After a simple dinner, Heath drove his food truck to a parking lot near Shoal Cave. Although it was said to be near Shoal Cave, there was actually still some distance to go, and he had to walk down the mountain to the beach, then follow the beach to reach the cave.
"Charmeleon, oh, Charmeleon, once you evolve, you'll be able to fly with me." Heath stroked Charmeleon's little head, then looked at the path ahead. He had now followed the beach to Shoal Cave. Mossdeep City had developed the place into a tourist attraction, but admission required a ticket. The tickets were divided into several clearly defined tiers. The cheapest was purely for sightseeing, while the slightly more expensive option allowed visitors to take some shells out with them. The most expensive allowed them to take shells out and have a master shell craftsman turn those shells into other shells with certain magical effects.
Heath had little interest in those shells, however. He simply bought the cheapest ticket and walked into Shoal Cave.
It was cold inside the cave, and there was mud and puddles here and there. The tide had already receded from Shoal Cave, and some people were walking across the ground below, trying to find pretty shells. Heath, however, only paid attention to the surrounding rocks. He remembered that the mysterious clue had mentioned a uniquely shaped rock in Shoal Cave. That rock possessed the ability to grant people's wishes and was extremely powerful.
But even after making a circuit, Heath saw no uniquely shaped rock. There were some strange-looking rocks along the way, but none could really be called unique.
"Could it be in the cave below?" Heath looked at the cave entrance below him. He could continue a little farther down from there, and