Everyone else is a trainer, but you are a swordsman?

Chapter 117: Celebrating the Black Market

At lunch time, Feng came to a restaurant with traditional Sinnoh customs.

The tables in the store are all special single-person dining tables, which are trays with legs, requiring people to kneel down to eat.

After Feng sat down, the waiter came over politely and asked Feng and the two Pokémon about their appetite.

Just when Feng was a little confused, the waiter saw that he came from other regions and introduced the traditional food culture of Sinnoh.

Asking for appetite is a traditional Sinnoh dining experience. When serving a meal, the host typically adjusts the quantity based on the guest's appetite, ensuring both adequate food and minimal waste. Furthermore, specific rules apply to both serving soup and eating rice.

Shuimai City is not so particular because there are more people from other areas, but Zhuqing City is different. The customs and etiquette of this ancient area are all present.

"Sinnoh's rules...never mind, when in Rome, do as the Romans do."

I'll be hanging around here sometime, so it's always a good idea to learn some of the rules. If I'm invited as a guest, I'll be a laughingstock if I don't know the proper etiquette.

There are many kinds of seafood in the restaurant, including various fish that cannot be named, with bright colors. The fish slices are as thin as cicada wings and translucent, giving people the feeling of sashimi from the previous life.

Xianla took a piece first, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, then put it in his mouth, closed his eyes and chewed it carefully to taste it.

"accustomed to!"

Its eyes suddenly lit up, and it seemed to like this fish food very much. Its hand turned into a shadow and reached out to the plate, and it took another piece and put it in its mouth like lightning.

"Cotton! Cotton!"

Seeing that Xianla loved eating fish fillets so much, Kapok Ball was not to be outdone. It kept swaying left and right in Feng's arms, indicating that it also wanted to try it.

"You……"

Feng helplessly picked up a piece with chopsticks and gently placed it next to its mouth. The kapok ball moved closer and held the chopsticks in its mouth.

"vomit."

He chewed the kapok ball first, frowned more and more tightly, and then spat it out with an ugly expression, as if he was very disgusted with this kind of food.

"Kapok Ball, don't you like this?"

Feng scratched his head when he saw this. To be honest, he didn't have a clear understanding of the tastes of Pokémon, and he was derelict in his duty as a trainer in this regard.

A waiter walked over and said, "Hello, Grass-type Pokémon generally don't like fish. You can let it try our sweet corn."

"Okay. One, please."

"Mianmian."

Kapok Ball was clamoring for food, even though it didn't know whether it liked it or not, but the trainer would buy it whatever it wanted.

After the corn was served, Feng picked it up, blew on it, and put it next to Kapok Ball's mouth.

It took a small bite, chewed it, and when it felt okay, it took another bite. Feng saw that it liked it, so he gently turned the corn so that the cotton ball could eat other parts more easily.

"Hululu"

After eating the whole corn, Kapok Ball closed his eyes contentedly and took a nap in Feng's arms.

"Huh, I'm finally done feeding you. I can start eating now."

Feng put the finished corn cob aside, feeling like he was feeding a baby.

He looked towards the dining table, but saw only empty plates.

"Xian La! Why are all the fish fillets gone? I haven't even eaten much yet!"

"Usually~Usually~"

Xianla smiled embarrassedly.

Alas, none of them care about the trainer, even though I am so nice to them.

……

three days later.

Today is the opening day of the black market. Feng put on a Gyarados mask and the black market badge early in the morning, covering himself tightly. Then he put on a black robe, put on a hood, and hid near the black market.

Different from the black market in Kanaz City, the black market in Zhuqing City is more like the legendary "ghost market".

It only opens in the evening and appears extremely deserted and even somewhat desolate during the day, which makes the black market look even more mysterious and hidden.

The black market is located in a villa area on the outskirts of Zhuqing City. The environment here is elegant, but it is filled with a strange atmosphere. The residents, property management and security here are actually the behind-the-scenes staff of the black market, who silently manage this place.

Before the market opens, shop owners will bring their goods and entourage to this villa area to make preparations and arrangements in advance.

Finally, night fell, the clock pointed to nine o'clock in the evening, and the black market officially opened.

At this time, guests began to enter the villa area one after another.

Feng waited quietly until most people had entered the black market. Then he walked out of a dark alley and slowly walked towards the gate of the villa area.

Several guards in black suits stood in front of the door, accompanied by several powerful elite Pokémon, staring vigilantly at everyone entering and leaving.

Seeing Feng, a guard stepped forward to stop him, glanced at the badge on his chest, and asked coldly: "Do you know the rules?"

Feng nodded, took out 10,000 Alliance coins from his space bracelet and handed them over. The guard took it, counted it, and gestured to several colleagues nearby, and the door was opened.

After walking in, Feng first recalled the information about the unlucky trainers on Iron Island, and took a quick look around the black market to understand its structure and what shops it had.

The black market in Zhuqing City is divided into outer and inner areas, which is in line with the "Sinnoh characteristics".

The periphery includes the Pokémon Shop, the Item Shop, and various other shops. In addition, the Hunter Association and Team Galactic also recruit new members or conduct some transactions here.

The inner area can only be reached through the teleportation of Psychic-type Pokémon, and requires a specific identity. It is said that there is everything in it, and many people of status come here to consume.

Feng naturally didn’t have a “ticket” to get in now, so he could only wander around the periphery to see if there was anything worth buying.

The Pokémon shops outside the city don't sell Pokémon eggs. They only have some Pokémon in Poké Balls for people to choose from. It looks very simple, but fortunately they also provide Pokémon recycling services, and the price is reasonable.

Feng sold the Pokémon he captured and snatched from the breeding house and Iron Island and got some money.

But he spent the money before he could even warm himself up, and in return he got two Pokémon with quasi-king qualifications and high strength. This was all thanks to the boss's lack of foresight, who mistook these two stunted quasi-king Pokémon for low qualifications, allowing Feng to get a bargain.

Feng did not see any Pokémon with king-level and champion-level qualifications. The Pokémon stock here was too small. It was just a small platform, and the customers it served were not big customers.

The Pokémon Item Shop has a more complete range of products. Except for the lack of permanent items, it has skill discs, energy cubes, Poké Balls, etc., and the prices are cheaper than the Alliance Store.

After a walk around, Feng realized that the outer area was open to low-level trainers. Even if some valuable items were put on display, people who came here could not afford them. Therefore, the value of the inner area increased.