Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

“Nameless Artisan,”

Knotweed scratched his head.

Why does Red want to rub salt in the wound? Why state such obvious truths!

What do you mean, a world without heart? It's simply because he loves machines too much, resulting in low emotional intelligence and poor interpersonal relationships, leading him to think about destroying the world, right?

For a moment, Knotweed didn't know how to respond, typing many words but deleting them, finally replying with just 'You're welcome'.

Oh well, after all, Red did send him a mechanical manual, which is a great thing!

The highest level of handcrafting is creating machines with bare hands. In the Pokémon world, there are indeed few such formidable people. Knotweed can recall only Red and Colress.

Hmm, if Pokémon are included, Mewtwo in the movie seems capable of creating strange devices with its bare hands. Although, it's unknown whether the machines on the island it occupies were made by it or are remnants of Team Rocket.

As for the abilities he possesses, they correspond to the six crafting paths in a certain game, with the mechanical path being the last unlocked, mainly because there's so much to learn, and many precision instruments require a lot of knowledge as a foundation.

“It seems that Red has been collecting those machines and studying their principles during his inactive time in Team Galactic, preparing to create the Red Chain. Looking at it this way, many of Team Galactic's machines might be made by Red himself.”

Red has had a strong interest in machines since childhood. In the game, an old woman in a house in Sandgem Town will mention some rumors about Red's childhood, saying that he excelled in his studies and liked operating machines.

And in a house in the desert area of the Battle Zone, you can meet his grandfather, who will mention that he had high expectations for Red when he was young, which later led Red astray, lacking education on matters of the heart.

During this period of inactivity, the only thing that comforted Red was Rotom, who suddenly popped out of a machine.

In Rotom's room, there's a notebook about Rotom's forms and a detailed log of encountering Rotom, authored by Red.

If Red still has any attachment to the world, the only thing he can't let go of isn't his parents or grandfather, but Rotom.

“This is also a different kind of bond between Pokémon and humans.”

Knotweed sighed with emotion.

In the three timelines of the game, anime, and manga, only Red in the manga got a good ending and understood the meaning of the heart. In the game and anime, Red's ending was either disappearing in a destroyed world or being blown up along with the new world by the Time-Space Dragons.

“What is a heart? A combination of feelings, will, and knowledge, that is the essence of the heart.”

After seeing off Red, this peculiar customer, the next to be dealt with was a customer with the ID [Black Gold Miner].

[Black Gold Miner]: “I saw that your shop has something called a Destruction Glove, which can mine efficiently and use Pokémon moves? What is the price and time for customizing this tool?”

Oh, is this someone customizing a tool? Black Gold Miner, so a worker from the Black Gold Mines in the Sinnoh region?

Knotweed quoted a price and began to promote the Destruction Glove's practicality, saying that it could be more useful than ordinary mining tools when exploring in the wild or encountering problems in mines.

[Black Gold Miner]: “No problem, I'll place an order now! You've been a great help!”

“A great help?” Knotweed was a little puzzled, but figured it must be because they encountered a large rock or some other obstacle during mining.

“Since you want to destroy rocks, would you like to buy a sculpture with destructive power?” Knotweed actively started promoting this time. The Hydreigon sculpture he carved for Ghetsis had a destruction efficiency buff, and making it smaller would make it easier to carry.

“Ah! Actually, I don't want to destroy anything!” [Black Gold Miner] seemed a little embarrassed: “I'm buying this glove just to improve my mining speed and train my digging ability. I'm treating digging as a form of training.”

“Of course, I also have a dream. I'm training my digging skills in the coal mine, and in the future, I want to open underground tunnels all over the world, connecting various places! Just like the Sinnoh Underground! And then collect a lot of fossils and establish a fossil museum! That museum will be located in the underground city I dig out!”

Hey, if it's like the Underground, then won't there be problems with the foundations of houses?

Knotweed had always wanted to complain about the Underground. Almost the entire Sinnoh region is hollow underneath, and the people above are really carefree. Aren't they worried that their houses will suddenly sink!

And later, in the remake of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, many large caves appeared underground, so the entire Sinnoh region is hollow!

“Then do you need any other mining tools? I can customize them here.” Knotweed continued to ask and tried to promote his services, and the other party didn't hold back.

[Black Gold Miner]: “Can you customize them?! Ah, that's great. Although I saw that interface before, I already liked the Destruction Glove, so I didn't ask much, but if I can customize it, it would be even better to get other more efficient mining tools!”

“Then I'll customize an 'Adventure Set' first! Oh! Sorry, you might not know what I'm talking about. The Adventure Set is actually just a hammer, pickaxe, shovel, and hard hat.”

“No problem, the delivery time will be about one to two weeks. I'll give you an excellent Adventure Set.” Knotweed extended the time, otherwise, many orders would be concentrated together, making him very tired.

Although it's really happy to gain knowledge through work, he couldn't handle continuous high-intensity work.

Following that was a message from the customer [Emerald Glare], who was already added as a friend. He didn't know when they appeared in his friend list.

