High-quality Fire Stones are absolutely the most sought-after items.
Tetsuya had only just spent a minute browsing the Pokemon Forum when his Pokemon Watch started buzzing constantly, indicating that offers were being sent through the backend.
Although Tetsuya was prepared, he was still startled.
Looking at the 99+ message notifications in his transaction backend, Tetsuya felt a bit bewildered.
Frowning, Tetsuya felt that this was not normal.
After all, even though high-quality Fire Stones are rare, it shouldn't be the case that so many people want to buy them, or rather, there aren't that many rich people.
Tetsuya clicked on the backend and his face darkened. As expected.
"Can I trade for it with 10 million plus a Charcoal with a 10% effect?" (Offer attached)
"20 million, no more, good brother." (Offer attached)
Tetsuya took a deep breath and decisively added a few words to his sale title—Clowns begone!!!
He also set a reserve price of 28 million for his transaction, having learned a lesson from his lack of experience.
Rubbing his temples with a headache, Tetsuya walked over to the trading computer desk and started browsing the information.
The Alliance system had automatically used the reserve price he just set as a filter condition for the information. Tetsuya refreshed the backend, and there were 12 messages. This was a normal number of offers.
"45 million cash," "42 million cash + 3 million worth of Choco Berries," "43 million + 2 million worth of Candlewood Berries."
Tetsuya successively eliminated the lower offers, leaving only the three with the highest bids.
They were "45 million cash," "42 million cash + 3 million worth of Choco Berries," and "43 million + 2 million worth of Candlewood Berries."
Among them, Choco Berries are berries used to nurture Fire-type Pokemon, which can increase the intensity of Fire-type energy within Fire-type Pokemon. Candlewood Berries are similar, but for Electric-type Pokemon.
There are also Thousand Fragrance Berries for Water-types, Loquat Berries for Grass-types, and so on. These are relatively common resources exchanged among Elite Trainers, collectively referred to as Energy Fruits.
The yield is not small, but compared to the demand, it is far from sufficient.
As for the higher-level berries, they are rare fruits like Sand Scale Berries or Dragon Fire Berries that can increase a Pokemon's abilities. However, these fruits often only grow naturally in the wild.
At least Tetsuya had never heard of anyone who could artificially cultivate these rare berries.
Now, these three offers are all worth the same amount, 45 million, so the key is which one to choose.
Tetsuya frowned, thought for a moment, and still chose the 45 million cash.
After all, he is not yet sure what his second Pokemon will be, and he still needs to go to the Black Market to select individuals with excellent potential.
If he exchanges for training materials now and the type is not suitable later, he will need to exchange them again. It's better to just choose Alliance Coins, as he can buy them again later anyway.
Moreover, the initial training doesn't require too many Energy Fruits, and storing them is also a hassle.
At that time, he can just buy a small amount from the Alliance Mall, even if the unit price is a bit higher.
For large quantities, he can seek to purchase them at the Trade Center.
Tetsuya confirmed the transaction and handed the Fire Stone to the Alliance staff.
After some operations, 44.55 million, after deducting the guarantee fee, quickly entered his account three hours later.
It wouldn't have been this fast normally, because the other party also needed to confirm receipt.
But luckily, this buyer was in the neighboring Cerulean City, and the other party even paid an extra 10,000 Alliance Coins for a fast service.
This resulted in the buyer confirming receipt of the Fire Stone two hours later, and naturally, the money reached Tetsuya's hands.
Tetsuya walked out of the Trade Center, looking at the balance information displayed on his Pokemon Watch, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.
His joyful mood was practically overflowing, this was much more exciting than yesterday's 2.2 million.
Adding up his two lives, this was the first time Tetsuya had a deposit exceeding 8 figures, and the first digit wasn't 1.
Unfortunately, more than half of it was about to be spent.
Tetsuya slowly walked towards the Black Market.
Finding a place to change into a regular black robe, Tetsuya began to look for his target.
The Black Market is mainly divided into two areas, the Stall Area and the Black Market Stores, which are very easy to understand.
The former is mainly for casual Trainers to sell things, just like Tetsuya selling Butterfree. They just pay the Black Market stall fee to set up a stall.
The latter is where organized groups entrust the Black Market to sell large quantities, so it is actually a very large Pokemon Egg selling point, except that it is divided into different areas and sales staff according to type.
The suppliers for the latter are either large families or poaching teams, or organizations like Team Rocket, who sell their spoils in large quantities in exchange for money or resources.
You might ask why the Alliance doesn't clean it up. To be honest, Tetsuya has suspected more than once that the power holders behind the Black Markets in various regions might be the various big shots, and the Alliance has no way to completely clean it up.
So instead of cleaning it up incompletely and causing chaos, it's better to let the Black Market develop normally with a little order, and as mentioned before, it can also give the ordinary people at the bottom a vague opportunity.
Tetsuya first browsed the Stall Area. There were only about four or five stalls selling Torchic or Elekid and their Pokemon Eggs.
There were no more than ten of the two types of Pokemon combined, only eight, and their potential was not high.
Although it was difficult to find, Tetsuya did not intend to use Pokemon with potential below Elite Four as his main members.
As a transmigrator with a Cheat/System, Tetsuya's pursuit was not just being an Elite Trainer.
The goal Tetsuya set for himself was that if it was an Elekid, it had to have Elite Four potential, and Torchic should preferably be at the Quasi-Champion level.
After all, as a starter Pokemon, Torchic is a very popular Pokemon.
Don't think that "starter Pokemon" is just a name; these are the Pokemon that the Alliance has determined through years of analysis to be the most suitable for novice trainers, and many trainers have proven this point.
Where there's demand, there's supply. Moreover, Elekid, a Pokemon that officially only has one evolution, Electabuzz, is not particularly popular.
Therefore, compared to Elekid, there are significantly more Torchic eggs than Elekid eggs in the Black Market.
More quantity means a higher probability of finding a good deal, and naturally, Tetsuya's requirements will also be higher.
Among the eight Pokemon in the stall area, six were Torchic, and the remaining two were Elekid, with potential levels of Normal and Elite Level respectively.
Tetsuya wasn't too disappointed; after all, it's very rare to find high-potential Pokemon in the stall area.
The stall owners here are people who accidentally obtained Pokemon or Pokemon eggs during their adventures and are selling them. There is no guarantee of potential whatsoever.
However, the Black Market Store is different.
Tetsuya walked to the right side of the stall area, where there was a large door with dedicated personnel verifying the assets of those entering the Black Market Store.
The basic requirement is to show a savings card with a deposit of over 5 million Alliance Coins; otherwise, entry is not permitted.
This screens people while also preventing too many people from entering, which could lead to some people damaging Pokemon eggs without the money to compensate.
Although the Black Market would eventually show them what "reasonable" compensation is, that would be a bit troublesome.
So, it's better to verify assets first. Speaking of which, this is also Tetsuya's first time entering the Black Market Store, so he doesn't know what it's like inside.
Tetsuya walked to the door, took out the anonymous savings card he had prepared in advance, and handed it to the Black Market staff. There was 10 million inside, more than enough to meet the asset verification requirement.
Some of the effects of held berries have been changed; essentially, I just borrowed the names.
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