At 10:20 AM,
At the foot of Phoenix Mountain.
Because Jasmine Sharma had tutoring, Riley brought the Rodetick alone.
Phoenix Mountain wasn't too far from Fontainhas Street, its about eight or nine minutes by bike.
"Rodetick."
The Rodetick gratefully called out.
Although it had been dreaming of coming back these past few days, it still felt somewhat surreal when it actually returned.
After expressing its gratitude, the Rodetick couldn't wait and ran up to the mountain.
However, after taking just a few steps, it turned around and saw the human who had sent a Ghost-type spirit beast to save it following behind.
"Bark?"
"I happen to be going up the mountain too, let's go together," Riley said.
The ultimate goal of coming back to his hometown this summer break was to help the Fire Dog train and evolve.
Searching for wild spirit brasts and fighting with them is an integral part of this training.