After Cain collected the most difficult-to-obtain and also quite valuable material for Darkrai's medicinal preparation, he did not choose to leave the interior of Mt. Silver immediately.
With the strength he currently possessed, there were truly not many places suitable for training his Pokémon. At that moment, even the weakest members of his team, such as Lucario, Venusaur, and the two Altaria, had already reached the Quasi-Elite level, so finding a place that could offer them appropriate battles was quite difficult.
Since there were powerful Pokémon everywhere here, why settle for something inferior and bring unnecessary trouble upon himself?
Wasn't this the most suitable place at the moment?
Cain's main Pokémon were already at the Advanced Elite Four level, had already crossed into the Champion level, or were about to do so.
Upon reaching this level, improving a Pokémon's strength became quite difficult.
Perhaps for Tyranitar, even fighting continuously for a week would not guarantee gaining even a single level. Of course, if it encountered suitable opponents, the speed of improvement could increase somewhat.
But if it were limited solely to daily training, regularly completing the assigned tasks, it might not even gain a level in two or three months. And this was assuming that the Pokéblocks and the various resources Cain invested in Tyranitar were all top-tier. For an ordinary trainer, how could it be possible to sustain such an astronomical consumption of resources every day?
Therefore, when strength reached Tyranitar's level, the speed of improvement became much slower. Cain could devote more energy to those Pokémon whose improvement was relatively faster at the moment, such as Lucario, Venusaur, or even... Salamence.
This place was suitable even for training a Slowking of that level, so it was all the more suitable for them.
For other people, the interior of Mt. Silver might be full of danger, but for Cain, who had even confronted the legendary Pokémon Moltres head-on, there was nothing more dangerous than that.
Therefore, Cain decided to remain "in seclusion" for a period of time within Mt. Silver.
After all, at that moment there were no major matters in the Hoenn League. Whatever happened, whether within the League or among the underground forces, someone would inform him.
To put it bluntly, if Cain wanted to, with just a sneeze he could make the entire Hoenn region tremble.
But now that the Hoenn region had finally stabilized, Team Heaven could take advantage of this period to develop peacefully and accumulate more resources. The underground forces of the Hoenn region were now a pile of loose sand, with no organization capable of threatening Team Heaven. It was the perfect time to settle down and strengthen their foundations.
The Hoenn region was calm, but the Kanto region was different. The events there were too large, and Cain did not want to get involved.
It was a true whirlpool: too many forces and people had their eyes on the Kanto region, and too many ambitious individuals wanted to take a share of the spoils. Cain was nothing more than an insignificant character within all of that. He could quietly wait until the matters of the Kanto region were settled and then come out to see if there were any leftovers he could take advantage of.
However, not getting involved in the Kanto region did not mean that he ignored the problems of other regions.
The Kalos region.
As a region that had joined the League not too long ago, its overall strength was not weak; it merely lacked some foundation compared to other regions. Precisely because of this, under Cain's intervention, Team Flare—which appeared earlier than expected—developed very rapidly.
Lysandre's strength had also increased quite quickly. Some time ago, he had even consulted Cain about whether he should participate in the selection of the Kalos Elite Four. In the end, after Cain's explanation, he abandoned that idea. Unlike Cain, his main focus was still Team Flare; becoming an Elite Four member would not help him, but instead would become a restraint.
Nevertheless, Cain suggested that he support someone with good strength but no backing to run for the Elite Four. With the support of Team Flare, it would not be useless, and once that person became an Elite Four member, they could also provide some assistance to Team Flare.
After analyzing and calculating together, they concluded that Malva, an expert in Fire-type Pokémon, was a very suitable candidate.
Lysandre had already sent people to contact her. If Cain had time, it would be best for him to go personally, since, in Lysandre's eyes, anyone Cain took notice of usually had their own merits, and moreover, Cain was particularly good at persuading others.
In addition to this, Cain had asked Lysandre to help him collect Mega Stones.
Mega Evolution had not yet been made public. If Cain wanted to obtain the greatest benefit before it was revealed, he needed to collect as many Mega Stones as possible now, of any type and for any Pokémon. All of them would become extraordinary wealth.
The activity of the Sacred Church was growing more and more intense, and sooner or later Mega Evolution would be announced, regardless of whether Cain was the one to do it or not.
Once it became public, the landscape of the Pokémon world would change drastically.
The Kalos region was the place of origin of Mega Evolution and also where the most Mega Stones were found. Moreover, this was the most suitable time to collect them. They were not too difficult to find, and Team Flare had already gathered a considerable amount, waiting for Cain to come and take them.
Cain also had many Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution, but he did not possess the corresponding Mega Stones, so sooner or later he would have to make a trip to Kalos.
However, he also could not allow too many Pokémon to Mega Evolve at the same time. Moreover, some had relatively low levels, and even if they Mega Evolved, they would not provide significant assistance. It was better to use this free time to train them properly.
At least, from his point of view, there were still several Pokémon with plenty of room for improvement.
As for Darkrai's recovery preparation, there was no rush to produce it again.
Darkrai had just recovered to the Champion level and needed some time to familiarize itself with its physical condition.
Moreover, each use of this special type of recovery preparation was a mental torture for Darkrai, so it was not advisable to use it repeatedly within a short period of time.
The dosage of this preparation had not been large, and even so, Darkrai had already felt that level of pain. The next time it wanted to recover more strength, it would undoubtedly require a larger dose, which would demand thorough preparation both physically and mentally.
After that, Cain left the Ninetales valley and went to look for a suitable place to train his Pokémon.
The interior of Mt. Silver was vast, and Cain had many options.
At the same time as training his Pokémon, he also needed to continue training his psychic power.
Since becoming an advanced-level psychic, he still did not know how to use instant teleportation, which was a waste of his spatial talent.
In addition, having suddenly added six unknown Unown, Cain also needed to communicate properly with them to see whether they possessed any important secrets that had yet to be discovered.
(End of chapter)