The boundless sea stretched out in every direction.
A luxury cruise ship cut through the waves, carrying young students from every year at Naranja Academy.
"Exchange students for the new term?"
Baimu stood on an upper deck, looking down at the students enjoying themselves below.
"Yep," Nemona said with a smile. "Blueberry Academy is our sister school, so we often send students to study at each other's schools."
As a senior student and student council president, she hadn't needed to join this exchange program.
But Baimu was going. How could she stay behind?
Nemona was the kind of person who couldn't go a day without a battle, and she insisted on strong opponents. Within the Paldea League, only Geeta could satisfy her.
But as chairwoman of the League, Geeta had more pressing things to do every day and rarely had time to battle her.
After going so long without a satisfying fight, Nemona was practically starving for one.
Now that Baimu had finally shown up, she was determined to stick close to him and battle him as often as possible.
She also had another reason to look forward to Blueberry Academy.
It had been years since she'd last gone there as an exchange student.
Maybe there were a few good battlers there now? Carmine and Kieran had been pretty decent last time.
And from what they'd said, neither ranked particularly high at the school.
That means there are even stronger trainers!
Anticipation filled Nemona's eyes. She wished she could turn into Speed Forme Deoxys and race straight to Blueberry Academy.
Then she remembered something. "Did Ms. Raifort talk to you in private earlier?"
"Yeah."
Baimu nodded. "Ms. Raifort talked to me about the Treasures of Ruin."
"The Treasures of Ruin?"
Nemona had never heard of them.
Baimu explained, "Back in