After confirming that he was not dreaming and the reward was not a trap, Eddie finally felt it was real. He looked down at the document in his hand and began to seriously understand the information about the fruit tree.
This is a Petaya Berry tree, which is more than 800 years old. It is an A-grade fruit tree that has accumulated its growth entirely over time.
This Petaya Berry tree is 18 meters tall, which is not considered tall at all compared to other trees that are hundreds of years old. But if it is a Petaya Berry tree, it is indeed a tall tree.
Petaya Berry is a relatively rare Berry. Its taste is a bit strange to humans, but it is very popular with Pokémon.
This tree has a characteristic that it grows slowly. There is a saying in the Pokémon world that if a person plants a Petaya Berry tree seedling when he is a teenager, the tree will grow and bear fruit only after he has a grandson.
This shows how slowly the Petaya Berry tree grows. That is why few people plant this kind of fruit tree on a large scale because it is not cost-effective.
Scarcity makes things valuable. The fact that few people grow this kind of fruit tree means that the price of this Berry is relatively high in the market, and it is not easy to buy.
This kind of fruit tree not only grows slowly but also has difficulty growing tall. In fact, it is more likely to develop horizontally.
Although the Petaya Berry tree that Eddie got is only a dozen meters tall, its trunk would probably require more than ten or twenty people to hug together. This shows that its tree shape has nothing to do with slenderness, and it is completely a "short and fat man."
According to the records in the documents, this fruit tree originally grew in a mountain in the Kalos region, and its original owner was an Altaria.
Later, this Altaria was captured by a powerful Trainer, and the fruit tree was brought back.
Eddie guessed that the Altaria must be very extraordinary since it could own such a fruit tree.
After Eddie had a general understanding of the fruit tree's situation, Officer Jenny said to him, "Find a time to move it away. It can't occupy our training ground all the time. Otherwise, we won't be able to train."
Eddie nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will find someone to take it away tomorrow."
Then Eddie chatted with Officer Jenny for a while before returning to the hotel.
Teacher Omura saw that Eddie's mood improved visibly after he went to the police station, so he joked, "Hey, did Officer Jenny give you money?"
Eddie smiled and said, "I didn't get any money, but it makes me happier than if I got money."
So Eddie told Teacher Omura that he had obtained an A-grade fruit tree, and Teacher Omura was also shocked.
"The Alliance is indeed generous!" he said with admiration.
At this time, Selene came over with Brionne and Larvitar. Eddie excitedly wanted to pick up the Larvitar, but it was a bit difficult after trying, so he patted its head and said:
"Little guy, your really big boned!"
[ヘ?] Larvitar looked confused. He didn't understand what Eddie was talking about. He ate his fill every day!
Because he was in a good mood, Eddie took everyone out for a big meal again. This time they went to a high-end restaurant in Lumiose City and booked a private room.
Teacher Omura knew that Eddie was in a good mood, so he didn't say anything to spoil the mood like wasting money or saving money. He celebrated happily with Eddie.
After returning to the hotel, Eddie called Eli and told him the news that he had obtained an A-grade fruit tree. He asked him to be ready to receive the fruit tree tomorrow. He would arrange for someone to transport the fruit tree back, and Eli would be responsible for handing the fruit tree over to the Diggersbys to plant it.
He had already thought about the location for planting the fruit trees, and he planned to plant them behind his house.
After Eli got the news, he was very happy for Eddie. He felt that he had a bright future working with Eddie. Now that he had the first A-grade fruit tree, he would have the second and the third in the future... How long would it take to own an entire A-grade orchard?
For a moment, Eli was full of expectations for the future.
The next day was the last day of the Berry exhibition. Eddie and Teacher Omura did not go to the venue early as usual.
Eddie asked Teacher Omura to wait for him in the hotel, while he went to find a courier company in Lumiose City and entrusted them to deliver the Petaya Berry trees to Coumarine City.
Because the Petaya Berry trees are relatively valuable, even though Lumiose City and Coumarine City are not far from each other, the shipping fee is relatively high. Moreover, the size of the Petaya Berry trees is indeed a bit large, so it is more troublesome to transport them.
In addition, for the delivery of valuables, Eddie also needed to sign a contract and insurance agreement with the courier company, which took a lot of time.
When Eddie returned to the hotel, it was already noon, so he simply went out to have lunch with Teacher Omura and the Pokémon, and then packed up and went to the exhibition venue.
The last day of the exhibition became much quieter, many booths were empty, and the number of visitors could not be compared with the previous days.
As soon as Eddie and his team arrived at the booth, they saw a young man, about 27 or 28 years old, standing next to their booth and looking around.
"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?" Eddie walked over and asked.
Seeing Eddie and Teacher Omura, the young man was very surprised: "Are you the owners of this booth?"
"That's right." Eddie nodded. He always felt that this young man looked familiar.
"That's great, I thought you weren't coming today!" After hearing Eddie's answer, the young man was obviously relieved.
"By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Professor Sycamore. I was assigned here by the Alliance not long ago. I'm a Pokémon researcher. My research institute is near the central square."
After hearing Professor Sycamore's introduction, Eddie instantly understood where the sense of familiarity came from. This was Professor Sycamore when he was young. His hair was still the familiar medium-length hair, but his face was much younger, his skin was much whiter, and his face was clean without a single beard.
With this fresh and young appearance, it's no wonder that Eddie felt familiar but couldn't recognize it.
Eddie pretended to be surprised and said, "You are a researcher . I am so sorry. I didn't expect Professor Sycamore to be a Pokémon Doctor at such a young age!"
Professor Sycamore felt it was a bit awkward to hear this from a kid of about 11 or 12 years old, but he still said modestly, "No, I'm still far from that."
Eddie then asked, "researcher, are you here to find us?"
Professor Sycamore nodded and replied: "That's it..."
It turned out that Professor Sycamore's research institute had just moved to Lumiose City a few days ago. His Garchomp was not used to the new environment and could not eat at all. They even had problems with their stomachs and intestines. They became much weaker in just a few days.
Professor Sycamore was very anxious about this.
He originally just wanted to come to the Berry exhibition to see what was going on, but he didn't expect to learn about Eddie's existence from others.
He asked someone for a Berry that he got from Eddie. Unexpectedly, the Garchomp liked it very much after eating it, so he found this place.
In fact, he came once in the morning, but he didn't see anyone, so he had to come again in the afternoon.
Because Eddie and his team arrived late, Professor Sycamore thought they were not coming! Fortunately, Eddie and his team finally arrived.