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[Today's going to be one of those rare days where Cobra Commander makes a video broadcast and isn't complaining about anything or threatening to blow up something or any of that. Because none of that is important right now. What is important though is the subject of today's address, which he'll get to soon enough.]

Five years. In a few days it will be five years ssssince I've arrived in this world. I'm ssssure some of you can't even begin to imagine being here for that long. And yesss, I know, some idiot just went on about this subject a while ago, but what I have to sssay is far more important.

[Because he apparently can't be nice about anything even if he's not threatening you all.]

Anyway, five years ago, I would have assumed that by now, thisss world would have fallen under my control. Within a year, two maybe. I certainly couldn't have envissioned that almost five years would pass before I'd conquered sssso much as a mere island. Which isn't to ssssay that I'd be disappointed with myssself, merely that five years ago I couldn't have even begun to anticipate the ridiculoussss going ons that have occurred over the last five years.

[Legendaries, Team Rocket stuff, Kanto just sort of...appearing, fourth walls, and all sorts of other crazy things.]

And I can only assume that the next five years will be full of ssssome sssort of equally unimaginable chaos.

[Like...he doesn't know. Maybe it'll rain Magikarps for a month or something. Or everyone will get warped into the Ice Path. ...or maybe there'll be a gun Pokemon since there's sword Pokemon now. Who knows? The point is that he can't even begin to guess what sort of crazy Pokemon shenanigans could happen.]

However, I can guarantee one thing. Yessss, one thing is absolutely certain! And that is that it will not take me another five years to finish conquering the globe! I guarantee that within the next five years, the entire Pokemon world will belong to me! To Cobra Commander!

[...and that's apparently how he commemorates being here that long. By reaffirming his intent to rule the world and by cackling like a lunatic until he ends the transmission.]

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It certainly was. After all, who'd ever bothered with thissss place before I did?

I've always had an interest in targeting the cities to cause the most amount of damage, but the attacks we've pulled have all been short term. Aiming for something that lasts would be a nice change of pace.

Why not both?

[It's a serious question here.]

Build an empire that lasts out here in the lesss populated areas, while continuing the desstablize the regions as a whole. Of course it would take more manpower than I currently have accesss to, but I ssssee no reason to rule out such a strategy.

Oh no, I didn't mean to imply that we should only focus on one or the other. Right now it would be best to focus on building a base - like you have. Once that's established I would prefer to focus our attacks on larger cities. It wouldn't do for us to become irrelevant, now would it?

[Some people don't even know Seth exists! How ridiculous!]

Well, I certainly don't plan on every being sssseen as irrelevant.

[How could he ever be seen as that?]

After all, as the future ruler of the world, I should be sssseen as anything but.

[Don't worry, Cobra. Even if you're seen as irrelevant you'll always be remembered! What could be greater than being remembered forever by the people of Johto!

...Don't answer that.]

Of course. I doubt anyone here would be foolish enough to write you off as irrelevant. If they do, they'll only be hurting themselves.

[...And Cobra's pride.]

[...how about being remembered by the people in both regions for starters?]

Then to the sssurprise of no one, sssome people here are incredibly foolish.

[He's just saying.]

[Whoa, don't get ahead of yourself!!]

Of course they are. It's agonizing to have to deal with a good amount of the people here.

It is. What I wouldn't give to be rid of ssssome of them. If you ask me, whatever forces sssends people home could ssstand to make better choices.

[...and one of those days, saying things like this just has to come back and bite him. ]

It certainly could.

[But he's had a longstanding grudge with the thing that's bringing people in, so he's probably not the best person to talk to about this.]

I used to think it would be possible to get my hands on whatever it is that's causing people to come and go, but...

[Archer shakes his head. He's still smirking, but the expression is bitter.]

I haven't made any progress on that at all.

I've thought the ssssame. I even remember chasing ssssome ridiculous machine all over the place at one point because I thought it could be ressponsible for granting ssssomeone the power to control who ssstays and who goes.

[That was an especially ridiculous fourth wall weekend, that's for sure.]

But in the five years I've been here, no one ssseems to have made any more progress obtaining such power than we have.

[Hey, even if it was just for a weekend you were a lot closer than he's ever been!]

It's unfortunate, but it seems like it's not something we can get at this point.

[He hates giving up more than anything, but eventually he has to acknowledge that he's not capable of everything. His poor ego.]

For now, yesssss. But I'm ssstill not willing to rule out the posssibility of obtaining it sssomeday.

[After all, if he gave up every time, he wouldn't have an island. Or be a Rocket Alpha right now. Or have years and years of failures.

...wait let's not bring up that last one.]

[Archer smirks at that. Cobra doesn't need to know exactly why Archer wants it so badly, but he appreciates Cobra's words immensely.]

Good. I... don't like the idea of giving up either.

[How is it that talking to Cobra immediately fires him up???]

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