>>44866103"Hot take" only to someone as retarded as you, which is thankfully the minority. He wasn't kidnapped, Opal tells him about it and he all but says to her "well, lead the way", next time we meet him he is tired of it and planned to go all out in one last battle before retiring, but the adoring love of the fans that saw his battle made him keep going. That is all literally stated on-screen dialogue, you're just apparently lacking in basic reading comprehension.
