Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 126 Gengar

On Anjie's side.

After closing the shop at 10 o'clock, Anjay did not go home immediately. Instead, he asked Meowth to take Meowth and Ralts back first, and then took Lizard and Haunter to a department store wholesale market for inspection.

Anjie had previously said that he had already planned out preparations for the Red Fox and Greninja, and that wasn't just to fool them; he had really thought it through.

He plans to open two small shops for Pokémon on the Nibel Plateau: one selling all kinds of snacks and toys, and the other selling daily necessities for Pokémon.

The store managers for these two shops will be Youhu Red Fox and Greninja respectively.

Anjie only came up with this idea after the doctor helped him modify Robert 1.

Robert 1 was transformed into Robert 2. With the help of Metagross, it gained intelligence and powerful computing capabilities, so Angel could use it to pay the Pokémon's wages.

You can get accurate feedback on how much salary your Pokémon earns each month and how much it spends each day through Robert II.

Anjie has asked Ji Meiya to have the royal scientists create a campus card system similar to the one in his previous life, which is currently under development.

This system is not difficult for the technology of the Pokémon world. With this system, Angel can issue a salary card to each Pokémon and then use Robert II to transfer their monthly salary to the salary card.

This way, Pokémon can use their salary cards to make purchases at two small shops (a convenience store and a general store)!

This was Anjie's first time visiting the wholesale market in the Pokémon world. He was holding a small notebook, recording the prices of goods in various shops along the way, hoping to compare them to choose which shop to be his two small shops' regular supplier.

The lizard and Haunter were also visiting the wholesale market for the first time. They followed behind Angie, curiously looking at the new things around them.

"Come and see, everyone! This is a perfectly formed Magikarp! Buy it and I guarantee it will evolve into Gyarados!"

Hearing the shouts, the lizard couldn't help but crane its neck to look. It saw a fish tank taller than a person swimming with bright red carp. They looked very energetic, and they didn't look like carp at all.

At this moment, Gastly leaned close to its second brother's ear and whispered, "Cosmos~ Cosmos~" That's not Magikarp.

It's not like it hasn't seen Magikarp before.

"Chirp?" Isn't it Magikarp?

The lizard was stunned. If it wasn't Magikarp, then what was it?

Anjie laughed and said to the mutated lizard, "That's a savage bass in disguise."

Upon hearing this, the lizard secretly spat at the merchant: "Damn unscrupulous merchant!"

An Jie smiled and shook her head, not exposing the merchant, but instead continued walking forward with her two apprentices.

"Come and take a look! Top-quality evolution stones! You won't regret buying them!" Another shout rang out.

Hearing the sound, Angie went over with great interest, since many of his Pokémon needed evolution stones to evolve.

For example, Skitty needs a Moon Stone to evolve into Elegant, Hot Chickpea needs a Fire Stone to evolve into Jalapeno, and Bubble Chickpea needs a Light Stone to evolve into Cinnamoroll.

Also, if Oddish evolves into Gloom and you don't want it to evolve into Vileplume, you'll need to use a Sun Stone to evolve it into Bellossom.

After Litwick evolves into Lantwirler, it also needs a Dark Stone to evolve into Chandelure.

As soon as you enter this evolution stone shop, the owner greets you with great enthusiasm.

"What kind of evolution stone does this handsome young man want? I have it all, guaranteed to be top quality!"

Anjie said, "I'll take a look myself first."

The boss immediately nodded upon hearing this, "Okay, okay, handsome, feel free to look around."

Anjie walked to the shelf, picked up a fire stone and examined it. The fire stone was pure and bright, and it certainly looked to be of high quality.

So Anjie asked, "Boss, how much does one of these evolution stones cost?"

The shopkeeper chuckled and said, "Handsome young man, you have excellent taste! Such a high-quality Fire Stone only costs 6 Alliance Coins in our shop!"

Hearing this, An Jie frowned. It wasn't that it was too expensive, but rather that it was too cheap. He wasn't ignorant of the market; as far as he knew, the market price for a pure evolution stone of this quality could not be lower than 8, and if someone urgently needed it, it could even sell for 10.

But it's only selling for 6 here, something's not right!

Thinking this, Ange gripped the Evolution Stone and used the power of the Aura. Everything has an Aura, and stones are no exception.

