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Announcements
"It is to say with great amazement and displeasure that I am retiring."
This news took the whole world by storm.
Unova had just suffered a psychological criminal association's wrath and was recuperating from it. It was needless to say they were doing very well and it wasn't such a problem at all. What was the problem was that two years hence, a lot of leaders were resigning and many others were taking place. A few of them retired due to age, but the last few who were definitely shocking the world for good.
Cress, Chilli and Cilan were retiring despite being 25 year olds, rather they were quitting and this was very unlike their usual demeanour. The three were retiring so early, that definitely was quite a shock to the whole world in general. As it is so many leaders were leaving, so this was definitely a hard news to bear. Of course, the reasons given were heavily distorted, unlike the others persuasions.
"I am sorry about such a hard decision, but there are a lot more capable and clever leaders who are taking our place. I am sure they will do a much better job of taking care of Striaton City than we have. After all, if we couldn't protect our city from criminals, what good are we as leaders?" Cilan explained to the distraught public. That was the last of news they ever heard from him, for it was Cress who announced that they were retiring in the first place.
To the news, this was a warped decision. After all, the whole city had been plagued by this true, but so was the whole country being under the criminals' clutches. Why such a sudden dip of confidence? But the leaders didn't look sad; rather happy. This was definitely a great place to agree that they were handing over the city to better protectors, or if not them at least the Elite Four.
"Politics in the pokemon world was such; the gym leaders were the de facto rulers of their cities, whereas the Elite Four not only governed over all of them, but even the towns minus leaders as well. So even if the city were to be leaderless, it wouldn't be anarchist; the elite four would still be there for protection. What's the worry?" Cilan continued.
As they left, they press were still hounding them, more so because lots of leaders were leaving and their reasons were vague. But who would ever understand the heart of a celebrity, and more so; who would ever understand the real motive of this decision?...
