Munchlax's sudden act of snatching food caused the pancake stall owner great distress.
He tried to stop Munchlax but was glared back by Munchlax.
He could only shout in panic.
"Whose Munchlax is this? Control it quickly!"
However, the passersby looked at each other, and no one stepped forward, all thinking that if they didn't help, other good Samaritans would step forward to help.
And Munchlax, seeing no one stop it, ate even more happily.
While eating one large pancake after another, it even looked at Jiang Fan smugly.
Jiang Fan coldly ordered Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, quickly subdue it!"
"Rua~"
Charmeleon, who had long been annoyed by Munchlax, received the command and rushed towards Munchlax at high speed.
Three seconds later, Munchlax was subdued.
It was subdued by Charmeleon with one claw in front of the pancake stall.
It was very quick and efficient.
The reason it was so quick was that Munchlax knew it couldn't win and didn't resist at all.
After finishing the last baked pancake, it let out a satisfied burp towards Jiang Fan, signaling him to pay the bill quickly.
"Young man, this is your Munchlax, isn't it? You have to compensate me for my losses."
The pancake stall owner saw Jiang Fan walking towards him and angrily stepped forward to demand compensation.
Jiang Fan didn't look at the owner but at Munchlax, who was looking defiant and smug.
Then he smiled and shook his head: "Boss, you've got it wrong. This isn't my Munchlax. I'm here to act righteously."
The owner was stunned, not expecting he had made a mistake.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he apologized repeatedly.
Jiang Fan continued: "It's alright. I sympathize with your situation, so I suggest you notify the Pokemon Police Station and let Jenny arrest it. If it has a Trainer, wait for its Trainer to pay compensation. If it doesn't have a Trainer, let it receive education at the police station."
"Uh... Is that really necessary?" The owner's anger immediately turned into hesitation.
You say his loss was great, but it wasn't; it was just a matter of a dozen baked pancakes.
Sending a naturally gluttonous Munchlax to the police station for such a small matter would seem a bit petty.
"No, it's very necessary. To prevent it from re-offending in the future, it must be severely punished and locked up in the Pokemon Police Station for education," Jiang Fan said righteously and forcefully.
After speaking, he glanced at Munchlax.
At this moment, Munchlax was already dumbfounded.
It completely didn't expect that Jiang Fan wouldn't give money but would directly send it to the police station.
Hey, hey, hey, it had only just snatched a dozen baked pancakes.
In the past, it would only be arrested by Jenny after committing mischief for over a month.
"How about this, Boss, if you find it troublesome, I can help you contact Jenny and send it to the Pokemon Police Station," Jiang Fan continued to suggest, while also taking out his phone.
"Uh... just do as you say. I'll deal with the stall first."
The owner wiped the sweat from his face, not expecting the other party to be so stubborn.
He made up his mind to quickly pack up and leave later.
Sending a Munchlax to the Pokemon Police Station for a dozen pancakes would probably make him a laughingstock among his peers if word got out.
Having run a shop for so many years, who hasn't had their food snatched by a Pokémon?
If you haven't had your food snatched, you can't even say you're a shop owner, can you?
After the owner left, Jiang Fan looked at Munchlax again.
At this moment, Munchlax's eyes had completely lost their previous arrogance; all that remained was astonishment.
"Jiang Fan, are you really sending Munchlax to the police station?" Karen came to Jiang Fan's side.
"Of course, why not?"
Jiang Fan shrugged,
"Once it's at the Pokemon Police Station, Jenny can educate it and send it back to the Pokémon House, and we'll be relieved. Without it by our side, we can fully enjoy the delicious food of various cities outside.
And I heard that the ice cream in Cerulean City is delicious but very expensive. If we don't bring it, we can eat more, and also..."
"Ka~"
Before Jiang Fan could finish, Munchlax became anxious.
It looked at Jiang Fan with a bitter expression.
"You don't want me to send you to the Pokemon Police Station?"
Munchlax nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Fan sneered: "Heh, too late. When you make a mistake, you have to accept punishment. This is an unchangeable truth, unless you can compensate the boss for his losses, otherwise you'll have to be... by Jenny."
His words were again left unfinished.
Jiang Fan suddenly froze.
Because Munchlax suddenly pulled out a beautiful heart-shaped scale from its fur, and this scale shimmered with rainbow-colored light.
"Heart Scale!"
Jiang Fan's pupils contracted, looking at this shimmering scale with great surprise.
This item is a scale shed by Luvdisc, a rare item that can not only improve a Pokémon's skill proficiency but also be used as a trade item in Pokémon shops to trade for some valuable items, such as Revival Herb.
"Ka~"
As if afraid Jiang Fan wouldn't be satisfied, Munchlax took out another stone.
Flames burned inside this stone.
"Fire Stone!" Jiang Fan's pupils contracted again.
He didn't expect Munchlax to give him a surprise today.
Suppressing the joy in his heart, he asked calmly:
"Munchlax, where did you get these things?"
"Ka~"
Munchlax turned its head and called out to Charmeleon, who was pressing it down.
Charmeleon looked at Jiang Fan.
"Charmeleon, you can let it go now."
Charmeleon moved away from Munchlax.
Munchlax, regaining its freedom, immediately ran towards the nearby park.
Jiang Fan gestured for Charmeleon to follow.
"Jiang Fan, what are these two things Munchlax took out? I've never seen them before."
After the two Pokémon left, Karen squatted down and picked up the Fire Stone and Heart Scale that Munchlax had left behind.
Jiang Fan was stunned.
He hadn't expected her not to recognize them.
Then he thought about it, and it made sense; most people in the Pokémon world only understood a superficial amount about this world; the true knowledge was in the minds of the upper class.
"They can be considered two somewhat expensive Pokémon items, Karen. When I have time, I'll find a Pokémon shop to convert them into alliance coins and we'll split them evenly?"
He chose not to monopolize them, lest she spread rumors after learning their true value later.
"Okay!"
Upon hearing that there was money to be split, Karen's eyes lit up, and she handed the two items to Jiang Fan.
After taking them, Jiang Fan turned to look for the pancake stall owner to compensate him.
But when he turned around, both the stall and the person had disappeared.
"Saved another sum of money," Jiang Fan shrugged.
A few minutes later.
Munchlax and Charmeleon returned.
Munchlax held a Super Potion, an insect repellent spray, and a charcoal that could increase the power of Fire-type moves, placing them in front of Jiang Fan.
"Ka~"
After placing them down, Munchlax looked up at Jiang Fan, as if asking if these could offset the previous compensation.
"It really knows how to pick things up."
Jiang Fan looked at the Pickup ability in Munchlax's info bar and couldn't help but exclaim.
Immediately after, he still feigned an unruffled demeanor.
"Hmm, they can just about offset it. Seeing your sincere repentance, I won't send you to the Pokemon Police Station."
Upon hearing this, Munchlax immediately sat down on the ground like an exhausted child.
"Ka~" -- You scared the hell out of me.
Jiang Fan found its appearance amusing.
But after a while, he suddenly thought of a way to increase their intimacy.