A Little Resupply Before the Battle

Carrying photos of all of Heiduo's Pokémon, Blue and Silver left reluctantly.

The two of them had played with Charizard's tail with great enthusiasm, then teased Larvitar after touching its tail, and after teasing Larvitar, went to feel the muscles on Electivire and the others. Every one of them acted like they had never seen Pokémon before.

As for their accompanying Pokémon, the pink devil Jigglypuff and Sneasel also left contentedly, each holding two Poffins.

"Those siblings are pretty interesting. Selling merchandise of your Pokémon is basically helping raise your profile indirectly! Do you think you'll have a fan club someday? Like a bunch of little fangirls or something." Umbreon smiled at Heiduo, who was tidying the leaves on Sceptile's tail.

Heiduo ignored her. Of course he knew Blue's actions would indirectly increase his fame. If not for that, he would not have agreed to Blue's request.

How much merchandise could two people make? How much money could they sell it for?

After all, people like Team Rocket, who ought to have become scientists rather than villains, were rare. No matter how mechanically gifted Blue was, she could not create a mass-production assembly line and machine tools in such a short time.

Without an assembly line, the amount of merchandise they could make would not be large.

Neither would the money they earned.

At the very least, he did not care about that little bit of money.

"Tomorrow, you'll be up, along with Lucario. Electivire stays the same. Any objections? Or any special ideas?" Heiduo looked around at his Pokémon, wanting to see whether any of them were willing to volunteer.

There was complete silence. No one responded.

Even Garchomp, who used to clamor about getting on the field and threaten to bite people's scalps if she did not, looked