After Eddie returned home, he found a container and soaked the seeds that Fiona gave him in it, intending to soak them in water to germinate them first.
Before soaking it in water, Eddie used his golden finger to sort out its energy as usual. The energy contained in this seed produced by an S-grade fruit tree was indeed more abundant than the seeds that Eddie had induced to grow before. No wonder Fiona said that if this seed could germinate, it would definitely grow into a B-grade fruit tree. Its starting point was higher than the fruit tree that Eddie bought from the plantation.
I just don't know what this seed will eventually grow into now that Eddie's golden finger has intervened.
After soaking the seeds, Eddie handed the container to Salandit and asked it to take care of it to make sure it wasn't thrown away as garbage by any Pokémon in the house.
The Salandit held the container happily and placed it in a bright and ventilated place.
In the afternoon, Eddie took the specimen of the Flower of Time and rode on Captain Talonflame towards the Coumarine City Gym.
Seeing Eddie coming to visit, Ramos put on a stern face and pretended to be angry and said, "You kid still remember an old man like me?"
Eddie smiled and apologized: "How could I not remember you? You are closer to me than my grandfather. I have been busy recently. I will come to see you more often in the future."
Selene snorted and said, "These are all excuses. If you really want to do it, how can you not make time? Are wou are a million miles away from me?"
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault." Eddie didn't make excuses for himself this time. He was indeed wrong recently.
Ramos was not really angry. He teased Eddie for a while and then began to ask him about his gains from this trip to Lumiose City. Eddie answered all his questions one by one. Especially after learning that Eddie got an A-grade fruit tree from the Alliance, he was both surprised and relieved.
"Since the Alliance has given it to you, you should cultivate it well. Maybe one day in the future you can cultivate it into an S-grade fruit tree!" Ramos said to Eddie.
The fruit tree is eight hundred years old, so it has a solid foundation. Coupled with Eddie's extraordinary talent, he might be able to succeed someday.
"Yes, I will take good care of it and never let down the knowledge I have learned from you."
Ramos was very satisfied after hearing this, and looked at Eddie with kindness in his eyes.
The old man and the young man chatted for a while, and Eddie finally told them the purpose of his visit.
"Ramos, I'd like to ask you for a favor this time." Eddie hesitantly said.
When Ramos heard this, his reaction was exactly what Eddie had guessed.
"Okay, I knew you wouldn't come to my gym for no reason. I thought you came to see me specially, but it turns out you have something to ask of me again!"
Seeing that Ramos was furious, Eddie quickly took out the Flower of Time and said, "Oh, of course I came to see you specially. Asking for your help is just a side note. Look, I also brought you a gift."
Ramos gave Eddie an expression that said "it depends on whether I believe it or not", but in the end he was still attracted by the Flower of Time in Eddie's hand.
"This… this is…"
Ramos was different from Eddie, a boy with no vision. He could tell at a glance that this crystal lotus was not a real crystal, but a plant with a special shape.
"This is a special plant specimen, called the Flower of Time..."
Seeing that Ramos was staring at the Flower of Time intently, Eddie began to tell him the origin of the Flower of Time. Even though Ramos was knowledgeable, this was the first time he heard of the name of the Flower of Time. After all, the number of Flowers of Time brought out from the World's Beginning Tree was small.
He looked at Eddie deeply and said, "It's amazing that you can get it."
Eddie just laughed and didn't say anything.
Ramos stopped talking and walked around the Flower of Time carefully, as if he was afraid to break it by accident. It was obvious that he really liked it.
Then, he watched the footage recorded in the Flower of Time according to Eddie's instructions, and was also shocked by the battle that lasted only a dozen seconds.
It can be seen that the two Pokémon that appear in it are really not simple.
"It's amazing that this Flower of Time is related to Mew and the World's Beginning Tree." Ramos couldn't help but sigh. He was very satisfied with the gift from Eddie.
After admiring the Flower of Time, Ramos said to Eddie: "It's not impossible for you to have the special flowers preferred by the Flabébé line." Having said this, Ramos paused.
"Really?" Eddie said excitedly.
"But you have to do me a favor," Ramos said again.
"What favor do you want? Just give me the order. Why are you being so polite to me?"
Ramos said angrily: "Of course I won't be polite to you, i am just trying to make this formal!"
Then Ramos stated his request.
It turned out that his son ran a goat ranch, but for some reason, lambs or goats would go missing on the ranch every now and then, and the reason could not be found, so he had to ask his father for help.
Ramos is not a lonely old man, he has his own family. Except for his deceased wife, his son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and grandson all live in Coumarine City.
Ramos's son is not a trainer, so he seldom comes to the Coumarine City Gym. Most of the time, he stays with his family at the ranch inherited from Ramos.
When something happened at the ranch, Ramos originally wanted to ask the apprentices in the Coumarine City Gym to go there, but since Eddie came to his door, he just let him go. He knew that Eddie was quite powerful.
This kid is really irritating. Does he think that giving a gift can stop him from trying to fool the old man?
After listening to Ramos's story, Eddie patted his chest and said, "So that's what happened. Don't worry, I will try my best to help you find the reason."
Ramos nodded: "Well, but you have to be careful. If you encounter a problem that you can't solve, contact me immediately!"
Although nothing serious might happen at the ranch, there is always a chance of something happening.
Ramos's son's ranch is also in the east district, but with reference to the Coumarine City Gym, its location is almost opposite to Mystic Mountain. Mystic Mountain is in the northwest of the Coumarine City Gym, while the ranch is in the northeast.
After getting a general understanding of the situation from Ramos, Eddie set off that afternoon on Captain Talonflame.
At the ranch, Ramos's son Rob and daughter-in-law Paris greeted him at the ranch gate. Ramos had already called his son and daughter-in-law in advance.
