The Black Market staff member took the savings card, inserted it into the machine, and after verification, returned it to Tetsuya.
Tetsuya took it and stepped into the entrance of the Black Market Store.
What greeted him was a large hall paved with white bricks, with various doors behind it, each marked with a different elemental symbol.
Seeing Tetsuya walk in, a female attendant waiting nearby stepped forward to ask.
"Hello, how can I help you?"
Tetsuya glanced at the curvaceous and revealingly dressed attendant. His thirty-plus years of virgin heart suddenly fluctuated, but it was quickly suppressed.
After all, women would only affect the speed at which he threw Poke Balls.
Tetsuya's voice came from under his black robe: "Where are the Elekid or Torchic eggs? Take me to see them."
The attendant bent slightly, revealing the upper part of her white, rounded spheres, and guided Tetsuya forward.
"For the Torchic eggs, another customer is currently selecting one. Perhaps you could first go to the Elekid egg storage room to choose the Pokemon Egg you like."
Tetsuya nodded slightly, indicating for the attendant to lead the way.
The attendant led Tetsuya into the door with the lightning symbol. Inside, it was divided into many small rooms.
Outside the rooms were name tags for different types of Pokemon Eggs.
Soon, they reached the room where the Elekid eggs were located. The attendant used her work card to open the door.
Inside were three entire shelves displaying Elekid eggs, but the further back the shelves were, the sparser the Elekid eggs were distributed.
"The three shelves correspond to three different prices of Pokemon Eggs," the attendant said skillfully.
Seeing that Tetsuya didn't stop her, she continued to explain.
"Taking Elekid as an example, the three prices are 12 million, 15 million, and 18 million.
The pricing is based on our Black Market's Aptitude Appraiser's judgment of the potential aptitude of the Pokemon that will hatch from the Pokemon Egg. The higher the aptitude, the higher the price.
The criteria for judgment mainly include the strength of both parents of the Pokemon Egg and the overall condition of the Pokemon Egg, etc.
Of course, there are errors. We can only guarantee that these Pokemon all have at least Elite potential.
There have been cases where a customer bought the highest priced Pokemon but it only hatched into one that could reach Elite Level.
Similarly, there have also been cases where a customer bought a Pokemon Egg appraised as having the lowest aptitude, but the Pokemon that hatched reached the Elite Four.
We hope you can choose the Pokemon Egg you like, and please be sure not to damage the Pokemon Egg."
After speaking, the attendant stood to the side, allowing Tetsuya to begin observing by himself.
After all, Trainers choosing Pokemon Eggs are all very strange. Some Trainers will choose a Pokemon Egg if they like its pattern, while other Trainers will look at all the eggs to find the one they feel a connection with.
Anyway, there are all sorts of strange people.
The attendant had been trained long ago. After introducing the basic situation, when the customer is choosing a Pokemon Egg, she just needs to stand by silently and watch, unless the customer makes any destructive actions or asks for an explanation.
Otherwise, being complained about and having money deducted would be miserable.
Tetsuya ignored the attendant standing to the side and secretly summoned Zero to start looking from the first shelf.
Elite, Elite, Elite. All he saw at a glance were Elite.
Tetsuya couldn't help but sigh, there was indeed truth to the saying "you get what you pay for."
The Stall Area had a unified price of 10 million for Elekid eggs and 20 million for Torchic eggs, which was a bit lower.
However, the Stall Area outside not only had fewer in quantity, but the potential couldn't be so uniform, and most were relatively poor.
He quickly scanned the first shelf. Aside from a few Quasi-Elite Four that seemed out of place, there were no surprises.
Tetsuya walked to the second shelf and started looking. From Zero's display, the Pokemon Eggs on it were indeed much better than those on the first shelf.
At least the proportion of eggs with Quasi-Elite Four potential increased from 20% to 50%, although there were only about ten eggs in total.
Unfortunately, there were still no eggs with Elite Four level potential that Tetsuya wanted.
Arriving at the third row of shelves, there were only a mere 5 eggs displayed.
