Canalave City, Hoenn League Temporary Operations Command, the department responsible for handling all the aftermath of Kyogre and Groudon's battle.
It was also an emergency department temporarily established to deal with the even greater disaster to come.
Inside an almost completely sealed room.
"I don't think that was wrong. And at the final moment, I made the choice I believed was right. It was that simple."
Looking into the eyes of the tall woman with the swollen chest before him, Jing He leaned back in his chair and nodded. "I believe you, Instructor Shelly."
The woman across from him was Shelly, one of Team Aqua's three senior executives. She was also an instructor of Oceanic Airflow Studies at Canalave Pokémon Academy, and had once accompanied Jing He on the academy students' Autumn Excursion.
The two of them had not actually spoken much, because Jing He had deliberately avoided contact with her before.
After all, she was one of Team Aqua's three senior executives. Back then, he had not possessed the ability to deal with someone like her.
And the reason Shelly was here was naturally because of the anonymous letter she had written, which had reached Steven Stone and old Mr. Mu Jin.
She had warned Steven Stone and the Pokémon League in advance that Kyogre was about to awaken, giving the Hoenn League enough time to prepare. That was what had allowed the League to minimize the disaster caused by the clash between the two Super Ancient Legendary Pokémon.
As for Shelly's explanation, Jing He chose to trust her.
In fact, as Team Aqua's highest-ranking executive and one of its wisest members—
In the original work, when Team Aqua's leader Archie had gone mad with his desire to awaken Kyogre, Shelly and the others had learned of the destruction