The next day, upon waking, Su Sheng learned from Lusamine that Lance had resigned.
Not only Su Sheng, but also the chairpersons of various leagues and high-level personnel such as Champion gym leaders were aware of this matter.
Dama Lanqi, the former chairman who had just retired a day ago, specifically reminded everyone in the group to keep this matter a secret for now.
Yesterday morning, the League suffered a great loss at the hands of Team Rocket, and in the afternoon, the old chairman resigned, and in the evening, the Elite Four collectively left.
One heavy bomb after another, if the news were to leak out, who knows what would happen.
"Wait a minute! It's Lance who resigned, not the four of them together?"
Su Sheng, who was listening to Lusamine's account during breakfast, suddenly reacted and asked.
"Only Lance? Where did four come from?"
Lusamine also looked puzzled.
Su Sheng blinked twice, thinking that this didn't match the original plot.
In the original story, all of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four rebelled together.
"Could it be that he was driven to a breakdown by the netizens' criticisms?"
Shirona speculated with a mischievous smile while scrolling through his phone.
After yesterday's failed operation, most people online shifted the blame to Lance.
They believed that if he hadn't been so obsessed with dueling Giovanni one-on-one, the League wouldn't have lost.
"Really? Champion Lance has already lost to Mr. Giovanni twice in a row, what's the big deal about losing once more?"
Mallow said in surprise.
Lillie curled her lips and said, "This time is different. In the past, Lance could comfort himself with the excuse that the Pokémon's levels were not on the same level, but yesterday's loss was entirely his own fault."
The strength of Reshiram Kyurem was definitely above that of MEGA Dark Mewtwo.
However, Lance still lost.
This time, Lance couldn't blame the Pokémon's lineup for being insufficient; he could only blame himself.
Su Sheng sent a message to Giovanni, telling him to be careful.
After all, now that Lance was free from the League's constraints, he could focus all his energy on seeking revenge on Giovanni.
Giovanni was also surprised to receive the message, and immediately replied, "That guy actually resigned? Tsk~ He's such a sore loser, but it's also good, so I don't have to worry about the League interfering when I play with him in the future."
Seeing Giovanni's reply, Su Sheng felt a bit speechless.
You insulted him so much yesterday; it would be strange if Lance could swallow that insult.
"By the way, A Sheng, shouldn't you be recovering Reshiram too?"
Giovanni sent another message.
This was also one of the reasons why Giovanni didn't take Lance seriously.
According to the previous agreement, after the battle, regardless of victory or defeat, Kyurem had to separate Reshiram and return it to Su Sheng.
Even Giovanni had to be wary of the complete Dragon of Ideals.
But once Reshiram was separated, there would be nothing to worry about.
Su Sheng replied, "I'll go when I'm done with the things at hand."
No one knew where Lance went after resigning.
But it didn't matter; Hoopa had already remembered Kyurem's aura and could open a portal to find him at any time.
Su Sheng suddenly remembered that Kyurem still had the obsession of seeking revenge on Hoopa Unbound.
Just as Su Sheng was about to have Hoopa sense Kyurem's location, he received another message.
It was actually sent by Lance—"Go to Giant Chasm to find Kyurem."
Su Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
……
"Where is this…"
Ten minutes later, looking at the chilling canyon, Joker was slightly stunned. Before he could recover, a group of geometric snowflakes and double Vanillish surrounded him, filling the space above Joker's head.
[How dare you! I haven't come to find you yet, and you dare to come to me!?]
Before Joker could see where he was, the voice of the super-old man rang in his ears.
It was Kyurem!
Joker looked around and asked Kyurem, "Kyurem, where is your trainer?"
[I have no trainer. My transaction with that human is over. I was just about to go find you, but I didn't expect you to come to my door yourself. Quickly call that guy out to die!]
Kyurem said impatiently.
"Don't be impatient. Can you first tell me what happened after yesterday's battle?"
Joker raised his hand to signal the violent old dragon to calm down. Since his people had already come, they wouldn't run away.
Fortunately, Kyurem's temper was okay. He took a deep breath and barely suppressed the anger in his heart, quickly explaining everything to the other party.
It turned out that Lance and Kyurem were not considered trainer and partner at all.
From the beginning, the two sides had made an agreement.
Lance used the DNA Splicers to help Kyurem absorb Reshiram and Zekrom, and Kyurem helped Lance fight Giovanni.
And yesterday, Kyurem had fulfilled his obligations in the agreement.
In this way, his transactional relationship with Lance also came to an end.
As for whether he won or not, that was not within the scope of the contract.
At least he put in the effort.
Joker:……
Well, this should also be one of the main reasons for Lance's resignation.
In yesterday's battle, Giovanni only won by a narrow margin. If they fought again, it would be hard to say who would win.
But Kyurem had already left; how could Lance fight Giovanni?
[Okay, enough nonsense. Quickly call that guy out!]
Kyurem said impatiently.
Joker shrugged and didn't think much, summoning Hoopa Unbound.
