After saying goodbye to the two, Roy took his Primeape to the Pokémon Shop and bought four Luxury Ball.
A regular Poké Ball costs 500 Poké Dollars, while Luxury Ball costs 5000 Poké Dollars, but the higher price comes with its advantages.
Compared to regular Poké Ball, Luxury Ball provide Pokémon with a larger and more comfortable space.
Of course, this only applies to Misdreavus and Litwick. For example, the Luxury Ball prepared for Misdreavus was almost burst by Giratina.
If it were a regular Poké Ball, it would probably explode before it could even be caught.
After verifying Roy's ID Card, the clerk swiped it, spending another 20,000 Poké Dollars.
Roy is absolutely willing to spend money as long as his Pokémon comfortably.
With another 20,000 Poké Dollars swiped on his ID Card, Roy now only had 10,000 Poké Dollars left. But he wasn't worried at all. He could always play the victim and ask Agatha for some pocket money.
A single Pokéblock from Agatha is enough to feed all her Pokémon for a month.
It would be truly foolish not to cling to a powerful figure who has connections.
"You can each choose one."
The four Luxury Ball corresponded to Roy's four Pokémon. Since all Luxury Ball are the same, there was no need to choose. Litwick and the others entered their new Pokémon in order from left to right.
"Dream!"
Misdreavus kept going in and out of the Poké Ball; this feeling was very novel to her.
So this is what it feels like to be inside Poké Ball. Her Pokémon, which originally belonged to her, was taken by Giratina, which is why Roy was able to capture her with Poké Ball.
Duskull hadn't come out after entering the Luxury Ball, and Roy knew without a doubt that it was sleeping inside the Poké Ball again.
After emerging from its Luxury Ball, Primeape personally stomped on the Poké Ball belonging to the Headband Guy, as if bidding farewell to its past experiences.
A brand new Poké Ball signifies that Primeape has begun a new chapter in its life.
On the very night Roy received his Junior Trainer Qualification Certificate, Roy dragged Agatha to the Dome Arena to register.
But it's already so late, it must be almost the last match, even if I registered, I probably wouldn't get a chance, right?
Sure enough, upon arriving at the Dome Arena and learning that Roy wanted to register, the staff member put on a serious and earnest expression and said:
"Excuse me, sir, registration is in the morning, this way..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Agatha pulled out a small black notebook. Upon seeing the Agatha, the man immediately changed his expression and said he would go find the person in charge to see Agatha right away.
As it turns out, they've got the skills right!
The staff at the registration desk immediately reported it to their superiors.
Less than five minutes later, the person in charge of the Battle Arena rushed over in a panic.
He first reprimanded the staff before cautiously approaching Agatha and saying:
"The new employee is inexperienced, I hope Agatha won't take offense. You're going to register your... apprentice, right?"
Agatha didn't speak, she just nodded.
Seeing that Agatha wasn't angry, the person in charge felt like he'd been granted a pardon and immediately ordered the staff member to skip the stage of verifying Roy's identity, saying that a match could be arranged for Roy that very night.
However, due to the late hour, Roy's current skill level only allows him to compete in the beginner zone, where there is now only one 1v1 match remaining.
Seeing this, Agatha picked up a pen and wrote her name in the guarantor section of the registration form. However, the signature didn't seem like she was vouching for Roy; rather, it seemed like she was telling the Arena manager that she was Roy's backer.
She knew all too well that dirty tricks involving manipulating winning percentages often happened in competitions.
If something happens to Roy...
The person in charge immediately assured, "Agatha, please rest assured, we have always adhered to the principles of fairness and impartiality in our Battle Arena process, and we will absolutely not allow your disciple to be threatened or coerced in any other way."
You'd better not have it.
Agatha didn't follow Roy into the Dome Arena. Instead, she gave Roy the Tropius Poké Ball and told Roy to go back to the Rustboro Academy later, as she had something to do.
Roy didn't ask what it was about; he knew that asking would only result in Agatha getting a flick on the forehead from her.
At first, the "meticulous and conscientious" staff members were attentively leading the way for Roy.
Roy: I still prefer your defiant look from earlier.
On the way, the staff explained the Arena competition rewards to Roy. Each player can earn 2,000 Poké Dollars for each match they participate in, and an additional 2,000 Poké Dollars for each win. The reward doubles for winning five matches.
Moreover, there's no limit to 5 matches per round; as long as you keep winning in the beginner zone, you can keep doubling your winnings.
This is just the Beginner Division; in the Advanced Division, you get 100,000 Poké Dollars per match, and the rules are similar to the Beginner Division.
Roy finally understood why the Charizard Pokémon Trainer was so eager to win yesterday; a million Poké Dollars in no time—who wouldn't be tempted?
Most of the Pokémon in the Beginner Division are between level 35 and 40, so Roy decided to let Primeape start the 1v1 battle.
Roy followed the staff inside to the preparation room for the athletes, which had the number 99 written above it.
To Roy's surprise, in order to prevent the athletes from being influenced by others, each athlete had their own individual preparation room in the Arena.
There were even resident performers Audino and Nurse Joy, which shows that the Arena's owner and the Joy family have a good relationship; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to invite Nurse Joy.
With 10 minutes of preparation time before the final battle, Roy was making his pre-match preparations in a separate cubicle. He first released Night Duskull, and then extended his hand to it.
"Night"
Knowing what Roy wanted, the Duskull spat out a purple stone, the Eviolite that Roy had previously exchanged for.
"Primeape, put this on for now, and I'll get you a better gadget later."
"Extremely popular!"
Since Primeape also has an evolved form, Annihilape, Eviolite can also boost Primeape's Defense and Special Defense.
It can be said that Eviolite are currently the most cost-effective item Roy can exchange for from the System Shop, Pokémon.
The Primeape looked at the Eviolite that Roy had spat out of Duskull's mouth with a somewhat disgusted expression, but in order to help Roy win, it still took it.
Before long, the Eviolite merged into Primeape's body. Primeape felt as if its body had become one with the stone, and its fur seemed to have Harden considerably.
At the same time, the loudspeaker inside the booth announced, "Please welcome contestant number 99, Roy, and contestant number 10, Alai, to the arena."
"Go, Primeape!"
"Extremely popular!"