"See? That's our opponent."
The woman in black looked at the image in the crystal ball. After seeing Rope also falling downward, she waved her hand, and the image in the crystal ball disappeared.
In this cave, the flickering candlelight cast the shadows of the three of them. The shadows trembled constantly with the flickering candlelight.
Katsuhisa furrowed his brows, recalling the Rope from the earlier scene, unsure of what to say.
Wait, we've only been separated for two days. Why does it feel like Rope has grown so much stronger?
Katsuhisa truly didn't understand. Even if this person was cheating, there should have been a "ding" sound… To display such overwhelming power so silently…
This is unnatural, completely unnatural...
Ms. Psychic had nothing else to say. She just looked at the two people in front of her and suddenly felt that her already bleak future had taken another turn for the worse. She couldn't help but think that if she had come from another world back then without any thoughts of revenge or replacement, but had instead explained things to Sabrina and the others, maybe things wouldn't have turned out this way...
And if she had teamed up with Sabrina, maybe they would have already gotten Rope. After all, which man could resist the temptation of twin sisters?
After all, Rope already had Ice and Vision as examples.
As for Ice and Vision having no connection to Rope… Ms. Psychic wouldn't believe that for a second… Ice and Vision were already beautiful people, and Rope had done them a favor. Rope himself had good conditions. After wandering in the wilderness for years, Ice and Vision wouldn't care about such things.
With so many conditions in place, how could Rope resist? She didn't believe it.
Thinking this way, Ms. Psychic's resentment grew stronger, not toward her own weakness, but toward the black-clad woman and the red-clad traitor.
Of course, among the three present, the black-clad woman didn't care about the feelings of the two pawns at her disposal. As long as her patron remained unshaken, even in this world, there wouldn't be any major issues.
Losing is losing; even if there's no merit, there's still effort.
That's the advantage of following a relatively kind-hearted leader.
She never denied this either. Following the right person can indeed bring great advantages, and it's not something to be ashamed of.
Katsuhisa naturally cared about the woman in black, but he also knew that in her eyes, he was merely a tool without a better alternative.
Unbeknownst to him, all the arrangements made by the woman before him had already been largely disrupted by Rope. More importantly, they still knew nothing about the woman's true intentions.
Nevertheless, he was willing to strive, fight, and even sacrifice his life for her.
It can only be said that the world of simp is not something ordinary people can comprehend.
The three of them each had their own agendas, and their interactions were mostly marked by coldness.
The black-clad woman's words weren't really directed at the other two; they were more like a monologue.
After all, there was no doubt that she was the most surprised of all… The current Rope and Arceus's strength had already surpassed her imagination.
Though she could handle them, it was only because her own strength was several tiers above theirs.
So such a response wasn't really worth mentioning.
Based on her understanding of Rope, after capturing Arceus this time, she had no idea how much stronger Rope could become…
Thinking this, the woman in black also felt a bit headache. She could barely handle it now, but what about next?
Rope's appearance also puzzled the woman in black. Logically speaking, Rope's progress should not have been this fast. However, Rope's progress had already exceeded the normal level.
"Ah..."
The woman in black finally couldn't help but sigh.
She had worked so hard for so many years, but in the end, she still couldn't progress as quickly as those who had received so-called opportunities like Rope.
Others had only needed a year or two to completely overtake the efforts she had made over decades. Arceus was a different case; before Al arrived, the existence of the ceiling had limited Arceus's potential. Therefore, his actual rate of progress was by no means slow.
Though the woman in the black dress had sighed, no one else in the cave spoke.
Katsuhisa and Ms. Psychic were both deep in thought. But the woman in black had no interest in knowing what they were thinking.
Pawns destined to be sacrificed naturally didn't deserve much attention.
"Proceed as planned. The preparations we've made will be completed shortly."
The woman in black's expression fluctuated, but she eventually spoke with determination.
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Rope lay on the bed, glaring at the person peeling tree fruit for him.
"What's wrong? Are you disappointed that I'm taking care of you?"
Blue smirked, unconcerned by Rope's sour expression.
"Why did you assign such a heavy workload? Diana and Sennogi were sent to the research institute to work with Ice and Vision on organizing the gods' tasks. The papers you've been piling up, though you don't plan to publish them, still need to be organized."
"The workload is huge; everyone's swamped."
"My sister and Cynthia are drafting defense plans, even busier. That little girl Whitley has already gone to the front lines to prepare for battle. Everyone else has their own tasks too."
Blue spoke with a touch of emotion. To be honest, everyone hadn't been this busy in a while. After all, while there had always been localized conflicts in this world, peace had surrounded them for far too long. Even Blue and Red hadn't experienced anything resembling a world-ending catastrophe in a long time…
The action targeting the world discovered by Rope, aside from being slightly more powerful in terms of scale, the rest of it was nothing new to them.
Everyone was surprised, but not panicked.
"Why are you even here, you lazy bum?"
Rope couldn't understand why he hadn't included this jerk in his task assignments!
Honestly, having Blue take care of him was worse than having Mewtwo do it...
Oh, Mewtwo is in charge of coordinating with the Legendary Pokémon… Then it's fine…
"How dare you speak like that?!" Blue sneered, "Taking care of you is my task."
Saying that, he quickly stuffed the sliced fruit in his hand into Rope's mouth.
Rope's eyes widened instantly, and his features almost contorted in disgust.
"Sitrus Berry? Are you even human, Blue?!!!!"
"Shut up and eat it. Sitrus Berry is good for your body, at least for a Pokémon's body…"
Blue ignored Rope's screams. While Sitrus Berry was sour, it wasn't as unbearable as Aspear Berry for humans.