Chapter 36 Poisoning is the Key (rewrite)

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Natsu comes to the Poison Type Pokémon shop.

Don't worry too much, he's not here to buy Pokemon.

With the money left now, it's impossible to buy any awesome Poison Type Pokémon, not to mention there's a lot of resources that need to be put up to train Pokémon.

Looking at the dark blue Pokemon that resembled a poison dart frog in a cage at the door, Yellow eyes, orange expandable pouches on the cheeks, wide and flat teeth, and white stripes around the chest, stood there blankly.

He didn't know if it was because of the training or because of his own character.

This is a Poison Type and Fighting Type Pokémon from the Sinnoh Region, Croagunk!

Being able to get Pokémon in the Sinnoh Region shows that the power behind this shop isn't weak.

His gaze fell on Croagunk for a moment.

Croagunk is a great Pokémon, and an evolved Toxicroak is a pretty awesome Pokémon. The combination of Poison Type and Fighting Type gives it a lot of advantages in Attributes, and also being able to learn a lot of Dark Type moves gives it a wider attack surface.

If Croagunk is trained properly, he will make a good defense and surprise player.

Pity.

Natsu couldn't afford it.

He secretly recalled the information about Toxicroak and Croagunk, and walked to the shop.

The clerk at the Pokemon shop wasn't that excited. Sitting on the chair, he glanced at Natsu without even getting up, and asked dryly, "What Pokemon do you want?"

Natsu looked around the various cages in the shop and said, "I want to buy some Poison Type Pokémon poison pouches."

"Hah?" The officer sitting on the chair was shocked.

He had seen a lot of Pokémon shoppers, but not many came to the Poison-Type Pokémon shop to buy poison pouches.

However, when hunters catch Pokémon in the wild, it is inevitable that when they accidentally kill a Pokémon, in order to maximize profits, they usually collect Pokémon body parts and sell them to others who need them.

Among them, the Poison Type Pokémon's poison pouch was the more valuable.

"The more toxic the better," added Natsu.

"You know these things very well."

Inside the glass bottle, there are pouches of poison from various Pokemon.

The glass bottle also has a different label with a brief description.

For example, what Pokémon does the poison pouch have, and what power level this Pokémon has, the poison pouch will also divide the price segment based on this.

Of course, there was no doubt that buying poison pouches outright would definitely be a lot cheaper than buying Poison Type Pokémon outright.

"Everything is here, see for yourself." The officer waved his hand.

It seemed he didn't care about such a small business.

Natsu didn't mind either, took the glass bottles and looked at them one by one.

The power of toxicity is easy to identify. The degree of dispersion in a glass bottle can be determined by the toxin spilled from the poison bag. That is, the toxicity of a glass bottle can be roughly assessed by looking at the color depth of the glass bottle.

Finally.

Natsu chooses three of them, and they are labeled as follows:

Beedrill, senior;

Arbok, (elite);

Ariados, senior;

Pokémon's power stages are divided into Primary Rank, Qualification, Extraordinary, Senior, (elite) by Alliance according to various factors.

Weedle Natsu is almost considered to have Extraordinary powers. seniors and (elite) were much stronger than Weedle, and their poison was definitely much stronger than Weedle.

And this was the ingredient Natsu wanted to use to increase Weedle's own toxicity.

The book introduced by Lance doesn't have a clear description, but it implicitly mentions the many ways Poison Type Pokémon can devour each other and increase their toxicity, which also gives him a lot of inspiration.

Glancing at the few glass bottles that Natsu had selected, the clerk smiled, "Very good."

Then he added: "Senior Beedrill and Ariados poison pouch 5000, Arbok (elite) poison pouch is 5000, a total of 10,000 Alliance coins."

Ten thousand.

So expensive.

Natsu who had been preparing for a long time. When he heard the price, he was still a little surprised.

But when he thought about it again, it actually made sense.

If it was the surviving senior Beedrill, Ariados, and Arbok (elite), it must have cost far more than 10,000 Alliance coins.

It had already got what it wanted most at the lowest price.

From the look of this clerk, it was clear there was no room for bargaining. to the Alliance's 10,000 coin shop was a small stream of water.

"Swipe your card."

After paying for and keeping the three glass bottles, Natsu leaves the shop and black market in Saffron City.

In general, the journey to the black market was relatively smooth.

He bought a Top-Ranked Pokéblock, the required books, and a good pouch of Pokémon poison. Even though he was tracked down to crack black market gangsters during the period, he also got his Paras, which wasn't bad.

He wasn't in a hurry for Paras, firstly because his identity might be exposed, and secondly because he felt this Paras was still useful.

Being able to secretly release spores, barely noticed by Weedle, which would be a great ability in the wild.

This trip made his wallet a bit overwhelmed.

After finally earning 35,000 Alliance coins, he suddenly spent 33,000, and he was going back to the days of tightening his pants.

However, in the short term, there was no need to worry about Weedle's dietary needs.

Take a taxi back to the club.

Say hello to Anna at the front desk.

"Anna, I have something to do today. If anyone comes to me, please tell them they can't train with me today." said Natsu politely.

"Okay." Anna gave him a strange look.

As a training and money maniac, there is still time to rest.

But she didn't think much of it. Now that Natsu is a middle-ranked sparring partner, the money earned is no longer comparable to that of a primary-ranked sparring partner. Maybe there is something important.

Bring Weedle back to the room.

Sitting on the floor with Weedle, in front of them, were four glass bottles, three of which were bought on the black market today and the other from Spearow's lair in the woods last time.

Even though Ekans is a non-toxic Pokémon, that just means that it doesn't have sharp teeth that release poison. This does not mean that it is not toxic in the body. Otherwise, as a Poison Type Pokémon, Ekans can use so many Poison Type moves, where did the poison come from?

But compared to the other four poison pouches, this Ekans poison pouch was definitely the weakest.

"That's almost enough, Weedle, are you ready?" Natsu looked at him sharply.

Weedle swallowed softly, unsure if it was because of greed or because of Natsu's earnestness.

"Wow!"

Nodding heavily.

Natsu took out the book.

It was the "Interesting Talk about Transformation Gu-like Pokémon" that Lance introduced to him last time.

"Although there are no special operation details in this book, people who do not know this method will only find it interesting reading about Poison Type Pokémon, but if you have a good understanding of this method, With a certain understanding, you can still see some descriptions. faintly hidden between the lines.

The key is poisoning!"

Weedle listened obediently, he didn't know what was written in the book but he knew that whatever Natsu did, it was for his own good.

After double-checking what he got from the book, Natsu took out the Top Rank Pokeblock he had just bought.

"Before the real start, stay in the best shape possible."

Weedle's eyes lit up, he had been thinking about this Top Rated Pokeblock for a long time, and the smell made him feel good.

Watching Weedle devour the Top Rank Pokeblocks bit by bit, he slapped his mouth in a daze.

"Now then. First eat this Ekans poison pouch!"

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(end of this chapter)