"Huh? What is that?"
On a large cruise ship, a couple who was taking pictures of the scenery suddenly saw a small wooden raft in the distance. The raft was quite simple and was falling apart.
The raft slowly approached from the ocean, heading toward the large port in Porta Vista. Hisoka was standing on the raft wearing a hat, with one hand on his hips. His other was holding a pair of binoculars as he observed the port through it.
The sun was shining down just as a cool ocean breeze hit his face, cooling him slightly from the sun's glare.
'I've arrived at last.'
Seeing the endless stream of people on the dock, a smile appeared on Hisoka's face.
"Hey, man! Your boat is sinking!"
A man shouted from the ship. He was the boyfriend of the couple who was taking the photo just now.
After giving the kind reminder, the young man couldn't hold it back any longer and laughed out loud. Never in his life had he seen a man sailing on a half-sunken raft. A small raft sailing among the large cruise ships was really amusing no matter how you looked.
When Hisoka heard the man's shout, he finally noticed that the front of the raft was already tilted. Almost one-third of the raft was already submerged underwater, and there was still a few hundred meters away from the ship. Quickly, he pulled the ropes that were tied to the raft and pulled them back, lifting the half-sunken raft out of the water as it headed slowly to the port.
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"Welcome to Porta Vista. You'll have to pay a fee for private boats, sir," A monotone voice came from his back.
Turning around, Hisoka saw a middle-aged man in a yellow jacket blocking his way from going ashore.
(ʘᗩʘ')
Hisoka looked at the man incredulously. He then turned around to look at his raft for a few seconds before turning back to the man.
'Is he for real?' Hisoka thought.
"I don't have any cash on me right now. Do you accept credit cards?" Hisoka asked unsurely.
"Yes, sir. But we only accept Visa and Mastercard," the man continued in a monotone voice.
Hisoka shook his head a couple of times and said, "No problem."
Then, he took out his card and gave it to the man.
"The docking fee is 500 dollars. Swipe your card here, sir," the man held a payment terminal in front of Hisoka.
Swipe!
"Okay, you're good to go, sir. Have a nice stay at Porta Vista."
"Thank you," Hisoka smiled and strode toward the city.
"Sir, wait! You forgot to move your ship to the private dock!" the man shouted from the back after Hisoka had walked a few steps away.
"No need. You can take the boat!" Hisoka waved his hand and disappeared from the man's sight.
"Huh? I can take the boat?" the man murmured in shock.
Then, as he looked toward the dock, he only saw a wooden raft that was slowly sinking in the water.
"What!"
...
As a famous tourist destination, many people from all over the world travel to this coastal city. There were many women in sexy bikinis strolling in the streets, displaying their hot figures, letting the men feast their eyes on them.
Hisoka was also the same as those men. He was in a good mood after returning to human society.
He bought a few snacks and roamed the streets, whistling every time he saw a hot woman passing by. However, Hisoka was ignored due to his current appearance. After being stranded on the island for a few days, right now, he looked more like a homeless man with unkempt hair and torn clothes.
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Ocean Blue Auction House,
Hisoka stood under the large signboard, reading the pamphlet in his hand. Since he had not enough money, he came here to sell the gems he found on the island. He was only left with a few thousand dollars in his bank account, which was only enough to support him for a few days.
After being out in the ocean for a few days, he was very low on supplies. Many items needed to be restocked, such as berries, meats, etc. Just a few thousand dollars weren't enough to buy them all.
Although Hisoka might not get a great deal by selling these gems at the same place, Hisoka couldn't wait that long. He also didn't want to go to different cities, wasting his time selling these gems. It would be too much trouble and time-consuming.
"Good morning, sir. Welcome to Ocean Blue. The auction will start at eight o'clock tonight. How can I help you?"
A beautiful woman in a red dress stood in front of Hisoka and bowed slightly in respect. Even though he looked shabby, the woman still treated him well and didn't throw him out of the store.
"Do you guys accept gems?" Hisoka went straight to the point, holding a bag in front of him and shaking it lightly.