The feedback from the waveguide is the most authentic feedback.

Sure enough, based on the aura feedback from the evolution stone, Angel quickly noticed something was wrong.

Logically, if this evolution stone were normal, the waveguide it transmits should be complete, but the waveguide from the one in Ange's hand is thin and fragmented, which is obviously abnormal.

Anjie stared at the flint for a long time before finally putting it back.

Seeing this, the boss asked, "What's wrong? Handsome, don't you want such a good evolution stone?"

Anjie asked, "Are all the evolution stones priced the same here?"

The shop owner smiled and said, "Of course, the quality is about the same, so the price is the same too."

Upon hearing this, Anjie quickly ran his hand over each evolution stone and found that the waveguides fed back by these evolution stones were all roughly the same.

They're all so abnormal.

However, when Ange touched a stone of light, he stopped, because the waveguide transmitted by this stone of light was normal.

When An Jie touched the Stone of Light, the shopkeeper's expression changed, and then he heard An Jie say, "I'll take this Stone of Light!"

The boss said with a stiff face, "Okay...okay." He cursed An Jie in his heart.

He only had a handful of normal evolution stones in the shop, how come this kid was so lucky to pick one!

It turns out that most of the evolution stones sold in this shop were indeed problematic. The shopkeeper was related to a quarry worker at an evolution stone mine. The two conspired to secretly transport evolution stone fragments from the mine, and then used a special synthesis technique to combine the fragments with some other materials to synthesize complete evolution stones before selling them.

Because of their low costs, they can sell their products at prices much lower than the market price, and even so, they still make a fortune.

This doesn't mean that evolution stones can't help Pokémon evolve. Even evolution stone fragments, if there are enough of them, can still help Pokémon evolve.

The key point is that, in order to save costs, the owner of this shady shop reduced the amount of evolution stone fragments and increased the amount of other ingredients.

Although all the evolution stones sold so far have successfully helped Pokémon evolve, no one is sure if they will cause any long-term effects on the Pokémon.

If the aftereffects are discovered, it will be difficult for the buyer to prove that it was caused by using this company's evolution stones.

The seller's synthesis technique was very sophisticated; with the naked eye, not only did Anjie fail to notice anything amiss, but the other buyers also failed to detect it.

Anjie paid for the Light Stone and left with his two apprentices amidst the boss's stiff smile.

Not long after leaving home, An Jie called the relevant authorities to report the store. He made sure to identify himself, and the person on the other end immediately said they would take it seriously and send someone to inspect it thoroughly.

After Anjie hung up the phone, the lizard asked in confusion, "Chirp~ Chirp~ Master, is there a problem with that shop?"

Gastly looked at Ange with a puzzled expression.

Anja shook his head and replied, "I don't know either, but something feels off." He then told the lizard and Gastly about his discovery.

The lizard immediately became indignant after hearing this.

"Chirp~ Chirp~" There's definitely something wrong. Master wouldn't make a mistake. You shady merchant!

"Gauss~ Gauss~"

Gastly also echoed its second senior brother with an angry expression.

Anjie chuckled and patted its head. "Whether there's a problem or not, we'll know after the relevant departments conduct their tests. If there is a problem, they won't let it continue operating."

The lizard and Gastly felt a little relieved after hearing this.

"Gauss~ Gauss~"

At this moment, Gastly suddenly asked Ange why he didn't report the shop ahead that used Savage Bass to impersonate Magikarp.

Anjie laughed and said, "Because the nature of the two things is different."

Haunter was puzzled. They were all lying. What was the difference?

Anjie then took his two apprentices to continue their investigations throughout the wholesale market.

After some investigation, Anjee selected two shops as his suppliers. He then called his assistant, Jerami, to introduce the two shops to him and gave him a list, instructing him to regularly deliver goods to the Nibel Plateau according to the items on the list.

After saying goodbye to Jerami, Anja took his two apprentices home.

As they passed the Pokémon Center, Ange had a sudden thought and immediately asked Gastly, "Gastly, do you want to evolve?"

Gastly was taken aback.

"Gauss?" Evolution?

Anja nodded. "Yes, it evolves into Gengar!"

Gastly looked delighted and asked, "Gauss?" Is that alright?

