Roy could barely catch his breath, looking at the massive number in his payout. He had literally gone from zero to one hundred in just an hour! Roy quickly bought Magikarp after his first transaction.
The auction ended, but many people were bombarding Roy with messages again. These were new people, asking if he would auction another Master Ball.
"How would they know if I had another Master Ball or not? I'm not selling a Master Ball anymore; forget that." Roy sneered and ignored these people.
"I need to get some TMs first." His Abra had no moves, so he browsed the Black Market and bought the TMs Shadow Ball, Energy Ball (x2), Hidden Power(Ground), Rain Dance, and Scald.
All of this was ₽172,500!
Originally, Roy had ₽924,160,250 from the Auction. He was nearly a Billionaire, but minus ₽172,500 put his money at ₽923,987,750.
After buying these Items, Roy changed markets. He went to buy from the standard market, but from the Pokémon Alliance Market.
"Storage Backpack!" Roy smiled. These Backpacks looked like futuristic Backpacks, but contained a large interior space for storing items.
These Backpacks were broken down into three grades: Low, Medium, and High. Roy naturally gravitated to the High Grade ones. Each High Grade backpack cost 1.2 million Pokédollars.
"The Space within these High Grade Backpacks is nearly the size of a Basketball court!" Roy didn't hesitate and linked his Pokézone account before buying four of them.
"I need one for myself as a cover. Or else, how would I be able to explain items appearing out of nowhere?" He paid 4.9 million for these Backpacks because he had to pay taxes.
These Backpacks all matched the color of their Pokédexes. The transfer of these items to his Pokézone account was going to take thirty minutes.
"Hahaha! Everything's coming together!" His life had taken a 180; now he needed to renovate his house and sell it off.
"Once the house was sold, I can use the money received from the sale as an excuse." This excuse was meant for some money he wanted to give his siblings for their journey.
"Renovations won't be fast, so I'd have to send it to them later." Roy waited thirty minutes until he received a notification from the website he had bought the Storage Backpacks from.
Roy had also bought Prism Apricorn, High Purity Tumblestone, and Spectrum Alloy Bars. He had his own plans, so Roy bought three sets of each to create Pokéballs. All of these items came from the Black Market Online.
All of which cost him ₽15,000.
Afterward, Roy got up and left for the Pokézone to receive everything he had purchased. He was smiling the whole way; Roy didn't rush to the Pokézone or to the location like he normally did.
The Town was still busy, but you barely saw any youngsters. The only youths were those 14 years old and below. Going to the Pokézone was like visiting the library in a way; you were given a pass with a number on it, and this pass acted as a key.
Roy withdrew ₽60,000 from the money he had earned, then withdrew everything he had bought. He would review all of the goods the minute he was home and in his room.
Roy quickly left the Pokézone for home. Once he was home, Roy could see that his siblings were in the backyard with their Pokémon.
"Time to sort everything out; it was best to give them their things now. This was the best time, as they were bonding with their Pokémon. I also want to inspect the Pokémon they will be getting."
Roy took out the three Pokéballs; he used Aura to tell which was which. Magikarp's Aura was much weaker than the other three. Not just that, he could see the colored Aura around the Pokéballs, which signified their typing. Red for fire, Blue for water, and Pink for Fairy types.
Roy could see his Dratini as well, but the blue was darker, like navy blue.
"Come out!" Roy tossed the Pokéballs lightly and summoned Clefairy, Squirtle, and Charmander.
"Char-Charmander!"
"Squirtle-Squirt!"
"Clefairy!"
All three came out and looked around while chanting their names. Roy looked at them in amazement for a moment before inspecting them.
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'Oh, my god!' Roy's eyes widened! These Pokémon's Aptitude was nearly the highest possible.
"Judging from their level, they are newly born Pokémon from some hatchery or some daycare." He had never seen a level one before in person, but it was clear these were newly born Pokémon.
All three looked around in confusion, wondering what they were supposed to do.
"Don't worry, guys, there are some trainers you'll be going with soon." Roy turned to the other Pokéball, grabbed it, and tossed it.
"Kyun~" A Dratini arose from the Pokéball and gazed around. Roy was elated to see this guy; it was the Pre-evolution Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, Dratini.
Roy inspected it as usual.
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"Good, nice!" Even though its Aptitude was a minor level lower, it was still really good.
"Dratini, buddy, you will be going with me. As for the rest of you, there are trainers coming for you soon." Roy rubbed his chin and couldn't stop grinning.
Dratini was the smartest Pokémon; how could it not understand what Roy was saying?
"Dratu~!" Dratini nodded. It was still a small Dratini, so it needed more to grow in size. Dratini wasn't a small Pokémon in reality, but this was a hatchling; thus, its size wasn't worth mentioning.
"Alright, guys, you can return. I will summon you guys soon to meet your new trainers." Roy said, addressing the trio meant for his brothers and sister before recalling them.
Roy opened the System panel and went to the crafting panel. He created three Shiny Balls, which appeared in his system storage.
The Shiny Ball was a vibrant, multicolored ball resembling a rainbow, featuring a rounded bulge on each side of its upper part. The Shiny Ball gleamed when in a living being's hands.
Shiny Ball: A rare Poké Ball designed to capture Shiny Pokémon. It has a low success rate for catching others.
