Pokemon, a genius scientist who traveled from one piece

In Verdanturf Town, the elite members of the Hoenn League, including all Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and Champion Wallace, as well as Steven Stone, the region's top trainer, had gathered.

Coincidentally, a group of protagonists, who had reluctantly chosen the Hoenn Grand Festival as the venue for their inaugural regional league due to the ongoing reconstruction of the Indigo Plateau Conference, had also converged here.

Among them were Ash, Gary, Gold, Ruby, Sapphire, and others.

"You!?"

Ruby and Sapphire, upon seeing each other, instinctively unleashed their 'Great Wild Imprisonment Sky Finger' technique.

"I've already obtained seven badges. I just need to defeat Winona, the Gym Leader of Verdanturf Gym, to qualify for the Hoenn Grand Festival," Gold said smugly.

"That's because I've been focusing on special training. Otherwise, I would have collected all eight badges by now," Ash retorted.

He currently had only five badges, the fewest among the three.

Gold and Gary simultaneously gave him the middle finger.

"What's going on with Mr. Stone and all those people gathering together?" Gold asked curiously, noticing the Gym Leaders entering Verdanturf Gym one after another.

Gary glanced over and said, "It seems Team Rocket is causing trouble again, and they're discussing how to deal with them."

"I know, I know!" Finally seizing the initiative, Ash eagerly described the events that had occurred during the Verdanturf Town Carnival some time ago to the two of them.

Seeing the smug look on his face, Gary couldn't help but tease, "So, who did you beat? Blue? Or that Marnie?"

"Well, no, at the time, that Team Magma guy suddenly cried while hugging a mutated Team Rocket girl, and then they left without fighting..."

Ash babbled on, leaving Gary and Gold completely bewildered.

A Team Magma member crying when seeing a Team Rocket member? And a woman with mutated left hand and foot?

What was all this nonsense?

"So, you didn't actually fight them, right?" Gary asked after a moment of silence.

"No, no, didn't I say they left halfway through?" Ash pouted.

Gary and Gold both "Tch!"ed, their faces full of disdain.

If you didn't fight, why were you making it sound so impressive?

Just as Gold was wondering whether to sneak into Verdanturf Gym to listen to what they were discussing, a violent argument suddenly erupted from behind.

The Kanto trio turned their heads to look.

They saw the two Hoenn natives arguing for some reason.

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At the meeting attended by the Hoenn League Chairman and Devon Corporation President Stone, they recounted the [Rayquaza Capture Plan] they had orchestrated six years ago to the Hoenn elites and the foreign aid, Leon.

Based on what they saw of Zinnia's current appearance at the Verdanturf Carnival and combining it with what Marnie and Zinnia had said at Mt. Pyre.

President Stone and the Hoenn Chairman had pieced together the whole story.

The atmosphere was deathly silent. Whether it was the young Gym Leaders like Flannery and the Tate \u0026 Liza twins or the veteran elites like Drake and Juan, they all looked at their Chairman and President with disbelief.

They couldn't believe they could do such a thing.

Trying to capture Rayquaza using a gang assault was one thing, but they were capturing one that had an owner?

Not only that, but they had killed the owner?!

"So, after President Stone took Rayquaza away back then, the trainer of that Rayquaza named 'Zinnia' didn't die but was rescued by Team Rocket, and now they're seeking revenge, is that what you're saying?"

Finally, Leon, the outsider, broke the silence.

"That Zinnia called the other Zinnia 'sister.' No wonder she was so hostile to me in Lilycove City..." Steven said with a wry smile.

Wallace licked his dry lips. "Whether they plan to take revenge is hard to say, but based on the information we have, their current goal is to help Zinnia retrieve Rayquaza."

Winona, the Gym Leader Manager, frowned. "Rayquaza was originally Zinnia's Pokémon. If she were an ordinary trainer, I wouldn't object to her taking back her Pokémon, but she's now a member of Team Rocket. If she succeeds, it would mean Team Rocket will possess the Sky Dragon. Everyone, what do you think we should do about this?"

The atmosphere fell silent for the second time.

