Using Dragoo water the pnts, riding on mysterious Pokémon that aren't even recorded in the Pokédex, and now seeing these three unbelievable Skiddos.

  'What oh is this pce?' Max thought, bewildered. 'There's no way Naoki is just an ordinary try farmer!'

  After a moment, the light faded.

  Three rger Gogoat stood before them, their previous energy surge now gone, making them appear no different from ordinary Gogoat.

  But Naoki knew better. The energy hadn't disappeared; it had simply returo the Gogoat's bodies, ready to be used whehey wished.

  Thinking of this, Naoki stepped forward and carefully checked his Gogoat. "Do you feel unfortable anywhere?" he asked gently.

  The three Gogoat gradually adjusted to their new forms, feeling out their bodies before eae shook its head slightly.

  "Meeh..."

  "That's good. Go on, have fun!" Naoki sighed in relief and waved them off. The Gogoat happily trotted away.

  He returo the camp and sat down, still p why his Skiddo had suddenly unleashed such a dramatic burst of Grass-type energy.

  "Mr. Naoki?" Max called out hesitantly.

  "What's up?" Naoki replied, pretending not to know what Max was about to ask.

  Max hesitated, then asked cautiously, "Were those three Skiddo also raised by you?"

  Naoki smiled politely and answered modestly, "It's all thanks to their own efforts."

  'All thanks to them eating those grass dumplings like their lives depended on it,' Naoki thought with a small smirk.

  'So scary', Max thought, his mind rag.

  The iy of the energy released by those three Gogoat just now—it felt parable to the power of the Elite Four in the Paldea region.

  'If Naoki train Skiddo to this level, what kind of power do the other Pokémon on this ranch have?' Max wondered.

  Subsciously, Max g the seemingly i Dragoting on the grass, happily mung away at its food, and then at the other Pokémon like Butterfree, who seemed just as ordinary.

  'Are they, the same?' he thought, trying to his head around it.

  But sihe Pokémon weren't showing their true strength, Max had no way to find out.

  That afternoon, Max decided it was time to move on to the own, so he didn't linger for long.

  As he prepared to leave, he said his goodbyes to Naoki.

  Naoki and Koraidon stood in front of the ranch to see him off. "Safe travels!" Naoki called out with a wave.

  "Well, I wish you good luck with your work too!" Max said, slinging his backpack over his shoulder. The Fuecoco perched on his shoulder gave a cheerful cry, and the Poké Ball taining his newly captured Fletg was securely tucked in his pocket.

  The two exged farewells, and Max turo tinue his journey with the Pokémon he had just captured by his side.

  Naoki watched him go before turning back to the ranch, ready to resume his work as a rancher.

  Although most of the day's work on the ranch was already pleted, Naoki didn't rest. Instead, he sought out the three newly evolved Gogoat, eager to observe the ges in them.

  First, he focused on their personalities.

  Before evolving, the Skiddo had a cute and id-back demeanor, often lounging around the grass, zily mung on grass bdes.

  Even after evolving into Gogoat, this habit hadn't ged much. The only noticeable difference was that they no longer emitted that strange glow wheing grass dumplings.

  "It's likely that the evolution has signifitly increased the energy capacity of the Gogoat," Naoki mused, recalling a theory Miss Joy had once shared with him.

  She had expihat a Pokémon's evolution is a massive leap in their life stage, built upon the foundation they had before evolving. The strohat foundation, the more powerful the Pokémon bees after evolution. The glowing in the Skiddo earlier was likely because they had reached the limit of their energy capacity.

  'So, are there any other ges?' Naoki wondered.

  With that in mind, Naoki called the three Gogoat over and asked them to demonstrate the moves they had mastered.

  The Gogoat responded, moving with newfound strength and agility.

  They showcased a series of Grass-type moves: Vine Whip, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf, Worry Seed, Synthesis, Horn Leech, Leaf Bde, and their most profit move—Grassy Terrain.

  Waves of green energy rippled out from the Gogoat, spreading across the ranch. The grouh their hooves seemed to e alive, as if thousands of bdes of grass were gently swaying in the breeze.

  The range of the Grassy Terrain expanded further and further, and with the bined effort of the three Gogoat, it eventually covered most of the pasture.

  Naoki couldn't help but gasp at the sight.

  'This is incredible!'

  Instead of just calling it a Grassy Terrain, Naoki felt a more fitting term would be "Grass Realm."

  'Yes, that's right—the Grass Realm!' he thought, awe-struck.

  With their Grass Pelt ability enhang their defenses and their Grass-type energy absorption at its peak, Naoki was certain that, aside from Koraidon, no other Pokémon on the ranch could rival these three Gogoat.

  Naoki's mind raced as he imagihe potential of his newly evolved Gogoat in a 3v3 team battle. Their performance would be nothing short of extraordinary.

  With their ability, the Gogoat wouldn't take any damage from Grass-type moves; instead, their attack power would increase. Naoki could see it clearly: they would start by activating Grassy Terrain, boosting the power of Grass-type moves. Then, the other two Gogoat would use Grass-type moves on their panion, not to harm them, but to further amplify their attack power.

  The Grassy Terrain would enhahe strength of those moves even more. With their attacks maximized, the Gogoat could finish off their oppos with a powerful Grass-type move like Leaf Bde, or in his mind's eye, a mighty "Sacred Sword" move.

  Naoki could almost see it—a Gogoat holding a glowing sword-like leaf in its mouth, delivering a decisive aating blow to its oppo.

  But before his thoughts ran too wild, Naoki called out, "Okay, let's stop here!"

  The Gogoat halted their demonstratioing out friendly, tented sounds.

  "Baa..."

  Naoki smiled, reag out to pat their heads. "Go on, go py!"

  The Gogoat happily trotted off, leisurely strolling across the grass, mung on the fresh bdes.

  Watg them, Naoki took a deep, tented breath. 'They've grown up so much,' he thought with a touch of pride. 'My cute little Skiddo have matured and hold their own!'

  leased him even more was that in addition to the increase in strength after their evolution, the Gogoat were now produg more milk as well. Their milking cycle had shifted from once every two days to once a day, meaning the ranch could produce even moat milk daily, boosting its profitability.

  The only thing that hadn't ged was their o burn off excess energy by dang around.

  Later that evening, Zack arrived to collect the goods. He looked at the full buckets of milk, an expression of surprise crossing his face. "You're already raising Miltank?"

  Naoki chuckled. "Not quite, but I did build the Pokémon House retly. pared to the Skiddo, Miltank provides a more stable ine."

  Zaodded in agreement. "That's true."

  He begaing the quality of the milk, following the usual procedure. But as soon as he got the results, his eyes widened in shock.

  "The quality is so high?!" Zack excimed.