The demon monk in the second dimension

Moreover, compared to the food-grade Krabby, Kingler ranks in the middle among Water-type Pokémon. After evolving, it becomes a ready-to-fight Pokémon, and it is also sturdy and durable, so it can be used to fill the gap in Water-type Pokémon.

The Viridian Forest is bisected by a clear river, which also provides water for the city of Viridian.

With her superpowers and fighting skills at the Elite Four level, Xia Zhi jumped into the water with a simple breathing apparatus that could provide 15 minutes of oxygen, and used herself as a spirit.

As soon as Xia Zhi jumped into the water, she immediately startled several fish swimming nearby, creating a splash.

In the rivers of Viridian Forest, many aquatic spirits from the Kanto region can be seen during the summer solstice.

For example, Poliwag, Poliwag, Viper, Goldfish, Magikarp, Gyarados...

Wait, Gyarados?

Upon closer inspection, Xia Zhi indeed saw a colossal creature about six meters long, entirely blue with a white belly.

It has three upward-pointing blue horns on its head. It has a deck shaped like the Chinese character "宏" on its back, and its expression is exceptionally fierce.

Upon seeing the summer solstice, the Gyarados opened its mouth wide, revealing four sharp, white fangs that looked like daggers.

It pushed aside the surrounding torrents and rushed straight towards Xia Zhi, as if it wanted to swallow him whole.

Gyarados is an extremely ferocious and aggressive Pokémon. When Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, even its brain cells are altered due to intense pain, transforming it from a dull and listless creature into its current ferocious form.

Legend has it that a certain town angered a group of Gyarados, who then burned it down with their Hyper Beam, leaving no trace behind.

Based on their strength, Pokémon are divided into Basic, Advanced, Elite, Gym Leader, Elite Four, and Champion levels.

Legendary Pokémon like Groudon, Kyogre, Dialga, and Mew are in one tier, Rayquaza and Giratina are in another, and Arceus is the highest tier.

After all, it's an alpaca that created the universe.

Magikarp is generally at a basic level. But once it evolves into Gyarados, it skips the advanced level and jumps directly to an elite level Pokémon.

Gyarados's fierce appearance, powerful strength, and versatile moves make it extremely popular among male trainers.

This Pokémon is stubborn, fierce, and arrogant, making it difficult for ordinary trainers to control and obey their commands.

Generally, we let it "play its own game".

With the summer solstice still more than ten meters away, Gyarados glared with its red eyes, the size of copper bells, and used a threatening move.

Then, Gyarados leaned forward with its body straining and swung its tail violently, unleashing its Water Gun attack.

A stream of water, as thick as a bucket, was spat out from Gyarados's mouth and shot rapidly toward Summer Solstice.

Although the people of the Pokémon world have excellent physical abilities, and each of them is at the level of an Olympic athlete, they can still suffer broken bones and serious injuries after being hit by an elite Pokémon.

In water, this could be a fatal injury.

Faced with the incoming water cannons, Xia Zhi stretched out her right hand and used her superpowers to create a superpower barrier.

The water cannon struck the superpower barrier, turning into countless splashes that scattered and merged into the surrounding water.

Aiming at Gyarados, Xia Zhi squeezed hard, and her psychic power transformed into a giant hand, immediately suppressing Gyarados.

Before it could react, the Gyarados felt a sharp pain all around it, as if many Pokémon were attacking it at the same time. It opened its mouth and let out a painful howl.

The next moment, its belly flipped up, and Xia Zhi knocked it unconscious.

With a smile on her face, Xia Zhi swam over, took out a Poké Ball that hadn't been tampered with by the League, and put Gyarados into it.

"A single Gyarados can easily fetch 200 to 300 million on the black market, what a great start!"

Xia Zhi didn't take the mere elite-level Gyarados seriously at all.

Gyarados usually live in the depths of rivers. This Gyarados was probably out hunting for food and accidentally bumped into the summer solstice.

It was just bad luck for it.

It's worth mentioning that Gyarados's favorite foods are Krabby and Shellder, which are both crunchy and chewy.

Crabs are usually found where Gyarados is present.

Xia Zhi used her superpowers to search the surrounding area and quickly found two large pincer crabs.

He used his psychic powers to stun them, put them into a Poké Ball, and then used Teleport to leave again.

……

Back at the restaurant, Xia Zhi released two large clawed crabs, tied them tightly with hemp rope, and put them into the pool to keep them.

I won't feed them anything during the summer solstice, so they can empty their stomachs and then I'll put them directly into the pot.

After giving some pointers to the Scyther who was practicing its swordsmanship in the yard, Xia Zhi turned and went to the Pokémon Market not far away.

Inside the Elf Market, the shopkeeper smiled as soon as he saw Xia Zhi.

Compared to others who are frugal and buy a few pounds of meat today and a few pounds of meat tomorrow, Xia Zhi is a big customer, spending at least hundreds of thousands of yuan each time.

"Boss Xia is here? Welcome, welcome!"

"I think you're just happy to have my money!"

Xia Zhi jokingly said to the market owner.

"I'll pick up a freshly killed Farfetch'd and half a Tauros at 7:30 the day after tomorrow. Are you interested in this Gyarados?"

Xia Zhi handed over the Poké Ball containing Gyarados.

The market owner went inside, took out a device, put a Poké Ball on it and looked at it for a while, then said to Xia Zhi.

"It's just an ordinary Gyarados, Mr. Xia, how about 220 million?"

