Tang Zi's recollections could be summed up as "a wealthy family." That night, they stayed at the home of the Numel ranch's owner.
The ranch owner often offered lodging to passing Pokémon Travelers. It was something of a personal hobby.
The next day, they arrived on time at the cable car station at the foot of Mt. Chimney. Since Lavaridge Town was up on the mountain, the cable car was the best way to get there.
Outside Mt. Chimney's cable car station, Lü Ming stared at the swaying cable car, his face pale.
"Is there really no other way up?"
"Professor, the entrance to Mt. Chimney is at the summit. You know that, don't you?"
Xin Mu pointed at the distant crater, hidden amid the clouds and mist.
"It would take at least six hours to hike up."
Instead of taking the cable car, they could also climb up from the other side of Mt. Chimney.
But that route was difficult. Even the residents of Lavaridge Town generally only used it to descend.
As the old saying went, going up a mountain was easy, but coming down was hard. Yet the way that particular trail had been built made descending manageable and climbing utterly exhausting.
Some of their supplies and equipment had been left at the Lavaridge Gym. To retrieve them, he had to go up from here.
Xin Mu had only been afraid of flying, and that problem had already been cured after he obtained Corviknight. Lü Ming's fear of heights, however, had not improved.
Lü Ming swallowed and looked up at the cable car suspended high above-the metal cabin swayed slightly in the mountain wind, while the steel cable beneath it gleamed with a harsh, cold light in the sun.
His knees involuntarily went weak, and countless gruesome