Chapter 1726 - 1720: A Survivor’s Instinct!

Cain's way of acting and Giovanni's had great differences.

Especially in how they faced the League.

Since Giovanni had originally been preparing to attack the League, the series of policies and plans he promulgated were extremely aggressive. That was what caused the entire Pokémon world and the entire Pokémon League to be in a state of extreme tension during this period.

But Cain had no intention of launching an attack against the League at that moment. Because of that, he naturally hoped that the various forces could stabilize first, strengthen themselves, and at the same time improve their own strength. Things should not be done too hastily.

And that order, on the contrary, made Cyrus and the others trust him more.

It was not that Giovanni was not worthy of trust.

Only, because Giovanni wanted to attack the League, it gave the feeling that he was exhausting all resources for war. All the forces cooperated with him using all their power. But in that way, although the League would be affected, they themselves would also suffer a considerable impact.

It could be said that they damaged themselves by eight hundred in order to cause one thousand damage to the enemy.

Now Cain asked them to rest more, recover, and hide their brilliance while accumulating strength. That, on the contrary, touched precisely what they wanted in their hearts.

What originally worried them about someone from Team Rocket taking power was that they would want to fight the League to the death. That would not benefit anyone.

But now that Cain spoke of resting and recovering, for the moment, they did not have to worry about the continuity of their organizations.

When the meeting ended, Lusamine still did not understand what exactly had happened.

But there was no doubt that this alliance called Team Rainbow Rocket had practically become a force under Cain's control.

Although he could not handle it as if it were his own arm, at least it was within an acceptable range.

...

After resolving the problem of succession for Team Rocket's leader, resolving Team Galactic, the organization with the greatest problem, and completely controlling the living force that was Team Rainbow Rocket, Cain finally returned to the central building of the Hoenn League.

Just as he landed in front of the League building, for some reason, Cain felt that the atmosphere of this place was slightly solemn.

On every person's face, there seemed to be a severity loaded with killing intent.

However, when Cain appeared, those people, upon seeing him, still bowed respectfully to greet him.

But the farther he advanced into the League building, the more unfamiliar faces appeared before him.

Perceiving these changes, Cain's expression also gradually became solemn.

Something was not right.

Very wrong!

Not only were the people wrong. The entire atmosphere was also very wrong.

There were too many unfamiliar faces, and all those unfamiliar faces had an aura of considerable strength.

Originally, during this period, for so many unfamiliar faces to appear in the Hoenn League was not something that surprised Cain much. After all, now was the critical moment of the transfer of the League's highest power. It was normal for many new people to come to the Hoenn League to inspect the situation.

But those unfamiliar faces gave Cain no small amount of aura pressure.

This was what Cain perceived with his psychic power. After all, at that moment, his psychic power was already among the best in the entire Pokémon world.

With familiarity, he walked to the door of his office. Before his hand grabbed the doorknob, Cain stopped.

Cain, with his brows deeply furrowed, stood in front of his door, maintaining the posture of having his hand about to take the doorknob. Like that, he remained silent for one minute.

Whether with his psychic power or with any other method, he perceived absolutely nothing. But for some reason, Cain's sixth sense told him that, in this instant, as long as he opened that door, he would encounter an unpredictable danger.

That feeling had not appeared in Cain's heart for many years. Ever since his strength had increased, there were not many people capable of representing a threat to him.

But Cain trusted that feeling very much, because when his strength was still weak, it was precisely thanks to that instinct that he had managed to survive in all kinds of dangerous environments.

Clearly, in front of him was his own office, but it gave him the feeling that he was looking directly into an abyss.

Cain took a deep breath. A bitter smile appeared at the corner of his lips, and the hand he had kept raised also slowly lowered.

"In the end, have we still reached this point?" Cain murmured.

It was as if some kind of shackle within his heart had suddenly opened. A feeling of relief appeared in his chest.

"Fine. I've already been standing at the door for quite a while. If you really want to know something, don't make me wait here meaninglessly. Better open the door and let's talk properly."

Cain spoke to the door of his office.

He did not seem to be talking to himself. Clearly, in the perception of his psychic power, there was no one inside the office, but Cain seemed to be speaking to someone on the other side of the door.

Silence.

Endless silence spread through the corridor, bringing a very oppressive and heavy feeling.

Creeeak...

Cain did not touch the office door, but it slowly opened by itself.

And when the door opened, a person appeared before Cain.

Cain, who had originally thought that he had already put everything aside, upon seeing this person, felt his heart involuntarily contract. The helplessness on his face became even more obvious.

"So it's you, Steven..."

Cain was not the only one with a bitter expression. The person standing in front of him also had an extremely bitter expression, and within that bitterness there was even more helplessness and disbelief.

"I didn't expect it, Cain... I truly didn't expect it..." After a long time, Steven slowly spoke.