Chapter 4
: A 4x Counter is Proof of Strength!
The morning mist slowly dissipated under the sunlight. On a grassy lakeside not far from the Magikarp Lake evacuation point, a girl with pigtails and a bun hairstyle was running quickly while holding a cute little green snake.
It wasn't that some ferocious beast was chasing her; it was simply because...
"I'm rich! I've hit the jackpot! I actually stumbled upon this in the regular operations world. This is an extremely rare blank stone. I really owe it all to you, Snivy."
"Fuji~"
The spiky snake in the girl's arms proudly held its head high. It was something she had painstakingly retrieved from the hole of a stupid foam squirrel. She had gone to great lengths to defeat that stinky rat.
Indeed, as a rookie trainer who just graduated from the Hinoki region this year, Naruto's luck is undoubtedly excellent.
Just last night, her Pokémon Snivy went out for a stroll while she was sleeping, and when she woke up this morning, she found that she had a lot of "trophies" around her.
This includes fragments of evolution stones obtained from certain Pokémon, as well as various spicy-flavored berries.
What surprised Mingyi the most was a piece of "blank gravel" the size of a baby's palm.
If there were a way to visualize the rarity of items in the Hyperdimensional Action World, then Blank Shards would undoubtedly be the rarest!
Name: Blank Gravel
Description: Although the fragments of the stone slab that have lost their elemental power no longer possess earth-shattering strength, they still have great research value.
Exchange value: Depending on the size, it can be exchanged for 1000 to 100000 units of Holy Ash Crystals.
Sacred Ash Crystals are the hard currency within the Hyperdimension Derwent Corporation. They are made from the sacred ash scattered by Ho-Oh. 100 units of Sacred Ash Crystals are enough to revive any Pokémon that has recently died!
"Hehe, as long as we sell this, we won't have to worry about resources for the next few years!"
Filled with excitement and anticipation, Mingyi just wanted to get to the evacuation point as quickly as possible to take this good thing out.
She was originally quite a distance from Magikarp Lake, but in her excitement, she saw the wooden bridge spanning the lake leading to the evacuation point in just over an hour.
Once she crosses this wooden bridge, she can escape with her backpack full of her precious chubby baby!
As time passed, the bridge grew larger and larger in her eyes. After a few minutes of rapid sprinting, Mingyi successfully arrived at the location of the bridge.
She first looked around to make sure there were no other trainers before she breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, she hadn't dawdled over; at this hour, most trainers had probably just gotten up and had breakfast.
"Gurgle~"
Thinking of this, Mingyi's stomach started rumbling uncontrollably. She hadn't even eaten breakfast before running all the way here carrying the vine snake.
"Fuji!"
"You're hungry too, aren't you, Snivy? I'll take you out for a big meal once we get out—soufflé, flavored cubes, and a spicy berry platter, absolutely..."
Before Mingyi could finish drawing up the pie in the sky for Tengteng Snake, a sudden earthquake interrupted her.
Rumble~
The earth was trembling, and the wooden bridge that was originally within easy reach was blocked by stones that were lifted from the ground, and it would take a long time to move them.
Almost immediately after the earthquake ended, a voice that sounded incredibly sinister to Mingyi rang in her ears:
"Hehehe~ My lovely lady, if you don't want me to hurt you and your Pokémon in a rough way..."
Slurp~
Xia Ming, who had just jumped out of the bushes, paused, opened his mouth, licked his lips with his tongue, and then said:
"You'd better put down your backpack so I can inspect it carefully. Don't worry, I only want money, not Pokémon!"
"Yukichi Yukichi!"
Following closely behind Xia Ming was Young Gilas, who came running wildly out of the bushes with his toes pointing outwards. There was no way he could do it like Xia Ming, who could just jump out like that, or he would easily fall head over heels.
For the sake of his image, he decided it was better to just run away.
"Fuji!"
Snivy poked its head out from Naruto's proud chest and pointed at Larva while loudly scolding it.
That's incredibly unethical! They actually camped out at the evacuation point to launch a sneak attack and even blocked the only wooden bridge leading to the evacuation point. Isn't that clearly an attempt to force a fight?
"Yukichi Yukichi~"
In response to Snivy's condemnation, Larvitar shook his head righteously.
The trainers said that this is a righteous battle trial. You trainers who think you can just leave after you've eaten your fill? There's no such thing as a free lunch. What you gain without going through the "trial" is something else entirely!
And they are the trials!
"Fuji-!"
Snivy gritted its teeth, how could there be such a shameless Pokémon and trainer?
"Young Yoshi!"
Enough with the chit-chat, Young Gilas can't wait to battle!
Facing the menacing Xia Ming and Young Giras, Mingyi clenched her fists, her face grim.
"Damn it, why are there such despicable villains here, blocking the evacuation point!"
"So, miss, have you thought it through? Don't worry, I won't take everything. You don't want to be defeated and kicked out of the super-dimensional world, leaving you penniless, do you?"
"Um—could you let me off the hook?"
Normally, Mingyi, who has had a fighting spirit since childhood, would definitely teach Xiaming how to be a model student, but now...
Sorry, she's already stuffed and completely out of commission as a timid lizard. Besides, Snivy isn't at full strength right now, and she's hungry, so she doesn't know if she can command a battle well.
So, let's try to be cute and make peace first.
"You're even resorting to acting cute to beg for mercy, you bastard?"
Looking at the girl who was puffing out her cheeks in an attempt to get away with being cute, Xia Ming's eyes were incredibly firm and clear:
"Don't waste your time. You don't even look as good to me as Ralts, who lifts his skirt and looks at me with disgust."
"Damn it, you pervert! It should at least be a Gardevoir!"
"That's too old. Alright, enough chit-chat, miss. Go, Younggilas, use your stomp on her lower body!"
"Snivy, let's go too! Use Magic Leaf to teach this heartless little monster that's four times weaker than Grass a lesson!"
Seeing that she had no choice but to fight, Mingyi decisively threw the vine snake in her arms forward, and then waved her hand to give battle command.
Although her Snivy only reached a temporary level of 17 during this time, the opponent's Larvitar, which is four times weak to Grass, was several levels higher than her Snivy...
"How is that possible!"
"Hehe, in the face of absolute numbers, the so-called four-fold advantage is nothing! Taste the sweat and effort that Larvitar and I have put in over this period of time! Max out Crunch and defeat her against Magic Leaf!"
The rocks that rose from the stomp easily blocked the magical leaves launched by the vine snake; the base stats of ten levels had become an insurmountable peak at this moment.
Xia Ming: This is the reason why I hoard guns!