"I'm really going to be angry!"
Ho-Oh's telepathy was extremely firm.
Damian blinked. "Okay, okay, okay. I understand, I understand."
"Don't worry, Ho-Oh. Please believe in my. Next time, the opponent definitely won't be at the level of a Shiny Mega Rayquaza or Complete Kyurem," Damian guaranteed. He wanted to calm Ho-Oh down first. He would deal with the next problem when it actually happened.
Besides, Shiny Mega Rayquaza and Complete Kyurem had already fought once. Next time, it naturally wouldn't be those two.
Ho-Oh tilted its head. Its eyes were full of scrutiny. Did he still have "character"?
Ho-Oh felt that this human, Damian, did not have a clear or realistic understanding of himself.
"Fine. Call me again if you need something next time."
However, for now, it could only choose to believe him. Ho-Oh truly felt it had been foolish back then. It was true.
It had actually agreed to do three things for Damian. And after these two times, it had been beaten severely every single time. It was a massive loss.
Damian waved his hand in a friendly farewell. "Goodbye."
Ho-Oh snorted. It turned around, flapped its wings, and flew away. This time, it really left.
"It's finally over."
Damian stretched. The result this time was quite good.
He had witnessed the power of Complete Kyurem. He had also worked together with Shiny Mega Rayquaza once, which left a better impression on that Legendary Pokémon.
"Furthermore, he successfully saved Zekrom. This meant N had officially joined Team Rocket. Team Rocket had gained another powerful top executive."
Most importantly, he got a chance to catch Kyurem! This was what Damian valued the most.
Without absorbing Zekrom or Reshiram, Kyurem could be defeated. There was a chance. However, using Primal Kyogre to fight Kyurem was indeed very difficult. He still had to think about it.
Jirachi acted like it was presenting a treasure after Ho-Oh left. It handed the Rainbow Feathers it had gathered to Damian, its young, cute voice full of excitement. "Damian, Damian! Look, there are so many!"
Victini was also very proud. It showed off the Rainbow Feathers it was holding in its arms. "Tini, tini!"
"Great job. I'll reward you both well when we get back." Damian rubbed the heads of the two little creatures.
Jirachi chuckled until its eyes disappeared.
Damian looked around. There were ice marks and ice spikes everywhere. The place was a total mess. There were even several massive craters.
The old site of the Unova League was completely destroyed.
The ice here had been created by Complete Kyurem. If they waited for it to melt naturally, it would take a very long time.
In the original games, Opelucid City was frozen by Kyurem. Even near the end of the game, Drayden was still leading people to clear the ice blocks.
That alone showed how hard Kyurem's ice was.
Moreover, this was ice crystal frozen by Complete Kyurem.
At the same time, on the other side.
Cinderace finally found an opening against Genesect. A Pyro Ball hit perfectly—Genesect was blown away and fell straight to the ground. It lost its ability to battle.
Colress withdrew Genesect. He looked at Champion Leon and sighed with genuine emotion. "So strong!"
Although he always called himself a researcher, he was also very confident in his strength as a trainer.
The facts proved it. He had fought two people at once and defeated Alder and Wallace.
Even though Alder's strength had declined significantly, and Wallace was a former Champion who used Water-types…
At the very least, both of them were still Champion-level trainers—among the trainers standing at the peak of the world.
But now, he and Caitlin had teamed up, and yet they were still not a match for Leon.
Caitlin withdrew her Gallade, which had also lost its ability to battle. Today, she had officially experienced Leon's strength. "Yes. Damian said Leon is one of the top trainers in the world. Currently, there are probably no more than three trainers who can steadily defeat Leon in a direct fight."
His Mega Charizard Y and Dragapult were truly terrifying.
And the Cinderace and Rillaboom he sent out later were also incredibly strong.
She even felt that all of Leon's main Pokémon were at the level of other Champions' ace Pokémon.
It was no wonder even Damian gave Leon such a high evaluation.
Leon was surprised to hear this. "Oh? Did Damian say that?"
If it were someone else's evaluation, Leon wouldn't have cared. But since it was Damian, he actually felt a subtle sense of pride.
But according to Damian, there were still three people in this world who could steadily defeat him?
Leon was truly interested. To be honest, if he had not come to support the Hoenn region, he would still be undefeated in Galar.
Damian counted as one. Giovanni could also count as one.
If Giovanni did not have Groudon, Leon believed he was not weaker than Giovanni. He even had the confidence to pressure Giovanni. As for the result of a battle, he could only say it was uncertain.
After all, if both sides have similar strength, the battle depends on many things—performance, state of mind, ability to react, tactics, and many other factors.
But now that Giovanni had gained Groudon's recognition, Leon felt he could not defeat Giovanni.
So who was the last one? Was it the strongest Champion of Kanto, Lance?
