The 350th day on the Orange Islands. Cloudy.
Half a year had passed since the reclamation began. The port was nearing completion, and the faster Gym had already been built, with the furnishings and furniture mostly finished. Yu Hai had moved in with his Pokémon.
"Mu-yiii!" Butterfree finally saw Yu Hai again and excitedly clung to him all day long. There was really nothing he could do about it.
"Alright, alright, stop rubbing against me. I still have work to do," Yu Hai said with a smile, patting Butterfree on the head. They had not seen each other for over a year. He had only gone to bring Butterfree and the others here once things had stabilized.
"Mu-yiii!" Butterfree still refused to let go, hugging Yu Hai tightly. It truly had missed him. It had not seen him for over a year.
"Fine, fine, have it your way." Yu Hai could only helplessly let Butterfree cling to him as he calculated the costs of building the Gym over the past year at the table.
The Lakeside Cabin plot had also been sold through the Gym's channels. After taxes, it sold for seventy-six million, quite a bit more than the original fifty-eight million. As expected, flipping property was the most profitable business.
Fishing Island was now a wasteland waiting to be developed. Aside from the port and Gym, there were only the newly planted citrus trees. The first phase of the island's reclamation plan was considered complete, and the second phase could begin next.
Before that, however, he had to settle the accounts. Creating the island itself had cost nothing at all. It had all been thanks to the Pokémon, Luo Yan, and the others. The biggest expense had actually been free, which had helped immensely.
Building the port had cost