Shopping and Solans Takao (Revised After Half an Hour)

The two middle-aged men's "friendly greetings" ended with both of their faces flushed bright red.

Captain Stern led Asakawa Chinatsu and Tetsuya into Slateport City's Sea Museum, also known as the Oceanic Museum.

"The first floor's exhibits mainly include samples of seawater, soil, and sand, along with model ships and educational displays about the ocean."

He introduced them to Tetsuya. "According to analyses by Pokémon researchers, we can roughly infer from certain data why Ocean Pokémon are distributed differently across various regions, and make some predictions as well."

Captain Stern did not recognize Tetsuya.

He simply assumed Tetsuya was some junior who was close to Asakawa Chinatsu.

After all, his face was far too misleading.

Asakawa Chinatsu watched happily without explaining anything at all.

Tetsuya was too embarrassed to interrupt the captain's introduction on his own.

Captain Stern continued, pointing at a ship model. "Our Exploration Team has traveled through every region in the world. This model of the Royal Unova was provided by our partners in Unova a year ago.

"Unfortunately, this luxury passenger ship is still only at the blueprint stage and construction has yet to begin.

"Of course, if you travel to Unova later on, you might get the chance to see it—or even board it. That would certainly be quite an experience."

"An Exploration Team?"

Tetsuya considered Captain Stern's words, feeling somewhat curious.

Asakawa Chinatsu explained with a smile, "Don't be fooled by the fact that he's a museum director now. This guy used to be the most famous strait explorer in the entire Hoenn Region.

"All these samples were personally collected by him back in the day."

"That's all ancient history."

Captain Stern waved his hand, though his face still carried a proud expression. "I can't do it anymore. My stamina can't keep up."

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