Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

Chapter 329 Dawn, Awakening

From the moment the fighting began to the moment it subsided, the fierce battle in front of the Temple of Awakening lasted for less than a minute.

The sudden silence in front of the Awakening Temple made Crimson Flame Pine uneasy. According to the plan, Fire Goose's elite Lava Team should have already broken through the gate by now. What happened over there?

He immediately decided to stop entangled with Adam and decisively shouted, "Great King Swallow, take me there! Blazing Tortoise, you guys hold Adam off!"

Crimson Pine has no time to think about what dangers await him before the Temple of Awakening. Awakening Groudon is a project he has poured his heart and soul into, and now that he is only one step away, how can he give it up?

With a cry, the Great Swallow grabbed the Crimson Flame Pine and flew towards the entrance of the Temple of Awakening. Adam did not stop it, and even looked at the fiery red figure beneath the Great Swallow with a hint of pity.

The two battlefields were not far apart. In the short time it took for the Great Swallow to flap its wings twice, Crimson Flame Pine witnessed a scene that left him speechless—

Their once-proud elite legion lay scattered and broken in the mud, none of them surviving!

No, there was one survivor, the Fire Goose!

Looking at Huo Yan standing next to Xia Chen, Chi Yansong suddenly understood everything.

Why did the meteorite excavation operation led by Fire Goose fail? And why did Adam and his team learn of this sudden operation...?

He stared intently at Huoyan, his eyes bloodshot, "You... betrayed the revolution!"

Firegoose showed no remorse, even leisurely blowing bubble gum. "Revolution? Don't try to portray terrorism as something noble. What makes you think Groudon will obey your orders after it awakens?"

"If he could subdue Guleton, why can't I!"

Crimson Pine pointed at Xia Chen and roared, but before receiving a response, its roar suddenly weakened and turned into a pleading tone, "Anyway, you're all certain that Groudon will awaken, right? Let me try to see if I can control it..."

"Alright, hand over the Crimson Pearl."

Xia Chen interrupted the Crimson Flame Pine's pointless, death throes; he was in a hurry to get to the underwater cave to help Cynthia and the others.

Seeing that pleading was useless, Crimson Pine laughed maniacally, "The Crimson Pearl? I've already eaten the Crimson Pearl!"

Xia Chen was too lazy to waste words with him. While using his wave power to search his body, he shouted, "Gu Leton, control him."

The aura field expanded to a small area, and the Crimson Flame Pine, being human, had almost no chance to resist.

The waveguide power swept across the area from top to bottom and quickly located the hiding place of the Crimson Pearl.

Of course, it wasn't eaten as Chiyansong had said; instead, it was placed securely in his pocket.

Xia Chen easily took it out and examined it carefully, but noticed something was amiss.

Its aura... it's quite different from the grass-green gem in my hand... isn't it?

It's more like a polished Fire-type evolution stone?

Is this a cover-up?

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Undeterred, Xia Chen took out all the storage spheres from Crimson Flame Pine to examine them, but he couldn't find the real Crimson Pearl.

Did he hide the crimson pearl elsewhere?

“So, release him.”

Xia Chen quickly snapped out of his daze, looked at Chi Yansong whose eyes were filled with fear and confusion, and asked sharply, "Where is the real Crimson Pearl hidden?"

Chi Yansong looked even more flustered than Xia Chen. "What are you talking about? Isn't this the real Crimson Pearl?"

Did he not know it was fake?

Xia Chen's intuition told him that this was Crimson Pine's true state of mind, but he still took out a Poké Ball and released Gardevoir, which had a lie-detecting function, and asked again, "I'll ask you one last time, where is the real Crimson Orb?"

Crimson Pine did not directly answer Xia Chen's question, but only muttered to itself, "Impossible, how could this be fake..."

Xia Chen turned to look at Gardevoir, who shook her head knowingly and said, "Gardevoir... (It doesn't seem like acting...)"

"So, we waited all night, only to receive a fake vermilion pearl?"

Mikoli, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but interject with a question.

Xia Chen nodded without replying; he was trying his best to think about the truth of the matter.

Huo Yan frowned and said, "How could this be? Where is the real Crimson Pearl? Is it still on Mount Songshen?"

Xia Chen suddenly said, "Is it possible that it's still in the Hokage's hands?"

Everyone was stunned. Even Chi Yansong snapped out of his daze and looked at Xia Chen with disbelief.

Xia Chen calmly speculated, "Perhaps the real Crimson Pearl was never given to Crimson Flame Pine in the first place, but has always been in his own hands."

Huo Yan suddenly realized, "You mean, the Hokage is also a mole?"

The word "also" is used very aptly; it once again stirs up the fragile nerves of the red flame pine, making its gaze even more unfocused.

This is not hard to understand. Of the three most trusted cadres, one is Xia Chen's mole, and another is possibly the Ocean Team's mole. What kind of team is this, Lava Team? Let's just call it the Mole Team.

He muttered to himself, "No wonder that bastard Shui Wutong didn't send anyone to interfere with me this time..."

Ignoring the Crimson Flame Pine, whose mental state was on the verge of collapse, Xia Chen pondered for a moment and then said, "I'll leave this to you. I'm going to the underwater cave now."

If this conjecture is true, it means that both the Crimson and Indigo Orbs are with Archie, and with the combined strength of the entire Marine Team and a small portion of the Lava Team, the pressure there will inevitably be much greater.

