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That being said, Alex Carter still lent Emily the Light Wheel Battle Network Helmet. The main reason is that he has lost interest in online pet battles, and Emily wants to participate in the college championship to accumulate battle experience.

After no one disturbed him, Alex opened the system mall in his bedroom.

The huge system mall is empty, and now there is only one product unlocked - pet: Magikarp!

The cost price of Magikarp is 10,000 star coins. It should be rounded. I just don't know whether to round up or down?

According to the market price of combat pets, ten thousand star coins are not expensive. Most first-level combat pets are priced at this price, but these are the selling prices!

Magikarp's 10,000 star coins are the cost price. If you want to make money, you must raise the price!

Generally speaking, in battle pet transactions, the higher the level, the higher the price.

First-level combat pets are captured by pioneers and sold to wholesalers, or bred in breeding houses. If it leaves the wholesaler or breeder, the price will be increased by 10 to 20 percent.

Then when it comes to the retailers, that is, the pet stores, the price will be increased by another 50 to 100 percent.

In other words, a first-level combat pet that costs 10,000 will eventually sell for between 16,500 and 24,000.

Of course, this is just an ideal situation. In fact, due to various factors such as shipping costs and breeding costs, some pet shops will pass on the costs and raise the prices of pets.

Since combat pets are highly dependent on individual qualifications, and the market is filled with the idea that "cheap goods are not good" and "it's not a big deal," it is difficult to measure the price.

In today's era, battle pets have become a necessity. Anyone with psychic talent will buy even one combat pet! Even if this battle pet is just a useless vase, it must be there!

After a while, Alex found a basin in the bedroom, poured water into it, and released the Magikarp from the Poké Ball.

"Lulululul~"

＞＜＜(((·＞.oO

The Magikarp was squeezed in a narrow space with half of its body exposed, feeling hopeless.

Alex scratched his head helplessly. He had already dug out the largest basin in the house, but it was still too small compared to the size of the Magikarp.

To solve this problem, Alex ordered an inflatable swimming pool for pets online, which will probably arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

No Pokémon is willing to stay in the Poké Ball for a long time, just like no battle pet is willing to stay in the battle pet space for long.

Alex stretched out his hand and tried to touch the first combat pet in his life. Although he has not signed a contract with this battle pet, he has captured it through the Poké Ball after all.

But just as he stretched out his hand, Magikarp suddenly moved. When Alex thought that it would rub his palm affectionately next, the Magikarp suddenly hit his palm with its head, causing it to hurt!

"***!"

Alex withdrew his hand with a curse, but he was secretly delighted in his heart. It seems that the Magikarp's spirit has not been worn down.

Although Magikarp can evolve simply by increasing its level in the game, judging from the way it is shown in the animation, its evolution should be related to emotions.

"Anger" seems to be a key factor in Magikarp's evolution into Gyarados. This shows that whether Magikarp has the qualifications to evolve has a lot to do with its personality and mentality.

A confident, self-respecting, enterprising, and principled Magikarp will definitely evolve more easily than a Magikarp with a lackadaisical attitude!

A real man should be able to bend and stretch...

Wait, is it male or female?

"I seem to remember that the gender difference of Magikarp is quite obvious. The male's beard is yellow, while the female's is white..."

"Tsk! It's actually white!"

"A proud Magikarp!"

"Give me back my dignity, Magikarp!"

Under the dull gaze of the Magikarp, Alex walked away cursing again.

…

Three minutes later, Alex came back happily with the battle pet contract. It's a mother's thing, what parent doesn't love their child?

Identify first, then contract!

Alex stretched out his hand again, but this time it came with the "Charming Hand" skill. The moment the fingers touched, spiritual energy was injected and a pink halo spread out.

Magikarp, who originally wanted to show off its tsundere attitude, suddenly had its eyes turn into circles and let out a slight humming sound.

[Battle Pet: Magikarp]

[Attribute: Water]

[Level: Level 1, Level 9]

[Quality: Upper middle grade]

[Talent: Free and Easy]

[Skills: Water Splash, Impact]

The quality is divided into: low quality, medium quality, high quality, super quality, holy quality, and divine quality.

Upper-middle quality is already quite good quality. Emily's Blue Cloud Fox is of upper-middle quality, and it was obtained by Mr. Carter through his military exploits!

Alex nodded with satisfaction.

The talent (characteristic) of moving freely is also good. Once it rains or it rains heavily, the speed of a battle pet with the talent of moving freely will be doubled!

In addition to the "water splash jump" that causes nothing to happen, this Magikarp has also learned how to hit!

Although collision is only a two-star skill in the "nine-star evaluation system" of combat pet skills.

(One-star skills are those that are not very useful, such as "Water Splash.")

But in the Pokémon game, Magikarp needs to be at level 15 to learn the collision skill by itself, and it can evolve into Gyarados at level 20!

This is simply a Magikarp with one foot already stepped over the dragon gate!

Alex did not hesitate and immediately signed a contract with it using the battle pet contract.

As the contract was established, a bridge-like bond emerged between the two.

Skill: Bond!

Alex soon discovered that as long as he was willing, he could communicate with the Magikarp telepathically, and even achieve a nearly "dialogue" without any contact.

"So, if you want to become stronger, you have to listen to me!"

So he squatted beside the basin, pointed at his chest, closed his lips, and practiced telepathy.

"Snap!"

The Magikarp turned its head, flicked its tail, and splashed water on his face.

Alex's face turned cold.

The next moment, he took a mirror from the table and placed it heavily in front of Magikarp.

Then he pointed at the big eyes of Magikarp in the mirror and said telepathically: "Do you know what this is? Dead fish eyes!"

The Magikarp tried to open its eyes wide, and Alex could feel the anger in its heart, a rage like a volcanic eruption!

Sadly, the more angrily it stared, the duller its eyes became.

At this moment, Alex finally understood...

Then he took back the mirror, returned to the counter silently, and covered his head.

"I was wrong!"

"That's totally wrong!"

"It turns out that this Magikarp doesn't want to become stronger just for the sake of becoming stronger. It wants to change its dead fish eyes through evolution! If I give it a pair of colored contact lenses, will it immediately lose its determination to become stronger?"

"No, we must not let it know that there are such evil things as cosmetic contact lenses in this world!"

…

The next day.

Alex did not stay until work hours as he usually did, but got up and went out at six o'clock.

At three o'clock in the morning, the system sent a prompt telling him that the store renovation had been completed.

But when he hurried to the store door, he didn't find any changes outside.

With the last bit of trust in the system's credibility, Alex unlocked the door and pushed it open.

At this moment, he was shocked!

I expected changes, but I never thought they would be so big!

All the old equipment that originally existed in the store has disappeared. Even the floor is brand new!

The pet shop is divided into two halls, the outer hall is considered the living room, while the inner hall is used to store pets, which is the pet room.

But now there is not a single cage left in the pet room!

The entire store is empty!

Yes, nothing!

Except for the counter and the computer, everything else, including the chairs, is wooden!

"***!"

[System prompt: ...]

If the system hadn't prompted him in time, Alex would have cursed.

(End of this chapter)