Chapter 87

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[Starting as a Class 5 Mutant] 

[Hogwarts: I Really Am a Model Wizard]

[Marvel: I Summon Heroes From Various Worlds]

Now that the grand opening frenzy has passed, Dak has instructed Iceberg to send away the crowds gathered at the storefront.

While many people are still watching, the situation is no longer as chaotic as it was initially.

Dak told the crowd that the Pokémon eggs would be delivered directly to their homes once they arrived.

Now, Dak is preparing to stock the shelves of the branch store with merchandise.

[MooMoo Milk]: 50,000 Belly per bottle

[Nanab Fruit]: 100 Belly each

[Pokéblock]: 500 Belly for 3

[Potion]: 1,000 Belly per bottle

[Super Potion]: 5,000 Belly per bottle

These are all fairly common items. For the people living in Water 7, the prices are affordable, and the items are essentials that trainers might need in their daily lives.

Initially, the [Original Pokémon Ball] was also to be stocked, but the main quest hasn't been completed yet, so that machine is still unavailable. (He's talking about the Pokeballs on Arceus)

The completion of the main quest still troubles Dak to this day.

The growth of the little ones isn't too slow, but producing a fight that feels thrilling is rather challenging.

Giratina, because of its age bug, is theoretically capable of completing the main quest. The problem is the lack of a worthy opponent.

Darkrai and Sceptile combined might manage, but their age doesn't qualify.

This results in the main quest being put on hold for now.

Dak has decided that if he can't think of anything in a few days, he might as well host a demonstration match in Water 7.

Then invite a hundred ordinary people to watch this match.

For the general populace, the little ones' battles would be quite spectacular.

"Dak, we've finished the tally."

Bon, who had been busy compiling data with Monet, finally completed their task and handed a chart to Dak.

"Thanks for the hard work. Take a good rest."

Dak took the chart prepared by Bon and Monet and glanced over it.

Then he headed back to his bedroom and immediately began calculating how many Magic Coins he would need to purchase Pokémon eggs.

"Good thing I didn't rush to exchange for special abilities, or I might not have enough Magic Coins."

Dak frowned as he wrote down figures on another sheet of paper.

Tens of thousands of orders.

Nearly two-thirds are for purchasing green-quality Pokémon eggs, which might cost about 350,000 Magic Coins.

Of the remaining third, the majority are orders for white-quality eggs, needing only 17,000 Magic Coins; while the orders for blue-quality eggs, though only about 500, would take about 250,000 Magic Coins.

Those who can afford blue-quality eggs are mostly nobles and wealthy merchants residing in the inner city of Water 7 or top bosses of various shipyards. They need powerful and loyal Pokémon to ensure their personal safety, so they prefer to spend the money usually reserved for human bodyguards on nurturing a strong Pokémon instead.

"Looks like it will cost about 520,000 Magic Coins, and the sales should bring in around 1,330,000 Magic Coins."

Dak roughly estimated, then calculated the astonishing figure, "After deducting the cost, there should be a net profit of 800,000 Magic Coins."

However, this money wouldn't be received all at once.

Because Dak doesn't have enough capital to buy all the Pokémon eggs in one go and sell them immediately. During this period, some customers might change their minds about following the trend and give up on buying Pokémon eggs, or the nursery might find a customer's conduct unsatisfactory and decide not to sell.

These are all possibilities.

Dak decides to proceed gradually, starting with the business of white-quality eggs first.

These customers are mostly ordinary citizens leading plain lives, needing a companion or family member in their daily lives, with no particular demands for the Pokémon and not just whimsical decisions.

17,000 Magic Coins isn't much, and Dak can easily afford it.

Dak first heads to Pokémon Island, as only there is there space to accommodate so many Pokémon eggs.

"Wuwu~"

As soon as Dak arrives, before even opening the Magic Shop, the baby dragon, sensing something, comes over.

Giratina appears and immediately bumps into Dak's embrace, not very forcefully, but still knocking Dak back several meters.

Thankfully, Dak was prepared and used Armament Haki for some defense, otherwise, he would have been injured.

Giratina is too strong and still too young, often unable to control its own strength.

But Dak isn't worried about Giratina hurting others because Giratina is very aloof and doesn't initiate contact with other humans.

With other Pokémon, however, Giratina seems a bit shy, rarely approaching others actively, appearing to be socially anxious.

