After traversing through the freezing waters of Route 9, you finally arrive on a soft patch of grass right next to the Spikemuth Gym

The entrance seems to be barred by a massive steel shutter but before you could investigate, a huge black shadow lunges at you from the nearby patch of grass

"Goin' somewhere, ya wee little nipper?"

He chuckles lightly before brandishing his claws in front of your face. His long tongue lashes out as he glares at you unnervingly