The newcomer wore gold-rimmed glasses and had an elegant demeanor. It was Teacher Arno.
Teacher Arno glanced at the footprints on the ground and muttered, "Looks like I came a little late. They've already left."
"Eichi, I hope you can handle this."
He still had great confidence in Eichi. After all, he was the person who had won the Five School League championship.
Taro was only a squadron leader. The only concern was that he might launch a sneak attack, which would make things troublesome.
Eichi walked through the streets of Cerulean City. Compared to three years ago, it was still as bustling as ever.
As he walked, he found himself outside the Cerulean Gym again.
Thinking of the Cerulean Sisters' water ballet, he felt like watching it again.
The water ballet was as beautiful as ever, but Misty was nowhere to be seen this time.
Judging by the timeline, Misty should have already set out on her journey by now.
After watching the performance, Eichi took another stroll around the city.
There was another place he had to visit whenever he came to Cerulean City. It was said that Cerulean City's Water-type Pokéblocks were the best.
They were not even sold in other cities—only Cerulean City had them.
Even the Water-type Pokéblocks Golisopod was currently using were inferior by comparison.
So no matter what, he had to stock up before leaving this time.
Cerulean City's largest department store also seemed to belong to the Sato family.
Standing at the entrance of the department store, Eichi looked up from below. The entire massive building had been constructed to resemble an enormous blue whale.
It was comparable even to the department store in Tokiwa City.
The whole department store stood on Cerulean City's busiest street and occupied the largest area.