The 123rd day after leaving the Orange Islands. Cloudy.
On the way to the Johto Region, they had already disembarked from the passenger ship.
There was no helping it; they had been forced to get off before reaching their destination in Johto, Young Leaf Town.
Scizor was about to break through. They could not let it do so aboard the ship. If the commotion got too big and damaged the ship's equipment, they could not afford the compensation. It was better to disembark and let it break through.
Before getting off the ship, he had sent out Pelipper to search for an uninhabited Deserted Island along their route. He planned to let Scizor break through to the Elite Four there. Eventually, he found one in the open sea off the continental border between Kanto and Johto.
The Deserted Island was not large, only a few hundred meters long and wide. There was no vegetation on it, only reefs. Along the shore were a few amphibious Pokémon, as well as some seabirds perched on the rocks.
He felt the environment was quite suitable. Without vegetation, there was no need to worry about damaging it. Without Pokémon, there was no risk of accidentally hurting them. He immediately had A Long stand guard around the perimeter while he went to the center of the island and released Scizor.
"Sha, sha!" The moment Scizor came out, it impatiently began running. It was about to break through to the Elite Four and could barely suppress the violent energy within its body, so it could only expend it by running at high speed.
As Scizor ran faster and faster, Yu Hai could only see a red blur flash past. It ran circles around him, forming a red ring, before kicking up flying sand and stones.
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