so, what happens now that eggman has his memories back?
Eggman appears in the story like all good Sonic stories do, which is to say don't worry about. /s
Robotnik and Eggman are similar; egotistical, full of avarice and cruelty, with the inability to see the value of nature beyond its potential use. The main difference between them however, is hubris.
Eggman came to this land to get his memories back, or more specifically, to figure out what was missing. Because, while Sonic knows that his previous memories were him and struggles with the dichotomy of it all, Eggman doesn't care.
He'll use the name-confusion to his advantage sure, but to him, Robotnik was a prototype who failed. Eggman doesn't want to find a middle ground or explore his past self, clearly Eggman is the superior of the two. He is better than Robotnik was in every way and doesn't consider himself a 'copy' (maybe something closer to murder or weirdly Freudian, but he doesn't have that level of introspection lbr)
Which to say, that Ronotnik would love the secret, underground Illuminati cult dedicated to him. Instead, Eggman finds it distasteful at best; it's more talk than actual execution -but it's the thought that counts and he truly does appreciate it.
Eggman is found by dissentients and ends up in the middle of a political terrorist group headed by Snivly and some of the former elite. They want Robotnik back in power so they can reclaim their prior status and power. Which, early on Eggman was excited for, but he realized that the concept or 'Robotnik' has moved from a real person to a concept/figure piece. And he's no ones pawn and tries to dip when he realizes it.
However, pre-memory Eggman is having fun being an asshole dictator to his underlings who keep telling him he's going to change things. He doesn't believe it, mind, but he's willing to bide his time with his own plots and have someone deliver grapes to him. He's in the middle of this when he gets his memories back, so he goes from kinda vibing at having underlings to catching up on the unsaid downlow. But also, it doesn't take a multi-degree genius, rocket scientist to see the cult's ploy is half-baked useless trash.
The faction sees a traumatized and potentially loyal city with an army, the roboticizers, and a population that already "knows what to do." But Eggman is a realist and even if he went along with their desperate plan, the amount of work needed to make Robotropolis useful as a proper hub wasn't worth the effort.
Because, the thing is that Mobotropolis is a broken nation. It's politically, economically, and socially stressed and the unified government doesn't even have majority support. It's a starved city that doesn't have any remaining resources or a even a strategic location.
Plus, as a villain, he's a bit apathetic about the whole thing. What's the fun, the thrill of it all, in taking over something that's already been crushed? The population is already desolate and morally destroyed and they don't have anything left to offer. It feels like Robotnik's leftovers, a handicap that he doesn't need. No thanks.
And tbh, he really doesn't want to deal with the cult and if he was in charge, they'd all be in command too and he'd have to talk to people and be social and delegate and ugh, he'd never have time to be evil for himself. (He's too used to fighting on his own as Eggman and making his own allies. So having assistance in real people, that he didn't create and can't control, doesn't interest him)
So a time jump, and as he's actively ditching, he goes to take whatever data they have. And as he's stealing their archives, Tails' finds him (the context for that meme lol)
Fun fact: Eggman is Mobotropolis' largest trade partner and is the main importer of steel....which came from Robotnik in the first place. He noticed the discrepancies on the ledgers and the unofficial name change, but didn't think anything of if at the time
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