Mu Qingzhu was overjoyed looking at the endless stream of people at the door.
Before long, all the energy cubes Mu Qingzhu had prepared over the past two days were sold out, so Mu Qingzhu announced, "Today's energy cubes are sold out. Please come back tomorrow."
As soon as they heard that the energy cubes were sold out, the originally orderly queue instantly became agitated.
Mu Qingzhu reassured them, "There will be more energy cubes tomorrow, and there will also be ites for sale. Furthermore, buying ites will come with a 30% discount."
Upon learning that ites would be available tomorrow, those who had not been able to purchase energy cubes chose to leave.
After all the customers had left, Mu Qingzhu called Xia Bing, Bai Ou, Yan Ming, and the Researchers from the institute. She gave each of them 20 perfect-grade energy blocks. Afterward, they exclaimed in surprise:
"Where did you get these?"
"I made them myself. energy cubes below the perfect-grade are a piece of cake. But for perfect-grade ones, I'm still a bit short; the success rate is only 5 to 7 cubes each time."
Hearing Mu Qingzhu say this, they all felt she was humblebragging. So, they didn't continue the topic. Suddenly, Yan Ming thought:
"Xiao Mu, the Eevee evolution plan you provided earlier has been completed. We've also submitted the paper, and your name is listed as the second author. Now you're considered a Junior Researcher!"
Mu Qingzhu replied calmly, "Oh, okay."
Yan Ming asked, puzzled, "Xiao Mu, you're a Junior Researcher now. Aren't you happy?"
"It's alright."
Hearing Mu Qingzhu's reply, Yan Ming looked speechless, thinking to himself, 'Maybe I'm getting old and can't keep up with the younger generation's way of thinking.'
After not hearing Yan Ming's voice, Mu Qingzhu tentatively asked:
"Uncle Yan, can the promise you made before be fulfilled now?"
"What promise did I make before?" Yan Ming asked, confused.
"It's the one where you promised that once I opened a company, you would bring all the Researchers from the institute to join my company," Mu Qingzhu explained.
"All the Researchers? There are about 30 Researchers in the entire institute. Can you handle all of them?"
"Of course, I can. After all, there will be many projects later."
"Then I'll ask for their opinions shortly."
Mu Qingzhu then led everyone into a cozy little restaurant, where they sat together and enjoyed a pleasant meal.
After the meal, everyone went home to enjoy their own quiet time.
Upon returning home, Mu Qingzhu checked her tasks. She was only about 50,000 away from 1,000,000. She then checked today's limited-time shop. It still had energy cubes, so Mu Qingzhu bought them all.
Then, remembering her promise of ites for tomorrow, Mu Qingzhu felt a headache coming on. She immediately thought of the lottery system, so Mu Qingzhu recovered 900 points and drew ten times from the Intermediate prize pool.
[Congratulations on obtaining B-grade Fire Stone × 5, B-grade Water Stone × 5, B-grade Thunder Stone × 5, B-grade Leaf Stone × 5, B-grade Sun Stone × 5, B-grade Moon Stone × 5, C-grade Shiny Stone × 10, C-grade Dusk Stone × 10, C-grade Ice Stone × 10, C-grade Dawn Stone × 10]
Seeing the ites she had obtained, Mu Qingzhu continued to spend 900 points to draw again.
[Congratulations on obtaining Junior energy cube × 100, Junior energy cube × 100, Junior energy cube × 100, Junior energy cube × 100, Intermediate energy cube × 100, Intermediate energy cube × 100, Intermediate energy cube × 100, advanced energy cube × 100, advanced energy cube × 100, advanced energy cube × 100]
Seeing the rewards from the second round of draws, Mu Qingzhu felt that she would be able to complete the system's task tomorrow.
...
The next day, Mu Qingzhu arrived at the entrance of 'Manjushage' and found it packed with people.
