Seen from a distance, Tangelo Island was covered in forests, with cliffs of varying heights all around it forming a natural barrier that cut its interior off from the outside world. A low hill stood in the middle of the island.
Tracey had been right. This really was an uninhabited island; at least from the outside, there were no signs of human activity.
Once the Magikarp reached this spot, they went nowhere else, instead swimming straight into the island through a river mouth.
Xia You looked around and finally spotted the submarine they had just seen in a gently sloping bay.
But the submarine was moored there quietly, its hatch shut tight, without any sign of movement. Presumably, the old man had entered Tangelo Island just like the Magikarp.
"What do we do now?" Ash asked.
"Do you even need to ask?" Once Lapras drew close to shore, Xia You was the first to jump across. "Since we've come all this way, of course we're going in to take a look!"
Once everyone was on the island, Ash recalled Lapras, while Sabrina guided Charizard down to land and walked over to Xia You.
The group got ready and set off, following the river deeper inland.
In the river beside them, Magikarp stretched as far as the eye could see, all racing upstream. For a time, the entire river was packed with their red forms, making for a spectacular sight!
"Wow, you really don't see a sight like this every day!" Misty remarked as she listened to the unending splashes.
Xia You nodded too. Somehow, the sight before him reminded him of stories from his homeland about fish returning inland from the sea every year to lay their eggs.
Perhaps this world had similar habits, too.
At that thought, he could