Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Upon hearing Ze Shu accurately pronounce its identity, Ditto panicked even more, its beady eyes trembling violently.

Ze Shu: "..."

"Don't worry...you obtained these goods legally, right?"

Ditto nodded hastily: "Goo!"

Despite his beady eyes, Ze Shu could see the pleading look hidden within them.

It is praying that Ze Shu will not give up on buying the goods in front of it.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll buy them all," Ze Shu said.

Ditto's expression immediately turned to relief, and he staggered as he handed a sack full of various materials and tools to Zeki.

Ze Shu: "..."

Why does Ditto look like he's lost out? But he clearly made a killing... an incredible killing.

These star fragments, pearl strings, and large pearls alone, bought for two hundred each and resold, can earn you nearly dozens of times your original Alliance Coins. The other materials needed for the Ze Tree are practically given away for free.

"Is this the first time you've come out to sell these things?" he asked.

Ditto nodded seriously: "Goo!"

This is something they've been collecting for a long time.

"Hmm..." Ze Shu calculated the number of items. "There are thirty-three items in total. I need to give you six thousand six hundred alliance coins. Should I pay you in cash?"

The Ditto Bean blinked its beady eyes in confusion before nodding repeatedly.

Ze Shu paid the money, but felt a little reluctant.

How come, even though he's the buyer and the price was offered by the Ditto on the other side, he feels like a swindler, cheating innocent Pokémon?

However, Ditto looked happy and grateful.

He hurriedly put on his sunglasses, abandoning even the tattered package he had brought with him as a prop, leaving it behind. He grabbed the money and ran straight to the department store, disappearing from Ze Shu's sight in an instant.

"Eevee?" Ice Eevee tilted its head.

Even with its tiny brain, it could use its paws to calculate that the value of those items was enough to justify a hefty sum of six thousand six hundred.

"I don't know..." Ze Shu shook his head.

Looking at the items he had just acquired—three ice gems, a piece of unmelting ice, three beautiful star fragments that shone with red light, a large, round, lustrous pearl, a dragon scale, a citrus berry, a lantern berry, a large root, a miracle seed… all sorts of things, seemingly items that Pokémon could pick up.

Even a single fragment of a star is worth more than six thousand six hundred.

He didn't understand.

He put these things back into his spatial pouch and continued walking through the free trade zone.

You can still see many people trying their best to showcase their products.

There was even an uncle selling Magikarp, with several dazed Magikarp staring blankly at the bottom of the tank, flailing their tails.

"Hey sir, this is a Magikarp we've carefully selected, with incredible potential!" The man selling the Magikarp then lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "You know the famous Dragon Messenger, Lance, right? His Gyarados came from me..."

"For just 500, you can own the same Gyarados as Lance! Hurry and grab it, or you'll miss out..."

Ze Shu: "..."

It seems like every vendor here has their own wildly outlandish story. The fisherman earlier claimed his rod could actually catch Kyogre, and now he's got a Gyarados just like Lance…

This makes the Ditto from before seem so simple and adorable.

"Ooh~?"

Faced with the Magikarp staring with dead fish eyes, Vulpix curiously ran forward and stretched out its icy blue little paws to try and paw at them. But the breath it gently exhaled from its furry little mouth froze a thin layer of ice on the surface of the tank, and its little paws touched the ice.

The Magikarp uncle exclaimed repeatedly, "Hey, little cutie, yes, yes, hold your breath and reach around with your claws. It's that one, that one, grab it and let your trainer buy it for you..."

Zeshu quickly picked up Rokuro.

Even after being carried away by Ze Shu, the Ice Vulpix still didn't understand why its trainer hadn't let it catch fish.

"Huh?"

"Didn't that uncle say that fish was good?"

Ze Shu: "..."

……

After browsing for a while, there weren't any other items that caught Ze Shu's interest.

On the way back, the fisherman selling fishing rods saw Ze Shu and called out again, "Really don't need it? But to catch Kyogre, it only costs 500,000 League Coins..."

Ze Shu quickened his pace considerably.

The fisherman snorted, "They don't know their stuff. Everyone in this area doesn't know their stuff... Oh well, I'll just go fishing."

"Let's use this fishing rod!"

He took the fishing rod he had just sold to Ze Shu, which was worth 500,000 and could catch Georka, and headed north towards Zhuqing City.

Back at the department store, Zeki managed to buy some materials he hadn't been able to due to their high prices. After all, even the Ditto's items couldn't fully meet Zeki's needs, but they did save him a considerable amount of money.

When I walked out of the department store.

Ze Shu saw the Ditto disguised as a human again, wearing sunglasses, carrying a department store-exclusive bag that was full of things, and walking hurriedly out of Zhuqing City.

A corner of the package was peeking out, containing various kinds of wound medicine.

Ze Shu thought for a moment, then headed in the direction it had gone.

Following this Ditto, we left Zhuqing City to the north; the ocean was on our left. The further north we went, the greener the environment became, with many flowers blooming on both sides. It was a beautiful scene.

But as the Ditto, disguised as a human, wandered into a jungle.

The scene inside came into Ze Shu's view.

This is a flat area surrounded by large trees, with sunlight only pouring into the central open space.

Within the sunlit area, however, many Pokémon were covered in wounds, licking each other's wounds and huddling together for warmth.

They are all in poor condition.

The serpentine bear had messy fur, and a lot of its hair had suddenly disappeared, revealing its injured, bright red skin; the little elephant's large ear was missing a section, revealing a cross-section that had only partially healed.

But this is considered a minor injury.

Curly-eared, Skunk Poo, Croagunk... A dozen or so Pokémon, which Zeshu could see at a glance, lay in the sunlight, occasionally letting out pitiful whimpers even in their unconscious state.

Due to their injuries, they were all unable to move.

Under such circumstances.

As soon as Ditto returned, it was surrounded by a group of Pokémon, all staring at the full bundle on its back, as if looking at a lifeline.

"Gurgle—"

Ditto transformed into a puddle of pinkish-purple slime, and below its beady eyes, its little mouth curled into a happy smile. "Goo, goo!"

"I was lucky; a kind human just bought everything we collected! That's why I was able to bring what I needed so quickly."

Zeshu, hiding in the back: "..."

Why do I suddenly feel a little guilty?

Hearing Ditto's explanation, the Pokémon surrounding it couldn't help but laugh with relief. They then helped each other, carefully applying the medicine Ditto had brought to each other's wounds.

But no matter how much they cherish this hard-won medicine.

Because there were too many injured Pokémon, it happened very quickly—

All the medicine for wounds has been used up.

Many Pokémon are still in pain, and their injuries have not yet healed.

Ditto was extremely anxious and at his wits' end.

But they no longer have anything to exchange for money...

At this time.

Ze Shu's voice suddenly rang out: "Um..."

"I think I can help."

He produced several bottles of potent wound medicine that he had just replenished.