His first goal in planting tree fruits was those containing Fairy Energy.
These things are very cheap now, extremely cheap. The prices of buying saplings or even full-grown trees are very low. If you don't seize this opportunity to stock up, you might not be able to afford them later.
Natsuhiko has already started to consciously accumulate items related to the Fairy Type.
His next goal is to gather a group of Pokémon that are not Fairy Type yet, but will become Fairy Type in the future.
For example, Pokémon like Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Marill, Granbull, and Mawile.
However, even without Fairy Type attributes, these Pokémon are not cheap.
Moreover, buying them in large quantities would inevitably attract some unnecessary attention, so Natsuhiko restrained himself and did not go ahead with it.
But it's already on the agenda.
The main reason is actually his financial constraints.
That's right.
The funds Natsuhiko has are almost running out again.
In terms of Dojo construction, what the alliance provided was not quite enough, so Natsuhiko had to cover some costs himself.
After all, it's his future territory and the most stable source of income, so this investment hurts just a tiny bit...
Secondly, there's the consumption related to Pokémon training.
The growth of Pokémon strength and the addition of new Pokémon to the team have increased his daily expenses.
Especially Latios.
Its impact is significant.
Counting what he has now, he possesses a Gourmet King with Snorlax, Dragapult, and Latios.
Among them, the food for Dragapult and Latios can't be scrimped on, while Snorlax is easier to care for.
Now that Latios is entering a regular growth period, the food consumption is going to soar.
It's no wonder people say capturing Pokémon is easy, but raising them is not.
The resources consumed by Latios' growth will certainly not be less than what is needed to raise a Quasi-God Pokémon.
Natsuhiko believes.
He can perhaps hold on for about another month, but if the Dojo doesn't manage to bring in significant revenue, he will have to look for other ways to make money.
This doesn't even include the future costs of hiring employees, judges, and so on after the Dojo opens.
Although the alliance will reimburse a little, Natsuhiko estimates it certainly won't be enough.
Overall, Natsuhiko is just getting started everywhere, and while things could turn out well, the initial phase is particularly strenuous.
"Chakii~~"
Seeing Latios carrying Natsuhiko back, Togekiss immediately flew over and started circling Natsuhiko and Latios.
"Balu~~"
Behind Togekiss, there was a little follower.
It was undoubtedly Dreepy.
Dreepy has now become a competent little follower.
It spends all day trailing behind Togekiss, aimlessly roaming, enjoying itself immensely.
"Baluya——"
Beside Natsuhiko and Latios, Dragapult slowly revealed itself.
The only one capable of keeping up with Latios' speed is Dragapult.
Dragapult is quite pleased with Latios' growth.
After all, besides Natsuhiko, Dragapult has invested the most effort into Latios, even when it was still a Pokémon Egg.
It's not an exaggeration to say that it's watched Latios grow from a Pokémon Egg to its current form.
Dreepy dove into Dragapult's embrace, acting coquettishly.
Togekiss also dashed into Natsuhiko's arms, almost knocking him off Latios.
Thud.
Natsuhiko landed on the ground.
"Haha—okay, stop it, won't you go train obediently?" Natsuhiko laughed while stroking Togekiss' wings.
"Cha~kii~~!"
Togekiss nodded vigorously.
Recently, in an effort to quickly master techniques, it has been working very hard.
"Buyi~~"
"Buyi~~"
"..."
After Natsuhiko landed, eight cute Eevees, one after another, rushed over to him and kept rubbing against his legs.
Latios has finished its juvenile phase, but these eight Little Eevees have not.
Their little shapes are quite adorable, and now their fur has fully expanded, making the fluffy, furry appearance even more so.
But Natsuhiko noticed something strange.
Initially, these juvenile Eevees were all grayish, but as they grew, their fur color gradually started changing, moving towards brown and off-white.
However, there seemed to be one that developed a bit slower; its fur was still grayish.
Natsuhiko picked up the Eevee whose fur was still gray and gently rubbed its little belly, finding it very soft.
"Buyi~~"
Eevee squinted its eyes.
It really enjoyed being petted, or rather, all the Eevees enjoyed being petted.
And now Natsuhiko has developed a little hobby of petting Eevee.
I must say, after petting, the mood always gets significantly better.
"Developing well, how strange..."
He put Eevee down.
Natsuhiko didn't ponder too much over it, turning instead to watch Latios playing with a few Pokémon.
Now that Latios has finished its juvenile phase, it will soon join in the training.
"Chimchar, come down from Latios; I want to do a simple test on it," Natsuhiko said with a smile and a wave.
"Chick!"
Chimchar stuck its tongue out and jumped down from Latios, swiftly making its way to Natsuhiko's shoulder.
"Latios, let me see your abilities."
After all, Latios is a Divine Beast, although it's a Pseudo-Divine Beast, and given all the resources he's invested in it, failure is not an option; he's just waiting to see how surprised it can make him.