Hearthome City's black market.
Hunter Guild branch.
Although Natsuhiko has not officially taken over responsibility for Hearthome City's Hunter Guild, Miss Q has already made arrangements, so many of the staff at the guild are aware of him.
Naturally, they dare not slack off.
"Sir, some of the Pokémon you want are indeed quite rare. If you give us some time, we should be able to transfer them from elsewhere, but right now... they are really not plentiful." The shop manager said with a full face of an awkward smile.
At the same time.
A staff member nearby brought over a tray with nearly ten Pokeballs placed on it and walked up.
"Sir, here are the Pokémon you requested, Clefairy and Jigglypuff are too popular. As soon as they appear, they get snatched away immediately."
Natsuhiko glanced at the tray.
The Pokémon he wanted were very diverse, with a bit of everything.
But in fact, he truly desired only four of them.
Two Marill, one Snubbull, and one Mawile.
They all have one common characteristic, which is that when Fairy Energy is abundant, they can awaken the Fairy type.
The reason the guild staff brought so many here.
Was merely to create confusion.
He didn't want people recalling in the future, when the Fairy type emerges, who was stockpiling these Pokémon, and then associate that with him.
But having only four does seem a bit lacking.
Natsuhiko frowned slightly.
He knows the Pokémon he wants are hard to find.
But he didn't expect them to be so difficult to locate, as Hearthome City's Hunter Guild doesn't have much in stock either.
Among the Pokémon he wants, except for Marill and Mawile which are slightly cheaper, even though the others haven't awakened the Fairy type yet, their prices are not cheap at all.
There's no way around it.
Because these Pokémon that can awaken the Fairy type in the future, are mostly quite adorable and are loved by some wealthy families' children.
Even Snubbull is liked by many elderly women.
Their prices have long surpassed the market value these Pokémon should have, going beyond by more than two or three times.
These years, the prices not only show no sign of dropping, but are constantly rising.
And when the Fairy type awakens.
Trainers knowing the effects of the Fairy type will undoubtedly hunt for Fairy-type Pokémon extravagantly, and then the prices will definitely hike, tripling or quadrupling would be considered low.
Of course, as the Fairy type is gradually studied and its popularity dies down, prices will certainly drop too.
However.
Natsuhiko's requirements are not high.
He only wants to profit at that one point in time, make a wave of money and then stop.
But now the problem is.
Even though he wants to stockpile a batch, these Pokémon are hard to buy, and their prices are not cheap.
Furthermore, these Pokémon are more commonly found in the Kanto Region and the Johto Region. In the Sinnoh Region, there are not many Pokémon that can awaken the Fairy type, making stockpiling even more difficult.
Should a trip to the Kalos Region be considered?
In terms of the number and variety of Fairy-type Pokémon, the Kalos Region is still more abundant.
Whether it's Florges, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Carbink, Keychain, and so on.
"But sir, you've come at a good time, Hearthome City's black market holds an auction every week, there's one today, there should be quite a few Pokémon, you can give it a try."
Auction?
That indeed seems like a good option.
But the number of Pokémon available at an auction is definitely not plentiful.
However, Natsuhiko also has some Pokémon he needs to sell, opting for an auction can maximize benefits.
He casually picked a few Pokeballs from the tray, including the four that will awaken to the Fairy type, and two others of moderate value.
"Next time, reserve these Pokémon for me. If there's a chance, exchange some from another location, as long as the prices are not excessively outrageous, I'll take them."
"Alright."
The staff wouldn't ask anything, simply noted this matter down and worked following the instructions.
Later contacting other cities and even other regions' Hunter Guilds.
Natsuhiko is about to become their boss, offending him is not an option.
Walking out of the Hunter Guild.
Natsuhiko stored the Pokeballs away.
Although doing this will seem a bit troublesome, also a slight waste of money.
However, the issue isn't significant.
Reselling them won't lose much value.
At most, it requires bringing them back for care for a period, which consumes some regular Pokemon Food.
But such actions avoid unnecessary troubles in the future, thus the expense is necessary.
Regarding black market auctions, Natsuhiko is already quite familiar.
Though Sinnoh Region's black market, due to lacking unified management, is relatively chaotic compared to Kanto Region and Hoenn Region's black market.
But those able to hold auctions in the black market are not simple characters.
Moreover.
Holding an auction once a week also proves this auction house's capability.
Handing over the items he wishes to auction to the auction house staff, Natsuhiko obtains a private room as a Hunter Guild member.
While quietly waiting for the auction to start, Natsuhiko, having inspected the room conditions, brought out several little ones.
Such as Eevee, Latios, Monferno, they haven't yet witnessed an auction scene.
Thus once released, they appeared rather curious.
Looking here and there.
And the auction, under the hosting of a rather composed elderly gentleman, proceeded smoothly.
As is widely known.
The beginning of an auction is about heating things up, setting the tone for a regular auction.