After bidding farewell to Ash, Paul arrived at the foot of the mysterious Mount Moon smoothly.
* Here, is Mount Moon? Alright, let me put the Moon Stone in my pocket! * Paul was bound to look at Mount Moon.
The evolution of the Cottonee requires a precious Sun Stone. And the Moon Stone of equal value is the best bargaining chip.
Paul remembered that there was not one small piece of Moon Stone on this mountain, but two small pieces of this kind of Moon Stone would be the biggest one. As long as the corners are snapped, it is enough for Paul to use.
"Hurry up! Go support!!"
"Damn! I didn't expect this group of Pokémon hunters in Hoenn to be so tricky!!"
The sudden roar attracted Paul's vigilance, and he released the Elekid. Paul silently made a quiet gesture, one person and one Pokémon stooped down secretly, and quickly moved along the bushes towards the place where the sound came from.
* No way, isn't it the impression that only Jessie and James are active in Mount Moon? Why are there so many Team Rocket grunts! *
Lying in the grass, Paul looked at the edge of the cave with a slight frown. Team Rocket, which consisted of at least a dozen people, was confronting another group of people in special combat uniforms.
What makes Paul not want to act rashly is that these two groups are actually carrying guns! In the world of Pokémon, the function of guns has been infinitely weakened.
After all, even the most powerful Magnum bullet cannot penetrate the Pokémon's protective energy shield.
Therefore, those who carry guns are either hunters or desperadoes.
"You Team Rocket think you can just double cross us?! Too naive, the benefits of our Organization J are not so easy to get!" The hunter's leading muscular man roared fiercely.
"You'd better hand over your things obediently, otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!" The Rockets have already released all their Pokémon. Golbat, Arbok, Beedrill and Graveler, these are probably not ordinary soldiers, but elite soldiers!
"Good idea!" The hunter unexpectedly just drew his gun and shot!! At the same time, Pokémon were also sent out, Aggron and Tyranitar! * Tsk tsk, rich as hell! *
Paul held his breath and lay motionless in the grass, joking, he didn't want to die from unknown AOE!
Unexpectedly, the hunters actually won the battle, and the elite soldiers of the Rockets started to flee while shouting to retreat while holding a few containers with eggs.
One of the soldiers was shot in the back, fell to the ground with a slap, and the container he was holding rolled down the dirt road and fell into the bushes.
On the other side, after suppressing the Rockets, the hunter also boarded the aircraft on one side.
A quick skirmish, starting quickly and ending quickly. It seems that both sides chose to retreat tacitly.
The injured people and Pokémon on the ground were all taken away. Except for a little blood, there was nothing to indicate a big battle had happened here.
Paul silently looked at his feet, there was a culture tank, and a gray blue Pokémon Egg was lying quietly inside.
After making sure that both sides were clear, Paul patted the dirt on his body and got up, picked up the Pokémon Egg in the grass, and stuffed it into his backpack.
* An egg that can make two criminal organizations fight each other, I wonder what kind of Pokémon will hatch from it. *
* Then, I have to hurry up. * I don't know when the Rockets will come back to find this Pokémon Egg, so Paul released the Elekid and Prinplup together, and got into the cave.
Borrowing the electric light from the Elekid, Paul walked towards the circular cave on the top of the mountain without stopping.
There were only a few frightened Zubat along the way, and the Elekid solved the problem with two Thunder Punches.
Maybe it was a few days before the full moon, but Paul was a little disappointed that Clefairy was not found in the cave. But after seeing the huge Moon Stone, Paul said that the trip was worthwhile.
After the Brick Break attack from Elekid and the newly learned Steel Wing attack from Prinplup contributed six high quality Moon Stones to Paul, Paul was not greedy, and quickly left the cave and went down the mountain road towards Cerulean City. It's almost here!
After trotting all the way, Paul, who came to Cerulean City, breathed a sigh of relief, it was considered safe to come to this range.
* Then, let's go to the Poké Mart while it's still early. * Holding the heavy backpack, Paul looked in the right direction and walked towards the League's official Poké Mart.
Generally speaking, the best way to get rid of the Moon Stone is the market or the black market. As long as you pay a certain booth fee, you can sell the Moon Stone for a good price.
But Paul didn't want to set up a stall by himself. First of all, the waiting time was too long, and Paul didn't want to waste his time.
Secondly, Paul didn't want to sell the Moon Stone on the front foot, and be followed by troublemakers like hooligans on the back foot. Although Paul is not afraid of these dregs of society, dealing with them is annoying.
Therefore, the Poké Mart is Paul's best choice. Firstly, it is officially operated and has a good reputation, so there is no need to worry about being targeted by people with ulterior motives. Secondly, as an official store, basically most trainer consumables can be found here, and Paul can get the desired Sun Stone seamlessly.