Indeed, the League was at fault in this matter, both morally and rationally.

Rayquaza originally belonged to Zinnia, and there was nothing wrong with her wanting to take it back now.

But the problem was that she was now a member of Team Rocket, and one of the Seven Warlords!

Team Rocket's power was already becoming increasingly uncontrollable, and now they would have a Rayquaza... Damn it!

Not to mention since the League was established, this was probably the strongest criminal organization since Arceus created the world.

"...I will take responsibility for this crime."

President Stone suddenly said.

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Alola Manalo Island, in the conference room of the new Pokémon League headquarters.

Lusamine, the new League President, handed a document to Su Sheng and asked, "A Sheng, how should we handle this matter?"

The document contained the Hoenn League's proposed solution to the Zinnia incident.

The Hoenn side planned to have the Hoenn Chairman and President Stone hold a press conference to apologize and announce the truth about the Rayquaza capture incident in exchange for forgiveness from the Zinnia sisters.

When he saw this proposal, Su Sheng's face immediately turned into a subway old man meme.

In the original manga, President Stone did rely on this trick to get Zinnia to give up her revenge plan, of course, with the addition of the protagonist group's talk no jutsu.

Although it was ridiculous, it did succeed.

But this was reality.

With Zinnia's current Sasuke-possessed demeanor, Su Sheng didn't think she would be successfully talked down.

And don't forget, the current League President was Lusamine, not Damalank.

Such a shocking scandal was exposed.

It would definitely affect Lusamine's position as League President.

At this moment, Su Sheng's phone rang.

It was Blue calling, saying that Giovanni wanted to discuss something with him.

Su Sheng put down the document and told Lusamine to "tell those idiots not to act rashly" before releasing Hoopa Unbound to open a portal to the Team Rocket base.

As soon as he passed through the portal, Su Sheng saw Giovanni in a red-hot state.

"What happened, Uncle? Why are you so angry?" Su Sheng asked curiously.

Blue handed Su Sheng a newspaper.

This was the 'Saffron Economic News,' the most widely circulated newspaper in the Kanto region.

The front page featured Silver, dressed in a police uniform, with the headline: "Regardless of Background! Team Rocket Boss Giovanni's Son, Silver, Officially Inherits the Will of His Mentor, Champion Lance, and Becomes the Youngest Investigation Officer in Pokémon League History!"

Su Sheng blinked twice.

It had finally come to this.

In the original story, Silver said that he would bring Team Rocket to justice himself, but now, because he had been adopted by Lance for a year, he had been deeply influenced by him and even became an investigation officer.

No wonder Giovanni was so angry.

"Uncle Giovanni hasn't given up on the idea of Silver becoming his successor," Blue whispered in Su Sheng's ear.

Su Sheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Uncle, I have a way, although the price is a bit high..."

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Several hours later, Verdanturf Gym, Hoenn.

All the Gym Leaders and Elite Four were still sitting in their seats, waiting for a reply from headquarters.

After President Stone proposed holding a press conference to apologize, the Hoenn trainers present split into two factions.

Flannery, Tate, Liza, and Phoebe were in the pro-apology faction, believing that mistakes should be admitted.

While Drake, Norman, and Juan were in the anti-apology faction, feeling that revealing the truth was meaningless.

The two sides deadlocked, and ultimately decided to let headquarters decide the matter.

"A Sheng said that concealing the matter was the right thing to do and that even if Dad and the Chairman publicly apologized, it wouldn't change anything. The current priority is to do everything possible to prevent Zinnia from retrieving Rayquaza," Steven sighed after receiving Su Sheng's reply.

"Even Dr. Su Sheng is—"

Flannery widened her eyes, unable to believe that her idol would agree with such a method of concealing the truth.

"This is correct."

Norman, the strongest Gym Leader in Hoenn, crossed his arms and said with a serious face, "Even if the sisters accept our apology, revealing the truth won't change anything. On the contrary, it will cause the reputation of the Pokémon League, which has just returned to the right track, to plummet."

As the saying goes, children only see right and wrong, while adults only see pros and cons.

