Pokémon: Trainers start as Bounty Hunters

Chapter 305 About the Fisherman Never Air Force
"what?"

Zhe was also bent over by the sudden coquettishness of the shopkeeper, and some unbelievable doubts came out of his mouth.

"Ah what." The shop owner replied lazily, "It's not easy to open a shop and do business these days. It's not too much to charge you for selling information."

It's really not too much.

Zhe also subconsciously followed the shopkeeper's way of thinking.

But he reacted quickly.

"How many people have bought this news?" Zhe Ye asked back speechlessly.

"Probably... there are five or six hundred?"

The shopkeeper pondered for a while, and gave an answer that made Tetsuya vomit blood.

Zhe also closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, he had recovered his expressionless expression.

He really shouldn't have any expectations for this kind of open information hanging on the wall.

"I want this fishing rod, how much is it?"

Not bothering about the map anymore, Zhe also made a few movements of twitching the hook to feel the feel of the fishing rod in his hand, and asked the shopkeeper after feeling that it was very good.

"Ten thousand, no counter-offering."

The owner stated a high price.

Zhe also frowned, he was not a fool who was willing to be slaughtered, even the quality of a good fishing rod was too expensive.

"By the way, I can tell you the information about the isolated island for free, as a bonus for you to buy fishing rods from me."

A sly smile appeared on the owner's face.

Zhe Ye was almost laughed angrily by the middle-aged uncle in front of him, but after thinking about it, he readily agreed.

This island in the water, which does not exist on the normal map, is indeed very tempting to him.

In other words, it is very tempting for every trainer.

Presumably the other trainers who bought the information had the same idea as him.

cheated?Zhe also said that he should not need to worry about this problem.

Besides, it didn't cost much.

"Excuse me, do you transfer money by watch, cash, or credit card?"

The shopkeeper asked Tetsuya skillfully while putting the fishing rod into the box.

Zhe also took out the alliance card from his pocket and motioned to pay with the card.

"Speaking of which, Uncle Shopkeeper, do you have that special fishing rod here?"

While paying, Tetsuya also asked the shopkeeper again.

He is still very assured of the quality of everything in this fishing tackle shop.

On the one hand, it is impossible for Miss Joy to lie to him. On the other hand, the shopkeeper took out the fishing gear that he felt quite suitable just after a quick glance. The awesome fishing rod on the wall is up.

"Yo, it seems that I haven't done my homework."

The shopkeeper quickly collected the money and said jokingly.

"Yes, there are, but you probably don't want to buy them."

He didn't say that Tetsuya couldn't afford it, because he more or less recognized Tetsuya's identity. As a city native near Kanto, he naturally had no lack of understanding of the new generation of talented trainers of the Kanto Alliance.

Such a young and powerful trainer will not be short of that little money.

But if there is no shortage, there will be no shortage. After all, the fishing rod is not a very useful thing.

The shop owner doesn't think Zhe is willing to spend a lot of money to buy the so-called super fishing rod. For trainers, spending money on improving the strength of their elves is the right way.

The quality of fishing rods is generally divided into three qualities, which are not too different from the Pokémon games that Tetsuya played roughly in the previous life. From low to high, they are old fishing rods, good fishing rods and powerful fishing rods.

The prices of the first two are not expensive for most people. For example, the good quality fishing rod bought by Zhe Ye is only close to the price of five-digit Union Coins.

The powerful fishing rod is slightly more expensive, but it basically fluctuates between [-] and [-].

Of course, the main consumer groups of the latter two are still concentrated among the trainers. Ordinary people who raise elves as family companions still use cheap old fishing rods to satisfy themselves as fishermen.

Not to mention, there are really many ordinary people who make money by relying on this.

To give the simplest example, when some trainers who are not good at fishing want to tame a good water elf, but they have nothing to do with a good fishing rod or even a powerful fishing rod, they can't catch it.

In this case, they often choose to hire ordinary people with good fishing skills to help them catch elves. The ordinary people are responsible for fishing, and the trainers are responsible for subduing them.

It's a win-win situation for one to get money and the other to get elves.

In fact, strictly speaking according to the laws of the alliance, such an act actually involves illegal trading of elves, but the alliance does not strictly control this point.

After all, to put it another way, this can also be explained as ordinary people requesting the protection of the trainer, so it is really normal for the trainer to subdue the elf he likes in the process.

The more important reason is that trainers are also human beings, and their energy is limited. It is impossible to say that after investing so much in elf cultivation, they can improve their fishing skills.

If this interaction is prohibited, not to mention that the occupations that some of the ordinary people rely on for survival will disappear, and it will not be conducive to the expansion of the types of trainer elves.

And to stop one would have to stop the professions that were born in many other fields because of the existence of elves. This is unacceptable to the alliance. In the long run, this is tantamount to suicidal.

So even though the black market is now publicly launched by the alliance, there are still many elf transactions in private, but it is more troublesome.

Back to the issue of fishing rods, in addition to the more common three-quality fishing rods, there is also an extremely rare and cherished fishing rod, that is, the super-grade fishing rod Tetsuya just mentioned.

