Punishment

When Yuga arrived at the entrance of Windy's room and peered inside, he didn't spot Windy. Instead, he saw a chubby and fair-skinned young man sitting in front of the computer, typing away.

A thief? Thieves nowadays are incredibly audacious, blatantly breaking into homes like this! Yuga didn't waste any time and immediately released Chimecho.

"Chimecho, use your psychic power to catch him!"

As soon as Chimecho emerged, upon hearing its trainer's command, it didn't hesitate to use its psychic abilities to immobilize the chubby young man in place.

The young man in front of the computer had no idea what was happening as Chimecho's psychic energy kept him frozen, unable to move.

Yuga quickly walked up to the captive young man, his voice filled with anger. "You shameless thief! How dare you break into my house in broad daylight! Didn't you bother to find out who I am? You're practically asking for trouble…"

But just as Yuga was preparing to give the thief a piece of his mind, the chubby young man, struggling under the influence of the psychic energy, managed to turn his head and said, "Yuga, you're back?"

Yuga's voice came to an abrupt halt, the sound of the voice was so familiar. And that chubby, fair face looked oddly familiar as well.

"Windy?" Yuga tentatively asked.

The fair-skinned young man appeared puzzled. "Yes, it's me. What's going on?"

Yuga stared in disbelief, then quickly signaled Chimecho to release Windy.

"What happened to you? I've only been gone for a little over ten days. How did you end up like this?"

Yuga felt like his worldview was about to shatter. Where had the gentle, slender boy gone? How did he transform into this chubby, round figure?

No wonder Sister Koen always had an indescribable expression when mentioning Windy. No wonder the entrance of the shop was in such a mess. Could Windy still even go out in this state?

Hearing Yuga's perplexed question, Windy scratched his head, his face reddening. "I tend to gain weight easily!"

Even if he had a tendency to gain weight, it shouldn't have resulted in gaining so much weight in just a little over ten days. Yuga wasn't sure how to express the full extent of his astonishment.

Here's how it happened.

Although Yuga had repeatedly told Windy to go out, exercise, and be active before he left, Windy had treated all those words like they were nothing.

Of course, even if he stayed indoors all the time, it shouldn't have caused him to gain so much weight. The real culprit in this situation was none other than Audino.

When Yuga left, the inherently food-loving Audino began to immerse itself in learning culinary skills.

Every day, it not only searched for information online and purchased courses to study, but it also took full advantage of the financial resources at its disposal to buy a variety of ingredients for practice.

One had to admit that Audino had quite the talent for cooking. Even though it was self-taught, it gradually honed its culinary skills.

However, with extensive practice came numerous results. Even if Audino had always been a foodie, it couldn't possibly consume so much food.

As a result, over the past few days, Windy had been fed by Audino every few hours. The food was even conveniently delivered directly to Windy's room.

In other words, for over ten days, Windy had hardly left his room except to use the bathroom. He had settled into a life of being fed like a pig on a fixed schedule.

Audino and Windy were a match made in heaven – one was a cooking enthusiast, the other, a total internet addict.

Knowing all this, Yuga felt like he was going to explode from sheer exasperation.

"Chimecho, take him downstairs!"

As soon as Windy was released by Chimecho, the psychic energy was used again to escort him downstairs.

Yuga then called Audino over and had both of them stand in a row.

Pointing angrily at Windy, Yuga demanded, "Tell me, how did I remind you before I left? How did you respond to me? And now, what's the situation? Explain!"

Hearing Yuga's reprimand, Windy lowered his head, unable to utter a word.

Seeing Windy's state, Yuga helplessly said, "Come on, big brother, you're older than me by several years. Can't you be a bit more sensible? Am I trying to harm you?"

"I won't do it again next time!" Windy said sheepishly.

Yuga turned his head and looked at Audino, which was staring at him with big, innocent eyes. "And you, are you seriously looking at me like that? I'm barely gone, and you're already running wild!"

Yuga's voice grew louder, making his throat feel dry. After pausing for a moment to ease his throat, he continued, "I don't even know if you're the boss or if I am. You don't even seem to care how much of my money you spend!"

Faced with Yuga's reprimand, Audino blinked with innocent eyes, attempting to evade the blame, but Yuga wasn't buying it.

"Starting today, you're only allowed to eat Pokéblocks. Nothing else! When I'm in a good mood, I'll decide what your meals will be like in the future!" Yuga pointed at Audino.

"Au… Audino…"

Hearing Yuga's words, Audino's eyes widened in disbelief.

For a foodie, being unable to enjoy all sorts of delicious meals and only having bland Pokéblocks was nothing short of torture. Yuga had truly struck at the heart of the matter.

"Au~di~no!"

Audino tugged at Yuga's sleeve, attempting to resist, but Yuga ruthlessly turned it down.

"And you!" Having dealt with Audino, Yuga hadn't forgotten about Windy.

"Starting today, I'll be in charge of your computer. You'll have only three hours a day to use it. You can decide when during the day you want those three hours. I think that should be enough time for you to handle things on our Day Care website."

Just as Windy was still immersed in the sorrow of losing his computer, Yuga delivered another blow.

"Also, every morning and evening, you're going to run around our town. I'll have Great Flygon accompany you! If you dare to slack off, you'll see what happens!"

With that said, Yuga didn't care about their dejected expressions. He headed straight for the Ecopark.

Upon reaching the Ecopark, Yuga released the 50 Miltanks he had brought back from Johto. He introduced them to the other Pokémon and instructed the original six Miltanks to help them become familiar with their new environment.

The 50 Miltanks that Yuga brought back were all quite young, the perfect age for milk production.

However, their levels weren't very high, and their potentials weren't strong, so the original green-potential Miltank naturally became the leader among them.