"But the High-Level Dark Stone is an unexpected gain. Didn't your Little Dream Demon always clamour to evolve?" the elder said with a smile.
"Yes, Little Dream will definitely be overjoyed." Furong's eyes lit up.
At this moment.
"Sir, the guest in booth thirty-eight does not wish to..."
In the VIP room, the attendant walked in apologetically.
This gentleman wasn't an ordinary person. The female host said he was a friend of their boss, but the attendant in charge of receiving them knew very well.
Even their boss would be very respectful when facing this gentleman.
Otherwise, could someone who owns the largest auction house on the black market be so easy to talk to?
So, towards this gentleman, the attendant was as respectful as could be.
"Oh, not willing..." The elder thought for a moment and then was relieved, laughing, "In that case, could you please pass this spoon and this bank card to that friend for me?"
"All right." The attendant quickly responded.
"By the way, there's also a Ghost-type Pokémon..."
If the other party doesn't want to meet, it does make things a bit tricky.
"Grandpa! Let me go! I want to see what kind of person could bring out a High-Level Dark Stone." Furong jumped up, grabbing the elder's sleeve, coquettishly said.
"You want to go?" The elder stroked his beard.
"Pretty please?" Furong kept shaking his hand.
"Alright, alright, go ahead, it's good to see the world." The elder had to compromise.
"Grandpa is the best!"
Furong showed an excited smile, changed into the set of attendant's clothing sent over, and walked out, bouncing happily.
Seeing her happy demeanor, the elder shook his head indulgently.
Furong had lived with them at Divine Departure Mountain since she was little, rarely venturing out, so she wasn't very familiar with the ways of the world, which is why the elder brought her out of Divine Departure Mountain, to see the world.
Actually, with his status, obtaining a High-Level Dark Stone, although somewhat troublesome, wasn't difficult.
He insisted on going to the black market to show Furong a relatively darker side of the world.
Because Furong lived in Divine Departure Mountain since she was little and hadn't been out much, her mind was relatively pure.
Now that she actively wants to meet others, it coincides with the elder's intent.
Still, some necessary protection was essential.
The elder glanced back at his shadow.
In the next moment.
A dark silhouette emerged from his shadow, quickly approaching Furong.
With his old companion's protection, there was no need to worry about Furong's safety.
"Indeed, it's time to see the world. The road ahead should be yours to travel; you can't always stay with us two old ghosts in that godforsaken place..."
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...
Knock, knock, knock.
The door of the booth was knocked on again.
Having already changed back into his outfit, and put away Beedrill and Togetic, Natsuhiko stood up.
Opening the door.
In front of him was a young girl about fifteen or sixteen with dark skin and lively, bright eyes that seemed to shine like two lanterns in the dim environment.
Beneath his mask, Natsuhiko subtly furrowed his brow.
Why is it a half-grown girl?
"Where's the stuff?" Natsuhiko's raspy voice sounded.
"Right here." Furong brought out the tray.
On it was a rusty spoon inside a glass container and a bank card.
Natsuhiko checked the items to ensure there was no problem.
Then picked up the bank card, which was unregistered and without a password, he easily transferred the money to his account.
Quite a surprise.
"Three million?"
After Flint helped sell the Intermediate quality Dark Stone last time, Natsuhiko specifically spent some time to understand the prices of different quality Evolution Stones.
Among them, beginner quality was roughly between four hundred thousand to five hundred thousand, intermediate quality ranged from one million two hundred thousand to one million five hundred thousand, and advanced quality between three million five hundred thousand to four million. As for top quality, due to its scarcity, there's no fixed price, potentially no less than ten million.
The other party unexpectedly supplemented three million as the price difference, which he hadn't anticipated.
Even if calculated at the highest price of four million, it only deducted the starting auction price of the spoon, which was one million.
Is there truly such a generous person in the black market?
Natsuhiko even prepared for the other party to calculate using the lowest price of three million five hundred thousand and deduct auction fees, around one hundred fifty to one hundred seventy thousand, but it turned out to be unexpectedly honest.
'Perhaps, this money means nothing to him...' Natsuhiko could only think this way.
But with this, not only didn't Natsuhiko become a fool, but he even made a small profit.
Actually, he didn't know that the elder didn't care about how much it sold for; he just wanted to find an opportunity to let his granddaughter understand the black market.
The High-Level Dark Stone was an unexpected gain, and indeed somewhat useful to Furong, hence his generosity.
"The elder... that seller said, since you're so sincere, he must show his sincerity too," Furong said, initially not reacting to her identity, but flowing smoothly thereafter.
Grandpa?
Natsuhiko looked at the girl with some surprise.
He had already been somewhat suspicious about the girl's identity.
Young people are not absent in the black market, but the girl's eyes were too unique.
Like a child not yet exposed to society's harsh realities, such a person shouldn't appear in the black market.
So is this young girl the seller's granddaughter?
"Alright, please thank that gentleman for me." Natsuhiko said, preparing to close the door.
Being able to have the boss of the largest auction house in Kanaz City treat him so respectfully, the other party was clearly not an ordinary person.
"Wait a moment!" Furong hurriedly called out.
"Hmm?"
"And there's a Ghost-type Pokémon, as a gesture of thanks."
"Sorry, almost forgot," Natsuhiko said casually.
It wasn't that he forgot, but he didn't have any hope for such complimentary Pokémon.
Thinking as most do, how valuable could a complimentary Pokémon be?
But since the other party insisted on giving, Natsuhiko didn't mind making a few thousand or tens of thousands more.
Furong pouted slightly, seemingly unimpressed by the reason Natsuhiko gave.
"May I come in?" Furong asked.
Natsuhiko raised a brow, hesitated slightly, but eventually moved aside.
Giving that influential seller some face.
"Yujira!" Furong didn't mind, brightening up at the sight of Yujira standing at the door.
But Yujira stiffened upon seeing the girl, assuming a defensive posture.
"Yongji!"
Yujira's reaction forced Natsuhiko to reconsider the girl before him, to make Yujira feel such a threat?
He lightly patted Yujira's back to reassure it, raising his alertness to Furong several levels.
Maintaining a distance from her, to prevent any incidents.
Furong, on the other hand, didn't mind Yujira's behavior. She simply remarked, "No wonder you bought this spoon."
Then.
She spoke to her shadow, "Come out, everyone."
Soon after, silhouettes floated out from her shadow, and the temperature in the booth dropped by several degrees.
They were all Ghost-type Pokémon.
Once out, they circled around Furong happily; her face beamed with a smile, thoroughly enjoying playing with these Pokémon.
'Isn't this... not hiding her identity?'
What kind of attendant would be followed by so many Ghost-type Pokémon?
And to have such a good relationship with them...
His gaze shifted to the Pokémon.
Gastly, Misdreavus, Banette, Duskull, Crying Mask, Drifloon, Honedge.....
Indeed, quite a few.