After inspecting the Ball, Roy nodded. He also pulled out a Shiny Gem and applied it to the Dratini. This caused its body to glow for one whole minute as the Shiny Gem changed its genetic makeup.
Once the light died down, Dratini was no longer blue, but Pink instead!
Roy smiled and inspected it.
"Hahaha!" Roy looked at Dratini and could only laugh at the sight.
Dratini looked at its body in surprise; its body had changed color somehow! It knew it must have been from that Shiny rock this human had placed on its body.
Dratini didn't feel any different; was it only a color change? It asked itself in confusion, but no answer came.
Afterward, Roy had Dratini destroy the regular Pokéball before encapsulating it with a Shiny Ball.
"Let's check my progress; it should have registered all of these Pokémon." However, he only found that his progress was still at 3 out of 151 Pokémon caught.
"What?"
Looking at it and thinking about it, it said 'caught'. This was the key word, and he hadn't caught any of these besides the Magikarp down at the docks.
"Okay, so that's how it is." Roy sighed and continued. "This system didn't allow for any loopholes to be exploited." Roy had to actually go out and catch Pokémon for it to register with the system.
"Speaking of Magikarp." Roy had to do something about this Magikarp.
Roy saw that his siblings were still outside, so he went to the kitchen. He placed the three Pokéballs on the table and placed the Storage Backpacks on the wooden chairs. Each Pokédex lay flat on the table next to each Pokéball.
"Everyone, come inside; I have something to give everyone!" Troy, Luna, and Lucian turned around upon hearing Roy's voice.
"Oh!" Without asking, they recalled their Pokémon, came to the door, and entered.
Roy was already sitting at the table, and as you know, the Pokéballs and Pokédexes were on the table. Once they saw the table, it took them some time to process what they were seeing.
"Roy, what is this? Are those Pokédexes?" Luna was the first to break the silence.
"Yes, these are Pokédexes, and these are Pokéballs that hold the desired Pokémon you guys wanted." Roy smiled and waved his arm over the table.
"Roy, where did you get this stuff?!" Troy was shocked and couldn't help but ask.
"A contact. Our father knew a man who owed him a favor. He reached out to me a week ago and asked me what he could do for the family. Our father is dead, and he owed him a big favor, so I told him. I told him we needed strong Pokémon, Pokédexes, and these storage Backpacks."
"S-storage Backpack!" Lucian had to hold his chest; this was too much to take in. Could pie fall from the sky just like this?
Troy stared at Roy; he half believed him, and half didn't.
"The P-Pokéballs, you said, are desired Pokémon we wanted. A-are you saying there is a Clefairy inside one of these Pokéballs?"
Luna didn't care where they came from; as long as it wasn't illegal, it didn't matter. What she was concerned about was the benefits it brought.
"Come forward; this Pokéball has Charmander in it. This one has Squirtle, and this one has Clefairy. Their Aptitudes aren't weak either, with them all being Amethyst Purple!"
"What?!" All three of them almost fell to the floor hearing this revelation.
"You can't be serious? Those are not Pokémon people can simply acquire easily; is it true?!" Lucian looked at Roy intensely; his eyes had practically gone bloodshot at this point.
Troy just looked at Roy with his mouth open and eyes wide. Luna covered her mouth in disbelief; she hoped she wasn't dreaming now.
Luna walked up and grabbed the Clefairy Pokéball and gave it a toss. And sure enough, Clefairy had appeared from it.
Luna's expression changed, and her hands were shaking as she slowly knelt down. She picked Clefairy up, who was looking at Luna with confusion.
Lucian also came forward and did the same for Squirtle's Pokéball before Troy followed.
"Brother, thank you so much!" Luna wanted to hug Roy, as if she had never done before, but she couldn't put down that Clefairy.
"Sure thing. This is why I've been leaving the house during breakfast and returning home late."
"You don't know how much this means to me, thanks bro." Troy came up and hugged Roy; this was an amazing gift. Lucian did the same, and later, Luna did the same.
This was the best gift ever; it was only something they could dream about.
After an hour, they were inspecting their Pokédéxes and Storage Backpacks.
"What? This is a High Grade Storage Pack!" Troy's eyes were filled with shock. He had never been shocked so many times in one day, or within an hour.
"It really is; this is insane!" Lucian could store many things in it—even if they wanted to camp outside, it wouldn't be a problem.
"There's ₽20,000 inside." Inspecting the Backpack, they found 20k each.
"Yes, think of it as starting capital for the journey that's to come. Also, we need to run to the Pokéshop to grab some Pokéfood and some camping tents now that they can be stored. I heard there's currently a sale going on for camping gear—ever since the guilds handed out some Pokémon."
This was the best moment for him to spend time out with his family. Roy also needed to discuss the house renovations and sale with them. They absolutely wanted to go to the store and shop for some things, but they wanted to play around with their new Pokémon first.
"The Pokéshop closes at 7 today. You guys have plenty of time to play with them later; we need to head out now before they're sold out"
"Ah, right, we should go now." Troy nodded. If they sold out of things, they could get some stuff from the Viridian City Pokémart. However, it was best to load up on these things while they could, rather than later.
"Alright, let's go!" Luna was filled with joy and energy and left out the door first, but not before storing her Clefairy.