Chapter 70: Deception and the Invitation
Chapter 70: Deception and the Invitation
"Knock—"
For the first time, Ghostswoop floated to the window, hands shaped like a megaphone, shouting down to the courier, nearly scaring the courier out of his wits.
After calming down, Ghostswoop carefully opened the package.
When Jing He saw the sender's name, he smiled.
Adu.
Thinking back, when Yuan Zhi sent packages, it was usually fast dragons. This time, Adu was the one who sent the package, though this time it was delivered by a Pidgeot, which, though a courier, always felt like something was amiss.
"knock—"
Without opening the package, Ghostswoop curiously drilled its head into it.
Jing He: "."
After opening it.
He found a move learning machine and an invitation letter inside.
Jing He remembered when he and Adu had their battle video go viral, Adu had mentioned compensating with a move learning machine.
"Deception?"
When Jing He saw the moves listed on the move learning machine, his eyes lit up.
[Deception can significantly boost the user's attack.]
"This move is not cheap. Adu must have spent a lot on it, right?"
"Deception" is similar to "Blade Dance," but two moves: one increases special attack, and the other increases physical attack. These moves that significantly boost abilities are often more expensive than most high-powered moves."
"Of course, they are also harder to learn."
"But... Ghostswoop can learn 'Deception,' and Pidgetail can, too."
This is what makes Jing He most satisfied.
Ghostswoop, with its superior special attack, is a more suitable candidate for the move learning machine than Ice Pidgetail, whose physical attack is also quite strong.
Using the move learning machine for these two.
Blood cost!
"Ghosts woop, this arduous task, I'll leave it to you."
Jing He, with a serious expression, handed the move learning machine to Ghostswoop and instructed it to learn the moves with Pidgetail.
"knock, knock?"
"You're not a naturally talented individual? A move like this, it won't be too difficult for you, right?" Jing He said with a hint of doubt.
Ghostswoop's face tightened.
Hastily, it puffed its chest out.
"knock! (╯・_・)╯"
Well, that's it? Let's see!
Taking the move learning machine, Ghostswoop turned its head and sighed.
This setup is too hard, what's with the talent?
"oh?"
Seeing Pidgetail tilting its head and looking at it cutely, Ghostswoop's spirit suddenly lifted.
Moving closer to Pidgetail, it sharply inhaled.
Hmm, that's the spirit! Jing He couldn't help but smiled without a sound.
This isn't about PUA Ghosts woop; it's about Ghosts woop boosting itself first, and then it just goes with the flow.
Turning its head, it focused on the invitation letter.
Opening it, he read:
"Hmm?"
It turned out to be a ticket.
"VIP spectator seat for the Youth Performance Match?"
Jing He couldn't help but was stunned.
"It's not the invitation to participate, right?"
In the Pokemon world, due to the existence of Pokemon battles, there are many events, and most have high popularity.
From the highest level of the entire League championship to the lowest level of a town's baby cup, each has its own audience.
Battles can generally be divided into three types: performance matches, standard battles, and no-difference battles.
Among these, the no-difference battles, as the name suggests, are gradually being phased out of the Pokemon world's stage with the times' development.
Standard battles are mostly the current mainstream.
For example, the World Championship, Master Points Match, World Gym leader match, and Type Expert Match, all belong to this category.
As for performance matches, they invite some relatively famous players to participate, where winning or losing doesn't matter, as long as the battle is exciting and enjoyable, it doesn't affect points or ranking.
"When will Adu participate in a performance match?"
However, when Jing He saw the sponsors, he thought:
"Good grief, Silvion, Devon, Pokemon League, Battle Company. The appearance fees must be quite exaggerated."
"
Typically, large companies often sponsor showcase battles, primarily to advertise their new products.
However, when so many large companies co-sponsor an event, it’s not something to worry about.
This must be the League’s "staged event."
"Is it being held in the Luli City of the Fortune Region?"
Jing He gently rubbed his chin, a few guesses surfacing in his mind.
Firstly, the League is preparing to put the Grand Festival on the stage.
Secondly, for some unknown reason, a plan flashed in his mind—the plan to capture a Gyarados!
"Nothing much to worry about, considering my connections."
Jing He put the invitation in the cabinet.
When the time comes, he’ll see if he has the time.
After packing up, Jing He called Gus and Billy to come out the door.
Riding in a taxi, they arrived at the largest electronics city in Canaz City.
This is a massive shopping center, covering almost all the electronics equipment available in the Pokemon world, such as phones, navigation devices, PokeGear, and Treecko Mixers.
Upon entering the electronics city, one can see a wide array of products and electric Pokemon everywhere.
In a scene reminiscent of a hamster chasing positive and negative electrodes, with sockets tied to wires, even holding a bucket of water to immerse the electric Pokemon.
"Gyarados!"
"Jolte, it's a Jolteon!"
Gus followed the direction Jing He pointed and found the little golden fellow's shadow.
Jing He took them to a "Treecko Mixer" specialty store.
Despite some prior research, when he truly walked into the specialty store and saw the prices of the various "Treecko mixers," he couldn’t help but grit his teeth.
"Sir, may I ask what can help you?"
At this moment, a female saleswoman approached with a smile.
"I want to ask, do you have any second-hand 'Treecko Mixers'?"
"Of course."
The female saleswoman was very professional and didn’t show any displeasure when Jing He asked about second-hand "Treecko Mixers."
Or perhaps, people who come to buy second-hand "Treecko Mixers" are all like Jing He, afraid of being scammed.
"Please follow me."
The saleswoman led Jing He to a back room, similar to a warehouse, with shelves stacked, displaying various "Treecko Mixers," though some looked old, and some looked newer, with prices varying.
"May I ask, sir, are you a trainer?"
"Uh, I guess so."
"Then you can take a look at this."
As she spoke, the saleswoman took a promotional flyer from a nearby shelf.
"Gyarados—"
Gus handed over, while also leaning in close.
"By the electronics city, the 'Gyarados Cup' training battle? The prize for the competition is."
Click!
Suddenly.
The lights in the specialty store flickered and then instantly went out.
"Gyarados?"
The power went out?
The saleswoman didn’t seem surprised, just shouting outside:
"Gyarados, trouble here."
"Ugh~~"
A soft hum accompanied by the red light of a bulb faintly glowing, the electric arc flickering, and the lights in the specialty store quickly returned to normal.
At the same time, Jing He also noticed that other shops seemed to have their own electric Pokemon to quickly restore power supply.
It seems the various shops have electric Pokemon to deal with power outages.
But how could the power go out in a place as important as the electronics city in Canaz City?
It’s fixed, right?
(End of Chapter)
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