On the reef, V Boy hovered in the air, staring unblinkingly at the sea, lost in thought.
Chen Shi, Mew, and Jirachi quietly kept V company from behind.
But just as they thought V Boy would keep watching for a long time, it slowly turned and flew back, saying it wanted to leave.
Chen Shi paused, then asked softly, "V Boy, don't you want to look a little longer?"
"Bimi~"
V Boy shook its head. It didn't want to keep watching anymore.
Seeing that, Chen Shi seemed to understand something. He said nothing more and asked Mew to use Teleport to take them back to the Sinnoh Region.
Honestly, after living for so many years, had V Boy really never seen the sea?
Rather than wanting to see the sea, V Boy had wanted freedom.
After all, the sea was right beside Eindoak Town, a place V Boy had never been able to reach before.
It hadn't truly wanted to see the sea. It had simply wanted to be free.
"..."
With help from Mew, that little wanderer, they soon returned to the Sinnoh Region.
After they arrived at Cynthia's house, Professor Carolina told him that Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen had already flown home.
Professor Oak had also returned to the Kanto Region.
Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen hadn't taken anything with them. They had simply left behind plenty of Pokéblocks.
Professor Oak, on the other hand, had taken some Pokémon from the Hisui Region.
Chen Shi wasn't surprised.
There was plenty of work to do on the farm back home every day. Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen certainly couldn't stay here for long.
As for Professor Oak, he was probably eager to get back and study those Hisuian Pokémon.
That evening, after dinner, Chen Shi let Big Goo