"Mr. Natsuhiko, here is the guild warehouse. These are the catalogs for storage here; you can take a look first."
The beautiful staff member smiled sincerely, her attitude humble, silently standing beside Natsuhiko as she handed him two thick booklets.
She had seen the scene in the hall just now.
He has close ties with two of the Kings.
Azir had specifically instructed her a few things, so now her attitude couldn't be better.
Natsuhiko didn't seem to react much, just quietly opened the booklets.
His eyes quickly scanned the items in the catalog.
Frankly, the wealthiest is still the League; even Silver Pokémon Battle Club's warehouse pales in comparison to here.
It could be said that everything is available.
Pokemon Items, various Tree Fruits, Evolution Stones, Pokemon Secret Manuals, information on various aspects, even Pokemon Eggs were available.
However, the origin of these Pokemon Eggs was unknown; choosing them was like opening blind boxes.
And a big chance the blind boxes wouldn't yield anything good.
Natsuhiko was contemplating what items to exchange for.
He wasn't sure yet how valuable an Intermediate quality Evolution Stone was.
Because this thing—
Its price could be extremely high when many people wanted it, yet not so valuable when it wasn't in demand.
'Whatever can be exchanged, list out what I need, if values don't match, remove some.'
Firstly.
The most important, and what Natsuhiko needed most at the moment.
"This Psychic Type Pokémon Secret Manual 'Mental Shock'."
Abra, being a Psychic Type Pokémon, now has Excellence Level strength, yet doesn't have a Psychic type offensive technique, only a Shadow Ball which barely suffices. This isn't right, is it?
It's not right.
As for why not choose techniques Beedrill could learn.
It's because Beedrill has just learned "Direct Charge Drill," "Sword Dance" has just gotten started, and "Smack Down" hasn't even begun yet.
These few techniques are enough for Beedrill to learn and train for a long time.
Especially "Sword Dance."
To master this technique well requires considerable time and effort, it's quite challenging.
Pokémon learning more techniques isn't necessarily better, specializing in a few is undoubtedly more crucial.
Natsuhiko understood the principle of biting off more than one can chew well.
Hence Beedrill wasn't considered, as for Togepi, its role was still vague, having joined the team not long ago, focused more on building Momentum with Natsuhiko and tactical planning, so it wasn't considered.
"Alright." The staff nodded with a smile.
"One portion of Silver Powder." After a moment, Natsuhiko added, "If it's not equal in value, half a portion is fine."
Beedrill had already applied half a portion of Silver Powder, the power of Insect-Type Techniques was somewhat increased, but not too significant; completing a full portion of Silver Powder should yield better results.
The staff raised her eyebrows.
Half a portion...
But still responded, "One portion of Silver Powder."
One portion is fine too.
Natsuhiko nodded.
He spread open the booklet, displaying the catalog to her, his finger sliding down from the top, "These Breeder's notes copies, I want a portion as well."
"Okay."
The staff member, diligent in her duty, took out a paper to record all these.
'That's about it.'
Natsuhiko nodded.
An Intermediate quality Evolution Stone; even though he didn't know its value, he estimated it wouldn't be far off.
However, to prevent loss, he still asked, "Are the values equal?"
If it's excess, he'd want half a portion of Silver Powder.
As for how the League dealt with the excess half, he didn't care.
He only needed half a portion anyway.
The staff's expression remained normal, smilingly asking in return, "Do you think they are equal?"
Hearing this, Natsuhiko paused.
What does that mean?
Several thoughts flashed through his mind, hesitatingly asking, "Can I still choose more?"
"Then they're still not equal." The staff confidently replied.
Natsuhiko: "..."
So he understood, the relationship with Agatha was useful for situations like this.
That reassured him.
"This 'Gravity' technique manual."
"Okay."
"The 'Malicious Pursuit' technique manual."
"Okay."
"This 'Speculations and Verifications on Psychic Type Pokémon's Psychic Power Training Enhancement'."
"Okay."
"'Insights on Insect-type Pokémon's Shedding'."
"...Okay."
The staff's eye twitched.
He's being excessive.
Really excessive!
It's already far beyond the price of an Intermediate quality Evolution Stone.
But she couldn't say anything.
Because before coming, Azir had personally instructed.
"Whatever he wants, just give it, the excess counts as the guild's reward for his contribution in this event."
That's Azir's words.
Natsuhiko also noticed the staff's change in expression.
She... seemed close to breaking down.
After a thought, Natsuhiko politely asked: "Is it about right now?"
The staff took a deep breath, still smilingly asking in return, "What do you think?"
Natsuhiko gently rubbed his chin.
'Seems like I went a bit overboard, will Goldenrod City's Trainer Guild chase after me?'
But then a thought flashed through.
Anyway, he asked many times, yet no one said the values were equal.
'I don't know the exact prices, yes, exactly.'
Since that's the case, let's leave it at that.
"I think it's about right." Natsuhiko nodded.
The staff clearly let out a sigh of relief, her facial smile restored to natural.
"Right, finally add a 'Silk Scarf', and that'll be enough."
Having gotten a lot of good items for Abra and Beedrill, he couldn't forget Togepi, otherwise, there'd be some trouble, wouldn't it?
Silk Scarf: When a Pokémon holding this item uses General Type Techniques, the power will be somewhat enhanced.
"You!"
The staff member who was about to walk into the warehouse halted in her steps.
Got the inch and took a mile!
After several violent heaves, she restrained herself, said in a deep voice: "Fine!"
After speaking, she walked into the warehouse without turning back.
Noticing the change in her tone, Natsuhiko's expression was also slightly awkward.
But soon he felt relieved.
"Anyway, exceeding a little is exceeding, exceeding a lot is still exceeding, the result's the same, better be straightforward."
Just get the items quickly and leave before being held up.
Soon.
The beautiful staff member, with a darkened face, came out holding a pile of items.
"Thanks for your hard work," Natsuhiko said, stuffing all the items into his backpack.
Mission accomplished.
With a sigh of relief, he said to the staff member: "Thank the two Kings and several Presidents for me."
Then, he turned, walked quickly towards the guild exit without looking back.
Goldenrod City wasn't a place to stay.
Had to leave quickly!
The staff, with pouted lips, watched Natsuhiko leave as if fleeing and walked quickly to the conference room.
She needed to report all the items Natsuhiko asked for to Azir.
Bam!
In the hurry of his steps, Natsuhiko didn't notice and accidentally bumped into an approaching elderly man.
Luckily, he reacted swiftly enough, quickly supporting the elder.
"Old sir, are you alright?"
"Cough, cough, no problem, no problem." The elder waved his hand with a smile.
Looking at Natsuhiko, the elder's expression slightly paused.
Then he bypassed Natsuhiko, trembled and wobbled towards the inside.
But Natsuhiko stood still, slowly furrowing his brows.
"Suzuki, Master?" he murmured softly, having seen the words on the elder's clothing.
However, what really made him stop wasn't the elder's identity.
But rather...
Natsuhiko took out a string of Buddha Beads from his clothing.
Only to see this string of Buddha Beads...
Flickering on and off.
Emitting a slight warmth.