Chapter 547: I Can't Find It, That's Fine. But It Will Surely Seek You Out

A day's term passed in an instant.

Huo La sat again in Sakaki's office.

Opposite him, Sakaki's expression was calm, Natsume stood quietly at his side, and the atmosphere was oppressively quiet.

The hesitation in Huo La's eyes faded from yesterday, leaving only certainty and resolve.

After yesterday's cross‑region emergency video conference, Dande and Professor Oak finally overruled all objections; the entire group approved Huo La's proposal and endorsed his decision to cooperate with Sakaki.

At the same time, the League drafted new constraints for this cooperation.

"Got it?"

Sakaki lifted his eyes to look at him, his tone even, "So, you are willing to reach consensus with me?"

Huo La first nodded, then gently shook his head.

The ambiguous gesture made Sakaki's brows twitch slightly, "What do you mean?"

"The meaning is simple," Huo La said calmly, neither humble nor arrogant, "We can fully accept the demands you put forward. However, on that basis, we wish to add new conditions."

"Additional conditions?"

Sakaki's complexion cooled a few degrees instantly, and his surrounding aura suddenly sank.

But the chill lasted only a moment; he then lifted a mocking grin, lazily raising his eyes, "No problem, tell me, what are the new conditions you add?"

"First, after I accept your proposal and inherit the Rocket Team, the Rocket Team must immediately dispatch troops to support the League, quelling the Unova war as quickly possible."

Sakaki nodded calmly, "That is what I promised you before; I will naturally fulfill it."

Huo La gave a slight nod.

He knew in his heart that the first condition was merely a pre‑settled, restated agreement, not a real condition.

The real key lay in the next two.

"Second, after the Unova conflict ends, the League will send people to take over the three major regions of Unova, Hoenn, and Kanto."

The moment he uttered that, Huo La stared intently at Sakaki, watching every subtle change in his expression.

But Sakaki remained expressionless, showing no hint of Shiny. Even Natsume beside him kept a calm demeanor, as if she completely failed to grasp the weight of the condition.

"Fine," Sakaki replied outright.

Huo La felt a slight shock inside, unable to help but confirm again, "Let me say it once more: the League will fully take over the Unova, Hoenn, and Kanto that you control."

"I heard you clearly," Sakaki said evenly, "I also agree to the second clause."

Huo La's brows furrowed tightly, his inner doubts deepening, unable to read Sakaki's true thoughts at all.

"Continue, your third condition," Sakaki prompted proactively.

Huo La fell silent for a moment, suppressing his doubts, and directly stated the final, also most crucial trump card: "The third condition is that I want another you to return and retake command of the Rocket Team."

"Another me?"

Sakaki was slightly taken aback, then a cold smile curled on his face, looking especially penetrating, "You mean the original me of this world?"

"Exactly," Huo La nodded in assent.

"I understand," Sakaki said lightly, "You want him to regain control of the Rocket Team, using his position and nature to check the Rocket Team's overall power, even to turn the tables and restrain me, right?"

Just as Huo La was silently contemplating a response, Sakaki's voice sounded again, "Hehe, no problem. I also accept this third condition."

Huo La was completely stunned, his mind filled with disbelief.

All three accepted? Not a single negotiation?

Before he could recover, Sakaki spoke again, "I grant all three of your requests. Now it's my turn to state my condition."

Huo La immediately steadied his mind, lifted his eyes to stare at Sakaki, "You speak."

Sakaki's gaze was resolute, each word clear, "After the League successfully takes over Unova, Hoenn, and Kanto, stabilizing the situation completely, you must immediately have everyone cooperate with me, jointly encircling and exterminating Arceus."

Huo La stared tightly into Sakaki's eyes, his voice deep, "You're so eager to join forces against Arceus; isn't that overly hasty?"

"Not at all urgent," Sakaki said gravely, with no hint of jest, "Under our continuous monitoring, I see clearly."

"Now that Arceus, possessing a physical form and residing within a silver companion beast, is fully merging the Seventeen Attribute Plates."

"The longer the time drags, the closer its power approaches the peak. If we truly wait for it to complete the fusion, even if all of us unite......"

Sakaki's words trailed off, but Huo La understood his meaning; his brows knit tightly, his tone probing, "Then what is its attitude?"

Sakaki naturally understood what "it" referred to, but merely shook his head, "I can't contact it; there is no channel at all to approach it proactively."

Those words left Huo La speechless in an instant.

He truly hadn't expected that Sakaki would be willing to abandon the Rocket Team he had run for years, relinquish his ambition to unify the world, gamble everything to strike a deal with the black Arceus, only for Sakaki to become completely unreachable after the deal, never to be contacted again.

Sakaki saw through Huo La's inner sarcasm in a glance, and lightly added the latter half, "It's fine that I can't find it. But it will definitely come to you on its own."