Tetsuya secretly rejoiced. He was lucky. Among the five Pokemon Eggs, one was Elite, three were Quasi-Elite Four, and the remaining one was just right, with Elite Four level potential.
He first gloated a little over the unlucky Trainer who might spend the most money and only choose an Elite Level one in the future.
Tetsuya waved to the attendant, pointing at the Pokemon Egg with Elite Four potential and instructing the attendant.
"Record this one first, then take me to see the Torchic eggs."
The attendant took out her device, made a mark, and after confirming via walkie-talkie that no one was in the Torchic egg room, she took Tetsuya and left.
"The prices for Torchic eggs are 22 million, 25 million, and 30 million respectively."
Soon they arrived at the Torchic egg room in another large door. The attendant briefly explained and then faded into the background.
The price jump for Torchic eggs was greater because, compared to Elekid, high-aptitude Torchic were more attractive to most Trainers, and market demand was there.
Tetsuya quickly scanned the first and second shelves in the same manner as before, and as expected, there were no surprises.
Although the Aptitude Appraisers in this world were not as accurate as Zero in their judgment, they could still make a rough estimate based on various factors.
Tetsuya quickly arrived in front of the third shelf.
On the third shelf here, there were 12 Torchic eggs, more than double the number of Elekid eggs.
Tetsuya secretly prayed for the Goddess of Fortune, oh no, it should be Jirachi's favor here.
Although the basic task of getting an Elite Four level Elekid was completed, wouldn't it be even better if there was a superior Torchic?
Tetsuya scanned them one by one: Quasi-Elite Four, Quasi-Elite Four, Quasi-Elite Four, Elite Four, Quasi-Elite Four, Quasi-Elite Four...
There were no surprises until the 10th one. It just meant there were two Elite Four level ones, which was the same probability as the Elekid, and none with Elite potential.
Tetsuya was very relaxed. After all, the probability was too small. If there was any chance of a Pokemon Egg with Quasi-Champion or Champion potential, no one would choose to sell it; they would gamble on it.
At least if they lost the gamble, it would still be an Elite Four level, completely not a loss, and even a huge profit.
The Black Market wouldn't be so unprofessional.
Just as he was thinking this, when he saw the eleventh egg, Tetsuya's eyes under his black robe shrunk violently, and his fists clenched instantly.
He glanced at the last egg, Quasi-Elite Four, garbage, and pointed at the eleventh egg, saying to the attendant:
"This one. I'll take it."
The attendant felt that Tetsuya's voice seemed to have changed from just now, but couldn't tell how.
Hearing Tetsuya's request, she picked up the intercom on her waist and said something.
Soon, another male attendant came with a special instrument for loading Pokemon Eggs.
Tetsuya watched as the other person carefully placed the Pokemon Egg into the instrument, and then very straightforwardly handed two anonymous savings cards, one with 10 million and the other with 20 million, to the female attendant from before.
After a quick confirmation, the attendant's smile became even more sincere, and she asked the male attendant to help put the Pokemon Egg into Tetsuya's Spatial Backpack.
The transaction was complete.
The female attendant escorted Tetsuya out of the store's door, then happily returned to her team, having completed a single transaction worth 50,000 Alliance Coins.
And our protagonist, Tetsuya, walked out of the Black Market with seemingly slow but actually fast steps, found a place to take off his black robe and throw it into his backpack.
After confirming that no one was following him, he jogged all the way back home.
"Slap!" As soon as he entered the house and closed the door, Tetsuya gave himself a slap.
Hiss, Tetsuya covered his face. It hurt, it was real.
He carefully took out the Torchic egg he had just bought, opened Zero, and confirmed it again.
It was real, this Torchic egg actually had Champion level potential.
It didn't even stop at Quasi-Champion, it jumped directly from Elite Four to Champion.
Tetsuya immediately performed a 360-degree spin on the spot followed by an Armstrong Cannon takeoff.
After going crazy in the living room like a Husky for half an hour, muttering non-stop, Tetsuya finally calmed down.
