The Hoenn Region was a prosperous land renowned for its distinctive volcanic and oceanic terrain, as well as its abundant resources.
Its underworld was likewise full of vitality and chaos.
Two major forces, like the two extremes of this land, had stood opposed for years, clashing constantly.
Team Magma was a group of fanatical land worshippers who firmly believed that expanding the land was the only way forward for humanity.
Team Aqua was a group of equally fanatical devotees of the sea who believed that only by returning to the ocean's embrace could life attain eternity.
Their conflict ran through the entire history of Hoenn's underworld.
Through an extremely secretive and extremely expensive black-market channel, Ye Li made contact with the supreme leaders of both organizations.
After several tentative, anonymous exchanges with them online.
Ye Li keenly noticed that although these two organizations with diametrically opposed ideals fought endlessly over whether to "expand the land" or "expand the sea," they were in astonishing agreement on one central objective.
Both were frantically searching for information about the two Legendary Pokémon that slumbered within Hoenn's ancient myths.
Groudon, the creator of the land.
Kyogre, the ruler of the seas.
Ye Li looked at the intelligence in his hands, a smile of everything going according to plan appearing on his face.
He knew he held the ultimate bargaining chip, one that neither organization could refuse.
He took advantage of his "foreknowledge" from another world.
He began "revealing" information to the leaders of Team Magma and Team Aqua about where these two Legendary Pokémon slept, mixing truth with falsehood.
He told Team Magma's leader, Maxie, that Groudon was not sleeping at the planet's core, but within the energy core of an active volcano, absorbing energy from the earth's veins as it awaited the moment