In order to find the Ugly Fish, Fang Yuan and the Glutton first came to the South Nanwu Town Back Mountain.
This river right here is a major gathering place for Water-type Spirits.
The Ugly Fish they had encountered before was found in a puddle nearby.
Looking at the murky ditches around, Fang Yuan pondered, and this was when the Glutton's usefulness became apparent.
"..." The Glutton clearly had some aversions.
These waters are too dirty, are there really Spirits that live in here???
"Well, it's fine... Ugly Fish can even survive in dirtier water," Fang Yuan said as he sensed its emotion, chuckling, "This kind of perseverance, is what you all should learn."
"Bwoo~" The Glutton's mouth twitched, if I believe you there's something wrong with me.
...
Now that the Glutton is by his side, Fang Yuan felt very cool. It is said that Gengar can make the temperature around it drop by about 5°C... Ghostss seemed quite good at it as well.
If one were to move about in the wild during the summer, Ghostss hiding in the shadow would essentially be a portable air conditioner.
But in winter, that would be deadly.
Overall, this isn't really a good ability, as changes in temperature could easily alert someone to the presence of Spirits around them.
Especially during invisible sneak attacks, enemies could realize what's happening because of the temperature change.
"I need to figure something out." As the Glutton dove into the puddle, Fang Yuan stroked his chin.
After all, the Glutton is a Spirit that has to hide in his shadow and stay by his side in the future, and if it could not control the surrounding temperature well, it would certainly bring much inconvenience later on.
"Perhaps the Shadow Contract that Jiang Li talked about, which can enhance Gengar's corresponding abilities, has a technique to control the temperature?"
Splash~~
As Fang Yuan was guessing, the Glutton had already pulled up several small fish.
Not one of them was a Spirit.
"Next place," Fang Yuan said, "don't throw the fish away, we'll fry them when we get back."
"Grilling them is OK too."
Upon hearing this, the Glutton looked at the small fish and fell into thought... This stuff is edible?
After contemplating, the Glutton looked up at the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster flying around searching for puddles.
Then... the Glutton looked towards the Fierce Fire Monkey holding a bucket with an expressionless face.
Boom~
The small fishes were controlled by the Glutton's superpower and thrown into the bucket.
Turns out everything was within Fang Yuan's calculations.
...
When Fang Yuan was young, at his old home, he wasn't picky about food; fish caught from the river or grasshoppers caught from the bushes, everything was edible. Now thinking about it, he felt a bit greedy.
Before coming here, Fang Yuan had a premonition that he would catch ordinary fish in some inconspicuous places, and it seems he was right.
These creatures being able to stubbornly survive after the Spirit invasion is indeed quite remarkable.
However, large carnivorous animals like tigers and lions had it rough.
In history, during confrontations with carnivorous Spirits, they quickly lost and... failed to survive secretly, now they can only be seen in zoos.
Fang Yuan and his group continued their search...
Unfortunately, until evening, they still hadn't found that special Ugly Fish...
"I forgot something..."
Fang Yuan suddenly realized if this Ugly Fish likes to change its habitat often, then would the places they searched today need to be checked again tomorrow???
"Hey, once familiar with the terrain, I'll just let the Glutton come on its own another day..."
Fang Yuan scratched his head, a good idea indeed, after all, he is just a guide.
Give the Poké Ball to Ghostss, and it can capture the Ugly Fish by itself.
Shortly after.
When Fang Yuan and the others were carrying the bucket home, Eevee had already started on other things; it seems like the task of selecting Elf Tools given by Fang Yuan was completed.
Upon seeing Fang Yuan and the others return, Eevee quickly sped up its hands, closed the web page, and hid the phone behind it.
"?"
"No, what are you doing?"
Fang Yuan looked at Eevee's behavior in surprise, the action looking awfully familiar.
Back when he was young and foolish, looking at adult pictures and his parents suddenly came in, his reaction was probably just like this.
With Eevee... a Spirit, it shouldn't be browsing those 18X websites, after all, aesthetics differ.
Or is it... has the comic artist lost their mind to the extent they're going after Spirits now?
"Bwoo Eevee~" Eevee shook its head, pushed the phone out again for Fang Yuan to check.
By then, the phone's screen had been switched to the homescreen, and most of the apps were closed.
Fang Yuan looked at Eevee skeptically, took the phone, and then went directly to the browser... and then... the history.
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His technique was incomparably skilled.
Seeing the first entry in the history record, Fang Yuan fell silent, then turned over the screen.
"Hello? Explain what this is??"
"[Macau's First Online Casino is now live, with sexy dealers dealing cards online... Friends are making a killing!"]
