Blaine pointed at the building that had once housed the Cinnabar Gym. Now, however, the Cinnabar Gym was nothing but a pile of ruins no one cared about. Only the old Gym sign seemed to say that this had once been the Cinnabar Gym.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Mio Takamiya looked at the former Cinnabar Gym, now reduced to ruins, and were momentarily speechless.
Blaine thought Lin Guang and his companions were puzzled about how the Cinnabar Gym had ended up like this. Adopting a serious manner, he slowly explained the reason to Lin Guang.
"The Gym Leader, Blaine, couldn't stand all the tourists challenging him just for fun, so he finally closed the Gym."
Lin Guang shook his head and said, "What a shame. I heard Mr. Blaine was a former Fire-type Elite Four member. I really wanted to have an Elite Four-level battle with him."
"That would also help me prepare for challenging the Elite Four later."
Blaine's heart skipped a beat at Lin Guang's words. At first, he thought his identity had been exposed, but after hearing the rest, he found Lin Guang rather interesting.
"You'll have to tell Blaine that yourself. Anyway, if you can't find anywhere to stay on Cinnabar Island, you're welcome to come find me here."
With that, Blaine, who wanted to leave as soon as possible, handed Lin Guang a postcard.
The establishment's name on it was "Mansion of the Famous Puzzle." Finding the inn's location was simple enough: they just had to solve the riddle on the postcard.
Mio Takamiya had been watching the man who handed Lin Guang the postcard the whole time. She even knew which direction Blaine had left in.
"He's gone. Do we need to follow him?"
Lin Guang shook his head and said, "No. As long as