After Professor Kukui left with Gengar, Eva on the other end of the call was still completely stunned.
She had originally already figured out how to rapidly release Z Power and was just about to find Axel and show off properly.
But unexpectedly, for three days in a row, she could not get through to him at all.
Now that Axel finally called her, before she even had time to show her results, she heard that Axel had gone off to do research together with Professor Rowan.
["Axel, what on earth have you been doing?"], Eva asked in disbelief.
["Professor Rowan is a veteran professor, and the topics he researches are extremely important for the entire Pokémon world."]
["You actually know Professor Rowan, and can even do research together with him?"]
["So what did you research? Did you come up with some brand new Pokémon evolution?"]
After saying that, Eva waited expectantly for Axel's reply.
As a researcher herself, she knew Professor Rowan's status far too well.
Rhyperior, Porygon-Z, and Honchkrow, many Pokémon's new evolutionary forms were based on Professor Rowan's research results.
It could be said that Professor Rowan had given many Pokémon a new life.
"It's actually nothing much. I just helped Professor Rowan win a special kind of match," Axel said, trying hard to suppress the smile creeping up at the corner of his mouth.
"But didn't you see the news? This should have made quite a big stir."
Eva bared her teeth, ["Guess who I've been helping with research these past few days?"]
Axel: "..."
"Alright, fine. It was just that Professor Rowan and the Aether Foundation did a collaboration, and then..."
"Also, Professor Kukui was a bit curious too. Today he discussed psychic power with me and wants to tailor an exclusive Z Move for Gardevoir."
After Axel finished recounting his interactions with the two professors, Eva on the other end was already completely dumbfounded.
["Gardevoir is already this strong?"]
Eva remembered that about a year ago, she was still carrying Ralts out to buy fried skewers. She never imagined that not only would Gardevoir grow so fast, but she would even master a brand new kind of power.
But right after that, Eva's tone became lively and excited.
["That's great. You two won't have to work so hard in the future!"]
["When are you coming over? I've already developed some materials here that can increase the speed of internal energy flow when Pokémon use Z Moves."]
["Once Gardevoir and Pheromosa master this power, you'll be even stronger."]
["The only pity is that I haven't figured out a universally applicable material yet. Otherwise, it would completely solve the problem of many Pokémon being slow to make a move."]
Hearing this, Axel could not help but suck in a sharp breath.
In the past, Eva's research direction had been rapid communication with Pokémon. If that was now combined with letting Pokémon act quickly.
'Damn it, slow but high power physical and special attackers are going to take off!'
Axel had a feeling that if Eva kept researching like this, Regigigas would come knocking sooner or later.
"I'll come find you after a while. Let me first arrange the search for the Aether Paradise. That's still the top priority right now."
After learning about Team Rainbow Rocket, Axel became extremely wary of Necrozma. He had to get it under control as soon as possible.
["Alright, then I'll keep helping you look. I still remember the braised pork our mom made. I've wanted to eat it for a long time!"]
Eva hurriedly hung up the call, dragged the completely lifeless Regirock away, and vanished to calculate the most likely hiding place of the Aether Paradise.
Axel stood up from the lounge chair, picked up the few small backpacks Gengar had left in the corner, and pulled open the zippers with anticipation.
BOOM!
A rich psychic power surged out, and Axel suddenly felt his mind go blank.
It felt as if he were standing in a tropical rainforest, his entire body being cleansed.
Inside the backpacks were densely packed incense shaped items.
[Psychic Incense: Long term exposure to the scent of this item can allow Pokémon to enhance their psychic power.]
The description was plain and unremarkable, just like many man made held items.
But the effect was something extremely rare in the entire history of Pokémon. A resource that could enhance psychic power.
Each backpack contained one hundred units of Psychic Incense, five backpacks in total.
"Professor Rowan is really rich," Axel blinked, finally realizing just how outrageous that chairman had been when he had first started his Trainer journey.
[Here's three million. You can go catch Rayquaza now.]
Look at how other leaders spent money.
Axel decided that he absolutely had to learn properly from Chairman Ishida.
"Sun, go cook for me. I'm hungry."
"Alright boss. I still have some marinated dishes left from a few days ago. I'll stir fry a few hot dishes for you later, and make rice too. Is that okay?"
"Wait?", Axel froze for a moment, "You know how to make marinated dishes?"
"Of course. Didn't Aurient recently have that Master Tiger giant pot marinated dishes craze? I learned it."
Axel was even more confused, 'Hasn't that thing already been exposed as a scam?'
"Huh? That thing can make money?"
"Yes. I can make over a hundred a day. Not a loss at all!"
Axel: "..."
'A gold tier trait realm powerhouse. Absolutely terrifying!'
"You learned well. Don't learn it again next time. Focus on cooking for me properly. Who knows, you might get rich someday."
After saying that, Axel turned around to research new Pokémon food.
He was too lazy to cook human food, but Pokémon food was something he absolutely could not slack on.
He was still looking forward to the day when Gardevoir would ascend to a psychic godhood and, with a single glance, make the entire Team Rainbow Rocket defect.
———
"Cooking? Easy as pie!"
Looking at the table full of food, Sun skillfully untied his apron and was about to head out, when he suddenly froze.
He was used to juggling multiple jobs a day, and only now did he react.
These days, aside from serving Axel, he seemed to have no other work?
"Then I'll take a break," Sun let Litten and Tauros out to train, found a small stool to sit on, and scrolled through part time job listings.
He planned to book some part time work a month in advance, so he would not be unable to find a new job later.
But after scrolling for quite a while, all he saw was boring information.
First chat record:
[Sun: Hello, are you hiring daily workers?]
[HR: Can we not pay?]
[Sun: ???]
Second one:
[HR: Is that profile picture really you?]
Sun looked at his Litten profile picture and fell into deep thought.
'What, are you saying that to get a part time job I need to be able to transform and breathe fire? Or that you want a Pokémon that can type?'
Helpless, Sun put his phone down, leaned against the door, and rested. He planned to sneak off to the construction site to carry wood after Axel fell asleep at night.
Suddenly, Sun felt a sharp pain on his face, followed by a familiar smell, and he immediately woke up.
What the wind had just blown onto his face was actually a fifty yuan bill.
Looking at the money blown over by the strong wind, Sun suddenly remembered what Axel had said earlier.
"Holy crap, so money really can be blown in by the wind!"
At the same time, Gible, who was selling grilled sausages at the entrance, fell into deep thought.
He clearly remembered that the Great General had given him fifty yesterday.
But now the sausages were eaten. Where did the money go?
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