Kyogre only realized this after Su Hao reminded it, and it carefully looked him over.
The moment it sensed Rayquaza's overwhelmingly domineering aura, Kyogre instantly understood why Su Hao had confidently claimed that Rayquaza would not come over.
So there was this kind of connection!
The two ancient Legendary Pokémon were both plunged into shock.
Meanwhile, Su Hao wore an expression that said everything was going according to plan.
Good. Now he had bluffed both of them.
A bluff was a bluff, but did he not know how much truth there really was in the few highly convincing "facts" he had presented?
The Rayquaza aura on him was not because he had caught Rayquaza, nor because Rayquaza acknowledged him as its Trainer or anything like that.
The truth was that after he had provoked Rayquaza in the Dragon Lair Secret Realm, it had nearly indignantly left behind a mark akin to a "kill mark," intending to gather strength before coming after him for revenge.
Incidentally, Cycloze and Reshiram both had that mark as well.
Groudon and Kyogre actually had it too. Otherwise, how could Rayquaza show up at precisely the right time to break up their fights every single time?
Furthermore, during his last battle alongside Rayquaza in space, the aura of that mark had been tainted with something different through their Aura connection. That was why Groudon and Kyogre believed his relationship with Rayquaza was unusual.
As for how the two ancient Legendary Pokémon interpreted it, that was none of Su Hao's business. He had not explicitly said anything, after all. Even if the truth came out, it would only mean they had imagined it wrong themselves.
Yes, an unusually intimate relationship.
As for the Green Orb, that was not an empty promise either.
Back when Rayquaza had left