Violent booms echoed continuously throughout the entire cave.
They even affected the outside world.
"Why do I feel like this place has been moving the whole time?"
A burly man in blue-and-white striped gear looked at the rock wall before him and the seawater around it, which was constantly bubbling, feeling deeply puzzled.
Another member dressed the same way snorted coldly. "Looks like someone got in before us. They really have a death wish, daring to disrupt Team Aqua's operation."
"Those little rats we found earlier?" a lazy female voice rang out. "They knew we were coming and still dared to go in. They really are courting death.
"But that works out nicely. Let them scout the way first, then we'll deal with those fools who don't know their place."
The two men and one woman had distinctly different builds.
But the simple skull emblems on their clothes and their conversation were enough to prove their identities.
They were Team Aqua, one of Hoenn Region's two major dark organizations.
Compared to Team Magma, their fighting style was far more ruthless, and they frequently killed without hesitation.
The sole female member slowly stretched out a hand and placed it against the constantly trembling rock wall, carefully sensing the fluctuations coming from within.
"Looks like these little rats knew they weren't enough, so they found some help~"
A mocking smile appeared on her face.
Meanwhile.
Tetsuya and the other two, who were fighting the rampaging school of fish, had no idea that Team Aqua was already waiting outside like a yellow oriole, ready to swoop in afterward.
They were busy protecting the approximate framework of the sunken ship from being destroyed by the fish.
This was a troublesome task.
"Blaziken, Flame Charge!"
"Blaze!"
Scorching flames burst from Blaziken's body.
In the blink