Disaster Always Trails One Step Behind Me

Victory Road.

It would be best to finish Victory Road before summer vacation ended. Success or failure aside, an Elite Four position should be guaranteed.

Besides, developing the island would sometimes require the status of "Champion" to lend a hand.

But before starting Victory Road, Jing He wanted to visit the Alola Region first.

At the very least, he needed to retrieve the Fairy Plate and give Ice Ninetales and Tinkaton one final boost.

With that thought in mind, Jing He said to Drake,

"Fifteen days."

"Fifteen days? Is that enough?"

Drake had assumed Jing He intended to use those ten-odd days to get his Pokémon into their best condition. That was no easy task.

Especially under the immense pressure of something as difficult as Victory Road.

"It should... be enough."

Jing He considered it.

The Alola Region's four Island Guardians had eccentric personalities and were not exactly easy to deal with.

But considering that he had both accepted Arceus's request and been entrusted by Xerneas to retrieve something that should have been returned in the first place, no matter how foul-tempered the Island Guardians were, they had to hand it over, right?

If worst came to worst...

One island per day meant only four days.

There was plenty of time.

Besides the Fairy Plate, Jing He was also quite interested in the Alola Region's plants.

After all, it was universally recognized across the Pokémon World as the least developed region, with the most pristine natural scenery.

Surely there would be plenty of valuable plants worth transplanting, ones that would not cause excessive damage to the environment?

"All right." Drake nodded. "Then we'll try to refine Victory Road a little more during this time as well."

Jing He wore the expression of an old man staring at a phone on