Chapter 327: 327. The Orbs
Remember the time I said Ash gave away all his extra Tauros back to the Safari Zone?
Yes?
Good, because they are back now. I have a plan for them.
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"Alright, boy, sit down, it's really hard to talk to you people while standing like this." In front of Ash and his group, Maxie put on the attitude of a winner.
Since Team Magma were so polite, Ash was also going to be a little more polite and comply, so he pulled May and Max to sit down.
Under the threat of the several Mightyenas watching their every move, the siblings could not help but tremble, their hands and feet became weak. Now that they could sit down, and with Ash by their side, they finally felt a lot more safe, especially Max knowing he will be completely fine here.
"You know a little bit too much about our affairs." Maxie seemed to be waiting for something, so now he was very interested in promoting his grand plan to Ash and the others.
Especially when he heard from his right hand, Tabitha, that Ash was actually a League Investigator, he still didn't really panic at all. Instead, he was even more interested in chatting with Ash, "Both you and the Pokémon League have misunderstandings about our purpose, the purpose of Team Magma!"
"Actually to be honest, I'm not that interested in your plan or how you plan to do it, but as long as it's something that's harmful to Pokémon's and humans alike, I really won't care about what I do to you." Ash said with his usual smile. If someone can ignore the large amounts of growling big black dogs around them, the chat atmosphere between Ash and Maxie, the Leader of Team Magma, was relatively harmonious.
"Whatever you say. But the purpose of our Team Magma is to solve the mysteries of this planet and create a better world for us humans. It's completely different from those rogue blackies in Team Aqua!" Hearing Maxie's words, Ash couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"This might just be the biggest joke l've heard since I was into this world! Maxie, do you really think that you, just a mad scientist, can solve all that with your little power?"
Ash still couldn't hold it back, and it took him a few seconds to stop his laugh and continue, "I'm sorry, I thought I had received the best kind of professional training from my mentor in how to be serious. No matter how funny it is I will never laugh unless I can't help it! I guess this is just one of the times I can't control myself!"
"Damn you brat, who do you think are you laughing at?" Tabitha couldn't bear it anymore and punched the table hard. He couldn't control his emotions anymore after hearing the person he respected the most because humiliated by this brat.
Maxie frowned but ultimately said nothing. He could see Ash's eyes well, which looked like he was going to laugh again if he said something, but his eyes were still shining with that intense light.
"Anyway, even if you have all that in your hands, super ancient Pokémon's like Groudon are not going to be that easy to find!" Brock said.
He knew how much effort Ash had put into subduing that Rayquaza of his. As soon as he came to the Hoenn Region, he found the mysterious flute that was used to worship Rayquaza. Then he got the Jade Orb from Jirachi, and then last by luck, he was able to exchang that Great Ball of his for the Master Ball.
Even so, Ash still needed to be very lucky that he actually met a Rayquaza that came down from the ozone layer in its own and then he was able to catch it because of his strength.
"That super-ancient Pokémon has already fallen into our hands!" Maxie said proudly and saw that Ash's laughter stop and then giving a death glare.
Ash knew that Team Magma has been looking for various relics from the far past that were related to their goal, trying to find the whereabouts of Groudon, who was said to have had a desperate battle with Kyogre in the super ancient era and has been sleeping in the underground magma ever since then. And that too to recover from the loss of its original form.
They were looking for real super ancient Groudon, the one that had said to created the continents.
Not the ones that were naturally born later.
The same was true for the members of Team Aqua, whose target was exactly the opposite of Groudon, Kyogre!
After these long years, like Groudon, it was no longer just alone in this world. There are some of its species slumbering deep down. Just like the Rayquaza that Ash had caught, he was just too young and not that strong compared to his ancestor.
But if what Team Mamga found was really that super-ancient being, this would be a deal that could possibly lead to total regional disaster.
Maxie seemed very satisfied with Ash's outward expression, and Maxie even showed them a blue looking ball, "And we have even gotten this!"
"The Blue Orb that is said to be able to control the super-ancient Pokémon Groudon! In order to save people from suffering from floods in the past, Groudon dispersed the rain clouds and let volcanos push the
earth apart!"
"Through this powerful Groudon, making contact with the planet for more of its unlimited power—that's is the true absolute purpose of the Tema Magma I have created! You hear that?!"
