Straight to Route 102

You picked up {if Poochyena==0}Ace{else}your pokemon{endif}, then left town to the west. A scientist tried to block your way saying not to disturb the pokemon tracks he was examining, but you took a closer look and pointed out the logo of a shoe company in one of the 'pokemon' tracks.

A trainer challenged you to a battle, but you had little difficulty defeating his single zigzagoon that looked like it was more interested in playing than fighting. He gave you eighty pokedollars for winning.

Getting to Petalburg City would mean going through some tall grass and almost certainly battling a wild pokemon. There were a few berry bushes along the side of the trail, and a girl who was probably just barely eighteen and old enough to get a licence was battling a bug catcher further up the route, just on this side of the tall grass.