Individual Values were being lost due to hidden injuries?
Hidden injuries?
Roy remembered that Noctowl's Trainer had forfeited the match because continuing to battle might have caused hidden injuries.
So what was going on with this Primeape?
Roy leaned closer to the cage and saw numerous obvious wounds on Primeape's body. Some patches of fur had fallen out completely, exposing the skin beneath, and there was even a scar right in front of his eyes.
Looking closely, there was hardly an uninjured spot on Primeape's entire body. The whole monkey looked utterly listless.
Once the crowd dispersed, only a few people remained around Headband Guy to make offers. Most offered twenty to thirty thousand Poké Dollars, or wanted to trade Caterpie and Geodude.
One person even wanted to trade a Mankey for Primeape.
After being harshly cursed out by Headband Guy, Mankey's owner spat out, "Who are you trying to impress?" and left.
"Can we talk?"
Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Headband Guy turned toward its source.
He found the young man somewhat familiar. It was Roy, the third-place winner of this Pokémon Contest Rookie Cup.
The kid had stolen the spotlight in the first round. He had also followed the later results and had not expected Roy to really place in the top three with that Ghost-type Pokémon of his.
"I don't want any Ghost-type Pokémon."
Although Roy's Litwick was outstanding, he had no intention of trading for a Ghost-type Pokémon from Roy.
Roy was speechless. Dream on. You want to trade for my Litwick?
Not trading with a Ghost-type Pokémon?
Then, since Roy did not intend to trade one, he wanted to buy?
Although the Pokémon League prohibited the sale of Pokémon, private transactions between two individuals were usually ignored as long as no one reported them.
Even