Captain Stern (One and a Half Hour Revision)

The next morning.

After taking several Absol through their morning training, Tetsuya returned to the Littleroot Town Laboratory.

This time, however, he had come to say goodbye to Professor Birch.

"Norman won't be moving to Hoenn until a week from now. I'll be going over to help then too, so don't forget to show up."

Professor Birch said with a smile.

Tetsuya naturally had no objection, though he was worried he might not have returned from Seabed Cave by then. "If nothing unexpected happens, I'll definitely be there."

"You can't just say things like that so casually, hahaha."

Professor Birch clearly understood that one should not casually raise flags. He repeatedly waved his hands in refusal.

After chatting and saying their goodbyes for a while.

Tetsuya quickly left the town reputed to have never been dyed by any color.

However.

Even now, he still did not know why Littleroot Town had such a name, or what it represented.

After leaving Littleroot Town, he headed northwest along the coastline.

Tetsuya's next destination was Captain Stern, whom Yuantian Group had commissioned him to contact.

As far as he knew, the old sailor's home was on Route 104, near Petalburg City and Petalburg Woods.

This alone showed that Captain Stern was no ordinary man.

After all.

Although Petalburg Woods was nowhere near as vast as Kanto's Viridian Forest and even bore the title of "Newbie Training Ground."

It was utterly different from Viridian Forest, the "Newbie Trainer Forbidden Zone."

Yet to live so close to Wild Pokemon.

Whether in courage or personal strength, one certainly could not be underestimated.

"Beep—"

Pidgeot's high-pitched cry echoed across the sky.

Its powerful presence left the Absol below unable to do anything else.

The occasional cries from equally powerful Absol merely warned Pidgeot not to approach their