[ wp ] Times are tough and the world is not what it used to be . You have no choice but to become an illegal pokemon trader .

Being a pokemon trainer had it's benefits. The most famous of which live in billion dollar mansions and travel the world showing off what they can do. These days it's hard to break into the business and you've really got to get lucky... or know someone. Someone like me. Of course back when Ash and Gary were around it was a ground breaking time. A couple of kids could leave home and work their way to the top, now everyone is training pokemon and everyone wants the best one. I even had a meeting with a married couple over 60 that were still trying to keep their dream alive. See these days wild pokemon are pretty rare and even if you manage to catch one, it still has to be registered. That's where I come in. I get a lot of rich kids who want to make their way to the top quickly, so I'll give them a level 50 Arcanine for 40,000 credits and move on. After all Arcanine are legendary pokemon, but incredibly easy to get my hands on. These idiots do n't know the difference and just want something flashy to show off to their friends. See, technically you were n't allowed owning a pokemon you did n't catch yourself and even worse you were n't allowed to buy or sell pokemon. There were sanctuaries you could release your old ones to, or just back into the wild. A lot of my customers are n't professional trainers, so staying under the government's eye was pretty easy. But turning Arcanine's and Dragonite's was n't going to get me a retirement sum, but I think I finally found my big ticket. I've been looking for 17 years for a score like this. To think I used to turn Zubats for 50 credits on the streets of Saffron City back when times were really rough for the most of us. So when I saw Jack Fire walk into my office I can tell you I was ready to walk away right then an there. Jack Fire, 3 time world champion and only back to back world champion since Ash Ketchum created the tournament over 100 years ago. The Elite Four was abolished back then for a tournament style championship and training has been getting more popular every single day. So when Jack Fire walks into your hole in the wall you're ready to listen. I do n't think his real last name is Fire, but there's a reason he goes by it. He's a fire-type trainer, he knows them better than anyone else ever has and there's one he's never used before. A Moltres. And he walked into my shop and told me he's heard rumours of one and asked me to get it for him. A fucking Moltres! Could imagine the global reaction if he were to send one out in a tournament? Would it even be legal? No one has ever used a Legendary since Ash used Zapdos in his second Championship. Jack told me about a guy who's been to the old Victory Road recently and heard a cry no one's ever heard before. His Pokedex went off but could n't identify anything familiar. He had another witness say he saw some scorch marks in the forest leading up to it, but no known fire pokemon live in the area. Could it really be? Moving a Moltres would let me retire to Cinnabar in a second but the risk here is pretty major. I've got to stay completely anonymous, if anyone found out Jack Fire had an illegal pokemon on his team it would end his career. Professor Redwood ( head of pokemon research at Kanto University ) would send his agents in a second to get his hands on that Moltres if he even got a sniff of what was happening. Times are tough and my business ca n't survive on these small scores forever. The last big one I had was that Snorlax I managed to sell off for over million credits, but that was 7 years ago and living in Pallett Town is n't so cheap anymore. If there was ever a time to use my master ball, this would be it... in and out and that's it. I've waited 17 years for this. Held onto it for all this time. Finally, all those closes calls and over nights in lock up. I'll have my biggest score yet, just wait until I tell Amy about this, she thought she had a big score with that Articuno, but these days those are more common than Charizard.