Most Pokémon evolve based on instinct; if they can evolve, they will naturally want to.

Anjie smiled and nodded: "Of course, we're just passing by the Pokémon Center. If you want to evolve, you can do it now."

"Gauss~ Gauss~" I'm evolving! I'm evolving!

Upon hearing this, Gastly immediately flew excitedly around Ange's head, its noise attracting the attention of passersby, and Gastly immediately blushed with embarrassment.

An Jie had long noticed that her three apprentices were easily embarrassed.

However, the passersby all gave him friendly looks, so Gastly quickly returned to his normal expression.

"Alright, let's go then!"

With that, Anjie led his two apprentices into the Pokémon Center.

Miss Joey asked in surprise when she saw Angie, "Your Highness, what brings you here today? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Anjie pointed to the Gastly Tunnel: "My Gastly needs to evolve, is that convenient?"

Upon hearing this, Miss Joy exclaimed happily, "Your Highness's timing is perfect! There happens to be a Trainer named Pinky who also wants to evolve via trade!"

Like Gastly's evolution into Gengar, Fragrante's evolution into Aromatherapy requires trading, but Fragrante also needs to carry a Sachet.

Actually, you can evolve by trading with an empty Poké Ball without trading with other Pokémon. However, since we happen to have two Pokémon that need to be traded, it's naturally faster to trade them together.

Then, Nurse Joy called out, "Miss Elle, there's a Trainer over here who needs to evolve through communication. Would you like to come along?"

"Here you are!"

A girl with long pink hair was seen running quickly towards them with a pink, fragrant dog.

Miss Joy smiled and introduced Ange, "This is Miss Aier, a trainer who was passing through our Azot Royal City. Her Pinky needs to evolve."

"Hello." Anjie nodded to the girl named Ai'er.

Then, Miss Joy introduced her to Ai'er, saying, "This is Prince Angel of Azoth, whom we don't see often! His Highness is evolving into Gastly!"

Ai'er exclaimed in surprise, then winked at Anjie and said, "Then please guide me!"

Miss Joey said, "If there are no problems, let's begin."

Anja and Ai nodded in unison, then each put Gastly and Pinkie Pie into their Poké Balls. Led by Nurse Joy, they arrived at the communication exchange machine.

Actually, Haunter didn't have a Poké Ball before coming to the Pokémon Center. The Poké Ball that was just now was prepared by Angel after Haunter agreed to evolve.

Angie and Aier placed their Poké Balls at opposite ends of the machine, and the communication began.

After the exchange, Anjie and Ai'er switched positions, because Anjie now had Pink Fragrance on her side, while Ai'er had Gastly on her side.

Angel took out the Poké Ball containing Haunter again and opened it. As soon as Haunter came out, its whole body began to emit a bright blue-white light.

The situation is the same for Ai'er.

Evolution has begun.

"Chirp~ Chirp~"

Seeing his junior sister evolving, the lizard clapped excitedly.

In the Light of Evolution, Gastly's size continued to grow, not only developing hands but also growing legs, and its body became increasingly round and chubby.

When the light faded, a brand new Pokémon appeared in front of Angel and Lizard—Gengar, the evolved form of Gastly!

"Geng~ Geng~"

After evolving, Gengar wriggled its body, curiously examining its new form.

Ange stepped forward to congratulate him: "Gengar, congratulations on your successful evolution!"

His three apprentices are a little different from ordinary Gengar. Ordinary Gengar are dark purple, while his three apprentices are grayish.

This is a Shiny Pokémon.

"Geng~ Geng~"

Upon hearing Anja's congratulations, Gengar happily rushed over and hugged Anja tightly, then spun him around in the air until Anja was dizzy.

"Alright, alright! Gengar, if you keep spinning like that, I won't be able to stand up straight!" Anja said helplessly.

"Geng~"

Gengar then put Anja down with a grin, two red blushes appearing on its face.

She's getting shy again!

"Chirp~ Chirp~"

The senior brother, transformed into a lizard, gave Gengar a thumbs-up and offered his congratulations. Like Ange, he received a big hug from Gengar.

Anjie looked at Gengar and said with admiration, "I didn't expect you to evolve to your final form even earlier than your two senior brothers."

(End of this chapter)