Chapter 8: A new function to Soul shoes

After a while, an old-man came to greet him. He had a white beard and was bald, he wore a simple mechanic suit and a pair of brown boots.

Old man: Welcome to my shop, what can I do for you today?

Soul: I would like to install a pair of hidden wheels under my shoes.

The old man nodded and asked him to come with him to his workshop. Inside it, there were all kinds of tools and different types of shoes and wheels.

Old man: Here let me see your shoes first.

Soul nodded and took off his shoes and was left alone with only socks. The old man gave him a pair of sandals to wear, which he gratefully accepted and took it on.

The old man then closely inspecting both of his shoes while nodding, then turns his head back to him.

Old man: I can make a pair of hidden wheels on your shoes, depends on what function you want it in, it would come at different prices.

Soul: Can you recommend me a function?

Old man: Well there is one I recommend the most and that is a secret technique, that I have made it myself when I was young.

Soul didn't say anything and just nodding his head, while saying 'uhuh'.

Old man: Aren't you going to ask me how I did it?

Soul: Nope.

Soul said bluntly as if it wasn't important to him in any means.

Old man: Ow!

He felt like if an invisible arrow just went through him and hit his pride.

The old man quickly composed himself again and tell Soul how the function works.

All he has to do is to tap both of his shoes against each other two times before a pair of hidden wheels under it would open. Then he just needs to do the same process again for it to return to normal.

The wheels were made with some kind of special materials, that would make it lighter and tougher than normal wheels. The old man even says that it couldn't be break by rocks.

Soul didn't pry much into how on earth can that idea work at all. If he did that, he would probably be forced to hear the old man talking about it all night long.

It would be a waste of time for him. Not that he has much better stuff to do anyways.

Soul: So how much would it cost?

Old man: 5000 Pokedollars.

Soul: Ok... wait what?

Old man: 5000 Pokedollars is the price for it are you deaf!?

Soul was speechless. 5000 Pokedollars could probably hold him and his Pokemons for at least 4 weeks!

Deducting from everything he has bought so far and the money he has won from trainers and the gym, he would probably have around 43.000 Pokedollars left to use.

Even though it may not seem much to him right now, but what if he encounters some problem that required a lot of money? What if some rare items he wanted to buy but couldn't afford, because he was missing 5000 Pokedollars?

A lot of thoughts are rolling around his head right now, eventually, he decided to test it first, if the product is worth the price, he would buy it.

The old man smirked at this as if he was expecting the question, he took out a pair of brown shoes behind him.

Old man: Try this and see if it fits.

Soul nodded and grabbed the pair of shoes and try it. It was a pretty comfortable shoe and fit his feet perfectly. But it was not that kind of quality he was testing.

So he tapped both of the shoes two times against each other, as wheels came out from it magically.

Soul was amazed by this as the old man showed him the backyard. Soul went to try it speed out at first and went on slow speed, before increasing the speed each time he finished a lap.

The wheels were pretty great, but now it was time for the durability testing. Soul went to the biggest rock he could find and kicked one of the shoes against it.

The old man was surprised by his action but didn't say anything about it, as the next thing Soul saw was the wheel was stuck inside the rock and some part of the rock fell apart.

He could only mutter one word that would describe this product.

Soul: Amazing...

Old man: Now do you think it worth the price or would you like me to raise it higher?

Soul looked at the old man while smiling wryly.

Soul: I'll take it. How long will it take to make?

Old man: With my skills, it would take no less than a day to make it. You can come back afternoon with the cash and I will give you the shoe.

Soul: What should I wear in the meantime, then?

Old man: You can keep those sandals in the meantime. Be sure not to come late or I raise the price!

Soul nodded again as he exited the shop with a happy expression. It was already night time. He thought that he would continue his journey today, but fate didn't go on his way.

He didn't mind it as he always wanted to see what his journey would bring him. So far it has been an interesting journey for him.

He couldn't help but smiles more and went back to feed his Pokemon before fell asleep.