Not Being a Trainer This Time

Chapter 712 374: Ancient Investigator and Treasures of Ruin

The post didn't receive any replies immediately when it was sent out.

After all, the internet in this world is not very developed yet, and with mobile phones yet to be updated, surfing forums can only be done through computers.

Naoki wasn't in a hurry and left the computer on the forum while he went downstairs to tidy up the house.

The weather was great today, so Naoki took the blankets from his bed, clothes from the wardrobe, and the plush nests of his Pokémon outside, hanging them all on the clothesline to dry.

Eevee and Alcremie chased each other around the clothesline stand, running back and forth by Naoki's feet.

Butterfree landed on the clothes hanger, watching Naoki's actions with an innocent look.

"Flutter?"

"I'm drying the blankets," Naoki answered with a smile. "At night, it's more comfortable to cover with a sun-dried blanket, and it even smells a bit like sunshine."

"Flutter～"

"Alright, Alcremie, take Eevee to play somewhere else. If you keep running around here, I might accidentally step on you later."

Naoki looked down at the two Pokémon who started circling around his right leg, and said with a face full of helplessness.

"Maa maa!"

In response, Alcremie had complete trust in Naoki, not believing he would step on them!

So they continued playing here.

"You two little troublemakers!"

Naoki picked up the two Pokémon, poking their foreheads with his finger, and then walked about twenty meters, handing them over to a Garganacl.

The Garganacl scratched its head in confusion but still reached out to take Alcremie and Eevee.

After hanging the blankets, Naoki went to the underground wine cellar to carefully check the fruit wine's brewing progress.

Just then, his sister Indeedee came to tell Naoki that the fruit wine at the Pokemon Tavern had sold out.

So Naoki moved a barrel of freshly brewed Pecha Berry Wine to the Pokemon Tavern to restock.

Once everything was done, Naoki stopped his activities and went back to the living room to rest for a bit.

Sipping the red tea brewed by his sister Indeedee and looking at the Polteageist and Sinistea floating in midair in front of him, Naoki felt his life was incredibly fulfilling now.

This is what life is!

Awesome!

Naoki drank the tea in one go, nestled on the sofa, watching TV with Calyrex.

Time passed by slowly, soon the sky outside began to darken.

Dusk arrived, and smoke started rising from the chimney, that was Indeedee using Slugma's flames to prepare dinner for everyone.

After watching TV all afternoon, Naoki stretched and realized it was already five-twenty in the evening.

Considering the time, Zack would soon arrive at the ranch.

So, Naoki stood up and began to organize the goods to be shipped today.

Miltank's milk, Garganacl's rock salt, Gogoat's goat milk, more than twenty barrels of fruit wine, a truckload of pumpkins.

By the time Zack arrived, Naoki had just moved these goods out of the warehouse.

Zack parked and jumped down to help Naoki load the goods onto the truck.

Looking at those fresh vegetables and fruits, Zack grinned and said, "Another harvest season, huh!"

"Yeah!" Naoki nodded, the power of Pokémon was truly amazing.

Cultivating crops with Grass Energy, accelerating growth...

These effects were incredible; even the best fertilizers from Naoki's previous world couldn't make such effects.

"Alright, here is today's money, take care of it!" After loading the goods, Zack wiped his sweat with a towel hanging around his neck and handed over today's money.

Receiving hundreds of thousands of League currency in one go, Naoki felt at ease as he had become accustomed to it.

The Wooloo Ranch was already built, an Apple Garden was also opened, the trucks for transporting goods were purchased, and there wasn't much else needing expenditure at the ranch.

Therefore, Naoki planned to save this money, waiting to see if there was anything needed later.

Oh wait!

Naoki suddenly remembered a rather costly matter—buying ancient gold coins to evolve Gimmighoul into Gholdengo!

After sending Zack off, he immediately went to the second floor and sat down at the computer.

Refreshing the forum webpage with the mouse, several more replies had appeared under that post.

「Winged King: Purchasing large amounts of Paldea's ancient gold coins at a high price, knowledgeable people come!」

「Treasure Seeker (Floor One): No support, just bumping.」

「Gardevoir's Owner (Floor Two): What does the poster want to do?」

「Ancient Investigator (Floor Three): How high is the price? How many are needed?」

Naoki's gaze swept over each one, finally stopping at the reply from "Ancient Investigator" on the third floor.

He typed a few keys, replying: 「Price is negotiable, not lower than market rate, I want as many as you have.」

Next, it was a waiting game for the other party's reply.

Naoki glanced at the reply's timestamp, realizing it was posted at three in the afternoon, and wondered if this person was still online.

But it seemed like the wait was going to be a bit longer.

Thinking briefly, Naoki decided to go downstairs for dinner first, but just as he was about to get up, a private message from "Ancient Investigator" suddenly popped up.

[Ancient Investigator: Oh, quite the confidence! Can you handle a quantity of several hundred?]

Several hundred? Does this person have that many?

If this is true, then the evolution of Gimmighoul could make a significant leap forward!

Suppressing his excitement, Naoki began typing a reply on the keyboard.