This reminded Heath of certain public intellectuals who liked to sing Japan's praises. One who probably didn't have much of a brain had once praised Japan for not having any illegal gambling industry, going on about how advanced and impressive its civilization was, followed by the familiar "What's wrong with our country?" and "It must be the system's fault." In reality, though, anyone who knew anything about Japan would know that a certain kind of entertainment venue could often be seen along its streets: pachinko parlors. They had even appeared in some anime, and pachinko was actually just another form of gambling.
The way it was played was basically similar to this, except pachinko had dedicated machines, and the prizes people won could be taken to nearby shops and exchanged for cash. How very civilized and advanced.
Heath shook his head and stopped looking at the place, instead heading down with Cynthia. He planned to buy some ingredients to take back and, along the way, ask the market vendors what ingredients counted as special ingredients in Saffron City. Heath was still very interested in that question. After all, now that he had come to Saffron City, he certainly intended to complete its achievement. Once he did, he would receive some new rewards. He was quite looking forward to that and was very curious about what the reward would be this time.
"Heath, by the way, how long are you planning to travel around the Kanto Region?" Wearing a sun hat, Cynthia walked beside Heath with her hands behind her back and asked curiously. Heath paused, then realized what Cynthia meant by that. As he saw it, she was probably asking when he would go to the Sinnoh Region.
"Well, we'll see how things go. There's no fixed schedule for the