C7

Item Information

Name: Item Exchange Voucher

Quality: Blue

Purpose: Exchange for items of corresponding quality for free in the system store

Description: System item

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"Huh? System, why didn't you tell me about this system store?" Isaac asked, puzzled after reading the information about the second item.

[Ding!]

[The system level is not high enough to maintain the system store. Please work hard to complete main tasks and level up the system.]

"Huh?? If the system store can't be opened, doesn't that make half of my newbie gift pack useless?" Isaac complained.

[The item exchange voucher can be used directly to exchange for items without needing the system store to be open. Therefore, you can use it normally.]

[Would you like to view the items available for exchange?]

"View."

As Isaac silently commanded "view," a menu-like item list appeared before him, filled with a dazzling array of items that nearly overwhelmed him.

In addition to commonly manufactured machines, there were also many rare Berries and valuable skill discs that were usually unavailable for purchase.

All kinds of evolution stones needed for Pokémon evolution were also available, but there were no mega evolution stones, which puzzled Isaac. He asked the system about this.

[You are viewing blue-quality items. Mega evolution stones, Z-crystals, and wishing star shards, which can break through the life level of Pokémon, are purple-quality items.]

"Break through the life level of Pokémon?" Isaac pondered. "Evolution stones theoretically can also make Pokémon break through their life level, so are there higher-quality evolution stones above blue?"

[The system store sells purple-quality evolution stones that can elevate the Pokémon species to the pseudo-legendary level. Blue-quality is the highest quality recognized in this world.]

This surprised Isaac. Although the Pokémon breeding knowledge awarded by the system mentioned that different quality evolution stones could improve a Pokémon's aptitude to some extent, an evolution stone that could break through species limitations was excessively powerful!

The most obvious difference between Pokémon evolved with different quality evolution stones is their external appearance. The higher the quality of the evolution stone, the shinier the Pokémon's fur and the more natural and robust their physique.

Tired from picking Berries with Kirlia, Hana put them into her backpack and walked over to Isaac, only to find him with his eyes closed.

Curiously, she watched Isaac, wondering what he was doing. Kirlia also floated in front of Isaac, examining him.

Noticing the footsteps, Isaac opened his eyes and saw Kirlia swaying in front of him.

"Can you sleep sitting up, Isaac-nii?" Hana giggled, covering her mouth.

Gently pushing Kirlia aside, Isaac stood up and dusted himself off. "I was just resting; there's no way I could sleep sitting up."

Then he added, "It's getting dark; let's head back!"

The little girl nodded, "Thank you, Isaac-nii! I had so much fun today!"

Isaac smiled and followed the path back.

Hana followed closely behind, and Kirlia used her psychic powers to lift Hana's small backpack, making it float up and down.

The sunset was beautiful.

...

By the time they returned to the BBQ shop, there were already quite a few customers. Isaac quickly put on his work clothes and took over from Mr. Smith. Hana put her backpack under the counter and returned to her post.

It was said that this BBQ shop belonged to Mr. Smith's family, but after his father passed away, Mr. Smith, who didn't inherit the good cooking skills, could only keep the shop from closing down.

It wasn't until he fell in love with the shop manager that he discovered she could also make BBQ, and her skills even surpassed his father's. So, naturally, the title of shop manager was given to her.

After finishing another table's order, with no new customers yet, the shop manager smiled and asked Hana, "Did you have fun today?"

While counting money, Hana replied, "Yes! I had a great time! Isaac-nii took me to the forest to play. I even greeted the Goldeen in the river and picked lots of Berries—they were delicious!"

The shop manager listened to her daughter's recounting of the afternoon's events with a smile, nodding from time to time, creating a warm, harmonious mother-daughter scene.

Meanwhile, inside the shop, Mr. Smith and Isaac were cutting meat and skewering it. Every time Mr. Smith finished a skewer, he would give Isaac a resentful look, but thanks to the shop manager's aura, it couldn't break through Isaac's defense.

However, being stared at like that was still unnerving. Isaac discreetly moved closer to the shop manager, giving Mr. Smith an ambiguous look in return.

Mr. Smith ignored him, continuing to cast spells from a distance. After all, this brat had caused him to miss out on drinking today!

Isaac protested his innocence, saying it wasn't his fault and to blame the shop manager instead.

Mr. Smith was relentless, implying that if he dared to argue with her, Isaac would have been kicked out long ago.

Their silent exchange said it all.

After the busy work was over, Isaac took off his slightly greasy work clothes, threw them into the washing machine, and returned to his small room.

Under the clear night sky, Isaac lay on his bed, staring blankly at the stars.

With the blue-quality item exchange voucher, Isaac could exchange for a blue-quality evolution stone, equivalent to a top-quality evolution stone in this world. He could even choose the type, such as the rare Sun Stone and Moon Stone, which were several times more expensive than other evolution stones of the same quality, not to mention the elusive Dawn Stone.

The cheapest top-quality Fire Stone cost over a million Pokemon Dollars, and the most recent auctioned top-quality Moon Stone sold for a staggering six million Pokemon Dollars.

In other words, Isaac could become a millionaire at any time.

However, using the exchange voucher like that felt wasteful. The same quality classifications for Pokémon aptitude indicated the rarity of the blue-quality exchange voucher, and it was uncertain when he might get another one.

"Sigh... why overthink it? I should finish Hana's task first and then consider these things."

"A green-quality Pokémon egg costs tens of thousands outside. I have to capture a green-quality Pokémon for the little girl, and the reward is only ten thousand Pokemon Dollars. So stingy!"

Shaking his head helplessly, perhaps at first, he simply wanted to complete the task to repay the Smith family's care, but over time, he grew fond of this cute sister.

No matter how he looked at it, Isaac had to capture an Eevee she liked for the little girl, even if the task deadline passed.

Clatter—

The door opened a crack, and Hana peeked in, seeing Isaac lying on the bed.

"Isaac-nii, the bathroom is free now. You can take a bath!"

"Okay, I'll go in a bit!"

Sitting up, he took out the clothes given to him by the forest ranger from the wardrobe. Isaac currently had only two sets of clothes: his dinosaur pajamas and the set bought by Mrs. Smith.

Going downstairs to the bathroom, it was still steamy and hot. The tub was filled with clean hot water, which must have been prepared by the little girl, touching Isaac slightly.

Placing his change of clothes outside, Isaac took off his slightly sweaty clothes.

Suddenly, there was a ripping sound as he moved too quickly, tearing his underwear...

Embarrassed, Isaac silently cursed the street vendor who sold him the underwear. What happened to the promised high quality and low price? Betrayed my trust; there's no basic trust between people anymore!

Fortunately, at fifty Pokemon Dollars a pair, he had four more pairs...