The Groudon event is still fermenting.
More and more people are being drawn to it.
They arrived in flying Pokémon or private planes, hovering mid-air, observing the Groudon over the distant sea with telescopes.
In the meantime, some daring Trainers attempted to fly up and form teams to challenge Groudon, aiming to defeat and capture it.
Not only did they fail, but they also provoked Groudon into a state of rage, knocking them all upside down.
"It's truly magnificent!"
In a helicopter, Professor Oak from the Kanto Region murmured, holding a telescope and gazing at the rare Legendary Pokémon in the distance.
"What exactly did Groudon come to the Paldea Region for, even spending so much time traveling from the Hoenn Region?"
This question lingered in Professor Oak's mind.
Is it for migration, or is there something here attracting Groudon?
No one knows the answer to this question.
The situation is momentarily at a stalemate.
Elsewhere on the ocean, led by Geeta, Paldea's Champion team was looking speechlessly at the Earth God, Groudon.
At this moment, Groudon was just a few kilometers away from the Paldea Region.
Geeta recalled the epic battle between Groudon and Kyogre a few days ago, feeling a bit worried.
If Groudon lands in the Paldea Region, what impact will it have on the once peaceful Paldea Region? Geeta didn't dare to imagine!
Capturing it is impossible, Geeta just hopes this Pokémon can swiftly leave here and return to where it should be.
In the pasture.
Naoki watched Groudon, now a viral sensation, with mixed feelings.
For some reason, seeing Groudon standing alone on the sea looking up at the sky, he always felt it carried a sense of pitiful grace.
Not only that, but the Legendary Beast chat group was also talking about Groudon.
[Giratina: Could this guy also be here for the World Tree?]
[Mewtwo: There's a 90% possibility.]
[Giratina: Then why hasn't it come up yet? Just standing there looking?]
[Rayquaza: Probably because it can't fly?]
Naoki: "..."
Stop this awful bullying!
In the end, Naoki couldn't stand it anymore.
He traversed through Giratina's Reversed World, going directly from the pasture to the Explorer Team Guild area.
This was an entrance Giratina opened a few days ago to facilitate Naoki's travels between the World Tree and pasture.
By passing through a small segment of Reversed Space, he could directly reach the World Tree, no longer needing to ride a flying Pokémon to get there.
Naoki found Mewtwo and asked it to use Teleport to bring Groudon over.
Mewtwo had seen Groudon's feats in the chat group.
Upon hearing Naoki's request, it fell silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
A powerful psychic energy radiated from Mewtwo, and the next second, Groudon, who had been on the sea, was no longer in sight and instead appeared at the World Tree.
Meanwhile, on the sea, everyone watching exclaimed in surprise.
"It's gone?!"
"Where did Groudon go?"
Confused people flew around the sea and dived underwater to search.
Despite searching for a long time, there was no sight of Groudon.
In the end, no one could find an answer.
The onlookers could only regretfully disperse, and the event became an unsolved mystery, enlisted by some Pokemon scholars as one of the world's top ten phenomena, known historically as the "Groudon Disappearance Mystery."
In the Hoenn Region, at the Weather Institute.
Watching the tiny red dot representing Groudon vanish from the sea surface, the researchers were dumbfounded and astonished.
"V-Vanished?"
"Kyogre also disappeared in that same location!"
Even more bizarrely, they could no longer track the locations of those two Super Ancient Pokémon!
"What exactly happened?"
"Did they travel through time and space?"
After the shock, a researcher showed a joyful expression.
"In that case, will those two Pokémon no longer fight in the future?"
"We in the Hoenn Region won't have to worry about encountering that previous problem again!"
"That's great!"
*
Atop the World Tree.
The sudden change startled Groudon.
Its body tensed immediately, earthy energy surging all over, ready to unleash its signature move, Precipice Blades, anytime.
However, right after, when Groudon sensed the dense natural aura surrounding it, it displayed an expression of disbelief.
This is... that tree!
It finally made it up here!
No, what exactly happened?
Groudon immediately turned its gaze towards the human and several Pokémon in front of it.
It even spotted Rayquaza among them.
This group, whose imposing presence was no less than its own, surrounded it entirely.
Not far away, some ordinary Pokémon were curiously glancing over.
Groudon: "..."
"Hello, Groudon." Naoki introduced with a smile, "This isn't our first meeting, right? I'm Naoki, and welcome to the World Tree."
Groudon opened its mouth slightly, looking in disbelief at the human.
Its intuition told it that the human before it was likely the master of this place!
Moreover, seeing the behavior of these surrounding Pokémon, it was clear they were all centered around him!