"This many this time?"
Carver was very surprised.
Jenny nodded and explained: "Not long ago, near Chimney Mountain, some trainers' campfire wasn't completely extinguished, causing remaining sparks to be blown away by wind, igniting roadside dead leaves and starting a fire that injured many wild Pokémon."
Carver understood: "I see!"
His gaze swept over this batch of eggs.
Lines of information immediately appeared above the eggs.
[Numel Egg], [Slugma Egg], [Torkoal Egg], [Machop Egg], [Ponyta Egg], [Tyrogue Egg], [Geodude Egg]
Carver was slightly stunned.
These were—so many Fire-type Pokémon eggs?!
But when he thought about where these eggs came from, he immediately understood.
Chimney Mountain was a volcano. Although it was currently dormant and had barely erupted in recent years, many Fire-type Pokémon still lived nearby.
Thinking this, Carver nodded and said to Jenny: "I understand. I'll take good care of these children."
Jenny smiled and nodded: "In that case, I'll leave them to you. I still have some matters to handle, so I won't disturb you. See you later!"
"See you later!"
After seeing Officer Jenny off, Carver brought these eggs back to the breeding house.
Under the curious gazes of all the Pokémon, he and Bewear together delivered this batch of new eggs to the breeding house's incubation room.
Looking at these round Pokémon eggs lying obediently in their incubation nests, Bewear couldn't help but make happy sounds.
"Bewear~"
The breeding house was getting livelier and livelier! It was really becoming more like when the previous owner was here!
Carver glanced at Bewear. After spending so much time together, he could more or less sense Bewear's feelings and thoughts.
Seeing Bewear like this, Carver smiled and said: "Don't worry, it will definitely get even better in the future!"
"Bewear~!" Bewear nodded happily.
It opened its mouth, seeming to want to say more, but just then, a ghostly shadow suddenly popped out and loudly said:
"Haunter!!!"
Carver and Bewear looked at Haunter making faces before them with speechless expressions.
"Haunter~!"
The mischievous Haunter laughed "keke" while scratching the back of its head with its newly grown claws.
Carver sighed helplessly. Since evolving, Haunter's personality had changed quite a bit!
However, for Gastly, who had originally been timid and had psychological trauma, this wasn't a bad thing.
Environment could change a person, and similarly, it could change a Pokémon.
The relaxed, happy atmosphere and friendly Pokémon in the breeding house had healed Haunter's psychological trauma.
As for Ralts and the other Pokémon...
Carver could see that they also loved this place.
"Alright Haunter, go play outside!" Carver said.
"Haunter!"
Haunter was most obedient to Carver.
Hearing this, it immediately behaved and followed behind Carver step by step as they left the incubation room and came to the main hall.
Carver took chalk and added a line of information to the small blackboard outside the door.
[Large quantity of rare Pokémon eggs for sale!]
The word "rare" immediately caught the attention of some passing trainers.
That afternoon, a young man dressed as a traveling trainer pushed open the breeding house door.
"Boss, do you have rare Pokémon eggs for sale here?" the young man asked excitedly.
"Of course." Carver led him toward the incubation room: "Please follow me."
The two went upstairs together to the incubation room. Looking at the room full of Pokémon eggs, the young man felt dazzled.
"Wow! So many Pokémon eggs!"
Carver smiled and said: "Currently these eggs are mainly Fire-type Pokémon, with some relatively rare Pokémon among them."
Like Ponyta and Torkoal, these were basically uncommon Pokémon that only appeared in certain specific places.
"Do you have any particular Pokémon you like?" Carver turned to the young man, asking about this customer's preferences.
"Are there only Fire-type Pokémon?" the young man asked.
"No, there are also some other types of Pokémon." Carver glanced at these eggs, then introduced: "Like Fighting-type Machop, Rock-type Geodude, and Fighting-type Tyrogue—all excellent Pokémon."
Machamp, which Machop ultimately evolved into, had powerful strength. Its four arms were good for both offense and defense, very skilled in close combat. All four hands together could deliver extremely powerful punches, easily lifting even dump trucks.
Tyrogue was even better—it had three completely different evolution forms.
Hitmonlee, who mastered kicking; Hitmonchan, who specialized in boxing; and Hitmontop, famous for its dance-like graceful and fluid kicking moves—all very good choices.
Among the three, only Geodude was somewhat more common.
This Pokémon lived in large numbers in mountainous foothills. Just going there would make them easy to find.
Therefore, the young man wouldn't consider Pokémon like Geodude.
The young man didn't seem too satisfied with the choices Carver offered and continued asking: "What Fire-type Pokémon are there?"
"Ah, that's quite a lot." Carver glanced around and answered: "There's Slugma, Torkoal, Ponyta, and Numel."
Magcargo, which Slugma evolved into, had strong defensive power and was skilled in Fire-type moves, able to use flames to burn opponents in battle.
Although Torkoal was somewhat clumsy, it was an indispensable part of certain tactical systems.
Moreover, with it around, cooking outdoors became very convenient—just place a pot on Torkoal's back shell and you could start cooking. It was an all-around Pokémon good for both battle and daily life.
Camerupt was a Pokémon that lived at volcano craters.
Although they looked ordinary, they were excellent fighters. When enraged, the volcano-like rocks on their backs would erupt hot magma to swallow opponents.
Strong and easy to obtain—for this reason, this Pokémon was beloved by Team Magma members.
As for Ponyta—any trainer who had seen Rapidash in person couldn't refuse such a magnificent steed.
Compared to the other Pokémon, Rapidash was truly a Pokémon with both high attack and speed.
Carver introduced each Fire-type Pokémon in the breeding house to the young man.
Only after finishing the introduction of the last Rapidash did he look at the young man and ask:
"Since each Pokémon's rarity and acquisition difficulty are different, their prices vary too. Which of these Pokémon do you like?"
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