Wang Yao's Pokémon Journey

Although it exceeded the standard ration, the kind-hearted Jellyfish still met Wang Yao's request.

In fact, among Wang Yao's Pokémon, except for the Giant Crab which is really good at eating, the appetites of the other Pokémon are just average, and there is even one, the Sleeping Shroom, which does not need to eat.

But he still had unregistered barrels of stinging jellyfish and octopuses, and he needed to leave more rations for them.

However, Zapdos doesn't need to eat and can restore its strength directly by absorbing electricity.

While on the Sea-Pyro, Zapdos flew out on his own to find naturally occurring thunderclouds to absorb electricity.

After absorbing electricity once, Zapdos seems to be able to go several months without replenishing it.

Wang Yao also found this quite magical.

Wang Yao sat down in the corner of the restaurant and released several Pokémon one by one to eat.

He himself began to enjoy his dinner.

The spicy curry has a very strong flavor, and you can still chew meat particles in it, but I don’t know if it is synthetic meat... Although it is still a little worse than Kenji’s mother’s cooking, the spicy taste also whetted Wang Yao’s appetite.

Fortunately, in order to take into account the physical exertion of trainers who exercise with Pokémon every day, the portion of a rice bowl in the restaurant is very large, so Wang Yao, who didn't do much exercise today, still felt a little full.

Because Wang Yao rotated the Pokémon to eat and hid in the corner.

The other trainers in the restaurant did not notice how many Pokémon Wang Yao had released.

The last one to come out for dinner was the Sharptooth Fish.

Because it was inconvenient to move on land, Wang Yao held it in his arms and poured the prepared Pokémon food directly into its big mouth.

The sharp-toothed fish is nearly one meter long and weighs more than fifty kilograms, so it is not easy to hold.

Fortunately, the Sharptooth Fish eats very quickly. Once a bowl of Pokémon food is poured into it, it opens its big mouth and swallows it all into its stomach without even chewing.

Plates and cutlery need to be recycled after meals.

In the tableware recycling area, Wang Yao met Miss Joy from the Vermilion City Pokémon Center for the first time.

Miss Joy from Vermilion City also had the same pink hair and sky blue eyes as her family. She wore a pink and white nurse uniform and was about seventeen or eighteen years old, about the same age as Wang Yao.

"Hello~ You must be the new trainer... Jigglypuff told me that there will be a newcomer moving in this afternoon, and he's a Pokédex holder." Miss Joy greeted Wang Yao gently.

"My name is A Yao, and I'm from Honglian Island." Wang Yao handed over the plate and briefly introduced himself.

"Red Lotus Island? Speaking of which..." Joey seemed to have thought of something after hearing Wang Yao's introduction.

"...I seem to have heard from my cousin who lives on Cinnamon Island that the Pokémon Center where she works is too busy due to too many tourists...She is requesting the Alliance to send new staff to help!" Joey poked his chin with a finger and said in distress.

"That's right. Because of the volcanic eruption on Honglian Island... although many buildings were destroyed, many open-air hot springs also appeared..." Wang Yao nodded.

"...After that, the rebuilt Honglian Island was hailed as the 'Pearl of the South China Sea in Kanto' and is now a very famous hot spring tourist destination..." Wang Yao had been to Honglian Island before, so he naturally wouldn't let the cat out of the bag when talking about it.

Wang Yao and Zhenniao took this into consideration when planning the new identity. Because of the volcanic eruption, Honglian Island had to be rebuilt, and most of the original island's historical buildings and indigenous information were destroyed. It was most appropriate to insert the identity of an orphan on the island at this time.

Moreover, Xia Bo, the owner of the Red Lotus Gym, is a scientist of Team Rocket. Wang Yao had met him by chance when handing over tasks at the headquarters before. At that time, Wang Yao heard Xia Bo complain a lot about this.

The reason is that among the tourists who come to Cinnamon Island to play, there are many trainers who come mainly for fun. There is an endless stream of challengers to the gym every day, which makes him very distressed and it seems that he has already planned to close the gym.

But recently, Xia Bo has been in the secret base of Team Rocket, accompanying Sakaki and others in studying Mewtwo, and it seems that he has put this matter behind him again.

"Is that so? Although I have never been to Honglian Island, speaking of hot springs, there are actually some in the forest north of Vermilion City~" Joey blinked and reminded Wang Yao.

Dr. Nanbo also mentioned the natural hot spring in the forest north of Vermilion City before... It seems to be the same place.

It seems to be called something like - Gopher Forest?

Could those natural hot springs have been dug out by gophers?

Wang Yao thought so.

"Ah! By the way, when you came to the Pokémon Center, Yao, I happened to be busy. When I came back, you had already checked into the guest room on the second floor."

"...Do you have any Pokémon that need a health check? As a Pokedex holder, regular Pokémon treatments are free!" Joey has a strong sense of responsibility.

