The next morning
Roy was clinging to the railing, enjoying his breakfast on the open deck. Don't ask him why he didn't sit down; a real man stands on his own!
"Have you had breakfast?"
With Persian Giovanni his side, the two of them approached Roy. Leaning against the railing, Giovanni suppressed a laugh as he looked at Roy's "plump" buttocks.
Roy snorted and turned his head away, deciding there was nothing more to say to the man who had abandoned him yesterday.
"The ship will arrive in Kanto this afternoon. Come find me at the Gym in Viridian City, and I'll definitely give you a good welcome."
Giovanni took out his Communicator and handed it to Roy. Roy reluctantly took out his own Communicator and added his contact information to Giovanni's Communicator.
Why did you leave me all alone yesterday?
"Because I don't want to see you get beaten."
Roy:... Reasonable.
After adding Giovanni's Communicator, Roy was about to take back his Communicator when he discovered that another trending topic had appeared on his Communicator's IQ.
[Rose, president of the Macro Cosmos, currently serves as the chairman of the Galar region Pokémon League.]
Rose?
These two words conjured up an image in Roy's mind: a man in a light gray suit, with a healthy bronze complexion, a full beard, and green eyes that always held a hint of sadness.
Roy clicked on the trending topics page, and the picture showed Rose waving from his office in the Rose Tower after being elected president of the Pokémon League.
The other party is the president of the Macro Cosmos and also the chairman of the Galar Pokémon League.
How should we evaluate the character of Rose?
Calling him the biggest villain in the Galar region is less accurate than calling him an extreme idealist.
Because it is predicted that the energy resources in the Galar region may be exhausted in 1,000 years.
Rose attempts to collect Wishing Star and use their energy to create Eternatus, which can provide the energy for Dynamax, thus enabling the Dynamax Galar region to continue to develop sustainably.
However, the energy of Eternatus is not so easy to control. After the Energy Plant awakened Eternatus...
Eternatus, having absorbed the energy of Wishing Star, began to go out of control and began to absorb Dynamax energy from the entire Galar region, plunging the entire Galar region into crisis.
But his goal was the same as Leon's: to revitalize the Galar region.
Leon chose to accept GG's sponsorship to help build Pokémon Trainer in the Galar region, hoping to attract more attention through battles and develop battle performances into a pillar industry of the Galar region.
However, you have to admit that Rose is truly a ruthless person. Who would have thought that the person who now dresses so smartly and controls the economy of the entire Galar region was just a miner when he was young?
The Macro Cosmos is a household name in the Galar region, with subsidiaries including Macro Cosmos Airlines, Macro Cosmos Railways, Macro Cosmos Energy, and more.
As the president of the Macro Cosmos, Rose almost single-handedly drove the economic development of the Galar region.
Furthermore, the introduction of Dynamax in Gym Battles made the Pokémon League of the Galar region world-famous.
Seeing Roy watching intently, Giovanni wondered what had caught his attention. Turning his head, he saw the trending news on Roy's Communicator.
Matori had reported this to him in the morning, but he didn't have any recollection of the Galar region, only knowing that Galar was far from the Kanto Region and Johto.
"Roy, what do you think about me building a Game Corner in that Galar region?"
Giovanni asked casually.
"Forget about it. All of Galar's industries are monopolized by one giant corporation."
"All industries are monopolized by a single giant corporation? Doesn't the Galar League care?"
Roy raised the Communicator and scrolled to the top of the page to see Rose's image.
"Look, this person is both the president of the Galar League and the CEO of that giant corporation."
Giovanni:????
Giovanni felt like his head was spinning. What did it mean to be both the chairman and the president of the Pokémon League?
Can these two positions be held part-time?
Ignoring the Confusion Giovanni, Roy continued scrolling down the information and saw the measures taken by Rose after taking office. As the saying goes, a new broom sweeps clean, and Rose's first act after taking office was to abolish the original Elite Four system.
They decided to replace the previous challenge of the Elite Four with an elimination tournament hosted by the Galar League, abolishing the previous Elite Four system, and the winner of the elimination tournament will directly become the champion.
Therefore, the Galar region no longer has the regional Elite Four system that is commonly practiced in other regions, where power is jointly controlled by the Pokémon League Champion and the Pokémon League President.
Roy wasn't surprised that Rose implemented this system, because there were no Elite Four in the Galar region in the anime.
He felt this was a result agreed upon by Leon and Rose, but Roy was actually still taking a wait-and-see approach to their decision.
The existence of the Elite Four must have its merits, but the current economic development of the Galar region is not as good as other regions, and it is in a period of great need for reconstruction.
In situations like these, it's actually better to have everyone working together as one, with only one voice.
Rose was originally a dictator, and the Macro Cosmos's growth to its current size is a result of his dictatorial rule.
This also suits the current situation in the Galar region perfectly.
So, shouldn't their next step be to try and poach Eternatus?
The setting of the Galar region's energy crisis actually reminded Roy of another game from his previous life, Seer.
Roy thought that Rose could borrow some Infinite Energy from Sai Xiaoxi's father Sai Daxi, since their family's Infinite Energy reserves were already overflowing.
Ahem! I've gone off-topic, I've gone off-topic...
Given the current situation in the Galar region, now that Rose has become the Pokémon League Chairman, it's believed that Dynamax and Eternatus will soon be introduced.
Giovanni was still pondering how Rose had managed to control the local economy of Galar and become the Pokémon League Chairman.
Can I, like the other person, grasp both ends?
Roy replied that he should forget about it, Kanto and Johto have giant corporations like Silph Co. and many long-established families.
Furthermore, the Pokémon League Kanto Region and Johto has existed for a century, and all its functions are operating normally.
With older generation Pokémon Trainer like Professor Oak and his mentor Agatha still around, Giovanni had virtually no chance.
Roy suddenly became curious: if Giovanni knew about Dynamax, which Pokémon would he let Dynamax?
"Brother Giovanni, if your Pokémon could grow to a height of tens or even hundreds of meters, would you make your Pokémon grow bigger?"
Instead of answering Roy's question, Giovanni reached out and touched Roy's forehead.
There's no fever.
Could it be that Agatha hurt him yesterday?
I should have stopped them yesterday.
Seeing Giovanni's actions, Roy knew that the other party hadn't listened to him at all.
(Does anyone know the specific settings of Eternatus? Could you please explain them to me? There might be some plot developments related to this later on. Thanks!!!)