Arriving at the Poké Mart with a signboard with a blue Poké Ball, Paul opened the door and entered.
"Hello. What do you need?" The male clerk in a blue apron asked politely.
Paul, "I want to sell some evolution stones."
The clerk nodded without saying much, and politely brought Paul into the manager's office.
"Hello, trainer. My name is Mikasa, and I'm the manager of this Poké Mart. Do you want to sell some evolution stones?" The chubby shop manager patted his stomach and kindly asked Paul to sit down.
Paul didn't waste words, he left two Moon Stones in his backpack, took out all the rest, and put them on the table.
"Oh, this Moon Stone is of high quality." Mikasa's eyes lit up.
* Of course the quality is high, it was chiseled directly from the huge Moon Stone meteorite, * Paul thought to himself.
"So, can you buy it?" Paul asked politely.
"Of course, our purchase market price is 8000 Poké Dollars a piece. Your Moon Stone is of first class quality. I'll give you 10,000 a piece. What do you think?"
Paul nodded. He also learned about the specific value of the Moon Stone. The store manager's offer was fair.
"I hope to exchange one of them for a Sun Stone of the same quality, is that okay?" Paul made his request.
"Wait for me." Mikasa turned on the computer on one side and checked. Then agreed. : "No problem, we happen to have Sun Stone in stock in our store, I will give you the best Sun Stone?"
"Thank you." After shaking hands with Mikasa in thanks, Paul's four Moon Stones were carefully put into the warehouse by the clerk, and a round Sun Stone returned to Paul's hands.
"Happy cooperation." Having happily bought four Moon Stones, Mikasa waved goodbye to Paul in a good mood.
Paul took the Sun Stone and thirty new thousand Poké Dollar bills and left the Poké Mart.
Stretching, Paul happily came to the Pokémon Center. This is all right, not only has the evolution problem of the Cottonee been solved, but even the wallet has swelled up again. With these resources, Paul can travel for a period of time without any worries.
After dinner, Paul sent all the Pokémon to Nurse Joy for physical recovery, and requested a comprehensive health check for the Pokémon Egg.
Nurse Joy told Paul with a smile. "It's okay, it's a healthy egg."
After finishing everything, Paul lay on the big bed in the dormitory of the Pokémon Center and had a good sleep.
Tomorrow morning, I will go to the Cerulean Gym for a stroll, and I can go to the next city immediately after I get the badge.
For the Gym match of the three Cerulean Sisters, Paul has no sense of expectation at all. If you ask Paul how to evaluate the Gym battle of Cerulean Gym, Paul can only say four words: Huh, waste of time.
A night without dreams.
On the second day, the energetic Paul led his Pokémon to have a delicious breakfast.
Since becoming Paul, although the training is still relentless, Paul dares to pat his chest and promise that the group of Pokémon under him will eat the best!
Unlike Paul who only knows about crazy special training in the original story, in this life, Paul's idea is to train for three points and nourish for seven points!
Sufficient nutrition and a lot of training, whether it is the Elekid or Prinplup, even Pidgeotto, who was sick when first joined and felt like it would faint at any time, is now shiny, and its body is far larger than others of the same kind.
After breakfast, he directed a few Pokémon to practice in pairs for a while, and Paul, who felt that the warm up was enough, took them back to their Poké Balls and headed towards the Cerulean Gym, which is now the Cerulean Aquarium.
In the central block of Cerulean City, the busiest area, at the entrance of Cerulean Gym, you can see men of different ages lined up from a long distance.
* Heh, these three sisters are geniuses in a certain sense, * Paul sneered angrily.
The Gym in Cerulean City is always the last one in the annual ranking, but their annual income is always the top one, you can't argue with that. The ability of the three sisters to make money is not bad at all!
However, no matter what, being stars, diving into the pool in bikinis for a water ballet, making the men in the stands blush, Paul absolutely does not agree with this practice in a Gym where trainers compete with each other!
Across the crowd, Paul walked directly to the gate of Cerulean Gym.
"Hey! Who are you, do you know that you have to wait in line to buy tickets for a show!" Wearing glasses, a frail middle aged man patted Paul's shoulder unhappily.
"Hmph!" Paul turned his head to stare at the man who patted his shoulder, the cold eyes made the man take two steps back, his whole body shivering.
"I didn't come for the show." Paul took out Elekid's Luxury Ball, "I'm here to challenge the Cerulean Gym!"
"Damn!! You brat, don't delay us watching the water ballet!!"
"That's right, that's right, challenging some gym!"
