Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 119 The stunned Psyduck experiences inexplicable fluctuations in strength.

The next day at noon, Xiaozhi and his two friends went to the perfume shop again. According to Rika, the effects of the perfume should have been tested by noon.

When Ash arrived at the perfume shop, Rika greeted him with a look of delight: "Ash, you're here!"

"Hmm, how effective is that perfume?"

"You'd never guess just how amazing the perfume you created is," Lijia said mysteriously, her voice even softening when she spoke of the perfume.

"Um... Is it that amazing?" Ash paused for a moment, then asked, pretending not to know.

"It's more than amazing! I've never seen a one-time use item with such powerful auxiliary functions before. The perfume you made can put the elf into a semi-psychedelic state, while maximizing the development of all the cells in the elf's body, giving the elf a huge boost during training!"

"According to the test, one bottle of perfume can put an elf into a psychedelic state about ten times, with each session lasting about an hour. It doesn't enhance mental abilities, but the advantage is that it won't cause mental fatigue during training. It will only wear down the body, so recovery will be much faster."

"Finally, there's the training amplification effect. In our perfume shop, a 10% amplification of training effect is already top-tier, but the one you made, Ash... has a 25% amplification!!"

In the end, even though Rika tried to lower her voice, it still sounded somewhat sharp.

When she first achieved this result, Lijia simply couldn't believe it. How could there be such an incredible effect as increasing training effectiveness by 25%? Even though it only affected the physical body and had almost no effect on the mind, it was still incredible.

For Fighting-type Pokémon that use physical attacks and body attacks, this is an epic boost!
Moreover, the raw materials for making perfume are not precious; what is precious is the formula. If their perfume shop could produce and sell perfumes in bulk, their reputation would definitely rise to a new level!

It might even spread to other regions!

For Rika, this was something more important than making money. Compared to the wishes of ordinary gym leaders, such as making Pokémon stronger or revitalizing gyms, Rika's wish had nothing to do with gyms.

What she wants is to expand her perfume shop, not just to become the number one perfume shop in Rainbow City, but to become the world's leading chain perfume shop!
It seems that if she had this perfume to help her, she would definitely be one step closer to her wish!

"Xiao Zhi, I'm willing to sell your perfume for 9/1 of the profits. I just hope you can trust me and give us the formula. We will absolutely not leak the formula," Li Jia said confidently, patting her chest.

91 points... This profit sharing once again exceeded Xiao Zhi's expectations. 91 points, and he doesn't need to pay for raw materials, labor costs, or advertising costs. In other words, if he earns 30,000 yuan for a bottle of perfume, he can directly receive 27,000 yuan!

If he continues to earn this kind of income, he estimates he can achieve financial freedom in less than a year, and he won't be afraid to raise one or two hundred elves!

However, Xiao Zhi shook his head and said, "No need, Li Jia. Let's stick to the 80/20 split we agreed on at the beginning. 80% is a lot for me. Anyway, I should be able to make more than 30,000 yuan from a bottle of perfume, right?"

As he finished speaking, Xiao Zhi lowered his voice. Of course, he couldn't let others know about the profits from perfume. If they knew, even though they understood that the perfume was indeed worth the price, they would still feel somewhat unbalanced.

"Over thirty thousand?" Lijia tilted her head, a look of doubt on her pretty face. Then she slowly said with a devilish smile, "No, we've decided to make this perfume our flagship product. The price is... sixty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight."

Ash and his two friends: ? ? ?
More than 60,000? You couldn't get that much money even by robbing a bank!
Yesterday, when Xiaozhi was making perfume, they checked the prices of all the materials after they got back, and the total cost would definitely not exceed four hundred yuan.

You resold it for over 60,000? And this is a consumable item!
Assuming each bottle lasts only ten hours, a single Pokémon can be used up in two days at most. If you have six Pokémon... wow, that's a whopping 200,000 in a single day!
"Will anyone actually buy this at this price?" Xiaoxia swallowed hard, finding the price she had calculated in her mind hard to look at.

Even if she were a gym leader, she simply couldn't afford the price of training Pokémon.

"Hehe, there are plenty of rich people in the world, so don't worry about the sales. We are not only the largest perfume store in Rainbow City, but we also have branches in other cities in Kanto. If this perfume can be sold in our store, we can even open branches in other regions. Ash, you just sit back and collect the money."

