North of Lilycove City.
Outside an island with a dormant volcano, a massive submersible aircraft carrier floated on the water.
Inside the carrier.
Aqua Team Boss Archie sat silently in his seat, staring at the ancient map spread across the table, his brow tightly furrowed.
He wore a blue Combat Suit and a blue headscarf. Rugged in appearance, with a sharply defined beard, he looked like a pirate.
"What a pity..."
Archie tapped his fingers against the table, regret filling his heart.
After going through countless hardships to track down an Ancient Pokémon, Aqua Team had never expected the final location to be a volcanic island rather than an ordinary island.
How he wished Kyogre had been soaking in the lava like a hot spring, instead of that idiot Groudon sleeping there.
"It's all right, Boss Archie. This is only the beginning."
Izumi, the red-haired Aqua Team executive, tossed Archie a bottle of water.
"Yeah! For our dream!"
Taking the water, Archie sank into his memories.
As a child, he had lived in a region plagued by drought. His hometown suffered from famine year-round. Having grown up in such an environment, Archie's soul was eventually redeemed by Water-type Pokémon. His hometown had been saved by Water-type Pokémon, and its people had only survived because of their power.
Yet those Water-type Pokémon had died in the drought while trying to change the environment.
To them, water had been something beyond reach.
From that moment on, Archie had gained an ideal and understood a truth.
Life was born from the ocean... Only by increasing the ocean's surface area could the infinite possibilities of future life be nurtured!
He wanted to turn this world into something closer to his ideal.
He would use Kyogre's power over the sea to expand the oceans and