New Bark Town, the town where the winds of a new beginning blew.
If Pallet Town, the starting town of the Kanto region, was merely a cozy little town, then New Bark Town definitely qualified as a small city by comparison!
Although it was only a remote town with a small population in the games, when Xia You actually set foot here, he discovered that New Bark Town was far more prosperous than Pallet Town, and much larger, too!
Not only did the town have plenty of high-rise buildings, but it also had every facility one could want, including shopping malls, schools, hospitals, and amusement parks. Even the Johto Pokémon League had built a Pokémon Center here specifically to serve new Pokémon Trainers!
Like Cherrygrove City, however, New Bark Town was relatively quiet. There were few residents on the streets, and they all seemed unhurried. Clearly, the pace of life was extremely slow here, too.
As the two walked into the town center, Sabrina was clearly still bothered by what had just happened.
She glanced at Xia You and said flatly, "I've noticed that whether it's Misty, Chloe from Cerise Laboratory, Flula from the Orange Islands, or that girl just now, you seem especially friendly toward cute girls like them. You don't have some particular fetish, do you?!"
At those words, the hairs on Xia You's arms stood on end!
Danger, danger, danger!!!
"Hey, hey, hey, don't go saying things like that!" His heart pounded as he hastily denied it. "I only think of them as friends, um... or little sisters I'm close to. I absolutely don't have any improper thoughts about them. Besides, haven't you seen how well I look after Ash, too? That's called giving the younger generation a helping hand. How can you call it some particular