POKÉMON THE POOR

Kanto region, Aoki Town near Nibi City.

"The first-class scholarship winner, Keiko , Class 1, Grade 3, the second-class scholarship recipient, Aoki , Class 3, Grade 2..."

A young female teacher on the rostrum of the pokemon school announced the winners of this year's scholarship one by one.

"Students, please take the time to come to the stage to receive the award," the female teacher shouted from the stage.

I saw several 15-year-old and childish students, male and female, rushing from their respective classes to the rostrum.

However, one of the students with scratches on his face was obviously left behind. The scratches on his face and the somewhat worn school uniform on his body were obviously out of group with the gorgeously dressed students in front of him.

"Is he Aoki ?"

"Is the wound on his face caused by the destruction of Nexus Village by the tide of pokemon?", "I heard that he will become a civilian trainer after graduation?".

"What kind of civilian trainer, not a wild trainer, does he have the money to hand over to the alliance to become an official trainer, haha"

Various discussions came from the group of students next to me.

"I think he won't be able to get out of the Cyanwood Forest and he will die in it. He didn't even have an pokemon and graduated early to become a trainer. Hahaha, I laughed so hard."

"Hahaha, then their nexus Village really has no successors, haha"

A few students dressed in strange clothes laughed at the back as if no one was watching. Roman, who had just pretended not to hear him, turned around slowly this time, staring at those students with indifferent eyes. The disappearing scars added a bit of threat to him.

"Hmph, what are you dragging, you will definitely die in the green wood forest sooner or later..." Although he murmured a few words, his voice dropped significantly.

Roman received his own 500 union currency scholarship on stage, and habitually hid his body behind the gorgeously dressed students in front of him.

After taking the photo, roman went to the Academic Affairs Office to get his graduation certificate, went back to the classroom, packed up his books, and walked out of the school. No one kept him or saw him off.

Back in the dilapidated slums in the eastern part of the town, roman lay on his bed, recalling that it had been 15 years since he came to this world.

During the 8 years since nexus Village was destroyed and came to nexu Town, I found that I really had no friends. What remained the same every day was learning about the real world of pokemon and going to a butcher shop to cut meat.

Yes, roman is not from this world, his soul is the business manager of a black-colored company in the 21st century on the earth, except for watching one or two Pokemon anime in childhood, there is nothing unusual about him,

But even a high-ranking gangster like him can be reincarnated in this world full of pokemon after being caught and beaten to death.

But this world is not as beautiful as in the anime.

Here the pokemon are the masters who dominate the world. The wild is full of dangers, such as the little ratata who can easily bite through the teeth of the iron armor, and the ekans who hides in the jungle.

Even the magikarp that suddenly jumped out of the river, the astonishing force of the jump could crush the head of an adult.

Except for pokemon, trainers in the wild will not be as helpful as in the anime. They are usually bounty hunters who charge high commissions.

But when they find that there is an opportunity and there are enough benefits, they are the gods of death who harvest your life.

After all, the laws in the town cannot restrain the strong and the strong in the wild.

So in this world, trainers are an awesome profession, they can protect the town and take your life at any time.

Then everything related to the trainer is very expensive, and roman's one-year scholarship is only enough to buy the most common Poké Ball.

And a low-quality magikarp is sold on the black market for 5,000 alliance coins. You ask why the alliance doesn't distribute pokemon?

hehe,

That is a tax that only upper-class families can barely bear. If you want an elite starter, you have to pay 200,000 to the alliance every year!

It is impossible for an ordinary family to have a total income of only 7,000 to 8,000 per month, so a small town with a population of tens of thousands may have one or none a year!

Most families buy an ordinary little ratata or a common pokemon like a oddish on the black market in order to have a child who has the potential to become a trainer.

Of course, this kind of trainer is not an official trainer of the alliance. Although they can also enjoy the benefits of various pokemon centers, they have to pay the full price, and the trainer with starter is 50% off, and there will be an pokemon illustration book .

After resting on the bed for a while, roman began to rummage through his savings in the past few years in the shanty house distributed to orphans by the alliance.

"100, 50, 5, 20..."

On the shabby table were stacks of various amounts of small change, the largest amount being 500, which was a tip he gave to a trainer passing by.

"A total of 8,565 yuan in alliance coins, bastard, this money is only enough to buy a 8,000 small ratata, but the rest of the money can't even afford a week's repellent spray, let alone space backpacks and field equipment. Go out like this and survive in the wild for three days."

Roman slammed his fist on the table, "It's so difficult that I can only be an apprentice in a small town and sell Pokemon meat like Roshan from now on."

Thinking of that stingy, fat butcher shop owner, roman hurriedly shook his head, shuddering.

"But there are only two months left before the 15th birthday. Where can I make up for the gap of 5,000 or 6,000? The league stipulates that after the 15th birthday, if you don't become a trainer, you can only do ordinary people's work."

"To steal, or to rob, to collect protection fees"

A cold light flashed across roman's eyes, he is not a bad person, on the contrary, he was a gangster in the early years of the earth, with one or two lives in his hands.

In the end, he shook his head rationally and said to himself.

"No, it's over if you get caught by Jenny or other police officers. They are all elite trainers. The nose of the growlithe in their hands is not a joke. It seems that they can only go to the black market in the town to have a look. Well, at worst, I can only gamble, alas~"

As he said that, roman put all the money in the small bag and put it in the interlayer of his clothes, put on a hat and walked out of the house.

Nexu Town is a town-level human settlement, guarded by gym-level trainers, as well as elite-level trainers from various departments of the alliance.

So although it is a small town, it has everything it should have, unlike nexus Village, where Roman was born, which is only the worst village level.

There was only one elite trainer, who was easily overwhelmed by the wave of pokemon. He walked along the road to the black market. On the side of the road, he could see Miss Joy's pokemon center, Miss Jenny's police station, and Mr. Ito Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. This is a residence at the level of a big town.

Although it is only one level higher than the village level, it is already marked on the map, and the protection power is of course different.

At the gate of the black market, I asked two masked gatekeepers to buy tickets, 200 per person. It made roman's heart bleed, this is his income from working part-time for nearly 10 days.

"I hope I can get something, otherwise I can only sell pokemon meat," roman thought silently in his heart, and walked into the black market step by step.