The next day, beside a roadside convenience store in an unknown town, a whole day had already passed, yet Xiaogang and Xiaoxia were still enthusiastically discussing their long-awaited destination—Tangam Island.
"Haha!"
"The sea! Blue skies! A gentle breeze!"
"And..."
"Bikini beauties!"
"Fantastic!"
"It's really fantastic!"
"I can hardly wait to run straight to Tangam Island's beach right now!"
"I don't want to wait another moment!"
Xiaogang howled like some animal in heat, completely ignoring the black lines covering Xiaoxia's forehead as he loudly voiced the most honest thought in his heart without holding anything back.
"All right, already!"
"Xiaogang, could you stop saying those things out loud?"
"Ugh!"
After sighing, Xiaoxia hugged Togepi. Although equally excited and full of anticipation, she still scolded her companion with slight annoyance before continuing:
"But the problem is..."
"How are we supposed to get to Tangam Island in the Orange Archipelago?"
"It took us an entire day to walk here from Pallet Town, and from here to the nearest port to the Orange Archipelago, it'll probably take at least two or three months, right?"
"Then we'd have to take a ship..."
"My god!"
"By the time we make the round trip, half a year will have passed. Where would we have any time left to vacation on Tangam Island?"
As she spoke, Xiaoxia, who had originally planned to use Professor Oak's mission as an excuse to retrieve the mysterious Poké Ball from Tangam Island while enjoying the sun, beach, and coconuts there, couldn't help sighing again.
If the journey there and back took that long, then without a doubt, she would be too exhausted to have much interest in vacationing. Besides, they probably wouldn't be able to stay on Tangam Island for long. That would be far too boring.
"Mm..."
"A round trip of