Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

"You saw it during the day?"

Suddenly, the supervisor asked.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yan's heart tightened, and the red "R" embroidered on the supervisor's cuff flashed through his mind.

On the surface, he remained calm and asked in return:

"Saw? Saw what?"

Surely it's not worth closing the entire club just for him?

Although the Rockets are very secretive in Goldenrod City, anyone with a bit of power can see their intricate network of connections there, and their presence can be discreetly felt in every corner of the city.

Knowing he's a member of the Rockets, surely it's not worth making a big fuss about, right?

"Heh—" Hearing that Xia Yan was pretending to be confused, Loto didn't expose him, but just chuckled and said, "Are you short of money?"

Short of money?

It's not just a matter of lacking money.

He nodded subtly. "Missing."

There was no need to hide it; his purpose in coming to this club was to make money, and he believed that over 90% of the sparring partners in the club were also there for the money.

I guessed so.

Loto walked in, his cold demeanor revealing a hint of murderous intent.

He stared intently at Xia Yan for a few seconds, especially at the unicorn on his shoulder, before sitting back down in his chair and returning to the shadows.

"Once the club's sparring partners are promoted to intermediate-level sparring partners, they can receive special assignments from me, and each one comes with a substantial reward..."

Xia Yan was stunned.

Can intermediate-level sparring partners receive special missions from Loto?

Is this the Rockets' mission, or the club's mission?

and many more.

Does that mean that this club, in name only, is actually a screening site for the Rockets to select members?

Suppressing his doubts, he said in a deep voice, "Not cheap? That depends on how cheap it is."

Loto handed over a document. "Here's a mission. The reward is 30,000 Alliance Coins. Do you want to accept it?"

Thirty thousand!

Xia Yan was shocked.

Even though he is now a mid-level training partner with a decent base salary and commission, there is still a significant gap between that and 50,000 Alliance Coins. It would take him at least half a month to earn those 30,000 Alliance Coins.

Even if everything goes smoothly.

Even if more potential is now discovered in the unicorn, it's questionable whether it will take even a month to evolve.

If we can earn more Alliance Coins this month and use more resources to convert the Unicorn's potential into strength, and strive to realize its potential to the maximum extent before it evolves, it will be extremely beneficial to its future growth.

He took the document, glanced at it briefly, and his eyes glazed over slightly.

"I took it."

"What? Aren't you going to ask about the level of danger?" Loto said with a hint of mockery.

Xia Yan put away the documents. "Whether it's dangerous or not, as long as the money is there, everything is negotiable."

"Heh—I like your attitude." Loto clapped his hands with a smile.

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now," Xia Yan said.

“Go ahead,” Loto said casually, waving his hand.

"By the way, Manager Loto, could you tell me why you're closing so early today?" Xia Yan couldn't help but ask as soon as he lifted his foot.

"The power is out."

Xia Yan: "..."

The power outage was really scary.

But seriously, how could a city as big as Golden City experience a power outage?

Chapter Thirty: The Slums

The next day.

The dawn breaks through the night sky, and the morning sun overlooks the earth.

A street in the westernmost part of Golden City, filled with abandoned houses.

Xia Yan arrived here early in the morning with the Unicorn Beetle.

Looking at the rows of old residential buildings, each a dozen stories high, but abandoned for who knows how long, it's clear that no one has lived here for a long time.

Goldenrod City, as the largest city in the Kanto region, appears to be incredibly glamorous on the surface, but in reality, there are many impoverished areas that it doesn't want others to see.

For example, Xia Yan was like a mosquito larva in the lowest rung of society in Golden City; no one would care whether he lived or died.

The area he had come to was a typical area where the lower-class residents of Golden City were active.

It is also called.

Slums.

Wearing the clothes provided by Jian Er, his eyes, hidden under the long brim of his hat, scanned the deathly silent area around him.

He couldn't help but frown.

"Since it's here, finding it will be quite troublesome."

What he held in his hand was the mission information that Supervisor Loto had given him yesterday. It contained a description of an elf, as well as the level of danger it posed and the precautions to take.

His task was to get rid of the elf.

This cleanup is not just a simple matter of driving people away; it is a true cleanup.

"It really does feel like a familiar feeling from another world."

Xia Yan murmured.

His predecessor had been active in this area and was quite familiar with the environment.

Knowing how complicated the situation is here, finding a hidden elf will definitely not be easy.

At the same time, Xia Yan could clearly sense that in the seemingly empty space, there were many eyes hiding in the shadows observing him.

Eyes filled with hostility and greed.

His current attire does indeed seem somewhat out of place in this environment.

"I really need to find someone to ask about the situation first."

Hide the file.

It only contains a description of the quest sprite and only tells us the general area where it is hiding, but not its exact location.

Knock knock knock—

Stepping on the broken stone slabs, the scattered gravel and sand made the sound of my footsteps somewhat muffled.

They walked straight to a dilapidated house.

His sudden action caught the person who had been hiding in the room, silently observing Xia Yan, completely off guard.

In a panic, she tried to leave, but then she heard Xia Yan say something;

"Stop him."

whoosh-

A glistening, bright white thread emerged from the unicorn beetle's mouth and wrapped directly around the ankle of the person trying to escape in a disheveled state.

The other person looked terrified and tried to break free, but couldn't move an inch and instead got closer and closer to Xia Yan.

Given the silk-spinning ability of the unicorn beetle, it would be impossible for an ordinary human to break free.

Xia Yan looked at him expressionlessly, meeting his panicked eyes.

Upon seeing the man's appearance, Xia Yan was slightly taken aback, but quickly recovered and said calmly, "Third husband."

The man was taken aback when he heard his name called.

Xia Yan never expected that his casual questioning of someone would lead him to run into an acquaintance from his past life.

However, he has changed so much that Sanfu did not recognize him at all. Even if he looked familiar, he would not associate him with the original Xia Yan.

“This… sir.”

Sanfu knew he couldn't escape, so he obediently called out.

One of the survival rules at the bottom of society is that when you encounter someone who is clearly no match for you, you should back down.

Xia Yan took out a banknote worth twenty Alliance Coins from his pocket.

"Answer my question, it's yours."

Sanfu's eyes lit up immediately when he saw the money.

Don't underestimate twenty Alliance Coins; for him, it could be a week's or even longer of food security.

He nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes!"

"Recently... have any Pokémon appeared in this area? Any unusual places or events?"

"This area... elves... special events..."

Sanfu blinked and fell into deep thought.

He immediately snapped to attention, quickly realizing what was happening, and hurriedly said, "Recently, Scarface from the South Corner suddenly died..."

"Not this one."

Before he could finish speaking, Xia Yan interrupted him.

Scarface was the one who tried to steal his unicorn worm. It's estimated that after being poisoned by the unicorn worm's stinger, his body was temporarily weakened, and he was killed while the worm was in action.