Beside Ye Chen stood an attractive woman in a tight black skirt.
Qin Feng frowned slightly.
Ye Chen strode into the shop. "What? You have customers, and no one's going to greet them?"
Changpu noticed what was happening, too.
She immediately came over.
"I'm very sorry. We've had so many customers today that we haven't been able to keep up. Please come inside, both of you!"
The woman in the black skirt walked in with her arms folded.
With Changpu there to handle the shop, Qin Feng and the two women quickly slipped away.
Seeing Ye Chen really did turn their stomachs.
The three of them went to a café.
Today, Qin Feng planned to teach the two women some basic Pokémon knowledge.
He took out a Pokémon Trainer Handbook.
"As a Pokémon Trainer, the first thing you need to do is understand your Pokémon."
"First, you need to build complete trust between you and give your Pokémon wholehearted love and care. Only then will your Pokémon acknowledge you as its Trainer and follow your commands completely in battle."
"Next, you need to understand their types, strengths, temperaments, and battle habits."
"Just like us humans, everyone has their own traits. Even two Pikachu might learn different moves as they grow and display different levels of strength in battle."
"That mainly comes down to the Trainer's ability."
"Qin Feng, can my Jigglypuff really battle? I feel like all it knows how to do is sing."
Jiang Xiaoyu frowned as she asked hesitantly.
Qin Feng smiled.
It was perfectly normal for Jiang Xiaoyu to have doubts like that.
"Actually, Jigglypuff's Sing is a very powerful way to attack. Think about it: if your opponent gets put to sleep during a battle, wouldn't they immediately lose the ability to fight?"
"Besides, you can also train Jigglypuff to attack in other ways."
"For example, my Pikachu doesn't just have Thunderbolt. It can also attack with its tail, fists, and feet. I taught it all of that after we developed an understanding."
As he spoke, Egg Yolk, perched on his shoulder, gave a bashful look.
(◡‿◡✿)
Then it jumped onto the table and started throwing punches.
"Pika, pika~"
The two women listened, dumbfounded. It sounded just like raising a child.
Teaching it to read and write!
"Wow! You can even do that?" Jiang Xiaoyu stroked the Jigglypuff in her arms. "Jigglypuff, did you hear that? You'll have to learn how to punch, too."
(๑♜д♜) Jigglypuff looked bewildered.
"Every Pokémon has its own type. For example, water beats fire. When a Water-type Pokémon battles a Fire-type Pokémon, it has a clear advantage, and its chances of winning increase significantly."
"So when we battle or compete in the future, we need to apply strategy flexibly, just like Tian Ji did with his horse races. That's how we'll get better results!"
Bai Xiyue felt completely lost.
"Um, what did you mean by evolution?"
For Bai Xiyue and the others, Pokémon were something entirely new, like a foreign language.
Starting from scratch, there was far too much to learn.
Besides, the system's evolution feature hadn't been activated yet.
Qin Feng figured this was to give everyone a fair start.
So evolution experience would only begin increasing after the Pokémon League's Match Battles launched.
As for exactly how evolution would work then...
Qin Feng couldn't say yet.
"Evolution means an improvement in a Pokémon's appearance, size, and abilities. Here's a very simple example."
"Your Butterfree's first form was Caterpie. Caterpie evolves into Metapod, and Metapod then evolves into Butterfree."
"As for further evolution, that's still uncertain for now, but every evolution will definitely improve its abilities."
He spent the entire afternoon teaching the two women the basics.
By then, Qin Feng's mouth and throat were parched.
The two women started chatting among themselves, while Qin Feng slumped back in his chair.
[Attention task completed] [You may spend 950000000 yuan to open new Pokémon Home branches] [Number of shops currently available to open: 3]
Just then, the system notification sounded.
Qin Feng hurriedly opened the system panel to check.
[Number of Trainers: 158] [Attention: 300000145] [Sales: 463221365] [Pokémon shops: 3]
Well, damn.
After opening the shop in Magic City and Hua's shop, sales had clearly been shooting up.
Qin Feng didn't hesitate at all.
He opened one shop each in Rongcheng, Suhang, and Mountain City.
He also posted the addresses of all three shops on his short-video account.
He opened the short-video app to take a look.
He wasn't sure whether the algorithm had him figured out.
Every recommendation he got now was about Pokémon.
Only then did he realize that many of the people buying Pokémon were influencer streamers like Tong Jingcheng.
Clearly, Pokémon were the key to drawing traffic right now.
Especially the cute-looking ones.
Still, that was a good thing.
At least it was excellent publicity.
What surprised him even more was that someone had actually drawn a Gardevoir.
[Name: Ralts] [Feeling Pokémon] [Type: Fairy] [Lv: 20] [Evolution experience: 0/100] [Height: 60 cm] [Weight: 6.6 kg] [Ability: Synchronize / Trace] [Hidden Ability: Telepathy] [Moves: Confusion, Double Team] [Description: Ralts has a white body. Its body and legs make it look as though it is wearing oversized clothes. Its green hair resembles a bowl cut, also overly long, seemingly covering most of its face. Two flat red horns protrude through the middle of its hair, parting it, with a larger one facing forward and a smaller one at the back. Ralts's eyes are usually hidden beneath its bowl cut, but viewed from below, a pair of red eyes similar to those of its evolved forms can be seen.]
This was Gardevoir's first form.
Once it evolved into Gardevoir, it would absolutely be every nerd's dream!
He opened the comments.
"Holy shit, my fucking DNA just woke up! This is fucking insane."
"Mom asked why I was kneeling while looking at my phone. Because this is so damn awesome!"
"Love it, love it! Let's pool our money to buy a Pokémon. I've checked, and a Poké Ball costs 6,000. Once we catch one, everyone gets to keep it for a day. I'm still 5,900 short. DM me if you're interested. Serious inquiries only!"
"I heard they were selling for 200,000 each a couple of days ago, and now they're down to 120,000. What a bargain! So I'm going to wait until they drop to 120 before buying!"
Seeing Pokémon gaining more and more popularity, Qin Feng felt deeply gratified.
Now, all Qin Feng wanted was to spread Pokémon as quickly as possible, then launch Match Battles.
Because the battle-hungry DNA inside him could no longer be contained.
He was also eagerly anticipating what form Match Battles would take.
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