Looking at the Team Rocket elite radiating a terrifying aura all over their bodies, Archie and Maxie felt their legs go weak, almost collapsing to the ground.
When they first cooperated with Pryce and the Aether Foundation, they had thought about borrowing the strength of those two sides to save themselves some effort.
But now it seemed that they had truly been seeking help from a tiger!
Even if they really managed to awaken Kyogre and Groudon, would they be able to obtain control over these two gods from Pryce and the Foundation?
They could not understand why, even though they were all regional villain organizations, the gap between them could be so huge!
Pryce was able to reach the Seafloor Cavern from the ocean surface without relying on any external tools, purely by the power of his Pokémon. That was already power approaching that of a god.
Yet even such a terrifying existence had no ability to fight back at all in front of Team Rocket.
"Cough~ Cough~", Archie was the first to react, looking at Giovanni in front of him with wary eyes.
"How about... you let these two guys go to you?"
Giovanni let out a cold laugh, "Anyone who can walk together with someone like Pryce is indeed cut from the same cloth, and you are even worse than Pryce."
"At least he managed to raise two decent Pokémon. As for you, all you think about is how to obtain the power of legendary Pokémon."
"With just you, can you even control it?"
"If the two of you have the ability to capture Kyogre and Groudon, then when I overturn the League and rule the world after some time, I can let you govern the Hoenn region."
"Or if you help me find Mew, I can also let you obtain the power to command gods."
"If you can do neither... then die here."
After saying that, Giovanni ignored Archie and Maxie and returned to the airship with the two Pokémon by his side.
The armor on Mewtwo's face lifted, a dense crimson psychic light bursting forth, enveloping the airship that was about to be sunk by Pryce and driving it toward the ocean surface.
Seeing Pryce run away and Giovanni leave as well, Archie and Maxie looked at each other.
The members of Team Aqua and Team Magma were completely dumbfounded.
If they had not seen wrong, their bosses had been despised?
And their submarine had already been destroyed. Now that Pryce and Giovanni were gone, how were they supposed to get back?
"Boss, what should we do now?", The subordinates looked at their bosses helplessly, feeling that life was nothing but darkness.
Archie and Maxie exchanged a glance, their mouths twitching.
'Damn it, what else can we do?'
They had already tried just now. With only their own strength, they could not even get close to those two gods, let alone awaken them.
After losing the submarine, they could not possibly withstand the water pressure near the Seafloor Cavern. Once they left this cavern, whether humans or Pokémon, they would all be crushed flat by the heavy seawater.
Now the only way for them to survive was to slowly dig their way back to the surface from the Seafloor Cavern.
"Everyone listen up. Release all Pokémon that can use Dig, as well as those that have mastered Ground-type and Rock-type moves. We dig our way out and save ourselves."
"Those without such Pokémon, go find some ordinary fish that were just stunned and keep them as dried rations."
Although Archie and Maxie were somewhat weaker in strength, they were still the leaders of two organizations. They reacted quickly and came up with a self-rescue plan.
At the same time, Maxie also drew a small pie to keep the subordinates motivated.
"You all saw it just now. The villain organizations from other regions are outrageously strong, which means we still have huge room to improve."
"Just now, my Camerupt and Archie's Sharpedo both got close to those two powerful gods. Given time, they can comprehend the energy around the gods and gain even stronger power."
"That is to say, as long as we successfully get back, we will sooner or later become even stronger."
"When we come back next time, we will easily obtain the power of Groudon and Kyogre!"
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While Archie and Maxie were drawing pie for their subordinates and leading them to dig their way out, Axel above the Seafloor Cavern began to doubt life.
"Rotom, are you sure your navigation isn't wrong?"
[No mistake, Rotom. This is right above the Seafloor Cavern!]
Axel leaned against Lillie's thighs, boredly chewing on a foxtail grass.
On the nearby shore, Volcanion was absorbing seawater with its arms, replenishing the energy it had consumed on the way here.
Lusamine sat beside Lillie as stiff as a robot. The two of them sitting together looked like a perfect painting.
Especially after Lusamine's obsession had been wiped away, both of their eyes carried a kind of clear foolishness, like a pair of sisters.
Because Lillie had already grown up, she had become more and more similar to Lusamine. The only difference was that Lillie's eyes were a bit bigger. Sometimes it was even hard to tell who was who.
But after admiring them for a while, Axel could not stand it anymore.
He had already been here for several hours. When he first arrived, he could still sense a dense, violent psychic aura similar to Mewtwo's.
At that time, Axel thought Giovanni was leading Mewtwo in a battle against Pryce, so he was not in too much of a hurry and waited on the shore with Volcanion and the others.
But this wait lasted several hours.
The sea below was incomparably calm, not looking like there was any battle at all.
Even Mewtwo's psychic aura was getting weaker and weaker, as if it had already left long ago.
"Lusamine," Axel glanced at the blonde beauty who looked as if she had no soul and asked, "Are you sure you agreed to meet them at the Seafloor Cavern? Did you forget some important part of the plan?"
Lusamine blinked and gently shook her head, "The agreement with Archie and Maxie was indeed the Seafloor Cavern. That can't be wrong."
"I also instructed the people on the other islands to seize Kyogre and Groudon once they appear."
"All right...", Axel replied helplessly, changing to a more comfortable position and continuing to lie down.
He had already tried many times, using his psychic power to cover the surroundings in an attempt to find the remaining two parts of the Aether Foundation ahead of time, but found nothing at all.
It could only be said that Lusamine's customized plan was still too good. The three islands were almost perfectly hidden.
If Sky Pillar had not taken the initiative to deliver itself, Axel would not even be able to catch Lusamine right now.
'So annoying.'
If it were not for Lillie, he would have whipped Lusamine with a little riding crop to teach her a lesson.
After fiercely glaring at Lusamine, Axel stood up, took out two tents from his backpack and set them up. At the same time, he turned around, knocked Lusamine unconscious, and put her into one of the tents.
"Lillie, let's sleep for a while too. After Volcanion rests for the night and gathers strength."
"If they still don't come out tomorrow, we won't wait anymore. We'll go straight to the Seafloor Cavern."
"Sle... sleep?", Lusamine opened her mouth in surprise, glancing at Lillie who had been knocked unconscious behind her.
"Yeah," Axel smiled at "Lillie," "If you don't rest well, how will you have the energy to deal with Kyogre and Groudon tomorrow?"
The Lillie in Axel's words blinked lightly. So only after resting well could she have the strength to deal with Kyogre and Groudon?
'If that is the case...'
"O... okay."
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