Ramos's son is named Rob, who is almost forty years old now. Unlike Ramos who is thin, he is a little fat, especially his bulging beer belly is particularly conspicuous.
His daughter-in-law is a beautiful woman with dark skin named Paris. She looks a little younger than Rob and has a very cheerful and generous personality.
"Hahaha...you must be the little guy Eddie that Dad mentioned. We have heard Dad talk about you many times. He really wishes you were his grandson." Paris said enthusiastically as soon as she saw Eddie.
Eddie politely greeted the couple, "Hello, Uncle Rob, and Aunt Paris."
Rob's personality was not as generous as his wife's. He seemed not very good at communicating with others. He just said dryly: "Hello, hello, thank you for your hard work."
Eddie waved his hands quickly and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard. Ramos has taken good care of me. I'm very happy to be able to help her."
"Okay, stop being polite here. Let's go home and talk first instead of standing here," Paris interrupted the two people's pleasantries.
"Yes, yes, let's go home first," Rob said immediately with a silly smile.
So, under the guidance of the couple, Eddie walked through a long path in the middle of the ranch and came to the door of Rob and Paris's house.
The ranch that the couple inherited from Selene was really big. Eddie didn't see the edge of the ranch at all as he walked along. The ranch was full of goats and lambs leisurely eating grass.
According to Rob, the pastures in the ranch are all covered with special forage grass cultivated by Ramos, which is very suitable for feeding the goats and lambs. It not only promotes their growth and enhances their immunity, but also promotes milk production in ewes, giving the goat milk a unique flavor.
In Coumarine City, the ranch run by Rob is very famous. It has cooperation with many restaurants and dairy factories, and even the Pokémon Center occasionally orders goat milk from them.
The ranch run by Rob mainly sells goat milk, and he also works part-time as a trainer for competition mounts.
"Come in, come in!" Paris warmly invited Eddie in.
Rob and Paris's house, like Eddie's, is relatively simple in appearance, but it has one outstanding feature: it is large and practical.
As soon as Eddie entered the door, he saw two little heads sticking out from behind the sofa in the living room.
Paris also noticed the two little guys. She waved and said, "John, Emma, come here quickly."
Then Eddie saw two little guys who looked exactly the same walking out from behind the sofa. They opened their big round eyes and looked at Eddie with curiosity.
Eddie knew that these were Rob and Paris's twins, a boy and a girl. They just turned four this year and were about the same age as Daisy. The one named Emma was a girl, the older sister, while the one named John was a boy, the younger brother.
Rob and Paris had their children relatively late, so the twins are so young. Ramos especially likes the twin granddaughter and grandson, and basically visits them every time he returns to the ranch.
"This is Brother Eddie. Come over here, brother," Paris said to the brother and sister.
"Hello, Brother Eddie!" The brother and sister hid behind their mother and greeted Eddie in a low voice. Their personalities seemed to be more like Rob.
After introducing the twins, Paris asked Eddie to sit down and began to tell him the details of the recent disappearance of her Gogoat and Skiddo.
"The first Gogoat disappeared five days ago. At that time, Rob and I didn't pay much attention to it because the ranch is large and it's normal for one or two Gogoats to hide and we won't notice them. This has happened before."
"But unexpectedly, another Gogoat and a Skiddo disappeared the next day. Rob and I realized something was wrong, so we started looking for the missing Gogoats and Skiddo's in the pasture, but we couldn't find them."
"Not only that, we also found a gap in the fence at the edge of the pasture. At first, Rob and I thought it was damaged by our Gogoats , and they must have escaped from this gap, so we looked in the direction of the gap."
"We didn't find it, but we saw blood in the woods outside the ranch." At this point, Paris's expression turned a little ugly. She took a deep breath and said, "Rob and I suspect that the missing Gogoat and Skiddo have been killed."
Rob brewed some tea and brought it over. He continued, "Yes, Paris and I have been keeping an eye on the ranch since that day, and even took turns to watch it at night. But the next day, another Gogoat disappeared, and we didn't even see the shadow of the murderer."
Paris nodded, feeling very sad. All the goats and lambs on the ranch were raised by them with great effort, and she would be heartbroken if any one of them was lost.
Five days passed, and no matter how careful the couple was, they still could not find any trace of the murderer. Even several Gogoats and Skiddo's disappeared from the ranch. In desperation, they had to ask their father for help.
They were worried that if they continued to allow the murderer to act with impunity, the next victims might not just be the Gogoats and Skiddo's they ride on, but perhaps one day it would be the couple and the twins.
After learning the details, Eddie said to Rob and Paris, "Can you take me to the damaged fence?"
The murderer must have entered the ranch from there, so there might be hidden clues.
Paris replied, "Of course, let Rob take you there."
"I'll take you there," Rob nodded.
After leaving the house, Rob called two goats to use as a means of transportation. There was no other way because the pasture was too big and it would take too much time to walk on two legs alone.
The two Gogoats Rob summoned were specially trained Pokémon mounts that had participated in riding competitions. They could carry people quickly and steadily, and soon the two arrived at their destination.
The damaged section of the fence had been repaired by Rob, but the new section was noticeably different from the rest of the fence.
Eddie got off his Gogoat and walked to the fence to observe carefully. After a while, he stood up and said to Rob:
"From the marks, it seems that the damaged part was violently knocked open. Didn't you and Paris hear any noise before?"
Rob shook his head and said bitterly, "Absolutely not, otherwise we wouldn't have seen the murderer until now."
Eddie thought for a moment and said to Rob, "Rob, why don't you go back first? I'll walk around the area and see if I can find some clues."
Rob nodded and said, "Then be careful."
"Don't worry, I will."
Upon hearing this, Rob left with a worried look on his face, but he left his Gogoat to Eddie.