Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Everyone is familiar with Togekiss. Although it is very difficult to evolve, it is extremely powerful. What is even more difficult is finding its location.

The trainer who came out was holding Togepi, so he had completed the most difficult part.

Trainers who had already registered were secretly relieved and ignored the celebrations in the park, instead running straight into the hunting area.

They can't steal a Pokémon from someone else, but they can still go in and search for it. Who can guarantee they won't be the next lucky one?

Tetsuya watched their frenzied behavior. Luckily, if it weren't for the rules of the hunting grounds that prevented the revelation of the Pokémon's habitat, he probably would have been entangled long ago.

Several middle-aged wealthy men dressed as gentlemen prepared to step forward. Buying and selling was not an option, but exchanging Pokémon was a symbol of friendship between trainers.

Since we're friends, it's perfectly normal for them to help each other out.

However, they were stopped by park staff before they could walk more than a few steps.

Just as they were about to get angry, the staff said something to them, and they each shook their heads and went to the front desk to register helplessly.

"Well then, Tamaki Tetsuya, I'll call you Tetsuya. It just so happens that I know Professor Oak and Master Asahi. Shall we go and have a talk?"

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Slowpoke in front of him.

“Okay, Director Baoba.”

Chapter 153 Compensation

In the meeting room of the hunting grounds.

Meanwhile, the front desk of the hunting grounds outside was already bustling with activity, as many local residents of Asakusa City had come after hearing about the event.

Most of them usually don't use up all their entry attempts, and may only use them once or twice, because there's no need for it.

Many people, like Kagaku and Iga, only raise one spirit as their companion.

Part of the reason is that their passion doesn't lie in this, another is that they feel that the cost of becoming a true trainer is too high, and the rest is something only God knows.

The appearance of a rare Pokémon always causes a sensation, and this time it's especially intense.

If we do discover traces of rare Pokémon, although there are rules against revealing them, people are adaptable, and those who understand will understand.

Principal Baoba brewed two cups of tea and sat facing Tetsuya.

"You truly are a handsome and talented individual, no wonder you're Master Si's junior brother! Your talent as a trainer is truly exceptional; even A-Ju often mentions you..."

He had barely taken a few sips of tea when Principal Baoba started awkwardly praising Tetsuya.

Tetsuya was completely bewildered. What was going on? Such a stiff compliment coming from the shrewd and worldly-wise Principal Baoba felt really out of place.

It's important to know that Principal Baoba's own trainer skills aren't particularly strong. The reason he's the Principal of the Safari Zone is largely due to his extensive network of connections.

Especially with the Fuchsia Gym, A-Ju can be said to have grown up under the watchful eye of Principal Baoba.

Seeing Zhe's undisguised disbelief, Principal Baoba felt a little embarrassed and coughed, "Ahem, let's get straight to the point."

Tetsuya put down his teacup and nodded silently. Although he didn't know what the main topic was, his intuition told him that it seemed to be something that would benefit him.

"It's like this, the Guardian Team was sent out by our former supervisor and interfered with your capture of the Trapinch Ants. We're very sorry."

This mistake was made by our park staff; we failed to detect the mandible ants in time. On behalf of the hunting grounds, I hope you will not speak of this matter.

As compensation, we are willing to return the mandible-ant to you, and I will also personally give you a fossil from my collection, a high-quality one, if you don't mind.

Director Baoba was quite helpless, not because he felt sorry for the mandible ants and the fossils, but because this matter had indeed greatly affected the hunting grounds that he had devoted his life to.

If others knew that the Safari Zone was secretly preventing trainers from entering to catch Pokémon, who would want to come here again?

Even if that wasn't their original intention, since Tetsuya discovered them and they still sneaked around, doesn't that make it true?

Now, Principal Baoba regrets one thing: not letting the Guardians appear in public to explain the situation clearly.

At first, he was just trying to save face, but now he's losing all his dignity.

Tetsuya blinked and quickly realized what was going on.

So it's true that your staff are incompetent and didn't notice this mandible ant?

