Heath rubbed his face. It seemed that even a metropolis like the Indigo League could not keep its darker side at bay. It just took a rather unusual form here. What Heath had not expected was that there were not only little cards advertising humans-now there were Pokémon ones too.
"Yeah, these are all fake. They're definitely all running the same scam." Speechless as he was, Heath still hurried to explain. He did not want to get an anti-fraud call from a smiling Officer Jenny a little later.
Yes, telecom fraud naturally existed in the Pokémon world too. Just as there was always light and darkness in this world, there were criminals with their eyes on people's wallets. The Kanto League had therefore launched the [Kanto League Anti-Fraud Center] to protect citizens from telecom fraud.
Heath had first learned about this some time ago. Back when he was earning money at his stall, he had received a call saying that there was a small problem with the Starter Pokémon he had reserved, and that resolving it would require paying a certain amount of League Coins.
Heath had then told the caller expressionlessly that he was too poor to afford even a Poké Ball. The caller had kept coaxing him, telling him to borrow money from a nearby lending company. Only when Sister Feng came to visit Heath-helping herself to food and drinks-had the caller abandoned those ideas under her extremely intimidating warning.
After tossing the still-fussing Zorua into the lounge, Heath drove the food truck toward the Indigo League's market. Heath remembered a writer once saying that if you wanted to understand a city, you should visit its market. That was where you could best see the city's true face.
And Heath admitted that he was a little excited. After