MM Racing Chapter 17 The Black Market!
Chapter 17 The Black Market!
"This is the place, sir. The code is 'Abo Snake, Abo Abo Snake!'"
Huang Mao bent over and pointed to a somewhat dilapidated house in front of Qing Yuan.
Upon hearing what the other person said, Qingyuan nodded and walked towards the house.
Seeing this, the blond-haired man looked conflicted, but ultimately remained standing still.
Qingyuan glanced at him sideways, then ignored him. If the address he gave was fake, he would definitely teach the other party a lesson.
At Qingyuan's unhurried pace, he arrived at the door in just two minutes.
Qingyuan knocked on the door, and soon a voice came from behind it.
"Give the code!"
"Abo snake, snake, boa bo snake!"
Qingyuan said in a hoarse voice.
"boom!"
Just after he gave the code, the door in front of him suddenly made a muffled sound, and a gloved hand reached out from a hidden door in the door.
"Entry fee: 1,000 Alliance Coins!"
Qingyuan took out a bundle of Alliance Coins that he had just taken from Huang Mao and placed it in Huang Mao's hand.
The hand that grabbed the money withdrew it, and two seconds later a voice came from behind the door.
“From where I am, take five steps to the right, then push against the wall to get in.”
Upon hearing the other person's words, Qingyuan took five steps to the right, pressed against the wall, and then discovered that it was actually a revolving door.
It's just that because it's covered with the same tiles as the surrounding walls, people mistakenly think it's a real wall.
Having found the entrance to the black market, Qingyuan went straight in without hesitation.
Upon entering, there was a small, dark space. Just as Qingyuan was wondering if he had been tricked...
Suddenly, a feeling of weightlessness came over him, and Qingyuan immediately knew that he had entered an elevator.
After about thirty seconds, the feeling of weightlessness began to gradually decrease and eventually disappeared.
Six seconds after the feeling of weightlessness disappeared, the door in front of Qingyuan opened, revealing two men dressed in black robes.
"Hurry up and get out, there are still people behind you!"
Seeing Qingyuan still standing in the elevator in a daze, one of the men in black immediately shouted.
Upon hearing this, Qingyuan stepped out of the elevator.
“Just follow this road straight, and you’ll enter the black market; the same applies to getting out!”
Seeing that Qingyuan was still standing there hesitating, the man in black realized that Qingyuan was probably visiting the black market for the first time, so he spoke to Qingyuan.
Upon hearing the man in black's words, Qingyuan's expression beneath his black robe immediately turned ugly.
"It was exposed so easily; we need to be more careful in the future."
Qingyuan thought to himself, then clasped his hands in a fist salute to the man in black who had spoken earlier, and walked forward along the road.
After walking about 300 meters along the road, Qingyuan officially entered the black market.
The entire black market was roughly the size of a shopping street, with vendors setting up stalls everywhere.
Besides these vendors, there are also some shops located on both sides of the street.
Qingyuan looked back and saw that the place he came from was an inconspicuous little house.
Looking at the bustling stalls on both sides, Qingyuan decided to find out the market price before selling the two fiery sparrows.
"Arbok venom, Arbok venom, only 30,000 Alliance Coins a bottle!"
"Pokémon eggs, Pokémon eggs, Pokémon eggs for fifty thousand each, take your pick!"
“A well-developed Nidoran with a genetic skill, Double-Edged Hammer, priced at 400,000 Alliance Coins.”
The surrounding stalls range from those loudly soliciting customers to those simply displaying a cardboard sign with detailed information about the goods.
After learning about the surrounding street vendors, Qingyuan went into the larger shops to inquire about prices.
Half an hour passed, and Qingyuan had learned almost everything about the black market.
Because the League does not allow the private sale of Pokémon, the only legitimate way to sell Pokémon for money is through a quest that non-League trainers can participate in.
In order to earn more resources, the black market came into being.
Over time, almost every city in the Kanto region has an underground black market.
Although the alliance claims that these black markets are illegal and organized by evil forces.
However, most people in the black market know that many high-ranking members of the alliance hold shares in it, acting as its protectors.
With the League devoting more resources to dealing with the growing Team Rocket, the black market, no longer subject to strict crackdowns, has become a paradise for buying and selling Pokémon.
Here, as long as you have money, you can basically buy any kind of elf or elf item.
After learning the information, Qingyuan paid a stall fee of one thousand Alliance Coins at the Black Market Management Office and set up a stall on the side of the street with the cardboard card they gave him.
"Selling a Spearow, average development level, has one inherited skill, Triple Attack, priced at 45 Alliance Coins!"
"Selling a Spearow, well-developed, with one inherited skill, Divine Bird Strike, priced at 60 Alliance Coins!"
After placing the Spearow's Poké Ball under the corresponding information, Qingyuan sat down and began waiting for guests to arrive.
Just five minutes after Qingyuan set up his stall, the first customer arrived at his stall.
"Would you sell the Fierce Sparrow, the Divine Bird of Strike, for 400,000?"
This guest, like Qingyuan, was dressed in a black robe, and his voice was deep and rough, giving the impression that he was not someone to be trifled with.
"Sell!"
Upon hearing the other party's words, Qingyuan nodded without the slightest hesitation.
According to the information he had just gathered, Spearow, a Pokémon that can be ridden by humans after evolution, is in high demand on the black market.
However, many people buy them simply to have a means of transportation and don't care what skills the Spearow has inherited.
Therefore, even if this Fiery Sparrow inherited a skill like Divine Bird Strike, it wouldn't fetch a very high price.
Four hundred thousand Alliance Coins was already far beyond his bottom line; he only set the price at six hundred thousand to have more room for negotiation.
The other party clearly knows their stuff; even if you try to negotiate, you won't get much lower off the price, so you might as well just buy it directly.
Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the other party immediately took out an anonymous bank card and threw it in front of him.
Qingyuan also picked up Spearow's Poké Ball and threw it to the other person.
After selling the Fiery Sparrow, Qingyuan waited for about half an hour.
In the end, the Sparrow with the triple attack skill was sold for 270,000 Alliance Coins.
After selling all the goods, Qingyuan packed up his stall and began to wander around to see if there was anything he needed.
Two hours later, although they saw many of the necessary props.
However, Qingyuan was short of money and in the end only spent 350,000 to buy three attribute gems and a beginner breeder's manual on how to make energy cubes before leaving the black market.
Stepping out of the elevator, he looked around at the environment, which was completely different from the one he had entered.
Qingyuan then realized that the forces behind the black market were extraordinary.
This can be seen simply by observing that the goods enter from the same place but exit from different places.
If one's power was not great, how could they have built such a large underground palace beneath Nibi City?
The electrical systems for those transfer elevators alone could not have been built without the necessary resources.
Qingyuan took a deep breath, looked at the myriad lights of Nibi City, and couldn't help but murmur.
"I definitely prefer being a cat to being a mouse!"
How can the dark and cramped underground environment compare to the open and bright environment above ground?