It seemed the time for new Gym challenges had begun. In the following days, many teenagers who had just turned ten came to the Breeding House to buy Pokémon Eggs accompanied by family or friends, or even alone.
In just three days, Victor sold twelve Pokémon Eggs.
Including eggs of relatively powerful Pokémon like Rhyhorn and Gligar, as well as Wurmple.
At this moment, Victor was sitting in the rest area, editing the video he took at the festival, preparing to post it online.
At this time, Swampert walked over. Victor looked up at it.
He found it holding a Pokémon Egg in its hands.
This is—laid an egg?
Victor stood up and took the Pokémon Egg from Swampert.
He called Gengar to bring the stethoscope.
Putting on the stethoscope, Victor began to observe the health of this Pokémon Egg.
[Mudkip Egg] [Hatching Progress: 1/30]
[As the first egg laid in the Breeding House, it seems to have been influenced by the Breeding House.]
[Top Quality]
Victor closed his eyes to feel the small life inside the egg, watching its unformed little hand seem to move, as if greeting him.
Victor put away the stethoscope and looked at the text that appeared.
There's actually an introduction this time, and that "Top Quality".
What does this mean?
Victor suddenly frowned.
Does this mean the Mudkip hatched from this egg will have better aptitude?
Swampert beside him saw Victor frown and panicked inside.
Then quickly asked Victor.
Victor snapped back to reality, looking at the worried Swampert. Victor shook his head and smiled: "Very healthy, and I believe its aptitude will be very good."
Reaching out to take the egg, Swampert listened to Victor's words. Seeing Victor's certain expression, Swampert looked down at the egg in its hand, then happily hugged the egg and returned to the backyard.
Victor dialed the phone of the teenager who left Swampert and Quagsire at the Breeding House to breed.
The teenager said he would come to pick them up tomorrow.
After finishing all this, Victor lay back on the chair.
The next second, the phone rang. Victor took it out and found it was a video call from Professor Rowan.
After Victor connected, Professor Rowan's serious face filled the entire screen.
"Hello, is this Victor?"
"Yes, Professor Rowan. Do you need my help with something?"
Professor Rowan on the screen nodded. "It's like this. Isn't it time for choosing starter Pokémon recently? In previous years, some starters would escape from the lab around this time. Today is the same; a few ran out. But currently, the lab is short-handed, and there are quite a few children coming to choose, so I wanted to ask if you have time to come and give me a hand."
Victor nodded after listening.
"Okay, I'll head over to the lab in a bit."
"So fast? Alright. Do you need me to send a Pokémon to pick you up?"
Victor shook his head. The Breeding House had Rapidash; he could just ride over.
Professor Rowan acknowledged, then Victor heard someone over there saying another Piplup ran away, and the call was hung up.
Victor looked at the disconnected phone and stood up.
"Lilligant, go bring the sign back."
Lilligant nodded and ran out.
"What's wrong, Uncle? Going out again?"
Shana, who just returned from the backyard, saw Lilligant bringing back the "Open" sign placed outside and asked curiously.
"Yeah, Professor Rowan in Sandgem Town needs my help, so I'm going over to help."
Shana rolled her eyes.
"Am I going too?"
"Yeah."
Shana thought of the many customers these past few days. If the shop closed today, wouldn't they lose a lot of money? And many people would be sad because they couldn't buy Pokémon Eggs.
Therefore, she made a decision: "Uncle."
"What is it?"
Victor was puzzled and turned to look at her.
Shana said crisply: "Can I not go?"
Victor was stunned for a moment, nodded, and then asked: "Sure, can I know why you don't want to go?"
"Because the Breeding House is very busy recently. Many people who want to buy Pokémon Eggs will come. If we close the shop and they come and can't buy any, they will be very sad."
Victor laughed and said: "It's not like we're not coming back. We can open again tomorrow."
"No, waiting one more day is very hard for many people."
Looking at Shana's serious face, Victor paused.
"So Shana wants to stay and watch the shop for Uncle?"
"Mm-hmm!"
Victor thought for a while. It was okay for Shana to have this thought.
But he was still a bit worried about her staying in the Breeding House alone.
Seeing Victor's concern, Shana said sweetly: "It's okay, Uncle. Pinsir and the others will protect me."
Pinsir, hearing its name mentioned, instantly puffed out its chest.
"Pin!"
Yes, that's right!
Victor thought about it and finally nodded.
"Alright then. I'll make you lunch before I leave."
"Oh, no need. Mime Jr. and I can cook."
