With all eight Badges collected and his place in the Pokémon League tournament secured, Yong felt completely relaxed.
Sitting on Aerodactyl's back, he gazed appreciatively through his goggles at the vast, sapphire-blue ocean below and the islands scattered across it.
Aerodactyl flew at a leisurely pace. Feeling the gentle breeze brush his face, Yong happily continued toward his destination.
His destination was Wailz Island, the island he had been unable to visit after the unrest at Mt. Pyre interrupted his plans!
The island lay in the Southern Sea off Mossdeep City, right between Lilycove City and Mossdeep City.
He knew about this island thanks to his memories of his previous life.
Ash and his companions had encountered a Lileep here!
Yes, an Ancient Pokémon! That was precisely why Yong was making this trip.
Having passed up that excellent Tyrunt to choose Aerodactyl, Yong had always felt a little regretful. He wanted to try his luck and see whether he could find traces of Ancient Pokémon on the island!
After all, Dr. Moroboshi and his wife, Dr. Annu, had excavated Lileep on this island and revived the Pokémon using a fossil restoration device.
If they could find one fossil, there were bound to be others. This isolated island had once been connected to the Eastern Continent in ancient times.
Presumably, its food chain had been fairly complete.
Where there were plants, there were herbivores, and where there were herbivores, there were carnivores!
As rulers of the land, Tyrunt might well have had a population living here.
With a flicker of anticipation in his heart, Yong soon spotted an island. Shaped like a crescent moon, it was lush and green, covered in dense vegetation.
Through the treetops, he could just make out a few scattered buildings.
"That should be Dr. Moroboshi's research