……
……
While Joker and Kyurem were engaged in a fierce battle in the Giant Chasm, the outside world was not idle.
After the battle in Icirrus City, the League's forces had also undergone a major reshuffle.
Cynthia's grandmother, Carolina, took over as the new chairperson of the Sinnoh League, replacing Cyrus, who had "died of illness."
Lusamine took over as the chairperson of the Pokémon League, replacing the retired Dama Lanqi, and the League headquarters was changed from the Indigo Plateau to Alola.
Lance's resignation was also a major event, but at Dama Lanqi's request, everyone in the League was keeping this matter a secret.
Fortunately, the Indigo Stadium was destroyed again and could not hold competitions for the next two years.
In addition, Lance didn't like to appear in public, so it shouldn't be a problem to keep it a secret for a while.
If it were Leon, a champion who liked to participate in commercial activities, he would be exposed in minutes.
That day, Cyrus's memorial service was held first on Sinnoh's Route 224, after its reconstruction.
That's right, it was a memorial service.
Because in the eyes of the Sinnoh people, especially the people of Route 224, Cyrus was still a hero who helped them rebuild their homes.
And now this hero actually died young at the age of 27.
Many people from all over Sinnoh gathered on Route 224, dressed in black to mourn the former chairman.
The Sinnoh League's high-level officials, including the Champion and Elite Four, also put on black suits and placed white flowers in front of Cyrus's portrait to express their condolences.
After offering flowers, Aaron whispered, "Damn it, a criminal who almost destroyed the world not only didn't become infamous after his death, but became a hero instead. I really want to tell the truth."
"Don't mess around. Now that the new chairperson has taken office, revealing the truth won't benefit anyone, and Cyrus was indeed a contributor to the smooth reconstruction of Route 224,"
Bertha next to him whispered.
Putting aside everything else, the credit for the reconstruction of Route 224 should indeed be given to Cyrus.
Although his purpose in doing so was to be able to sit in the position of Sinnoh Chairman, he did donate money.
Cynthia's younger sister, Dawn, stood beside her chairperson grandmother and Elite Four sister, curiously asking, "Sister, are you really with Dr. Su Sheng?"
"Where did you hear that?"
Cynthia's eyes widened.
"If you weren't together, why would you give up being the Champion of your hometown and run to the unfamiliar Alola to be an Elite Four? If you weren't together, why would he help Sinnoh solve the Cyrus problem? If you weren't together, how do you explain this photo?"
Carolina asked three questions in a row.
Cynthia could explain the first two questions, but the last one left her a little confused.
What photo?
After the memorial service, Carolina took a newspaper from her assistant and handed it to her eldest granddaughter.
The front page prominently featured a photo from the Sinnoh ruins last month, in which Su Sheng rescued Cynthia from Cyrus's hands, holding her in his arms like a princess, with one hand occupying her butt.
The Sinnoh Valkyrie's pretty face turned as red as an apple.
Looking back, it seemed that from that day on, Su Sheng had been taking advantage of her whenever he had the chance.
Noticing the change in Cynthia's expression, Carolina was even more convinced that her eldest granddaughter had gotten together with Su Sheng. She asked Cynthia in a serious manner if it was okay for you to live in Alola, but could you let the child join the Sinnoh nationality.
Cynthia was so frightened that she returned to Alola without staying in her hometown for another day.
……
……
Unova's Giant Chasm.
Thunder rumbled and blizzards joked in this area.
The citizens of Icirrus City and Undella Town, which were closer to the Giant Chasm, looked at the distant, violent, and merciless scene like a natural disaster with a confused expression.
No, no, it just ended yesterday, and it's coming again today?
Alder, leading the Unova League elites who were cleaning up the aftermath of yesterday's war in Icirrus City, was numb.
What's going on?
With one look, there was no mistake!
But as League elites, they had to protect the people.
Alder was about to call out his Braviary, but Caitlin, as an Elite Four member, had already taken the lead and said, "Mr. Alder, your Pokémon were seriously injured yesterday, let me do it."
Among the Unova Elite Four, Caitlin suffered the least combat power loss yesterday.
Alder thought for a while and agreed, "Okay, but come back quickly after understanding the specific situation."
Even just by looking, he knew that a battle of this scale was not something that Caitlin, a mere Elite Four level, could intervene in.
……
Joker took off the mask on his face, wiped the ice off his face, and looked down.
Now he was in a high position in the canyon, but it was not that he jumped up by himself or with the help of Pokémon's abilities.
It was the battle between Kyurem and Hoopa Unbound that had created a lower abyss in this valley.
Under the recent Glaciate from Kyurem.
A new sinkhole was directly opened in the center of the Giant Chasm.
"Pull them out."
Joker released Dark Lugia.
The God of Darkness spread his wings and released his thoughts towards the bottomless abyss.
After more than ten seconds, the figures of Hoopa Unbound and Kyurem floated up and were pulled by Dark Lugia's thoughts to the remaining flat ground.