Leon put these unrelated thoughts aside. He spoke to Caitlin and Colress. "You two, I don't want to make things difficult for you. You've already lost. How about you surrender quietly?"
Caitlin only held a faint smile and didn't answer. She simply turned her head.
A massive gold-and-blue whale Pokémon could be seen flying at low altitude. It was Primal Kyogre.
And standing on Primal Kyogre's back was Damian.
Leon frowned. Damian and Primal Kyogre appearing here meant Kyurem had already been defeated. "Damian… is it already over?"
Because he had to focus on dealing with Caitlin and Colress, he really hadn't been watching Damian's battlefield.
Thinking about it now, it was true—he hadn't heard roars coming from that direction for quite a while.
It looked like it was over.
Leon sighed internally. If Damian came back to join the fight, it would be very hard to win.
Damian walked to Caitlin's side. "Are you two alright?"
Caitlin shook her head. Still, the full-power battle with Leon gave her many insights. "We're fine. Leon's strength is too great. Thanks to Colress rushing over to help me, otherwise I might not have held on."
Colress smiled. "As colleagues, this is what I should do."
"That's good. I specifically asked you all to come this time to experience the pressure of these Champions," Damian laughed.
The reason he specifically gathered Colress and the others was to let them fight the League Champions—so they could get used to that kind of pressure first.
Damian looked at Leon. Now that even Kyurem had been defeated and fled, the Unova League's last move had failed. "Champion Leon, can you please call Champion Alder and the others over? I think we can have a good talk now."
Damian wanted to know what Alder was thinking right now.
Leon thought for a moment, then contacted Alder.
Well, Alder and Wallace were currently facing off against N together with Cynthia. After all, the return of Zekrom was a massive power boost for N.
After waiting for a while, both sides met again.
Damian looked at Alder with a fake smile. "Champion Alder, you guys have caused me quite a bit of trouble."
At this moment, Alder's heart was extremely heavy. As expected, the worst-case scenario had happened.
Even Kyurem was not Damian's match—and this was with Giovanni joining the fight with Primal Groudon.
Of course, Alder and the others did not know that Giovanni was mostly pretending to help while doing nothing.
As for Primal Groudon, although it wanted to hit the "fat whale," the whale had backup. Four were fighting against the one who couldn't fly. Primal Groudon was hit so much that its head was about to get bumps.
Furthermore, even if Damian had not joined the fight, although Alder's side had an advantage, they could not take down N and the others in a short time.
N's Zekrom had returned. Although Steven had some advantage against Zinnia, it wasn't a large advantage.
With Zekrom's strength, even if it couldn't beat Leon and Cynthia, it would have no problem taking Caitlin and the others and retreating.
Mainly, Alder did not expect Team Rocket in Unova to have developed to such a degree.
There were five Champion-level people led by Damian. If they were not Team Rocket, Alder really wanted to hand his Champion position—and the Unova Elite Four positions—to Damian.
Wouldn't the Unova League just succeed immediately?
Jirachi used its teleportation ability to make a large chair appear for Damian. Then it floated next to him with its hands on its hips, puffed out its chest, and looked at Alder and the others with a lot of momentum. "Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
Victini blinked, then copied the pose and put its two small paws on its hips. It tried to look fierce.
Damian gave Jirachi an appreciative look. He sat down and crossed his legs.
Alder stayed silent, staring at the two "protectors" on Damian's left and right who were acting tough.
Alder knew things were difficult for his side now. "What do you want?"
Meanwhile, Steven and the others remained silent. As outsiders, it naturally wasn't good for them to interrupt this matter.
Damian threw the question back. "What do you think, Champion Alder?"
Alder took a deep breath. His voice was heavy, and he knew this was exactly what Damian wanted. "The Unova League can cancel the wanted status of Team Rocket. Also, we can legalize Team Rocket's industries."
As long as Team Rocket's businesses were legal in Unova, then Team Rocket would not be an evil organization, but an officially recognized corporation.
Although this decision would definitely be opposed by the Unova League members, Alder truly had no other choice.
If they opposed it, then they could go fight Team Rocket themselves.
Damian couldn't help but clap. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "As expected of Champion Alder. However, just this is not enough."
"What else do you want?"
Damian chuckled. "First: five billion in mental damage compensation. After all, the Kyurem you released, Champion Alder, caused a lot of trouble for me and N."
Alder instantly felt a headache. Five billion was not a small amount.
Damian laughed brightly. "Second: I need the Unova government to promote some of the industries under our company name."
Alder's expression changed.
This guy Damian not only wanted them to legalize Team Rocket's companies—he also wanted official government promotion.
Did he have no self-awareness about his own organization? Did he not know what his image was like in Kanto?
The Kanto League sees Team Rocket as a major problem, yet the Unova League would officially promote Team Rocket's businesses.
How would the Kanto League look at the Unova League?
Alder thought for a long time. Then he said, "Damian… how about you become the Unova Champion?"
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