"Are you kidding me?"
Somewhere over the sea, riding on Latios's back and gazing at the Hoenn Region drawing near in the distance, Xia Yan shouted into the phone with a rare loss of composure.
"Buii~~ Buii buii~~"
Seeing this, Sylveon hurriedly curled its ribbons into the shape of a fan. Standing at the other end of Latios's back, it fanned Xia Yan, signaling for him not to act rashly.
Xia Yan also realized he had lost his composure. He waved at Sylveon, indicating that he was fine.
He was just a little surprised.
On the other end of the call—
Sakaki's respectful voice came through. She showed no reaction to Xia Yan's lapse in composure and simply continued:
"Boss, according to the spies Team Rocket planted in the Hoenn Region, Hoenn is far from peaceful right now. Maxie of Team Magma and Archie of Team Aqua summoned Groudon and Kyogre.
Although the two ancient Legendary Pokémon have temporarily disappeared,
that does not mean they have truly been subdued."
The Hoenn disaster still wasn't over?
"Then how did you get those three gems?" Xia Yan frowned.
The red and blue gems had been polished from the shattered Vermilion Orb and Indigo Orb, right?
And Team Rocket had taken them amid the chaos.
"This was part of a previous deal between Boss Giovanni and Maxie. Maxie was the first person to find the orbs. Boss Giovanni never told anyone the details of their transaction. At the time, I was responsible for seizing the meteorite amid the chaos, including that green gem.
But according to rumors, those two orbs were also discovered within a meteorite before being polished into their current forms. Otherwise, the Hoenn League would not have tried to imitate them and create another green orb.
Since they came from