Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

On Ange's side.

After closing the store at 10 o'clock, Ange didn't go home immediately.

Instead, he had Super Meowth take Meowth and Ralts back first, while he took Kecleon and Haunter to a wholesale market to investigate.

Didn't Ange say before that he had already thought about preparing work for Delphox and Greninja?

That wasn't just to fool them, but he really had thought it through.

He planned to open two small shops for the Pokémon in the Nibel Plateau, one selling all kinds of snacks and toys, and the other selling daily necessities needed for Pokémon's daily life.

And the shopkeepers of these two shops would be Delphox and Greninja respectively.

Ange had this idea after the professor helped him modify Robert No. 1.

Robert No. 1 was modified into No. 2, and with the help of Metagross, it possessed intelligence and powerful computing capabilities, so Ange could use it to pay the Pokémon.

How much salary each Pokémon can get each month, and how much they spend each day, can be accurately reflected through Robert No. 2.

Ange has already asked Ji Meiya to get the royal scientists to make him a campus card system similar to the one in his previous life, which is currently under development.

This system is not difficult for the technology of the Pokémon world.

With this system, Ange can issue a salary card to each Pokémon in the future, and then use Robert No. 2 to distribute their monthly salary to the salary card.

In this way, the Pokémon can swipe their salary cards to spend money in the two small shops (snack shop and daily necessities)!

This was Ange's first time coming to the wholesale market in the Pokémon world.

He held a small notebook in his hand, recording the prices of goods in various stores along the way, wanting to compare and select which one to be the fixed supplier for his two small stores.

Kecleon and Haunter were also visiting the wholesale market for the first time.

They followed behind Ange, curiously looking at the fresh things around them.

"Come and take a look, perfect Magikarp! Buy it back and it's guaranteed to evolve into Gyarados!"

Hearing the shout, Kecleon couldn't help but stretch his neck to look over.

He saw a tank taller than a person swimming with red Magikarp, looking very energetic, it was simply... simply not like Magikarp.

At this time, Haunter leaned close to Kecleon's ear and whispered to it: "Goth~ Goth~" That's not Magikarp.

It hasn't seen Magikarp before.

"Kee meh?" Not Magikarp?

Kecleon was stunned, if it wasn't Magikarp, then what was it?

Ange smiled and said to Kecleon, "Those are disguised Basculin."

As soon as Kecleon heard this, he secretly spat at the merchant: Damned unscrupulous merchant!

Ange smiled and shook his head, not exposing the merchant, but continued to walk forward with his two disciples.

"Come and see, top-quality evolution stones, you won't lose out if you buy them!" Another shout came.

Ange said, "I'll take a look myself first."

The boss nodded immediately when he heard this, "Okay, okay, handsome guy, take a look, feel free to look."

Ange walked to the shelf, picked up a Fire Stone at random and looked at it.

This Fire Stone was pure and bright, and it did look top quality.

So Ange asked, "Boss, how much does one of these evolution stones cost?"

The boss said with a smile, "Handsome guy has good eyes, such a top-quality Fire Stone only costs 60,000 Alliance coins in our store!"

Hearing this, Ange frowned instead, not because it was too expensive, but because it was too cheap.

He wasn't ignorant of the market, according to his understanding, the market price of this kind of pure evolution stone could not be lower than 80,000, and it could even be sold for 100,000 in urgent situations.

But here it only sells for 60,000, something is wrong!

Thinking like this, Ange clenched the evolution stone and used the power of Aura.

Everything has Aura, and stones are no exception.

The feedback from Aura is the most real feedback.

Sure enough, according to the Aura feedback from the evolution stone, Ange quickly discovered something was wrong.

Logically speaking, if this evolution stone was normal, the Aura it transmitted should be complete, but the Aura transmitted from the one in Ange's hand was thin and fragmented, which was obviously abnormal.

Ange stared at the Fire Stone for a long time, and finally put it back.

