Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Tetsuya observed the other person's route and recognized their identity, realizing that this must be his senior's friend. Slightly surprised, he stood up and respectfully greeted them.

"Yo, you must be Tetsuya. Hello, hello. My name is Soten, the head of the Johto Kikyo Gym, and a good friend of your senior brother, Asahi."

I know what happened. Young people are just too soft-hearted. Come on, follow me.

Su Tian spoke with the same arrogant tone as his appearance, and led Zhe out of the Pokémon Center.

Outside, a silver bird spirit, its entire body clad in armor, perched at the doorway. The inside of its wings was red, and it had sharp teeth.

It is Skarmory, a Pokémon with the Steel/Flying type.

It can fly at speeds up to 300 kilometers per hour, and its feathers are so sharp they can even be used as knives.

"Are there aerial spirits?" Su Tian asked Tetsuya.

Tetsuya nodded. "But in the city..."

"It's alright, I've already spoken to A-Ju. But as for you... never mind, Skarmory, take him with you!"

Su Tian had already climbed onto the armored bird's back and put on his goggles.

Before Tetsuya could react, the armored bird grabbed him with its claws and flew into the air.

"I...you..."

........

The next moment, in front of the hunting ground gate.

The armored bird descended from the sky to the ground.

Su Tian got off it and looked at Tetsuya, who was standing to the side with a pale face and trembling legs: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's just that your Skarmory is too strong and flies too fast." Tetsuya forced a smile.

Armored Bird and Swift Sky nodded in unison; that was indeed the case.

"Let's go! I'll help you get revenge~" Su Tian recalled his Armored Bird, stood at the door, and dialed a number.

Hearing these words and seeing Suten's appearance, Tetsuya had a feeling that this guy wasn't a good person.

"Hey, Baoba, it's me, Sutian, come out and open the door."

While Baoba was making tea and humming a tune in his office, he suddenly received a call from Hayate, the head of the Kikyo Gym, and immediately sensed something was wrong.

The capital city also has hunting grounds, so why is Su Tian looking for trouble here?

However, the other party was the gym leader, and his strength was among the top in the group, so he naturally couldn't be negligent.

Principal Baoba rushed to the entrance and saw the two people standing there. His vision went black, but he knew exactly what was going on.

Several elders in the family are dissatisfied with the compensation; they're likely to suffer a significant financial loss.

Principal Baoba, his heart bleeding, greeted them with a smile.

"Isn't this Su Tian, ​​the flying master from our capital? What brings you to my hunting grounds?"

And Tetsuya, it's been so long! Hahaha, welcome, welcome!

Tetsuya's eyes widened. Is this the adult world? He greeted him quite respectfully.

Su Tian chatted with the zoo director, Baoba, and the three of them walked into the reception room of the hunting grounds.

Over the next hour, the staff at the hunting grounds could even occasionally hear their own head of the ranch shout through the well-insulated walls.

"No..." Then all was quiet.

If they hadn't known that the person inside was a dojo master, they would have been afraid that their own dojo master had been murdered inside.

An hour later, a group of three people came out, their expressions varied.

Tetsuya's eyes were a little dazed, and there was a hint of disbelief in them.

Su Tian's face was full of a carefree smile as he talked with Principal Baoba.

Principal Baoba's face visibly darkened as he forced himself to respond to Su Tian.

Director Baoba summoned a staff member and instructed, "Please see these two distinguished guests off for me. I'm not feeling well; I'm getting old, so I need to go back and rest for a while."

"Alright, alright, you need to take care of your health," Su Tian said with concern.

Principal Baoba's hands trembled slightly, but he managed to say goodbye to Su Tian and Tetsuya with a smile before returning to his office.

Unlike the previous ones, this time he funded all of these himself.

"Those two..." The staff member was a little flustered.

"It's alright, we can walk by ourselves, don't bother seeing us off, just focus on your work~" Su Tian waved his hand, indicating to the staff not to mind, and then left the hunting area with Tetsuya.

At the main gate.

"Alright, I'll be going now. I still have to continue my adventure. You can get those things from Oak's lab later."

Suten released the Skarmory, said goodbye to Tetsuya, and left.

"Okay, thank you, Senior Sutian!" "You're welcome. Be more assertive next time!"

Su Tian's reply echoed in the air.

Tetsuya on the ground shrugged. It's not that I'm not tough, it's just that I'm too poor and have no imagination.

It just goes to show that experience counts. In the past two hours, Zhongsutian and Principal Ba'aoba have been locked in a fierce verbal battle, which has almost doubled the compensation amount.

In addition to the conditions originally agreed upon, Principal Baoba also gave an extra King's Token, 3000 million Alliance Coins, and a Leaf Stone of quality 95.

Well, now I've gathered all the necessary breeding materials for both little ones.

Tetsuya expressed confusion.

He never expected to ask for so much.

Pokémon with the Dragon type in their final form, such as Trapinch, are not as expensive as pseudo-legendary Pokémon, but their black market price is still around 1 million League Coins.

