"Mana!!"
Small and doll-like, with a body entirely blue.
At first glance, it looked like a blue water balloon, with two blue antennae extending from the back of its head, each ending in a round bulb.
Its eyes were round too. If they had not been filled with fury, it might have looked even cuter.
A gleaming red gem on its chest shone brilliantly, halos of light continuously flowing out and spreading through the surrounding sea.
This Pokémon was the legendary "Prince of the Sea," Manaphy.
A Mythical Pokémon.
It might not have seemed particularly powerful, but it possessed the ability to control the ocean.
Like Kyogre and Lugia, it was a Pokémon capable of exerting an enormous influence over the sea.
Although Manaphy was a Water-type Pokémon, its innate mystical power allowed it to communicate telepathically with any Pokémon.
With that ability, combined with its status in the ocean, it was easy to understand how it could influence and even control the Water-type Pokémon within it.
Xia Yan had initially assumed that Kyogre or Lugia was controlling those Water-type Pokémon and directing their relentless assaults against the magma.
But he had forgotten about this little one.
Manaphy was naturally a very gentle Pokémon, one that stayed out of worldly affairs and merely guarded its own little territory.
Only after Alakazam Mega Evolved and its psychic perception was further enhanced had it finally sensed something unusual inside Wailord's mouth and detected this little thing's presence.
But Manaphy's condition was clearly abnormal at the moment.
Both its expression and its cries made it clear just how furious it was.
And that fury had affected the Water-type Pokémon as well.
Xia Yan was actually rather curious.
Team Rocket had merely created Mewtwo. How had that ended up provoking Manaphy?
Could it be