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That immediately caught his attention. Right beneath the banner directly ahead was a billboard detailing the second Suicune Cup Pokémon Challenge.

At that moment, more than a dozen people around the supermarket hall were also reading the billboard and discussing it as they did.

After carefully reading through the rules, Jiang Jing had a general understanding of them.

As long as someone had a Pokémon, they could participate in this Suicune Cup Challenge, including pets.

Many malls, companies, and large organizations regularly held small competitions like this to attract customers and generate traffic. Their main purpose was advertising.

This Suicune Cup was one such event. There were no age restrictions for participants, no restrictions on a Pokémon's bone age, and no level restrictions.

The battles were 1v1. Each person could use one Pokémon, and the match ended once either side's Pokémon lost its ability to battle.

It used a knockout format. Defeat an opponent and automatically advance to the next round, until all opponents had been defeated and first place was secured, earning the Champion title.

Naturally, a competition came with prizes, and the rewards were extremely generous for Jiang Jing at the moment.

First Place, Champion: a 20,000-yuan shopping card and three 2 kg bags of Low-Grade Pokémon Food of the winner's choice.

Second Place, Runner-up: a 10,000-yuan shopping card, one Great Ball, and two Potions.

Third Place, Third Place: a 5,000-yuan shopping card and three 2 kg bags of Standard Pokémon Food.

Fourth to Sixth Place: a 2,000-yuan shopping card and five bottles of Moomoo Milk.

Damn, those rewards were pretty generous. Jiang Jing was definitely tempted.

After thinking for two seconds, he made up his mind that he had to enter the Suicune Cup Pokémon Challenge.

Right, he needed to tell Liu Bin about this too and have him enter the competition. That would give the two of them a better chance of winning prizes.

Just then, the discussions of the people beside him reached his ears.

"The second Suicune Cup Pokémon Challenge? It's already the second one in the blink of an eye. I entered the first one last year. I didn't win anything, but I had a lot of fun. I'm entering again this time. It'd be great if I could get a prize."

"The rewards are too little, aren't they? They wouldn't even cover a month of my expenses, and I'd still have to spend time competing. With that time, I could enter other competitions and earn more."

"I have to enter! Mom, lend me your Butterfree! I'm joining the competition and winning a Champion title for you all to see!"

"Maybe I should enter too. I've only had my Pokémon for a month, but maybe I could still take first place. What do you think?"

"Honey, why don't you enter too? A 20,000-yuan shopping card is quite a lot. We could buy Venonat more tasty food."

These rewards were quite generous to ordinary people, but they were far too little for some Trainers, who might not be interested in coming.

After listening for a while, Jiang Jing continued inward. The registration method had already been explained: scan the QR code, enter the official account, fill in the information, and register.

He finished registering in no time, then got down to business. He needed to buy food for Aron.

Steel and Rock-type Pokémon like Aron, as well as Ground-type Pokémon, fed on Ore.

In other words, they could survive by eating rocks. However, the kind of Ore they ate mattered greatly, and Ore came in different qualities.

Even Pokémon Food formulated for Steel, Rock, and Ground-type Pokémon contained mineral elements.

Every section along the aisles had signs displaying what products were sold there.

The first section was the Poké Ball area, where all kinds of Poké Balls were displayed on the shelves.

The most common ones were Poké Balls, Great Balls, Safari Balls, Net Balls, Dive Balls, Nest Balls, and so on. There were fewer varieties than he remembered.

Among these Poké Balls, the cheapest was the standard Poké Ball at 200 yuan each. A Great Ball cost 1,000 yuan, five times as much. Ordinary families simply could not afford them, let alone the Safari Balls and Heavy Balls further on, whose prices were outrageously high.

It was obvious from this that the gap between people was greater than the gap between people and dogs.

A poor bastard like him did not even dare look twice and immediately left that section.

He then arrived at the Pokémon Food section, which had the most people. Food was the most important thing for Pokémon. Without food, they had no right to survive.

The most numerous products were Standard Pokémon Food, suitable for all Pokémon and available in all kinds of brands.

That was Jiang Jing's target. At the very least, he wanted Aron to eat Low-Grade Steel-type Pokémon Food.

Once Pokémon Food was divided into specific types, the price rose by far more than a little.

Pokémon Food had four classifications: Standard, Low-Grade, Mid-Grade, and High-Grade.

Standard grade was for pets, while Low-Grade was prepared for a Trainer's Pokémon.

He came to the Steel-type shelf. The entire shelf was gray, including both the packaging and the display itself, and it had even been placed in a corner.

He saw a bag of food in front of him labeled: Steel-type Low-Grade Pokémon Food, 2 kg. It was exactly what he needed.

Then he looked at the price: 199 yuan.

He covered his face. It was fucking expensive. One bag cost nearly 200 yuan, and he did not even know how long it would last.

Then he looked at the Steel-type Mid-Grade Pokémon Food beside it: 599 yuan.

Never mind, excuse me. He simply could not afford that stuff.

So he picked up two bags of Snorlax Brand.

Besides Pokémon Food, he also needed Ore. Steel-type Pokémon could not just eat food; they needed Ore to go with it. After all, wild Aron ate Ore. They did not have Pokémon Food to eat.

There was a counter beside the food, covered with all kinds of Ore at varying prices.

There were expensive ones and cheap ones. Jiang Jing did not know much about it, so he casually picked three cheap types of iron Ore and weighed out fifty jin of each.

The three types of iron Ore cost only 1,485 yuan per ton, but there was no way he could take that much Ore home.

Twenty-five kilograms of each was enough. Carrying a large bag of Ore and Pokémon Food, he put them into a shopping cart, continued inward, and grabbed several bottles of Moomoo Milk.

When he reached the checkout counter, the people ahead of him were buying Standard or Low-Grade Pokémon Food, Poké Balls, and Pokémon toys. Very few were buying expensive items.

One person had even chosen items that cost too much and did not have enough money, so they returned part of their purchase and left the Pokémon supermarket with an unwilling expression.

After waiting five or six minutes, it was finally his turn.

Two bags of Low-Grade Steel-type Pokémon Food, 398 yuan; 150 kilograms of Ore, 222.75 yuan; five bottles of Moomoo Milk, 100 yuan. The total was 720.75 yuan, or 648.675 yuan after a ten-percent discount.

Jiang Jing paid with some pain in his heart, feeling as though a chunk of his wallet had instantly vanished. That was without even buying Pokéblocks.

Just like that, Jiang Jing walked home carrying two large bags, looking exceptionally relaxed.

After Pokémon descended into reality, human physical fitness had greatly improved, and the upper limits had been broken.

The average human's physical fitness had improved considerably. Talented young people who trained seriously for a period of time could reach the standards of former national-level athletes.

Some people with extraordinary talent could even turn into hulking human powerhouses and battle Pokémon. Terrifying indeed.

So carrying two large bags in his hands did not feel like anything at all.