The girl took a quick peek inside the bag. After that, she quickly reacted and said with a smile, "Yes, we do accept gems. If the gemstones in your hands are of high quality, you can try to put them in the auction tonight. We will try to get the best price for you. Ocean Blue Auction House will only take 5% from the sale as commission fees."
Hisoka shook his head. Of course, he knew that auctioning these gems would give him more returns. But he really had no time to wait, and these gems needed to be processed first before they would be able to sell at a high price.
While selling these gems directly to the auction houses would make Hisoka less money, the total difference wouldn't be that large. There was also an opal gem among the gemstones, which he was sure could attract the store's attention.
...
"How is it?" Hisoka asked.
"Hmmm, these gemstones are average."
A gray-haired, kind-looking old man held the magnifying glass and observed each gemstone carefully.
Then, he picked the opal cat's eye gemstone and said, "Now, this is quite something. Cat's eye opal is quite rare. We can sell it for a quite high price. It just needs a few polishing here and there before they are ready to be auctioned."
After that, the old man closed his eyes for a few moments. Then, he opened his eyes and looked at Hisoka, saying, "Let's make a deal. I'll take all of these gemstones for 780,000 dollars? How about that?"
Tap!
Tap!
"800,000 dollars," Hisoka thought for a moment and raised the price.
"You have a deal, young man," the old man smiled and offered his hand to Hisoka.
"Thanks," Hisoka smiled and shook his hands.
Although the best price in Hisoka's mind was around 900,000 dollars, it would require him to travel to each city and find many jewelers to sell them all.
The old man also gave a fair price for the gemstones. He didn't try to lower the price to obtain more profits. 800,000 dollars was completely acceptable.
The transaction was done via online bank transfer, and the 800,000 dollars instantly arrived in Hisoka's bank account. He also received a VIP invitation letter from the auction house for tonight's auction. After Hisoka sold the gems to them, he also became one of the high-end customers of the Ocean Blue Auction House.
Hisoka did not refuse the invitation. If he was free later at night, he might come to take a look. There might be some items that might catch his eyes.
As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. Hisoka, who walked out of the Ocean Blue Auction House, suddenly became more confident. He can finally sigh in relief.
Actually, after Hisoka thought about it a few times, 800,000 dollars wasn't really that much. He now has a large 'food dump' in his Pokemon team. Just buying the training equipment as well as the berries for making Nutrition Pokeblock cost a lot of money. Not to mention other things.
What's more, Husoka also needed to buy a Prism Scale for Feebas evolution. His head was hurt after thinking about the huge amount of money required to buy a Prism Scale with a powerful competitor like Sootopolis Gym.
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Porta Vista Oceanus Hotel was the only five-star hotel in Porta Vista City that integrated leisure, sightseeing, entertainment, and luxury in one place. Even the most common suite can reach up to 3,000 dollars per night.
And Hisoka, who had just got a lot of money, would certainly want to enjoy himself. So he decided to stay for a few days at this hotel to relax and let his Pokemon have some fun.
He chose the luxury underwater suite, which cost him 60,000 dollars for ten days. Under the hotel attendant's lead, Hisoka took the elevator heading down to the last floor of the hotel. The underwater suites were all built in the sea inside the bay.
To ensure the safety of customers, the hotel used unbreakable polycarbonate glass during the construction of these underwater suites. Each window had three layers of glass in between. It was strong enough to hold the attack of a full-blown Wailord, one of the largest Pokemon in the world.
When Hisoka pushed open the golden door and walked into the room, it was like entering the underwater world. Through the transparent glass, he can see the colorful coral reefs just outside the room. There were also countless colorful fish swimming freely in the sea.
Horsea, Goldeen, Tentacool, Staryu, Seel,
These marine Pokemon swam across the glass every so often. A mischievous Horsea had unknowingly left its group and went to chase a small fish.
The fish was swimming toward the glass because the lights inside the room were turned on. Many fish were attracted by the light as the Horsea followed one of the fish closely.
