"Wataru actually came to the Viridian area!!"
Qingwu had a somewhat ominous premonition.
To be honest, Wataru's range of activity was basically in the Johto and Kanto regions. He only joined Team Magma in the Viridian area when investigating their movements.
That was already five years later. Why had Wataru suddenly come here now?
Qingwu didn't know, and didn't want to know.
Since Qingwu's identity was covered by Team Rocket, Qingwu prepared the identity of a bounty hunter. Now was the time to register at the Hunter Association.
Ditto, Crobat, Exploud, Tricolor Merrow, Monopole Dragon, Gengar - these were the Pokémon Qingwu prepared for his identity as a bounty hunter.
Porygon, Gengar, Charmander, Treecko, Swablu, Dratini - these were the Pokémon Qingwu prepared for his identity as a trainer.
Qingwu also needed to find a volcanic area to completely finalize Exploud's ultimate evolution. That's right, that day when Qingwu conducted the Pokémon exchange, he not only exchanged for a Flygon, but also an Exploud carrying a Magma Booster.
After Exploud undergoes Pokémon exchange, it can evolve as long as it has a Poké Ball. However, Qingwu, considering Exploud's potential, still hoped for Exploud's best evolution state.
Qingwu had small Pokémon in each of his teams that could directly counter 153 types: Treecko's grassy terrain, Gengar's Life Drain, and Swablu's Heal Pulse.
With Sasha and Elured, these two Elite Four-level Pokémon, the training house could rigorously guide the training of small Pokémon, saving Qingwu a lot of trouble.
"By the way, Sasha, take a look around. Are there any breeding houses for sale? If so, buy a breeding house for sale," Qingwu said to Sasha.
Sasha had, after all, been here for over ten years and knew all the surrounding neighbors. Naturally, she had her own sources of information.
Now that Qingwu had bound himself to Wenwen Manufacturing, money was no longer an issue. Now Qingwu wanted to vigorously develop breeding houses.
Qingwu would implement a closed management system for the breeding house and gradually bring in Pokémon with sufficient aptitude and strong combat power as members of the breeding house.
"By the way, in the future, the breeding house will only deal with Energy Cubes. We won't do other business. We don't even have enough Pokémon ourselves right now." Qingwu had originally planned to directly sell Pokémon eggs after hatching them, like Growlithe and Ponyta.
After obtaining a large sum of money, Qingwu abandoned this idea.
After all, he would need to buy a lot of land in the future, and these few Pokémon really weren't enough.
"Oh, right, I'm going to register as a bounty hunter at the Hunter Association." Qingwu brought Ditto and Crobat with him. He had Ditto transform into his appearance as a bounty hunter.
"Treecko, you follow Elured for training," Qingwu said to Treecko. Treecko looked at Salamence with shy eyes. Was he going to train with this beauty? How embarrassing.
Purple Bell City.
Qingwu arrived at the game arcade in Purple Bell City. This was a thirty-story building with various gaming facilities, but Qingwu's purpose was not here.
He was going to the Hunter Association. This game arcade was just a facade for the Hunter Association. The real Hunter Association was built beneath the game arcade.
Entering the Hunter Association from the game arcade required an introduction from someone familiar. However, Qingwu currently didn't know anyone, but Qingwu had a better option.
That was to directly disguise himself as an old friend. After all, Qingwu still had an old friend's bounty hunter card.
"Welcome, do you need to exchange game coins?" The young lady at the game arcade front desk asked enthusiastically.
Qingwu remained silent. He pulled out his old friend's bounty hunter card and directly slapped it onto the front desk.
"Drop." The young lady, seeing nothing strange, immediately dropped it after taking the card, then returned the card to Qingwu with a respectful smile.
"Four-star Hunter, please follow me." The young lady gave a faint smile and led Qingwu to a side elevator.
This elevator was not for public use; it was an employee elevator. The young lady skillfully swiped an employee card and led Qingwu to the Hunter Association's fall.
"Please, sir, abide by the rules of the Hunter Association, otherwise you will be severely punished." After the elevator opened, the young lady warned him with a smile, then closed the elevator door and went up.
The Hunter Association's ranks were divided into ten stars. Basically, a seven-star Hunter or above was an Elite Four level bounty hunter. A ten-star Hunter, even if not a champion, was not far from becoming one.
As soon as the elevator door opened, Qingwu smelled the scent of tobacco and mixed alcohol that made people uncomfortable. This was the bounty hunters' favorite smell.
After all, bounty hunters were known as dancers on a steel wire; a slight misstep would send them falling into an unfathomable abyss.
Only tobacco and alcohol could slightly numb their tense nerves, allowing them to get a good night's sleep.
Many Hunters treated the Hunter Association as a place to sleep and rest. Inside the Hunter Association's rest rooms, loud noises echoed and surged.
The Hunter Association was divided into three major areas: the mission release area, the Pokémon sales area, and the bounty exchange area.
Qingwu directly ignored the mission release area; that was a place only official bounty hunters could go to.
Qingwu first entered the Pokémon sales area.
The young lady in charge of Pokémon sales at the Purple Bell City Hunter Association was an old acquaintance of Qingwu from his previous life. At this time, she was still very young, with a Japanese-style hairstyle, wearing seven or eight hairpins on her head. The end of each hairpin was a miniature Poké Ball.
The young lady was dressed in a Japanese-style kimono, wearing wooden clogs on her feet, and holding a cigarette gun, exhaling smoke.
Don't let the young lady's appearance fool you. Each hairpin holds one of her main Pokémon. The young lady is a future Evil-type Elite Four trainer.
Compared to the crowded mission release area and bounty exchange area, the Pokémon sales area was sparsely populated.
"I'm here to buy Pokémon. Do you sell Miltank here?" Qingwu asked in a low voice.
"Yes, as long as you offer a suitable price, we have everything here, including myself." The young lady tapped her cigarette gun, displaying her graceful figure, and let out a mature woman's seduction.
The young lady saw that Qingwu hadn't reacted for a long time, and her face stiffened.
"What kind of Miltank with what aptitude do you need?" the young lady said, somewhat annoyed.
"Above green aptitude," Qingwu calmly stated his requirement.
"Miltank with green aptitude, huh? That's quite a rare commodity," the young lady said, pouting.
Miltank looked like a pink cow with a black ball at the end of its tail.
Miltank only existed as female. Its female counterpart in Pokémon was Tauros.
"However, a few days ago, someone just returned from Goldenrod City. A ranch owner went bankrupt, and we repossessed the Miltank he used as collateral. There are only a few Miltank with green aptitude. This Miltank just reached adulthood." The young lady checked her records and said to Qingwu.
The Hunter Association has a characteristic: they will tell you clearly, once goods are exchanged, they are non-refundable.
"A Miltank that just reached adulthood," Qingwu thought for a moment. He remembered that when Miltank just reached adulthood, its milk production was quite abundant. Hearing the young lady's tone, this Miltank seemed to have some problems.
Although Qingwu was rich now, he didn't want to be swindled, so he had to ask clearly.
"Is there something wrong with this Miltank?" Qingwu asked the young lady.
"Those few Miltank, for some reason, stopped producing milk. They fought every day without doing anything, which made the ranch owner very puzzled, and it spread to the other Miltank. Ultimately, the other Miltank also stopped producing milk. This was the main reason for the ranch's bankruptcy." The young lady checked her records and said to Qingwu.
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