Why is it rare and cherished? The main reason is that the raw material for making this fishing rod is elf props.

That's right, it is an elf prop that can increase and help elves in battle.

For example, the large rhizomes that appear in the woods increase the effect of absorbing physical strength;
Or it may appear in the sandy environment to increase the tightening or tightening effect of the tight hook;

Another example is the red line that may appear in random environments, and its function is to make the opponent obsessed when you are fascinated.

The three correspond to the three parts of rod, hook and fishing line respectively.

They can play the role that their respective props should play when fishing, which is not difficult to imagine.

Generally speaking, as long as one of the three parts is made by elf props, it can be regarded as a super fishing rod.

Anyway, there has never been a special-grade fishing rod with three parts made of elf props.

In addition to cost considerations, production technology is also a key factor.

The transformation of a single elf prop is enough to cost the production staff a lot of energy. If multiple elf props are combined, they will also affect each other. This is not an easy job to complete.

Moreover, there is no way for a machine to complete such a process, it can only be made by hand.

It's like the world's best Poké Ball producer is never Shiluf or Devin, but Mr. Steel from Juniper Town.

To describe it in one sentence, the person in charge of the Shiluf Poké Ball R&D Center is the son who Mr. Steel thinks is not up to the mark.

With the combination of so many factors, the price of stunt fishing rods can be regarded as sky-high compared to the other three types. It is normal for several million or even tens of millions.

"I have a fishing rod made of large rhizomes. If you want it, you can take it with a discount of 900 million."

Tetsuya's very familiar yet extremely dazzling smile appeared on the shopkeeper's face again.

"No thanks."

Zhe also quickly waved his hands, put his newly bought fishing rod and box into the space backpack, and then ran outside.

"Hey, if you don't want to buy it, why don't you take a look at it, one thousand union coins.

Or do you want to look at elf bait or something? "

The shopkeeper's friendly voice echoed behind him.

Although Tetsuya, who ran away, could still hear, he chose to turn a deaf ear.

He's not a Kaizi, so why spend that money on a fishing rod.

It is even more impossible to buy, he is not crazy.

Besides, as a breeder, if he can't even make bait, then don't do this job.

However, Zheye was surprised that the shop owner had an unused super-grade fishing rod made of large rhizomes that could be sold.

This shows that the owner should have a better one, otherwise, as an experienced fisherman, he would not be able to keep such a high-quality fishing rod without using it.

Better than super-grade fishing rods made from large rhizomes.
Zhe also thought about it, and it seems that there is only a special fishing rod made by combining two kinds of elf props.

After all, if the three materials are considered alone, the large rhizome is not only more difficult to make as a raw material, but also has a greater role after completion than the other two.

It seems that there is no shortage of hidden talents anywhere, Zhe also sighed silently and walked to the fishing ground not far away.

It is that he always feels as if he has forgotten something on the way to the fishing ground.

Zhe was also at a loss as to whether his own memory still had problems.

10 minute later.

Tetsuya, who walked out of the Gudao fishing tackle shop again, had a dark face.

"Come again next time~"

The owner bid farewell to Tetsuya with squinted eyes from behind.

What Tetsuya, who has a photographic memory, has forgotten is the fact that the owner of the Gudao Fishing Ground is the owner of the Gudao Fishing Tackle Shop, so the tickets have to be bought at the Fishing Tackle Shop.

In fact, these words were clearly written on the back of the counter of the fishing tackle shop, but the shopkeeper did too many tricks and Zhe subconsciously blocked them.

The only good thing is that the entrance fee to the fishing ground is only 500 alliance coins, which is very cheap, and the owner didn't say anything to Zheye, otherwise Zheye felt that he would go crazy sooner or later.

"Funny little guy."

The shopkeeper chuckled as he watched Tetsuya's back, then turned around and returned to the courtyard behind the fishing tackle shop and began to rest on a rocking chair.

It's fun, it's fun, it's good, it's good, but he's seen too many people looking for the island, and he hasn't been lucky enough to go aboard.

Even he is not lucky the second time.

With the setting sun blowing the evening wind above his head, the owner closed his eyes comfortably.

Tetsuya, who came to the entrance of the fishing ground, handed the ticket to the guard, and was let in.

"Fishing Ground No. [-] - the main elves are the agate jellyfish family.

Fishing ground No. [-] - the main elves are the claw crabs.

Fishing Ground No. [-] - The main elves are the starfish family.

Fishing Ground No. [-] - The main elves are the Sun Coral family.

Another: There are a large number of king carp in every fishing ground, so please don’t complain if you catch king carp for a day, it’s just that your skills are not good or your luck is bad.

Another thing: It is said that there are still a few small saw crocodiles living in our fishing ground, but I don’t know which fishing ground.

And another: If you want to know which fishing ground has a higher probability of seeing the small saw crocodile, please go out of the fishing ground and turn left to the Gudao Fishing Tackle Shop 200 meters away and ask the owner for details~”

Looking at the long list of words on the sign, Zhe also only felt that the last three other signs were very visual.

He shook his head, and hurriedly shook the socially obsessed shopkeeper out of his mind.

"Then, let's go to No. [-] fishing ground first."

