Pokémon: World of Wonder

Stepping into the clothing store, it wasn't exactly bustling; only a few people were browsing the clothes.

Jiang Ye scanned the surroundings and spotted a familiar figure: Trint.

Seeing that Trint was picking out some more private clothes, Jiang Ye didn't want to disturb her too much and started browsing in the clothing store by himself.

It's not much different from clothing stores in human cities outside, except for some strange decorative parts.

"Ah, you're a new face. Shall I introduce you?"

Jiang Ye turned his head and saw a dolphin wearing several decorative garments looking at him. Jiang Ye shook his head: "No need to trouble you. I probably won't buy anything; I'm just looking."

"It's okay, I'll give you a simple explanation and you'll understand. Because of the special nature of our dolphin skin, we don't really need heavy clothes. So our clothing consists of highly breathable decorative garments."

As they spoke, various decorative garments floated down from the hangers: "For example, this kind of bow can be attached anywhere you like, and these cool winglets can decorate your clothes without affecting your swimming..."

According to the sales assistant, the most popular item here is actually a waterproof sticker. Once you stick it on your body, various beautiful patterns will appear. It can be easily wiped off with a special solvent, making it very popular.

As for the other human clothes, Jiang Ye browsed the entire store and was surprised to find that they were quite fashionable, at least somewhat similar to the clothes worn by celebrities that Jiang Ye usually saw in the news.

Jiang Ye originally wanted to buy some nice stickers as souvenirs, but the currency used here is not Alliance Coins, but something called Fish Coins, one Fish Coin can be exchanged for one fish.

With zero Fish Coins left, Jiang Ye had no choice but to give up and prepare to leave the clothing store, looking for a foreign exchange exchange or souvenir shop.

"Aren't you going to buy some souvenirs?"

As Jiang Ye reached the door, he noticed someone seemed to be talking to him. Turning his head, he saw Trint standing not far behind him, examining a light pink bra.

Jiang Ye sighed helplessly, "We don't have any fish coins. By the way, is there a foreign exchange exchange in the village?"

"Pfft~, haha, a foreign exchange exchange? I didn't expect you to be so funny."

As he spoke, Trint stepped forward, took a handful of fish coins from his pocket, and stuffed them into Jiang Ye's hand: "Fish coins are just proof of fish storage. When you catch fish and send them to the cold storage, you will receive an equivalent amount of fish coins."

I rubbed the iron coin in my hand and found that it was just a very rough iron coin with a cute dolphin logo carved on it.

Jiang Ye awkwardly stuffed the fish coins into his crotch: "Hehe, thanks. I'll give you a case of ready-to-eat canned food, with fruits, all kinds of meat and vegetables."

As he spoke, Jiang Ye took out a large box from his spatial artifacts and handed it to Trint.

"Could you please deliver these to my room? I might not be able to come right now." As she spoke, Trint stepped aside, revealing a large pile of various shopping bags behind her.

"Hey, don't you have any spatial artifacts?"

Trint gave Jiang Ye a look of resentment, saying, "Do you think an ordinary person like me could get my hands on such a precious spatial item?"

Finally, Jiang Ye, carrying a large pile of clothes, followed behind Trint toward her house.

"Has Lan Lan arranged new teammates for you?"

"No, but she said it would definitely be available in time."

"Okay, then you can stay with us for the next few days. Your teammate went back to Sinnoh."

"it is good."

"Remember to eat more. Look at your body, don't be skin and bones in five days."

Recalling Lancer's gaze, Jiang Ye blinked. He felt he had eaten more than enough. He glanced at his somewhat thin hands and hoped the next few days wouldn't be like yesterday.

Reality was pretty much what Jiang Ye had imagined. For the next few days, Jiang Ye acted with Zhang Lin and the others, and his body, after undergoing these unconventional ordeals, fully demonstrated its potential.

For the two days in between, Jiang Ye could barely maintain his slender, tree-like figure. However, after two days, his body began to swell up again, and he returned to being the well-proportioned young man.

It's already the fifth day. These past two days, Jiang Ye has been working on his homework like crazy, pushing himself to the limit. To be honest, he's never been this diligent or proactive, not even when he went to the Pokémon Breeding Center as a child.

The orange-red sunset signaled the end of another day. Jiang Ye tossed the last net of garbage he had hauled up into the cart, said goodbye to Zhang Lin and the others, and then parted ways.

Zhang Lin and his companions didn't need to eat that monotonous "white rice"; there were many canteens and taverns in the village for them to choose from.

After parting ways with Zhang Lin, Jiang Ye approached Lan Lan, who was still nearby counting the quantity of various items and filling out a form.

"Ms. Lan, I'd like to ask if I've met my targets?"

Lan Lan turned her head and saw that it was the very enthusiastic newcomer. She paused for a moment, recalling what she had said before. After thinking for a while, Lan Lan nodded: "Hmm, not bad, you far exceeded the estimated number. You've passed. However, you still need to pass the final trial. Have you thought it through?"

"Let me explain in advance that we can imprint a water droplet on you, giving you the ability to breathe underwater, but you will need to obtain the materials yourself."

What material?

"You're probably already familiar with the underwater palace. The trial involves catching a coral reef sea beast or a giant crocodile gill fish from the heavy water pool outside the palace. We can then use their bones to imprint your mark."

Coral reef marine mammal, giant crocodile gill fish? What are those?

Seeing Jiang Ye's bewildered expression, Lan Lan explained, "You know what a gill-fish dragon is, right?"

Jiang Ye nodded.

“Take apart the gillfish part and put it together with the lower half of the thunderbird sea monster to make the giant gillfish. Then, take apart the lower half of the gillfish sea monster and put the correct upper half on, and that’s the coral reef sea monster.”

"Anyway, they are both prehistoric fish, ironfish, which evolved into two forms over a long period of time. The weaker ones piled up coral reefs on their bodies to make themselves indestructible."

"On the contrary, those with stronger bodies feed voraciously, catalyzing their bodies to evolve and develop huge, indestructible crocodile heads."

Is this a case of contradiction evolving?

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and asked, "In that case, why don't I just catch an Ironbone Fish?"

"Of course you can. You can even catch an Ironbone Fish and put it back into its initial state, a prehistoric fish, as long as you have the ability."

"Here."

Lan Lan tossed a bead to Jiang Ye: "These guys don't like to come out during the day in the heavy water; they only come out at night. If you want to make the most of the 5 days, you'd better do it now."

Without hesitation, Jiang Ye grabbed the bead, stuffed it into his mouth, and turned to disappear into the dim lake water.