On his way to Blueberry Academy, Axel had once encountered a battle on a sunken ship by a Courtney.
That girl was Sapphire, and she was also one of the chosen children of destiny of the Hoenn region.
Compared to Courtney, she probably knew more about the situation in Hoenn.
"Eh, Tororo, stop right now!"
Not long after Axel spotted Sapphire, Sapphire also noticed Axel. The solemn look on her face instantly flashed with surprise, and she hurriedly shouted the name of her Tropius, telling him to stop for the moment.
"Roar~", Tropius stopped some distance away beside the cliff, warily watching the group of Pokémon beside Axel whose energy levels were off the charts.
"Axel, long time no see!", Sapphire showed no fear at all, still as carefree as ever, waving vigorously at Axel from far away.
Although the two of them had only met once, Axel had saved her from Team Magma that time, so Sapphire felt quite close to him.
Axel smiled and nodded in response, waving back as well, "Long time no see. What are you doing out here?"
Sapphire stuck out her tongue and casually scratched the back of her head, completely unconcerned about her spring scenery being exposed.
"Actually, I came here on a mission. Wallace said this place seems to have been attacked by someone, and he also said that two Gym Leaders have lost contact."
"I just happen to be challenging all the Gyms right now, and I haven't met those two Gym Leaders yet, so I came over to take a look."
"Why are you all standing on the mountaintop? I heard Wallace say there are two elders here, an old granny and an old grandpa, who are responsible for guarding the mountains. They're both very hospitable."
Axel glanced at the courtyard not far away and spoke faintly, "I just took the Red Orb and the Indigo Orb from here, and I was planning to go greet the old couple, but I didn't expect the two of them to leave their posts without permission..."
"But that's not important. You just mentioned two Gym Leaders. Why haven't I seen them?"
As Axel finished speaking, before Sapphire could respond, the Black Dragon standing nearby suddenly raised its wings.
"Lord Deity, when I transformed just now, I discovered some Psychic-type Pokémon spying on us, so I knocked them out along the way."
Axel: "???"
'Damn it. If I didn't happen to know Sapphire, and if I wasn't also very familiar with Officer Jenny's entire family, I would have probably been treated as an invader right now.'
"Go bring the two of them back. That way nothing goes wrong."
"And also," Axel turned to look at Sapphire and spoke about the real reason he came this time.
"I received news that a villain organization has set its sights on Hoenn's Legendary Pokémon, Kyogre and Groudon."
"How much do you know on your side? Tell me about it."
"You came for Kyogre and Groudon?", Sapphire's eyes lit up, a little excited.
Recently, the entire Hoenn region had almost been thrown into chaos. Especially in the past two days, all kinds of incidents had been happening nearly every day.
If Axel could help, that would be perfect.
Sapphire organized her thoughts a bit and began explaining what she knew.
"It all started with that sunken ship where we met. After that, Team Aqua and Team Magma attacked the shipyard and Devon Corporation. At first, no one knew what they were after."
"Luckily, Miss Courtney contacted me in time, and I passed the information to Steven, so Hoenn actually entered a state of preparedness very early on."
"But just yesterday, something new happened in Hoenn again..."
"You know about that Ultra Wormhole crack on the internet, right? I saw the news from Alola saying you're the one handling that matter."
"Hoenn has a crack too?", Axel was a bit surprised. Those unstable cracks only appeared because of the Aether Paradise.
Now that Hoenn had cracks as well, did that mean at least part of the Aether Paradise had reached Hoenn?
"Yes," When the cracks were mentioned, Sapphire's face drooped, clearly finding the phenomenon very troublesome.
"Last night and this morning, cracks appeared separately in Rustboro City and Mauville City."
"What appeared in Rustboro City was a huge red mosquito. Fortunately, that guy didn't attack civilians. The Flying-type Gym Leader, Winona, rushed over in time and captured it."
"What appeared in Mauville City was a black Pokémon with an especially huge mouth. Mr. Mechanic King and old man Wattson activated the underground mechanical city beneath Mauville, temporarily trapping it."
"And the problem happened right at that moment... Today, Wallace reassigned a lot of people to deal with that black Pokémon, and then Team Magma and Team Aqua took advantage of the Alliance being short-handed and drove submarines down underground..."
Hearing this, Axel nodded slightly, basically understanding the current situation in Hoenn.
Because one side had submarines and the other had special equipment capable of letting submarines dive into the Seafloor Cavern, Team Magma and Team Aqua hit it off immediately and went to the Seafloor Cavern together.
At the same time, people from the Aether Foundation had also arrived in Hoenn and caused a certain degree of chaos. Their objective was likewise Groudon and Kyogre in the Seafloor Cavern, hoping to use the power of those two Pokémon to hide underground or in the deep sea.
There was actually another rather troublesome faction, Pryce, but with Giovanni acting as a top-tier substitute, Axel wasn't worried.
After sorting out his thoughts, Axel thought briefly, then looked at Sapphire and said, "Later, tell Wallace and Steven that the Ultra Beast situation is on me. You just do your best to stop Team Magma and Team Aqua."
"Of course, if you really can't stop them, that's fine too. The two orbs I got today have a strong restraining effect on Kyogre and Groudon. When the time comes, they won't be able to stir up much trouble."
As he finished speaking, Axel slipped his right hand into his pocket and took out the Crimson Red Orb that he hadn't had time to absorb yet.
Originally, he had planned to absorb both orbs just now, but after the Black and White Dragons finished their transformation, they suddenly told Axel something. They said that if both orbs entered his body at the same time, it might cause a second development of his brain domain.
After absorbing them, he wondered whether his Psychic trait would leap past that of a so-called super rookie.
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