"Boss, I have a question."
Inside Professor Oak's Lab, Wang Qiuer was controlling her little pixel character in the white cap, staring intently at the three Poké Balls on Professor Oak's desk.
Her pink-blue eyes gleamed with that familiar greedy light, exactly like when she spotted an End City chest in Minecraft.
"Since all three balls are sitting on the desk, and this old man, Professor Oak, hasn't even put some anti-theft glass over them..."
Wang Qiuer turned seriously toward Lu Yuan behind the counter. "Can I wait until he isn't looking, stuff all three balls into my backpack, and take them away?"
The moment she said that, the entire internet cafe fell silent for two seconds.
"Pfft—cough, cough, cough!"
Di Tian, who had been drinking water beside her, immediately choked, his face darkening as he stared at Wang Qiuer. "Qiuer, Professor Oak is kindly giving you a starter Pokémon, and the first thing you want to do is loot his entire lab?!"
"How is that looting? This is called maximizing resource utilization!" Wang Qiuer planted her hands on her hips with complete confidence, unable to hide that shameless expression. "Children make choices. Mature adults take them all!"
Lu Yuan helplessly rubbed his brow.
He had known it. This girl hoarded supplies like crazy in Minecraft and guarded Shulker Boxes as if they were her life. Now that she was in the Pokémon world, there was no way she could kick her habit of stocking up.
"That's how the system is set up. You can only choose one. Even if you smash the keyboard, you won't be taking a second ball." Lu Yuan ruthlessly shattered Wang Qiuer's dream of getting something for free. "Hurry up and pick one so you can head out."
"Tch, what a stingy old man. So