Border Town

Looking around, they found the place little different from an ordinary town, except that almost everyone coming and going was a Trainer. Even the old man running a stall at the nearby night market had a Machoke beside him.

The so-called border did not have towering walls like those in his previous life. Such things were of little use against Pokémon. Instead, towns like this relied on the Pokémon of powerful Trainers to deter wild Pokémon from crossing the line.

"Let's head to the Pokémon Center. I just got a message. Looks like we're the last team to arrive, though the others weren't much faster. Most of them only got here a little while ago," Qiu Yuxuan said, frowning at the message on her Pokédex.

Whatever the case, this team was mainly made up of students from Nancheng, and finishing dead last had put her in a very bad mood.

"No way! We came in last at that speed?" Bai Tingjiao asked incredulously. They had practically flown across that last river, saving quite a bit of time.

"A loss is a loss. We probably spent too much time on Panda Mountain," Miao Yourou said, tapping her forehead.

"That's true. We spent at least an extra half day on Panda Mountain, so it's only natural that we arrived a little later than the others," Xuan Yuan Nian said after calculating the time.

They had reached Panda Mountain around noon, effectively giving themselves an extra afternoon of rest. Add in their late departure the following morning, and half a day was a conservative estimate.

"A loss is a loss. Enough excuses. Still, you didn't exactly lose out. You picked up plenty of good stuff," Qiu Yuxuan said irritably. On reflection, that was indeed true, but she was still annoyed!

The Pokémon Center