"Too bad it's already late autumn. We won't get to see the world-famous cherry blossoms on Mount Yoshino at this time of year," Cheng Tian said with some regret.
The weather had indeed turned cooler. After saying goodbye to Sama Tetsuya last time, they had spent a few more days in Tokyo and drawn up a plan for what came next before continuing their journey.
In a foreign country, getting news of Legendary Pokémon naturally wasn't so easy, so they planned to try their luck on Mount Yoshino. If that failed, they would seize their last chance to visit the United States and see if they could pick up a couple of Z-Crystals.
Mount Yoshino was in Nara, Japan, and its economy was quite prosperous too.
"Roto, Cheng Tian, something seems a little off about Mount Yoshino lately," Rotom said.
"Hm? What's wrong?"
"For some reason, even though it's late autumn, a whole patch of cherry trees deep in Mount Yoshino has bloomed, attracting quite a few tourists," Rotom said. "But the tourists who went there seemed to have entered a bewildering maze. They all walked in and were carried out. They passed out not long after going in. Although they weren't hurt, their heads felt groggy when they woke up, and they had no idea what had happened."
"Interesting." Su Han's interest was piqued. "So you're saying something is causing trouble there?"
"Hehe, whatever it is, let's get there first. Maybe it really is a Legendary Pokémon." Cheng Tian chuckled.
"Roto! I can update my Pokémon data again, roto!" Rotom said happily.
"Let's go! Mount Yoshino, roto!"
"Sorry. Because tourists have recently been fainting suddenly whenever they climb the mountain, we have temporarily closed the tourist attraction." (Sorry. Because tourists have recently been fainting whenever they go up