July 20, Jubilife Breeding Center.
A bus slowly drove into the Breeding Center, the children's innocent smiles visible through its windows.
Professor Rowan and his researchers, along with Li Wei and his family, were all waiting for their arrival.
Rosa, the director of Meria House, was the first to step off the bus, then helped the children down one by one.
"Come on, no rush. One at a time."
"Xiao Wei!"
"Hi, Xiao Qin."
Ever since catching Dragapult, Li Wei had taken Dragapult to visit the children once a week.
He had become very familiar with them.
Li Wei still remembered his first meeting with Xiao Qin.
The little girl with the gap-toothed grin had nearly demonstrated how to stew herself in an iron pot.
"Xiao Yue, Xiao Xing, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yin, high fives!"
Li Wei greeted them and gave each of them a high five.
It had been two or three months since the children's last visit to Jubilife Breeding Center.
But they didn't feel like strangers here.
Especially with Li Wei, Lucario, and Dragapult here, all of whom visited them often.
They were just as excited to return to the Breeding Center, especially since this time they were here for a seven-day Pokémon Summer Camp!
The three orphanages had eighty-one children between them, divided into four classes, one of which had twenty-one children.
Before this session of the Pokémon Summer Camp began, Li Wei had stressed to the eight part-time teachers that they needed to pay even closer attention to safety this time.
After all, there were more children this session. With two teachers assigned to each class, each person would have to watch ten children.
Fortunately, the eight part-time teachers had gained some experience during the previous two Pokémon Summer Camp sessions.
With Rosa, the director