Oreburgh City, Oreburgh Mine.
When Li Wei returned to Oreburgh City from Hearthome City, the rare Pokémon he had detected with Scan was gone.
It had been a Shiny Pokémon. Either someone had caught it, or it had left yesterday.
It had disappeared in just one day, so clearly Li Wei and this Shiny Pokémon weren't meant to cross paths.
He had needed to attend the competition yesterday and couldn't have stayed for it anyway, so he didn't feel particularly disappointed.
Li Wei wasn't obsessed with Shiny Pokémon. He simply liked silver Metagross.
As for shiny Dragonite, the less said, the better.
Still, Li Wei hadn't come away empty-handed. He had picked up a meteorite that Lucario had found.
If it had been an ordinary meteorite,
Li Wei wouldn't have paid much attention to it,
but this was no ordinary meteorite.
Appraisal had given it this description: [A meteorite radiating rainbow light from within]
The meteorite felt warm to the touch, and there were markings visible on its surface.
But Li Wei couldn't make out what they were.
Maybe I could ask Steven?
He was sure Steven would be interested in a stone like this.
"Pretty lucky, digging up a meteorite!" A hearty male voice caught Li Wei's attention.
Glasses, a hard hat, work clothes, and a shovel slung over his shoulder-the man looked every bit a miner.
He and Steven would definitely have plenty to talk about.
As Li Wei pondered this, the young man gave a cheerful laugh. "Don't worry, I'm not a bad guy. I'm Roark, Oreburgh City's Gym Leader."
As he spoke, Roark showed him the Gym Badge on his sleeve.
"I actually came over because I saw the Lucario beside you. Only then did I notice you'd dug up a meteorite."
Roark had spotted the