At the emergency meeting.
Blue, Steven, Lance, and the others were discussing Pidgeot's sudden collapse.
Cynthia suddenly suggested that a secret organization like Team Galactic or Team Plasma might be behind it.
That truly opened a new door for Blue and the others, broadening their thinking completely.
The dense fog stretching over more than a hundred miles of sea had always led Blue, Steven, and the others to suspect a Legendary Pokémon.
But humans could accomplish it, too.
Organizations like the now-defunct Team Galactic and the still-active Team Plasma had the means to do so.
Not to mention Team Rocket, which dominated Kanto-Johto.
This world was full of mad scientists.
Perhaps, to conduct some secret research,
they really might have come all the way out here.
Lance made an immediate decision.
"Assess Pidgeot's injuries, then give Godo another full examination. If there are no problems..."
Lance's gaze sharpened.
"It's time we went in to investigate!"
Whether a Legendary Pokémon had settled there,
an organization or individual was conducting secret research,
or it was the exceedingly unlikely possibility of a Galarian Weezing,
it posed a threat to the safety of humans and Pokémon, even though there had been no missing-person reports so far.
Judging by Lt. Surge's and Pidgeot's experiences, however, there was danger within the fog.
As Champions and Investigators,
they had to explore it.
If it was a Legendary Pokémon, whether they fought or negotiated, they would have to make their intentions known.
Blue nodded. "All right."
Steven and Cynthia raised no objections either.
Blue added, "Before we go in, there are a few things we need to confirm."
"First, whether Poni Island's guardian, Tapu Fini, has left the Alola Region."
Lance nodded. "I'll contact the Alola Region as soon as the meeting ends."
"Lance, there's one more thing