“I see. Coincidentally, I picked quite a few Berries and medicinal herbs in Viridian Forest this time.” As Jasper spoke, he took out some Berries and medicinal herbs from his Berry case.
He might as well sell them together and save himself another trip after returning to Pewter City.
Seeing that many more Berries and medicinal herbs had appeared on the table, Takeda was delighted again.
Sure enough, he had not misjudged this young man.
“Mm, these honeycombs weigh two thousand seven hundred and fifty grams in total, and the quality is top-grade. I’ll purchase them at one hundred and sixty Poké Dollars per gram. That comes to four hundred and forty thousand Poké Dollars.”
“Let me take a look at these Berries and medicinal herbs. Candlewood Berries, Tongmu Berries, Bulbs, Luminous Moss, Pecha Berries… There’s quite a lot. Although most of them aren’t especially rare goods, they are all things needed on the market. Altogether, I’ll count them as twenty thousand Poké Dollars for you,” Shopkeeper Takeda said after carefully calculating.
“All right. Then thank you, Mr. Takeda.” Among these things, only those few Candlewood Berries were high-grade goods.
Jasper knew that he had already gained quite a bit of advantage.
“The money has already been transferred to your bank card. As for the riot in the forest, you don’t need to worry about it either. I’ll find someone to handle it,” Takeda said as he handed the bank card back to Jasper.
Taking the bank card from Takeda, even though Jasper had lived two lives, he still could not help feeling a little excited.
This time, he had perfectly completed this mission by relying on his own intelligence.
It was different from the mission on Mt.
Moon.
Back then, he had only dared to accept that mission because he knew the plot in advance.
Over the years, the Moon Stones produced by Mt.
Moon had become increasingly scarce, let alone high-grade Moon Stones.
Because of that, almost no one had accepted that mission.
If one wanted to live well and become stronger in this world, both strength and wisdom were indispensable.
With this money, Jasper could begin planning for the Crystal Onix’s evolution.
Onix was a Pokémon that could evolve again, and Steelix, as Onix’s final evolved form, received a huge improvement in both typing and base stats.
Onix.
Type: Rock and Ground.
Category: Rock Snake Pokémon.
Height: 8.8 meters.
Weight: 210 kilograms.
Total base stats: 385.
HP base stat: 35.
Physical Attack base stat: 45.
Special Attack base stat: 30.
Speed base stat: 70.
Physical Defense base stat: 160.
Special Defense base stat: 45.
Steelix.
Type: Steel and Ground.
Category: Iron Snake Pokémon.
Abilities: Rock Head and Sturdy.
Height: 10 meters.
Weight: 450 kilograms.
Total base stats: 510.
HP base stat: 75.
Physical Attack base stat: 85.
Special Attack base stat: 55.
Speed base stat: 30.
Physical Defense base stat: 200.
Special Defense base stat: 65.
According to speculation, the steel it swallowed together with soil underground caused its body to change, making it harder than diamond.
Although these were only the data for ordinary Onix and Steelix, the Crystal Onix should presumably not be too different.
Professor Sycamore of the Kalos region was devoted to research on the evolution of various Pokémon, especially Mega Evolution, which existed uniquely in the Kalos region. New chapters come out on novelping(.)com first.
The method for Onix’s evolution had been discovered at that research institute.
However, the Kalos region was far too distant from Kanto.
There was almost no interaction between the two regions, so almost no one in Kanto knew about these discoveries.
Jasper’s master, Flint, also did not know that Onix could evolve again.
Most importantly, Jasper knew that Steelix could also undergo Mega Evolution.
This was something probably no one had discovered yet.
After evolving into Steelix, its type matchups would also change.
It would be weak to Water, Fighting, Ground, and Fire by double damage, and Grass and Ice by normal damage.
Psychic, Dragon, Dark, Normal, Flying, Bug, Steel, and Ghost would deal half damage, Rock would deal quarter damage, while Electric and Poison would have no effect on it.
Compared to Onix’s quadruple weakness to Water and Grass, this was already a massive improvement.
Not to mention, Jasper’s Crystal Onix was naturally immune to Water-type attacks.
Fighting-type and Ground-type attacks were mostly physical attacks, and with the Crystal Onix’s astonishing physical defense after evolving, there was no need to worry too much.
What he truly needed to guard against was Fire-type attacks, which it was naturally afraid of.
Because of this, ever since Jasper captured the Crystal Onix, he had been continuously training its resistance to Fire-type attacks.
But after thinking so much, all of this still had to be built on the premise that the Crystal Onix could evolve.
Jasper was not certain whether the Crystal Onix could evolve or not.
After all, a body made of crystal was fundamentally very different from that of an ordinary Onix.
According to Jasper’s understanding, Onix’s evolution method required the use of an item called Metal Coat, followed by communication evolution.
Professor Sycamore’s research institute, which had discovered Onix’s evolution method, was located in Lumiose City of the Kalos region.
If he wanted to obtain Metal Coat, he would probably have to go there.
He had to think carefully about what to do.
The Kalos region was still far too distant for his current self.
Moreover, he did not have the official status of a League Trainer.
All this time, he had only been a freelance Trainer.