Since the Horsea was so focused on its chase, it failed to notice the glass in front of him. It swam too fast and slammed on the glass.
Bang!
"Wooo!"
Horsea's tubular mouth bus was accidentally stuck on the glass because of the impact. After it came back to its senses, it pulled its body back desperately. It took a lot of effort, but it finally managed to remove its mouth from the glass after trying several times.
It became angry as it yelled at the glass in front of him. Then, it sprayed dense blank at the glass in anger. The glass had been specially treated, so there was no need to worry that the ink would be stuck on the surface as it slowly disappeared in the water.
Knock!
Knock!
Hisoka stood in front of the glass and knocked on the window a few times, scaring the Horsea as it suddenly saw a human standing in the front.
＼(º □ º l|l)/
The Horsea immediately ran away from the window.
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"That 60,000 dollars was really worth it. What an amazing view," Hisoka threw his bag on the sofa and lay down on the bed, trying to relax.
"Phew!"
Hisoka couldn't help but sigh in comfort. This was the point of making money in the first place, wasn't it? To live a good life.
After closing his eyes and resting for a while, Hisoka got off the bed and sat on the bed. He then took the laptop from his bag and started typing on the keyboard.
Hisoka didn't release Kirlia and the others from their Pokeballs. He needed some peace and quiet, so he could concentrate on his work.
After doing several observations and examinations, Hisoka was able to calculate the exact Rhydon's stats. Then, he opened a file and quickly clicked the Rhydon's icon.
A moment later, Rhydon's physical measurements appeared on the screen.
Rhydon
Type: Ground/Rock
Physical Attack: S
Physical Defense: S+
Special Attack: D
Special Defense: C
Speed: C
Rhydon's score was set according to the test he had done back on the island. D represented the lowest value of a category, while S represented the highest.
Through the scoreboard, it can be seen at a glance that Rhydon was best at Physical Defense, followed by Physical Attack. Rhydon was really bad in the Special Attack department. Meanwhile, his Special Defense can only be considered so-so, neither good nor bad.
And because this giant Pokemon had been braving the sea in order to find enough food, he had overcome his natural fear of water. So, although the typing weaknesses were still there, he at least could endure Water-type attacks, unlike his kind.
For Speed, needless to say, with such a large body and heavyweight, his movement speed was much slower than a normal Rhydon. He also lacked flexibility in his movement, which was negligible considering his role as a tanker.
As for the training method of Rhydon, Hisoka already had a rough plan in mind. Although Rhydon didn't need to do any more weight training, Hisoka was going to ask him to do more weight training in his workout regimen. Hisoka was going to turn him into the strongest mobile tanker in the world.
And more importantly, Rhydon was only in the second stage of his evolution. The researchers in the Kanto region got it wrong.
Rhydon can still evolve into Rhyperior if they were exposed to a Protector. This was a major discovery found by the Evolution Pokemon Lab in the Sinnoh region about a year ago.
The Weavile evolution was also discovered by this Pokemon Lab. Their aim was to study whether the Pokemon that had completed their "final evolutionary form" still had the potential to evolve, including Pokemon that were not part of an evolutionary line such as Scyther, Absol, etc.
Since Hisoka hacked into their main computer last time, he had left a backdoor on their computer. So if they had any latest results, he would know as soon as possible.
This was a severe crime and can get you locked in prison for life if caught by the League. So unless the other party disclosed the research results themselves, Hisoka would just keep his mouth shut. There was no need for him to do something stupid like selling the Pokemon Lab research results.
As for whether Rhyperior's appearance in Kanto would arouse suspicion from them, Hisoka wasn't really that worried. Who knows? Hisoka might just stumble upon the Rhyperior evolution method by accident.
Not to mention, the Kanto region was literally a hundred thousand miles away from Sinnoh. Even if they knew about him, as long as Hisoka didn't say anything, they really couldn't do anything to him without any hard evidence.
There was no law in the world saying that you could not evolve your Pokemon. That's just stupid.
It was up to the trainer how to train or evolve their Pokemon. Even the League can't say anything about it.
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