"This place seems different from the last time I came here," Fujio said slowly, looking around.
Hu Yang was using Aura alongside Rotom to observe the Archen eating Berries.
Hearing that, he casually replied, "That's normal. The time each spacetime vortex sends you to is different, and besides, it's been over ten years since you last came here, right?"
Fujio nodded and sighed. "Yeah! Time really flies. I wonder if that Tirtouga that took me to play by the sea back then is still here."
As he spoke, he looked at the young man before him and awkwardly asked, "Um, could you come to the beach with me? I want to look for that little guy."
Sometimes, people would suddenly remember promises they had made in childhood.
When he and the Tirtouga had parted ways, he had promised it that he would come back here to play with it. But because he had gotten lost in Rose Mountain, he had failed to keep that promise.
Fujio recalled his childhood.
More than ten years had passed for him, so how much time had passed in this distant era?
"If I remember correctly, Tirtouga have very long lifespans," Hu Yang said.
Turtle Pokémon were all like that. Wartortle's Pokédex even said that it could live for ten thousand years and was considered a symbol of longevity.
"Yeah!" Fujio knew a little about that. Although most Pokémon lived for around a hundred years, there were still many that could live for a very, very long time.
At that moment, memories from his childhood kept surfacing in his mind, and Fujio could not help looking forward to meeting that Tirtouga again.
Seeing this, Hu Yang took Rotom with him and headed to the beach alongside Fujio.
Along the way, Fujio told him about how