in his previous life, but after experiencing it firsthand, he realized it was more like a kindergarten.

Although he had never been a teacher before, he had at least seen how it was done.

In the first class, Hu Yang performed flawlessly, finishing the lesson perfectly. He packed up his things and continued to the next class.

As soon as he reached the podium, he noticed a girl below wearing a red headband, dark blue shorts, and a red T-shirt.

Wasn't that May?

May, the female protagonist of the Pokémon Advanced Generation series and the game.

Thinking about it, it wasn't surprising to see her here, as she was also the daughter of the Orange Flower Gym Leader, Kyouji.

Hu Yang wasn't too surprised. He first introduced himself and then started chatting with the children about what they wanted to do in the future.

The first class, he planned to use this time to get to know each other.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would be staying here for a long time.

After that day, all the students knew that their school had a new teacher who was about their age.

...

"You're quite popular!"

After some time, Rika and Nishida teased him when they saw him.

They had observed Hu Yang's class and found his Pokémon ecology lessons very lively and interesting, even making them want to continue listening.

"Do you have any secrets?" Nishida asked curiously.

"Maybe it's a talent!" Hu Yang replied with a tone of "What can you do about it?"

In the past half month, he had met many people and made many friends.

He gradually became familiar with Nishida and Rika, who were also teachers. Both of them had very outgoing and open personalities.

Hearing this, Nishida jokingly clenched his fist: "I think you just need a beating!"

"You're so old, and you still act like a kid." Hu Yang looked at him with a strange expression.

Interacting with young people made him feel younger too.

"Brat!" Nishida pounced, and the two of them started wrestling.

Rika laughed happily on the side.

The school welcomed this new young teacher very much.

At first, some teachers who hadn't participated in the tests were skeptical of his abilities, but after seeing Hu Yang's teaching records, they no longer had such doubts.

Moreover, with his tragic backstory of losing both parents, the school staff both liked and sympathized with him.

Teachers in the same office would leave milk and snacks on his desk, the cleaning aunties would enthusiastically ask if he had any trash to throw away, and the cafeteria ladies would try to pile all the delicious food into his bowl.

Hu Yang had never been treated like this before.

He had initially said he didn't need such special treatment, but it only made people more careful and kind to him.

Hu Yang felt both moved and a bit embarrassed.

However, he couldn't reveal his true origins and could only remember it in his heart, planning to repay them when he had more money.

Currently, he was so poor that he didn't even dare to catch a Pokémon.

To find a way to earn money, he had specifically sought out May and asked if, in Pokémon battles outside, the loser would give money to the winner like in the game.

The cheerful and outgoing May replied, "Of course not, what strange things are you thinking, teacher?"

Hu Yang was greatly disappointed. He had been hoping to earn some money for the Ancient Moon Bird from the Bug Catcher kids.

Speaking of the Ancient Moon Bird, it still hadn't given up on feeding its trainer with things it brought back from outside.

Sometimes it was fish, sometimes tree fruits, and sometimes a few unfortunate Kingler and Magikarp.

Seeing the Magikarp, Hu Yang had initially wanted to keep it in an aquarium, as the evolved form of Magikarp, Gyarados, was very rare.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any extra money to buy an aquarium, so he had to give up on the idea and wait until he received his first month's salary.

Hu Yang wasn't without thoughts of catching a new companion, but if he did so now, he could only choose between a Grass-type, Kingler, and Magikarp.

Grass-type Pokémon could perform photosynthesis and didn't require much resources in the early stages, while Kingler and Magikarp were hardy and easy to raise, with great potential in the future.