He hung up the call and stored that communicator in the most hidden place on his body.
After finishing the call, Cain stared fixedly at a corner of his room, lost in thought.
For a moment, he truly did not know how to position himself, although the task Giovanni had assigned him could not really be considered difficult for him.
Although for now he had only received a few scattered details from Giovanni, Cain had already more or less guessed Giovanni's ideas and objectives.
He let out a long sigh and, to some extent, felt a certain pressure.
Not for any other reason, but simply because of the pressure Giovanni himself exerted.
To be honest, Giovanni, in his current state, could almost be said to have truly reached the invincibility of the wise.
He possessed an almost complete Mewtwo, enhanced further by the Special Armor. It was not necessarily much weaker than a fully complete Mewtwo. In addition to that, he had his signature Pokémon, Beedrill, capable of Mega Evolution.
He himself was also a user of special powers, possessing the extremely rare powers of the Viridian Forest, whose exact effects were not even fully understood.
And moreover, he had no fewer than several dozen ground-type Pokémon capable of responding to any situation and any tactic. It could be said that he almost had no weaknesses.
And after the chaos of Mt. Silver, that gigantic machine known as Team Rocket had once again begun operating at full capacity.
Each member, each Team Rocket base in every city, was like a part or gear of that great machine; once it began moving, everything started functioning with astonishing coordination, as if they had been prepared for this moment from the very beginning.
During these years, Team Rocket's retreat and silence did not mean they had done absolutely nothing.
Although the League might believe that, Cain did not. Giovanni had undoubtedly used all this time to prepare every necessary step for Team Rocket's return. Only in that way could it be explained how, in barely one week, he had reactivated the entire functioning of the organization.
From that alone, one could already clearly see a portion of Giovanni's capability.
And the task Giovanni had given Cain this time, for anyone else, would be extremely difficult, even almost impossible to accomplish, but for Cain it was very simple.
As the deputy leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni had not given him merely an empty title, but real authority and tangible benefits.
Cain could freely give orders to all current Elite Officers of Team Rocket, including the Executives. He could assign them missions and instructions just as Giovanni did. Anyone who dared to disobey would be considered a traitor to Team Rocket and would be hunted down by the organization until death.
It was an order personally issued by Giovanni, so no one dared challenge it.
Furthermore, Cain's personal strength was already immense. Dealing with certain individuals would take only minutes.
Although, in reality, a large portion of those members did not know Cain's true identity. Only a few were aware of it, including the Executives. And those individuals, in principle, would neither reveal it nor dare to do so.
At the same time, Cain could use a large portion of Team Rocket's resources, including manpower, materials, and even Pokémon.
That was equivalent to creating within Team Rocket a position second only to Giovanni himself, but above everyone else, a clear sign of the importance Giovanni placed on him.
Because Giovanni knew that Cain was not someone who excessively pursued power. And even if he sought it, it was only so that the increase in power would be more convenient and to pave his own path.
Therefore, Giovanni directly gave him the highest status he could grant. After all, Cain would not waste time fighting for small pieces of power. He did not have time for such things.
It had to be admitted that Giovanni had extraordinary talent in judging people.
The reason so many high-ranking members of Team Rocket were loyal to him to the core was precisely because Giovanni understood each person's ultimate desire.
To those who wanted power, he gave power; to those who wanted authority, he gave authority; to those who wanted money, he gave money; to those who wanted women, he gave women. As long as one was loyal and worked well, one could obtain what one desired.
And by grasping that point, he grasped all of Team Rocket.
Now then, since he had granted Cain such a high position and authority, naturally he also had to make him assume the corresponding responsibilities. After all, one could not simply receive benefits without doing anything, right?
Thus, this time Cain had to make a trip to Kalos.
And why was it said that for others this would be almost impossible, but for Cain relatively easy?
Because Giovanni expected Cain to go to the Kalos region to contact Team Flare, the most powerful and famous underground organization in that region at present.
His idea was to begin cooperation with Team Flare and jointly attack the League.
At first glance, it seemed to be only a common alliance between underground organizations from different regions, but Cain also learned that Giovanni himself would go to Sinnoh and Unova to persuade the powerful underground organizations of those regions, Team Galaxy and Team Plasma, intending to join forces with them as well.
As for Alola, a newly discovered region by the League where it had not yet fully established itself, Giovanni had already managed to contact the Aether Foundation thanks precisely to Kael's previous betrayal.
After all, the pressure currently borne by the Aether Foundation was enormous. Having to confront a force as gigantic as the League was something even they found difficult to sustain.
But if it was Team Rocket, which was also an enemy of the League, then the situation changed.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so they quickly accepted Giovanni's invitation.
But Cain knew that the idea of "alliance" that Giovanni spoke of was only the initial objective. His real purpose was to swallow all those forces and absorb them into Team Rocket.
Or rather, to create a gigantic organization that gathered the greatest underground forces from all currently discovered regions.
According to Cain's memories, that should be... Team Rainbow Rocket!
A force truly capable of confronting the entire League, a colossal organization that would not be inferior to it in the slightest.
(End of chapter)