Do You Know the Gold Content of the Joy Family? (Tactical Lean-Back) (Two-Hour Revision)

Although he was a science-and-engineering nerd who liked staying home.

Bill had a pretty good grasp of directions.

Tetsuya was heading toward Silence Bridge, otherwise known as Route 12 in the Kanto Region.

It was a place where anglers gathered in droves.

Since fishing required silence, Route 12 was almost devoid of unnecessary noise.

That was why it had earned the name Silence Bridge.

Of course.

That was not actually Tetsuya's destination. The place he was going was not that far away.

Perhaps because he had spent too long in the Almia Region.

The moment he returned to Kanto, Tetsuya found himself somewhat unaccustomed to the warm weather here.

It was the transition from spring to summer.

The average daytime temperature in the Kanto Region was around twenty-five or twenty-six degrees.

Compared to Almia, where even the highest summer temperatures never exceeded twenty degrees, it was practically night and day.

After quickly washing up by the river and changing into a short-sleeved shirt, Tetsuya finally felt alive again.

The sun hung high overhead.

A faint mist had somehow enveloped the entire forest.

It made the place look rather eerie.

Combined with the shadows of people coming and going, all maintaining silence, the feeling became even more pronounced.

"Phew—"

Stepping out of the forest path.

Tetsuya followed the solemn-faced visitors around him through the entrance to the town, his gaze falling upon the high tower backed by mountains in the distance.

That's right.

This was Lavender Town.

Out of habit, he headed to the Pokemon House established by Mr. Fuji.

Only then did Tetsuya discover that the Pokemon House had closed at some point.

He looked over the notice posted beside it, which had apparently been there for a period of time.

It turned out that Mr. Fuji had needed to