Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"A glowing gem as big as a small car?"

Xiaogang and Wu Neng looked at each other, obviously unable to believe what Wang Yao said.

"Because the light is too bright, the photo is not clear...but it is true."

Wang Yao returned to the bottom of the crater and retrieved the communication watch that was placed on the boulder to transmit photos.

"If possible, Ayao, try to knock off a small piece of it... maybe we can help you identify what kind of gem it is."

Xiaogang thought about it and gave his own suggestion.

"Okay...but the cave ceiling is a bit high. I'll message you later."

Wang Yao scratched his head. Chiseling off a bit of a car-sized gem wouldn't affect its value too much.

But it's not easy to let the giant crab and the cowardly bug do this job.

We can only ask the flying Pidgeot or the telekinetic Daidai for help.

Beep——!

Beep——!

Wang Yao took out the whistle from his neck and blew it.

"Compare--!"

Upon hearing the whistle, the Pidgeot instantly appeared in the sky above the crater.

After circling a few times, the Pidgeot landed in front of Wang Yao.

……

Ten minutes later, Wang Yao brought Pidgeot to the orchard again.

"Fly up and peck down some pieces of that glowing stone."

"Remember to be gentle and don't break the stone."

Wang Yao warned Bibi Bird.

"Compare?"

The Pidgeot flew to the top of the cave and flew around the glowing gem curiously.

The bright light of the gemstone is a bit dazzling, but it doesn't feel too hot.

...At least the temperature near the gem is much cooler than the magma outside the cave.

Obviously, there is some difference between the light of gemstones and real sunlight.

The Pidgeot tried a few times and finally found a slightly raised edge. Its beak flashed and it stabbed at the glowing gem with great swiftness.

Dro—crack!

After a crisp sound, a gap about an inch wide was pecked out of the gem by the hard bird's beak.

"Compare--!"

The Pidgeot swooped down and accurately caught the fallen gem fragments.

The bird flapped its wings and slowly landed on the ground. It spit the gem it had caught into Wang Yao's palm.

“It’s really glowing…”

Wang Yao initially speculated that the gems were simply refracting sunlight from the earth's surface.

But now seeing the fragments in my hand still shining brightly, I am even more convinced of the rarity of the gems!

There was no signal in the cave, so Wang Yao could only hold the glowing gem and return to the bottom of the volcano and call Xiaogang's home again.

"See? This is the gem fragment that was knocked off!"

Wang Yao happily placed the gem fragment under the camera of the communicator and showed it to Xiaogang and Wu Neng.

“It’s really glowing…”

Xiaogang looked at the translucent and glowing gem in the picture, stroking his chin and thinking.

"The texture doesn't look like clay, nor is it covered in glowing moss..."

Wu Neng searched in his mind but couldn't find the corresponding ore prototype.

"It's different from the light of the Light Stone, but it looks familiar to me?"

Wu Neng seemed to have thought of something.

"The texture looks a bit like quartz or jade, but the shape of the fracture is not very regular..."

Xiao Gang also felt that the light of this broken gem looked familiar.

"And it glows, could it be..."

"Yes - it should be 'that' tool!"

Xiaogang and Wu Neng seemed to have determined the true identity of the gem at the same time.

"Ayao, crush it and see..."

Xiao Gang said to Wang Yao.

"Yes - the finer the ground, the better!"

Wu Neng also added.

"Ah? You want to crush it?"

Wang Yao was a little reluctant.

How can a rare gem be crushed to be appreciated... Do you think this is a sweet potato?

But thinking about the huge treasure as big as a car in the cave...

In order to identify the type of gem, Wang Yao had to harden his heart.

boom!

Placing the gem on a large stone, Wang Yao picked up another stone and smashed it.

Click! Click!

Then he put his hands on the stone and turned it back and forth vigorously, quickly crushing it into powder.

Throwing the stone away, the glowing gem turned into a handful of shiny powder.

"confirmed!"

"It's right this time!"

Xiaogang and Wu Neng nodded in assurance.

"So what kind of gem is this?"

Wang Yao asked with some distress.

"It's light powder!"

Xiao Gang raised a finger and said.

"To be precise, it's the raw ore for making light powder. As a trainer who specializes in battles, you may not be familiar with it..."

Wu Neng concluded.

"…But in coordinating trainers' performances, light powder is a relatively common special effects item."

"what?"

Wang Yao only heard the words "light powder" and "relatively common".

"Isn't that cheap?"

Wang Yao's plan to get rich overnight seemed to have failed.

"Well...it's hard to say."

Wu Neng folded his hands over his chest, frowning in thought.

"Although the price of luster powder is very cheap, if it is really an original ore as big as a car, it may also be worth collecting."

Wu Neng comforted Wang Yao.

"If there is a way to transport it to Kanto for auction, it might be able to sell for tens of millions~"

Wu Neng said after making some estimation.

"Well... I might as well pick some fruit and take it back!"

Wang Yao kicked away the small handful of light powder in frustration.

The flying light powder diffused in the air, and emitted a beautiful yet somewhat dazzling light under the refraction of the sunlight.

It’s no wonder that group of coordination trainers like to use light powder to assist in their performances.

"Okay then~"

Wu Neng shrugged, he also felt that this was not very realistic.

Abandoning such a large orchard, transporting this piece of raw ore back to Guandu for auction...

No matter how you look at it, it's the Pokémon version of buying the casket and returning the pearl.

"By the way - in the photo you just took, there are a few stones that seem to have some value."

After the disappointment, Wu Neng and Xiao Gang brought good news to Wang Yao!

"Oh——which photos are they!?"

Wang Yao asked with some surprise.

"Wait a moment, I'll forward it to you again!"

Xiaogang operated the video phone a few times and three photos were sent back.

"This angle... is there, and there..."

When Wang Yao took the photos, he deliberately chose the mattock placed on the boulder and the special terrain inside the crater as reference objects.

It is much more convenient to re-identify the location at this time.

Under Wang Yao's command, the giant crab and the cowardly bug quickly transported a total of five stones in the three photos to the side of the boulder.

“It seems to be a little different?”

Wang Yao walked around these stones and looked at them again and again.

"This piece of leather is a little shiny, and this piece is smooth..."

Wang Yao carefully observed and stroked these pieces of minerals, as if he wanted to memorize their characteristics in his mind.

"Do you just smash it open?"

Wang Yao asked for the opinions of the two treasure appraisal experts.

"You have to be careful with that flat stone. It's best to just make a small hole in it instead of breaking it completely."

"Just chisel away the other pieces..."

Xiaogang reminded.