"Nurse Joy, please help me process a permit. I'd like a three-year pass, please. Thank you!" Leaning against the front desk, Hisoka held his helmet in one hand while his other hand tapped lightly on the marble surface.
"Certainly, sir!" Nurse Joy nodded with a smile. "A three-year Travel Permit requires a processing fee of 30,000 Poké Dollars."
"Just swipe the card!" Hisoka handed over a bank card printed with a Poké Ball pattern. 10,000 a year wasn't too excessive. The maximum duration for a regional pass was three years. Owning a permit allowed for free food and lodging at Pokémon Centers in any location, but it did not include free medical services; one still had to pay extra to treat their Pokémon.
The food served was mostly buffet-style, and the accommodations were collective dormitories. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Hisoka would never choose to eat at a Pokémon Center.
Cerulean City is a coastal city in the northern Kanto Region. To the north, it borders the estuary of a river; to the south is Saffron City, and to the west is Mt. Moon. Cerulean City is one of the only two cities in the Kanto Region with roads connecting it on all four sides,
the other being Saffron City. As a world-renowned international metropolis, Saffron City's roads are the most developed and comprehensive in the Kanto Region.
Cerulean City is a mid-sized city, significantly larger than Viridian City. As a fine coastal resort town, it is considered a shopping paradise, with its beaches and bikinis serving as the city's hallmarks.
The God Bird motorcycle sped along the highway toward Cerulean City. From time to time, the cries of various Pokémon echoed from the forests on both sides of the road. In the sky, Pidgey and Spearow streaked across the horizon, heading toward the woods on the other side.
This world had always been vast and sparsely populated. To be honest, in the nearly one hour since he had set out on the highway from Pewter City, Hisoka hadn't seen a second car. Aside from a single cargo truck not long ago,
he hadn't seen a trace of human presence. This planet was roughly three times the size of the Earth from his previous life, and each region was equivalent to a continent. The civilized society developed by humans was merely a very small area compared to the world as a whole.
Furthermore, the people of this world emphasized living in harmony with nature. Destroying forests or polluting rivers were considered felonies under League law crimes grave enough to make you rot in a prison cell.
The reason he was going to Cerulean City was because Hisoka had received a very interesting bounty mission last night. It was posted by the official Gym of the city, the Cerulean Gym. The mission content was to serve as a temporary Gym Leader for three days. The salary was 30,000 a day, totaling 90,000 for the three days.
Truth be told, a cash reward of 90,000 wasn't that tempting. However, another special reward was enough to make anyone salivate: a Water-type technical machine, the Surf TM.
The Surf skill had a power rating of 90 in the official League rankings, with a market valuation between 650,000 and 800,000. This price could fluctuate greatly depending on the region and the city's geographical environment.
Because the reward was so enticing, quite a few trainers and bounty hunters had accepted the mission once it was posted. Therefore, the Cerulean Gym planned to conduct practical combat assessments for the applicants on the 15th and 16th today and tomorrow.
The trainer or bounty hunter who emerged victorious would become the actual executor of the mission. However, there was a prerequisite: during the three-day defense mission, the executor was not allowed to lose a single Gym challenge. If the trainer lost a match and allowed a Cascade Badge to be handed out, they would immediately collect their daily pay and get lost.
In the official rankings of the bounty hunter website, Hisoka was still only the lowest Bronze hunter. In reality, his mission count and completion rate were high enough for him to become a Silver-level Elite Hunter. However, because he lacked an official Ace Trainer license issued by the League, he remained stuck at this rank.
Bronze hunters could only accept missions below B-rank, while Silver Elite Hunters could accept A-rank missions. Above them, Gold hunters could take on S-rank bounty missions.
Bronze! Silver! Gold! These were the official ratings among bounty hunters.
As the "City of Water" in Kanto, one could see all kinds of pools or small lakes both inside and outside the city limits. Domesticated and wild Water-type Pokémon played in the waters, presenting a uniquely peaceful atmosphere.
The Cerulean Gym was the landmark building of Cerulean City. It occupied an area of over ten thousand square meters and was shaped somewhat like a circus tent. The top was covered by a multi-colored canopy, and directly above the main entrance stood a giant statue of a Dewgong.
Should I consider catching a Water-type Pokémon? Hisoka thought as he stood before the main gate of the Cerulean Gym. After all, if there were missions in the future that required being on the ocean or in a river environment, a powerful Water-type Pokémon would be an immense help.
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