Although he didn't know what that Appraiser did, he/she must be a great person.
He/She wished him/her a long life, Tetsuya prayed.
Let's put it this way, the probability of Tetsuya encountering this situation is equivalent to a lawyer suddenly showing up one day saying you have a 1 billion inheritance to claim, all in cash after taxes.
The level of shock is equivalent to having this cash inheritance brought directly to you by a truck.
(P.S. Although one truck might not be enough)
Tetsuya's hands were trembling.
What, Zero could still be wrong?
Get lost, the further the better. If anyone dared to say that to Tetsuya at this moment, Tetsuya would definitely curse them out.
Tetsuya took a deep breath and exhaled.
He tried to calm his long-unsettled mood.
Calm down my foot, Tetsuya released Pidgeot and started kneading it.
Pidgeot was released thinking it was time for a meal, but was instead hugged by its owner and started having its feathers ravaged.
Pidgeot was very desperate. Could its Trainer be crazy? It had been almost two years and it hadn't felt like it before.
Half an hour later, Tetsuya was using a special comb to groom Pidgeot's feathers, chuckling to himself.
Pidgeot lay on the ground, enjoying its Trainer's service, but the occasional laughter from behind made it feel a little creepy.
After grooming Pidgeot's feathers, Tetsuya also prepared lunch for Pidgeot and let it go play.
Only now did Tetsuya start to recover a little, after all, it was simply too surprising.
What did Champion potential mean? It meant that as long as the resources were in place, Tetsuya could potentially have a Champion level Blaziken. With this, he could easily become an Elite Four, and even challenge for Champion!
Although the resources would be at least ten digits, at least there was hope, wasn't there, and it wasn't small.
Tetsuya felt like he was the chosen one. First, he encountered a Pidgey egg with Elite Four potential, and now a Torchic egg with Champion potential.
He could be said to be the illegitimate child of the Goddess of Fortune. Tetsuya swore that if he ever met Jirachi, he would definitely prepare something delicious for it.
He took out his computer, not even bothering to eat lunch. Since the Torchic had Champion level potential, the previous breeding plan was somewhat inadequate.
Tetsuya began to frantically revise the Torchic's juvenile breeding plan based on his knowledge and Zero's summary.
Two hours later, at 2 PM, a rumbling stomach finally prompted Tetsuya to put down his computer and finish the revisions.
Tetsuya sent the revised plan to his wristband and walked into the kitchen. While preparing his combined lunch and afternoon tea, he reviewed it to see if there were any issues.
He had chosen Torchic instead of Elekid, and the reasons were explained in considerable detail. The most crucial point was that the world's will had given the protagonist a small cheat.
Simply put, not many people knew about Electivire, at least among commoners.
Even for those at the higher levels, using an item to evolve wasn't very cost-effective, and it couldn't Mega Evolve.
Therefore, no one would specifically breed Elekid eggs for sale, but Torchic was different.
Their average aptitudes might be similar, but the sheer number of them was vastly different.
So, finding a good Torchic through chance was relatively more reasonable.
Originally, he had planned to insert a plot segment where the protagonist went to the Hoenn Region to obtain Torchic, but later he thought it was completely unnecessary and changed it. After all, did the Protagonist's Halo need a reason? No, it didn't.
Moreover, Champion aptitude wasn't as simple as it sounded; it would be gradually revealed later.
Also: Thank you to the great Meng Ru Qian Ji for the 100 Qidian Coin tip.
Thank you to the great Yue Long for the 100 Qidian Coin tip.
Thank you to the great zZzzzzzzzzzz for the 100 Qidian Coin tip.
P.S.: The basis for future bonus chapters will likely be the total number of Recommendation Tickets each week, the total number of Monthly Passes each month, the total amount of tips, and so on. Bonus chapters will be added when certain thresholds are reached. Everything is transparent, so there's no need to worry. The reasons for bonus chapters will be clearly stated in the author's notes.
Another P.S.: I feel like if I revised the paragraph at the very top, I could probably add another 200 words to the main text.
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