"Well... that's fine. I'm going out to buy some things, so--!" Wang Yao said, taking off the six registered Poké Balls on his belt and handing them to Joey.

"...In the meantime, I'll leave the giant crabs to you, Miss Joy!"

Anyway, Wang Yao had other Pokémon on him, so he was just going shopping in the mall. He could take this opportunity to give the Giant Claw Crab and the others a physical examination.

Chapter 21 Shopping! Lottery! And eating!

"Here it is...Silver Prop Store!" Wang Yao followed Miss Joy's instructions and came to the commercial district of Vermilion City.

Although it does not occupy the tallest building in the city like Silver's headquarters in Jinhuang City, Silver Company also owns a large shopping mall of several hundred square meters in this commercial district.

As one of the leading product manufacturers and sellers in the Kanto region and even the entire Pokémon world, Silver Company naturally has industries in Vermilion City.

Silver's main business is Pokémon's move learning devices, medicine, escape ropes, sprays, Poké Balls, evolution stones and some other carrying items.

Among them, Silver Corporation also pioneered the basic technology of today's Poké Balls, and has continued to expand and innovate on this basis, and even in the future... developed the Master Ball, which can directly capture even legendary Pokémon!

Although the store specializes in Pokémon-related items, it also provides travel items that trainers need.

"Welcome to Silver's Prop Store! What may I need?" The enthusiastic attitude of the lady at the counter also makes people feel happy both physically and mentally.

Although he already had a deposit of 500,000 yuan on his gold card and a 20% discount on purchases, Wang Yao was not the kind of person who would spend money lavishly.

First, I chose a sturdy large-capacity travel backpack, and then changed to a pair of lightweight and sturdy hiking boots - it is said that the fabrics used are all woven from the silk spit out by Alidos.

Not only is it half the weight of ordinary fabrics, it is also comfortable to wear and has excellent wear resistance.

Although I don't know for sure, but judging from the price alone, the salesgirl probably didn't deceive Wang Yao...

Afterwards, I bought three more sets of clothes for summer. The clothes were of the same style, with short sleeves on the top and breathable thin sports pants instead of sports shorts to match the boots.

The colors of the clothes are also the simplest pure colors of black, white, and gray...

It is very consistent with Wang Yao's straight male aesthetic.

Wang Yao also bought a close-fitting crossbody waist bag, which can be used to carry the illustrated manual and small props for temporary use. By the way, the Poké Ball that hides the Zapdos can also be placed in this waist bag.

This way you don't have to keep searching your travel backpack for props.

In addition, there are also portable personal toiletries, folding pots and kettles sets, outdoor quick-drying blankets, multi-functional folding shovels...

As for the tent, Wang Yao did not waste the money. After all, giant crabs are good at digging holes. They can find a small hill in the wild and dig out a three-bedroom and one-living-room tent. They can then spread some hay and wrap themselves in a blanket and sleep there.

If he had a furry Pokémon like Tanabata and Windy, or a Pokémon that had the skill [Cotton Defense]... he wouldn't even need a blanket to sleep on at night, he could just lie on the Pokémon's belly, which would be more comfortable than any mattress.

Because April is almost here, Wang Yao did not prepare any space-consuming clothing such as thick coats, so the backpack could hold more props.

When going out, Wang Yao prepared some medicine and antidote. Because of the experience with Zapdos, the healing items Wang Yao bought were all relatively effective, but they were a bit expensive.

After all this spending, even with a 20% discount, nearly half of the 500,000 yuan gold card has been spent!

Among them, the expenses of travel equipment and spare clothes accounted for about two-thirds, and the rest were various recovery potions.

"This money is really hard to stop spending..." Wang Yao sighed.

After all, the currency system in the Pokémon world is based on the prices in Tokyo, Japan. Although 500,000 sounds like a lot, when converted, the actual purchasing power is only 30,000 yuan.

After sorting the things he bought into different categories and putting them into his backpack, Wang Yao tried to weigh it… Because he also bought some ready-to-eat emergency rations, the entire backpack weighed about 20 kilograms.

"Because your actual consumption amount has reached 100,000 Baokeyuan! You can participate in our consumption lottery this week!" After the shopping guide finished paying for Wang Yao, she pointed to an event poster on the glass door of the store and introduced it.

"Raffle? I didn't even notice it... I'm lucky~" Wang Yao looked at the event poster.

The poster says that if you spend 100,000 Pokémon on the same day, you can enjoy a free lottery, and the prizes may range from ordinary red and white Poké Balls to high-end Evolution Stones.

Wang Yao spent more than 250,000 Pokémon on his bill. After a 20% discount, the actual amount he paid was just over 200,000, so he could draw twice.

The salesgirl took out an octagonal manual lottery machine from behind the counter. There were five colors of balls in the machine, the most common of which were white balls, commonly known as consolation prizes.

