-047- Eevee’s Aptitude Improvement

The Rookie King’s Joint Tournament came to an end.

Tong Si returned to the JOJO Breeding House and enjoyed five days of peace and quiet.

In reality, every day there was a crowd of rookie trainers blocking the entrance. This was due to Tong Si’s newfound fame and the promotion he did during the final interview session.

But for these few days, Tong Si chose not to open for business.

After all, business should never be rushed.

Besides, two million Alliance coins had just been deposited into Tong Si’s bank account.

For the time being, money was the least of his concerns.

After the tournament, Zhang Shanji signed a contract with Tong Si, making him the spokesperson for the Golden Sun Club. His posters and various merchandise would all be produced and distributed by the Golden Sun Club.

What Tong Si hadn’t expected was how well his merchandise would sell.

To think that winning only a Rookie King’s title would cause his popularity to soar to such heights—it was almost frightening!

Though he hadn’t been to the Golden Sun Club these days, he still received a daily salary of ten thousand Alliance coins.

Zhang Shanji had negotiated this as a monthly payment: every month, he’d receive a lump sum of three hundred thousand Alliance coins.

The five Pokémon that had been left in his yard had all mastered the skills they were supposed to learn, and Jiang Tao and the others came to pay the remaining fees.

At the same time, the two Pokémon eggs in the incubator finally hatched.

A Barboach and a Lotad.

Both were of excellent quality.

Originally, the two Magikarp each had their own pond, but now they were forced to share as the two newly hatched Water-types joined them.

“Bui?”

Eevee often lingered by the pond, always thinking of fishing.

But Barboach was cunning and never took the bait. The two foolish Magikarp, however, had been caught a few times.

“Let’s raise Eevee’s quality to excellent first!”

Electabuzz already had a Gym Leader-level quality, while Eevee’s was still ordinary. Tong Si figured he couldn’t let this continue.

After earning the Best Rookie King title, the system rewarded Tong Si with five hundred thousand points.

He could use these to raise Eevee’s quality.

“System, I want one bottle of red nutrient solution.”

[Beep-boop.]

[Exchanging for red nutrient solution, deducting one hundred thousand points.]

As the system’s voice faded, a small red bottle appeared in Tong Si’s hand.

It looked much like the two small white bottles he’d kept in his room—only the color was different.

“Eevee, come here.”

Tong Si beckoned to Eevee.

“Bui?”

Eevee glanced at Tong Si, sensing a hint of mischief in his smile.

Nevertheless, it crawled over, sniffed the red bottle, and couldn’t detect any scent.

“Eevee, this drink is your reward.”

Tong Si twisted the cap open as he spoke.

A faint fragrance drifted out.

“Come on, Eevee, drink it.”

Tong Si handed the red bottle to Eevee.

Eevee sniffed it again, then looked up at him.

“Bui bui?”

Eevee seemed to be asking: Are you sure it’s not poisonous?

“Go ahead, it’s definitely good for you. Eevee, how could I ever harm you?”

Tong Si coaxed, and although Eevee was only half convinced, it finally decided to gulp it down.

“Bui!”

After drinking, Eevee shuddered.

This red drink was slightly better than the last white one—but it had a kick.

Eevee staggered around the yard as if drunk, dancing clumsily.

Thud.

After a few steps, Eevee collapsed and fell into a deep sleep.

“Beep beep?”

Electabuzz ran over, a little concerned.

“Don’t worry, Electabuzz. Eevee’s fine. It’ll be back to normal after a nap.”

Tong Si checked Eevee’s stats with his scanning eye and saw its quality had risen to excellent.

It was a pity he only had four hundred sixty thousand points left; otherwise, he would’ve upgraded Eevee straight to Gym Leader level.

Eevee slept all the way until the next day.

All night, it had a flushed face, snored, and talked in its sleep—leaving Tong Si restless.

Back in the incubator, Tong Si placed two more Lotad eggs.

In his plan, raising five Lotads in the pond would be just right—so he needed to hatch two more.

The remaining eleven Lotad eggs, three Wooper eggs, and one Gym Leader-level Swablu egg had all been priced and were ready for sale.

The fourteen ordinary eggs were priced at fifty thousand Alliance coins each.

The Swablu egg was priced at eight hundred thousand Alliance coins.

This price was hardly an exaggeration.

Any excellent-quality Pokémon egg on the market would fetch at least three or four hundred thousand Alliance coins.

Gym Leader-level eggs started at seven or eight hundred thousand, even for the most common species.

If it were a starter Pokémon with Gym Leader-level quality, the price would begin at a million.

Only wealthy families like Lin Jintong’s and Song Xuyang’s would use starter Pokémon of such quality.

Ordinary people could only dream of it.

Tong Si had looked into the Gym Leader-level Swablu’s market price, which was about one million Alliance coins.

After all, Swablu’s evolution, Altaria, was a dual-type Dragon and Flying Pokémon.

In this world, all Dragon and Fairy-types were expensive.

His price of eight hundred thousand was truly reasonable.

After pricing everything, Tong Si added the Dig skill to the blackboard at the entrance.

Currently, the JOJO Breeding House offered six teachable moves: Thunderbolt, Brick Break, Weather Ball, Light Screen, Electroweb, and Dig.

Skill teaching was a service offered by many breeding houses, though most didn’t do it well.

It wasn’t an easy business; most breeding houses had inherited a single skill-teaching method from previous generations, but even then, they couldn’t guarantee results.

Whether or not the Pokémon learned the skill, the fee was non-refundable.

Here, JOJO Breeding House was different. Not only did it advertise six skills, but also promised “no charge if the skill isn’t learned.”

However, skill teaching required an appointment.

JOJO Breeding House only accepted commissions twice a month, and each skill would only be taught to one Pokémon per session.

It used to be once per week, but now that Tong Si was financially secure, he decided to take commissions once and rest for a week—so it became twice a month.

“Come on, Eevee, let’s film a short video.”

After tidying up the breeding house, Tong Si got ready to film a little video with Eevee.

He thought Song Xin’s previous suggestion was quite good.

Since Eevee loved to dance so much, why not film it and upload it to a short video site? It would definitely attract plenty of viewers.

“Bui?”

Upon hearing that a video would be filmed, Eevee perked up instantly.

It had to be said, Eevee was a natural in front of the camera.

When not being filmed, Eevee was lazy, but as soon as Tong Si started recording, it became lively and expressive.

Soon, a vibrant dance video was finished. Tong Si didn’t even bother to edit it—he just uploaded it straight to the short video platform.

Since the review process would take twenty-four hours, Tong Si decided to leave it for now.

… (To be continued)