In the end, Heath did nothing and simply watched Dr. Fuji and Lt. Surge leave Cinnabar Island, a town destined to be abandoned. Perhaps because Dr. Fuji had given up on the place too, the people here seemed somewhat downcast. Once Dr. Fuji's boat was out of sight, everyone dispersed. Heath even heard people discussing which city they should move to.
He had to admit that although the League did poorly in some respects, it still did very well most of the time. For instance, since Cinnabar Island was destined to be abandoned because of a natural disaster, the League had offered several solutions. These included allowing the residents to live in any town or city in Kanto, or to choose another site suitable for development and habitation and build a town of their own. The League would cover all the costs involved. Aside from having to live somewhere else, the residents would lose practically nothing and would even gain quite a lot.
After all, according to the League, anyone who had lived on Cinnabar Island since birth or had lived there for more than ten years could exchange their home for one with exactly the same floor area. Would a hundred-square-meter home on Cinnabar Island cost the same as a hundred-square-meter home in Saffron City? Of course not, but the League had gone ahead with it anyway. Heath had to admire its financial resources. It was like trading a dilapidated house on some obscure island for a home in Magic City in his previous life. Even if it was in an outlying district of Magic City, that would still be an incredibly good deal.
At the very least, Heath himself would have had absolutely no complaints. This was practically a chance to get rich overnight.
"..." Beside him, May