Lunchtime.

  Naoki rested his on his hand, watg the Pokémon in front of him enjoy their meal. Smoliv and Alcremie ate as usual, chewing slowly and taking small bites. Koraidon and Cyclizar, oher hand, ate with their usual gusto.

  After dev several rge bones, Koraidon picked up the bowl of Bck Truffle Milk Pe and gulped it down, as if swallowing a whole berry.

  "It's a shame that her Koraidon nor Cyclizar produce milk," Naoki thought, feeling a pang ret.

  Although Alcremie could produce cream, it wasn't milk. It was akin to the retionship between water and ice—simir, yet fually different. Smoliv produced oil, which had nothing to do with milk at all.

  Iernoon, Kora arrived on time with the stru crew. Naoki told her the location he had chosen for the salt shelter and then rode Koraidon towards Casseroya Lake.

  He wasn't going fishing today but to visit Yosuke and the five Nacli.

  Seeing that Naoki didn't have a fishi or rod, Yosuke seemed a little surprised. "No fishing today?" he asked.

  Naoki shook his head. "I o rex on a while."

  Yosuke chuckled, "That's not what you said a few days ago."

  Naoki smiled sheepishly. "Okay, I've saved enough moo build the Pokémoer, so I'm taking a break until the project is finished."

  "I see!" Yosuke winked. "I have some good o tell you too."

  Naoki was taken aback. "What is it?"

  Yosuke turned around and cpped his hands. "Everyone, e out!"

  As his voice fell, the five Nacli emerged from the cave.

  "Nacli, nacli, nacli!"

  Yosuke smiled. "They've made up their minds. They've decided to leave here and live with you on your ranch!"

  Naoki leasantly surprised. "Really?"

  Yosuke didn't answer, and the Nacli responded in unison, "Nacli~"

  Naoki was overjoyed. "That's great!"

  Yosuke chuckled. "What are you waiting fet your Poké Balls out and catch them! They've been waiting for a while!"

  "Oh!" Naoki quickly retrieved five Poké Balls from his pocket.

  He crouched doced the Poké Balls on the ground. One by ohe five Nacli lined up and walked forward.

  With a geouch of their heads, their small bodies transformed into beams of red light and were absorbed into the Poké Balls. Each ball shook twice before falling silent.

  The sed and third followed, until finally, the st one was caught. Naoki held the five Poké Balls in his hand, his heart overflowing with joy.

  "gratutions!" Yosuke said with a smile.

  Naoki put away the Poké Balls and thanked Yosuke, "I should be the ohanking you. You've helped me a lot these past few days."

  Yosuke waved his hand nontly, "It was my pleasure. I o research the Pokémon around here anyway. But by the way, have you goo see that Dragohese past few nights?"

  Naoki nodded, "Yes, I have."

  Whenever he and Koraido fishing, they would also take the time to visit the Dragonite.

  "But, it's the same as the first time. It ignores us, sighs quietly, and leaves. It seems it doesn't like being disturbed."

  Yosuke pondered, stroking his . "Is that so?" He then shared his own observations from the past few days. "Acc to my research, there are no other Dragonite around Casseroya Lake. sidering that it always flies in from the Paldean Sea aurns to the depths of the o, I suspect its isn't nearby but somewhere in the vast sea."

  Naoki's i iqued. This reminded him of the giant Dragohat had appeared he wood City Lighthouse in the Kantion.

  He asked, "By the way, Yosuke, have you heard of the legend of the 'Giant Bck Shadow at Sea'?"

  "No," Yosuke replied curiously. "What's that?"

  Naoki expined, "It's said that in the depths of the o, there's a super-giant Drago's dozens of meters tall and wahe seas, g out like a monster."

  Yosuke was shocked. "How could such a giant Dragonite exist? It o in the monster special effects movies shot by Hollywood!"

  Naoki chuckled, "Fet, Just pretend I didn't say anything."

  Yosuke didn't seem to mind. He tinued p, "However, I have heard another rumor reted tonite. Would you like to hear it?"

  Naoki nodded.

  Yosuke shared the tale, "Legend has it that somewhere in the vast o, there's an isoted isnd inhabited solely by Dragonites. A traveling fleet was sailing on the sea when they entered a storm. A man, ging to a pnk of wood, was adrift at sea. A Dragonite rescued him and brought him back to that isoted isnd, a paradise belonging tonite."

  "That kind of thing is certainly possible," Naoki said. After all, most Dragonite were known for their kis. No matter where you were, you often heard stories of them resg people or Pokémon who were drowning at sea.

  "If a Dragonite finds a ship in distress during a storm, it will guide it to nd," Yosuke expined. "For this reason, many ships at sea pce Dragoatues on their bows to pray for a safe return. So, the question is, did that Dragonite e fronite Isnd?"

  At that moment, this question arose in both Naoki and Yosuke's minds.

  They looked at each other, and Yosuke's eyes sparkled with i. He asked excitedly, "Does that kind of isnd really exist in the o?"

  A unique Dragonite Isnd, separate from the rest of the world, inhabited by a rge number onite.

  "It should exist, right?"

  Naoki recalled that in the anime, Ash had visited su isnd and caught a Dragonair there. That Dragonair ter evolved into a cuddly Dragonite, helping Ash win the Eight Masters Tour.

  Hearing this, Yosuke grabbed Naoki's shoulders.

  Naoki was startled.

  "Naoki, let's go on an adveogether!" A gleam of longing shone in Yosuke's eyes.

  An isnd where only Dragonite exist! How exg! If only I could see that with my own eyes.

  Naoki pushed his face away, "You don't even know the exact location of the isnd."

  Yosuke defted momentarily, "That's true."

  But he quickly regained his enthusiasm, filled with determination. "But I won't give up! As long as I keep traveling, I'll find that Isnd one day!"

  "Good luck!" Naoki enced him, then waved goodbye. "I have to go."

  "Where to?" Yosuke asked hastily.

  Naoki put away the Poké Balls taining the Nacli, g the remainiy ones, and said, "To see if I catch other Pokémon and bring them back to the ranch."

  For example Skiddo, and Tropius.