"Alright, alright." Dak quickly pats Giratina's head.

At the same time, he notices the other little ones around Giratina, indicating they have gotten along well with it.

After spending a few minutes calming down the baby dragon and having it lie quietly on the grass nearby, Dak then opens the Magic Shop.

He immediately purchases nearly 3,500 white-quality Pokémon eggs.

In the next moment...

The area around Dak and the few Pokémon is swarmed with eggs.

The grassland is covered with multicolored Pokémon eggs, even Giratina's twin blue eyes freeze for a moment, looking around, not understanding what's happening.

"Eve!"

Sister Eevee reacts the fastest.

She jumps off Giratina's back, cautiously tiptoes among the eggs, sniffing this one, then that one.

"Left with 106,900 Magic Coins."

Dak checks the system balance after purchasing the white-quality eggs.

"Giratina, could you take me over there?"

Dak pats the baby dragon beside him, who is cautiously sniffing an egg, and points in another direction.

"Wuwu~"

Giratina happily obliges, lowering its head to let Dak climb onto its back.

When Dak actually gets on Giratina's back, he's thrilled—it's not every day one gets to ride a lord of the Distortion World, and a shiny one at that!

It's a thrilling experience, soaring through the sky, watching the blurred grassland swiftly pass by below.

"Let's stop here."

Dak doesn't let Giratina fly far before stopping in a nearby open area.

As the Magic Coins continue to drain away, Dak purchases another 2,000 green-quality eggs.

These two thousand are custom orders for customers with specific needs, each egg's attributes are known to Dak, and they will be sold for 500,000 Belly more than their purchase price.

After buying these Pokémon eggs, Dak's balance of Magic Coins in the system is down to 6,900.

Until he sells these eggs, he won't have the funds to continue purchasing from the Magic Shop.

Dak calls over the other employees, except for Iceberg and Bellamy.

"Sceptile, continue to watch the store. Bon, I need you to deliver these Pokémon eggs to the customers. I'll have Darkrai secretly protect you."

Dak points to the batch of white-quality Pokémon eggs.

Since there are no custom orders, there's no need to pay special attention to which customer gets which egg.

Dak plans to stay busy on Pokémon Island for the next few days and won't go out, so there's no need for Darkrai to keep guarding. Now, what needs protection are the Pokémon eggs.

"Robin, contact the underworld for me, recruit a group of mercenaries to temporarily act as our inspection personnel in Water 7, patrolling the city 24/7 in three shifts. I refuse to believe that with the protection of the Navy, mercenaries, and bounty missions, someone would still dare to target our eggs."

This is the first public sale of Pokémon eggs, a crucial step in forging the Pokémon era, and Dak takes it very seriously.

Issues are bound to arise, but Dak will do everything he can to minimize the likelihood of problems, even if it means spending more money.

He exchanges the remaining 6,900 Magic Coins for 69,000,000 Belly, which will fund the recruitment of these mercenaries.

Not only is he hiring a group of specialists from the underworld, but Dak also plans to find a group of local toughs from Water 7 who haven't committed serious crimes and try to train them as future inspectors for the League.

The group from Franky's original storyline is a good example; the worst of them were just small-time delinquents, mostly just ordinary people who had fallen into a rut in life and become resigned to their fate.

Though they lacked combat skills or special abilities, they were decent people, and Dak would recruit them without fear of betrayal.

Unlike the mercenaries recruited from the underworld, Franky's group, despite being just ordinary delinquents, were willing to lower their heads to ask for the Straw Hat Pirates' help and even rushed headlong into Enies Lobby, known as a place of no return, all to rescue their boss.

They were just a bunch of ordinary thugs who might have endangered their future by possibly becoming wanted criminals for this action, but they did it anyway.

Although they didn't play as significant a role as Funky in the original story, what they did was, in Dak's view, no less significant. They are reliable partners.

"Monet and Sugar, come help me tag these eggs with customer information for the next couple of days."

Dak points to the batch of 'custom' Pokémon eggs beside him.

He needs to write down the corresponding customer addresses on these eggs to prevent Funky and Dak Lei from delivering them to the wrong places.

"That's about all the tasks for now. Everyone get to work. In a few days, when things calm down a bit, I'll go out and recruit some more people."

(End of Chapter)