Chapter 1731 - 1725: Beyond the Sky!

Cain's growth speed was something everyone had seen with their own eyes. It was practically the same as flying.

If he left this time, with the so-called Team Rainbow Rocket as backing, what kind of resources would he be unable to obtain?

If he then obediently went back to grow for a few years, what kind of strength would he have then? In the entire Pokémon world, would there still be anyone capable of stopping him?

For many people, old Matsuda's decision was not much different from releasing a tiger back into the mountain.

But Cain's reaction was very fast. After old Matsuda said those words, he turned directly and left without looking back. He did not even leave by the original path. He simply walked to the end of the corridor and jumped directly out the window.

And those who wanted to stop him were blocked by old Matsuda as he extended his hand.

"Do not chase him. You will not be able to stop him," old Matsuda said with a somewhat desolate expression.

Whether as a master who had to act against his disciple, or as a master betrayed by his proudest disciple, all of this made an old man like him feel exhausted in both heart and mind.

In that instant, old Matsuda finally understood a little of the feeling of defeat the Elder must have felt back then, when he learned that Kael and Giovanni, whom he regarded as successors, had successively attacked the League.

A feeling of helplessness was born from the deepest part of his heart.

"No!! We absolutely cannot allow Cain to keep falling like this!!" Steven's voice became extremely firm, and he rushed out the door right after Cain.

Immediately afterward, Phoebe, Wallace, and the others also followed him one after another. Among them were quite a few hidden cards old Matsuda had left in the room.

These people were one of the League's hidden methods. They were also a group of people whose strength was not weak and who, moreover, were extremely skilled in combined combat.

Perhaps each individual's strength was not as outstanding as Cain's or Steven's, but their ability to fight together would definitely leave even Cain dumbfounded.

"President Matsuda, why do you think we could not keep him?" After those people left, the doubt remaining in the hearts of several high-ranking League officials was voiced by the head of the Jenny family.

Hearing that, old Matsuda hesitated slightly before saying, "Because I know him. Since he did not surrender, that means he has confidence that he can leave. And the most important thing is..."

Old Matsuda looked at the white-robed man standing on his other side, the bodyguard the Elder had left him: Samael!

His appearance could not be seen, but his voice was heard speaking slowly.

"He could not be stopped. In that instant just now, I felt three auras with extremely strong deterrent power locking onto this place. One came from Cain's body, and the other two came from... the sky."

"The sky?"

Everyone did not understand, but Samael did not want to say more. That was everything he could feel.

His sixth sense told him that, if they had acted just now, the maximum probability of keeping Cain would have been only thirty percent. But regardless of whether they could truly arrest Cain or not, ninety percent of the people inside this room probably would not have seen tomorrow's sun.

It was an extremely terrifying casualty ratio.

Not long afterward, Steven and the others returned with their souls lost. Even when walking, they seemed like walking corpses.

"Steven, what happened?"

Seeing his son in that state, the old Joseph Stone felt some pain in his heart.

Steven dropped heavily into an empty seat at the side. On his face appeared a smile impossible to describe: bitter, helpless, relieved, admiring, furious, and even resentful...

He slowly shook his head.

"The gap is getting bigger and bigger. With only one attack from Cain's Mega Salamence, he repelled all of us. When we wanted to chase him again, we discovered that he had already disappeared into the sky. There was no trace of him left. He did not even use Teleport. There were no psychic or spatial fluctuations around."

Hearing Steven's words, everyone fell silent.

Cain, who in the past still had to chase after Steven, had now already grown to this point?

It was not that Steven's growth speed was slow. Even in the eyes of many people, Steven's and the others' growth speed was no different from monsters.

But even so, before Cain's Mega Salamence, they actually still seemed insufficient.

Cain's Mega Salamence was also known to them. It was a Pokémon that, after Cain became Drake's disciple, was personally trained by Drake. It even learned Drake's special techniques.

That Salamence, at most, was a Pokémon of Cain's second formation. But at this moment, it had also grown to that level. Then, what kind of strength would Tyranitar, Blaziken, and the other Pokémon have?

Moreover, the fact that Cain disappeared into the sky also precisely confirmed what the white-robed Samael had said: in the sky, there were two extremely threatening auras aiming at this place.

That meant that, above the Hoenn League building at this moment, there was some special existence!

"Everyone go deal with your matters first. Now it seems that Cain's departure also cannot be considered a bad thing. At least, those underground forces have someone controlling them and unnecessary disturbances will not occur again. I believe Cain will also know how to properly restrain those people. After all, with Hoenn's Team Heaven, he has always administered it that way."

"No matter how one looks at it, Cain comes from the bottom. He should not go back to doing things that attack the people below," old Matsuda said as consolation.

Everyone nodded.

"Then, does that mean Cain will actually very likely act against those large and small families? He has always disliked those idle and lazy families very much."

Hearing that, old Matsuda narrowed his eyes, placed both hands on the table, and said in a grave voice, "Those existences that are like blood-sucking leeches... do you think the League would regret losing them?"