“Team Aqua and Team Magma are actually this audacious!”
With all of Hoenn region’s top combat power gathered in Ever Grande City, the two organizations launched raids across multiple locations, instantly enraging the Elite Four.
Upon hearing that the Devon Corporation and Fallarbor Gym had been invaded, Steven and Terrance both frowned one after another.
Compared to Steven’s composure, Terrance was far more tense.
Behind Devon stood Steven, behind Mt. Pyre stood Phoebe, and behind Fallarbor Gym stood Terrance. By simultaneously provoking three Elite Four, the two organizations had essentially formally fallen out with the Hoenn League.
“Everyone, calm down first. With the two organizations making such massive moves this time, casualties are unavoidable. However, more important than the casualties are the things we lost, they deserve even more attention. The detailed information should be transmitted to your medals shortly.”
Elite Four Phoebe forcefully suppressed her anger and spoke calmly.
Her grandparents lived at Mt. Pyre and were the guardians of the Red Orb and Blue Orb.
With the orbs stolen, she was naturally furious as well.
“This isn’t the first or second time Team Aqua has infiltrated Devon. This time, they seem to have planned for a very long time and succeeded in obtaining the core technical data of Devon’s newest deep-sea submarine,” Steven said after a while.
With Elite Four Glacia’s help, Terrance also quickly mastered the specific functions of the Elite Four medal. It was a technological creation even more advanced than the Rotom Pokédex, and virtual projection was merely one of its most basic functions. As Terrance continued browsing, his expression became increasingly grim.
“Team Magma was targeting a ‘meteorite.’ The value of that meteorite is indeed enough to justify their robbery,” Terrance said through gritted teeth.
“Could it be that meteorite…” Steven suddenly spoke.
“Yeah, the one jointly researched with the Weather Institute that’s suspected to be related to Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution,” Terrance said.
That meteorite had been obtained by Altaria’s mother from Meteor Falls and later gifted to Terrance. Through joint research with the Weather Institute and by combining it with Sootopolis City’s history, they confirmed that it was a rare treasure connected to Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution and capable of effectively altering weather patterns. The confidentiality surrounding this treasure had always been extremely tight, with very few people aware of it. It was also an important bridge maintaining the cooperative relationship between Terrance and the Weather Institute.
In the original work, this meteorite had been obtained by someone named Professor Cozmo, and in the end it was also seized by Team Magma atop Mt. Chimney. However, with Terrance, this transmigrator, arriving, everything had shifted toward an unknown direction.
“It seems the foundations of these two organizations run even deeper than the League imagined.” Steven fell into thought. Reaching directly before the eyes of the League’s three top combat forces and successfully slapping them in the face—it seemed the ambitions of the two organizations had already reached the final step, and they could no longer wait to jump out into the open.
“If I remember correctly, the operations concerning Team Aqua and Team Magma have always been handled by Mr. Steven and Phoebe, right?” Sidney suddenly asked.
“That’s right. Devon’s technology and the two orbs at Mt. Pyre capable of influencing Groudon and Kyogre have always been things they desperately wanted. Now that they’ve successfully obtained them, Hoenn is about to be in danger…”
“Guarding the Red Orb and Blue Orb has always been the top priority of Mt. Pyre’s lineage. It would have been impossible for either organization alone to break through the guardians of Mt. Pyre unless those two completely incompatible organizations have begun cooperating. But considering they launched invasions in multiple places, I suspect there’s an insider within Mt. Pyre,” Phoebe said darkly.
If anyone underestimated Phoebe because of her gender and young age, they would be gravely mistaken. Even Agatha, the veteran Ghost-type Elite Four of the Kanto Region, had once said that Phoebe was a born assassin, the Trainer most suited to get along with Ghost-types.
The atmosphere of the meeting room, which had originally been peaceful, instantly became incomparably heavy after this news arrived.
Not long afterward, Chairman Nakai hurried over. Even he, who rarely participated in League decision-making, had personally stepped forward this time because the two organizations could affect Hoenn’s safety.
“I’ve already requested support from League Headquarters. Champion Lance of the Indigo League will assist us in investigating the two organizations for the next period of time. Steven, Phoebe, you two will investigate together with Lance.”
“Chairman Nakai, I want to know the casualty situation in Fallarbor Town,” Terrance said at this moment. The report had concealed the casualty situations of each location. Although asking now was very inappropriate, compared to the Devon Corporation and Mt. Pyre’s lineage, Fallarbor Town’s security forces were the weakest, and Terrance had every reason to worry.
“There were no human deaths, but the Pokémon…” Chairman Nakai glanced at Terrance and spoke heavily.
Pokémon…
Terrance tried his best to remain calm and said, “I voluntarily request to join this investigation mission. Please approve it.”
Although he still did not know which Pokémon had died, Terrance’s heart had already begun to stir uncontrollably. Steven and Phoebe could still maintain their composure, but Terrance, who had never experienced too many hardships before, could no longer suppress his anger toward Team Magma.
The score from when Team Magma had invaded Mt. Chimney and injured Ayan still had not been settled. Now that they had once again set their sights on Fallarbor Gym, Terrance did not want to sit around waiting anymore. He wanted to personally judge this organization.
“You’ve only just taken office and don’t understand Team Aqua and Team Magma’s situation very well. Shouldn’t you reconsider…” Elite Four Glacia advised.
Team Aqua and Team Magma were different from the small organizations Terrance had destroyed. They were massive villain teams that could still act with ease despite being pursued by Hoenn League’s two top combat forces. To this day, they had shown no weaknesses and even dared to openly provoke the Hoenn League. Their level of danger already affected the safety of the entire Hoenn region.
“It’s fine.” Terrance’s expression remained unchanged. Seeing his resolute attitude, Chairman Nakai exchanged glances with Steven and Phoebe before nodding. “Then afterward, I’ll prepare the corresponding information for you. Your main work will be to assist Elite Four Glacia and Elite Four Sidney.”
“Thank you.”
Terrance’s thoughts drifted away. It was true that he was not as familiar with Team Magma and Team Aqua’s combat styles as Steven and Phoebe were, but he had a card he could use.
“Ash, I wonder whether you’ll become involved with these two organizations. If there’s a decisive battle, you’ll definitely participate in it, right?”
Even though Terrance had forgotten most of the anime’s plot after more than a decade, based on his deductions about the main storyline, Ash, the anime’s protagonist, would inevitably become involved with Team Aqua, Team Magma, and even Kyogre and Groudon. Therefore, as long as Terrance kept track of Ash’s movements, he could effectively lock onto the two organizations and deal them a devastating blow at the most critical moment.
Even if he could not place all his hopes on Ash, it was still an extremely valuable lead to reference.
As they reorganized their countermeasures against Team Aqua and Team Magma, the Hoenn League immediately entered a state of war preparation.
The peaceful life Terrance had hoped for had yet to arrive before he was forcibly dragged into this incident.
“With a lineup of two Champions and two Elite Four, hopefully they can punish these two great threats weighing on Hoenn’s heart,” Chairman Nakai thought to himself.
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