Pokémon: Chronicles of Freedom (200 - 398)

Chapter 235: Crying in Battle

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In the afternoon, after being notified by the loudspeaker, Cain headed back to the battlefield.

Seeing the prizes for the top three on the referee's table, Cain thought those items were extremely tempting.

If he didn't genuinely want to compete for those prizes, he might have already withdrawn.

If he left now, all the danger would have nothing to do with him.

But after returning from the sailors' quarters, Cain had thought for a long time and finally decided to stay.

The first reason was that the tournament prizes were indeed attractive. Additionally, those items were displayed so blatantly that anyone would feel tempted to look at them. This was a very clever strategy on Yamamoto's part.

However, if it were only about the prizes, it wouldn't have been enough for Cain to decide to stay. The main reason was the old man Matsuda with whom he had shared a meal. With his presence, at least Cain wouldn't have to worry about facing an enemy so powerful that he couldn't defend himself or escape.

Moreover, Cain didn't believe that if the League had detected something, they would only send a single Elite Level Four trainer.

What Cain didn't know was that Matsuda's actions were completely voluntary and that the League hadn't actually sent any combatants on board. Most of the League trainers on the ship were fairly weak. Even someone like Jin was considered one of the stronger ones among them.

If Cain had known this, he probably would have reconsidered his decision.

The League usually won through sheer numbers, which had given Cain the false impression that there would always be additional support.

The second reason he decided to stay was that the group to whom the blue handkerchief he found belonged, while powerful, was not as threatening as Team Rocket.

But that wasn't the important part. The crucial thing was that, as Cain recalled, that organization shouldn't have revealed itself to the world at this point in the timeline.

If they caused a big commotion, they might attract the League's attention before they were fully prepared.

Therefore, Cain thought the leader of that organization, if they had any common sense, wouldn't do anything that would draw too much attention from the League.

So Cain only needed to stay on guard against the crafty Yamamoto.

Cain took his position. When he arrived, both the audience and his opponent had already been waiting for a while.

If he had arrived a few minutes later, he would have been disqualified from the tournament.

Cain's opponent was a young woman in her twenties with a black ponytail and an ordinary appearance.

Cain had no memory of her.

Only after the referee introduced her did Cain learn that the young woman was named Kyoko.

The battle began immediately.

Cain sent out his signature Pokémon, Slowpoke.

Kyoko, clearly having studied Cain, sent out her Grass-type Pokémon, Gloom, to take advantage of the type advantage over Cain's Water-type Pokémon.