Making a killing...
Eevee's expression froze.
"Bwoo!!!!!!"
...
Fang Yuan felt immeasurable headache, not knowing where Eevee had dug up these fraudulent websites.
Eevee appeared very innocent; it merely wanted to bolster its dwindling bank account...
"Forget it... I'll transfer another 1 million to you later, try to spend it sparingly," Fang Yuan said helplessly: "Stay away from this kind of stuff..."
"Bwoo??" Eevee's expression was startled, give it... 1 million?
Since when was Fang Yuan so rich?
At this moment, Eevee was bewildered. In fact, it knew nothing about Fang Yuan coming into tens of millions.
"Yes, 1 million, but only if your training mission meets the standards... Swap Field, Future Sight, Illusion Technique, Sunny Day... you're becoming lazier," Fang Yuan said.
Eevee was displeased, it wasn't!!
It's just that after reaching a certain level of strength, it was much harder to make noticeable progress.
Can leveling from 10 to 11 be the same as from 100 to 101 in terms of experience?
But now that Fang Yuan had money, whatever he said goes.
"By the way, have you decided on the Elf Tools you want?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Emmm." Eevee nodded obediently, showing Fang Yuan the saved list in its favorites.
For the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, it chose Light Clay, which could be used to strengthen Light Wall or Reflect Wall but was very scarce... hence very cheap.
For Glutton, it selected a Poison Pin, the most common kind which could enhance Poison Moves, but due to the poor quality, probably wouldn't be much use.
As for the Fierce Fire Monkey, Eevee chose a small amount of flash powder, hoping that with this, the monkey would get hit less and become a monkey adept at throwing sand.
Looking at the three items, Fang Yuan was stunned.
He was completely speechless; this was being way too stingy.
"Didn't I say I would pay for it..."
Eevee fell silent, then tentatively opened another favorites folder.
This time, for the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, it was a high-end item similar to Invisible Lens that could enhance the effects of Lock On and other moves, making it easier to spot and hit the enemy's weak points. Since the monster had three eyes, it required three pieces.
For Glutton, it was a special sludge that could merge into the body of Poison type Elves, alter the body, and improve healing abilities, much like a smaller Grimer, and the price was much higher than Poison Pin.
For the Fierce Fire Monkey, it was a special bone club from the Ghostss and Fire Type Geodude. This bone was incredibly sturdy, and most importantly, it could conduct flame. It had been additionally processed to slightly enhance the power of Fire Type Spells; although not greatly useful to the monkey, influenced by a prankish mood, Eevee still wanted to pick it.
Eevee raised its head and pointed at the total price as if asking, can you afford it?
"Is that all?" Fang Yuan glanced at it, and although expensive, all of it together wasn't even half the price of a Life Orb; buying them would be no problem.
But seriously, that bone club?
The Fierce Fire Monkey was already pitiable enough, practicing Iron Fist diligently every day, and Eevee still wanted to give it a bone club...
At this moment, Fang Yuan felt like dedicating a song to Brother Monkey...
What use is this Iron Fist of mine, what difference does this bone club make, still getting beaten, still feeling blue...
"Hold on a second." Fang Yuan scrutinized the description of Geodude's bone club, his brow furrowing.
While the bone club was indeed an exclusive item for Geodude, the problem was with the regional forms of Geodude.
The bone club's properties were somewhat different for the two types...
Fang Yuan remembered that in the PM settings compilation, it described the reasons for Geodude's change of appearance in the Alola Region initially.
Due to a large number of natural enemies residing in the Alola Region, the living conditions became extremely harsh for Cubone and Geodude. As a result, they changed their appearance through strong emotions, mainly bonds of solidarity with their companions for survival, gaining an attunement close to that of the gods...
In that case... aside from environmental influences, it was Emotional Energy that changed the nature of the bone as well as the attributes of Geodude???
"It might be worth buying one of these bones to study... but imported goods are so expensive..."
...
In the next two days, Fang Yuan continued to roam around Nanwu Town with Glutton.
During that time, it even rained.
In these two days, they had also encountered other Trainers, but since they didn't know each other, there were no greetings and everyone went about their own business.
This Special Ugly Fish... really stumped Fang Yuan; he had searched everywhere with water, and even went through mud pits near water, but still, there was no find.
Could it be a Ugly Fish with awakened Ground capabilities, capable of Digging? That would be too earthy; it completely destroyed Milotic's mysterious beauty.
"I hope not..." Fang Yuan casually kicked a stone, which landed in a deeper puddle formed by the rainfall.
Then... bubbles began to emerge from the puddle...
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