Late at night, Axel greeted Cynthia briefly, then directly left the Sinnoh League.
After learning the news from the Sun and Moon Research Institute, Axel decided to first go find Regigigas.
According to the information given by Gladion, after the incident where Cosmog was taken, the Sun and Moon Research Institute had shifted their focus toward finding other methods to counter the Ultra Beasts.
Silvally was one such result, and the use of Z-power was another.
Axel decided to see if Eva had time. If she did, he would have her go over to help out.
If she went, maybe in the future he wouldn't have to do those awkward dances when using Z-Moves anymore.
But before that, he had to deal with Eva's bodyguard issue first.
The Sun and Moon Research Institute in Alola was practically operating like an underground organization now. Who knew when the Aether Foundation might wipe them all out in one sweep?
To ensure the safety of Eva and the others, Axel felt he had to first obtain Regirock from Regigigas's hands.
As for equipping his Gyarados, after buying several dozen tons of silicon from Roark, Axel and Gardevoir rode on Gyarados straight toward the Gracidea Mountains.
According to Gardevoir, Regigigas was hiding here, sleeping.
"Hey!", Axel cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone.
With his psychic power and Super Rookie physique pushed to the limit, he shouted loudly into the heart of the mountains.
"Regigigas! Where are you?"
"Hm?"
Hearing that booming, echoing voice, a pair of three glowing eyes suddenly opened in a certain cave.
The golem-like Regigigas sat up from the bed it had kneaded together, looking completely dumbfounded.
Ever since the temporal twins appeared and started fighting, he had gone into hiding early.
He was waiting for Giratina to make a move, then he'd lead the Pokémon here to go save the world.
But he was hiding perfectly fine, why was someone suddenly calling him in the middle of the night?
Then the voice outside rang out again.
"I came to ask you for the Regirock!"
Hearing that, the drowsy King of the Regigigas suddenly jolted awake.
He knew that voice.
It was that boy who had communicated with him before in the Snowpoint Temple, the one who had a Rayquaza with him.
Thinking of Axel made Regigigas feel a headache coming on.
That guy obviously had a Wobbuffet that was perfect for remodeling into a Regirock, yet for some reason insisted on having him handcraft one himself.
'So annoying!'
After sighing, Regigigas still honestly walked out from the cave entrance.
Axel had already come all the way here, he couldn't just refuse to see him.
He was only afraid that when Giratina eventually appeared, this guy might turn from friend to enemy.
Thinking that, Regigigas couldn't help but want to slap himself.
Why was he always thinking about saving the world when he was bored?
["Axel~"]
A telepathic voice echoed through the mountains, reaching into Axel's mind.
Axel turned and saw the enormous body of the King of the Regigigas.
Completely different from his appearance in the anime or specials, Regigigas stood over a hundred meters tall, no smaller than the surrounding mountains.
A faint holy light radiated from his body, shining sharply against the darkness of night.
Holding Gardevoir's hand, Axel teleported with her directly in front of Regigigas.
The latter looked at them curiously, ["What are you here for at this hour?"]
Axel blinked, "To study how to deal with Giratina."
"He's coming out?", A flash of light passed through Regigigas's red eyes, he was clearly very wary of Giratina.
["Don't tell me even Rayquaza can't figure out how to deal with him?"]
"Not exactly...", Axel looked a bit embarrassed.
["Then why are you here?"], Regigigas couldn't understand.
He had already promised Axel that as long as Axel dealt with Giratina, he would help him nurture a Regirock.
That was basically outsourcing the world-saving job, so why was the guy here again?
Axel pointed to the Gyarados flying over behind him, carrying a huge pile of silicon on its back.
"Regigigas, doesn't this look like a Regirock to you?"
Regigigas: "???"
'What part of that looks like a Regirock?'
["Human, I know what you mean."]
["But we agreed, you'd deal with Giratina first. Giratina hasn't even appeared yet. How do I know you can actually handle it?"]
["I've slept for a very long time; my current power is limited."]
["If you can't stop Giratina, I'll still need to use my remaining strength to mold the three Regirocks again, to back you up."]
Regigigas started counting on his fingers as he complained, hoping Axel would understand.
"Don't worry," Seeing Regigigas's concern that he might lose to Giratina, Axel patted his chest and pulled up Cynthia's house surveillance feed.
"I definitely can beat Giratina. My record is verifiable."
["Your record being verifiable doesn't mean anything."]
Regigigas grumbled while turning his gaze toward Axel's Rotom.
["Even if you somehow made Dialga and Palkia reconcile, Giratina is different. That guy has destruction ingrained in his very being."]
["You might have cleared up the temporal twins' misunderstanding, but Giratina... whoa, what the!"]
Halfway through speaking, Regigigas suddenly saw what was happening on Rotom's screen and couldn't help blurting out the name of a certain grass-type Pokémon.
'What am I even looking at?'
The temporal twins who used to fight on sight were now standing obediently in the courtyard watching TV.
Even more ridiculous, above them was a giant crane holding red chains looped around their necks.
Whenever they dozed off, the chains would tighten and pull them back upright.
["You treat the temporal twins like that?"]
"It's just some simple modifications," Axel spread his hands, "If you want to solve their problem completely, just clearing up misunderstandings isn't enough."
["You're not afraid they'll go berserk?",] Regigigas looked dumbfounded, but the next second, he saw something even more unbelievable.
The two dragons watching the cartoon suddenly grew excited, their gazes both snapping toward the camera.
["Great! It's Axel's voice!"]
["Axel! We surrender! We'll never fight again! Please, let us go! We'll deal with Giratina first, then we'll never bother you again, okay?"]
Regigigas's eyes lit up, and he was about to respond, but then Axel spoke first, "Don't bother surrendering. My signal's bad, I can't hear you."
Then he hung up.
'Come on, I haven't even gotten the loot drop yet, how can let them go?'
The temporal twins: "!!!"
'You definitely heard that!'
'What do you mean "bad signal"?'
Regigigas: "???"
["Bro, that's the temporal twins. You're sure you don't want their help?"]
"Two useless idiots. What would I need them for? I just wanted to show you my record."
Axel rubbed his hands together, eyes lighting up again as he looked at Regigigas.
"So, help me mold a Regirock, yeah?"
Regigigas: "..."
Fine... what else could he do?
At least Axel was still talking nicely now.
If he refused and Axel lost his temper, dragged him back, and made him sit at the same table as the temporal twins, what then?
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