Part of the reason is the sheer number of them. Mandibular ants live in the vast desert, and their habits make them truly difficult to find, not to mention the dangers they face when searching for them.

If you simply breed them, the egg-laying rate will be so low it will make you cry.

Part of the reason is that these kinds of Pokémon, when they evolve to their final form, are already at a near-Elite Four level, which is quite remarkable.

As for the issue of aptitude, dragon-type Pokémon are generally guaranteed to be elite-level, otherwise they wouldn't be so sought after.

In other words, the evolution into the final form is guaranteed.

Only a small number of them are underdeveloped and cannot survive, but looking at the appearance of that mandible ant, it doesn't look underdeveloped at all.

Therefore, based on the base price of 1E, Tetsuya initially proposed compensation of around 1.5E.

He thought he was already heartless enough.

I never imagined I was still so young.

The King's Token is alright, since its function as a tool for fusion evolution has not yet been discovered. Its function of simply increasing the probability of triggering additional effects makes it not that valuable.

Cash was a minor matter; Tetsuya felt that the amount was nothing to worry about.

The key lies in that 95-quality Leaf Stone.

In other words, he only came to the hunting grounds with a visitor's mentality, but not only did he capture a powerful Pokémon, but he also solved his economic crisis and became a tycoon.

He's a tycoon, at least among ordinary people.

Tetsuya touched his head, wondering if his luck was a little too good.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Tetsuya handed Togepi over to Nurse Joy for a check-up.

"Trainer Tamaki Tetsuya, your Togepi has been examined and is a very healthy child!"

Not long after, Miss Joy returned with Togepi.

"Thank you, Miss Joey."

Tetsuya took Pokémon and lifted it high in the air.

"Cha-ke-yi~"

"Congratulations on finding such a little guy in the hunting grounds."

Miss Joey smiled as she watched this scene and congratulated Tetsuya.

"Um, Miss Joey, you found out too?" Tetsuya asked instinctively.

"Yeah, there's already a picture of you and Togepi on the Hunting Grounds' official website!"

Miss Joy excitedly turned on the computer and showed it to Tetsuya.

"The comments below have already exceeded 3000. Thanks to you and the little one, our Fat Red City Hunting Grounds are now much more famous than the other two!"

Tetsuya looked at the photo and pondered for a moment. "Do you think we should charge him advertising fees for the portrait rights authorization?"

Without making a sound, Tetsuya sent a text message to his senior brother and started booking dojo battles.

Chapter 156 Ninja Duel at the Crimson Dojo

3 PM.

In the forest outside Asakusa City.

At this moment, Tetsuya is searching for the location of the Scarlet Gym.

This is the first challenge in the Crimson Dojo.

Its main purpose is to test trainers' ability to find accurate targets in the wild.

After all, such a large gym is already a huge target compared to the person or Pokémon you need to find in the mission.

If you can't even find the location of the Fuchsia Gym, then don't even talk about taking on any challenge.

This is one of the few dojos in the Kanto region that has set up assessment standards other than dojo battles. Similar to this is the recently established Crimson Lotus Dojo.

For this level, the League even deliberately removed the location information of the Fuchsia Gym from the map, leaving only a rough text description.

Fortunately, most of the trainers who returned to challenge the Fuchsia Gym had extensive wilderness survival experience, so finding a gym was a piece of cake for them.

To be honest, Tetsuya was a little puzzled as to why these dojos were getting faster and faster at accepting challenge reservations.

He had just applied for the Crimson Dojo challenge less than half an hour ago, and the appointment notification and the dojo battle time had already been sent to him via his wristwatch. He had thought it would be at least 5 o'clock.

He had no choice but to quickly finish his lunch and head out into the wild forest to find a dojo.

"Beep!"

The sky was filled with the calls of eagles.

It seems we've found it. Tetsuya looked at the circling Pidgeot and gestured for it to lead the way.

The eagle spread its wings and flew eastward.

Tetsuya nimbly darted through the forest, with Blaziken following closely beside him.

Soon, following the direction of Pidgeon, a huge complex of buildings appeared before Tetsuya's eyes.

"Hiss," Tetsuya grinned. No wonder the eagle found it so quickly; there was no way to hide it.

"What kind of testing can this thing even do?" Tetsuya muttered helplessly.

The light red dojo in front of us resembled a grand mansion of an ancient family, covering a vast area.

It was filled with all sorts of rooms and dojos; I estimated it to be at least two and a half times the size of an elf center.

In this desolate wilderness, it is simply too eye-catching to miss.

He recalled Pidgeot, leaving Blaziken behind. Tetsuya stepped forward, but before he could knock, the door opened automatically.

"Wow, it's automatic," he exclaimed, noting how utterly out of place it was with the antique architecture.

He stepped through the gate, then paused.

Tetsuya slightly raised his hand and touched the invisible wall in front of him.

This should be the second challenge of the Scarlet Gym – the invisible wall.

For the average person, finding a path to the challenge area within this invisible wall is really not easy. Even if they are warned, they may still run into it because they cannot find it on their first visit.

However, for Tetsuya, this was a piece of cake.

In his perception, the walls here were clearly visible.