Soon the au officially began, the aueer stepped forward and announced, "Huests, let us wele our first au item!"

  As he finished speaking, a server pushed a small cart to the front of the stage. On it y the first au item of the night, and at the same time, detailed information about it appeared on the rge s.

  Ihe private boxes, guests had tablets dispying information about the first item.

  This Mystery Au was unique—none of the partits knew what would be aued beforehand. Only when they arrived at the venue would they find out.

  The first au item wasn't necessarily the best, but it definitely couldn't be disappointing. After all, if the opening item failed to impress, some guests might just leave.

  "Our first au item is a Pokémon Egg with a '' potential rating. The exaon species inside is unknown, but based on the egg's pattern, our experts have determihat it should be a Water-type Pokémon egg."

  A -rated Pokémon Egg right at the start!

  For Julian, a -potential Pokémon was nothing special. He didn't ck them. In fact, at this stage, he no longer had mueed for them.

  But for others, even top-tier families like the Drakes, -potential Pokémon were still rare and valuable.

  Afterall, with so many heirs and desdants, it was impossible for every single oo have a -rated Pokémon—only the very best among them could obtain one.

  This au had gathered the wealthiest people from Rockwell City and even other cities, and among them some families didn't even own a single -rated Pokémon.

  "The starting price is 200 million, and minimum bid i should not be less than 5 million."

  200 million wasn't much—if the exaon species could be firmed, the price would soar even higher.

  Even without firmation, the bidding war escated instantly. Withihan a mihe price had already reached 400 million, with no sign of slowing down.

  It didn't matter whether someone was a Water-type specialist or if their family focused on Water-types—if it was a -rated Pokémon, they had to grab it.

  Of course, if it turned out to be a Magikarp or a Feebas, then fet it.

  Iy, the egg could very well be a Magikarp or Feebas—after all, they were Water-types too.

  But gambling instincts were strong. When the odds weren't terrible, and the potential reward was huge, people were willing to take the risk.

  "Young Master, don't you want this Pokémon Egg?"

  At 600 million, the bidding finally slowed down, Dawn g Julian, who was still looking at his phone, pletely ued in the Pokémon Egg.

  "If it were Blue, maybe I'd take a look."

  Julian was busy cheg out Galde, the newly released Pokémon in Glory. As the top ner of the game, he felt that this assassin-type Galde would be a great fit for Slowking.

  'It's going live at midnight. I'll let Slowking rank up with it, my Metagross is only 400 points away from the national top 50'

  Seeing Julian pletely absorbed in his phone, yet still casually demanding a Blue-grade Pokémon, Daeechless.

  A -grade Pokémon was already extremely rare—even noble families fought fiercely over them. If it were a Blue-grade Pokémon, it would be valuable enough to ruiire families.

  "Aren't you a Water-type trainer? You buy it." Julian said without looking up.

  He had just used his Probing Eyes to s the egg. It was indeed -grade, and the Pokémon inside was a Corphish.

  O evolved into a Crawdaunt, it would be a solid choice—a Water/Dark-type with det offensive power.

  Iingly, Crawdaunt's cws frequently fell off and regrew. However, the meat inside had a strong odor, making it unpopur as food.

  Oher hand, Crabrawler and cher also shed their cws, but their meat was sidered delicious.

  Some Pokémon had body parts that were edible and could regee. The most famous example was Tropius, whose banana-like fruits growing us were far tastier than real bananas.

  Others included Cherubi's pink fruit and even Slowpoke's tail, which had a subtle sweetness and would regrow after beien.

  Different tries had varying ws regarding the ption of Pokémon with regeive body parts.

  Some allowed it.

  Some pletely ba.

  And some simply didn't care, as long as it tasted good.

  Iain regions, Pokémon with edible traits were huo near extin.

  For example, Farfetch'd, whiaturally came with its own leek, had beeen to near-protected status in some tries.

  In Drakoria, eating Pokémon with regeive body parts was legal, but the breeding of suon was strictly reguted by the gover.

  Because of this, ordinary people could barely afford to eat them.

  "I have bad luck. If I buy it and it hatches into a Magikarp or Feebas, I'll just be wasting food." Dawn shook her head.

  In this world, the most on -grade Pokémon weren't Bug-types—they were Magikarp and Feebas.

  They could survive ahere was water, thriving in rivers, kes, and even dirty ponds.

  Yet, to this day, no oruly uood how they evolved into Gyarados or Milotic.

  Even a -grade Magikarp or Feebas would be useless if it never evolved, just sitting there, wasting food.

  There was once a Water-type Elite trainer iria who trained a Magikarp all the way to Elite level—

  —and it still never evolved.

  Thus, the world withe birth of a Spsh only, Elite-level Pokémon.

  Many trainers had attempted simir things.

  ---

  Bad luck!

  Julian g Dawn. The hesitation in her voice was obvious—she robably just as unlucky as he was.

  A sense of shared misfortune formed between them.

  "Buy it. Don't worry, it's not a Magikarp or a Feebas." Julian assured her.

  Dawated. She didn't know why Julian was so sure, and he didn't seem ied in expining. After a brief moment of uainty, she finally pced her bid.

  After a few rounds of bidding, Dawn won the egg for 800 million—a -grade Pokémohat would hatto a Corphish.

  If the Pokémon had been firmed beforehand, the price would have been around 1 billion. If it had been a powerful Water-type, the price would have gone even higher.

  Dawn was actually lucky to get it for 800 million, and it was all thanks to Julian. Many of the other bidders hesitated ohey realized that Box #8 beloo Julian. Even though it was Daas bidding, they still backed off out of respect for Julian.

  Shortly after, the Pokémon egg was delivered to the private box, Dawn transferred the payment and carefully took the egg into her hands.

  "I wonder when you'll hatch."

  She muttered, curious about the Pokémon inside.

  "Soon. Probably in about three days." Julian replied.

  Even without using Probing Eyes, the fshing frequency of the egg's white glow made it easy to estimate how many days were left until hatg.

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