Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

Johto Region, northeastern mountains of the Lake of Rage.

Near the Ruins of Alph.

On the map of the Pokémon world, this place is described as [an ancient legendary intersection, a blizzard zone blocked by walls of ice].

June 6th, early summer.

Event: Rain occurs in some locations.

On a hill far from any village stands an abandoned workshop.

The structure is a mix of brick and wood, with the outer wooden walls long decayed, moss covering the stones, and the hillside around the workshop littered with rocks and dense weeds.

The old clock inside the house has stopped, the brick stove is cold, and a somewhat crude hand-drawn map hangs on the wall, marked with many locations and recent notes.

Rain wets the windows.

Kotai awoke to the sound of rain, his eyes meeting an unfamiliar ceiling.

His memories began to sort themselves out, quickly piecing together the whole story.

This is the world of Pokémon.

Pokémon, magical creatures living in this world with incredible powers, are found everywhere. Humans in this world also possess wondrous technologies. Magical creatures and magical humans—this world has become magical.

With the progress of the times, the power of Pokémon's attributes has gradually been applied to human production and life, and this has been happening since ancient times.

Too many memories caused Kotai's head to ache. He recalled that the original owner of this body worked in the Sinnoh region but returned to his father's 'hometown' due to severe psychological issues inherited from his mother. His mother had died of the illness long ago, and his father had perished in a wild Pokémon attack a few years prior.

“Pokémon are dangerous creatures.”

Because of these reasons, the original owner had decided to quit his job and return to the 'hometown' his father had mentioned. He found this workshop based on notes left by his father, but it seemed to have been abandoned for many years.

The original owner was a 'tool craftsman'.

In the Pokémon world, tool craftsmen have appeared in every generation of the games. For example, the old man in the Shoal Cave of the Hoenn region is a shell craftsman, Mr. Steel in the Johto region is a Poké Ball craftsman, and the old man Yuki in the Kitakami region is a mask craftsman.

In a general sense, tools refer to items used in battles, but if this concept is broadened, even ordinary household appliances and work utensils can be considered tools.

Tool craftsmen naturally collect materials and create new tools. This includes Poké Ball craftsmen, treasure craftsmen, wood carving craftsmen, stone carving craftsmen, glass craftsmen, and so on, as well as tool merchants and material merchants.

Whether it's finding natural tools or raw materials for making artificial tools, it requires frequent activity in the wild. However, the rewards for experiencing danger are not much, at least in this era. Tool craftsmen are becoming a thing of the past, and perhaps transitioning to become material merchants is the future.

Soon, the research results of organizations such as Devon Corporation, Silph Co., and the Aether Foundation, and their assembly line products will completely cover the craftsman industry.

Upon waking up, he couldn't help but feel hungry.

“I'm a bit hungry... Since things have come to this, I'll eat a Sitrus Berry first.”

Sitrus Berries are bright yellow and pear-shaped. They are a type of berry in the Pokémon world. The effect of carrying them is different from using them directly. When used directly, you can choose one Pokémon in your party and restore 1/2 of its maximum HP.

At the same time, it is also a raw material for making the item 'Full Restore'.

Looking at the computer that wasn't turned off, Kotai began browsing the original owner's online legacy. On the online store's product page, most of the items were antique crafts and sculptures.

Sculpting is a family skill passed down, and that's why the original owner was good at making tools related to carving and polishing, but most of them were decorations, such as stone statues at the entrance of Gyms.

While Kotai was browsing the store page, he suddenly received a new email.

Is it... a customer?

The power of science is truly great!

This is what I should say at this time, right!

Even in a recognized hidden area, it can still connect to most areas of the Pokémon world. This is the convenience brought by the development of the times.

Perhaps it's because research members occasionally come to the ruins, a signal station was built here for convenience. Of course, the communication methods in the Pokémon world are somewhat of a black technology, such as those Rangers who can talk to the headquarters no matter how remote the mountains are, even across one or two major regions.

Kotai opened the email and saw that it was a consultation email.

“The content says they are looking for a tool that can enhance the durability of Pokémon, a customer introduced by Mr. Steel... That's right, my father knew Mr. Steel.”

