In preparation for the bidding event that would take place a month later, everyone at YoYo Day Care was actively getting ready.
This event marked the first step for YoYo Day Care to step onto the world stage.
One day, Yuga received a message from the Miltank and went to the dense forest in the Volcano Sub-Ecopark. The reason was that Glaceon and Leafeon offspring had hatched.
The two Eevee were lively and adorable as soon as they hatched.
Perhaps it was because their father was the excellent Flareon with superior potential and strength. Both Eevee also had outstanding green potential.
As the first additions to the Eevee family, these two little Eevee were welcomed by the entire family. Leafeon and Glaceon, who were their mothers, also received great treatment from their clan members.
Apart from the newly hatched Eevee, the other Pokémon in the Volcano Sub-Ecopark were also thriving.
Due to the favorable environment, the two Cyndaquil that lived here had successfully evolved into Typhlosion. Additionally, the one that had already evolved meant there were now three Typhlosion in total.
In the family of Ponyta and Rapidash, the earliest Ponytaes, had also evolved into Rapidash. And new Ponyta offspring had also been born, and the population was growing.
It was believed that soon, YoYo Day Care's Fire-type main signature Pokémon would be ready.
Perhaps because they had left the ruins and didn't need to participate in conflicts with Ghost-type Pokémon, the group of Darumaka were also pregnant after evolving, preparing to raise their offspring.
It was expected that new Darumaka would be born soon.
Then there were the three Ninetales and five Houndoom.
Because the Ninetales leader and the Houndoom leader were married, the other Ninetales and Houndoom usually lived together, just like members of the same clan.
Later, they naturally coupled up, and now they were also preparing to have offspring.
After leaving the Volcano Sub-Ecopark, Yuga went to the Grassland Sub-Ecopark to gather some materials together with Grass-type Pokémon to send to Lain. She was running low on backup materials.
However, as soon as he entered the area, he saw Honchkrow and the Swellow couple flying toward him with great enthusiasm.
Especially the Swellow, Yuga felt that if it were a human, its mouth should have stretched to the back of its ears by now.
"What's the matter? Why are you so happy?" Yuga couldn't help but wonder.
However, as the two Pokémon approached, Yuga was surprised to find that there was a small Murkrow perched on Honchkrow's broad back.
This Murkrow was much smaller than the average Murkrow. At the moment, it had a pair of bewildered eyes, looking around while standing on Honchkrow's back.
When Honchkrow and the Swellow couple landed in front of Yuga, Honchkrow turned its head and gently called out to the small Murkrow on its back.
Upon hearing this, the small Murkrow flapped its wings gently a couple of times and unsteadily jumped down from Honchkrow's back. It then staggered upon landing but managed to stay upright.
Yuga could tell that this small Murkrow had just been born. It hadn't even learned to fly yet, as its previous attempts to flap its wings didn't get it off the ground; it only managed to land unsteadily.
On the side, the Swellow was watching the small Murkrow with wide eyes, extremely worried. It was afraid that the small Murkrow might fall.
The doting type, same formula, same taste.
"Is this your child?" Yuga pointed at the casually standing small Murkrow on the ground and asked.
In response, the Swellow proudly raised its head as if what Yuga was pointing at was not a Murkrow but a mountain of gold. It was acting quite smug.
Of course, this display of arrogance from the Swellow once again earned it a glare from its wife.
Upon learning that the small Murkrow was indeed the offspring of Honchkrow and the Swellow, Yuga was genuinely surprised.
"When was this child born? Why do I know nothing about it? The egg? The Pokémon egg? Did it skip the Pokémon egg stage and hatch directly into a Murkrow?" Yuga was filled with questions.
Naturally, the small Murkrow wasn't born directly. Like other Pokémon, it also hatched from a Pokémon egg.
The Murkrow's Pokémon egg had naturally been there for a while, but as the number of Pokémon in the Ecopark increased, Yuga had more and more to take care of.
So when the Murkrow Pokémon egg hatched, Honchkrow didn't bother to have Audino and the Miltank inform Yuga.
As one of the first group of Pokémon that had followed Yuga, he had a deep affection for Honchkrow and the Swellow.
But Yuga's energy was limited, and as the number of Pokémon in the Ecopark grew, he had less energy to spare for each one.
Plus, apart from the Ecopark, he had his duties to attend to at the Gym, so things that went unnoticed naturally piled up.
Feeling the comfortable aura from Yuga's hand, the small Murkrow squinted its eyes and enjoyed being petted by Yuga.
"I'm sorry; I haven't been paying enough attention to you all these days," Yuga apologized sincerely to Honchkrow and the Swellow.
Honchkrow and the Swellow didn't think much of it. Unlike many Pokémon that were born in the Ecopark, they both had experienced life in the wild.
Compared to the uncertainties and challenges of life in the wild, living in the Ecopark was like heaven.
Now that they were both married and even had children, their offspring would grow up in a safe and secure environment without the worries they faced when they were young. They were more than satisfied with their current life.