While outwardly rubbing his temples with a serious expression, Tetsuya was inwardly laughing hysterically.

"throat."

He still couldn't resist.

"Well, I need to think about it some more."

Fortunately, he quickly covered it up by pretending to have choked on his water.

However, judging from the slight twitching at the corner of Principal Baoba's mouth, he had not succeeded.

"Of course, you have plenty of time to think it over. By the way, congratulations on catching this Togepi."

Principal Baoba smiled.

"Haha, I also think I'm very lucky!"

Tetsuya lifted up the Togepi in his arms.

This action felt like another knife being plunged into the heart of the kindergarten director, Baoba.

"Yes, you're really lucky."

However, remembering the files he had read and the more detailed information he had obtained by questioning A-Ju, Director Baoba chose to hold back.

A moment of silence fell over the reception room.

Tetsuya was pondering whether he really needed the Desert Dragonfly, or whether he could afford to keep it.

The latter is of course the opposite. If things were okay at the beginning, then with this little baby in my arms, I definitely wouldn't be able to afford to raise them.

Don't forget, he also has a Snivy.

If it weren't for his incredibly good luck this time, he wouldn't have planned to start training the fifth Pokémon for his main team now.

As for the former, Flygon is indeed a very good Pokémon, and it can also create a synergistic effect with the future Grimstone, where 1+1 is greater than 2.

However, it's not that there isn't a superior Pokémon that can be substituted, or rather, that Pokémon is the one that Tetsuya envisioned as wanting to collaborate with Grimstone.

Tyrant of the Desert, Banjira.

“Alright then, Principal Baoba,” Tetsuya said.

Principal Baoba looked at Tetsuya, desperately hoping that Tetsuya would accept his suggestion.

"I don't really accept your suggestion." But unfortunately, Tetsuya's next words dealt him a heavy blow.

Before Principal Baoba could ask for the reason, Tetsuya continued, "My idea is that I don't want Trapinch anymore, but in exchange, I need 6 Soothing Bells, a Light Stone of quality 95 or higher, and 2000 million yen in cash compensation. What do you think?"

Principal Baoba became happier and happier as he listened, and his earlier thought that Tetsuya wanted to continue making exorbitant demands suddenly disappeared.

This child is a good person.

Although, in terms of value, all the items Tetsuya proposed were more expensive than the young Trapclaw Ants combined, the value of many things cannot be measured in monetary terms.

A single Trapter ant is already quite valuable, but for most people, especially those with extensive networks like Principal Baoba, the value of a Trapter ant goes far beyond the amount of Alliance Coins it represents.

“I think that’s great. If it could be like that, it would be wonderful.”

Principal Baoba agreed so readily that Tetsuya momentarily regretted that he hadn't asked for enough. Maybe he should add a King's Proof, Leftovers, or Sharp Fang?

"Oh well," Tetsuya sighed inwardly. He realized his vision was too limited; he should have aimed for something bigger.

"2000 million Alliance Coins have been transferred to your card."

As Principal Baoba made his move, Tetsuya's watch quickly received a notification sound, "Ding!"

"??"

Is this the charm of the super-rich? Only two minutes have passed! I'm in love!

Director Baoba remained unfazed; for an alliance organization, especially the only one in the region, this sum of money was practically nothing.

Even for him alone, it was just a small amount.

Besides, this money doesn't need to be paid by the park or him.

At this moment, a former hunting ground manager named Jie was crying; that was most of his life savings.

Principal Baoba continued, "As for the Soothing Bell and the 95-quality Light Stone, it will take some time. We can give you three Soothing Bells for now, and send the remaining three to Professor Oak's lab along with the Evolution Stone, how about that?"

"Tsk, so rich and powerful," Tetsuya thought to himself with disdain.

Although the Soothing Bell doesn't have any particularly special effects (before the concept of intimacy was introduced), its simple ability to soothe elves was enough to win the favor of many noblewomen.

Raising Pokémon like Pichu requires these items, so their market price isn't low.

They actually took three of them!

As for evolution stones of quality 95, although Tetsuya initially said they were light stones of quality 95 or higher, it was clear that neither of them took it seriously.