Mikoli frowned slightly. "Do you want me to come along?"

Xia Chen shook his head. "You still need to keep an eye on things here. Don't worry, with Guleton around, no matter how many of them there are, they're just a bunch of rotten potatoes."

Michael nodded, watching as Xia Chen straddled Gu Leton and flew away quickly.

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Although there are tens of kilometers between Liuli Island and the underwater cave, for Guleton, it's just a matter of flapping his wings a few more times.

As you leave the vicinity of the Temple of Awakening, the artificial clear sky disappears, and the surrounding environment turns into a downpour again.

Therefore, Leighton thoughtfully opened the water-repellent shield, and Xia Chen on its body took the opportunity to call Shirona.

However, whether it was because Leighton was flying too fast or because the signal coverage was insufficient, he was unable to make contact.

Xia Chen could only patiently wait through this agonizing flight.

At supersonic speeds, it would only take less than two minutes to travel from Liuli City to the underwater cave. After a short while, Guleton began to reduce its speed.

We've arrived at the underwater cave.

So Leton slowly descended onto the sea surface, and there was no movement around him. Cynthia and Gadria were nowhere to be seen.

Xia Chen didn't know if they had already gone down or were hiding somewhere, so he threw out Milotic's Poké Ball first.

"Mina, go check out the situation in the underwater cave first."

"Fuwoo!"

Milotic nodded, its slender, jade-like body leaping into the water and quickly diving away, disappearing from Xia Chen's sight in no time.

This place is not too far from the Hoenn continental plate, so the seawater is not very deep, only a few hundred meters.

Humans in the Elf world possess extremely high physical abilities and, with professional diving equipment, are capable of diving into underwater caves. However, Cynthia and Gadria arrived in a hurry and definitely couldn't dive down. We don't know where they are now...

Just as they were pondering the whereabouts of the two, Milotic surfaced, looking anxious, as if he had made some great discovery underwater.

"Whoosh—(The underwater cave has been opened, and there are two unconscious megalodon sharks outside!)"

Xia Chen frowned.

This information is extremely important. The presence of a Megalodon indicates that Team Ocean has most likely already entered the underwater cave.

These two Megalodons were probably placed outside by Team Aqua to keep watch, and their unconscious state was most likely defeated by Cynthia and her team who followed them.

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that Team Aqua and Cynthia are both in the underwater cave!

There was no time to think about how the two of them had dived to such a deep seabed. Xia Chen quickly said, "Gu Leton, let's go down too."

"okay."

Therefore, Leighton readily agreed and immediately led Xia Chen down into the water.

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Although Gu Leton had a dark history of almost being surrounded and eaten by a group of slender cod in the sea, that was when he was a tiger fallen into the plains and bullied by dogs. Now he has recovered most of his strength, and it is easy for him to dive several hundred meters with Xia Chen.

As Milotic continued to descend, they soon arrived at an area with extremely low visibility.

Therefore, Leighton immediately transformed into a powerful flashlight, releasing energy to illuminate the seawater in front of him, revealing a dark and deep cave entrance. Outside the cave entrance, there were indeed two unconscious megalodon sharks.

Ignoring them, Xia Chen instructed Gu Leton to continue forward and enter the cave.

Upon entering the cave, Xia Chen felt a strong sense of déjà vu. This structure... seemed similar to the entrance passage of the Awakening Temple?

Since they are the places of awakening for Groudon and Kyogre respectively, this situation is not surprising. In his spare time, Xia Chen looked at the walls on both sides of the passageway and, sure enough, there were murals similar to those in the Temple of Awakening.

The problem is, this is hundreds of meters underwater. What kind of person has the ability to paint here?

After a brief moment of thought, Xia Chen concluded that either this cave wasn't carved by a human, or it wasn't originally located on the seabed, but after some dramatic changes in the landscape, its location became part of the seabed.

Both possibilities exist, but he doesn't have time to study them right now; going in to find Cynthia and Team Aqua is the priority.

Just as Xia Chen was about to continue advancing, Gu Leton suddenly stopped and slowly said, "Xia Chen, I smell danger. Kyogre... is about to awaken."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire cave suddenly trembled violently, the force of which was so great that even the seawater beside him seemed to boil and churn.

Xia Chen's expression suddenly changed, and he said urgently, "Gu Leton, quick, rush in and rescue Shirona and the others!"

Kyogre's awakening is unstoppable right now; the only thing we can do is rescue Cynthia and Gadria.

Therefore, Leighton understood the current situation and, without uttering a word, darted out like an arrow.

The water rushed past them, and soon, Gu Leton carried Xia Chen into the interior of the underwater cave.

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Inside the underwater cave at this moment.

The tremors caused by Kyogre's awakening were earth-shattering... no, in the ocean, it would be more accurate to say the ocean itself shook.

Regardless of the circumstances, the thing Xia Chen had been worried about finally happened.

The seabed at the bottom of the cave collapsed, splitting open a deep, unfathomable trench like an abyss. Then, a huge, azure pectoral fin, like an airplane wing, emerged, with shimmering, scarlet, unidentified patterns on it, as if it were breathing.

Not far away, a group of people wearing deep-sea diving suits cheered – the deep sea naturally cannot make a sound, but if it could, their cheers would be deafening by now.

Their life's work—to awaken Kyogre, revive the ocean, and create a new world—has finally been accomplished.

The leader held up a jewel that shone with an indigo light, his eyes filled with fanaticism behind his diving mask.