"Leave the last one to me!"
With those words, Gu Yuan flipped onto Dragapult's back. Flapping its wings to charge, Dragapult's speed began to accelerate continuously. As it flew over the surface of the sea, it kicked up a massive wave.
Seeing Gu Yuan take action, the others gave up any thought of following. Through his repeated outstanding performances, Gu Yuan had long earned their recognition. Naturally, they didn't believe the target could slip away from him.
Indeed, with the detection functions of the System, Gu Yuan could easily lock onto a target even on the vast ocean. As its strength improved, Dragapult's speed became increasingly staggering; even while carrying Gu Yuan, it could rapidly close in on the opponent.
Once the distance between the two sides had narrowed sufficiently, Gu Yuan had Alakazam strike to ensure the element of surprise. Teleport was used, and the moment they appeared beside the target, Mega Charizard Y took the lead in the offensive.
Blast Burn shot out first, a sun-like fireball that transformed into a net of fire, shrouding Bowen.
"I am just a Trainer recruited by those families! Do you really have to be so ruthless!?"
Feeling the heat behind him, Bowen was forced to stop and have the Gyarados beneath him strike back. Relying on the elemental advantage of Water-type moves against Fire-type moves, plus the geographical advantage of being on the ocean, the Gyarados—which also possessed Middle-tier Elite strength—barely managed to block Mega Charizard Y's attack.
"When you were still a Senior-rank Trainer, you attacked traveling Trainers to obtain more resources. You killed them, stripped them of everything they owned, and even sold their Pokémon."
"As an Ace-rank, you collaborated with a poaching group to trap and kill a team of Pokémon Rangers. Later, you joined a family just to protect yourself."
"During your time as a Leader-rank, you stained your hands with the blood of countless people just to accumulate resources to break through to the Elite Rank."
"So do not beg for mercy. Someone like you only deserves to die."
Gu Yuan's cold voice rang out, and Mega Charizard Y launched its attack once more. A triple-strike of Blast Burn was released. In the next second, three sun-like fireballs crushed toward Gyarados in a triangular formation.
Having grown impatient, Moltres and Roaring Moon also coordinated their attacks with Mega Charizard Y. It wasn't that Bowen felt Gyarados was enough to handle the situation; rather, he had no other Pokémon left besides Gyarados.
"Gyarados, use Hyper Beam repeatedly!"
The moment Bowen's voice sounded, he vanished from Gyarados's back, replaced by an Alakazam. Then, using Teleport, the Alakazam easily departed.
What awaited Gyarados was a concerted siege from Mega Charizard Y and the others. Gu Yuan gave Bowen no chance to be taken captive and dealt with him directly. Without a Trainer to command it, Gyarados soon couldn't hold on and was defeated.
Gu Yuan was in no hurry to return. Instead, he sat on Dragapult's back and slowly approached the shore. Having fought all the way from the inland to the seaside, Gu Yuan's increasingly impressive record signaled that this purging operation was about to end.
After this war, the faction of the families would be completely uprooted. In the short term, the strength of the Kanto League might decrease slightly, but from a long-term perspective, the future Kanto League would definitely be stronger than before!
Not only that, but Gu Yuan also knew that while the League was launching the final purge, Team Rocket was also frantically swallowing up those underground forces. Without the families and the Hunter's Guild, Team Rocket had no rivals among the underground organizations. A new behemoth was being born.
At the same time, Boss Giovanni's ambition for expansion was becoming more apparent. Gu Yuan estimated that once Team Rocket finished digesting the gains from this event, they would begin their path of external expansion.
Gu Yuan didn't have too many thoughts about this. After all, given his own identity, it was impossible for him to report Team Rocket. Instead of worrying about so much, it was better to work hard to improve his own strength. Only by possessing enough power could he make others wary and have a greater say in matters.
Most importantly, if his strength was sufficient, it wasn't impossible for Gu Yuan to personally change the way the League and Team Rocket interacted.
Carrying Bowen's corpse, Gu Yuan leisurely returned to the shore, handing over that Gyarados to the League personnel. With this, the purging operation was officially over.
After handing in his mission, Gu Yuan didn't look for a place to rest. Instead, he headed straight for League Headquarters, as per Agatha's instructions.
By the time Gu Yuan arrived, the Elite Four had already held their meeting and discussed the future development direction of the Kanto League. It could be said that without the families acting as a hindrance, the Elite Four finally had the chance to realize their ambitions.
As for Team Rocket, they would naturally be left to the experienced Lance to handle. Bruno was responsible for dealing with the Pokémon hunters and poaching groups. Even if they couldn't be completely eradicated, they had to be heavily damaged to slow down the rate at which the Hunter's Guild drew resources from them, ensuring the Guild couldn't recover in a short time.
Lorelei was mainly responsible for reconstruction work, making sure to soothe the wounds of war as quickly as possible. Agatha's task was to reform the existing system, ensuring more and more Trainers received fair treatment and were given resources based on their contributions.
Additionally, Agatha was responsible for rooting out "parasites" to make the League clean and transparent again. The above was the direction of the League's upcoming development.
The power structure within the League was also about to change. First, the redundant positions created by those families were entirely abolished, streamlining the promotion system to escape the previous sense of bloat and improve the League's efficiency.
Next was the military aspect. The Kanto League naturally trained its own legions, which had not appeared in this battle due to restrictions on military power. In the struggle between the Elite Four and the families, these legions simply didn't know whose orders to follow.
Thus, Agatha and the others continued this point by dividing military power into six parts: each of the Elite Four would hold one part, and the yet-to-be-born Champion could hold two. When the legions needed to be deployed, the consent of the others was required. This was to ensure this powerful force would not harm the League's development.
Finally, they created a Council. Only those who made contributions to the League could be nominated to enter it. Its main purpose was to formulate more and better policies based on the League's development status.
Even the Elite Four knew that human strength has its limits, so they naturally needed people to brainstorm. To prevent councilors from having excessive power, it was stipulated that they only had advisory rights and would rotate every five years. Final policy approval still required a meeting to decide.
And Gu Yuan also became a member of this Council. Beyond this, the League's reforms included other aspects. Clearly, the Elite Four were ready to give the League a fresh start!