After passing through the Pokémon reserve, we reached our destination, the Safari Zone.
"Wow, this place is even more impressive than it was ten years ago! I can't wait to catch some Pokémon!" I looked at the Safari Zone's entrance sign.
"Welcome to the Safari Zone. I'm Kana, the warden here."
"Hello, Mr. Kana. Excuse me, where is Mr. Kaiser, the warden from ten years ago?"
"Oh, Kaiser retired five years ago. Look at that photo over there." Mr. Kana pointed to a photo on the wall celebrating Mr. Kaiser's retirement.
"So that's what happened. I was hoping to catch up with him."
"Surely you didn't come just to catch up? Here, this is your special fishing rod and thirty Safari Balls." Mr. Kana handed me the equipment used exclusively in the Safari Zone.
"What about you two?" Mr. Kana turned to Brock and Serena.
"I don't have time to look after any new Pokémon right now. What about you, Serena?" Brock said he wasn't planning to catch any Pokémon in the Safari Zone.
"I'll just stay with Ash. His leg injuries haven't healed yet, after all." Serena wasn't planning to catch any Pokémon either.
After leaving Mr. Kana's office, I rode Gogoat out onto the grasslands and looked around to see what kinds of Pokémon were there.
"Isn't that a Lillipup? Why is there a Lillipup here?" I spotted a wild Lillipup, which shouldn't have been found in Kanto.
"Well, a few years ago, this place took in a group of abandoned Pokémon from different regions. The Safari Zone provides an ideal breeding environment, so there are more and more wild Pokémon from other regions here," Brock explained.
"Then I'll have to work even harder to find new companions!"
"Ah, there's a Blitzle next to that Tauros! Go, Safari