Sitting in a Row

"Are you sure you want to leave this place?"

Slow Wisdom's calm voice carried down from above Ecological Island.

Hearing this, Groudon and Kyogre both raised their heads, their golden eyes fixed on the Slowking in midair.

"Roar..."

Groudon let out a low growl from its throat. The words that human had said before leaving resurfaced in its mind—

"Don't fight. If you want it, I can split it equally between the two of you."

At that moment, an emotion known as hesitation arose in Groudon's mind.

It turned to look into the distance.

In that direction, the immense Natural Energy was still calling to it without pause.

If it could go there and obtain that energy...

Thinking of this, Groudon raised a foot and took a step forward.

But just then, it happened to catch sight of Kyogre on the sea.

Unlike it, Kyogre did not seem to have been drawn in by that energy. It merely floated quietly upon the water, looking this way with that irritating gaze of its.

Groudon's gaze met Kyogre's in midair.

All of a sudden, inspiration struck Groudon, and the image of Primal Kyogre being brutally beaten by that powerful bird Pokémon years ago surfaced in its mind.

Groudon and Kyogre silently looked at each other.

At that moment, the thoughts of the two legendary Pokémon reached an oddly unified conclusion.

—He had said he would bring that stone back and give it to them.

Based on what Groudon and Kyogre had learned over the past two years, as long as that human had promised something, he would definitely do it.

Thus, in the next second, Kyogre, the God of Sea, dove beneath the ocean, while Groudon, the God of Land, turned and returned to the volcano.

Above Ecological Island, the gathering storm