As Li Chen held his breath and gently touched the button in the middle of the Luxury Ball, a flash of white light appeared.
Then, a black figure appeared in front of Li Chen; it was his Shiny Charmander.
Unlike a normal Charmander, which has reddish-orange skin, this one was entirely black. Coupled with its sharp claws, it looked incredibly imposing, like a bossy Pokémon.
"Wani~"
What surprised Li Chen the most was that this Charmander, born not long ago, wasn't shy at all. It curiously surveyed the room's furnishings and even extended its small hand towards Li Chen.
Upon seeing this, Li Chen also nervously extended his hand and grasped Charmander's small hand, feeling its warmth. Charmander became even happier, and Li Chen's reflection appeared in its bright eyes.
Under the system's arrangement, Charmander had a high level of affection for Li Chen and regarded Li Chen, whom it saw first, as its father.
"Wani~"
Subsequently, Charmander even stretched out both hands, asking Li Chen for a hug.
There was no other way; Charmander was simply too enthusiastic. Li Chen was delighted and hugged Charmander tightly, then used Eye of Exploration to scan Charmander's data.
Pokémon: Charmander
Gender: Male
Level: 10 (Beginner Peak)
Attribute: Fire
Ability: Blaze
Skills: Scratch, Growl, Spark, Smokescreen, Dragon Breath
Egg Moves: Metal Claw, Dragon Dance, Dragon Tail, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw, Outrage
Potential: Master-level (Note: Equivalent to Level 3 God 101-110)
Held Item: None
After reading Charmander's data, Li Chen was utterly stunned. What was most striking was Charmander's Master-level potential and its six inherited moves.
The most absurd part was that among the six inherited moves, five were Dragon-type moves.
A Fire-type Charmander, of all things, knew the most Dragon-type moves, while only knowing one Fire-type move.
This indicates that Charmander's father was highly likely a very powerful and pure-blooded Dragon-type Pokémon, possibly even a Dragon-type Pseudo-Legendary.
For example, Salamence, Hydreigon, or Garchomp.
To avoid attracting attention and being discovered by the old man for now, Li Chen, after bonding with Charmander for a while, used the Luxury Ball on the table to recall Charmander.
For the time being, the news of him owning a Shiny Charmander could not be exposed, especially not to the old man.
Because he couldn't explain it. He couldn't possibly say he got it for 9.9 yuan through a flash sale from the system, could he?
No one would believe him if he said that, and he might even be sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.
At this moment, Li Chen belatedly realized that the Shiny Charmander he got for a 9.9 yuan flash sale came with a Luxury Ball from the system, which was practically a buy-one-get-one-free deal—a huge profit!
It's worth noting that on the market, the most common Poké Ball costs five hundred elf coins, while a slightly more advanced Great Ball costs three thousand elf coins.
Even more advanced Ultra Balls are priced as high as eighteen thousand elf coins, making them unaffordable for ordinary people.
And the Luxury Ball in his hand was the Rolls-Royce among Poké Balls, priced at thirty thousand elf coins.
After his initial joy, Li Chen temporarily stored the box of Dragon-type high-grade energy blocks into the system space.
Next, he went to a nearby supermarket specializing in Pokémon-related items and purchased Fire-type high-grade energy blocks.
It must be said that the high-grade energy blocks on the market are truly overpriced; a single box of Fire-type high-grade energy blocks costs thirty thousand elf coins.
And just one such box of high-grade energy blocks is only enough for an adult Fire-type Pokémon to eat for half a month. No wonder they say Pokémon Trainers are the most expensive profession.
What an ordinary person earns in a month isn't even enough for a Pokémon's monthly food.
Of course, there are also low-grade energy blocks, which are much cheaper, but their taste and effect are much worse.
Li Chen naturally wanted to give Charmander the best of everything, so he gritted his teeth and bought five boxes of high-grade energy blocks in one go.
Next, Li Chen also bought a Pokémon belt and a Super Rod. These two items were relatively cheap, totaling less than five thousand elf coins.
In addition, Li Chen also bought a newly developed space backpack. The space backpack contains four cubic meters of space and can be used to store anything, making it very suitable for Trainers who travel.
However, the space backpack is priced at three hundred thousand elf coins, but this item is indispensable for Trainers on the go.
Li Chen, having some wealth, gritted his teeth and bought a space backpack.
Spending over four hundred thousand elf coins at once, his heart bled after the purchase.
Although he had system space, that was where Pokémon lived, so it was truly inappropriate for storing items.
In fact, Li Chen still lacked many things, such as Poké Balls, Burn Heals, and Antidotes.
But those items were all available in the Gym warehouse, so to save his limited funds, Li Chen planned to take some from the Gym warehouse.
Anyway, it was his family's property; it would be a waste not to use it, and it would just gather dust in the warehouse.
If it weren't for the fact that the Gym had few Fire-type Pokémon and therefore not much reserve of Fire-type energy blocks, Li Chen would have even saved the money for energy blocks and just taken them directly from the warehouse.
After checking out, Li Chen put all the items into his space backpack and immediately returned to the Gym.
Upon returning to his room, Li Chen eagerly took out the Pokémon belt from his space backpack, put it on, and hung the Luxury Ball on it.
To avoid being discovered by the old man, Li Chen even deliberately pulled his clothes down to cover the Pokémon belt.
After doing all this, while the old man was drunk and sound asleep, Li Chen, like a thief, stealthily snuck into the Gym warehouse.
The warehouse stored at least half a year's worth of supplies for the Gym, with a dazzling array of items on the shelves, including Antidotes, Potions, and Ice Heals, among other medicines.
Since it was all his family's property and he didn't have to spend his own money, Li Chen didn't hold back. He took ten bottles of each medicine and put them into his space backpack, just in case.
In addition, Poké Balls were also indispensable. Unfortunately, most of what was on the shelves were the most common Poké Balls. After searching around, Li Chen only found two Luxury Balls.
Based on the principle of taking what he could get and that they would just gather dust in the warehouse otherwise, Li Chen took both Luxury Balls and hung them on his Pokémon belt.
Besides that, he also took six Ultra Balls. With so many Poké Balls, he had enough for now.
So Li Chen stopped, carrying his space backpack, tiptoeing, and quietly leaving the warehouse.
Li Chen thought he hadn't left any traces, but little did he know, a Gengar was hidden in the shadows of the warehouse corner, witnessing the entire process.
But strangely, from beginning to end, Gengar did not show itself or stop Li Chen.