The request location was a farm in the suburbs, only half an hour away by commuter rail.
Soon, Ye Chuan arrived at the request location—
The farm wasn't large, planted with various crops. A portly uncle warmly greeted Ye Chuan: "Finally someone's here! You must be a student from Silver Mountain High School?"
"Yes, I'm Ye Chuan from Class 1 of the Pokémon Department at Silver Mountain High School," Ye Chuan introduced himself.
"Dad, why did you call someone again?"
A girl who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old walked out of the nearby doorway, looking at Ye Chuan with a scrutinizing gaze. "Another one."
The portly uncle showed an embarrassed expression. "Xiao Guo, that's rude. How can you talk like that?"
"It's true anyway," the girl muttered.
Seeing Ye Chuan's curious expression, the portly uncle quickly explained, "Sorry, this is my daughter, Xiao Guo. She's a bit wild, so she's being rude."
"It's okay. Listening to what you just said, you've already called people to deal with the Rattata problem before?" Ye Chuan asked.
"Yes, those guys appeared recently. I don't know why they keep harassing the farm so frequently, again and again," the portly uncle said helplessly.
"We already called a few trainers over before, but after they drove them away, the Rattata would come back the next day."
"We had no choice but to try and request help from Silver Mountain High School, hearing that they accept requests from residents for students to do as trials."
Ye Chuan thought for a moment. "I see..."
"What's the use of asking a student?" the girl named Xiao Guo said, seemingly not optimistic about Ye Chuan.
The portly uncle frowned, looking at his daughter.
"Ding ding ding." Just then, the bell hanging on the door suddenly rang. Xiao Guo's face changed, and she gritted her teeth, grabbing a rake that was placed nearby. "Those guys are here again!"
Then the portly uncle and his daughter Xiao Guo ran out. Seeing this, Ye Chuan followed.
At this time, in a cornfield, there were seven or eight purple figures, making squeaking noises.
Those were Rattata, Mouse Pokémon, about half a meter in size, with hard incisors that could easily damage crops, and were also thieves who often stole food.
"Damn thieves, get out of here!" Xiao Guo raised the rake and swept it towards the Rattata, but they easily dodged it, and she herself was surrounded by several Rattata.
"Xiao Guo!" The portly uncle picked up a tool and was about to save his daughter when Ye Chuan reached out to stop him, then took out a Poké Ball:
"Charmander."
A flash of white light, and Charmander appeared, directly spewing out Ember.
Sparks flew everywhere, and the Rattata scattered in all directions. Xiao Guo also took the opportunity to run back.
"Be careful, don't act rashly," Ye Chuan said, looking at Xiao Guo, whose face was a little pale.
"Th-thank you." Although Xiao Guo's attitude had been bad just now, she still thanked Ye Chuan honestly when facing the person who had saved her.
"Their strength isn't that great." Looking at the Rattata, Ye Chuan gave an order: "Scratch!"
Charmander's attack was incredibly sharp. Relying on itself, it continuously forced back the several Rattata in front of it. Unlike Charmander, who had received training, these Rattata were just thieves from the farm and naturally couldn't be Charmander's opponents.
After a few rounds, Ye Chuan suddenly felt something was wrong.
Because these Rattata didn't fight back, nor did they show any intention of running away. They kept squeaking towards Ye Chuan, as if they were saying something.
Ye Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Return, Charmander."
Hearing Ye Chuan's voice, Charmander stopped its attack and turned back to stand beside Ye Chuan.
"Why didn't you continue to drive them away?" Xiao Guo looked at Ye Chuan with a worried expression after seeing this.
"There's something I want to confirm," Ye Chuan said, and walked towards the group of Rattata with Charmander.
Arriving in front of the leading Rattata, it looked up at Ye Chuan. Although it subconsciously took two steps back out of fear, it still didn't run away, but instead made a squeaking sound.
Ye Chuan observed the Rattata for a while, then squatted down and reached out his hand, stopping about ten centimeters away from the Rattata's head. The Rattata squeaked and didn't dare to move.
The power of Aura slowly emanated from Ye Chuan's hand—
Special emotions passed through the Aura, from the Rattata's body to Ye Chuan.
Complex emotions of pleading, sadness, and help flooded Ye Chuan's heart. He was slightly stunned, then stared blankly at the Rattata in front of him. "This is..."
"Dad, what is he doing?" Xiao Guo asked, turning her head to look at her father after seeing this scene.
"This... I don't know," the portly uncle shook his head.
Ordinary people couldn't see Aura, and from their perspective, Ye Chuan just seemed to be touching the Rattata's head.
Soon, Ye Chuan stood up and said, "I think I understand what you mean."
Several Rattata squeaked and then surrounded Ye Chuan.
"Be careful!" In the distance, Xiao Guo shouted.
"It's okay, they just want to take me somewhere," Ye Chuan said, then smiled slightly. "Don't worry about me."
"This..." Xiao Guo and the portly uncle looked at each other in confusion.
Then, the group of Rattata seemed to be leading the way for Ye Chuan, walking hurriedly and occasionally looking back at him, as if afraid that Ye Chuan wouldn't follow.
Ye Chuan followed the Rattata out of the farm. After walking for about twenty minutes, they entered a forest.
Deep inside a rocky cave, Ye Chuan saw a large brown Mouse Pokémon lying on a pile of weeds, on its last breath. At this time, there was a crack on its flank, the wound had scabbed over, but purple pus was flowing out, emitting a foul odor.
It was Rattata's evolved form, Raticate.
"So they want me to save it?" Ye Chuan understood, looking at the Rattata.
Hearing Ye Chuan say this, the Rattata immediately made squeaking noises.
"Let me take a look."
Ye Chuan walked to Raticate's side to check its condition. At this time, it had fallen into a coma, and its body was so weak it was unbelievable. If it weren't for the Pokémon's super strong self-healing ability, an ordinary creature would probably have died already.
"It was attacked by a Poison-type Pokémon?" Ye Chuan looked at the wound, then turned and put down his backpack. Pokémon trainers usually carried some emergency medicine with them, in case they couldn't make it to a Pokémon Center or other medical facility in time.
Ye Chuan was no exception. He took out the medicine he had prepared. Although it was only the size of a test tube, it was enough for one use.
After pouring the antidote into Raticate's mouth, the latter's limbs twitched. The venom seeping from its wound began to increase. Until the color of the blood being expelled turned to a normal red, Ye Chuan understood that the poison had been neutralized. At this time, Raticate's complexion had also improved a lot.
Ye Chuan took out a bottle of spray-on wound medicine, sprayed it on Raticate's wound, then took a few Pokéblocks that Charmander used to recover stamina and put them into Raticate's mouth.