Kinya Ōkido, Suiren, and Lillie

The sports car sped along the broad coastal highway, and the beautiful tropical scenery ahead was enough to lift anyone's spirits.

By the roadside, Oricorio of all different forms danced merrily among the vivid flowers. It was said that these Pokémon unique to the Alola Region changed their appearance depending on the nectar they drank.

High up in a palm tree, a Komala hugged its log without moving at all. Anyone unfamiliar with it might have mistaken it for a stuffed toy.

Legend had it that Komala spent their entire lives asleep. Not even eating or battling could wake them, and no one had ever seen what these Pokémon looked like awake. Whether that was true or not, nobody knew.

On the beach, an Exeggutor more than ten meters tall basked lazily in the sun. Every so often, it shook off Crabrawler that had climbed onto it after mistaking it for a coconut tree, then angrily stomped on the little pest that had disturbed its nap.

Looking at the Pokémon with the absurdly long neck, Xia Chen suddenly remembered a famous Pokémon meme from his previous life—Please pick out the Pokémon in this image that is not Dragon type.

Most people whose Pokémon knowledge was limited to Pikachu and Charizard would pick Guzzlord, Alolan Exeggutor, and Zygarde's Complete Form.

The actual non-Dragon Pokémon, Charizard and Gyarados, had long since cried themselves unconscious in the bathroom.

"Our school is up ahead. The students are still on break right now, though, so there aren't many people on campus."

Kinya Ōkido's words interrupted Xia Chen's thoughts, and he shifted his gaze from the roadside scenery to the distance ahead.

As far as the eye could see, a cluster of clean, minimalist buildings sat beside the azure sea. The grounds were beautiful, and Pokémon