The boss asked when he saw this, "What's wrong? Handsome guy, don't you want such a good evolution stone?"

Ange asked, "Are all the evolution stones here the same price?"

The boss said with a smile, "Of course, the quality is about the same, so the price is of course the same."

Hearing this, Ange's hand quickly touched the evolution stones one by one, and he found that the Aura feedback from these evolution stones was almost the same.

They were all so abnormal.

However, when he touched a Shiny Stone, Ange stopped, because the Aura transmitted from this Shiny Stone was normal.

Seeing Ange touch that Shiny Stone, the boss's face changed, and then he heard Ange say, "I want this Shiny Stone!"

The boss said with a stiff face, "Okay... okay."

He cursed Ange fiercely in his heart.

He only had a few normal evolution stones mixed in the store, how could this kid be so lucky to choose one!

It turned out that most of the evolution stones sold in this store did have problems.

He had a relative relationship with a quarryman in an evolution stone mine.

The two conspired to secretly transport the evolution stone fragments from the mine, and then use special synthesis technology, after mixing in some other materials, to synthesize the fragments into complete evolution stones and sell them.

Because the cost was low, the price they sold was much lower than the market price, even so, they still made a lot of money.

It's not that this kind of evolution stone can't help Pokémon evolve, even if it's an evolution stone fragment, as long as the amount is large enough, it can actually help Pokémon complete evolution.

But the key is that, in order to save costs, the boss of this black shop reduced the amount of evolution stone fragments and increased the amount of other ingredients.

Although the evolution stones sold so far have successfully helped Pokémon complete evolution, no one is sure whether it will cause sequelae to the Pokémon.

If the sequelae are discovered, buyers may find it difficult to prove that it was because they used the evolution stones from this store.

The merchant's synthesis techniques were very clever. Not only could Ange not see through them with the naked eye, but neither could the other buyers.

Ange paid for the Light Stone and, under the shopkeeper's stiff smile, left with his two apprentices.

Not long after leaving, Ange called the relevant authorities to report the store. He specifically stated his identity, and the person on the other end of the phone immediately said they would take it seriously and send someone to thoroughly investigate.

After Ange hung up, Sobi asked suspiciously, "Sobi? Sobi?" Master, is there something wrong with that store?

Gastly also looked at Ange with suspicion.

Ange shook his head and replied, "I don't know either, but something feels off." As he spoke, he told Sobi and Gastly about his discovery.

Sobi was immediately filled with righteous indignation after listening.

"Sobi? Sobi?" There must be something wrong. Master never makes mistakes! Crooks!

"Ghastly~ Ghastly~"

Gastly also echoed his second senior brother with a look of anger.

Ange smiled and patted its head, "Whether there's a problem or not, we'll know after the relevant authorities investigate. If there is a problem, the relevant authorities won't let him continue operating."

Hearing this, Sobi and Gastly felt a little relieved.

"Ghastly~ Ghastly~"

At this moment, Gastly suddenly asked Ange why he didn't report the store in front that was using Barboach to impersonate Magikarp.

Ange smiled and said, "Because the nature of the offenses is different."

Gastly was puzzled. They were both scams, so what was the difference?

Afterward, Ange continued to inspect the wholesale market with his two apprentices.

After some investigation, Ange selected two shops as his suppliers. Then, he called his assistant Jeremy, introduced him to the two shops, and gave him a list, telling him to regularly send the items on the list to the Nibel Plateau in the future.

After saying goodbye to Jeremy, Ange headed home with his two apprentices.

On the way, when passing by the Pokémon Center, Ange's heart stirred, and he asked Gastly, "Gastly, would you like to evolve?"

Gastly was stunned.

"Ghastly?" Evolve?

Ange nodded, "Yes, evolve into Gengar!"

Gastly looked surprised and said, "Ghastly?" Is it possible?

Most Pokémon evolutions follow their instincts. If they can evolve, of course, they want to.

