The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 2457 Main Text
Chapter 2362 of the main text

Back then, when I was in fourth or fifth grade, some classmates would show off how many Pokémon cards they had collected, and others would exchange cards.

After purchasing multiple items, the author acquired cards of rare Pokémon with high base stats, such as Dragonite, Zapdos, Moltres, Mew, and Mewtwo—quite lucky. While some of the dozens of cards contained duplicates, they included most of the rare Pokémon from that generation. Perhaps some people who purchased even more items didn't acquire those rare Pokémon.

Back then, there were eight boys living in the dorm. Once, we were talking about Pokémon cards. They said some Pokémon were very rare, and I said I had a Mewtwo card. Some people laughed, saying, "How could you have that? You can only dream about it; you're talking nonsense." The following week, I put that card in my bag. To make sure I didn't lose it, I only showed it before going home for the weekend. Then, as I was about to leave, the one who had laughed said, "Yes, I do have it. I'd like to trade some other Pokémon for it." But I refused. Of course, I didn't want to pay attention to those who had mocked me. I didn't need to trade cards, and even if I had duplicates, I wasn't interested in exchanging them for others. Seeing some classmates also showing off rare cards, I didn't think much of it, saying, "What's the big deal? Just buy more items, and you'll have a chance to get rare cards. It's like nobody else has them."

Back then, the Pokémon anime, with its voice-translated version, was airing and everyone was buying the cartridges. We thought dozens of episodes were a lot, but little did we know that more and more games and anime would be released later, resulting in thousands of Pokémon. The anime and games are still being updated in recent years; it's truly a very famous series. At that time, we also bought cartridges for other anime series, such as Journey to the West, Calabash Brothers and Calabash Brothers, and Disney animations, using a DeeVision cartridge player connected to a TV screen to play the videos.

Jin Huyue said that the author can still remember his elementary school days, which shows that he has a good memory and has recorded some things.

I still remember some of these things. Back then, on a certain street, there were toy vendors who were very attractive. My grandfather would take me there to buy toys, spending ten or twenty yuan at a time. In those days, that wasn't cheap. There were glow-in-the-dark yo-yos, Ultraman toys, Master Balls that could open and close, small Pokémon figurines, and so on. Those were innocent years; every time I got a new toy, I was overjoyed. Most of the time, I was carefree. Even now, some of those memories remain warm and beautiful.