"Deal!" Xiao Zhi said without hesitation after a moment of stunned silence. Even if the perfume sales were not good, selling ten or so bottles a day would still earn him more than 500,000 a day!
The days of being penniless are finally gone forever!
This money will not only allow him to raise Pokémon without any worries, but it will also ensure that Xiaoxia and Xiaogang's Pokémon are taken care of as well.

Afterwards, Xiaozhi and Lijia discussed some details, and Lijia even drafted a contract for them to sign, in duplicate, as formal as could be.

Even without a contract, Ash isn't worried at all. After all, Rika is the Gym Leader. She can't just run away. Besides, with Rika's wealth, she doesn't care about those profits. What she cares about is whether she can make her perfume shop bigger and stronger.

With everything settled, Xiaozhi and his two friends waved goodbye to Rika. As for the revenue, Xiaozhi would receive payment one week after the perfume went on sale, followed by monthly payments thereafter.

The payment was made this week because Rika knew about Ash's financial situation. If it had been delayed for a month, Ash would probably have had to spend that entire month battling in the wild.

Furthermore, the money spent on wild battles shouldn't be enough to allow a Pokémon to fully enter a high-speed development state.

Therefore, both logically and emotionally, the payment should be made earlier, otherwise this month-long delay will have a significant impact on Ash's subsequent Indigo League.

Xiao Zhi readily agreed to the plan.

However, the perfume is not expected to be available for sale in the short term. The formula provided by Xiaozhi is not complicated, but it will take some time to learn and master the operation if you want to completely replicate the perfume made by Xiaozhi. It is estimated to take three to four days.

Rika had informed Ash about this beforehand.

Ash had originally planned to stay in Celadon City a little longer, so he could buy some nice things at the department store once he had enough money, and ideally get all the held items for his Pokémon. But now it seems that the wait will be a bit long, so he'll have to wait until he comes back next time.

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After leaving Rika's perfume shop, Ash and his friends headed to the Beauty Street in Celadon City. However, before they even reached the Beauty Street, they encountered an incident on the next street: many children on this street seemed to have gone missing.

Ash and his friends decided to stay and investigate. They discovered that it was actually the Baku who was behind it. After finding the hypnotized children in a park, Ash had Gardevoir remove the hypnosis from all the children, and the matter was successfully resolved.

After everything was over, Misty encountered a seemingly dazed Psyduck. At first, Misty thought it hadn't been unhypnotized, but even after Ash released Gardevoir, he couldn't undo the hypnosis. By chance, Psyduck touched Misty's Poké Ball and unexpectedly became her Pokémon.

This made Xia's face turn completely black!

Although Psyduck is a Water-type Pokémon, this Psyduck is clearly problematic!
In its normal state, it looks dull and silly, just like other elves when they are hypnotized!
Xiaoxia has no idea how to train a Pokémon like this!
But since she had already subdued it, she could only accept her fate; Xiaoxia simply couldn't bring herself to release it back into the wild.

However, Ash comforted Misty, saying that this Psyduck might be particularly strong.

Xiaoxia just chuckled at Xiaozhi's words of comfort without replying.

Amazing or not, do you think I can't see it? If this thing is amazing, I'll write my name backwards!
However, in reality, Ash wasn't just comforting Misty, because according to the data from the Eye of Insight, this Psyduck's strength was between the peak of the beginner level and the peak of the professional level.

Ash has seen fluctuations in aptitude and ability values ​​before, but this is the first time he has ever seen fluctuations in level, let alone such an exaggerated level fluctuation!
What does this mean? It means that this Psyduck can't even beat a beginner when it's weak, but when it's strong, it can even go toe-to-toe with a professional player!
However, Ash doesn't know exactly how his power is unleashed.

After catching Psyduck, Ash and his friends set off again and finally arrived in Beauty Town before dark. They found a guesthouse to stay in, took a shower, had a meal, and then began searching for the person Brock was looking for.

The woman's name was Xiaoxue. After asking around a bit on Beauty Street, I found her shop. She seemed to be quite famous on Beauty Street.

Inside the beauty street, every shop displays signs related to animal husbandry, offering relaxation, massage, fatigue relief, and energy boosting services, among others.