"If a top trainer were your partner, Hoopa Unbound wouldn't be able to stop you."
Joker sincerely praised.
In terms of his own strength, in Joker's knowledge, apart from Arceus, I'm afraid that no legend can single-handedly defeat Kyurem.
But unfortunately, he doesn't have a top trainer who can fight alongside him.
Although Lance is strong enough, he still failed to stimulate all the power of Kyurem.
[Ugh… ugh…]
A painful groan came from the violent old dragon's mouth.
Kyurem, with blurred eyes, subconsciously spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood, and soon opened his eyes to look at Joker.
"Even if it's a tie, how about it?"
Joker tried to comfort.
[I don't need sympathy!]
Kyurem snorted coldly.
Joker:……
Why is he still being tsundere?
But seeing Kyurem like this, the anger should have subsided.
"According to the agreement, I'm here to recover Reshiram."
Joker took out the DNA Splicers from his arms.
And Kyurem didn't resist when he saw this.
This was what was agreed before.
The tapered DNA Splicers pierced Kyurem's side.
A dazzling light emerged.
Let Caitlin, who was riding on Metagross on the outer edge of the valley, change her expression.
What's going on with this light?
……
In less than ten seconds, the light gradually faded, and as the sky broke through the clouds, sunlight re-sprinkled on the canyon.
In front of the long night of the Giant Chasm, the three dragons of Unova gathered again after 2500 years.
[Hmm…]
Zekrom, who had just broken free from Kyurem's body, murmured and slowly opened his eyes to look around, [Where is this?]
The next second, Zekrom's eyes met Kyurem's golden eyes, scaring him to jump back and fall on the ground.
Compared to the frightened Zekrom, Reshiram was much calmer, looking at Joker with a gratified look, smiling and saying: [Well ~ I really didn't see the wrong person, as expected of you, A Sheng.]
"Joker!? Why, why is the DNA Splicers in your hands!?"
Caitlin on the back of Metagross exclaimed.
"Ah?"
Joker turned his head to look and saw the psychic flat-chested girl sitting on the Hoenn pseudo-legend.
Tsk, I just put all my energy on Kyurem, and I didn't even notice anyone coming over.
Joker glanced at the DNA Splicers in his hand and thought that it was troublesome.
After all, everyone in the League knew that the DNA Splicers should be in Su Sheng's hands, but he was now wearing Joker's clothes…
But Su Sheng said that he couldn't help it, after all, he thought Lance was here at the beginning.
So he changed his clothes and came over.
Can't take out Hoopa Unbound with Su Sheng's identity, right?
The CPU ran quickly, and after two seconds, Joker smiled evilly: "Isn't this simple? It was stolen from him, after all, with the same face, isn't this a piece of cake?"
Such a reason is enough to deceive Iku, Bruno and other fools who don't have good brains.
Obviously it won't work for Caitlin.
Caitlin didn't even think for two seconds before loudly retorting, "How is that possible? Su Sheng has Ursaring providing close protection. How could anyone steal something as important as the Gene Wedge... Could it be!?"
As she spoke, Caitlin's face changed drastically, clearly guessing at some terrible truth.
"Tsk."
Joker rolled his eyes.
A little girl being too smart isn't necessarily a good thing.
Sometimes, being a little duller can make life easier.
"I, I need to report this to Mr. Alder, and, and Ms. Cynthia!"
At that moment, Joker heard Caitlin's murmured whisper.
"Lugia."
Joker's eyes changed slightly. Seeing Caitlin turn to run, Joker gave Dark Lugia a look.
Dark Lugia, seeing this, immediately used psychic power to control the Metagross in the air, forcibly pulling it and its owner in front of Joker with invisible telekinesis.
"What, what do you want to do? I, I'm warning you, don't mess around!"
Seeing Joker walking towards her step by step, the psychic young lady, who had lived in an ivory tower since childhood, panicked.
"I almost forgot, you've always admired Cynthia,"
Joker said with a smile, "Little Caitlin, do you know that Cynthia is currently working as an Elite Four member in my territory?"
Caitlin's pretty face turned pale, and her originally flustered eyes gained a hint of anger. "What, what do you want to do to Ms. Cynthia!?"
"Don't get excited. Everyone in the world knows about my relationship with Cynthia now. If my true identity is exposed, she would be very sad, right?"
Hearing the way he addressed Cynthia, Caitlin was even more certain of her guess.
Cabbage, that's the nickname Joker gave Cynthia!
Joker threw the mask aside, put on black-rimmed glasses, and his smile became even more perverted, saying:
"And if my identity is exposed, I can't guarantee I won't do anything out of line, like harming the person next to my pillow..."
"You bastard!"
Extreme anger caused Caitlin to lose her mind, instinctively reaching out to slap Su Sheng.
However, without needing a Pokémon to take action, Su Sheng easily grabbed Caitlin's slender arm and said with a wicked smile:
"Caitlin, you wouldn't want anything to happen to Cynthia, would you?"
