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

Feng took a bath in the stream, washed off the blood and dirt on his body, changed into new clothes, put on his Poké Ball and space bracelet, and then hid the double sword sheaths in his shadow.

Feng looked at himself in the reflection of the stream. He stood about 1.65 meters tall, considered tall for his age. He was fair and handsome, not unlike an ordinary trainer just starting out on his journey. However, his eyes lacked the passion and innocence of his age, instead tinged with a hint of ferocity and indifference.

New trainers in the Pokémon world receive their first Pokémon at the age of 12, and are then divided into the Academy and Travel factions.

The academic school is generally composed of children from wealthy families who are unwilling to travel and take risks. As long as they pay a large fee, they can study and train in the trainer school. Then, as long as they rank among the top in the school, they can still be recommended to participate in the competition.

Many of the Travel Faction members are trainers like Shorts Boy and Bug Catcher who have dreams but no money. Among these people, only a very few lucky ones can stand out.

Most people, if they don't disappear in the wild, will either give up on becoming a trainer after facing reality, or waste their time and become a background board for some "genius teenagers" at the conference, or become Pokémon hunters or even join the Dark Organization.

In this real Pokémon world, Pokémon hunters and dark organizations are the few channels for civilians to cross classes.

A small number of Travelers are direct descendants of the Alliance. As long as they pay 10 Alliance Coins annually for five consecutive years, their children will receive a Starter Pokémon from the Alliance Training Base at the age of 12, most of which are elite-level or above.

When they grow up, they will at least be elite trainers and become the backbone of the alliance. They are basically the ones who are active in conferences in various places.

The average family's annual income is only 10 Alliance Coins. Even if they scraped together the money for five years, they still wouldn't be able to afford the subsequent Pokémon training. However, if they didn't train Pokémon, the money would be enough to feed and clothe the family.

A very small number of travelers are young men and women from large families, protected by their elders' powerful Pokémon. They travel with their highly qualified Pokémon while enjoying the sights and romances of the world. For example, in the anime, Xiao Mao begins his journey with a luxury car and a slew of girlfriends, demonstrating that the precocious maturation and early love of "children" in this world cannot be viewed through the lens of past lives.

Adulthood officially begins at the age of 16. Four years between the start of the journey and adulthood is enough time for most people to understand the real world and gradually mature.

At this point, trainers without "talent" would give up, find a place to settle down, and find a job to support their families. As for dreams, competitions, championships, and so on, they would probably only be realized by future generations.

Is this world fair?

This world is both fair and unfair.

It can give everyone the same birth and death fairly, but it cannot give everyone the same wealth and destiny.

……

Walking out of the Orange Forest and crossing the wooden bridge over the lake, Feng saw the city of Kanaz again.

Kanaz City is located in the western part of the Hoenn region. It is not only a large city, but also the headquarters of the giant company Devon Corporation.

The city's main color is gray, which makes it look calm and solemn; the streets are clean, tidy and well-organized; the buildings are arranged in a staggered manner, revealing a noble and elegant atmosphere.

Kanaz City's fame stems not only from the presence of the Devon Company but also from its renowned Trainer School, whose top-notch teaching quality has attracted the attention of many parents.

Among them, Du Juan, the gym trainer of Rock Gym, also serves as a teacher at the school. She often comes to teach in person, becoming a highlight of the school. Many wealthy families send their children here, hoping that they can receive the best education.

Coming to Kanaz City, Feng has the following goals:

One is to replenish the energy block and there is also a dark stone;

The second is to sell the Pokémon you have;

The third is to obtain formal identity;

Fourth, see if you can get a high-quality Pokémon;

The first one can be solved by going to the Alliance Store, while the second, third and fourth ones can only be solved by finding the black market.

Kanaz City is very big, and Feng would have found it difficult to find the Alliance Store if he hadn't asked for directions.

The Alliance Shop is similar to the one in the game, with a blue roof with a Poké Ball pattern that stands out among the surrounding buildings.

Feng gently pushed open the door and walked into the store. As soon as he entered, he was attracted by the dazzling array of goods on the shelves in front of him. These goods were colorful and in various shapes, dazzling the eyes.

Feng felt an urge to rob everything here, but he calmed down in an instant and suppressed the thought.

After some observation, Feng gained a certain understanding of the prices of Pokémon items. He found that some items were extremely expensive, while others were relatively affordable. However, regardless of the price, each item had only appeared in games and anime in his previous life, which made Feng feel familiar yet novel.

In his previous life, Feng also liked to collect anime-related items, such as Poké Ball models and Pikachu dolls, and even fantasized that one day they would become real. But when that day finally came, looking at the Pokémon items everywhere, Feng still felt like a dream.

After collecting his thoughts, Feng began to look at the items in front of him again.

The cheapest Poké Ball costs 500 League Coins, while those with various functions can cost thousands or even tens of thousands.

