Chapter 9 Dr. Professor Ivy , Millions of League Coins
"Is this the Riolu? This is the first time I've seen it in person.
Your father mentioned it a few days ago, and I was planning to make a special trip to see you. It's perfect timing to run into you today." Professor Ivy said, stepping forward to greet the two little ones.
The Growlithe and Riolu were quite cooperative and didn't resist.
Xia Mu smiled awkwardly, replying with "What a coincidence."
Kousuke, standing nearby, wasn't stupid; he naturally understood that Xia Mu and Dr. Professor Ivy knew each other, and their relationship was quite special.
"Great! Everyone knows each other, that makes things much easier. Xia Mu, you can take out the comet fragment now." Kousuke was more interested in the comet fragment and wanted to see it for himself.
Hearing this, Xia Mu decisively took out the comet fragment from his spatial backpack.
Since he was certain it could be recycled, he didn't care about the recycling price and bought six pieces at once.
60,000 League Coins per piece, costing a total of 360,000 League Coins.
One piece would be astonishing enough, but six pieces at once shocked Kousuke and surprised Professor Ivy as well.
She knew that Xia Mu had been staying on Tsubaki Island and couldn't possibly go out.
Although Xia Mu's father, Xia Mu, said that he had recently started training his Pokémon in the island's forest, finding six comet fragments at once was truly unbelievable. Even
good luck couldn't be that good.
Moreover, in the past few months to a year, there seemed to be no record of comets streaking across the sky in the Kanto region, except for the area around Mt. Tsukimi.
"These are real comet fragments, and they're so perfectly formed. Even if they're only the size of a palm, their value is astronomical," Kousuke said excitedly.
If he didn't have some self-control, he would have been tempted to handle them.
Professor Ivy suppressed all her doubts, stepped forward, put on the gloves for testing, and opened her briefcase.
The testing process involved sampling, analysis, scanning, and determining the material structure, etc. It was indeed somewhat complicated for Xia Mu, as he was completely unfamiliar with this field. Ten minutes later, Professor Ivy finally provided an answer.
These were genuine comet fragments; based on their weight, size, and completeness, a single piece was worth at least 5 to 10 million Alliance Coins.
To clarify the price, Professor Ivy provided sample images and prices from the comet fragment recovery at Tsukimi Mountain some time ago.
Of course, even with the comparison, Shengjie, just to be on the safe side, reported a series of data to a department of the Kanto Alliance via telephone. Only after receiving approval and a price quote did he give Xia Mu a price of 6 million Alliance Coins per piece.
A comet fragment purchased for 60,000 Alliance Coins was resold for 6 million Alliance Coins.
Xia Mu resold it for 36 million Alliance Coins in one go.
With the money in his account, Xia Mu was somewhat excited.
Despite suppressing his inner excitement, some of it inevitably showed.
In both his past and present lives, he had never seen so much money.
This wasn't six or seven figures, but eight figures!
Suddenly, Xia Mu felt a surge of dissatisfaction. If he had enough money, he could have sold several more pieces at once.
Another time?
That was definitely out of the question.
Xia Mu could tell that six comet fragments had already shocked them; if he released more, it would be a bulk sale. Where did he get them?
No one was stupid.
According to Xia Mu's investigation, only a dozen or twenty comet fragments were recovered from Mount Tsukimi recently.
Xia Mu couldn't sell anything else either, because Professor Ivy was there, and he had to keep a low profile.
Today's events would soon reach his parents' ears in this life.
This huge sum of money was obtained in this way, and even though Professor Ivy and his elder didn't have a substantial relationship, he wouldn't pretend nothing had happened.
Besides, Professor Ivy and his father likely had a business relationship, and Mu Xiuli was certainly acquainted with Professor Ivy .
...
They chatted for a long time on the second floor of the Friendship Store.
They chatted haphazardly, completely absorbed in Riolu, and even started collecting data on the spot.
It wasn't until quite some time later, around 11:00 AM, that Xia Mu finally made an excuse to leave.
Of course, they all added each other on the League of Legends platform for future communication.
Katsuke invited the three of them to lunch, but Professor Ivy declined due to research commitments, while Xia Mu didn't want to linger.
He quickly ate a bite at noon; he needed to train his Pokémon in the forest that afternoon, otherwise the day would be over.
Time was tight, so he had to be careful.
Half an hour later, Xia Mu rode his bike away from Tsubaki Island City, returning to the forest with the two little ones.
He made sure to find a river first, releasing the Magikarp to let it relax and feeding it some Energy Cubes.
Freed from the confines of the tank, the Magikarp was delighted, leaping around in the water. Its mood finally changed, and its friendship level seemed to have increased.
It's worth mentioning that increasing friendship level is quite simple and quick in the early stages.
However, once friendship reaches 100 or higher, achieving a very good bond, the difficulty changes significantly.
Riolu's friendship level was 142 yesterday, and it has only increased by 5 points to 147.
Growlithe's is even lower, rising from 175 to 178, a mere 3 points.
Even if something happens today and he deliberately tries to cultivate their bond, it will probably only increase by about 10 points.
It's decreasing day by day; it's hard to imagine how difficult it will be to increase friendship after reaching 200 points.
Riolu's evolution is also difficult.
You could say it's like cultivating a relationship between a man and a woman.
Establishing initial affection with holding hands and hugging is easy.
But kissing, taking it a step further, is much harder, let alone overcoming the final hurdle.
After letting the three little ones play by the river for a long time, Xia Mu finally planned his next goal.
He would venture deeper into the river, avoiding battles with high-level Water-type wild Pokémon, focusing primarily on Grass and Bug types, though Flying types are also an option.
He'd first try having Magikarp watch from the sidelines to see if it could share its experience.
If possible, there's no need to worry about the early leveling progress, and he doesn't need to deliberately buy Rare Candies.
After all, 1 million each is too expensive.
36 million League Coins is a lot, but it can only buy 36.
At least, now is not the time to spend money on Rare Candies. He'll see where he can reach his limit in a few days, and then consider who to use them on.
He continued forward.
There were indeed many wild Pokémon on both sides of the river, but most of them were low-level, only a few levels.
To test this, Xia Mu had Growlithe and Riolu team up to defeat some around level 10 Pokémon, trying to level up Magikarp.
He even attacked wild Magikarp in the river, but it had no effect.
On the contrary, Growlithe and Riolu both leveled up by 1.
Perhaps they had stored up enough experience yesterday, but it was definitely more than the experience required for Magikarp to level up.
Sorry about some translation errors , like Dr.Uchigi (Professor Ivy). , Natsuki (Xia Mu), Tsubaki Island, (Valencia Island ), Daikan Island (Mikan Island)
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