LRAB Chapter 749: Authority as the King of the United Kingdom
Chapter 749: Authority as the King of the United Kingdom
"What you said makes a lot of sense, but I always feel like something's wrong," Yang Ming stared at her. "You've gone to so much trouble to help me. It can't be just out of kindness, right? Tell me, what's your purpose?"
Cattleya was stunned at first, then chuckled and said, "I can't hide it from you. That's right. The reason I support you as the Unova Champion is not only because Xiao Juer has been lobbying me, but also because I need someone 'one of our own' to become the leader of the Unova region."
"One of our own?" Yang Ming felt uncertain.
"That's right, you also know that the family behind me has always been a major force in the Sinnoh region, and as the king of the Unova region, I am actually a real 'outsider' in the region I preside over, which also leads to my shallow roots in the Unova region. If you can become the champion of Unova, with our current friendship, it will be much easier for me to act in Unova in the future. Moreover, I also want to use your hand to make the connection between the Unova region and the Sinnoh region closer." Cattleya said frankly.
Yang Ming remained silent. It seemed Cattleya's thoughts mirrored those of the Haonuo Group. During Yang Ming's unification of Ula'ula Island, the Haonuo Group had offered tremendous support, practically meeting his every need. Their motive was to leverage the opportunity of supporting the new island king to increase their own influence. To that end, they even considered offering their daughter a marriage opportunity.
Now it seems that the family behind Cattleya is also making the same calculation.
"What are you still hesitating about?" Cattleya said patiently. "The Unova region is vast, far more vast than a rural place like Alola. If you become the Unova champion, I and my family will fully support you. Isn't it much easier than struggling to develop your power in a place like Alola?"
"……I reject."
"Besides, as long as you become a King of Unova, you will have the opportunity to gain recognition from the legendary 'Ideal Dragon' Zekrom and 'True Dragon' Reshiram. Then you will become the only king of Unova for hundreds of years, which will be enough for you to do whatever you want in Unova." Cattleya continued to tempt him.
"Is the purpose of life to do whatever one wants? You are so clueless and have no ambition at all." Yang Ming said disdainfully.
Seeing Yang Ming's refusal to budge, Cattleya decided to change her strategy: "...Even if you're truly as impassive as a saint, you still don't dislike Feng Lu, right?"
"Oh? What does this have to do with Fenglu?"
"You know, what we in the Unova region lack the most is beautiful women, like me," Cattleya said proudly, patting her flat figure. "If you get together with Fenglu in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to resist the urge to cheat, right?"
"As the king of Uno, you have great authority over your private life. Even if you want to take Fenglu and Xiaojuer on a 'sister-sister trip', they probably won't refuse..."
Yang Ming said coldly, "Your assumption is invalid. First of all, I'm not planning on getting married yet. Secondly, I don't have such perverted hobbies. Finally, you don't seem to have anything to do with 'human beauty'."
"What do you mean?!" Cattleya suddenly became furious. "Even if you want to refute my other arguments, you shouldn't belittle my beauty!"
"...I just think your figure is completely unattractive..." Yang Ming waved his hand, signaling her not to continue. "Alright, let's focus on the current situation. I don't have any thoughts on becoming the champion of Unified at the moment. If the time is right in the future, I will consider it."
Looking at Yang Ming's departing back, Cattleya was immediately furious. "What? Even if you don't want to be the champion of Unova, don't belittle my looks! What's wrong with having small breasts? Why do men nowadays like big breasts? I don't accept it! I want to ask Fenglu for advice on how to make my breasts bigger!"
The reason why Yang Ming rejected Cattleya's proposal was that he was afraid of being the first to be shot.
The most important reason why he accepted Team Rocket's mission to develop in Alola and gave up being a comfortable branch manager in Johto was because he was attracted to the Alola region, a "barely contested place."
Indeed, as Cattleya said, the Alola region is poor and backward, and there is no champion so far. The "Z-Crystal" produced in abundance there is only a one-time super-powerful killing move for trainers above the quasi-prototype level, and is far less useful than mega evolution and Dynamax. It is precisely because of this that major forces such as the Alliance have been too lazy to get involved in the Alola region so far.
But it was precisely this point that gave Yang Ming the idea of developing in Alola. Born as an undocumented resident, he knew that his roots were shallow, and developing in other regions would only lead to being crushed by local forces.
Only in the Alola region there is no such powerful force. As the most powerful "leader of the villain organization" in the Alola region, Lusamine can be said to have no ambition, but even so, her Aether Foundation can still dominate the Alola region.
The Ula'ula Island, which had previously suffered from war, was now a chaotic place occupied by a group of forces led by quasi-kings. If these forces were in other regions, they would have been wiped out by the alliance long ago. Only in Alola, which was generally weak and suffered from the harassment of Ultra Beasts, did these rabble dare to carve out a territory on Ula'ula Island.
So after Yang Ming got rid of these rabble, Ula'la Island became his most important base, a "feng shui treasure land" where he could develop with peace of mind without being targeted by big forces or involved in conflicts between the league and the Rockets.
As for "poverty", "backwardness" and "desertion", these are not shortcomings at all in Yang Ming's eyes. With his knowledge and skills, as long as he has enough time, he can build a paradise on Ula Ula Island.
"Teacher, are you really not going to agree to that young lady's request?" Hao whispered, "It seems to me that she really wants to support you..."
"It's not like I'm rejecting her," Yang Ming shook his head. "It's just that the timing isn't quite right yet. We have to wait and see."
The next day, when Yang Ming was invited to the center of Shenhe Town, Sinnoh champion Shirona had already brought a lot of people to greet him and Cattleya.
"You must be the new island king who has recently become famous in Alola. I have heard the royal masked man mention you before." A burly, bald man wearing a mask walked over and gave Yang Ming a bear hug.
"My name is Yoshihiro, and I'm the gym leader of Nohara City. We have to work together in the next period of time." The bald man said generously.