On the surface, it seems like breeders can do everything, but many breeders here are just putting on a show.

Massage is a basic skill that breeders must learn. However, to completely relax a Pokémon, eliminate fatigue, or even improve its energy and spirit through massage, it is simply impossible for a non-professional breeder to do so.

Even Brock can't do this now, but Ash can. After all, Ash inherited some of the abilities of top breeders, plus he has the power of Aura and the power of Viridian. Massage is just an ordinary method for him. More importantly, it is combined with those two special powers.

In the beauty district, there is only one recognized professional breeder, and that is Xiaoxue!
"Let me tell you, Xiaoxue is a professional-level beauty breeder who has been continuously voted the most popular breeder in Kanto. You'd better be polite to her when you meet her later," Brock said, offering his blessings. The other two and Pikachu felt like their ears were about to grow calluses.

"I know, I know, you've said it at least five times! Is this Xiaoxue really that amazing?" Xiaozhi muttered helplessly. In terms of breeding skills, he might not be the best, but he had seen the best.

Xiao Zhi refused to believe that Xiao Xue's skill level could match that of the group that nurtured Xiao Zhi.

Soon, Xiaozhi and his friends arrived at Xiaoxue's shop. Unlike the bustling shops in the beauty district, her shop looked like an ordinary little shop.
The location is small, the decoration is average, and even the signboard is just "Xiaoxue Breeding House". The whole thing looks like four big characters, which is very ordinary.

"Is the decor of this top breeder's home really this simple and unpretentious?" Xia couldn't help but complain.

"You don't understand, that's how experts are. Come on, let's go in." Xiao Gang straightened his clothes and then pushed open the door of Xiao Xue's breeding house with a serious expression.

Once inside, the interior decoration was quite ordinary, with no high-end tools or anything like that. There were only two beds, some common massage tools, and some medicinal liquid.

"Hello, is this the shop where the breeder Xiaoxue works?"

"Welcome! Excuse me, I was just grooming Liuwei's fur. I'm Xiaoxue. May I ask how I can help you?" As soon as she finished speaking, a soft voice came from behind the curtain inside the room.

A mature and beautiful woman jogged out from behind the curtain.

The woman was dressed in a simple nursing uniform, with long, emerald-green hair cascading down her back. Her delicate face was like a finely sculpted work of art, her skin as white as snow with a faint blush, and her eyes as clear as a lake.

Upon seeing Xiaoxue, Xiaozhi and Xiaoxia were slightly shocked by her appearance. Among the people they knew, only Sabrina could probably compare to her.

Moreover, the other person exudes a gentle aura and wears a warm and comforting smile. Regardless of their breeding skills, just based on their appearance, they must be one of the most outstanding breeders.

Furthermore, the other party is an officially certified professional trainer by the league. With both of these factors combined, it would be strange if they weren't popular.

Upon seeing Xiaoxue, Xiaogang's entire body stiffened. He bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle and said loudly, "You...hello! I am Xiaogang, and my goal is to become the strongest Pokémon breeder. I have long admired Miss Xiaoxue's name, and now I finally meet you in person! It was because of Miss Xiaoxue that I decided to embark on the path of a Pokémon breeder!"

When Xiaoxue saw Xiaogang's exaggerated greeting ceremony, she couldn't help but take two steps back. However, after hearing that he had taken her as his role model and embarked on the path of becoming a breeder, the smile on her face softened even more.

"Thank you. Your name is Xiaogang, right? It's my honor to be your role model and to guide you onto the path of a breeder."

"Not at all, Miss Xiaoxue, you're too kind. There are so many qualities in you that I can learn from. I even want to stay here and become your apprentice!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxue waved her hands repeatedly, indicating that she was not qualified. At this moment, Xiaozhi had already arrived at the nursing bed in the back and saw Liuwei lying on the bed with a slightly unhappy expression on her face.

It seems that Xiaoxue was halfway through grooming and massaging Liuwei when she hurriedly came out to greet the customer.

Vulpix raised its eyes and glanced at Ash, who had come to stand in front of it. It tilted its head and let out a soft cry.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi smiled and said, "Do I have a scent that you like? You're quite the smooth talker. Well then, I'll finish the rest of the massage."

As he spoke, Ash gently placed his hand on Vulpix's body...

(End of this chapter)