Man and Dragon...
It's quite similar to The Old Man and the Sea!
Naoki had no objections and said to Alice, "You decide, Dragonite and I will cooperate with your work."
"That's wonderful!" Alice smiled.
She continued explaining the upcoming photography work to Naoki, "Actually, you don't need to do anything special, just act as usual. As a competent journalist and photographer, I'll find the best angles myself."
"No problem," Naoki said.
Having said that, Naoki resumed his ranch work as usual.
Meanwhile, Alice stayed nearby, searching for the right angles.
The Pokemon on the ranch didn't pay much attention to the visiting guest.
At this time, Calyrex was resting in the glass greenhouse with Sinistea and Polteageist, not coming out.
Spectrier and Glastrier were eating the pile of carrot Berries Naoki had poured into their feeding troughs.
In the cold weather, Naclstack and others didn't come to the Ground much, Alcremie and Cyclizar remained by the fireplace playing with the toys Naoki bought them.
At this time, the only Pokemon outside were Pawmo greeting the hens, Gogoat cultivating the World Tree, and the few Dragonite and Dragonair.
Alice had already seen those four Dragonite, as they guided her to the ranch.
She was fascinated by observing the ecology of those four Dragonite, taking pictures of their harmonious interactions with her camera.
After a while, Alice began to search for Naoki's figure in the ranch.
She was in for a shock once she found him.
Naoki was standing in front of a lake, surrounded by five slender Dragonair!
One of the Dragonair was pink, an extremely rare Shiny Dragonair!
Alice widened her eyes in disbelief at the scene, exclaiming, "Oh my god!"
Five Dragonair, on top of the previous four adult Dragonite, meant there were nine Dragonite in this ranch!
"Hiss!"
The overwhelming number made Alice gasp in astonishment.
Could it be that Mr. Naoki was a Trainer specializing in Dragon Type Pokemon?
Raising nine Dragonite, along with the red Dragon Type Pokemon, seemed even Dragon Elite Hassel couldn't have so many Dragon Type Pokemon.
Moreover, if she remembered correctly, Hassel was supposed to be the young master of the Dragon Tamer family in the Paldea Region.
But now, the number of Dragon Type Pokemon around Naoki had far exceeded the young master of the Dragon Tamer family.
Between these two, who was the real Dragon Elite?
Alice looked in disbelief at Naoki interacting harmoniously with the five Dragonair, observing their responsive and affectionate behavior towards him.
"This is truly astonishing!"
Even after a day of shooting, Alice couldn't quite recover, her face showing a dazed expression akin to that of Xianglin's Wife.
At that moment, Naoki was packing Poffins into a box for the Dragonite.
Once the Poffin Box was filled, the Dragonite hung it around their necks, waved claws to bid farewell to Naoki, and flew toward the evening sky with five Dragonair.
Witnessing this, Alice was puzzled, "Where are the Dragonite going?"
Naoki looked towards their disappearing direction, smiling as he replied, "They're, of course, returning to their homes."
Alice was bewildered, "What do you mean?"
"Literally," Naoki answered. "I've told you before, I never caught them, they came over on their own."
"How is that possible?" Alice was incredulous.
How could such a thing happen in this world?
Naoki shrugged helplessly, "But that's how it is, I'm just as surprised."
"Then what about this Dragonite?" Alice turned her gaze to the only remaining Dragonite on the ranch.
"It?" Naoki chuckled, "Only it is my Dragonite, my partner with whom I live."
Hearing this, Dragonite was delighted, knowing it was different from the others.
Dragonite nodded repeatedly in agreement with Naoki, "Roar!" That's right!
Alice was slightly taken aback, then shook her head, saying, "Even though you say you haven't caught them, I can tell they've chosen you!"
Naoki smiled without answering.
This man, just what kind of charm did he possess to attract so many Dragonite and Dragonair? Alice couldn't help but feel perplexed.
Her intuition told her if Naoki threw a Poke Ball at them, those Dragonite and Dragonair definitely wouldn't refuse.
Perhaps deep down, they were still hoping, hoping that Naoki would throw a Poke Ball at them.
This truly is... enviable!
"It's getting late, let's wrap up today's shooting!"
Regarding the urban legend of the "delivery Dragonite," Alice's heart had already grasped the gist.
Looking at the sunset in the sky, she continued, "I will come to the ranch tomorrow morning to shoot the content of the Dragonite's work, and then it can be concluded."