Chapter 1730 - 1724: The Road of No Return!

"No, Master. You once taught me that with things one cannot do, it is best not to promise them casually or give guarantees lightly. Because that kind of action is very likely to damage not only one's own reputation, but also what is most important to others: life."

"I know what I did while I was Champion of the Hoenn League. Those large and small families of the League, who lost a great amount of benefits under my policies, will never watch as someone who opposed them rises again after falling."

"Moreover, my actions have no longer only spread throughout the Hoenn region. The other regions have also been affected. Therefore, those families also will not want to see me able to climb to a high position from which I could administer them all."

"Before, as Champion of the Hoenn region, I could ignore them thanks to the support of Hoenn's inhabitants. But if they know my identity, it is impossible that they will allow me to rise again."

"On this point, Master, you should understand it better than I do."

"Although you have succeeded the Elder and become overall president of the entire Pokémon League, you, after all, are not the Elder. Whether in authority or in deterrent power, you are not at his level."

"So, Master, you will not be able to stop them. Once I hand myself over without resisting, there will only be two endings. One, growing old alone inside a League prison. The other, being killed by traitors before leaving prison."

"Do not promise me those unrealistic things again."

"The rot of the League has already penetrated down to the bones. Back then, it relied on those large and small families to create the Pokémon League, and with the help of those families, it quickly established itself in the various regions."

"The help from before has now already become a burden. The form of a tail too large to move has already taken shape."

"Unless you decide to cut those families out by the roots without mercy, the only thing you will do is delay the moment when this great building called the Pokémon League collapses."

Hearing Cain's words, the people inside the room once again fell silent.

Steven opened his mouth several times to refute him, but in the end, he could not say a single word.

Although he did not want to admit it, Steven's reason told him that every word Cain said was true.

Once Cain truly surrendered, without speaking of other things, the families of the Hoenn region would definitely be the first to jump out to cause trouble. Without a doubt, they would hope that Cain, who had always attacked them everywhere, would never appear on the surface again. They would even not hesitate to kill him.

Probably the families of the other regions also understood the logic that if the lips die, the teeth become cold, and they would not stand by and do nothing.

By then, Cain would either be locked up in prison for life or be killed during his imprisonment.

Because of that, the road old Matsuda offered him was, in reality, a dead end.

Old Matsuda did not speak, because he also knew Cain was telling the truth. He could not withstand the joint pressure of those families.

Not only him. Even the Elder would have had difficulty enduring it. Otherwise, he would have acted against them long ago.

Seeing that old Matsuda did not refute him, Cain showed an extremely sarcastic smile, his face full of deep disdain.

"Master, I know what kind of person you are. I also know that becoming overall president of the League was something like forcing a duck onto a perch. If you have any preparations, why not bring them out now and let this disciple see them?"

"Or perhaps, before dying, the Elder left some hidden card for you to use against me. It may even be that the Elder simply did not die and is hiding behind all of this."

His master, old Matsuda, was absolutely not a person who liked to fight for power or benefits. Cain knew his personality very well. If it were not because the Elder had arranged it, he definitely would not have been able to prepare such a formation.

Even that team of psychic power users had calculated his psychic power down to the last detail.

"Cain, do not continue being stubborn. There is still..."

"Now there is no room to turn back anymore!!"

Cain directly interrupted the head of the Jenny family.

He saw everything more clearly than anyone, because long ago, he had already prepared for his identity to be discovered, and also for what his situation would be after that happened.

Cain turned his palm, and two Pokéballs appeared in it.

"If you want to arrest me, I recommend that you do it as soon as possible."

In an instant, the atmosphere inside the office became extremely heavy.

Cain had always been standing outside the door, without entering during all this time, because he knew that as long as he took a single step inside, those psychic power users who appeared kind on the surface would block the surroundings in the first instant. By then, even with the help of the Unown, Cain would not necessarily be able to come and go at will.

The most important thing was that Cain did not know what other special cards they had left inside the office.

Since they were going to act against him, then they necessarily understood his strength. Not to mention other things, there would surely be Master-level Pokémon. Among the Pokémon left behind by the Elder, there were quite a few Master-level Pokémon.

In order for old Matsuda and Grandma Syl to sit firmly in their positions, in their hands, without a doubt, there were several of the Elder's Pokémon.

Boom!

Old Matsuda slapped the table with his palm, his face full of helplessness and frustration, and roared, "Leave! Never come back again!"

Cain looked at old Matsuda in a daze. Many people inside the office also looked at old Matsuda in surprise, and among them, some wanted to open their mouths to stop him.

One had to know that Cain's current strength could be said to belong to the highest group in the Pokémon world. Today, they had prepared a heavenly and inescapable net inside the Hoenn League building. Even if Cain brought out all his Pokémon, they would have the strength to fight. But if they let Cain leave today...

The consequences truly would be unimaginable!