"Come on, Aze, Icarus! Icarus, put your ID card here first!"
Ashu, who was standing in front of the self-service computer, saw the two of them coming and immediately called out.
"Mm, okay." Icarus nodded and placed his ID card into another sensing area.
"Beep~
Transferred account name: Icarus
ID card number: 33100918649946
Please confirm!"
This interface appeared on the computer screen after the card was inserted.
"Click confirm first," Ashu reminded him in time.
"Ding! Confirmed. Waiting for transfer."
After he pressed it, those words appeared on the split screen.
"Alright, Icarus. I still want to explain that the merit points for our three missions total exactly 100 points. According to the share we discussed before, you will receive 30 points. No problem?"
After seeing Icarus confirm, Ashu repeated the distribution.
"No problem, Ashu!" Icarus nodded happily.
"Okay, then I'll transfer them to you now."
As he spoke, Ashu began operating on his main screen.
"Beep~ Face recognition required. Please face the camera."
After several steps of operation, the final step appeared.
After hearing the prompt, Ashu and Icarus both looked at the camera.
"Beep~ Facial recognition successful. 30 points have been deducted/received from your Alliance merit account!"
"Alright, Icarus, take your card back. Aze, you're next."
"Okay." Icarus nodded, took back the ID card from the sensing area, and watched Ashu begin the complicated verification process again.
"Sure enough, the Alliance is extremely cautious about merit points that can be exchanged for almost anything."
Icarus recalled the various verifications, reminders, and the final face recognition. Almost every possible situation had been considered.
Unless both parties were conscious and acting voluntarily, it would be very difficult to complete a transfer of merit points.
"I already have 35 merit points, and I'm getting close to 100. When that happens, I'll finally be able to open the exchange interface and see what can be traded."
Thinking about Uncle Sam's claim that merit points were almost omnipotent, Icarus felt even more excited.
"Let's go, Icarus! What are you still thinking about? Let's count the harvest and divide the money!"
The two who had already finished the transfer saw Icarus still standing there in a daze and called out to him.
"Oh, sorry. I got distracted. Let's go."
The three of them immediately left the Pokémon Center, found a secluded alley, sat down, and began counting the harvest.
"First of all, the snake meat weighs 540 kilograms. The purchase price is about 190 Pokédollars per kilogram, but we'll calculate a reduced price here.
There are five snake skins, worth about 5,000 Pokédollars, and two sets of poison sacs and fangs from ordinary low-level Arbok, worth about 9,000 Pokédollars.
There are only seven Pecha Berries, so we won't count them. Their value is too low—whoever wants them can take them.
By the way, there's also your Ekans. Because it has the Shed Skin ability, I'll add a bit to the base price. The recycling price will be 9,000 Pokédollars. I don't have any objections."
Ashu, sitting in the middle, counted all the materials and reported their value. When he mentioned the Ekans, although he asked both people, his eyes were mainly on Icarus.
"I have no objection." Aze immediately spoke up. As the real beneficiary, if he bought this Ekans from the Pokémon House, it would definitely cost around 12,000 Pokédollars.
"I don't have any objections either." Since the decision had already been made, Icarus naturally didn't mind.
"Alright. Then including the Alliance reward of 6,000 Pokédollars, our extra harvest converted into Alliance currency totals 200,000 Pokédollars.
I'll take 40%, and you two will each take 30%.
Icarus, you will receive 67,200 Pokédollars.
Aze, since you took the Ekans worth 90,000 Pokédollars, you'll need to make up 22,800 Pokédollars to me."
After finishing, Ashu looked at the two of them and waited for their reactions.
"No problem. Here's the money."
Aze, who wanted to go back quickly to tame the Ekans, acted decisively. He counted a stack of cash from his backpack, handed it to Ashu, and then left.
"Alright then. What about you, Icarus?"
Ashu took the money, put it in his backpack without counting carefully, and turned to ask Icarus.
"For me, I'd like to exchange for about 20 kilograms of snake meat. Also, I might not be able to go on missions with you for the next few days. Bellsprout told me it feels like it's about to evolve."
Although Icarus tried to say it calmly, the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.
On the way back earlier, Bellsprout told Icarus that its body felt full of energy and hot, as if something inside it was about to grow.
"Oh! Congratulations! When Bellsprout evolves, it will definitely become stronger. It will be safer for us to do missions together."
"Yeah, congratulations!"
Hearing Icarus' words, the two congratulated him.
"Icarus, leave your number first. When you're ready to do missions again, call me."
"Okay." Icarus nodded and saved their numbers in his phone.
"Then I'll give you this portion of snake meat, and after we go to the bank, I'll transfer 6,000 Pokédollars to you."
As he spoke, Ashu weighed out around 20 kilograms of medium-quality snake meat, packed it into a bag, and handed it to Icarus.
"Ah, that's too much, Ashu."
Icarus honestly reached out to take it, though he still protested politely.
"Hey, take it as my congratulations for your Bellsprout's evolution."
Ashu clearly wanted to make up for his earlier behavior. He knew that after Bellsprout evolved into Weepinbell, its strength might be almost the same as his Raticate.
So he practically stuffed the bag into Icarus' hands.
Then he took Icarus to the bank, transferred 6,000 Pokédollars, and left to sell the materials.
"Ashu, aren't you going to Mr. Arai's Grocery Store?"
Icarus noticed that Ashu seemed to be heading toward another shop with a higher price.
"That's right. Since I'm responsible for selling the materials, I'll naturally try to earn more. Materials worth this much should sell for at least 1,000 Pokédollars more than the estimated price."
Icarus shook his head and walked toward Mr. Arai's Grocery Store himself.
Earlier on the outskirts of the forest, he had hunted more than a dozen Bug-type Pokémon and several Raticate.
Because Pidgey handled them alone, these prey weren't divided.
After selling the extra materials to butchers and grocery stores, the balance in his bank card reached 150,000 Pokédollars.
This amount was only enough to buy a high-grade Flying-type energy crystal, and it probably wouldn't be enough for Pidgey to evolve.
So at the grocery store, he didn't ask Mr. Arai about Pidgey's evolution plan yet. He planned to ask after saving 300,000 Pokédollars.
Icarus returned home with the two Pokémon.
After eating dinner, he brought Bellsprout and Pidgey to the open space and took out two energy crystals.
"Are you ready, Bellsprout?"
"Bellsprout~!"
(End of Chapter)
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