Chapter 399:
"Calling it a mutated berry isn't quite right; it's more like... a mutated berry seed?"
[Mutated Pecha Berry Seed – The tree grown from this seed will exhibit unlimited growth in size.]
To be honest, when Hayashi Kaede saw this description, he fell into deep thought.
Unlimited growth? How big could it eventually become?
Larger than the Tree of Beginning?
What changes would the Pecha Berries produced by such a tree have?
Could they become something like "Divine Peaches"?
Hayashi Kaede didn't know the answers yet.
But as soon as this seed appeared, he planted it, used the best Fertilizer, and had Serperior focus on nurturing this particular seed.
Back to the present.
After arranging the food on plates and watching all the Pokémon happily start eating,
Hayashi Kaede was just about to sit down.
But then, Mew flew to his side.
Then, it rummaged around who-knows-where and pulled out a large, orange-red boulder.
"Huh?"
Hayashi Kaede was stunned, then looked at the stone.
It was clearly a Fire Stone.
But that wasn't what made him pause.
It was... the size of this stone.
The stone was about two meters wide and nearly three meters long. Although the stone itself was flat, its length and width alone suggested it weighed at least several hundred pounds.
More importantly was its description.
[SSS-grade Fire Stone – A stone once used by Entei for slumber. After long-term absorption of Fire-type energy from magma, it accumulated immense energy and transformed into a Fire Stone.]
A Fire Stone...
To be honest, he already had one SSS-grade Fire Stone, rewarded when Blaziken's Friendship reached 100.
He originally intended that one for Growlithe's evolution.
And now, here was another one.
And this one was so large...
Hayashi Kaede was a bit bewildered.
He didn't know where Mew dug this out from.
It was very similar to Gengar's shadow storage space.
But after Mew explained that it found this stone long ago in a volcanic eruption zone, it offered no further explanation and happily went off to eat its own food.
This filled Hayashi Kaede with warmth, but he walked over to Mew. "I didn't say you had to bring something back every time you come to eat."
"Mew?"
Mew was eating macarons with Victini. Hearing this, it tilted its head. "Mew..." (It's too big. I didn't want it taking up space at home anymore.)
Meaning, it felt this thing was useless now, so it gave it to you.
Then, it took out its storage capsule and started vigorously stuffing the large plate of macarons into it.
After finishing, it still felt it wasn't enough and turned its small eyes towards the food in front of the other Pokémon. Sitting nearby was Blaziken, who immediately picked up its own plate, warily watching Mew.
Seeing this, Hayashi Kaede couldn't help but shake his head.
This Fire Stone was too wide to fit horizontally into a storage capsule, so it could only be left on the spot for now.
Its use was simple.
Hayashi Kaede didn't plan to use it for Growlithe's evolution; the one rewarded by the system would suffice for that.
This one...
Could serve as a bed for Blaziken.
It would also help speed up its growth.
After deciding its purpose, Hayashi Kaede didn't dwell on it further.
He went over to Mew and Victini and said helplessly, "That cooked food will spoil soon if stored. Stop eyeing it. This is what I prepared for you."
As he spoke, he took out two new storage capsules.
(●'◡'●): "Hehe~"
(＠＾０＾): "Vee!"
The two Pokémon immediately showed delighted expressions upon receiving the new storage capsules.
But when Hayashi Kaede reached out asking for the return of the two remaining (empty) capsules, they just looked at each other, flew into the sky, and disappeared.
Hayashi Kaede was left dumbfounded below.
"Hey, hey? Give me back the other storage capsules!" he shouted at the sky.
But all that came back was the empty sky and the fading playful laughter of Victini and Mew.
"Rascals..."
Although he muttered the word, Hayashi Kaede couldn't help but smile.
He didn't ask Victini what dream it constructed with that Dream Drink.
Because the current Victini seemed much more lively than during its first visit, and this liveliness came from the heart.
It even dared to directly take the storage capsules with Mew now.
But, just two storage capsules...
If they liked them, they could keep them. Those things were easy to buy anyway.
...
March 7th.
Sunny weather.
Hayashi Kaede was reviewing his earnings.
It had been a long time since he checked his daily income.
Since the expanded berry orchard started producing fruit, the supply of Energy Cubes from the Breeding House had increased significantly.
Pidgeot's delivery service had also expanded from within the province to the entire Eastova Region.
Although, relatively speaking, delivering across the entire region was far, and if a single purchase was too cheap, Hayashi Kaede wouldn't have Pidgeot deliver it.
"March 6th Revenue: 1,785,000..."
Hayashi Kaede, who was quickly scanning the revenue report, couldn't help but feel his eyelids twitch upon seeing this number.
One million, seven hundred and eighty-five thousand...
This was just one day's revenue, and it was almost pure profit.
Because the berries were grown on his own land, and the producers were himself and his Pokémon~
Calculating roughly, that meant tens of millions per month, and several hundred million per year!
Moreover, this was capital he could fully utilize, not some fixed asset.
Hayashi Kaede nodded with satisfaction. Now, no matter what Pokémon he raised in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about money!
This made his steps lighter as he walked out, and he even hummed a little tune. "Getting rich, getting rich~"
"Time to think about how to spend it. Building a proper battle arena would be good; always battling outdoors isn't ideal..." He murmured to himself as he walked outside.
The Breeding House was currently bustling with people.
He suddenly realized that the Breeding House seemed a bit small now.
When crowded, people queued all the way outside.
*'Then I'll build a larger building next door, specifically for sales.'*
Actually, he didn't need to worry much about these things. He just needed to call the previous construction team, select the location and type of building, and leave the rest to them.
Walking from the Breeding House to the outside, he responded to greetings from customers along the way.
He walked all the way to the bluestone path. Looking at the surrounding houses, the town had become prosperous without him noticing. New houses were built everywhere, along with various grocery stores.
Some previously vacant plots of land were now utilized, planted with green vegetable seedlings.
He walked all the way to the town entrance and finally decided on the location for the battle arena: near the research institute!
This place might just become the first battle arena for new trainers starting their journeys~
And coincidentally, at that moment, a girl walked out of the research institute, her face full of excitement. Beside her was a somewhat awestruck Treecko, and in front of her was an encouraging Dr. Lake...
Hayashi Kaede recognized this girl.
She was that high school freshman who didn't have a starter Pokémon back then.
Heh, indeed, this is a good place.