Chapter 25: Pokémon that may hatch

Having made a lot of money, Cyan planned to treat himself first, after all, he hadn't had a good meal since yesterday.

There happened to be a restaurant in the department store, and Cyan ordered a few dishes and prepared to feast on them. Butterfree was also enjoying the nutritional supplements Cyan had just bought for him.

At this time, three boys about the same age as Cyan also walked into the restaurant.

One of the boys in a white T-shirt kept praising the boy in the front wearing a red T-shirt: "Brother Shota, your Torkoal is so amazing!"

The red-clothed boy named Shota showed a proud expression.

"Hehe, you have good vision. This time in the new trainer competition, Shota will definitely become famous!"

Another boy in a black T-shirt who followed Shota also spoke: "That's right, just now Brother Shota's Torkoal used flamethrower, which directly made the opponent's Surskit lose its combat ability. That guy cried so sadly."

Shota asked the two younger boys to sit down.

"Boss, prepare delicious food and drinks for me, hurry up! I'm happy today, maybe I'll give you some extra money, haha."

"By the way, big brother, you should play a few more games next time. I think with the strength of big brother's Torkoal, he must win ten games in a row and get the first batch of rewards!"

Shota waved his hands proudly: "Don't worry, let's eat first. Winning is easy!"

"Big brother is right. Kawamura, how can you say big brother has only won ten games in a row? If you ask me, big brother will win first place in this competition, it's more than enough, right, big brother?"

Shota felt pleased by their compliments, but he knew to act a little humble, so although he acted proud, he kept saying he should stay low-key.

Cyan heard the conversation between the three and immediately realized they were from the Trainer Academy, and the one named Shota seemed to have just won the first game of the Rookie Trainer Competition with his Torkoal.

This competition was the one Shoya invited Cyan to participate in not long ago.

Although he couldn't participate due to certain reasons, he was still familiar with the competition format, as it was held every year.

This competition used a round-robin system rather than the usual elimination format. Each winner would have to stay on the stage and face new challengers until defeated. Of course, they were allowed to resume after their Pokémon recovered.

Each person could only participate in this competition once, and they had to pay a registration fee of 200 poke dollars.

Half of that amount, 100 poke dollars, would be given as a reward for each victory, while the other half would be added to the prize pool. However, to receive the reward, the winner had to win at least ten matches in a row. If they failed to do so, they wouldn't receive anything, and the unclaimed funds would go into the prize pool.

The person with the most consecutive wins would take the entire prize pool.

This could result in a substantial amount. Based on past experiences, the final winner could earn at least 50,000 poke dollars.

That was equivalent to the reward for completing a high-level task, so it was still very appealing.

To be honest, Cyan was a little envious, but his Ponyta had not hatched yet. Even if it had, it wouldn't be ready for such a competition, so he had to let it go.

Ten minutes later, Cyan finished his meal, paid the bill, and left while the three were still chatting excitedly.

After that, Cyan returned to his dormitory.

The reason for coming back was, of course, to take a closer look at the trophy he obtained last night after taking considerable risks—the Pokémon egg with perfect qualities.

Cyan excitedly took the box containing the Pokémon egg out of his space backpack.

At this time, the box was locked, but fortunately, he had Butterfree.

Cyan said: "Butterfree, use your telekinesis to carefully destroy this lock."

Butterfree nodded, then used telekinesis to penetrate inside the lock.

Cyan only heard a "click," and the lock was opened.

He couldn't help but praise, "Butterfree, you did a great job!"

"Mmm!" Butterfree smiled and landed on his shoulder.

Only then did Cyan have time to appreciate this extremely precious Pokémon egg.

This was a red and purple Pokémon egg, which Cyan had never seen before, though he hadn't seen many Pokémon eggs in his life.

"I heard from those people that this Pokémon egg came from the Unova region, and it was obtained by the Eguchi family. The Eguchi family is known for fire-type Pokémon, so this Pokémon egg should also be fire-type. Fire-types from Unova..."

At this point, Cyan fell into deep thought.

The only fire-type Pokémon from the Unova region he could think of were the three starters, Pansear, and Darumaka, which frequently appeared in the anime.

Among these, he was most inclined to believe it was one of the starters, as only starter Pokémon cultivated by the League had a greater chance of being perfect-level.

"So, this Pokémon egg is likely a starter Pokémon?"

Cyan was excited but also a little worried.

Because this meant he couldn't let others see this Pokémon easily. After all, he had never been to Unova, and he wasn't a League-certified trainer. How could he have a Unova starter? Anyone with a discerning eye would see that something was off.

And if the Eguchi family found out, they would definitely suspect that Cyan had taken what was originally theirs. They might retaliate or even kill him.

"If I can't let others see it, that means I can't use it. That's a bigger problem."

Cyan frowned slightly, but soon figured it out.

So what if he couldn't use it now? After all, this might be a Pokémon that could become a champion in the future. How could he give that up? At worst, he could find a way to go to Unova someday and then say he encountered it in the wild. Problem solved!

"Huh? What's this?"

After Cyan took the Pokémon egg out of the box, he found something else underneath.

He took it out and muttered, "Why is there a USB flash drive here?"

After thinking for a moment, he said: "Could this USB flash drive contain the training data for this Pokémon?! The Eguchi family really spared no expense!"

If the Pokémon egg was valuable, then the cultivation data was priceless. With it, they could raise more exceptional Pokémon in the future—an essential asset for a family's legacy!

Cyan was very excited and immediately took out his mobile phone to plug in the USB drive.

Yes, in this world, mobile phones could directly read USB flash drives without needing computers.

He waited anxiously for his phone to read the data.

When it finished, a line of big words appeared on the screen:

"Please enter the password!"

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