Kotai's memories surged. Mr. Steel in the Johto region is a famous Poké Ball craftsman, his skills are worthy of being called master-level, and the original owner's parents were acquaintances with Mr. Steel. This is not surprising, Mr. Steel has some acquaintances in many regions, probably this is the network of a master.

Introducing some customers to himself is also to take care of his business for the sake of past friends.

As a tool craftsman, his job is naturally to customize the tools that customers need, and also to appraise the quality of some tools, and repair some damaged tools. The development of the Internet has made the original offline customization much more convenient.

Because business is not easy to do, online consultation is also an important business.

“Seeking durability, is it for evolved or unevolved Pokémon?”

“If it is an unevolved Pokémon, then I recommend you use 'Eviolite'.”

Kotai quickly typed out a reply to the customer, but what Kotai didn't expect was that the other party sent a message with “?”.

“What is Eviolite?” The customer sent a message, with intense incomprehension.

Huh? Doesn't know Eviolite?

Kotai was slightly stunned, and then typed out the answer: “It is a stone that can greatly increase the defense of unevolved Pokémon, the color is light purple.”

“?”

“There is such a stone? I have never heard of it.”

The customer's reaction made Kotai start to ponder, so Kotai asked the customer's profession, whether he was a professional fighter, a trainer registered in the League, but the answer he got surprised Kotai.

“Ah, because it seems impolite to say it directly in the email, I am actually a Bug-type Gym Leader.”

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“Because Bug-type has many weaknesses, I was thinking about how to make Bug-type stronger, so I started researching tools.”

Bug-type Gym Leader... Wait, Kanto and Johto, even adding Hoenn and Sinnoh, there is only one Bug-type Gym Leader in the four regions!

It is... Bugsy, the Gym Leader of Azalea Town! The youngest genius Gym Leader!

“Uh, the Gym Leader doesn't know Eviolite? What is the current period?”

Kotai was a little surprised, and then quickly recalled that the original owner seemed to have one!

But the original owner... That's right, the original owner didn't recognize that Eviolite either, thought it was jade!

Old, unnoticed memories surged up. Kotai described the function of Eviolite to Bugsy in detail, and then asked him to wait a moment.

Kotai walked to the deepest part of the workshop, where there was a sturdy oak door, inside was the small house's warehouse and basement.

The original owner had not been back for long, and many tools were piled up in a mess on the old shelves in the basement, not yet sorted and classified.

Entering the basement, there were piles of materials everywhere, stones and wood. In addition to the common materials dropped from Pokémon, there were also many antique crafts, and some antiques picked up from various places.

Kotai rummaged through the antiques and quickly found the target. A dim, light purple stone was embedded in an ancient sword, with a label below that read 'Ancient Sword with Jade Inlay'.

The surface of the gemstone is slightly rough.

As for the ancient sword carrying the jade, the soil seemed to be completely combined with it, not knowing how many years it had been buried underground. The blade was stuck in the scabbard, probably rusted? And the surface patterns were also blurred.

Memories surfaced. This ancient sword was found in an ancient ruin before, probably in the northwestern part of Mt. Moon, near the Indigo Plateau. In the past, there were many small kingdoms in that area, now turned into ruins and dust, leaving only one country still existing.

Kotai stretched out his hand, took the ancient sword, and carefully looked at the jade on it.

Just as this thought emerged, many thoughts suddenly flooded into Kotai's mind!

Those chaotic, surging thoughts disrupted the original thinking content and reorganized it into incredible information.

[Precious Material 'Rough Natural Oddity Stone'!]

[Acquire Knowledge: 1]

[Ancient Treasure Hunter: Able to more easily find and come into contact with hidden rare minerals, fossils, and antiquities, materials, and can see their information after contact.]

[Acquire Craftsmanship Quantity: 1]

[Unique Polishing Craftsmanship (C-). Evaluation: Years of training have created good polishing skills. Now any rocks, minerals, antiquities, and tools that are polished and repaired by you will become better in appearance and practicality than before, and the functions and effects that can be exerted will also be improved.]

[Through craftsmanship, the item 'Eviolite' can be obtained.]

“Huh? This is...!”

Kotai was stunned for a long time, and suddenly realized... this, perhaps, is his golden finger!

After transmigrating, he hadn't realized the issue of the golden finger. It turns out it needs 'work' to unlock it?