Mu Qingzhu then opened the door and announced, "Today we have 5 B-grade Fire Stones, 5 B-grade Water Stones, 5 B-grade Thunder Stones, 5 B-grade Leaf Stones, 5 B-grade Sun Stones, 5 B-grade Moon Stones, 10 C-grade Shiny Stones, 10 C-grade Dusk Stones, 10 C-grade Ice Stones, and 10 C-grade Dawn Stones. B-grade ites are 500,000 dragon coins each, and C-grade ites are 200,000 dragon coins each."
Before long, both the energy cubes and the ites were sold out. Mu Qingzhu informed the customers still in line, saying, "Today's energy cubes and ites are sold out. Please come back tomorrow; only energy cubes will be sold tomorrow."
Upon hearing that the energy cubes and ites were sold out, customers left one after another, planning to come earlier tomorrow.
After a while, Mu Qingzhu returned home and submitted the system task.
[Ding ~ Detecting that the host has completed Stage One of the task, now settling... Congratulations to the host for obtaining Pokémon Space (connects with the host's Poké Balls, Pokémon can rest and train in the space...) × 100 ㎡, Fossil Revival Machine, Fossil Revival Technology, Poké Ball Production Technology, Team Rockets Researcher × 10, Perfect Level Energy Cube Production Technology, Pokémon Training Master Skill (any Pokémon has multiple training plans), Intermediate Aptitude Booster (can raise aptitude below Champion-level by one level) × 6, System Points × 20000, 50,000,000 dragon coins, Olivia]
[Ding ~ Stage Two begins: Expand the organization, recruit 20 people for 'Manjushage', and launch the Fossil Revival Project to receive a mysterious reward]
When Mu Qingzhu saw Olivia among the rewards, she thought of the description of Olivia in Sword and Shield: Olivia appears calm and collected on the surface, skilled in various business judgments. Olivia greatly admired Rose, and as his secretary, she was completely devoted to him, seeing Rose's ambitions as her own dream.
However, the system changed her admiration for Rose to Mu Qingzhu, which Mu Qingzhu was quite satisfied with. Furthermore, the system also upgraded her Pokémon from Gym Leader level to Elite Four Level.
Afterward, Mu Qingzhu extracted Olivia and introduced her to this world. Through Mu Qingzhu's introduction and the memories transmitted by the system, Olivia gained a general understanding of this world.
Mu Qingzhu handed 'Manjushage' over to Olivia and made her responsible for all its affairs.
Mu Qingzhu went to the courtyard and asked Olivia to release her Pokémon. Olivia tossed up 6 Poké Balls: Froslass, Milotic, Salazzle, Tsareena, Garbodor, Lopunny.
Mu Qingzhu looked at these six Pokémon:
[Pokémon: Froslass
Type: Ice, Ghost
Level: 61
Gender: Female
Ability: Snow Cloak
Held Item: B-grade Focus Sash
Aptitude: Elite Four Level]
[Pokémon: Milotic
Type: Water
Level: 61
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale (If it becomes afflicted with a status condition, Marvel Scale will activate, raising its Defense.)
Held Item: B-grade Mystic Water
Aptitude: Elite Four Level]
[Pokémon: Salazzle
Type: Poison, Fire
Level: 61
Gender: Female
Ability: Corrosive (Can poison Steel and Poison-type Pokémon.)
Held Item: B-grade Black Sludge
Aptitude: Elite Four Level]
[Pokémon: Tsareena
Type: Grass
Level: 61
Gender: Female
Ability: Queenly Majesty (Exerts a suppressive aura on opponents, preventing them from using priority moves against allies.)
Held Item: B-grade Miracle Seed
Aptitude: Elite Four Level]
[Pokémon: Garbodor
Type: Poison
Level: 61
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy (When damaged by a physical move, its Defense is lowered, and its Speed is greatly increased.)
Held Item: wishing star
Aptitude: Elite Four Level]
[Pokémon: Lopunny
Type: Normal
Level: 61
Gender: Female
Ability: Limber (Its flexible body prevents it from being paralyzed.)
Held Item: Lopunnite
Aptitude: Elite Four Level]