Jasper frowned slightly, then asked the receptionist beside him, “There should be quite a few rich people in Pewter City. Why are there so few customers here?”
After all that Pewter City had abundant mineral resources underground, so there were definitely not few wealthy people in this city.
Yet there were only a handful of people here, which made Jasper somewhat suspicious.
The receptionist sighed and said, “Sigh, isn’t it because the annual Pokémon auction is about to be held? This time, the auction is being jointly organized by the Saffron City underground black market and the Hunter Guild. When the time comes, all kinds of rare Pokémon will definitely appear. Almost all the rich people have gone to Saffron City, so there’s barely anyone left here.”
After speaking, she looked at Jasper with a pitiful expression.
She could sense that Jasper was not very old, yet he was deliberately hiding his appearance.
Perhaps he was the young master of some family.
Thinking of this, the way the receptionist looked at Jasper became even more eager.
“The Hunter Guild?” Jasper murmured, paying no attention to the receptionist secretly making eyes at him.
The Hunter Guild.
In this world, it was one of the most well-known dark forces.
Their active figures could be seen in every major region.
They mainly engaged in various illegal activities related to Pokémon, such as robbery, poaching, trafficking, and accepting purchase commissions from major wealthy clients.
He had not the slightest good impression of this organization.
Jasper had once been attacked by them during a mission, and their goal had been the Crystal Onix in his hands.
Fortunately, Jasper eventually found a chance to release the restraints on the Crystal Onix’s body and only then managed to repel them.
Even so, that battle had left Jasper heavily injured, and he had stayed in the hospital for nearly a week.
After that, there had been no further news from them.
Later, he learned that his master had reported the matter to the Pokémon League.
The League’s upper management had been extremely furious that these scum dared to stretch their hands toward an official League Gym.
Against this organization that dared to challenge the League’s bottom line, they directly dispatched a large number of elite investigators and International Police officers to carry out an all-out strike.
For a time, a large number of poaching gangs and Pokémon hunters in the Kanto region were arrested.
Only after that did they have no choice but to give up on the idea of targeting the Crystal Onix.
Since then, Jasper had begun paying attention to this organization.
The member structure of the Hunter Guild was very simple.
Apart from a large number of ordinary members, there were the true hunters who possessed code names.
They were ranked S, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K, with the ones closer to the front being stronger.
The Hunter J who appeared in the anime was merely the second-to-last ranked hunter.
Above these code-named hunters were three vice presidents with Elite Four-level strength, as well as the guild’s founder and president himself.
According to rumors from the outside world, this mysterious president of the Hunter Guild was a powerful Trainer with Champion-level strength.
Seeing that Jasper had no reaction at all to her beauty, the receptionist could not help feeling a little annoyed.
However, she still recommended to Jasper, “May I ask what type of Pokémon you need, sir? Apart from Pokémon from the Kanto region, we also have many Pokémon from other regions here. They’re rare goods many people have never seen before.”
As for the Pokémon from other regions that the receptionist mentioned, Jasper did not hold much hope. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
After all, Caterpie would also be very rare if it appeared in Sinnoh or Kalos, but that did not mean Caterpie had any training value.
“First, take me to see the Fire-type Pokémon here,” Jasper said directly to the receptionist.
“All right, sir. Please follow me.” Her professional demeanor allowed the receptionist to quickly set aside her other emotions.
As she spoke, the two of them walked one after the other to the Fire-type Pokémon section.
The temperature here was noticeably higher.
Looking through the transparent glass from the outside, pieces of red rock were arranged regularly inside.
These were volcanic stones excavated from active volcano craters, constantly releasing a scorching aura.
A layer of fine black sand was also spread across the ground.
The entire area had clearly been carefully arranged, and all kinds of Fire-type Pokémon lived comfortably inside.
Looking around, there were Ponyta, Vulpix, Magby, Growlithe…
Charmander.
Jasper finally saw Charmander, one of Kanto’s starter Pokémon, inside a transparent glass enclosure in the middle.
It had to be said that the black market’s power was still quite considerable.
He just did not know what the price was.
Seeing Jasper’s gaze fall on Charmander, the receptionist’s face lit up with joy, and she immediately introduced them.
“Sir, you truly have excellent taste. These two Charmander were just delivered from the Hunter Guild. As one of the starter Pokémon of the Kanto region, Charmander can not only evolve twice, but their aptitude and talent are also relatively high. As long as they are trained properly, they can become main fighters capable of standing on their own. They are very precious goods here.”