After the deal was done, Xin Mu had a small box in his hands, with the Max Mushrooms and Max Honey packed separately inside. These special ingredients were unlike ordinary fruit, vegetables, or mushrooms. They kept for an extremely long time, so he could take them home and store them for ages without any trouble.
Honey had no real expiration date to begin with, provided it was genuine.
Real honey had even been used as a preservative in the past. Max Mushrooms could also be air-dried, and as long as they were stored properly,
they could even become something worthy of being passed down as a family heirloom.
Xin Mu wasn't worried about whether these things were genuine. Counterfeits of ordinary goods could be hard to spot, but with special Pokémon-related items, all he had to do was let a Pokémon test them.
Having experienced Dynamax before, Meownei could sense the Dynamax Energy inside the Max Mushrooms and Max Honey, confirming that they were genuine.
Once they passed through the night market, they reached the barbecue restaurant the gym staff had mentioned earlier.
It was the depths of winter, and the north wind made the branches rustle, but the barbecue restaurant was brightly lit. In summer, they would have set a few tables outside as well.
In this weather, though, eating outside was just asking for misery. Even with hot pot, cooked ingredients would turn cold soon after being taken out, and might even develop ice crystals if you ate too slowly.
The restaurant wasn't decorated much and was even a little shabby, but that didn't affect the food. No matter how good the decor was, a place wouldn't last long if the food tasted bad.
The most unusual thing about the restaurant was its barbecue cooks. Besides two human