On the sea, which had already returned to calm, two patrol boats cruised along with their searchlights on.
After scooping up yet another Pelipper with a landing net, a lifeguard said in bewilderment, "Weird, what's going on tonight? A localized typhoon?"
"No, I think something might have attracted these Water-type Pokémon," another, more experienced lifeguard said. "It's really not that big a deal. When some higher-quality Water Stones appeared before, Pokémon in the water would scramble to get them too."
"Is that so..." The younger lifeguard scratched his head, looking puzzled.
"Yeah. Basically, the more Water-type Pokémon something attracts, the more valuable it must be," the older lifeguard said. "That storm warning we received earlier was probably caused by these Pokémon."
"Oh, then I'd guess there's a Water Stone vein here."
"What makes you say that?"
The young lifeguard pointed to a stretch of sea ahead, where countless Tentacool, Tentacruel, Chinchou, and Chinchou floated on the water like corpses. Even more absurdly, a very powerful-looking Sharpedo was drifting with the waves, belly-up.
The older lifeguard: !!!
"Rotom! We're almost at the shore, Rotom!" Rotom said excitedly.
"Hehe, you're pretty fast, Milotic." With a mischievous grin, Cheng Tian patted the milky-white body beneath his backside. Milotic swayed in displeasure, then sped up toward shore.
Originally, Cheng Tian should have been riding back in the inflatable boat Little Bai had transformed into.
The problem was that, of the two sailors responsible for rowing, Greninja and Gengar, one was badly injured and the other had fainted. If Cheng Tian had to row himself, he would probably be rowing until dawn...
Besides, the inflatable boat Little Ditto had transformed into had been struck in many places during the chaotic battle just now. Simply holding that transformed shape without being knocked back into his