"Though even that can't fully express how grateful I am to you, I still have to say it: thank you, Xia Yan!"
Aboard a Devon Corporation airship.
Old Master Mu Jin Hibiscus bowed ninety degrees to Xia Yan, offering his most sincere gratitude.
Xia Yan broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly stepped aside.
"Old Master, if you keep doing this, I'm leaving. You can deal with Steven's condition yourselves."
A day had already passed since the disaster caused by Groudon and Kyogre in the Hoenn Region had come to an end.
The Hoenn League personnel who had arrived were carrying out the most urgent response efforts for Sootopolis City's current devastation.
The people from Devon Corporation had come as well.
As the Hoenn Region's largest private enterprise, a company built on mining and steel, it was also the region's largest construction company.
Its Devon Construction branch was spread across the major regions of the Pokémon World, and it had participated in the construction of countless facilities.
Because of Steven's actions and the responsibility he had displayed as Champion, Devon Corporation maintained a very good relationship with the Hoenn League. Thus, the reconstruction and restoration of Sootopolis City had almost entirely been entrusted to Devon Corporation.
After learning that the incident in Sootopolis City had finally ended, and that Steven's life had been saved with Xia Yan's help, Old Master Mu Jin—who had yet to fully recover—had taken a Devon Corporation airship here as well.
He wanted both to inspect Steven's exact condition and to thank Xia Yan once more.
"Hahahaha—"
The old man laughed heartily. Xia Yan's evasiveness did nothing to diminish his gratitude.
He was truly content.
The Hoenn Region's greatest disaster was over.
His son, who had gone to the battlefield prepared to die, had ultimately