But this ID, Knotweed was first stunned, and then recognized it!

This is very familiar. He remembered, it's Gardenia's ID!

The original owner had customized a Gym statue from Gardenia when he was in Eterna City, so he was quite familiar with her. Gardenia is the Gym Leader of Eterna Gym and an expert in Grass-type Pokémon, with orange twin-tails.

“[Hi! How have you been lately? How is it going after moving to the Johto region? I saw your shop online, and the monthly sales seem to be pretty good. Are you adapting well to the new region? Is your mood better?]”

Because they were close in age, the original owner and Gardenia were the type who could talk to each other, belonging to the category of old customers.

“It's alright, the workshop is getting on the right track, and being away from populated areas has stabilized my mentality a lot.”

Knotweed sent out a reply: “The treatment of mental illness is a long-term process. I'm afraid I'll be staying in Johto for a few more months, and although I'm in Johto, the place where I am now is near a village. It's located deep in the mountains, and there are no big cities here.”

“[Is that so? Then I wish you a speedy recovery. By the way, I saw the interface for customizing special tools on your store and was a little curious. Have you learned some forging techniques now?]”

“Yes, what do you want to customize?” Knotweed sent a message: “Because I use a unique manufacturing method, mixing Pokémon materials, I can create special tools with unique effects, just like the items in my shop, you've seen them, right.”

“[Those props, indeed, I'm very concerned about them. Focus Sash, Grassy Whistle, etc. Is that not just advertising but true?]”

Gardenia seemed quite surprised.

“[I run a Grass-type Gym, so in terms of tools... watering cans, pruning shears, shovels? Hoes? Soil looseners, there are too many tools to choose from!]”

“I remember there are many trees in your Gym. These tools would be great as a gardening set. Why not customize them all?”

Knotweed began to promote: “If you buy a set, I'll give you a 20% discount. The whole set will cost about 100,000 to 200,000, and these are tools with special abilities.”

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“[Is that so! Then let's buy them together. Since you're promoting them so hard, it seems you've really learned incredible forging techniques! That's good, if work goes smoother, your mood will get better, right!]”

“[By the way, I also want to buy the Grassy Whistle and Focus Sash!]”

“[Then that's it! I wish you all the best in the Johto region!]”

Gardenia purchased the corresponding customization service, as well as the Grassy Whistle and Focus Sash.

Knotweed noted that some of the tools Gardenia customized were for a gardening set, and at this time, there was new news.

[Heart of Fear]: “Kid... your psychic knowledge is very unusual. I have carefully studied your charms. Do you have any connection with the spirit world? You're not a ghost, are you?”

When facing strange customers, you have to be polite. If you get familiar with some customers, you can actually find that they are very nice people.

This customer's message... before, in the merchant group, Wu Jiang also said the same thing, that his spiritual power might be related to the spirit world, but this made Knotweed confused.

Could it be that the basic psychic knowledge talks about the 'basics of psychic powers of the spirit world'?

“Maybe it's because I was once on the verge of death.”

Knotweed could only say this.

[Heart of Fear]: “So you've been near death? It doesn't seem fake, then. The near death you're talking about, is it really 'dead'? The body is actually dead, and the soul has entered the spirit world. Do you know, some people gain some strange psychic powers after being near death and coming back to life. It is said that people near death will pass through the barrier of the spirit world. Perhaps it is because of this that your psychic powers are extraordinary.”

“I have always believed that only such people can be considered true ghost experts, even I myself don't count... but not everyone near death can receive the gift of the spirit world. Some people die and they are really dead.”

“Take this, it might be useful to you.”

“《About Ghost Pokémon and the Essence of Souls》·PDF”

“I felt the aura of Ghost Pokémon from your charms. Perhaps your life was saved by that Ghost Pokémon. You should thank it well. Sometimes the bond of the soul cannot be felt, but it really exists. This is some of my training experience with Ghost Pokémon, not something precious. It also involves the cultivation of the soul.”

Eh? Such a valuable thing sent so casually?

Knotweed was a little surprised, but after looking at the author of the file... Agatha?!

Elite Four of Kanto?!

“So it's Agatha, no wonder the tone is a bit strange. That old woman is that kind of person! Speaking of Agatha, I have to mention Professor Oak. Now Grandma Agatha doesn't seem to be an Elite Four member anymore. I wonder which city she lives in.”

Knotweed gratefully accepted it: “Thank you.”

[Heart of Fear]: “No need to thank me. I will also pay attention to your ghost props in the future. You, you must cultivate Ghost Pokémon well. If possible, why not switch careers to battle? It's really a waste of talent to be a craftsman.”

Knotweed thought that this old woman was a battle fanatic and didn't know what to reply. An idea flashed in his mind: “Ah, right, I'll add you to the group chat! This is my merchant group, and they are all Ghost-type experts from various regions.”

[Heart of Fear]: “...This kind of group... sounds a bit interesting. There should be many battle masters in it, right?”

Knotweed performed the operation.

[Heart of Fear] joined the group chat!

PS: Only two updates today, gastroenteritis has relapsed.