In the game: I stole Groudon at the start.

This is Groudon! One of the three legendary Pokémon of the Hoenn region!

"Hahaha~ It really is Groudon! We've finally found it!"

Looking at Groudon sleeping in the lava pool, even the usually calm Crimson Pine couldn't help but tremble slightly with excitement.

Groudon is the biggest guarantee that his dream can be perfectly realized. In Red Pine's mind, the land is everything!

Human beings grew, developed, and thrived on land!

The land is the root of humankind. As long as we can continuously expand the land, humankind will gain greater space for development!

And now, his dream is within reach!

"Congratulations, Leader! With this, Team Lava will become the new Creators!"

"Haha~ Boss, hurry up and wake up Groudon."

"Our dream is finally about to come true."

Hearing the loud laughter of the Lava Team members, Crimson Pine finally calmed the surging emotions in his chest.

He was an extremely calm and rational person.

Red Pine took out a red gem from his pocket. It was a vermilion jewel that would allow him to awaken and control the sleeping Groudon!

This is also the source of his confidence in searching for Groudon.

As soon as the crimson gem was taken out, it began to faintly shimmer with a reddish light, clearly sensing Groudon's presence.

Seeing this, Crimson Pine smiled even more, and was just about to raise the Crimson Jewel to awaken Groudon with its power.

But at that moment, a slender little hand swiftly grabbed the vermilion jade and snatched it away!

This change happened so fast that the smile on Chi Yansong's face even froze on his face.

But in the next instant, Crimson Flame Pine's uncontrollable rage clearly surfaced, and it turned around to look.

"A campfire? Are you crazy? Do you know what you're doing?"

When he saw who had taken the crimson jade, Chi Yansong's anger intensified, and he questioned them in a low, hoarse voice.

That's right, the person who suddenly snatched the precious jade from Chi Yansong's hand was none other than his trusted cadre, Bonfire!

Because he was surrounded by his Lava Team's trusted men, Crimson Pine was not on guard, but he never expected that Campfire would do such a thing.

The other members of the Lava Team stared at the campfire in astonishment, completely bewildered.

"No, no~ I'm perfectly sober right now."

The sweet smile still lingered on the delicate face of the campfire, and she held a crimson jade in her hand as she stepped back to maintain a safe distance from the Lava Team members.

"Bring me the precious jade, and I can forgive your disrespectful behavior just now."

Red Flame Pine's chest heaved, but he suppressed his anger and reached out to the campfire, speaking in a deep voice.

No matter what, Baoyu must not be lost.

This is the foundation of his dream!

As for the campfire, we'll clean it up properly after we get the jade back!

"Huh? Disrespectful? Leader of Crimson Flame Pine, I always thought you were a smart person~"

"Even now, you still don't know what happened?"

The bonfire, with its fair little hands gently playing with the vermilion jade, revealed a mocking smile upon hearing this, looking at the Crimson Flame Pine and speaking sarcastically.

"you?"

Upon hearing this, Chi Yansong paused, as if he had suddenly realized something.

"That's right~ I've never been loyal to you from the beginning~ I only joined Team Lava for this day."

The mocking smile on the campfire's face deepened, as if he were looking at the Crimson Flame Pine like a clown.

He had been following him for over half a year and hadn't realized he was an undercover agent; the agent still trusted him deeply.

How dare such an idiot own Groudon?

Chapter 3 Wake Up, Groudon!

Inside the underground cave, Groudon was right there, yet the atmosphere was deathly silent. "What did you say?"

Chi Yansong spoke each word clearly, his eyes fixed intently on the campfire.

Was the campfire a spy operation from the very beginning?

"Catch her!"

But in an instant, Crimson Pine realized that the most important thing now was not that, but to retrieve the vermilion jade.

He was originally an extremely calm and rational person, completely different from the leader of the Water Fleet, Wutong, who was a muscle-bound idiot.

Even when faced with great changes, the Crimson Pine still quickly made the right choice.

