Creak~ Creak~
After Axel and Gholdengo got on, Avalugg carried them and slowly walked toward the deeper part of the Polar Biome.
"Avalugg, where are you taking us?"
"Avalugg!"
Avalugg shook its small head that was disproportionate to its body, directly pointing straight ahead.
"You're taking us inside?", Axel's mouth curled up, becoming more expectant of the interior of the Polar Biome.
When outside, it was rare to see Pokémon with this kind of self-awareness.
Ordinary Pokémon were usually either sleeping, eating, or busy becoming stronger.
But it was different here, the Pokémon here clearly formed some kind of orderly small society.
Avalugg operating a taxi was the best example.
After walking for a while, Axel and the others had already left the outskirts of the Polar Biome and arrived at some inner areas.
An Alolan Ninetales with several Alolan Vulpix appeared on the ice, looking at Axel's arrival with some anticipation.
"Avalugg~"
Seeing these Vulpix and Ninetales, Avalugg immediately let out a loud roar.
The Ninetales' eyes lit up at once.
'Rich and gullible?'
'Isn't this a top-tier client!'
'Just not sure whether today's guest prefers big ones or small ones. But judging from past experience, more trainers prefer little Vulpix.'
'If that's the case then...'
"Chuu~", Ninetales swayed its tail, nuzzled the smallest Vulpix beside it.
The Vulpix nodded, licked its lips with a pink little tongue, and put on a weak and delicate expression.
It walked forward a few steps, pitifully looking at Axel.
Seeing the dazed and cute little Vulpix, Axel's eyes lit up.
'The Pokémon here are just too adorable!'
Whether it was the movements or expressions, it was like they had undergone special training, capable of completely crushing the Savannah Biome Pokémon by ten whole streets.
Especially this little Vulpix, whose fur was groomed sleek and shiny. It could at least win third place in a Contest Show in the Hoenn region.
"Ahem, how much does it cost?", Seeing Axel asking so bluntly, the little Vulpix was stunned.
'Didn't Daddy say at this point the trainer would usually hug me, then I could take the chance to do a bump-and-scam?'
'Question: Trainer fast-forwarded straight to the final step, what should I do?'
Seeing the confused look on the little Vulpix, Axel grinned.
A faint red light flashed in his hand, and the little Vulpix was pulled into his arms using psychic power.
Chilly and cool, its touch was very different from Axel's other Pokémon.
"Hoo~ so comfortable," Seeing Axel's satisfied expression, Gholdengo instantly understood.
He shoved a gold coin into the little Vulpix's mouth, and the treasure chest behind him clattered noisily.
'As long as you make my master happy, I've got money to give!'
"Chuu-i~"
Seeing so much money, the little Vulpix's eyes lit up.
It rubbed Axel's chest hard, broke free from Axel's big hand, its two front paws rose slowly, snowflakes swirling around it...
'It actually started dancing clumsily?'
Axel stood up cheerfully and recorded a video of Vulpix dancing to send to Cynthia and Eva.
The two girls burst into laughter, shaking with joy.
It was obvious this short video brought a pleasant break to their busy work.
Axel waved his big hand, "Gholdengo, reward it!"
The Avalugg underneath him sighed helplessly, 'Look how easily that Vulpix made money?'
'I have to work so hard running all this way to earn a little cash, yet they earned two gold coins just by dancing!'
Just then, Axel hugged the dancing Vulpix and patted Avalugg's head.
"What other activities are there? Take us to try them out."
"Once we've had fun, Gholdengo will give you a little extra."
"Avalugg?", Avalugg called out in disbelief, its face full of excitement.
'I am just too amazing!'
He had precisely found a rich person within this group of glamorous but financially-strapped trainers.
'Today, I'm gonna give you the most premium arrangement, alright?'
From then on, Avalugg practically took Axel to all the fun spots in the Polar Biome.
The 100-meter-long mega slide made by Galar Mr. Rime, the skating course run by Lapras, the ice sculpture world built by Alolan Sandshrew...
Almost all the Pokémon in the Polar Biome were serving Axel alone.
Wherever Axel walked, a huge group of Pokémon followed.
Those Sandshrew even carried the entire ice sculpture world out, following behind Axel to allow Gholdengo to hand out tips at any time.
"Whew, being rich feels amazing!", Axel smiled and looked at Gholdengo, immensely glad he had gotten this pokémon.
Even the large words "Fighting Arena" on its body now looked extra pleasing to the eye.
After playing for this long, Gholdengo had spent less than half the money in his pocket.
It had only been a little over ten days since Gholdengo evolved.
If it had been ten years instead, wouldn't he be as rich as a whole nation?
He imagined a future surrounded by lo----lis on the left, veggies on the right, with Gardevoir and Pheromosa hanging off him, a life of a proper tycoon, and Axel felt secretly delighted.
"Hey you Snover, come here. I'll help you start a hugging business!"
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[Polar Biome Cave]
Glastrier stared at its tablet, full of confusion.
Normally, every few minutes there would be the sound of payments arriving, but now after half a day, very few had come.
'Are the Pokémon up there all on collective break?'
'That shouldn't be… just yesterday they were still running activities.'
'Then… did the Rotom lose signal?'
But the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was still playing just fine on the video app, didn't even buffer once.
After a short thought, Glastrier decided to go outside for a look.
As it stepped out of the cave, the snow across the Polar Biome suddenly became heavier, almost turning into hail.
After walking a bit, Glastrier was dumbfounded.
It saw most of the Pokémon in the Polar Biome gathered around one Avalugg, practically fawning over the trainer on its back and a golden Pokémon beside him.
And every time that trainer waved his big hand, the golden Pokémon beside him would toss out a gold coin.
'What the heck, is there really someone this rich in the world?'
'Even richer than Cao Cao's financial tactics when he fancied someone's wife!'
'No wonder these Pokémon gave up earning from other places, why earn a couple bucks when you could earn gold coins?'
Thinking of that text message he had received, Glastrier couldn't help but lick his lips.
'This person looks so rich, he even casually gave a random Snover a gold coin.'
'If I let him ride me for a while...'
'No no no, absolutely not!'
Glastrier shook its head violently, flinging the terrifying thought from its mind.
It was a dignified legendary Pokémon, once the king of the Crown Tundra, and even participated in the Aurient's Three Kingdoms War.
'There's absolutely no way I'll let someone ride me, okay?'
'However… if I want money, it's not impossible.'
'If I can revive my master later and make this guy a general, maybe he'd give me a hundred million?'
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