Not Being a Trainer This Time

Chapter 710 373: Tomb Raider and Ancient Gold Coins (Part 2)

It's already told Rayquaza everything that Naoki had instructed, from now on Rayquaza will no longer catch Minior!

"..."

Naoki was speechless, his mind in a daze as he followed Dragonite and looked up at the sky.

Rayquaza! Are you really that idle?

After a while, Naoki let out a sigh.

"Sigh."

Forget it, this is up to the Pokemon, as a human he shouldn't interfere.

Naoki turned to the kitchen to start preparing lunch.

In the afternoon, Naoki originally planned to go into the mountains to see if he could gather some mushrooms and hazelnuts, and also to check on the wild Pokemon he had previously rescued.

But a phone call disrupted his plans.

"Hello?" When the call connected, there was no video from the other side, leading Naoki to guess that they might be using a landline instead of a video phone.

"Is this Naoki?" A deep male voice came from the other end: "I'm the owner of the town's antique shop, we've got a new shipment of ancient Paldea gold coins, do you need them?"

Hearing this, Naoki was slightly stunned, then he remembered the treasure chest Gimmighoul in the tavern.

He nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, I'll come over now!"

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you at the shop!" the antique shop owner said with a smile.

After hanging up, Naoki temporarily enlisted a working Dragonite to rush to Porto Marinada Town.

Dragonite landed in front of the antique shop, and Naoki went inside with it.

The moment he entered, the antique shop owner took out a treasure chest and grinned, "This time I've been lucky, I received twenty-eight ancient coins in one go, it's a big harvest!"

The chest opened to reveal a pile of shimmering gold coins imprinted with the symbol of the Paldea Ancient Kingdom.

28 coins? Naoki was shocked by this number: "How can there be so many?"

The antique shop owner chuckled, lowering his voice: "The person who sold me these coins is a professional tomb raider, all of these ancient coins were stolen from the same ruin."

Naoki paused for a moment, then asked: "Isn't this kind of behavior illegal?"

He wasn't very knowledgeable about the laws in the Pokemon World.

The antique shop owner explained: "It's hard to say, generally speaking, it's a gray industry, and robbing graves is indeed very unethical."

Naoki: "..."

"But don't worry! Besides cemeteries, the Paldea Region has numerous ancient ruins left from the kingdom era, such as castle ruins, which contain many treasures!" the antique shop owner added, "You don't have to worry about such ancient castle ruins!"

Indeed, Naoki thought.

With that, he felt relieved.

"I'll take all these coins." Naoki paid decisively.

Gimmighoul had already collected 3 coins, and with these 28, the total number of gold coins reached 31.

Stepping closer to the goal of 1000.

But at this pace, it's still too slow... Naoki couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

He counted the number of coins in the chest and then packed them up, ready to take the treasure chest with him.

Before leaving, Naoki asked: "Logically speaking, these kinds of coins were circulation currency in the Paldea Ancient Kingdom, so there should be many of them, right?"

The antique shop owner nodded: "Of course, from what I've heard, adventurers and tomb raiders say that these coins are the most abundant thing in tombs and ruins."

Naoki suddenly became interested: "What do people do with the coins once they get them? Sell them all?"

"Not necessarily!" The antique shop owner thought for a moment, then said: "Some people collect them specifically, or sell them to antique collectors willing to pay a high price."

"I see..."

"Oh, by the way, you don't seem to be short on cash." The antique shop owner looked Naoki up and down, "Let me suggest a forum, lots of people sell relics there, maybe if you're willing to offer high prices, they'll sell to you."

"Forum?" Naoki was taken aback.

"You've never heard of it?" The antique shop owner looked amazed: "You look younger than me, I thought you'd know more about new things than I do!"

Naoki: "..."

The owner laughed: "You're out of the loop, forums are places where users post discussions. Just buy a computer, log onto the forum website, and you can join in the discussions! Isn't the internet amazing? People from all over the world can communicate through it!"

This is so outdated, Naoki thought to himself.

The internet in this world is indeed still in its infancy.

"I see, I'll buy a computer and check it out sometime." Naoki replied.

"Alright, then good luck to you." The owner handed him a piece of paper with the forum's address.

Naoki glanced at it, then put the paper away.

He left with Dragonite, walking down the streets of Porto Marinada Town, observing the shops along the road.

As for the computer, Naoki never really considered buying one, at least not yet.

Because the computers of this era all have bulky monitors, their performance is poor, and they lack games, people in this world mostly use them for sending emails or office work.

Naoki didn't have anyone to email, nor was he interested in Solitaire games, so he never bought one.

But it seems necessary for him to get one for the farm now.