Norman and the other veterans saw it very clearly.

What good would it do to reveal the truth at this time?

Even if the other party accepted your apology, would Zinnia and the others not go looking for Rayquaza?

Would Rayquaza not become Team Rocket's fighting force?

And don't forget how much damage was done to the reputation of the Kalos and Indigo League after Flandre and Giovanni's undercover identities were exposed.

It hasn't even been two years, and if it was revealed that the Hoenn Chairman and President Stone had also done such shady things.

Would the Hoenn League still have any face left?

"Although it's despicable, it can't be helped," Juan sighed, stroking his beard. "Everyone, prepare yourselves, and then..."

Before Juan could finish his sentence, everyone suddenly felt a violent tremor beneath their feet.

Gold and Ash, who were eavesdropping at the gym door, stumbled and fell to the ground.

Gary grabbed the doorknob in time and barely steadied himself, shouting, "Wh-What's happening?"

"Th-This is..."

Ruby, who had just had an argument with Sapphire and was sitting under a tree feeling emo, stared blankly at the sky.

The sky above the entire Verdanturf Town seemed to be divided in half.

On the left, the scorching sun shone down, the blinding sunlight almost blinding people, and the vegetation on the ground felt like it was about to burn.

On the right, it was the opposite, with dense dark clouds and violent rain enveloping half the city.

Completely opposite scenes were happening in the same place.

The only similarity was that on both sides, wild Pokémon were screaming in terror, running around like headless flies.

At this moment, the Hoenn Chairman's phone rang inside the gym.

As soon as the call was connected, a heart-wrenching cry came from the other end of the phone, "Chairman! It's terrible! Groudon has awakened!"

Before he could recover, a second call came, shouting like a copy and paste, "Chairman! It's terrible! Kyogre has awakened!"

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"Ooooo—"

A low, ancient cry echoed from two completely opposite locations in Hoenn, the northwest land and the southeast seabed.

These two areas were called 'Terra Cave' and 'Marine Cave,' respectively, and were where Groudon and Kyogre awakened.

In front of the entrance to Terra Cave, under the gaze of Marnie and Blue, a giant crimson beast was stepping out of the lava.

"It's a little different from how it looked during the Miare City battle two years ago," Azure said curiously after using the Crimson Orb to awaken it.

Compared to when it was forcibly summoned by Hoopa Unbound during the Miare City battle two years ago, Groudon was now more ferocious and terrifying.

Not only was its size more than half larger, but the seams between its skin were flashing with orange-yellow like flowing lava, and the huge 'Ω' symbol on the back of its hand was even more eye-catching!

Primal Groudon!

"Roar!!"

Primal Groudon roared, its dangerous gaze staring straight at the southeast direction.

It felt it, it felt it.

The aura of that damn fathead fish!

Feeling the vibration coming from her pocket, Blue took out her phone and heard Zinnia's voice as soon as she answered, "You've already awakened Groudon, right?"

"Yeah, to be honest, he's not in a good mood. He even wanted to attack Marnie and me when he first woke up. Luckily, we ran fast."

Only by facing the legends in person could one feel their terror. Blue couldn't imagine how Su Sheng felt when he faced so many mythical beasts two years ago.

"Hehe, we've also awakened Kyogre. Next, I plan to go to Sky Pillar with Sister to perform the ritual to summon Rayquaza. Do you want to come and see it together?"

Zinnia's tone was full of anticipation.

She had waited too long for this day.

Blue looked at the back of the deity that turned a sea into a barren land with every step it took and quickly suppressed the curiosity in her heart. "I'll pass."

Although she also wanted to see how the Draconids summoned the legendary dragon.

But the enhanced Sea and Land duo fighting was no joke.

Blue still wanted to go to that side to minimize the possibility of ordinary people being affected by the battle.

Riding on her new partner Roaring Moon, which she had captured in Area Zero, Blue quietly followed behind Primal Groudon and took out the 'Saffron Economic News' with a photo of her younger brother Silver on it, swallowing hard.

She felt that the situation was not good.