"How is the situation in Sootopolis City?"
Hoenn Region, Pokémon League Headquarters airship.
The command room was deathly silent, heavy with a stifling unease. Everyone silently focused on their own tasks, making no unnecessary sounds.
The news that the Hoenn Region had returned to peace was also something they had deliberately spread.
But only they knew.
What the true situation was.
The "bomb" had not been fully defused. It had merely been delayed.
And the length of that delay...
Amid their work, everyone would unconsciously glance toward the enormous central screen.
On it.
Within the endlessly roaring Sootopolis City, beneath an exceptionally resilient barrier, several figures fought desperately.
They were Hoenn's hope, as well as Hoenn's greatest source of confidence.
The Hoenn League Chairman stood with his hands behind his back, his expression solemn as he stared fixedly at the screen.
"It's very bad."
A researcher was drenched in sweat, his ten fingers constantly striking the keyboard. Looking at the data displayed on the computer before him, despair inevitably filled his eyes.
"G-Groudon's and Kyogre's readings are still rising. Their strength is growing stronger with every moment they remain awake. There's almost no sign of a limit."
The researcher swallowed.
"A-And Regice's, Registeel's, and Regirock's readings... after reaching a peak, they've already begun falling..."
Hearing this, everyone in the command room felt their hearts sink.
The Hoenn League Chairman's hands clenched tightly behind his back.
But at a time like this.
Everyone else could panic, but he could not.
"How is the evacuation planning progressing?"
Another staff member stood and reported, "The residents near Sootopolis City have already been completely evacuated. Other cities are also actively and secretly dispatching evacuation teams and airships, but..."
"Speak!"
"But the populations of Hoenn's cities are simply too large. Even if every League airship