Under everyone's astonished gaze, Regirock slowly appeared within a glow of blue light.
Almost immediately, Eva recognized who that Regirock was.
She stared in surprise at Axel's smiling face on the communicator, her voice full of disbelief.
"Axel, you actually really sent me this?"
Eva remembered clearly that before Axel had left last time, he'd said he would give her a Regirock.
But Eva had only taken it as a casual remark. After all, she was just a researcher, what would she even need such a powerful Pokémon for?
Yet now, it seemed Axel had clearly meant it, and actually did it.
'This is… insane!'
"You! You! You!, Eva wanted to tell Axel to take Regirock back.
But under the shock, she couldn't even speak properly.
She had known since she was small that Axel's dream was to become strong, so she'd worked hard to earn money, wanting to lessen his burden.
And now, receiving such a huge gift out of nowhere, with no thought of repayment, her head was spinning.
Beside them, the squad captain finally couldn't hold it in anymore.
Even if a Legendary Pokémon suddenly appeared, wasn't this way too much of an insult to them?
'You can't even bother to give commands? You're just chatting there?'
"Umbreon, Dig over there and attack that unguarded Pokémon!"
"Bui~"
Umbreon forced down the divine fear in its heart, moved swiftly, and slipped into the ground from behind the captain, preparing to strike Regirock with a thunderous blow.
Just then, Regirock suddenly moved.
Its dark gray body twisted, its heavy steps shaking the ground with a thunderous rumble.
Streams of data flickered through its eyes, it had precisely calculated Umbreon's underground position.
In the next instant, Regirock's thick leg stomped down hard, surging with a dense, earthen-yellow light that burst from its feet.
A violent shockwave erupted with it at the center, the ground trembled wildly.
Earthquake!
Seeing Regirock use that move, the captain's face changed. He instinctively wanted Umbreon to surface, but it was already too late.
Built from special materials, this Regirock was practically a supercomputer.
Leaving aside bonds and strength, in terms of tactical computation alone, the number of beings that could outmatch it wouldn't even reach double digits.
A mere Aether Paradise squad captain, how could he possibly keep up with Regirock's reaction speed?
The terrifying seismic waves attacked everything indiscriminately nearby. The Pokémon brought by the Aether Foundation trainers all suffered massive damage.
Some, not even level thirty, rolled their eyes back and collapsed instantly.
Especially the underground Umbreon.
Because Earthquake deals double damage to underground targets, its condition was even worse than those weaker Pokémon.
The entire squad was practically torn apart under Regirock's Earthquake.
'This is the power of a god.'
To an ordinary trainer, a Legendary Pokémon is an invincible existence.
["Hey, brother, can I count this as internship credit?"]
Through Eva's camera feed, Axel watched the squad captain with a teasing smile.
"You… you demon!"
The captain looked at Axel in horror. He had no idea what method Axel used to transmit such a powerful Pokémon here, nor how Axel managed to command it from afar, defeating his entire team with just one move.
After that single blow, the captain fled without even looking back, dragging his subordinates with him.
'Demon?'
Axel sneered.
If not for not wanting Eva and Lillie to see something too brutal, he'd have let that captain experience firsthand what the "God King's Path to Death" truly meant.
'I'm always smiling, and you really think I don't bite?'
Axel silently memorized the name on that captain's chest badge, planning to settle accounts once he reached the Alola region.
'This grudge, I'll remember it!'
"Is it… over already?", Seeing the captain's group flee, Lillie ignored her pain and clutched Nebby(Cosmorg) tightly, her voice filled with disbelief.
From the moment Nebby had been struck by that black gaze, to Axel transmitting a Pokémon and ending the battle in one move, she hadn't even had time to process what happened before it was all over.
Her gaze fell on the communicator in Eva's hands. Seeing Axel's bright, confident face, she couldn't help but feel moved inside.
'This man… seems even stronger than my brother.'
["Ahem~",] Axel subtly shifted his face away from the camera, worried that this soft girl might buy into that whole hero saves beauty, then offers herself cliché. He quickly turned to chat with Eva instead.
["By the way, you being in Alola actually saves me some trouble."]
Axel briefly explained to her his parents' connection with the Sun & Moon Research Lab, and the lab's current situation.
Eva's eyes lit up immediately, "Dad and Mom… they're still alive?"
"If my parents knew, they'd probably be overjoyed to death!"
Seeing her expression, Axel couldn't help but grin.
'Indeed, if Uncle Graham and Aunt Stacy knew my parents were still alive, they'd probably grab Lance and fly straight to Alola that very moment.'
["Tell your parents later. I'm worried it might be dangerous if they come now,"] Axel said with a smile, naturally echoing her way of addressing them.
["Lance being around as your bodyguard might draw Giovanni's attention, and that would complicate things."]
["I'll send you coordinates later. Take Lillie to the Sun & Moon Research Lab. They're studying Z-Power recently, you should stop dealing with the Aether Foundation."]
["Emmm… I'll still be busy in Sinnoh for a while. Once I finish things here, I'll head over to handle the Alola situation."]
"Don't worry, Axel. I'll definitely protect the power your parents left behind."
"And I'll try to find a path to where they are too."
Seeing how mature she'd become, Axel couldn't help but grin wider.
["Alright, alright, but still, be careful first."]
["Two of my Legendary Pokémon are almost revived. If things get rough, I'll send them over…"]
Axel thought for a moment. Soon, he'd also have to fight Giratina.
Out in the open world, that Pokémon wouldn't be a big problem, a Wobbuffet and Rayquaza combo could easily take it down.
But if Giratina stayed inside the Distortion World, that'd be much trickier.
To prepare for that, the only Pokémon he could currently count on were the soon-to-be-revived Zekrom and Reshiram.
As for their strength, Axel wasn't worried.
Sure, they were nothing before Kyurem. But once they emerged, they'd be dragons fit to found nations.
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