The Berry exhibition lasted for a total of seven days. Eddie spent another four days visiting almost all the booths participating in the exhibition. He made friends with many growers and reached fruit tree transactions with some of them.
Most of these growers come from poor backgrounds and are waiting for others to invest in them at the exhibition. Being able to trade high-quality fruit trees from Eddie is also an opportunity for them. After all, only a few can truly meet noble people, and the situation of most people is actually similar to Gene.
Eddie also discovered several growers who were extremely talented in cultivating fruit trees but were limited by their own conditions and could not make full use of their strengths. So Eddie recommended them to Lysandre.
The growers were naturally very grateful for Eddie's recommendation.
Eddie heard from Lysandre that he intended to build an extra-large plantation, which would not only cultivate various fruit trees but also raise abandoned Pokémon taken in from all over the place. Therefore, any talented and capable Berry grower, or even Breeder, could go to work in his plantation, and the salary and benefits would be very generous.
When Eddie first heard the news, the first thing he thought of was not how rich Lysandre was, but that this man was indeed very kind. He was completely different from other rich people, and he had indeed done a lot of good deeds.
But Eddie didn't understand what this so-called philanthropist had experienced that led him to choose the wrong path of destroying the world.
But no matter what Lysandre will become in the future, Eddie gets along well with him at the moment and truly admires him and regards him as a good friend. Let's talk about the future later.
Julia and Fiona would occasionally come to Eddie's booth to exchange experiences with him. Through several days of mutual learning, Eddie not only learned a lot of knowledge and experience from the two girls but also became very good friends with the girls.
On the evening of the sixth day of the exhibition, Eddie and Teacher Omura had just returned to the hotel from the venue when they received a call from Officer Jenny, asking him to go to the police station.
When they arrived at the Lumiose City Police Station, Eddie was taken by a police officer to Officer Jenny's office.
"You should have guessed why I called you here today, right?" Officer Jenny said after seeing Eddie come in and asking him to sit down.
"Is it about the drug gang?" Eddie asked.
Officer Jenny nodded: "Yes, I reported your achievements to the higher-ups and applied for a reward on your behalf. Today the reward finally came. I believe you will like it."
"What is the reward?" Hearing this, Eddie's curiosity was immediately piqued. He originally thought it would be a bonus, but now it seems not to be.
Officer Jenny smiled and said, "I'll keep you in suspense for now. You'll know later. I believe you will like this reward."
Seeing Officer Jenny smiling mysteriously, Eddie became even more curious. Could it be something really extraordinary? But how could I get the good stuff?
After a brief chat, Officer Jenny stood up from her chair and said to Eddie, "Okay, come with me, I'll take you to see your reward." After that, she walked out of the office.
Seeing this, Eddie hurriedly followed.
Officer Jenny took Eddie through several corridors in the police station and finally entered an open space at a corner.
According to Officer Jenny, this is where the police officers usually train. However, at this moment, there is a large, bare, trimmed tree lying in the middle of the open space. The roots of the tree are well protected, and it is obvious that it is for transplanting.
Judging from visual observation, the tree is at least ten meters tall, with a thick trunk and weathered bark. It is obvious at a glance that the tree is quite old.
"This is..." Eddie looked at Officer Jenny in confusion and asked.
"This is your reward!" Officer Jenny pointed to the big tree in the open space and said. Then she took out a document and handed it to Eddie. "Take a look at this, you will understand after reading it!"
Eddie took the document with full of doubts. After glancing at it a few times, he was immediately shocked by the contents, and his eyes widened.
The document is the inspection report of the big tree in the center of the open space, which records in detail the tree's species, origin, age, energy rating, and other information.
The reason why Eddie was surprised was that this tree was not an ordinary tree but a fruit tree, and the energy rating column clearly stated that it was A-grade.
"This...is this really a reward for me?" Eddie was almost incoherent. He was a little panicked.
Is there really such a thing as a free lunch in this world? Is this a trap or a dream? "Do I really deserve such a precious reward?"
"Of course!" Officer Jenny was amused by Eddie's reaction. "I applied for this especially for you!"
In fact, the Alliance investigated Eddie's information and gave him the reward based on his situation.
After Officer Jenny reported Eddie's achievements, the higher-ups conducted a routine investigation into Eddie's background and learned that he had an extremely outstanding talent in cultivating fruit trees.
Eddie's background investigation report happened to be seen by Officer Jenny's immediate superior, the current Kalos Champion.
It just so happened that this Champion accidentally obtained a wild A-grade fruit tree during an adventure not long ago, so he suddenly decided to give the fruit tree to Eddie as a reward.
Originally, the Champion planned to donate the fruit tree to the Alliance's planting base, but after reading Eddie's investigation report, he developed an admiration for this twelve-year-old boy, so he changed his decision.
Not to mention Eddie was surprised, even Officer Jenny, who had just learned of the decision from her superiors, was shocked at the time.
This is an A-grade fruit tree. If it were an ordinary person, it would be treated as a family heirloom. But now it was just casually awarded by the Champion to a twelve-year-old boy.
I have to say, the Champion is very courageous.
However, thinking that the original owner of the fruit tree was the Champion, Officer Jenny was not so surprised. Isn't he just that kind of person? Isn't it because of the promotion of that gentleman that she was able to become the chief of the Lumiose City Police Department?
Seeing that Eddie still looked incredulous, Officer Jenny continued, "The Alliance has investigated your information and knows that you are very talented in cultivating fruit trees, so they specially gave you this reward. Don't let the Alliance down!"
After hearing what Officer Jenny said, Eddie couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the Pokémon Alliance was indeed generous. Just because he had talent, they gave him such a precious A-grade fruit tree as a reward.
"Don't worry, Officer Jenny, I will continue to work hard in the future and will not let the Alliance down." Eddie promised.
"Very good." Officer Jenny nodded with satisfaction.