Heading south from Mt. Silver would lead them to Cinnabar Island.
However.
Before they could approach Cinnabar Island, Xia Yan and the others had no choice but to stop.
Sitting on Latios's back, Xia Yan slowly opened his eyes, Sage Stone in hand. His face was still somewhat pale, but he was in much better spirits.
Most of the contents within the Sage Stone concerned techniques for using Psychic-type abilities, though it could also improve Xia Yan's Psychic-type power to a certain extent.
Although the Pokémon League's history was not particularly long, Psychics had been passed down throughout the Pokémon World for a very long time.
The various techniques and methods for using Psychic-type abilities had also become increasingly refined.
For someone like Xia Yan, who had started halfway through, these techniques were exactly what he lacked most.
Fortunately.
After using two precious Sage Stones.
He had made up for that deficiency.
However.
When he awoke from Calm Mind and saw the scene before him, he still froze for a moment despite himself.
Cinnabar Island.
It was an island located at the southernmost edge of the Kanto Region, and its area was not small.
The island was roughly circular and covered in many ancient trees, like layers of unfurled petals. Together with the active volcano at its center, that was how it had earned the name "Cinnabar."
Its main purpose was as a seaside resort island in southern Kanto. From Cinnabar Island, one could quickly sail into the Orange Islands.
But Cinnabar Island also had a fairly large Gym: Cinnabar Gym.
And the Cinnabar Gym Leader was named Blaine.
He was not only an exceptionally powerful Fire-type Pokémon trainer, but also a renowned Pokémon researcher whose field of study was Pokémon fossils.
However, Xia Yan knew that Blaine had another