Messenger Dragonite

The Egg Guessing Riddle game was always open,

so,

as long as Lin Feng wanted to go, he could.

It was not until six in the afternoon that the entire competition finally ended, and the spectators gradually filed out.

With one hand behind his head, Lin Feng walked out of the arena with Snivy following closely at his side.

Though it was already six, the sky was still bright. The dim yellow sunset painted the heavens a brilliant crimson.

A streak of white-and-red clouds stretched from the east of Wutong City all the way to the far west.

It looked like the trail of clouds left behind by a missile streaking across the sky.

"So much money~"

Behind him, Qin Shu looked at the shopping card in her hand, her grin nearly reaching her ears.

Lin Feng could not help but smile when he saw her.

Qin Shu's family circumstances were what they were. They were not particularly wealthy.

Buying Squirtle had already put some strain on her family.

There was no way they could spend lavishly on raising Squirtle.

But now, with this shopping card, she could get through the early stages of raising Squirtle much more easily.

"Are you heading back first?"

Qin Shu asked curiously, "Huh? What's wrong, Brother Feng? Aren't you going back?"

Lin Feng said, "I still need to visit Wangwang Supermarket to buy a few things, so I probably won't catch the last bus. I'll take a cab home later."

"Mm... all right~"

Qin Shu nodded happily without asking what Lin Feng wanted to buy. Right now, all she wanted was to hurry home.

She wanted to show off to her parents and grandfather—she had won second place in the Baby Cup today, and she had even received a shopping card with so much money. She would not have to worry about Squirtle's food expenses for quite a while!

So happy~

Meanwhile, Lin Feng stared at the trail in the sky. After a brief daze, he headed toward Wangwang Supermarket.

The trail left behind by that exhaust flame

had allowed his Evergreen Power to sense Dragonite's aura...

Chapter 30: Messenger Dragonite

"Are you Lin Feng, the one who just took first place in the Baby Cup?"

Inside Wangwang Supermarket, beneath the fluorescent lights, a young female employee in a red uniform curiously sized Lin Feng up.

"Hm?"

Lin Feng glanced at the employee, unable to stop himself from thinking that the match had only just ended, yet someone already recognized him.

Was it because he was too handsome?

The next second, the young woman's gaze landed on Snivy beside Lin Feng. Her eyes sparkled. "Sure enough, this is Snivy, right? So cool and handsome~"

Lin Feng: ???

Just end it.

He was tired.

"Snivy?"

Snivy immediately hid behind Lin Feng.

It did not like being stared at like that.

Lin Feng nodded with an awkward smile, then led Snivy away from the area.

This time, he had come to buy some berry saplings. Then he planned to visit the Pokémon League to see whether he could apply for a Rotom.

After making such a name for himself, Lin Feng could already predict that plenty of people would be coming to the Breeding House over the next few days.

The few Oran Berries and Peachy Fruits at home were nowhere near enough to make sufficient Stamina Energy Cubes and Antidote Energy Cubes.

Besides that,

he also needed to buy some Mago Berry Trees to make Nourishing Energy Cubes.

And Aspear Berry Trees to make Ability Enhancement Energy Cubes.

Energy Cubes with different effects were the foundation of a Breeding Shop.

But the real core was still the Breeder's own skill.

"These berry saplings are really expensive..."

Lin Feng drew in a sharp breath as he looked at the saplings placed in the pots.

No wonder Breeders specializing in cultivation were struggling.

Even the most basic Oran Berry Tree sapling cost fifteen hundred.

One had to know that a sapling growing into a tree was not guaranteed to succeed. It required a great deal of time and care, as well as control over the right growing conditions.

Even more frustratingly, some precious fruit tree saplings were not available in supermarkets at all.

In the end,

Lin Feng bought fifteen Oran Berry Tree saplings and fifteen Mago Berry Tree saplings.

He also bought some Mago Berries and Oran Berries, spending a total of forty-eight thousand.

Good grief, more than half of his eighty-eight-thousand shopping card had vanished just like that.

By the time he left Wangwang Supermarket, the sky over Wutong City had already gone dark.

After bringing Snivy to the Donghua League Pokémon branch in Wutong City and explaining his request, a League staff member soon brought him to a phone store where the League kept Rotom.

Unlike other Leagues' attitude toward Rotom, the Donghua League had conditions for allowing Rotom to travel with Trainers.

That was,

the Trainer had to leave the Rookie Trainer tier and become an official Trainer.

Only then would they qualify to be matched with a Rotom.

As far as being a Trainer went, Lin Feng was still a Rookie Trainer.

But he owned a proper Breeding Shop, which qualified him to have a Rotom.

"Rotom, Rotom..."

Lin Feng looked them over, but all the Rotom seemed more or less the same.

So he picked a red Rotom that had taken the initiative to greet him, paid two hundred and fifty thousand, and put it into a Poké Ball.

Then he slowly made his way toward the outskirts of the city.

He did not take a cab or wait for the bus. Instead, he followed the road out of the city toward Wutong Town.

Fortunately, the July night sky was bright and clear. Moonlight spilled across the road like mist, while summer frogs croaked loudly. Who knew whether one of those calls in the fields belonged to a Froakie?

"Snivy?" (Are we walking home like this?)

Snivy was a little puzzled. Ever since following Lin Feng, it had never asked why he did things.

But today, it truly did not understand why Lin Feng had chosen to walk home.

Lin Feng smiled at it.

"Get into your Poké Ball first. I'll let you out once we get home."

Then, ignoring Snivy's puzzled and resistant gaze, he tapped it with the Poké Ball and recalled it.

After walking a little farther and making sure he was far from both the city and the town, Lin Feng looked up at the sky. In the bright night sky, aside from the scattered stars, there was also a black shadow speeding past.

The aura of that black shadow felt exactly the same in Lin Feng's senses as the exhaust trail that had streaked across Wutong City that afternoon.

"Could Chi Heng have called it here?"

Lin Feng grumbled inwardly, but then he felt he was overthinking it.

How could the manager of a Wangwang Supermarket branch in Wutong City possibly afford to raise a Pokémon like Dragonite?

Pokémon: Dragonite

Gender: Female

Ability: Multiscale

Aptitude: Red

Individual Values: HP (24), Attack (30), Special Attack (25), Defense (25), Special Defense (25), Speed (24)

Strength: Level 69

Moves: Roost, Extreme Speed, Twister, Thunder Wave, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Dragon Tail, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Rush, Safeguard, Dragon Dance, Hyper Beam...

Friendship: 20 (It is very satisfied with your performance in the Baby Cup.)

Joy Value: 40 (I am a happy messenger~)

The black shadow swept past again. This time, however, it drew closer and closer to Lin Feng before finally stopping in front of him, stirring up a faint breeze.

It was a huge creature over three meters tall, with an honest-looking face.

Two short, thin antennae protruded from its head. Its body was tan, and its tiny wings looked almost decorative.

There was no doubt about it. This was a Dragonite.

It also had a satchel slung around its waist.

"Awroo~." (Hello, human!)

Lin Feng froze for a moment before replying, "Hello?"

"Woo woo~" (I'm a messenger. We're collecting the thoughts of some young Trainers here.)