Pokémon: The Paldea Retired Champion's Re-Employment
Chapter 747

Cynthia and Iris Visit the Farm!

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"A container shaped like a treasure chest, with different flavors of ice cream stored inside?"

Stroking his chin, Luo Mu thought it over and over, finding the idea increasingly feasible.

At its core, Alcremie and the others' idea was simply another form of opening blind boxes.

Before Luo Mu had transmigrated, what was the selling point of the so-called blind boxes on the market?

He felt that the most important selling point was probably that sense of "uncertainty."

The intense excitement brought about by uncertainty at the moment of opening a blind box—or rather, the release of dopamine—was why opening blind boxes was so addictive.

Coupled with the "gambler's mentality" and the temptation of the "hidden variant" buyers wanted, it would further stir up their desire to make repeated purchases, causing them to cast aside practical considerations such as money and whether they actually needed so many blind-box items.

There was really no difference between that and gambling. Both operated on the underlying logic of "seeking thrills."

Alcremie's idea was to transform the outward form of a blind box into a treasure chest. Fundamentally, it was still the same old thing.

Of course, Alcremie itself probably had no such awareness.

It had merely caught a flash of "inspiration" during its exchanges with Gimmighoul and Shaymin.

It felt that the treasure chest Gimmighoul used to store Paldea Ancient Coins was both novel as a container and visually striking.

More importantly, it retained a certain degree of fun.

To be honest, Luo Mu felt that Alcremie could even try opening a dessert ice cream shop with this idea.

"Gimmighoul Treasure Chest Blind Box ice cream" would be the shop's signature specialty.

The main attraction would be the surprises—or shocks—brought by the various flavors of ice cream inside the treasure chests.

In truth,

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