Then came the blue, red, purple... and the highest level golden balls!

Wang Yao looked at the prize list. The white and blue ball prize pools only contained some low- and mid-end Pokémon items, but as long as he shook out a red ball, he would get a high-quality attribute evolution stone.

The purple ball is a reward of three high-quality evolution stones! Or five high-level one-time skill discs!

The golden ball prize pool did not give a prize icon, but instead directly drew a mysterious golden question mark.

"Guest, you can draw the lottery twice. You can choose the prizes according to your preferences and the prize pool list." The salesgirl pointed the handle of the lottery machine towards Wang Yao.

"Okay~ I spent so much money this time! Maybe I can earn it back in one go!" Wang Yao excitedly turned the handle of the lottery machine.

Gulu~Gulu~

Tiny metal balls jostled against each other in the lottery machine.

pat--!

A small ball fell onto the tray below.

"It's actually blue! Not bad!" Wang Yao's eyes lit up.

Having gotten a small guaranteed prize for the first time, Wang Yao became more and more excited.

"You are so lucky, sir~" the salesgirl also congratulated Wang Yao.

"Which one should I choose..." Wang Yao did not rush to draw a second time, but first studied the blue ball prize pool.

He doesn't need Poké Balls for now, he wants to go the elite route, and even if he rotates attributes, those ten high-level balls are enough. In addition to some mid-to-high-level medicines and insect repellent sprays, the prize pool also includes disposable combat items such as attribute gems and defense enhancements.

Evolution Stones are not in the blue prize pool, but some simple move learners are included.

"Please give me this... yes, this skill disc!" Wang Yao picked out an auxiliary skill disc from the move learning device.

The skill disc level division in the prize pool seems to be based on the power of the moves. Except for very useful skills in battle such as [Protect], [Sword Dance], and [Shadow Clone], most of the auxiliary skills are not rated high and are therefore allocated to the blue prize pool.

"There is still one more chance to draw the lottery! I wonder if I can win the golden prize! I'm really looking forward to it!" Wang Yao rubbed his hands, borrowed another ten years of life from the Zapdos he was carrying with him, and then started to draw the lottery!

"Hit! Hit! Hit!" Wang Yao stared nervously at the exit of the ball on the lottery machine.

pat--!

With a slight sound, a small red ball fell out from the small gap in the lottery machine and rolled in the tray.

"It's red!" Although it's not the golden prize, it's also worth Wang Yao's happiness.

Snapped--!

Snapped--!

The salesgirl also took out two firecrackers and set them off behind Wang Yao.

"Congratulations to the guest for winning another big prize! Congratulations~ Congratulations~"

Colorful paper flowers are falling all over the sky, looking very festive.

"Thank you...thank you~" Wang Yao scratched his head awkwardly.

The prize pool for the red ball is richer, but Wang Yao did not hesitate too much this time and directly chose a high-quality fire stone!

As Miss Junsa's partner in the police force, Growlithe has a special status in the entire Pokémon League. The Fire Stone, which is indispensable for its evolution, is in short supply and has been sold at a price far higher than that of the Water Stone, Thunder Stone, and Leaf Stone...

This high-quality Fire Stone is worth 100,000 Pokémon Dollars! It is also the most valuable item in the entire red prize pool!

This is equivalent to Wang Yao directly earning back more than half of what he spent today!

"Please keep it. Welcome to come again next time!" The salesgirl packed the prize and handed it to Wang Yao.

The Fire Stone looks like a piece of transparent glass that seals a flame. It is said that the Fire Stone can only be mined with a certain probability from volcanic magma that has cooled and solidified.

When Wang Yao touched it gently with his fingers, he could feel a warmth in it.

The salesgirl also provided an exquisite small black box. It is said that the thermal insulation material inside the box can better store the Fire Stone and prevent energy dissipation.

Although the lottery is over... Wang Yao is still very curious about what the golden prize is.

...Could it be a rare Pokémon egg?

This speculation is still very reasonable. After all, according to the background of Silver Company, it should not be a simple evolution stone or combat prop that can be measured by price.

But unfortunately, even the staff at the counter didn't know this. They only knew that the prize was not in the branch in Vermilion City - if someone won the golden jackpot, someone would be sent from the headquarters in Golden City to deliver it.

Although he was not able to see its true appearance, today's unexpected gain was enough to satisfy Wang Yao, especially the Fire Stone. Whether he sold it or kept it for use in future Pokémon captures, it would be a very good choice.

……

Wang Yao returned to the Pokémon Center with a backpack full of Pokémons and received his Poké Ball from Joey.

"The giant crabs are all very healthy... but perhaps they didn't pay attention to balanced nutrition while traveling, which caused their weight to be a little higher than average." Joey gave a mediocre evaluation.

"Ah... overweight?" Wang Yao was a little slow to react.

"Does it mean that the giant crabs have become too fat?" Wang Yao was a little confused.