"Then, Leader Giovanni, what you hope is that the deputy leader of your Team Rocket also has a seat here, correct?" The one who spoke was Cyrus. His voice was cold and clear, without any emotion being perceptible.
Although he had also felt somewhat surprised by that "comparable to a Champion" that Giovanni had mentioned, what had to be contested had to be contested.
When the seven of them sat here, it represented that the game between them had already begun.
Cyrus acknowledged that Giovanni's strength was very great and worthy of respect. The strength of Team Rocket was also the most powerful among all the forces present. But now was not the time to fear him. At the very least, there would surely be someone who would stand on his side.
Upon hearing Cyrus's words, Giovanni looked at him without changing his expression.
"Oh? Then, Leader Cyrus, do you consider that my words do not have enough credibility? Or do you consider that the deputy leader of my Team Rocket does not deserve a seat here?"
"If Leader Giovanni puts it that way, then I have nothing to say." Cyrus spread his hands. Although he said it with his mouth, not the slightest change could be seen in his expression.
Lusamine did not speak, but nodded from the side to show her agreement.
If Giovanni relied on his own strength and the power of Team Rocket to forcibly add a seat, they would have nothing to say. But, if that were the case, it would be hard to know how many people would sincerely accept it in the future.
After all, the cooperation had only just begun.
"Since that is the case, how about we decide it by vote?" Cain's deep voice sounded directly. He also understood the reason why Lusamine and Cyrus were aiming at him.
But, in reality, from the very beginning, the two of them had not understood one thing: from the moment this alliance was successfully formed, most of the right to speak had already fallen into Giovanni's hands.
No matter how much they opposed, from the moment they began discussing this matter, the outcome was already decided.
"That would be best." Lusamine nodded, expressing her agreement.
Cyrus also nodded. That, indeed, was "fair."
"Then I will start, as the leader of Team Rocket. Naturally, I agree." Giovanni, seeing Cain so confident, did not say much more and expressed his stance.
"Agreed!" The second to speak was Brad, who was participating as the leader of Team Heaven. Giovanni was not surprised at all that he agreed.
"I second the motion." The third to speak was Lysandre. He had his arms crossed in front of his chest, a slight smile on his face, and the corners of his lips slightly raised.
He already knew Cain's identity completely, so there was no possibility that he would oppose it.
Lusamine looked at Lysandre in surprise, not knowing why he had chosen to agree.
The last person to speak was the one who exceeded everyone's expectations.
"Agreed." N spoke calmly. He felt great interest toward Cain.
At this point, how Lusamine and Cyrus chose no longer had any meaning. Excluding Cain, there were already four people in agreement, so the two of them could not raise too many waves either.
Moreover, both Cyrus and Lusamine had witnessed Giovanni's true strength and knew that it could be said that Giovanni was the strongest among everyone present in this room.
Even a Champion would not necessarily be stronger than the current Giovanni.
Added to a deputy leader capable of comparing with a Champion, everyone saw the strength and foundation of Team Rocket.
As expected of the oldest underground force among those present. As expected of the only underground force that occupied two regions on its own. It truly was formidable.
In this way, everyone accepted Cain's existence.
In reality, this was equivalent to Giovanni possessing two votes. Thinking of Giovanni's strength and then of the power of Team Rocket, it was not that difficult to accept either.
Instead, Giovanni felt somewhat surprised that Cain had managed to obtain the support of Team Flare.
He had asked Cain to persuade Team Flare, and not only did he obtain a satisfactory result, but he also made Team Flare stand firmly on his side.
As for N, from Team Plasma, Giovanni only needed to look at him once to more or less understand his character.
To be honest, from Giovanni's point of view, N's personality was not suitable for occupying the position of leader of an underground force. Instead, when he had gone to the Unova region, among the Seven Sages of Team Plasma, there were one or two with considerable depth of scheming. It was very possible that those people were the ones truly controlling Team Plasma, while N was only a puppet they had pushed to the front.
Compared with N, although his strength was powerful, Giovanni valued Cyrus, the leader of Team Galactic, more. Among those present, only he was the most similar to Giovanni.
A cold man, almost without emotions, in whose eyes only two things existed: interests and objectives. He was a very pure and typical utilitarian.
Could it not be seen that, after Lusamine's proposal against Cain was rejected by everyone, her expression seemed somewhat indignant? Although she did not show it very obviously, none of those present was an ordinary person.
In contrast, Cyrus was on the same side as Lusamine, but after his proposal was rejected, he did not show any change of expression, as if he had no emotions.
During the entire meeting, except at the beginning, Cain did not speak. He only silently observed those present.
It could be seen that the people here had quite a bit of confidence in Giovanni.
They were all great bosses of their respective regions. Apart from Brad of Team Heaven and Lysandre of Team Flare, who did not oppose Giovanni's proposal at all due to Cain's prior arrangements, the others, surprisingly, did not oppose too much either.
Even Lusamine, of the Aether Foundation, when looking at Giovanni, vaguely carried a trace of fear in her eyes. When back then she chose to cooperate with Kael, she had never felt fear. That proved that Mewtwo's current deterrent force was truly sufficient.
Cain clearly saw how many times each of those present looked at Mewtwo, whether intentionally or not.
Lusamine, five times. Cyrus, three times. N... eleven times!
(End of chapter)