“The Hunter Guild again?” Jasper thought silently.
Immediately, the eagerness in his eyes as he looked at Charmander faded quite a bit.
Of course he knew everything the receptionist had said, but what she said next completely dispelled his thoughts of buying Charmander.
“The Pokémon sold in our trading center have all been selected by specialists, and their aptitudes are excellent as well. Because of that, their prices are usually much higher than outside. As for these two Charmander, their price is roughly around four million five hundred thousand Poké Dollars,” the receptionist said with a smile.
“Four million five hundred thousand? That’s way too damn expensive,” Jasper shouted fiercely in his heart.
After seeing Charmander, Jasper gradually lost interest in the other Fire-type Pokémon here.
After all, Charizard was a Pokémon that could undergo Mega Evolution.
Still, since he had already come, he might as well treat it as broadening his horizons.
There were quite a few Pokémon from the Johto and Hoenn regions here, Jasper thought.
“Take me to see the Water-type Pokémon here,” Jasper said.
“All right, sir. Please follow me.”
When the receptionist saw that Jasper had not bought Charmander, she could not help feeling a little regretful.
However, she did not dare say much.
After all, every customer here was not someone a mere receptionist like her could afford to offend.
As she spoke, the two of them moved to the Water-type Pokémon section.
Unlike the Fire-type Pokémon section, this place looked like a massive aquarium, with all kinds of Water-type Pokémon living inside the water.
Psyduck, Staryu, Horsea, Seel, Poliwag…
all kinds of Water-type Pokémon.
Unfortunately, most of them were Pokémon native to the Kanto region, and they were not especially rare species either.
Jasper slowly looked around the place.
“Should I buy a Horsea? Its final evolution, Kingdra, is also a powerful Pokémon. And as a Dragon-and-Water-type, Kingdra effectively avoids being restrained by Ice-type moves. It can be said that its type distribution is extremely perfect,” Jasper thought as he looked at the Horsea swimming happily in the water.
However, Jasper knew that in the Kanto region, most people only knew that Horsea could evolve into Seadra.
Almost no one knew that Seadra could rely on Dragon Scale to evolve into Kingdra.
This secret was also being tightly guarded by a certain dragon-taming clan in Johto.
And Dragon Scale was an extremely rare treasure.
Even if Dragon Scale occasionally appeared for sale on the market, it would be quickly bought up by that dragon-taming clan.
It could be said that this powerful dragon-taming clan monopolized all rare materials related to Dragon-types on the market.
Jasper could hardly imagine the day this secret became known to everyone.
In the eyes of countless Trainers, Dragon-types were synonymous with power.
A powerful Dragon-type Pokémon would definitely drive Trainers everywhere crazy.
By then, Horsea would no longer be so easy to find.
“But Dragon Scale is a bit troublesome.” Jasper sighed inwardly.
He did not have the ability to fight that enormous clan for Dragon Scales.
“I can only give up for now. I’ll consider it again after I obtain a Dragon Scale in the future.” Jasper looked at the happy Horsea, then slowly left this place.
He continued strolling around.
“This… this is!” Jasper said in surprise.
Inside a transparent glass enclosure in the most remote corner, a small earthy-yellow figure attracted Jasper’s gaze.
Brown spots were scattered messily across its body.
On its belly were three black lines that looked like fish gills. Get faster updates on g.com.
It had an inverted triangular dorsal fin, a jagged grayish-blue tail, a large mouth, and a pair of dull, lifeless eyes.
It stayed motionless at the bottom of the water.
At first glance, it was the kind of Pokémon that made people unable to feel even the slightest bit of fondness.
Seeing Jasper staring fixedly at this Feebas, the receptionist immediately explained, “Oh, that’s a Pokémon from the Hoenn region. It’s called Feebas. Because it looks so ugly, it’s also called an ugly fish. It’s an extremely weak Pokémon, and basically no one has ever wanted to buy it.”
The Feebas staying at the bottom of the water had no reaction after hearing the receptionist’s words.
It seemed that in its life, it had already heard far too many words like these.
However, the trace of inferiority and loneliness that flashed through its eyes was caught by Jasper.
Jasper knew that after such an extremely ugly fish evolved, it would actually become Milotic, known as the most beautiful Pokémon.
It had to be said that nature was truly miraculous.
Milotic, as a Pokémon from the Hoenn region known for its dreamlike beauty, was even rarer than pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
Very few people had ever discovered a wild Milotic.
That was because very few people knew that Feebas would become Milotic after evolving.
People would never imagine that the two were connected, and Feebas’s evolution method was also completely different from that of all other Pokémon.
It was extremely demanding.
In terms of strength, Feebas was the same as Magikarp, which could be seen everywhere in the Kanto region.
Before and after evolution, there was a world of difference in their strength.
The weak Magikarp could evolve into Gyarados, known as a vicious god, and its strength made it one of the strongest Water-type Pokémon in the Kanto region.
As for Milotic, as far as Jasper knew, the main Pokémon of Hoenn Champion Wallace was a Milotic, and Sinnoh Champion Cynthia also had a Milotic.
Its strength could be imagined.