The trip to Battle Mountain had been quite rewarding.
Though it had taken quite a bit of time, the returns were enough to satisfy him.
In just a few days, Garchomp and the others had broken through their limits again and again. Without using Mega Evolution, they had fought six against thirty-six and won.
Then they had battled the Battle Mountain Master for three hundred rounds—well, not that many, but it had still been quite a while. They had fought for several hours and successfully worn down... uh, taken out five of Batrus's Pokémon, only to narrowly lose to the final level eighty Salamence.
Heiduo exchanged the rewarded PT Points for various rare Berries. It wasn't that he didn't want to exchange them for Pokémon; it was just that none of the Pokémon offered as Battle Mountain rewards interested him, such as Bagon and Beldum.
Relatively speaking, the rarest ones were the Starter Trios from Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn.
But Heiduo already had enough starters. He wasn't lacking one more.
He still used the Ditto and Lucario combination to return to Gateon Port, while promptly informing Vazir that he was leaving.
"Really? He's leaving?"
Vazir's face showed both delight and confusion. "Do you know why he's going back?"
Heiduo gave him an ambiguous answer and made it clear that it was merely a guess.
Then, after deliberately exposing himself to the other observers, Heiduo negotiated with a cargo ship headed for Johto and vanished from the remaining observers' sight.
"Whoo! It's finally over."
On the vast, deserted coastline, Heiduo listened to the crashing waves behind him and stretched, his expression relaxed.
After messing around for over half a month, things had finally gotten to the main point.
Because he had completed this mission exceptionally well, Vazir, who was far away