"Everyone, that's the situation. I think we need to step up the pursuit of Team Magma and Team Aqua as soon as possible. What do you think?"
In a conference room at the Hoenn League headquarters, Drake spoke gravely, recounting everything that had happened yesterday without leaving out a single detail.
The senior Hoenn League officials present fell silent. It wasn't that they were unwilling to intensify the pursuit of these two underground organizations; what Drake had told them was simply too hard to believe.
They all turned their eyes toward the elderly man seated at the head of the conference table.
Miyazaki Ryuno was silent for two seconds before letting out a soft sigh. "What Elite King Drake said is true. The Mt. Pyre Lineage has indeed been guarding two orbs that can awaken Groudon and Kyogre."
His words confirmed the truth of the matter, and the conference room immediately erupted.
"Why were we never told about something so important? And wouldn't it have been better to let the League guard those two orbs?"
"Why were they entrusted to the Mt. Pyre Lineage?"
Some people openly challenged the decision.
Many thought these were valid points, and others voiced their agreement.
"Exactly. If these two orbs are so important, why weren't they handed over to the League?"
"Now look what's happened. Team Magma and Team Aqua have stolen them. If they find Groudon and Kyogre, that certainly won't be good news for us!"
The senior officials talked over one another in the conference room.
The thrust of their discussion was simply that the orbs should not have been kept by the Mt. Pyre Lineage, but handed over to the League instead.
Meanwhile, the Hoenn Region's Elite Four, the senior representatives of the Officer Jenny Family and the Joy Family, and