Grapefruit Island lay in the southern Orange Islands and was one of the few major islands in the archipelago.
Ever since its formation, the waters north of Grapefruit Island had been affected by fierce, swift undercurrents, making conditions there extremely complex and dangerous.
Over thousands of years, they had claimed untold numbers of unfortunate lives and torn countless families apart.
It was not until a little over a century ago that, to prevent so many ships from sinking, the islanders drove sixty or seventy enormous stone pillars deep into the seabed. Standing in the sea, they formed dozens of whirlpools of varying sizes, completely redirecting the seawater and slowing the undercurrents. At the same time, these towering pillars became a sight unique to Grapefruit Island.
Since they had only set out at noon, it was already dusk when Xia You and Sabrina reached Grapefruit Island.
The setting sun shone over the little island, as though coating it in a layer of golden light.
After landing outside town, Xia You wasted no time and followed the navigation straight to the Grapefruit Gym.
The Grapefruit Gym was a four-story building far from town. From the outside, it looked less like a Gym and more like an ordinary Pokémon Center.
Just like the two Gyms he had challenged before, there was no one outside the Grapefruit Gym. It seemed few Pokémon Trainers usually came here to challenge it, either.
Xia You climbed the tall steps and entered the Gym.
After he asked a staff member to announce his arrival, it was not long before a red-haired man in a black shirt and white vest approached from inside, accompanied by a group of identically dressed subordinates.
Judging by his bearing and the confident expression on his face, the red-haired man leading them was probably