"So then, are you willing to leave with ltan?"
Ethan narrowed his eyes; he had clearly understood tagross's thoughts. But no matter what, he first had to "sweet-talk" this tagross and secure it.
After hearing Ethan's words, tagross looked at ltan once again, and there was still a trace of hesitation on its face.
"tagross, how about we make a deal?"
"A deal that can make you much stronger..."
Ethan narrowed his eyes once more and used his old trick again.
When it ca to becoming stronger, there was no Pokémon that could resist.
Kingdra, Magmar, and Gengar... Ethan had tried it many tis before, and it had always worked.
Here, with tagross, it was naturally applicable as well.
Just as he had expected, after Ethan laid out the terms of the deal, the hesitant tagross finally nodded and agreed.
"Phew, successful trick."
A joyful expression appeared on Ethan's face.
The strength of this tagross was truly enormous; if he could capture it, the power of his team would increase considerably.
...
"Hello, is this where Pokémon captures are registered?"
At the exit of the Steel Secret Kingdom, Ethan asked the staff mber guarding the area.
"That's right, it's here." The worker nodded calmly.
Every year, far too many trainers ca to the Steel Secret Kingdom to capture Pokémon; there was nothing left that could surprise him.
"Perfect, then please help complete the registration."
Ethan smiled faintly and handed over tagross's Poké Ball.
"Before confirming whether you can take the Pokémon, we must first verify the Pokémon's own willingness."
The worker took the Poké Ball and, in front of Ethan, released the Pokémon inside.
"Damn, it's a tagross!"
Seeing the figure that appeared, the worker was startled.
He rubbed his eyes hard and finally confird that the released Pokémon was indeed a tagross.
That made him completely lose his composure. Although it was no longer a secret that there were tagross in the Steel Secret Kingdom, no one had managed to capture one until now. He never imagined that, on an apparently peaceful day, soone would actually succeed!
"Yes, this is the tagross I captured in a cave within the Secret Kingdom. Thanks to my extraordinary personal charisma, this tagross has already agreed to leave with ."
Ethan nodded at the astonished worker, chuckled softly, and looked at tagross.
Upon hearing Ethan's words, tagross imdiately rolled its eyes, turned its head, and stopped looking at him.
Seeing this, Ethan did not change his expression and looked back at the worker.
"Sorry, I need to report this to my superiors."
The worker's eyes widened slightly; this matter was clearly no longer sothing he could handle.
Therefore, he imdiately contacted the person in charge. Through the communicator, Ethan clearly heard a "What the hell?!"
Ethan did not have to wait long. The person in charge arrived swiftly, flying on a Skarmory.
"Are you the one who wants to take this tagross away?"
After circling around tagross, the person in charge asked.
"Is there a problem?"
"I've already obtained this tagross's recognition. According to the rules, I can take it with ."
A displeased expression appeared on Ethan's face. Did they not want to let him take tagross?
"Don't misunderstand. According to the rules, you can indeed take tagross. Moreover, this is the tax that must be paid for tagross. You can take a look."
As he spoke, the person in charge took out a tax form and handed it to Ethan. On it were recorded the corresponding taxes for all Pokémon in the Steel Secret Kingdom, including tagross.
However, upon seeing the amount of tagross's tax, Ethan's face darkened instantly. Wasn't this price far too high?!
"Look, if you want to take tagross, then you have to pay the tax."
The worker seed to have anticipated Ethan's reaction and shrugged.
As a pseudo-legendary Pokémon, tagross was extrely valuable to any organization. Naturally, they had prepared corresponding asures to prevent loopholes from being exploited.
The recognition of the Pokémon itself was one part, but the tax also served, to a certain extent, to prevent soone from actually taking tagross away.
"Well, it's expensive, that's for sure. But give so ti, and I should be able to gather it."
Ethan rubbed his chin as he spoke. Although he didn't have much cash on hand, he did possess quite a lot of points from the Pokémon Researchers' Guild; by exchanging them, there would be no major problem.
Upon hearing this, the person in charge's smile froze slightly. He looked Ethan up and down; the tagross tax was already extrely demanding, but if Ethan could truly pay it, there was nothing they could do.
"Then stay here and continue living here for a while longer. The next ti I co, if you're still willing to follow , I'll co and take you."
Upon hearing Ethan's words, tagross nodded and looked at ltan with obvious reluctance.
...
Half a month later, Ethan left the Steel Secret Kingdom.
"Zzzt!"
Beside him, ltan flew about happily.
This trip to the Secret Kingdom had been an enormous gain for him.
Aside from that ltan nut, they had also stayed inside the Secret Kingdom for half a month.
The Steel Secret Kingdom was filled with steel-type energy; in itself, it was a sacred place for training Pokémon of that type.
"Riou!"
ltan was happy, but Riolu, curled up in Ethan's arms, was not quite as pleased.
Although steel-type energy was abundant there, Riolu still hadn't learned a single steel-type move.
"Don't rush it. When you evolve into Lucario, I'll bring you back again."
Ethan smiled faintly and patted Riolu's head to comfort it.
Speaking of which, the reason Ethan was leaving the Steel Secret Kingdom now was naturally because the Coral City fishing tournant was about to begin.
As for that Secret Kingdom at the bottom of Coral City's lake, Ethan was very interested.
The entire Secret Kingdom was completely filled with seawater, and the entrance environnt was located on the seabed. To this day, humans had not managed to enter that mysterious Secret Kingdom.
In the early explorations, none of the Pokémon hunters who entered ca out alive; only so Pokémon capable of adapting to underwater life survived and managed to bring back so information.
An unknown Secret Kingdom, unknown Pokémon.
All of this attracted countless fishing enthusiasts, who would swarm there every ti the Water Secret Kingdom opened.
"I wonder what Pokémon will appear in this fishing tournant. I've heard that once, when the Secret Kingdom opened, a Lapras appeared. I don't know if that's true."
Ethan pondered silently. Thinking of Lapras, he couldn't help but feel anticipation; if he managed to capture one, he could happily travel across the water.
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