After waiting at the Black Market until eight o'clock, the auction finally began.
"Distinguished guests, welcome to today's auction held in M-City. The principle of our auction is that on the basis of the reserve price, the highest bidder wins!
Tonight!
The first seller is Mr. Ryuto Shoda from the Sinnoh region. Now please let him introduce the Pokémon he is about to auction."
After the host finished speaking, he stepped aside from the main platform. Then a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked onto the auction stage.
Tetsuya merely watched this person quietly. Most of these people were Pokémon Hunters. Dressing like this was nothing more than a way to hide their real identity.
Sometimes Pokémon Hunters would risk everything to capture an extremely rare Pokémon. In order to sell it at a high price, they would go to other regions to auction it off. Naturally, they would not dare to do so in their own region.
After all, these "extremely rare" Pokémon were protected. Selling them locally was practically a direct challenge to the authority of the Jenny Family. Therefore, at Black Market auctions, the Pokémon that appeared were generally those that would only be found in other regions.
Ryuto threw out a Poké Ball. It was the initial form of the pseudo-legendary Garchomp from the Sinnoh region, Gible…
The moment Gible appeared, the entire Black Market erupted into commotion!
Few people were unaware that the Shirona Family had dominated the Sinnoh region with Garchomp. Garchomp's power was evident to all. Especially the Gible trained by the genius girl of this generation of the Shirona Family had gained tremendous fame, never losing in the Elite Four -students ver- Challenge competitions held across various regions.
Under normal circumstances, a well-trained Garchomp would be enough to help one break into the top eight of the League tournament.
"The reserve price for my Gible is… 80K!" Ryuto Shoda said.
As soon as Tetsuya heard it, it was indeed close to the reserve price he had expected. As for how high it would be bid up, that would depend on how generous the people here were willing to be.
Immediately afterward, the host introduced Gible's basic information, including its Evolution "level", Ability, and some of the moves it could learn.
After that, Ryuto also introduced some of this Gible's moves.
Gible also demonstrated the moves it could use. In fact, the Pokémon auctioned here would all do their utmost to display their capabilities, because finding a good owner was far better than living in the hands of these Pokémon Hunters.
In the end, it was also entrusting their destiny to luck, just like the pitiful yet hateful Weezing he had purchased at the Black Market…
Although this Gible did not have any particularly outstanding moves, it did not affect its price at all.
"I bid ninety thousand."
"I bid one hundred thousand."
"One hun…
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Tetsuya only had 110K in hand, and the bidding price for Gible had long exceeded that amount. Of course, he had not expected to obtain Gible.
In the end, the small Gible was successfully auctioned off at the high price of three hundred thousand.
Next up was a Ralts from the Hoenn region, which was sold for two hundred thousand.
A Riolu from the Sinnoh region was also sold for two hundred thousand.
Generally, the later the "lot", the lower the price.
Trapinch and Aron were auctioned for one hundred and fifty thousand.
As the prices drew closer to the amount of money he had on him, Tetsuya began carefully examining each Pokémon being auctioned.
When the auction was about to end, under the host's introduction, a 17~18-year-old youth from the Unova region named Antel stepped onto the stage. He had a sharp, Mankey-like face and a crafty expression. "Come out, Golett!"
He threw out a Poké Ball, and what appeared before everyone was a bluish-gray doll-like figure about one meter tall.
The host briefly introduced Golett's basic information: a dual Ground/Ghost-type Pokémon, its Ability is Iron Fist, increasing the power of punching moves by 20%. By accumulating battle experience and increasing its level, it can evolve into Golurk. Golurk's base stat total is 483.
After hearing the host's introduction, the crowd below began to complain wildly.
"What? Hahaha! A base stat total not even 500, and you dare bring it to the auction!?"
"Ugh… and it's so ugly! With no special "features". Even at the Black Market, no one would want it."
"Only a fool would want such a Pokémon!"
"Next, next~.."
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Hearing the constant complaints from below the stage, Antel paid no attention and said, "Golett, use Gravity."
'Coincidence… no, it's Arceus!'
Suddenly, everyone present felt as if a thousand pounds of weight were pressing down on them. Not to mention speaking, even breathing became difficult.
"Everyone, this is Golett's move Gravity. You've seen it now! Next, I will begin introducing this Golett…"
Golett withdrew Gravity. That display just now had indeed aroused many people's interest in Golett, and the noisy chatter quieted down considerably.
Tetsuya had already prepared to make a move. It was not because Golett could use such a powerful Gravity, but because Gravity was a tutor move for Golett!
Tutor moves cannot be learned through "leveling up", inheritance, or TM. They are generally taught by "training institutions" established by senior researchers of the League. Of course, a considerable amount of tuition must be paid, and whether the Pokémon can learn it also depends on its own potential and comprehension capacity.
The difficulty of learning tutor moves is quite high.
Therefore, a Pokémon's potential can be judged from its ability to learn tutor moves.
Seeing the crowd gradually quiet down, Antel finally began his sales pitch. "Everyone, as we all know, learning tutor moves depends entirely on a Pokémon's talent.
I can say that my Golett's talent is definitely the highest among all the Pokémon that have appeared tonight!
It is only because its base stat total is not high that it was staged so late. First, let me show you the tutor moves this Golett has learned."
Magic Coat, Drain Punch, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch…
Golett used them all skillfully. It seemed that it had practiced these tutor moves for a long time.
Including Gravity, this Golett had learned a total of six tutor moves. The tuition for these six moves alone would probably cost 50K.
'Hmm… Antel had put in so much effort to have this Golett learn so many moves. Why was he selling it…?' Could it be that he had encountered financial difficulties?
One had to know that a Pokémon capable of learning six tutor moves was already very rare in terms of talent. Although its base stat total was a bit low, its value was not inferior at all to the Gible at the beginning… maybe.
'Let's see if anyone here could recognize its worth.' The money Tetsuya had on him now was clearly not enough. But this Golett was truly too necessary for him, and missing such a high-potential Pokémon this time might mean never encountering one like it again in the future…