Energy cubes suitable for high-level Pokémon cost about 1000 Alliance Coins per Pokémon per day, while elite-level Pokémon cost 2000 Alliance Coins per day. Feng had previously fed the fat researcher elite-level energy cubes, which was a bit of a waste, but at the time, there was nothing he could do.

Energy blocks are essential for training Pokémon. Pokémon can of course eat other foods, but if you want to upgrade quickly, the nutrition they provide won't be enough.

If it is a dual-attribute Pokémon, the energy blocks need to be mixed. For example, Feng has been feeding Gyarados with water-type and flying-type energy blocks in a ratio of 7:3, while Aegisblade only has steel-type energy blocks.

The price of Pokémon food is much cheaper than energy cubes. The Pokémon food for high-level Pokémon commonly used in the Alliance costs less than 1 Alliance coins in January.

Although the attribute energy in elf food is far less than that in energy blocks, it is better in terms of balanced nutrition.

Not only does it contain nutrients like protein, but it also contains a small amount of energy from other attributes. When a Pokémon uses non-native skills, it uses the non-native energy provided by the Pokémon food.

Evolution Stones start at 50. Sun, Moon, Light, and Dark Stones are even more expensive than Water, Fire, Grass, and Lightning Stones, costing 60 Alliance Coins. Evolution Stones are a non-renewable resource, so a higher price is acceptable.

Among Pokémon items, disposable items like various gems cost under 10 Alliance Coins. Permanent items are extremely rare, with only two available, and those are niche items like Deep Sea Scale and Electric Ball, yet they cost at least a million Alliance Coins. After all, Pokémon may come and go, but items remain.

Low-quality recovery potions, antidotes, etc. cost hundreds of Alliance Coins, while high-quality ones cost thousands or even tens of thousands.

The price of skill discs ranges from 10 to 50 Alliance Coins. The Alliance Store has a wide variety of skills, including common skills.

The store has special skill learning machines for rent, which can be used with skill CDs to play teaching videos, allowing Pokémon to master the corresponding skills.

The reason why skill discs are so expensive is that, on the one hand, the videos recorded by the League are specially produced by skill-teaching masters, and the explanations of the skills are indeed very detailed, and Pokémon can basically learn them all; on the other hand, it is entirely the result of the League's monopoly, and privately burning and selling skill discs will be considered a felony.

Feng’s current net worth is only the 50,000 Alliance coins in the fat researcher’s space bracelet. As for the bank card, he cannot withdraw money without the password.

After spending 45,000 Alliance Coins to replenish his energy blocks and Pokémon food for less than a month, Feng left the Alliance Store, aiming to find a black market within a month to sell his few Pokémon.

The only Pokémon that needs to be sold at the moment is an elite-level Bosquedra. The fat researcher's Gyarados has starved to death.

……

Walking on the streets of Kanaz City, Feng planned to go back to his former orphanage to ask the director about the location of the black market, and get rid of him if he had the chance.

The dean was a frequent visitor to the black market. He often told the children, "You are so skinny that you won't be worth much on the black market."

The dean is actually not a simple person. Not only does he have access to the Sky team, but even though children are constantly being trafficked, the league still regularly allocates some orphans to him.

I don't know how powerful this director is. When he teaches the children in the orphanage, he usually releases Pokémon, but I have rarely seen the director take action.

You still have to observe secretly first. If you have a chance, you can use a shadow attack to take it down directly. If you don’t have a chance, just follow until you find the location of the black market.

Relying on his memory and asking for directions, Feng arrived near the orphanage. He did not rush in, but looked at the surrounding buildings.

I found that there was a hotel from which I could see the orphanage's gate, so I quickly went there to check in and chose a room on the second floor that could see the gate.

Unlike in previous lives, hotels in the Pokémon world do not require identification, and it is only required when checking in at the Poké Center.

As far as I can remember, the orphanage didn't have any small door. The director and the instructors both entered and exited through the main gate. In other words, as long as you guard the main gate, you can wait for the director to come out.

……

At night, the orphanage's gate finally opened slowly. The portly director looked around to make sure no one was around. Then he walked out, released a rice spoon snake, and walked away with it. Feng saw the rice spoon snake's information through the attribute panel:

Name: Rice Spoon Snake

Attribute: Poison

Level: 46 (Elite)

Features: Molt

Qualification: Owner

Props: none

Skills: Hold, Poison, Sludge Bomb, Coil, Screech...

An elite-level Snake, as long as it is nearby, Feng will be in great danger if he wants to sneak attack the dean. Feng will be sensed by it as soon as he moves out of the shadows, and once a fight breaks out, even if he can defeat Snake, the dean will release his other Pokémon.

"Forget it, let's follow him first and see where he is going." Feng quietly opened the window of the hotel, turned over and jumped down like a thief, avoiding the light, and drilled into the dark ground, hanging far behind the dean.