Upon hearing the sound, the Lava Team members quickly blocked the retreat route and completely surrounded the campfire.

The Poké Ball was thrown, and several Mightyenas and Camerupt stared menacingly at the campfire.

"I don't care who you are, Bonfire, return the jade, and I might spare you this time."

Crimson Pine spoke in a deep voice to the campfire, believing that the campfire had no choice at this moment.

Even if Bonfire's initial motives for joining Team Lava were impure, so what?

Now that Groudon is right in front of us, once we control Groudon, no one will be a match for him, Crimson Pine!

"So, Crimson Flame Pine Leader, you're still so naive. Then, my dear Lord Bakura, why don't you come out?"

"Your lovely campfire is in danger!"

The sweet smile on the bonfire remained unchanged. Instead, she shook her head and said to the Crimson Pine with some regret.

As the conversation around the campfire ended, one of the Lava Team members who had been blocking the fire slowly walked to the side of the fire.

"you?"

Lord Tapirang?

Upon seeing this, Chi Yansong's heart sank, and a bad premonition arose.

Does everything I've experienced today seem to have been orchestrated by someone else?

"You silly girl, aren't you usually the most playful one?"

The Lava Team member took off his Lava Team uniform and looked at the campfire with amusement.

At the same time, Bakura casually threw a Poké Ball, and an incredibly gorgeous Pokémon, resembling a mermaid, appeared in front of him.

"No way~ I'm a very well-behaved person, okay~"

The campfire gazed at the boy, tilting its head slightly, its smile growing even sweeter, its clear and beautiful eyes narrowing into crescent shapes, making it incredibly adorable.

"who are you?"

Chiyansong looked at the boy with a calm expression. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, but Chiyansong had never seen this person in the Lava Team before.

In other words, it was all a conspiracy!

"It is a great honor to meet you, leader of Crimson Flame Pine. I am Bakura."

Bakura gave a graceful, slight bow to Akahama. Although he had schemed against Akahama, the two were now enemies.

However, maintaining his elegant demeanor, Bakura was also willing to give Akame a little basic respect.

“Bakura?” Chi Yansong frowned slightly; he had never heard of this name before.

"It may be impolite, but could you please ask Chief Crimson Pine to lead your subordinates away?"

Bakura glanced at the Team Magma members who were surrounded by him and the campfire, his face still smiling, or rather, nonchalant.

"Kid? What nonsense are you talking about? Let me tell you plainly, if you kneel down and beg for mercy before the campfire right now, we might consider going easy on you."

Upon hearing this, Crimson Flame Pine frowned deeply but before he could speak, a member of the Lava Team with an extremely burly build spoke first, grinning menacingly and threatening.

Although we don't know what's going on, this kid has the audacity to tell the leader to lead them away.

That's really outrageous!

"Oh?"

Bakura was taken aback by these words, then chuckled softly, saying that it had been a long time since he had heard such a remark.

"West Lion Sea Ren".

Then Bakura softly called out to the mermaid spirit in front of him.

"West Sea~"

With a soft, melodious chirp, the Primarina exhaled a large ring of bubbles.

Before Team Magma could even react, all of them, along with their Pokémon, were engulfed in bubbles.

No matter how much the person inside struggles, they cannot escape from the bubble.

As the sirens chirped softly again, all the bubbles rolled away along the path they had come from.

In the blink of an eye, only Crimson Pine remained from Team Lava.

"Good tactic."

Upon seeing this, Chi Yansong's pupils contracted slightly, and then he couldn't help but sigh, applauding Bakura in respect.

Whether someone is an expert or not can be determined with just one move.

Bakura's strength was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

"So, it seems you were the one who provided us with the information about the whereabouts of the crimson jade?"

After thinking for a moment, Chi Yansong asked Bakura.

He had been searching for the whereabouts of the treasure, but it wasn't until more than half a year ago that he received news that the treasure was at the Songshen Volcano.

And it was the campfire that discovered this information!

“That’s right, to control Groudon, you need to get the Crimson Gem, so I had the campfire tell you this.”