The dividing line for the quality of evolution stones is at 95. Above that, each higher level represents a significant difference in value.

Because this relates to changes in a Pokémon's aptitude, the higher the quality of the evolution stone, the greater the degree of change it can bring and the higher the chance of success.

According to the information Pewter Gym gave Tetsuya at the beginning, this is one way to change one's potential—using an evolution stone of the corresponding type during evolution.

The principle behind this is that, according to research, Pokémon undergo certain potential changes during their evolution.

However, most of the energy absorbed by elves during evolution is used to modify their bodies to change towards the next stage, with only a very small portion of the energy enhancing their potential.

Therefore, the change in potential is extremely small, and without external interference, even if one evolves twice, one's aptitude cannot be improved.

Currently, there have only been about a dozen cases where a Pokémon's aptitude exceeded its original limit after evolution—after ruling out many cases where the results were due to inaccurate testing.

Compared to the countless Pokémon in the League, it's easy to imagine how small the probability is.

So some people have researched whether the problem is insufficient energy for modification, and whether adding energy from the same source would solve the issue.

What is the energy of the same origin? The first thing that came to everyone's mind when this idea was proposed was evolution stones.

Evolution stones contain the purest type energy, which can be used to support all Pokémon of the corresponding type.

That's it! Everyone was overjoyed. Although this stuff was scarce, there were still veins of it.

Even according to Professor Oak and Professor Yamanashi, Tetsuya knew that there were three special evolution stones within the League that would never disappear, meaning that the energy within them would automatically regenerate, making them almost eternal.

However, thanks to the concerted efforts of the alliance and various researchers, everyone was soon given a cold shower.

Only evolution stones of quality 95 or higher, when added to the white light of a Pokémon's evolution, have a certain chance of improving that Pokémon's aptitude.

In other words, evolution stones of quality less than 90 have no chance of improving a character's quality. The probability of evolution stones of quality 90 to 94 improving a character's quality is less than one in a thousand. Only evolution stones of quality 95 and above have a probability greater than ten percent.

Zhe didn't know how this data was obtained, but he knew that the cost must have been astronomical.

He was just glad that his initial Fire Stone only had 89 points, which was right at the maximum profit level.

Otherwise, many people, including him at the time, would not have known that evolution stones with 90 or more points were relatively valuable and might have sold them at a low price. This is the benefit brought about by information asymmetry.

As for investing two evolution stones, forget about it.

Is Chapter 154 too short? Add it here!

According to the analysis, the key factor affecting whether or not one's qualifications are improved lies in quality, not quantity.

In other words, unless it is an evolution stone of quality 90 or above, the quality of the energy inside it does not meet the corresponding requirements.

Increasing the quantity only increases the amount of energy; it doesn't help improve the activation of aptitude.

Adding two or more high-quality evolution stones does increase the probability to some extent, but the effect is far less than 2 (1+1). With that money, it's better to find a way to get an evolution stone that's one or two points higher in quality.

Both the effectiveness and the probability have been significantly improved.

The above applies to all Pokémon that evolve with or without evolution stones.

Even if a Pokémon originally requires an evolution stone to evolve, you only need to use one high-quality evolution stone instead of two. As for the principle behind this, it is currently unknown, but researchers generally believe that this is the wonder of Pokémon evolution.

In addition, the probability data mentioned above is subject to some fluctuation. For example, the probability of a 95-quality evolution stone affecting an elite player's development into a near-Elite player is different from that of a near-Elite player's development into an Elite player. The former is obviously simpler.

However, more specific data was unavailable, and Tetsuya suspected that it was because the league's inventory was also insufficient.

Even the wealthiest family can't stop people from playing like this.

High-quality evolution stones are definitely less common than regular evolution stones.

Tetsuya knew about this before Combusken evolved into Blaziken, but it wasn't realistic.

Powerchicken already has the potential to be a champion; if it takes another step forward, will it become a near-legendary Pokémon? A legendary Pokémon? Tetsuya couldn't even imagine it.