Elite Four, Agatha!

The Unmanned Power Plant was not far away. Riding Typhlosion, it would take at most an hour on foot.

So at seven-thirty late at night, Heiduo and Typhlosion successfully crossed a mountain and arrived at this foul-smelling place.

The garbage and coastal pollution were as bad as ever. Household waste, discarded furniture, plastic packaging, and other pollutants were scattered everywhere, turning the place into a massive open-air dump.

These eye-searing piles of trash naturally did not come from Lavender Town. They came from major cities like Vermilion City and Saffron City, transported here by ship.

Do not misunderstand. This was not household garbage from city dwellers; the Unmanned Power Plant would not have been nearly large enough to hold that much. It was merely waste from certain factories and docks, shipped over and abandoned near Rock Tunnel.

Dumping garbage into the sea—creating the sort of garbage continent from his previous life—was not allowed. Perhaps someone could do it secretly, but if they were discovered, they would be finished.

This world had no such thing as territorial waters or international waters. The ocean belonged to no region or person.

Moreover, the sea was still forbidden territory for humanity. Most ships traveled along the coastline, and even cross-regional trips had only a few designated routes that could not be altered.

Why?

Because wild Pokémon at sea were countless times more dangerous than those on land. They gathered in groups of hundreds or thousands and attacked large vessels.

Take Sharpedo, for example. These Pokémon, known as the thugs of the sea, could regrow their teeth immediately after they broke. They loved gnawing on the bottoms of passing ships, biting hole after hole into them. They did not eat them; they simply liked chewing.

Moreover, both Sharpedo and Garchomp were shark-based Pokémon, with five-pointed