Heath headed back, just as he had at the beginning, except this time he traveled by sea. Fortunately, Silph Co. had deep pockets and had chartered an entire ship, so the return journey was fairly quick, and Heath's Food Truck could drive straight onto the cruise ship.
"Silph Co. really is rich." Heath smacked his lips. Silph Co. could be called the wealthiest company in the Pokémon League-in fact, it was basically the richest of them all. After all, Silph Co. supplied the vast majority of the entire Pokémon League's Poké Balls, from the most basic Poké Balls to Great Balls, as well as the Dark Balls, Net Balls, and so on introduced later. They were all Silph Co. patents.
Heath even felt that Silph Co. could easily become the wealthiest company in the entire Pokémon League even if it did absolutely nothing and coasted along. There would be no problem with that at all, and Heath had no doubt about it.
"Our company certainly is very wealthy, and that's precisely why we can invest so much money in research," Nami said with a smile. Heath nodded. That was certainly true. He had to admit that how far any company could go and how much it could grow depended entirely on the thinking of its decision-makers. In Heath's view, Silph Co.'s boss was surely a very far-sighted person. The company earned so much every year, yet still invested that money in research and development, continually developing one advanced technology after another.
There had been a certain household brand in his previous life, a certain "Godmother," that had started going downhill after a change in successor. Even the quality of its chili peppers had dropped, and its standing in the industry was no longer as secure as before. That was a