In the largest Pokémon resource sales center in Cerulean City.
The store manager looked at the two young men carrying large and small bags, his face practically beaming with Joy.
"Thank you, that's a total of 8,530,000 Poké dollars."
Sasaki had no concept of Poké dollars; he never handled money and had no interest in it.
"Ask my boss for payment."
As for Giovanni, not to mention his current Gym Leader Level strength, this amount of Poké dollars was a small matter to him. And he owned so many mines.
To be precise, casually taking out hundreds of millions of Poké dollars would not be a problem.
He freed one hand, pulled out a card, and placed it in front of the manager, "Swipe it."
The manager quickly took it with both hands, "Right away!"
With a ding, the card transaction was complete.
In fact, what Sasaki bought were only some basic and moderately priced items, and he was also good at picking. These were the best among similar items, and although there was a slight markup, it didn't affect much.
Although he wasn't clear about the exact price, he had a knack for business and wouldn't lose too much.
Once he combined these items with the Pokémon food Giovanni originally brought, the effect would be greater than their value.
Walking out of the sales center, Sasaki asked Giovanni, "Can you get the other things I mentioned?"
After all, it was just a commercial center, and some things would still be missing.
Giovanni replied directly, "Yes, they'll be delivered here within two days."
Hearing Giovanni's confidence, Sasaki scratched his head, "I really don't understand you sometimes."
Walking into an alley, Giovanni casually threw the large and small bags into his shadow, his gaze directed outside the alley, "There's still a lot you don't understand."
"Take your time, we have plenty of time anyway." To save effort, Sasaki also handed his items to Haunter.
Just as he was about to turn around, Giovanni held him by the shoulder. "Don't rush, a few suicidal rats have followed us."
Sasaki was puzzled, "Rats? Where did they come from? Cerulean City's sanitation is quite good."
Giovanni's eyes were cold, and a faint killing intent slowly emanated from him, "A few human-like rats."
Thump thump!
Several unruly thugs slowly walked into the alley, completely blocking the way.
Although they looked like thugs, their gazes and the Poké Balls hidden at their waists indicated that they were more than just simple thugs.
The leader stepped forward, "Two young masters, you seem to have a lot of Poké dollars. How about lending some to us brothers?"
"Heh?" Giovanni sneered. This was truly interesting; someone actually dared to rob him!
"Do you know how the word 'death' is written?"
The leader stretched his neck and grinned at Giovanni:
"You seem very arrogant? I know you're a Trainer. But at your age, having advanced strength is already good."
Several people behind him stepped forward, "Our brothers are all advanced! Tell us, can you two handle it?"
"You both seem to have plenty of money, so how about this: give us 50,000,000 Poké dollars, and we'll call it even."
Giovanni's eyes narrowed, and a faint killing intent appeared in them, "How do you know we can take out that much Poké dollars?"
The leader's eyes widened, and a strong maliciousness immediately appeared on his face, "You know too much! It seems we can't let you live!"
Giovanni's body was so straight in the dim alley.
But the shadow behind him kept stretching, baring its fangs and claws, as if enveloping the entire alley.
"Did the people behind you, who sent you, not consider that our strength might not be so simple? That it might cost you your lives here?"
When Giovanni said this, he was merely attracting their attention, preparing to kill them instantly and have Haunter pull them directly into the shadow.
This would save some trouble.
These few people also suddenly felt a chill in their bodies, and their necks felt cold.
However, they didn't notice anything wrong, only thinking that Giovanni was boasting.
Just as Giovanni's hand was about to strike, a sharp cry suddenly came from behind these people.
"Stop! What are you doing!" "We've been watching you for a long time!"
"Woof!"
The few guys disguised as thugs turned their heads, Giovanni retracted his hand, and the shadows filling the surroundings sharply receded.
Behind these people was a rather sturdy Growlithe, a valiant Officer Jenny standing with a gun, and a delicate, gentle Miss Joy.
Upon seeing them, the leader cursed under his breath, "Damn it, it's Jenny!"
The others also panicked, "What do we do, boss?"
There was nothing they could do; even if Jenny's strength wasn't high, they didn't dare to touch her.
After all, the Officer Jenny Family was here.
Their minds spun, and they immediately came up with a plan, "Grab those two kids! With them as hostages, we can escape!"
Officer Jenny, hearing their blatant discussion, immediately issued an order to her Growlithe:
"Dream on! Growlithe! Flamethrower!"
The small Growlithe contained a large amount of energy, and when it opened its mouth, it spewed a pillar of fire like a fire dragon!
Scared, several people quickly released their Pokémon to block it.
Officer Jenny commanded without pause, "Flame Wheel!"
Growlithe was instantly engulfed in blazing flames and charged towards the group of Pokémon, engaging them in battle.
The few people, with their Pokémon, took the opportunity to surround Giovanni and Sasaki.
"Oh no, they're in danger." Officer Jenny, seeing this, became anxious, "What are you two still standing around for? Hurry and run!"
Miss Joy, unable to bear it, covered her eyes.
Giovanni and Sasaki gently tapped the Poké Balls at their waists, "The ones who should be running are them."
Bang bang! "Ah!!" "Ah!"
Several figures flew out of the alley, including a few seemingly very sturdy Pokémon.
Thud! Thud!
Under Officer Jenny's shocked gaze, they and a few Pokémon fainted.
And in that somewhat eerie alley, Giovanni and Sasaki gently lowered their legs.
Behind them were pairs of ferocious eyes, and several giant beasts were squeezed inside, coldly scanning their surroundings.
Rhydon, Nidoking, Red Gyarados, Charizard!
Grumble.
The group of Pokémon entangled with Growlithe couldn't help but swallow their saliva under their gaze, their limbs feeling weak and trembling.
Piercing screams echoed here.