Kyogre's Madness

At Devon Co, Steven had gathered in the parlor with Lance and Summer.

"This is the situation on the surface of the sea ten kilometers away from Lilycove City."

Steven introduced the battlefield on the big screen - a panel showing Groudon and Rayquaza perched in the sea and the sky respectively, now frantically flinging their respective high-powered restraint system moves against each other.

"Rayquaza..."

Looking at Rayquaza, Lance, who was a dragon attribute specialized trainer, frowned.

"I thought Rayquaza disappeared earlier?" Lance asked Steven rhetorically, saying, "And now how did it appear in front of Groudon?"

"...Lance, that's a simple question."

Steven was silent for a moment, and pulled up the image above Rayquaza's head.

A slender silhouette - Aisha with his arms wrapped around his chest - stood above Rayquaza's dragon head.

"Aisha?"

After seeing the person's face clearly, Lance was instantly stunned and unable to say a word.

"Well... Aisha-kun traveled to Sky Pillar this morning, and it seems that this genius has truly done what the entire Hoenn League couldn't do, finding Rayquaza and using it as his power to ride this legendary mythical dragon forward to snipe Groudon atop the waters of Lilycove City."

By now, Steven had become become Aisha's number one fan.

This selfless yet powerful and knowledgeable trainer had simply given him too much of a shock.

"This... is unbelievable."

Even though he had infinitely overestimated Aisha, Lance was still stunned after seeing him command Rayquaza in battle.

Legendary Pokémon would always be an existence that Pokémon trainers could only dream of.

Rayquaza, as the strongest legendary Pokémon of the dragon attribute, was the Pokémon Lance had dreamed of for a long time...

Now, Aisha had become the one who harnessed it.

"How powerful..."

"Elite Summer, you've actually known for a long time that Aisha-kun and Rayquaza have some connection, right?" Steven sent a query towards Summer at this time.

"Well, not exactly."

Summer's face was as normal as ever as she responded to Steven's question, saying, "It was just a guess before, and I didn't even dare to be sure about this matter before today."

"That's also true, after all, with a mortal body can be compared to the gods this greatness is really too shocking..."

Steven did not linger on this issue.

There were more important things right now.

"Then... This is the situation in the northern waters of Sootopolis City."

A second module appeared on top of the big screen - a schematic of the sea as if it were sonar and radar came into the eyes of the three of them, in which a huge object representing a life response was approaching the city.

"Kyogre has been resurrected as well."

Lance and Summer then waited for Steven to make arrangements.

"On Groudon's side, we have Aisha-kun and Rayquaza sitting there, so that shouldn't be a problem for a short time, so that means I'll be heading to Sootopolis City to block Kyogre, and Wallace is in Sootopolis City, so that means that on top of the battlefield of blocking Kyogre there will be two of us, the Champion of the Hoenn region, at the same time."

Steven looked towards Lance and said, "Lance, the dragon and flight attributes you specialize in can restrain Groudon who doesn't possess the ability to fly."

"So, next, I'll trouble you and Elite Summer to head to the waters of Lilycove City to help Aisha-kun stop Groudon."

"Yes."

"No problem."

Both Lance and Summer agreed that there was nothing wrong with Steven's arrangement.

"After that, the eight gym leaders will also decide exactly which battle to participate in based on the attributes they specialize in, and the Elite Four will also bring the Three Pillars into the battle after they have found them, so our fighting strength will only increase, and the hope for this battle is very high!"

Not knowing if he was inspiring the others, or if he was saying that he was comforting himself, Steven spoke out about the arrangement for the fighting forces.

"..."

Summer and Lance looked at each other in silence, neither of them saying anything.

"Then, start moving!"

Steven walked out of the conference room in a flash, the plane to Wallace and Sootopolis City had been waiting for them at the back of the company for a long time.

... ...

At sunset.

The slender mermaid spewed brilliant beams of frozen light above the streets of Sootopolis City, creating a runway of frozen light of almost endless length, smooth and cold, relying on her sleek body to glide swiftly above the runway.

Wallace sat sideways on top of his partner's spine, staring expressionlessly ahead.

His behavior had already destroyed many buildings along the way, some low-rise houses had been completely sealed within the hard ice that could not be melted, and the speed of the Milotic gliding on the ice had already exceeded the extreme speed of some Pokémon that were good at running or flying when they were on full power.

He didn't choose to ride a large-billed gull with the ability to fly.

When he was about to face the gods, only his first and most powerful companion could give Wallace some peace of mind....

If it were normal, his actions would have already alarmed the city's police department.

Officer Jenny and countless police officers would be carrying Growlithe and Arcanine, driving police cars to spare no effort to hunt him down.

But... Nowadays, Sootopolis City was silent, and there was no other sound on the streets except for the sound of Milotic making ice.

Not only the streets, but also inside the houses.

Within a few hours, Sootopolis, a city of considerable size, had evacuated all of its residents, and the city, which was responsible for astronomical research and had a high population flow, had completely changed its meaning of existence, turning into a cold and unforgiving battlefield - a miracle that could only be accomplished by the Hoenn region.

The city's evacuation program had been etched into the hearts of every resident.

They could not run without it.

Because, the Hoenn region had Groudon and Kyogre...

There was a time when Wallace also longed for Kyogre infinitely.

Not only because that Ultra Ancient Pokémon's attributes were the same as the attributes of the Pokémon he specialized in, but also because Groudon and Kyogre were not the gods of calamity that the world recognized in his mind.

The residents of the Hoenn region only saw themselves being displaced under the threat of Groudon and Kyogre, but they couldn't see the side of the Hoenn region that didn't need to suffer from energy adoption at all because of the two endless energy sources, the heat of the earth veins generated by Groudon and the tidal turbulence caused by Kyogre...

Looking at it that way, Wallace and Archie's thoughts instead shared a similarity.

"Hey."

Looking into the distance, Wallace seemed to see the shadow of a whale jumping under the dark clouds.

"I didn't realize that the first person who attacked the city wasn't Groudon, but Kyogre..."