"But—"
"Uncle, don't worry about me. Go help quickly; someone needs you to save the world!"
Shana pushed Victor towards the outside, mimicking Ultraman's moves from the anime.
Victor smiled helplessly and could only give up.
Standing at the Breeding House door, Victor looked at the group of Pokémon. This time he only took Gengar, Machamp, Gothita, Luxray, and one Staraptor. Lilligant, Machoke, Machop, Vulpix, Mime Jr., Vespiquen, Roselia, Pinsir, Heracross, Marill, Gliscor, and Misdreavus stayed at the Breeding House to maintain normal operations and protect Shana.
"Shana, if someone comes to buy Pokémon Eggs, call me. Also, if anything happens, you must call me."
Shana nodded to show she understood.
Afterward, Victor mounted Rapidash with a worried look.
Under Shana's waving, he headed towards Sandgem Town.
Watching Victor disappear, Shana picked up Vulpix, went to the rest area, and sat down.
Expression serious.
Waiting quietly for customers to arrive.
Not long after Victor left, a middle-aged woman brought a teenager into the Breeding House.
Shana stood up and welcomed them with Lilligant.
"Hello, welcome to Uncle's Breeding House."
Hearing Shana speak, Lilligant silently stood aside.
She picked up the phone Victor left at the Breeding House and secretly called Victor.
Victor, sitting on Rapidash, answered the video call. Just as he wanted to speak, he saw Lilligant on the screen shushing him.
Immediately after, he heard Shana's voice.
"Uncle is not here right now; he went to help Professor Rowan. He handed the job of watching the shop to me. I am his little assistant, Shana. How can I help you?"
Hearing Shana learn from him, plus the speech skills she learned from TV, and hearing her pretending to be an adult, Victor couldn't help but smile.
"Is that so? It's like this. I want to buy a Pokémon Egg for Little Xi. Do you have any recommendations?"
Shana recalled Victor's past conversations in her mind.
"What type does he need?"
"What types are there?"
"If it's for battling, choose a stronger one. If it's for a pet, choose a cuter one."
Shana recalled while speaking in her own words.
The teenager suddenly spoke, "Do you have Shinx here?"
Shana was stunned.
Shinx?
She led them into the incubation room, looking at the Pokémon Eggs. Which one is Shinx's?
Just as she was at a loss, Lilligant, under Victor's guidance, silently went to a Pokémon Egg.
"Cough cough—"
Shana turned her head, glanced at the coughing Lilligant, and ran over.
Found it! Shinx's egg!
Then she put on the stethoscope and observed the health of the egg, mimicking Victor.
"That's great, this egg is very healthy!"
Shana handed the stethoscope to Lilligant and hugged the egg down with Heracross's help.
"Do you want it?"
The little boy nodded.
"How much is it?"
Shana took out a small notebook from her small backpack, on which she had recorded the prices of different Pokémon Eggs while secretly following Victor.
"For Shinx—I found it, 120,000 League Coins!"
The little boy took the Pokémon Egg. The aunt, while paying, suddenly said:
"You're selling it too expensive. Other places only sell for 90,000. How about this, I'll give you 100,000."
After speaking, she gave 100,000 and turned to leave with the teenager.
Shana ran to the door and blocked them with open arms.
"One! Hundred! Twenty! Thousand! League! Coins!"
She puffed her cheeks and said word by word.
The aunt wanted to reach out and push Shana away, but found they were surrounded by Pokémon.
"You little girl, I already gave you more money, why are you still chattering?"
"I said, one! hundred! twenty! thousand!"
Shana ignored her and continued speaking.
Lilligant narrowed her eyes slightly, gathering Grass-type energy in her hands.
"What? You want to bully a little girl?"
A light laugh came from outside the door. Summer, dressed in casual clothes, walked in, followed by Officer Jenny.
"Sister Summer, Sister Jenny."
Shana called out happily, then puffed up her face to complain to them.
Officer Jenny narrowed her eyes slightly.
The aunt hurriedly took out the money.
"I decided, not selling to you!"
With that, she snatched the Pokémon Egg back.
The teenager cried on the spot.
The aunt was still saying something.
"Aren't you afraid the owner of this Breeding House will come back, know you ruined his business, and scold you?"
Shana paused.
"Shana's meaning is my meaning."
Hearing Victor's voice coming from the phone, Shana's eyes turned red.
"You get out. Not selling to you!"
With that, Shana hugged the Pokémon Egg and put it back in the incubation room.
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