Route 18.
Compared to snow-covered Route 17, this place was filled with fresh green grasslands and lush jungles. Looking down from the high slope, one could see a river dividing the two landmasses, as well as an enormous stone bridge.
Farther away, even with Heiduo's eyesight, he could only make out some old railway tracks, along with small buildings and caves whose purposes he did not know.
"Ah! That's the Inverse House from the games. In reality, it was probably where the miners used to rest."
Umbreon explained it to Heiduo, then said excitedly, "Terminus Cave is inside the mine! Zygarde is inside Terminus Cave! The observer and protector of the natural ecosystem!"
"Enough with the 'is!' The one that used to go 'is, is' has turned into 'sha, sha, sha.'" Heiduo glanced at the silver cocoon-like creature bouncing around beside him, sighing inwardly as he marveled at Pupitar's boundless energy.
Just as certain documents had recorded, Pokémon like Pupitar were naturally restless. Keeping it from smashing rocks and trees, and making it stay close to him, was already the limit of what Heiduo could manage.
Yet even so, it hopped back and forth around him like Tigger. It was especially heavy, and its bottom was pointed outward, leaving a little crater in the ground every time it landed.
It was seriously freaking noisy!
Where had my quiet, adorable little dinosaur gone?
They said a Pokémon's personality might change after Evolution. Heiduo had never believed it before. He thought the supposed personality changes after Evolution merely meant that the Pokémon's personality had changed long ago and its Trainer simply had not noticed, much like how people were fickle.
But now, he believed it.
Pupitar and the adorable Larvitar from before were not even the same "person"!
At the very least,