Initial Gains (Quarter-Hour Revision)

"This time, Team Aqua may have committed far more resources than we imagined. Be extremely careful—it's dangerous."

When Solans Takao said this,

Tetsuya had to admit that he was struggling to keep a straight face.

But he couldn't tell the man that it was actually fine, simply because he had a powerful backer watching over him.

So, he simply nodded silently to show that he understood.

Solans Takao did not say anything more when he saw this.

Instead, he turned to the Exploration Team members and issued orders. "Reduce power, activate stealth mode, and keep watch for enemies nearby."

"Yes!"

The team members quickly got to work.

The pitch-black submarine nearly blended completely into the deep-sea environment.

Even if Pokemon used their special abilities to investigate it, most would conclude that there was "nothing unusual."

When it came to black technology, the Pokemon World had never lagged behind.

Meowth could cobble together a mimicry submarine equipped with offensive weapons from a pile of ordinary materials, so anything was possible.

Blending into the ocean current, Abyssal Sea 1 naturally headed toward the Seabed Cave.

Tetsuya quickly saw what the entrance looked like with his psychic powers.

Though calling it an entrance was not exactly accurate.

After all, no human could enter somewhere through a cave entrance only as large as their own fist.

Unless they could master Minimize like a Pokemon.

Abyssal Sea 1 slowly settled onto the seafloor, providing just the right cover to conceal the humans' movements.

A shimmer of light rippled across the vessel's surface.

Within seconds, the area looked as though no visitors had ever arrived.

"This technology was developed based on Kecleon's traits, right? That's incredible."

Asakawa Chinatsu clicked her tongue in amazement.

"Yeah. This one technology alone cost us nearly a year's worth of funding."