Zhe also thought about it and made a simple decision.

The reason is simple, he doesn't like jellyfish and crabs.

After looking at the map, Zhe also took a step in the right direction.

The fishing ground in the elf world is more like a small water elf nature reserve, and the elves inside are still wild elves.

It's just that compared to finding a random place outside to fish and not knowing what elves you can catch, the distribution of elves in the fishing ground is relatively regular. At least you don't have to worry about all the carp kings.

"Starfish~starfish starfish~"

Zhe also hummed a little song and came to the No. [-] fishing ground on the west side of the coast.

Although it was late, there were still many people fishing here.

Sitting on the small bench provided by the fishing ground, Zhe did not start fishing immediately, but took out the materials from his backpack and began to make bait.

One water blue fruit, half a thousand spice fruit, a pot of special effect water that is said to be soaked in mysterious water droplets all night, with the most common flour.

In just half a minute, a huge bait ball was made.

Except for some roughness, Tetsu also felt that he was fine.

He took out the fishing rod, broke off a piece of bait, and officially started tonight's fishing trip.

"Well, set a small goal, catch five, six, seven or eight starfish in the next hour, and then continue playing in another place."

Zhe also thought casually.

The fishing rod shakes, the first one is the king carp.

Seeing the carp king with red scales all over his body jumping up on the ground, Tetsuya's face was calm.

The first carp king is normal, it's just a good start, a good thing.

He kicked the carp king into the sea and continued fishing.

The fishing rod swayed again, the second one, King Carp.

It's normal, a lot of carp kings survive, it's normal to grab something to eat, Tetsuya is still calm.

The fishing rod swayed for the third time, and the third one was the king carp.

The speed of the carp king's bait is a bit fast. Although he thought so, Tetsuya still remained calm in his heart.

King carp, king carp, king carp.
Finally, a long but short hour passed. After catching the 73rd carp king, Zhe, who felt that he was about to become a carp king, was in despair.

He finally knew what the first other on the signboard at the beginning of the entrance meant. Could it really be that only the carp king took the bait all the time?

"The fishing ground here is like this. I don't know if it's because there are too many people fishing every day, so these elves have become smarter. It's rare to take the bait."

The angler, who watched Tetsuya from excitement to numbness to despair, comforted him with a smile.

Ordinary elves may also be hooked because of hunger, but Hai Xingxing doesn't have that hope at all.

These androgynous elves, who can establish a relationship with anyone, don't have mouths at all. Their eating methods are infinitely close to filtering, or they live by absorbing energy from the red core in the middle of their bodies.

If you want them to take the bait, you can only wait for them to become curious about the hook.

Zhe, who challenged the difficulty from the very beginning, undoubtedly chose the wrong fishing target.

Tetsuya gritted his teeth, put away the bait and rod, and headed for No. [-] fishing ground, where Sun Coral lived.

It doesn't work here, so it's okay to change places.

It turns out that he thought too much.

horned goldfish, king carp, king carp, horned goldfish, king carp
Another hour passed, and Zhe, who had caught 22 horned goldfish and 58 king carp in total, was also at a loss.

Although the type of elves he caught has changed a bit compared to the previous location, but to be honest, the horned goldfish is really no different from the carp king on land.

Zhe also wanted to blow something up to express his indignation.

He just wanted to collect the corners of the sun coral as a decoration, to see if it could really emit colorful light under the sun, isn't there something wrong with that?

"Well, the water quality in this area is still very good. The sun coral may be resting at night. You can try again tomorrow."

The fisherman who had been staring at Tetsuya tactfully put forward his suggestion.

It's a pity, such a good pair of fishing rods is really a waste.

The fisherman with the old fishing rod in his hand shook his head regretfully.

Zhe also subconsciously clenched the fishing rod in his hand, no, he came here as a fisherman this time, how could he return empty-handed.

The fisherman is never in the air force!
Tetsuya screamed in his heart.

The horned goldfish carp king is not a thing at all, and he really doesn't believe in this evil. If he can't catch a sun coral today, he won't go back to rest.

Unintentionally, he brazenly set up a huge banner.

People's luck in a certain period of time often does not change due to personal changes, and Zhe also proved this point very well.

In the next three hours, people around Tetsuya saw how mildewed a fisherman can be.

"No. 386, good guy."

The fisherman, who was so bored to count for Tetsuya, sighed softly.

Although the sign said not to complain about fishing for King Carp all day, it was indeed the first time he saw someone who only caught King Carp in the fishing ground.

This is a fishing ground, not the wild.

The most surprising thing is that all the anglers around Zheye have caught Sun Coral, but he was the most unlucky one.

"Young people have good physical strength."

Another simple and honest fisherman looked at Zhe, who was already fishing crazy and red-eyed, and somewhat missed the taste of his lost youth.

Catching so many carp kings in succession is quite exhausting.

Zhe, who didn't hear anything outside the window, didn't care about the passage of time at all. He only did a few things, throwing the hook, taking the hook, releasing the bait, and kicking the flying carp king.

He didn't believe it, he couldn't catch a sun coral tomorrow morning!
(End of this chapter)