The 255th day after leaving the Orange Islands, late at night.
Five days after monitoring Magma Team's outer members, A Long finally brought good news.
"Boss, the submarine transporting their supplies is here!" A Long hid in an alley and reported in a low voice, gripping his binoculars tightly as he stared unblinkingly toward the harbor.
The harbor was brightly lit, with figures constantly moving about. This was merely the busy area; the less active sections were pitch-black. Magma Team members were also loading all kinds of supplies into the submarine's cargo hold.
These people wore matching uniforms dominated by vivid red, making them especially conspicuous under the moonlight. There was no doubt about it—they were Magma Team.
"Good. Have your Sharpedo follow the submarine with the tracker. I'm coming over now." Yu Hai had just left the training room, which was filled with the sweat his Pokémon had worked up.
He first returned to his room and let the Pokémon eat their post-training midnight snack while he took a shower. He had intended to get a proper night's sleep; everyone had been exhausted from the extra training these past few days.
But sleep was out of the question tonight. He was destined to stay up late. A Long's message had arrived, so it was time to act.
With a helpless sigh, he dried himself off and reached beside the bed to put on his clothes piece by piece. After packing up, he recalled the Pokémon that had finished their midnight snack and let them rest properly. There might be a fierce battle ahead.
He then checked out at the hotel front desk and hurried to the harbor to meet A Long. They would not be returning after heading out to sea. Once they stole Magma Team's fragment of Groudon's