Thoughts and Departure! Heading to Pewter City! (Bonus Chapter to Celebrate)

Miss Joy took the ID Card Tetsuya handed over and swiped it through the computer.

"Alright, Tamaki Trainer. Please fill out this form truthfully first."

Miss Joy typed away at the computer, then printed out a sheet of paper and handed it to Tetsuya.

Tetsuya picked up a pen and began filling in his basic information.

"Name: Tetsuya Tamaki; gender: male; born at Viridian Orphanage in Viridian City; age: 16 years and 8 months.

Current Pokemon and capture dates: Pidgeot (one year and six months), Combusken (three months).

Travel area: Kanto, Johto, and the Orange Islands.

Requested travel duration: 3 years.

Participating in conferences: yes.

Bounty Hunter rank (leave blank if none): C-rank.

Trainer rank (leave blank if untested): ordinary."

Tetsuya had no intention of concealing when he had captured his Pokemon. After all, there was no way to hide it.

Not to Mention that the Luxury Balls from Silph had records, even every time he came to the Pokemon Center for treatment, Miss Joy likely had the dates on file.

Taking the completed form from Tetsuya, Miss Joy gave it a quick glance before placing it in the archives.

After all, this step was merely a formality for sorting and filing documents. Most of the information was already in the database.

"You applied for a three-year travel pass for the Kanto Region. Your qualifications are in order. As for your benefits..."

Miss Joy looked at the marker beside Tetsuya's identity information on the computer.

"You can apply for high-tier benefits. The total fee will be 350,000."

A flicker of surprise passed through Tetsuya's eyes, but he did not reveal any confusion over his benefit level.

After obediently paying for the travel pass, Tetsuya thanked Miss Joy and left the service counter.

Back in his room, Tetsuya frowned as he thought things over.

Travel pass applications mainly depended on the area covered, the length of time, and the benefit level.

The first two were proposed by the applicant. As long as one did not directly apply for a ten-year round-the-world trip all at once, but instead applied in two or three batches, the application would generally be approved if their identity was valid.

The fee was calculated based on those two factors as well. The longer the duration and the larger the travel area, the higher the fee, though it generally would not exceed 100,000.

Benefit levels, on the other hand, were determined entirely by the Miss Joys at the Pokemon Center. They were divided into four tiers: low, middle, high, and top, costing 100,000, 200,000, 300,000, and 500,000 respectively.

Each tier came with different benefits.

Taking the high-tier benefits he had just received as an example, the most useful and obvious advantage was that he could not only receive priority access to free private rooms at every Pokemon Center within his approved travel area, but also use the fast-track treatment service for free.

There were also a whole series of other advantages. For example, all Pokemon Center fees were only thirty percent of the original price.

It was basically a little better than the benefits local Trainers in each city received at the Pokemon Centers in their own cities.

The low and middle tiers, on the other hand, only provided eight-person rooms and four-person rooms respectively. During busy periods, they might even have to wait in line or be unable to stay at all.

Other fees were only discounted by ten percent and twenty percent respectively, and they did not have access to fast-track service.

The gap between the first two tiers and the higher tiers was simply enormous.

Generally speaking, high-tier and top-tier benefits were automatically granted to Pokedex holders.

Although they were not especially useful to them, they were bundled with the Pokedex and valid worldwide.

They certainly were not meant for Commoner Trainers like Tetsuya. He had originally thought that middle-tier benefits would already be quite good.

Once he reached other cities, he would still need to stay at private lodgings as much as possible for secrecy and training purposes. Treatment costs would also rise to some extent, since he would not be in his birth city.

That was no small expense, but now he had saved it.

Tetsuya understood that this was the Joy Family's investment in him.

It was blunt, but real.

They were practically telling him, We know your strength and progress inside out. We intend to invest in you.

However, Tetsuya did not think there was anything wrong with that.

If there was any group In the World that possessed the most firsthand information on Trainers and their Pokemon, it had to be the Joy Family.

No other individual or organization had so much information, nor such comprehensive records.

Even the League learned through the Joy Family.

If Joy and Officer Jenny had not been absolutely neutral, the League would not have allowed such a thing to exist unchecked.

After all, every Trainer's Pokemon needed to visit a Pokemon Center for treatment. Whether it was injuries sustained during adventures or exhaustion after training, they could not do without the Joy Family.

Under such circumstances, the Joy Family kept an eye on and invested in every Genius Trainer.

With their immense wealth, the Joy Family naturally chose a broad investment strategy.

After all, such investments were nothing to them, but for Genius Trainers from commoner backgrounds, they could save them a great deal.

Under this model, the Joy Family maintained good relationships with most high-level Trainers and would not force them to join.

It could only be called mutually beneficial. Tetsuya had expected and planned for this to some extent.

First, he would secure an investment from the Joy Family.

Tetsuya simply had not expected their attention to arrive so quickly. As expected, the Joy Family acted very fast.

Tetsuya had thought the Joy Family would not raise his benefits until after he obtained four badges.

This was, at least, an unexpected delight.

After thinking it over, Tetsuya went into the bathroom, took a quick shower, and went to Rest. After all, he Still Needed To set off for Pewter City tomorrow.

The night passed without incident.

Early the next morning, after washing up, Tetsuya prepared to Head Towards Pewter City.

This vehicle produced by Devon Corporation was called an Electric Scooter, but its appearance was actually more like a simplified motorcycle.

It was not that Tetsuya did not want to buy a better, cooler mode of transportation. He simply did not have the money.

To allow these vehicles to move freely in the wilderness, they were filled with technology developed by Devon Corporation. They were far more than just ordinary vehicles.

If Tetsuya did not have a slight Fear of Heights, and if Pidgeot were steadier when carrying people, he would have chosen to let Pidgeot fly him around long ago.

Tetsuya felt that sooner or later, he needed to get a suitable transportation Pokemon. Salamence and Dragonite, for example, would be perfect—fast and stable fliers.

Still, this was not bad either. During a proper journey, riding from one city to another and enjoying the scenery along the way was what a Trainer ought to do.

Tetsuya released Pidgeot to follow overhead, while Combusken sat in the back seat with a helmet on. Tetsuya twisted his right hand, and the Electric Scooter sped off silently.

He raced along the official road through Viridian Forest. It was still as desolate and uninhabited as ever.

Tetsuya enjoyed the fresh scent of the forest rushing toward him and felt the taste of freedom.

But after riding for a while and getting used to the monotonous scenery, he became a little bored. Tetsuya switched the Electric Scooter to autopilot mode.

He turned on the screen projection on the windscreen and began enjoying movies from this world.

In the back, Combusken stretched out his Little Head as hard as he could, watching the movie together with his Trainer.

Please invest, bookmark, and recommend!!!

I'm asking for everything!!

Joy and Officer Jenny will definitely be portrayed positively. That was already part of the Protagonist's plan, it just happened earlier than expected. The reason was mentioned before.

Bonus chapter!

The reason is that, aside from the first reward, the cumulative rewards reached 1,000 Qidian Coins and the bookmarks reached 500, hahaha.

It may be a small amount, but for a new author's first book, it is worth commemorating!!

Thank you all for your support! I'm immensely grateful!!

P.S. Other than this celebration, I'll still have to fulfill cumulative bonus chapters in the future, hahaha. Otherwise, I'll be worked to death.