The crowd whispered and pointed at Paul.
Paul suddenly turned his head, and looked at the crowd behind him fiercely, * Are you all looking for trouble? Or do you think I, Paul, can't handle you? *
"Shut up! Don't worry, it will be over soon! I won't delay your performance!"
The breathtaking momentum swept through the crowd in line, and no one dared to complain anymore.
"I am Paul of Veilstone City, and I ask the Gym Leaders in Cerulean City to bet the Gym Badge on a fair fight against me! If no one answers, I will tear down the signboard of Cerulean Gym today!!"
"Stop!" Just as the Luxury Ball in Paul's hand was about to come out, Lily, the eldest sister of the three Cerulean sisters with long golden wavy hair, came out.
"Come with me, Cerulean Gym accepts your challenge!"
"Thank you." Bowing without any disrespect, Paul calmly followed Lily into the Cerulean Gym.
Violet and Daisy also stayed to appease the audience outside the door.
Follow Lily all the way to the arena of the Cerulean Gym, which is a wide swimming pool with floating boards on it for Pokémon to stand on.
Not long after, Violet and Daisy came back.
"Hey, you trainer really has a temper." The third sister Daisy complained to Paul with her mouth pouting.
"That's right, that's right, everyone is looking forward to our water ballet!" The second sister, Violet, also helped.
"I'm just here to challenge the Gym. If you are actors, go and perform." Paul felt that his patience was almost exhausted by the three sisters.
"We are Gym Leaders!" The three sisters stood together and struck a pose.
"Being actors is just a hobby." Daisy said disdainfully.
"That's right, after all, isn't it a beautiful picture of beauties playing in the water?" The three girls looked at Paul with inviting eyes.
* It's really, not taking things seriously, * Paul shook his head, * It's better to be like Cynthia, who is beautiful and kind. Strong and capable. *
"Hmph, little brat, you have no taste!" Violet said angrily.
"Hurry up and start, don't you still have a performance?" Rubbing his wrists. Paul walked directly to the challenger's spot.
"Okay, I'll be the referee!" The second sister Violet volunteered to stand at the referee's seat.
"There are two Pokémon to use, is there no problem?" The elder sister Lily stood on the trainer's seat and announced the rules.
"No problem, get ready to fight, Elekid!" Paul threw out the Luxury Ball.
"My first one, go Seaking!"
"Start!" Violet raised her hands high, signaling the start of the game.
"Elekid, stick your hand into the water, Thunderbolt!!"
"Seaking, get out of there!!"
Paul's mouth twitched. * Avoid? Unless your Seaking can fly! *
Sure enough, the Seaking made a big jump, and then fell directly into the swimming pool. Accompanied by harsh crackling sounds and dazzling electric lights, the Seaking floated up on its belly, half cooked.
"Come on, the second one. Aren't you in a hurry to perform?" Paul looked at Lily.
"Go. Starmie!!" Lily released the second contestant.
* Oh, didn't stay in the water this time? Elekid continues to use Thunderbolt!! *
"Beep beep!!!" Elekid swung its arms, and the strong electricity swept towards the Starmie on the floating board again.
"Use Light Screen!" Lily waved.
After all, she has been working as a Gym Leader for so many years, and still has basic tactics.
But
"Elekid, Brick Break, then Thunder Punch!" Paul threw out the combo directly.
Elekid jumped towards the Starmie! The Brick Break falling from the sky directly smashed the Light Screen into pieces, and then another fist, flashing with thunder, ruthlessly sent the Starmie flying out, embedding it directly in the wall, losing its ability to fight.
"Star Starmie, lost the ability to fight." Violet announced the result of the competition with a little surprise.
"Elekid!!" Elekid raised its fists high, and the light of evolution began to glow all over its body.
The light extinguished, and the tall, imposing Electabuzz appeared before Paul's eyes, hammering its chest excitedly.
"Electabuzz!! Electabuzz!!"
* Feel the power of Electabuzz!! *
Retracting the Electabuzz, taking the Cascade Badge with both hands, Paul bowed and said goodbye. The three Cerulean sisters watched Paul leave the gate, looking dismayed.
"As I said, it wouldn't take too long. Thank you three for your guidance!" Shrugging at the men queuing up, Paul bowed again in thanks, and then walked away.
"Damn it. What an arrogant little man!" Daisy bared her teeth and claws at Paul's back in displeasure.
Lily shook her head. : "I think he is a very interesting man."
Violet shook her head on the sidelines, "Big sister is like this again, you just can't resist this type."
After bidding farewell to Cerulean Gym, Paul returned to the street without the slightest nostalgia, bought the last camping food and medicine, and left the city directly.
The journey is still going on.