Tera Orb Raw Ore

Luo Mu did not mean to complain about his Golden Finger, but wasn't this Golden Finger a little too late?

Even a production team's donkey would shake its head at this.

While Luo Mu was secretly grumbling to himself, the Special Prompt System seemed to have encountered something unexpected and crashed for a moment. A line of text slowly appeared.

According to the scan, although the host is among the weakest Champions, he is indeed a genuine Champion Trainer. It seems this system arrived too late?

"What do you mean, among the weakest? Apologize right now, kora!"

Luo Mu skillfully voiced his complaint with a rolled tongue. Although he knew his true strength well enough, and Top Champion Geeta had not actually gone all out when battling him.

Still, being mocked by a system that claimed it had arrived too late left him somewhat displeased.

However, while Luo Mu toured his territory, the Golden Finger seemed to crash again. Every now and then, words like "Self-check in progress" surfaced.

Luo Mu ignored it. Based on his years of surfing the internet, he probably could not get rid of this Golden Finger anyway, so he might as well do something useful.

After walking all over this undeveloped land and considering where to construct buildings and where to mark out pastureland, the Hint System appeared again.

Binding complete. Although the host has already achieved the goal of becoming a Champion, there is still ample room for improvement in strength. How about we travel to other regions?

"What you said makes sense, but allow me to refuse." Luo Mu firmly rejected the bizarre text dancing before his eyes as if afraid he might miss it.

Seeing the system fall silent, Luo Mu realized that compared to the mechanical Hint Systems in the novels he had read before transmigrating, this guy was more like an emotional conversation partner.

But judging by how desperately it tried to attract his attention, Luo Mu could tell with his toes that the system had neither the ability nor the authority to force commands upon him.

Other than its Hint function, whose effects he did not yet know, it probably could only trade jokes with him.

Still, that was fine. If it came with some damned compulsory mission, his free soul would rather die on the spot—though he would be a little reluctant to leave behind the Pokémon that had accompanied him all the way.

After all, he had finally escaped that workhorse life of 996 schedules, overtime until he vomited blood, and holiday shifts on New Year's Eve. Now, he was merely an ordinary farmer who wanted to live peacefully and leisurely.

"...In the soil, in the clouds~, and beneath that girl's skirt~"

Humming a familiar tune, Luo Mu wandered like a retired old man to the only duplex building standing on the vast land he had purchased.

It was an old-looking three-story Small Western-Style House. Luo Mu remembered the mayor of Los Platos saying that an elderly childless couple who depended on each other had once lived here.

But after the two elders passed away one after the other a few years ago, the land and house belonging to them had been left abandoned.

The reason Luo Mu had been able to purchase such a large, though abandoned, plot of land with immense potential—

Was also because one clause in the old couple's will stated that after their deaths, this land would be donated to Los Platos free of charge. If Los Platos chose to sell it, the proceeds were to be used for the town's development.

They had truly been people full of kindness in every sense.

Walking into the Small Western-Style House and touring each floor, Luo Mu gained a thorough understanding of the three-story house the old couple had left behind.

The house itself covered close to two hundred square meters.

It had every room one could need, and the third floor even had a balcony where flowers and plants could be grown and sunlight enjoyed. Though it was somewhat old, it truly was Luo Mu's dream home.

As long as he gave it a Big Cleanup and cleared out the dusty old furniture, he could move in.

"Still, some things really can't be used anymore and need to be cleared out."

Luo Mu planned to tidy the place first, then go into town to buy some bedding. He would move in tonight.

Aside from the necessary expenses of raising Pokémon, he had spent most of the money he had scrimped and saved over the past year on buying land. As for the inn where he was temporarily staying, he should check out of it. There would definitely be plenty more places to spend money later.

Thinking that there were some heavy items in the house he might not be able to move himself, Luo Mu took a Poké Ball from his waist. A smile curved the corners of his mouth as he pressed the release button.

A red light flashed, and a Swampert sturdier than others of its kind appeared before Luo Mu, its gaze seeming rather fierce.

This Swampert looked capable of shaking the earth with one punch and making little girls cry with a hammering. Yet the instant its fierce expression met Luo Mu's smiling eyes, it visibly softened.

"Swampert, could you help me move these things outside to air in the sun?" Luo Mu said with a smile, pointing at the furniture behind him, dusty and faintly moldy after being neglected for years.

There were tables and chairs, a sofa, and several sealed cardboard boxes whose contents were unknown.

Swampert nodded slightly. Its sturdy arms, which inspired an overwhelming sense of security at a glance, easily lifted the sofa that bore many traces of time and headed straight outside.

"Heave-ho!" Luo Mu rolled up his sleeves and walked toward the sealed cardboard boxes, intending to carry them out into the sunlight while the weather was good and see what else was inside.

If there were any memorable items related to the elderly couple, he would take them to their gravestones.

If they were other items, he would sort them and see whether any could be useful for constructing the farm's pastureland or Farming Area. That way, he could save some money by putting them to use.

After all, he did not have much money left after buying this land. He needed to budget carefully.

In the third cardboard box from the left, directly ahead to the right of you, there is a magical crystal stone. It will have a significant effect on improving your strength.

Luo Mu paused mid-motion as he prepared to lift a box. Raising an eyebrow, he looked at the box mentioned by the prompt. Without saying anything, he walked over, crouched in front of it, and a clear look of curiosity appeared on his face.

Something good that could improve his strength?

It seemed this system had not given up at all. It apparently intended to improve his strength by taking a roundabout approach.

Wanting to test exactly how accurate its hints were, Luo Mu used a small utility knife to cut through the seal on the cardboard box and began rummaging through it.

Before long, Luo Mu saw the true form of the "magical crystal stone" mentioned by the prompt.

Its outer layer was covered in a bright blue crystalline shell that still glittered even beneath the dust. But the shell was not the important part—the important thing was the gray-black "raw ore" encased within it.

"So it's this thing?"

Luo Mu was somewhat amazed. He had considered many possible items the Hint System might call capable of improving strength, but he had never expected it to be the necessary item for Paldea Region's unique Terastallization—

Tera Orb Raw Ore.

Note: Aside from occasionally playing the straight man, the Golden Finger only assists the protagonist. It will not receive much focus in the early stages.

The true Golden Finger of this book is the protagonist's strength and his knowledge of Pokémon.