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>He got on the Global Trade Station and looked for Metagross. There were a few Metagross pending for trades, but they were all asking for pretty extreme Pokemon that he had no access to and no interest in raising. He looked at which Metagross were for sale. The GTS allowed him to specify some traits he wanted. He didn’t and asked for the rates of a simple Metagross. The average Metagross.
>Many results returned. Most were, in fact, 8 million yen. Scrolling down the list, the price fluctuated. Some Metagross were weaker than others and these were 7 million. Some were much weaker than others and these were 6 million. Some were contest winners, and these were 10 million. It was interesting and painful to look at them at the same time.
>He tried the special trait tool and asked for a Shining Metagross. One came up and it was 12 million yen. He investigated further and found that this Metagross was up for auction and that 12 million yen was only the starting bid. He wanted to scream.
>It occurred to him that a well raised Metagross was worth more than his father’s whole life.
>He had a thought, and brought up the GTS trading platform in another tab. He returned to the Metagross’ pending for trade. He cross-referenced some of the Pokemon requested and then looked for how much it would cost to buy one. But extreme Pokemon warrant extreme prices and he didn’t find the bargain he was looking for. It was probably for the better. He recalled something about Pokemon obtained via trading being irascible and difficult to control. He didn’t want to obtain a Metagross that wouldn’t listen to him and would eat him and the rest of his team.
>This was a conundrum. He needed to grow his team so that he could compete in tournaments and win. He wanted to get sponsored and join a Trainer Team and compete in Global Tournaments to win big. If he could just get his hands on a Metagross somehow, it could shoot him ahead of the rest of his class. He wanted that so badly.
