"Holy crap, Team Leader, you're way too cool!"
Seeing Axel sitting on the exaggerated frozen throne, Flint could not help letting out a cry of amazement.
Skulls, giant swords, dragon patterns and all sorts of elements were gathered together, and with Glastrier's deliberately enlarged body, the two of them looked like powerhouses walking out of a fantasy world.
In fact, it was not just Flint. Even the nearby researchers all looked at Axel with envy, really wanting a Pokémon like Glastrier.
Feeling people's gazes, Axel grinned, jumped down from Glastrier, greeted the people around him, then moved over to Flint's side.
Gardevoir's eyes flickered. Her gaze locked onto Axel, and a faint mental power surged out, making everyone's attention fall on Axel and subconsciously ignore Faba who had been knocked to the ground.
Axel stepped forward, "Why don't I see Cynthia and the others?"
Flint scratched his head, feeling like he had forgotten something, but in the face of Axel's question, he still answered first:
"It seems something happened over in Unova. Champion Alder's main partner also died in battle, so his current strength isn't that great. Cynthia took Aaron over to help."
"Bertha also has her own mission and it's not convenient for her to come."
"As for Lucian... look, he's over there."
Following Flint's pointing finger, Axel finally noticed there was something going on at the site.
At the center of the research institute, Lucian was standing beside a huge egg-shaped container, his expression not looking too good.
In the middle of the container sat two people, one was the stern-looking Professor Rowan, and the other was someone Axel had never seen on TV.
J'udging from Lucian's description, this person should be from the Aether Foundation.'
A whole bunch of trainers with Psychic-type Pokémon, or other Pokémon good at mental power, surrounded the egg-shaped container, continuously releasing mental power toward it.
According to Lucian's explanation just now, using mental power to invade the two people in the egg and make them say the words "I admit defeat" was the goal of this match.
The originally invisible mental fluctuations kept colliding around the egg-shaped container, stirring up ripple after ripple.
A bit further out were some researchers who also had Psychic-type Pokémon with them.
Whenever a Pokémon in the inner circle fell, they would quickly join in with their own Pokémon.
Axel watched for a while and roughly understood a bit.
Most of these people were researchers. Their ability to develop things was very strong, but their battle ability was relatively average.
Even if some Psychic-type Pokémon had decent mental power, they basically could not bring it out.
In this situation, if they were directly made to try attacking, they might fight for several months without any result.
So they had used some kind of technological method to create that giant egg.
The giant egg was equivalent to an amplifier, allowing them to temporarily magnify their mental power.
It was like using some kind of amplifier to stimulate potential, giving the effect of "once you get anxious you can suddenly solve math problems".
The usage was simple, and the side effect was just as simple.
After fighting a battle that did not belong to their level, it was very easy to cause trauma to the brain, so that was why Miss Joy's side was too busy to keep up.
"Things don't look good," Axel watched for a bit and could not help shaking his head.
Maybe because the Aether Foundation had prepared in advance, the mental power they showed in this battle far exceeded that of the League researchers.
This kind of contest did not have a very direct relationship with combat strength. It was more about comparing development of the Pokémon's mental domain.
For Pokémon, the mental domain and the spiritual power domain were still somewhat different.
Just earlier, Sinnoh's strongest Psychic-type trainer Lucian had gone on stage, and he still did not get a very good result. He had only delayed the Alliance's defeat.
Axel had not watched for even five minutes when the hastily assembled Alliance team had already lost five members, while only two from the Aether Foundation's side had gone down.
On the Aether Foundation's side, someone started shouting in advance.
"People of Sinnoh, when it comes to the mental domain, you can't compare with our Aether Research Institute!"
"Only by handing over the research rights to the Mental Herb to us can the Mental Herb receive the purest research."
"So what if you're strong in battle? You've found so many professional trainers, and you still can't beat us, right?"
"As researchers, we must have a heart that truly connects with Pokémon!"
Axel: "..."
'Damn it, this is completely the heavens turned upside down.'
They were clearly the shady professors stealing results, so why were they talking in such a passionate tone?
If he did not know the inside story, he might actually think these guys were the good people.
In fact, in the early stages the Aether Foundation really had been a Pokémon rescue organization.
Its president Lusamine wanted to create a utopia that belonged to Pokémon, and that was how she step by step built what later became the Aether Foundation.
The problem was that this woman's love for Pokémon was a bit obsessive. After Faba subtly bewitched her, the style of the whole organization became more and more off.
'It's a pity I don't know where Faba is...'
'Otherwise I could have Gardevoir remake him into someone who truly loves Pokémon. Then maybe the style could be pulled back a bit.'
'And I could test at the same time just what difference there is between mental synchronization and memory modification.'
While Axel was thinking, another Pokémon on the Alliance's side was knocked down.
After watching for a while, Axel roughly understood the rules and turned his head to look at Flint.
"When would be a good time for me to go on?"
"Go on," A voice came from who-knew-where.
"Go on now?", Axel blinked, "Is it that urgent?"
"Go on your sister!", Finally, Faba, who had just been knocked flying by Glastrier, climbed up from below the steps.
Holding a half-broken pair of glasses in his hand, he glared at Axel with gritted teeth.
"Who told you you can ride a horse inside the institute!"
"Faba?", Seeing the suddenly appearing figure, Axel's eyes lit up.
"Apologize to me!", Faba wiped his bruised cheek, instantly hissing in pain, and angrily glared at Axel.
Flint's mouth twitched at the side. Sometimes he really felt like the people from the Aether Foundation were very bold.
Although it was Axel who had knocked Faba flying just now, still...
'You're just a little deputy of a small organization, how dare you talk to Axel like that?'
He was someone who had actually saved Sinnoh. Even if he killed you right here, he would not have to face any consequences.
What Flint did not expect was that Axel really grabbed both of Faba's hands, just like he was seeing a long-lost relative.
"Sorry, I was in the wrong just now. Do you want me to help you into a room to rest for a bit?"
"Mm?", Hearing Axel's words, Faba froze for a moment.
Ever since they tore up the treaty, not a single person in the Sinnoh League had given them a good face. How come this person was being so polite?
'Could it be that this guy saw the Aether Foundation is about to win the bet, so he wants to curry favor in advance?'
The more Faba thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Because basically no one in Sinnoh was any good with mental power, the probability of losing the research result was almost infinitely close to 100 percent.
If the person in front of him wanted to be able to use this research result later, making nice ahead of time was undoubtedly the best choice.
Faba looked toward the giant egg and saw that everything was normal. Only then did he nod at Axel, and said haughtily, "Fine, then help me to a room to rest."
"If your attitude in admitting you were wrong is good, I might give you a chance to come into contact with the research result."
Axel grinned, "You really are such a nice guy."
'Just in time to test whether Gardevoir can use the power of "I think" to control Faba.'
'If she can't, then I will use orthodox mental synchronization and turn this guy into a little brother first.'
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