"This is my perfect victory!"
"You hear that, Archie!?"
Maxie then continued to show his deep contempt and then looked at Ash and the others.
"However, those Team Aqua bastards that are our true enemy are looking for Kyogre, who has the complete opposite power to us!" Maxie was silent for a moment and sneered, "But the Kyogre they are so pursuing has already long fallen into our hands!"
So, it turns out that what Team Magma captured turned out to be a Kyogre, not the Groudon they needed.
And looking at the state it was in, maybe it was really the one from the super ancient era. It was a real Legendary Pokémon that had lived for millennia's, with the ability to destroy the seas and the land surrounding it! In comparison to that young Rayquaza Ash caught, he simply was not strong enough to go head to head with either of the original ones.
"To us, that is not a very important thing. We have just contained it to make sure thos Team Aqua brutes don't mess with us! But these blackies from Team Aqua actually had nerve to find the slumbering Groudon before is!"
"The only person that can control
Groudon is me and my Blue Orb. Although that Archie of Team Aqua also got his dirty hand on the Red bead, that thing can only control Kyogre, which he will never have!"
In other words, the members of Team Aqua and the Team Magma got the super ancient beast that the other party wanted, but they couldn't control it at all because of the wrong items they have.
"So in order to exchange the Pokémon owned by each other, we are now heading to our meeting place, Monsu Island, to finish it! Those blackies will PAY!" Maxie finally explained the cause and effect of the matter to Ash!
Ash finally smiled slightly, "Well, thank you for that explanation of yours! Even though I didn't get pain for being psychologist, I understand your plans now."
All they saw was a flash of pink light in Ash's eyes, and he took instantly took the Blur Orb form Maxie's hand!
"What did you do?" Tabitha was the first to react.
He had been paying attention to Ash's every move but still couldn't stop him completely, "Mightyena!"
Several Mightyena launched an attack, but his the hell will they be able to do anything while Pikachu was still on him?
Ass they saw was As holding the Blur Orb while and grinning, "Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu's Thunderbolt electrocuted all the Mightyena's until they were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. And it wasn't even a quarter of his regular power. Ash smiled and said, "I suppose it's time to say our goodbye!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the alarm sounded, and Maxie's subordinates reported that Kyogre's container had been destroyed and there was a huge explosion coming from there.
It turns out that just now, it was Shelly who was sneaking into that secured area to awakene the slumbering Kyogre. Kyogre, who possesses super ancient power, cannot be simply restrained by the inventions of humans like them.
It easily broke free of all of its metal shackles, knocked over containers and even the submarines, and plunged into the sea, its true home.
At this moment, it was already extremely furious. When it got out of Team Magma's base, it launched an attack on the submarine. With just one attack, it destroyed half of the submarines.
The people from Team Magam were already in chaos. Shelly simply took advantage of the chaos she created to retreat, but was stopped by another person wearing the male uniform of Team Magma, "I see, it was indeed you that I recognized. The Chief Combat and Espionage Admin of Team Aqua, Shelly. I have to say, you did a great job. Cleaning and tidying everything up!"
To be honest, it was easy to say that this young lady, Shelly, was much better than that fool Tabitha in terms of combat literacy and strategy... but just not in intelligence on technology.
Encountering such an uninvited guest in such a place, Shelley remained calm, well as calm as she could be and trying to control the overall situation she was placed in, "And who might you be? Because I believe it's quite obvious that you are not a part of Team Magma." She said in her calm and husky voice.
"If Kyogre is inside of there, even if he had the Red Orb with him, there was no way to control it, but it is possible to let him escape into the sea and cause much more chaos!" This young man was able to tell Shelly's battle plan at a glance.
Shelly also generously took off her disguise, revealing the blue diving gear inside, "Yes, by then our Team Aqua will be able to conquer the world and plunge everything into the ocean!"
Compared to Maxie's upright and high-sounding appearance of trying to get more lands for humans, Shelly's and Archie's goals apear more clearly for themselves. They just wanted to the ones in power and be able to rule the world.
With that said, the young lady jumped into the ocean depth.
"Team Aqua, this organization seems to be stronger than the rumors I have heard!" The young man looked at the direction Shelly left and couldn't help but murmured. Compared to the more logical Team Magma, the more barbarian Team Aqua seemed even more terrifying then them.
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