Mossdeep City, the foot of Mt. Chimney, and the summit of Mt. Chimney.
Team Magma appeared in several places at once, all of which Steven had anticipated.
What he had not anticipated, however, was a hurricane and thunderstorm sweeping across the entire eastern sea!
High in the air,
Steven stood on Metagross's back, with Elite Four member Glacia sitting on Glalie's head beside him.
"Mr. Steven, is it really Kyogre?"
A faint layer of psychic power covered Steven and Glacia, shielding them from the driving rain.
"It should be..."
Looking at the darkened sky, Steven said quietly,
"Let's begin! Miss Glacia, please freeze this stretch of sea! I'll have Metagross assist you. We must stop Kyogre from approaching land, or else..."
Groudon and Kyogre had created the land and the sea, and had clashed over their struggle for more natural energy!
Though Rayquaza had ultimately subdued them, the two Super-Ancient Pokémon had never abandoned their attempts to seize each other's territory and obtain more natural energy.
They were natural enemies.
And now, Kyogre, who should have been asleep, was instead stirring up enormous waves and heading toward land...
Once Kyogre reached land, Groudon would inevitably awaken from slumber, even without Team Magma's suicidal actions!
When that happened, the entire Hoenn Region would suffer a devastating blow!
Rustboro City, Lavaridge Town, Mauville City, Lilycove City, Sootopolis City, and Mossdeep Town had all begun evacuating their residents, but Team Magma's sabotage had successfully forced the entire plan ahead of schedule...
As a result, the Gym Leaders, who had already made preparations, had no choice but to act early, first taking down the troublemakers from Team Magma before pooling their strength against Kyogre.
But would everything really go so smoothly?
The Red Orb had already appeared, but what about the Brilliant Blue Orb