Alliance dar Year 198, May 6, Summer.

  The weather was getting hotter by the day. When Naoki wasn’t busy with farm work, he spent most of his time indoors, enjoying the cool breeze of the air ditioner and catg up on TV. He and his Alcremie would make refreshing desserts and share them with the Pokémon on the ranch.

  As the days passed, the crops in the fields tio grow and ripen.

  The hop vines had spread across the supports, e pumpkins and dark green watermelons y quietly on the ground, and the had grown tall, though the ears weren't quite ripe yet.

  The wheat and pineapples were also ing along, but they would need more time to fully mature.

  leased Naoki the most was the sight of his sunflower field, bursting with bright yellow blooms. The golden flower heads faced the sun, their sturdy green leaves and stems supp them, creating a beautiful and vibrant se.

  Standing there, even though he had anticipated it, Naoki still found it incredible. The crops in this world seemed to grow at an astonishing speed.

  The sunflowers had bloomed only seven days ago, and thanks to the energy from his Gogoat, they had quickly matured.

  Uhe scorg sun, Naoki walked through the fields to ihe crops.

  [Pumpkin]: A crop used for making food. It will take another 3 days to harvest.

  [Watermelon]: A summer crop that cools and quehirst. It is ripe and ready for harvest.

  []: Not yet ripe. It will take another 10 days to harvest.

  [Hops]: Used for brewing barley beer. Not yet ripe. It will take another 10 days to harvest.

  "It seems like most of the crops will need a little more time," Naoki thought to himself.

  The only things ready for harvest now were the sunflowers and watermelons.

  Naoki couldn’t help but think back to the giant mutated watermelon from st time as he walked through the watermelon and sunflower fields. With cautious optimism, he used his Cheat to i every watermelon and sunflower, hoping to find somethiraordinary again.

  Unfortunately, there were no surprises this time. Not a single crop had mutated.

  "Looks like the utation are really low," Naoki thought, slightly disappointed. However, he quickly brushed it off. Only two crops were fully ripe, and there were plenty more waiting to mature. His eyes sparkled with anticipation as he gnced over at the pumpkin patearby.

  With excitement building, he decided it was time to start the harvest!

  Naoki called over Koraidon, Cyclizar, and Dragoo help pick the ripe watermelons and pile them in the shade. He had big pns for these melons. Part of the harvest would be sold, some would be sent to G's igloo to cool down, and the rest would be saved for cooking experiments. Last time, the massive watermelon didn't st long enough for him to test out any recipes, but this time he was determined.

  By the time they fihe harvest, the sun was already high in the sky, and it was ten o'clo the m.

  Naoki cut open five watermelons and hahem out to the Pokémon, who gathered in the shade to enjoy the refreshing treat. The three Gogoat and the Miltank each got oo themselves, while the bee shared ohe Salt Pokemon, however, had no i in watermelons. They preferred their usual diet of soil.

  Watg his Pokémo happily, Naoki felt the satisfa of a successful harvest fill the ranch. The air seemed lighter, filled with the joy of abundance.

  With a smile on his faaoki turned back to the field, sickle in hand, and cut down a fully matured sunflower. The sunflower seeds, so full they were about to burst, were perfect. He po roast them ter and sna them.

  In this era where mobile phones and the I aren't widely developed, snag on sunflower seeds is a great way to pass the time.

  Naoki filled a rge bowl with sunflower seeds harvested from a sunflower pnt. First, he washed them thhly, dried them, and then borrowed a bowl of caramel cream from Alcremie.

  Finally, he tossed the sunflower seeds, a small amount of rock salt, and the caramel cream into a pan, tinuously stirring them over the fire. After about twenty mihe sunflower seeds were perfectly roasted, filling the kit with a delicious caramel aroma.

  Satisfied with his work, Naoki turned off the heat and poured the fragrant caramel-coated seeds into a bowl.

  As he looked down at the boiece of information appeared in his mind:

  [Transtion Seeds (B+): Sunflower seeds roasted with caramel cream and pure rock salt.

  Cooking Effect: Language uniinor). Eating these seeds allows you to uand Pokémon nguage, oranstes one word. The effect is cumutive.

  Evaluation: A very good snack, filled with the sweetness of caramel cream. Eating them make anyone feel happy, a perfect treat to pass the time.]

  "Huh? What?" Naoki's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the bowl of sunflower seeds.

  In order to test the effect of this ued cooking discovery, Naoki popped two seeds into his mouth and quickly ran outside. He found Butterfree resting uhe eaves, enjoying the cool breeze. Excitedly, he called out:

  "Hey, Butterfree!"

  Butterfree turs head toward Naoki, and upon seeing him, a happy expression appeared on its face.

  “Eeeeeee?” (What’s up?)

  Naoki froze in disbelief.

  “!!!” He could uand it!

  Excitedly, he rushed back to the house, still holding the bowl of sunflower seeds, grinning like a fool. This bowl of seeds had more potential than anything he had ever cooked before! Just half a month ago, he had envied Gardevoir's telepathic abilities, and now, he could unicate directly with Pokémon himself.

  It was like he had his own version of telepathy. The seeds allowed the eater to directly uand Pokémon—an ability that could rival the rare and legendary powers like the Viridian Forest's blessing.

  “This is amazing!” Naoki thought as he began dev the seeds rapidly, eager to test this newfound power even further. After eating an uain number of seeds, he ran outside to where Dragonite and the other Pokémon were enjoying their watermelon uhe sun.

  Naoki called out, “Dragonite!”

  Startled, Dragouro look at him, “Awoo?” (What’s wrong?)

  Naoki beamed. “Oh, nothing. Just came over to chat.”

  Dragoilted its head in fusion, “Awoo… Awoo?” (Why are you ag se… ’t we talk every day?)

  “I uand what you’re saying now!” Naoki announced proudly.

  “Oooooh?!” (What?!)

  “Gaooo?!” (What?!)

  “...” (What?!)

  The other Pokémon, equally shocked, turo Naoki with wide eyes.

  Dragonite, now curious, kept asking questions, trying to figure out how Naoki was suddenly able to uand them. In response, Naoki grinned mischievously and pulled out a small sunflower seed.

  “It’s because of this!” he said, holding the seed up. “I made a snack that lets me uand what you all are saying! Every time I eat one, I uand a word.”

  The Pokémon stared in amazement. Dragonite and the others looked at the seeds as if they were magibsp;

  “This is incredible!” their eyes seemed to say.

  But as Naoki tinued chatting, he noticed Dragonite’s speech slowly turned bato "Awooo, Awooo."

  Naoki: "..." Looks like the seed's power had run out. His “word t” had been used up.

  He gnced over at the sunflower fields nearby and made a sudden, decisive resolution: from now on, he was going to expand the sunflower fields!