This seems like Xia Zhi was given an extra 200,000, but Xia Zhi was clearly not satisfied.

"180 million, plus the meat from the day after tomorrow."

The market owner's expression changed, and he quickly shook his head, as if this deal was going to result in a loss of millions.

"Boss Xia, we'll lose money selling like this! I'm just a shopkeeper, I can't afford the blame from above!"

"Stop it!"

Xia Zhi sneered and said to the market owner.

"Gyarados's average price has recently risen to 260 million, right? You should make at least 40 from this deal, how could you possibly lose money?"

The unscrupulous boss chuckled awkwardly, showing no remorse.

He put away Xia Zhi's Poké Ball and then transferred the money to Xia Zhi's anonymous bank card.

When doing business, haggling is normal.

However, Xia Zhi earns enough money from cooking just one meal to buy almost two Gyarados, which shows just how exorbitant his prices are.

……

Two days later, Xia Zhi returned to the Elf Market to collect meat.

The market owner walked over with a very enthusiastic smile, and with a hint of sycophancy, placed a large, well-prepared green onion duck and half a Kentauro in front of Xia Zhi.

"Boss Xia, look at this! This is all fresh, good meat! I'm only giving you extra because of you!"

Xia Zhi checked the duck and beef and was somewhat surprised.

The meat of these Kentaro and Farfetch'd ducks is of excellent quality, even better than what he usually buys.

Moreover, the portion of the Tauros didn't seem to be just half a dog; it's possible that only the two legs were cut off and the rest was sent over.

Has the market owner finally had a change of heart?

After discovering that there was nothing wrong with the meat, Xia Zhi didn't bother with it.

After he left, the market owner let out a long sigh of relief.

An hour later, Sakaki arrived at the black market as promised, bringing with him Masato.

A large bee buzzed its wings and followed behind Sakaki, full of energy and high spirits.

Sakaki looked around and smiled.

"It's been a while since I've been here, and the black market hasn't changed much."

Dressed as a secretary and wearing tall leather boots, Masato spoke to Sakaki.

“Boss, the meat the restaurant owner bought is supplied by our Elf Market. I have already had them prepare the best meat to send over.”

"Ah."

Sakaki nodded slightly.

For him, it was just a small matter.

Arriving at the entrance of "Summer Solstice Elf Restaurant", Sakaki looked it over from head to toe.

The storefront is made of dark blue marble, and the signboard is carved directly from a large piece of oak wood with a simple and sharp cut, creating a unique artistic conception that even made Sakamoto stop and look at it for a while.

"This is absolutely a masterpiece!"

He had initially been rather uninterested in lunch, but now he finally felt a sense of anticipation.

Upon entering the restaurant, the first thing that catches Sakagi's eye is the kitchen, which is enclosed by a square layer of transparent glass.

This kitchen allows one to clearly see the chefs' actions, yet it forms a well-enclosed space, preventing cooking fumes from escaping.

The restaurant contained only one round table with a tray that rotated automatically.

At this moment, Xia Zhi was making preliminary preparations in the kitchen, setting out the ingredients and seasonings.

Seeing Sakaki and Masato appear together, he remained calm and smiled at them.

"The guests have arrived very early."

It was Giovanni?

Xia Zhi was somewhat surprised.

However, this is Tokiwa City, which is originally Giovanni's territory.

It's no wonder that his cooking is so good that it attracted Sakaki.

Sakaki had no idea that Xia Zhi recognized him at a glance.

He didn't look at Xia Zhi first, but at the Scyther next to him, a look of surprise in his eyes.

This Scyther was the best of its kind in terms of both height and size. Its eyes were cold and indifferent, which even startled his Beedrill, who quickly stood in front of Giovanni.

Just by looking at this Scyther Giovanni, you can tell that besides being a chef, the owner named Xia Zhi must also be an extremely powerful trainer.

He was eager to recruit talent for the organization and immediately spoke up.

"Mr. Xia, right? Your Scyther is very well trained, it's already at the near-Champion level, just one step away from becoming a Champion. Why are you still working as a chef here?"

A near-Elite Four level Scyther can become an Elite Four level once it evolves!

Although Giovanni doesn't know why this Scyther didn't choose to evolve, the restaurant owner named Xia Zhi is no ordinary person to have a Scyther that is close to the Champion level!

Xia Zhi walked out of the kitchen, wiped the water off her hands with a white towel hanging nearby, and smiled at Sakaki.

"Not everyone wants to become an Elf Master and be the center of attention. I want to become an Elf Cooking Master."

Sakaki was taken aback and was speechless.

He didn't believe the boss only had one near-Elite Four level Scyther; he thought there should be quite a few Gym Leader level Pokémon.

With that kind of skill, he could easily be a gym leader in the league.

But the other party only opened a restaurant in the black market; it just goes to show that everyone has their own ambitions.

Sakaki remembered Xia Zhi and his Scyther, and sat down at the round table.

He gave instructions to the real bird beside him.

"You sit down too."

"Yes."

The bird responded and did not refuse.

Xia Zhi first closed the restaurant door, turned on the bright white chandelier, and then pulled the two large clawed crabs that were blowing bubbles out of the pool next to her.

He held a large pincer crab in one hand and presented it to Sakaki and Masato.

"Guest, look at these two large clawed crabs."

With just a quick glance, Sakaki knew that these two large clawed crabs were quite ordinary, and their size was only average among their kind.

It looked as if it had been casually pulled from the river.