Adventurer of the Elf World

"Hello, Dr. Oak!"

The townspeople who passed by would greet Dr. Oak from time to time, and some would even pull him to chat about family matters, but Dr. Oak at this time did not seem to be annoyed, but could chat for a few words before leaving.

But when those people learned about Xiu's situation, most of them felt a little surprised, and this reaction made Xiu a little strange.

"I don't have to go out anymore with you in the future~" Dr. Oak was a little more normal when he walked to a place with fewer people, and said like a complaint: "It's better to stay in the laboratory."

Xiu didn't feel strange that Dr. Oak was essentially a otaku, after all, research geeks all have this situation.

Xiu estimated that if Dr. Oak was not afraid that he didn't know the way, he would probably let him come out alone to get his things.

"Dr. Oak! There are your things." An old man stood at the door and waved to them and shouted.

"Hey!" Dr. Oak responded, and then took Xiu over.

It was a store in the town.

Xiu looked at the decoration in the house. It seemed that the old man was just moving the boxes of goods out and setting them up.

"Those are your things. They arrived yesterday." The old man pointed to a big box in the corner and said.

"Xiu, go help." Professor Oak patted Xiu's shoulder and pushed him out.

Xiu was stunned for a moment, then began to help the old man move the things out.

Professor Oak was studying his big box.

"When did you come to Pallet Town? Why haven't I seen you before?" The old man asked while working.

"My name is Xiu, and I'm an assistant at the institute now."

"Assistant!" The old man seemed to have heard something very surprising, his eyes were round, but he quickly reacted, carefully glanced at Professor Oak beside him, and then gradually returned to normal.

Xiu could of course see the old man's big reaction, but he didn't ask much, after all, Professor Oak was still here.

However, Xiu was sure that there must be something wrong with the assistant of the Oak Institute, and it should be a big problem.

No wonder Xiu felt that something was wrong before, it turned out to be here.

I was wondering why there was only Professor Oak in such a big institute, and why there was a bed in the utility room.

Although Xiu didn't show his emotion on the surface, he couldn't help but curse in his heart: Damn~ Why am I so unlucky? I have problems wherever I go.

But it's useless to think about these things now. He has just settled down and hasn't done anything he was going to do. If he acts rashly now, it may disrupt his plan.

However, this matter must be investigated clearly. What does Professor Oak's assistant represent? Why did those people along the way have no reaction but this old man had such a big reaction.

There were not many things, and Xiu quickly helped the old man to sort them out. However, Professor Oak hadn't counted the things clearly at this time, so Xiu started chatting with the old man.

The old man's name is Shouhe. He was also a trainer when he was young, but he was not very successful. When he reached middle age, he returned to his hometown and opened such a small shop.

He grew up in Pallet Town since he was a child and has been here for almost fifty years. Because of the location problem, his shop also helps some townspeople collect some express parcels.

Because Xiu had always been curious about the situation in Pallet Town before, the two of them talked about this topic.

Then Xiu discovered that the main industry of the residents in the town was actually selling materials.

No wonder every household is so separated, and there are all kinds of plants growing in the fields above.

Xiu originally thought it was a garden, but it turned out to be a medicinal field.

Following this question, Xiu asked about some information about tree fruits.

"There are not many edible fruits in Kanto. Only peach fruit, blue orange, and red apple are native species, and they have a positive effect on elves. Most of the other fruits are just ordinary fruits. As for those transplanted varieties, there are also some, but they are all useful to elves as part of the materials."

"Then the price difference between the two should be quite large, right?"

"It's okay. Ordinary fruits are not expensive, but they can just meet people's needs. Some fruits can only be sold in big cities because they are divided according to materials, and there is not much demand in towns."

Xiu also understood what the old man meant, that is, ordinary fruits are mainly for humans, and a large part of the fruits native to Kanto are acceptable to ordinary people at this price.

And some fruits with special effects, that is, tree fruits, are sold as materials. The difference is not ordinary, and the most prominent one is the word "price".

When there is no such fruit locally, the price will be even higher.

When Xiu was in the Light Red City, he saw many fruit being sold as materials, but some of the effects did not match, and the names were strange, with the same fruit having several names.

This reminded Xiu of the names of the medicinal materials in his previous life. Many people took the wrong medicine because of this, and the consequences may be nothing, but there are also serious cases where they are directly killed.

There is no concept of fruit now. After all, there are many fruits in the wild, but they may not have various effects on the elves.

And fruit is a general term for fruits that have effects on the elves.

Xiu felt it was necessary to understand these.

"Yes, everything has been checked." Professor Oak stood up and put the paper and pen back into his pocket, then turned to them and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Let's talk about these fruits." Xiu answered first, then walked to the box and asked, "Are we moving them back now?"

"Yeah~" Dr. Oak nodded, then turned to Shouhe and said, "Let's go back first."

"Okay, okay." The old man smiled and nodded and waved, "Be careful."

Xiu ignored the polite words between the two old men, but bent down to pick up the box.

Not to mention, it's really heavy, and when he picked it up, he could feel the shaking inside, there should be a lot of small things.

However, the box has been sealed, and he doesn't know how much is inside.

Anyway, one thing is certain, that is metal.

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"Bring those petri dishes here." Dr. Oak pointed to the side without raising his head.

"Yes!" Xiu quickly responded and picked up the petri dishes before. Xiu could even see the fragments soaked in an unknown liquid.

"What are these liquids, Doctor?"

"Liquids containing metal elements." Dr. Oak answered casually without paying any attention to Xiu's question, and then immediately pointed to another place, "Go and start that machine."

"Yes!"

Because Xiu's proposal yesterday was feasible, the experiment on Scyther was postponed, and the fragments were studied first.

When Xiu knew that the fragments were useful, the first thing he thought of was that he didn't collect more at that time.

In that situation, he just had a collecting habit, took a few large pieces, and didn't care about the other fragments.

Now it seems that it is still a little short.