Ange smiled and nodded, "Of course, it's possible. We just happen to be passing by the Pokémon Center. If you want to evolve, you can do it now."

"Ghastly~ Ghastly~" I'm going to evolve! I'm going to evolve!

Upon hearing this, Gastly excitedly flew around Ange's head. Its voice attracted the attention of passersby, and Gastly immediately blushed.

Ange had long noticed that his third apprentice was easily shy.

However, the passersby all gave him kind looks, so Gastly quickly returned to normal.

"Okay, let's go then!"

With that, Ange led his two apprentices into the Pokémon Center.

Nurse Joy saw Ange and asked in surprise, "Your Highness, what brings you here today? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Ange pointed to Gastly and said, "My Gastly wants to evolve. Is it convenient?"

Upon hearing this, Nurse Joy happily said, "Your Highness has come at the right time. Right now, there's a trainer whose Spritzee also wants to evolve through trade!"

Spritzee evolving into Aromatisse and Gastly evolving into Gengar both require trading, but Spritzee also needs to hold a Sachet.

Actually, it can also evolve by directly trading with an empty Poké Ball instead of trading with another Pokémon, but since there happen to be two Pokémon that need to be traded, it's naturally faster to do it together.

Nurse Joy called out, "Miss Aier, there's a trainer here who needs to trade to evolve. Would you like to do it together?"

"Coming!"

A girl with long pink hair quickly ran over with a Spritzee.

Nurse Joy smiled and introduced Ange, "This is Miss Aier, a trainer passing through Azoth Kingdom. Her Spritzee needs to evolve."

"Hello." Ange nodded to the girl named Aier.

Then, Nurse Joy introduced Ange to Aier, "This is His Highness Ange of Azoth. It's not easy to see him usually! The Pokémon His Highness wants to evolve is Gastly!"

Aier exclaimed in surprise, then winked at Ange and said, "Then please guide me!"

Nurse Joy said, "If there are no problems, let's begin."

Ange and Aier nodded at the same time. Then, under Nurse Joy's guidance, they went to the trading machine.

Actually, Gastly didn't have a Poké Ball before coming to the Pokémon Center. Ange prepared the Poké Ball just now after Gastly agreed to evolve.

Ange and Aier each placed their Poké Balls on opposite ends of the machine, and the trade began.

After the trade ended, Ange and Aier switched places, because now Ange had Spritzee, and Aier had Gastly.

Taking out the Poké Ball containing Gastly again, Ange opened it. As soon as Gastly came out, its whole body began to emit a bright blue-white light.

The situation was the same on Aier's side.

The evolution began.

"Sobi? Sobi?"

Seeing his junior sister evolving, Sobi happily clapped non-stop.

In the light of evolution, Gastly's body continued to grow larger. It not only had hands but also grew feet, and its body became rounder and rounder.

When the light dissipated, a brand new Pokémon appeared in front of Ange and Sobi, it was Gastly's evolved form, Gengar!

"Gengar~ Gengar~"

After evolving, Gengar wriggled its body and curiously looked at its new form.

Ange stepped forward to congratulate it, "Gengar, congratulations on your successful evolution!"

His third apprentice was a little different from ordinary Gengar. Ordinary Gengar are dark purple, while his third apprentice was more gray.

This was a Shiny Pokémon.

"Gengar~ Gengar~"

Hearing Ange's congratulations, Gengar happily pounced and hugged Ange, then spun him around in the air, making Ange dizzy.

"Okay, okay! Gengar, if you spin me any more, I won't be able to stand steady in a moment!" Ange said helplessly.

"Gengar~"

Only then did Gengar smilingly put Ange down, while two red blushes appeared on its face.

It's shy again!

"Sobi? Sobi?"

Senior Brother Sobi gave Gengar a thumbs up, also offering his congratulations. Like Ange, he received a big hug from Gengar.

Ange looked at Gengar and said with emotion, "I didn't expect you to evolve to your final form even earlier than your two senior brothers."