After eating something simple, Axel said goodbye to Selene and Professor Burnet, then took Eva and Pheromosa to a small grove not far away.
When she saw Axel take out Pheromosa's Poké Ball, Eva looked a little puzzled.
"Aren't you going to practice Gardevoir's or Rayquaza's Z-Move first?"
Generally speaking, after a Trainer obtains a new power system, they either use it on their strongest Pokémon, or on the Pokémon they are closest to.
But Axel clearly did not seem to have that plan.
Although Pheromosa was also very close to Axel, her battle appearance rate was obviously nowhere near Gardevoir's.
Axel shook his head, "No. For now, Pheromosa is more suitable for Z-Moves. She's an assassin-type Pokémon to begin with. Mastering a high-power move will help a lot with her overall strength."
"As for Rayquaza, he's busy with other things right now. He's farming gear for me."
"Gardevoir isn't very suitable either. Professor Kukui has already agreed to research a new Z-Move for Gardevoir, so it's better to wait until then before practicing."
Axel did not hide anything from Eva and laid out his entire plan.
Hearing this, Eva also nodded, feeling that Axel's current planning was very correct.
"Then let's practice Pheromosa's first."
"Actually, researching Z-Moves is very simple. As long as you have the corresponding items, even just searching online is enough to release them. It's just that the power and accuracy won't be great."
"That's because the most important thing about Z-Moves is energy synchronization."
Eva had a very thorough understanding of Z-Move research, and in just a few sentences, she explained the principles clearly.
"Those long, drawn-out preparation movements are more like simulating the special way energy moves inside a Pokémon's body. Once your energies merge together, that's the execution of a Z-Move."
"If you want to avoid those unnecessary movements and use Z-Moves faster in battle, there's actually a simple way. That is, to truly have energy inside your own body."
The moment he heard this, Axel's eyes lit up.
"You mean if I directly simulate it with energy inside my body, I can avoid those movements that give people secondhand embarrassment?"
"Correct. You get a reward!", Eva lightly pecked the corner of Axel's mouth, then shrank her neck, looking shyly at Pheromosa, and lowered her head to open the bag Professor Burnet had given her.
"This is a newly researched supply. It can let your body generate..."
Before Eva could finish speaking, she suddenly saw Axel and Pheromosa holding hands.
"No need. Our bond is linked to each other. It should be able to replace that kind of energy."
Eva froze for a moment, just about to say how something like that was impossible, but before she could refute it, she immediately saw a burst of explosive red light flash across Pheromosa's body.
Along with Axel lowering his stance and throwing a punch, a massive crimson fist formed in front of Pheromosa, letting out a howling sound as it smashed through trees and slammed into a large rock not far away.
Little girl: "???"
"Ahhh! Axel, do you not love me at all anymore? You've never been this in sync with me!"
Eva was shocked at first, then immediately started feeling envy, jealousy, and resentment.
If she had known earlier, she would have researched a Poké Ball that could pack herself inside.
Seeing Eva getting jealous, Pheromosa gave Axel a look that said "I get it."
'Master, she gave you special treatment. Now it's your turn to repay the favor~'
"Ahem, that's not true. I'm the most in sync with you."
Seeing Pheromosa run off, Axel panicked and hurriedly grabbed Eva, trying to slip out of the grove.
Eva gave a cold laugh. No one knew where she got the strength from, but she grabbed Axel in one pull and dove into a hollow in a large tree.
"If you run again, I'll tell the class group chat that you're totally useless."
'What? You're really just stabbing straight at a man's weak spot like this?'
Axel looked at Eva seriously, his tone earnest.
"I'm worried this tree will collapse, okay!"
———
While Axel and Eva were arguing about whether it worked or not, a girl wearing a white sleeveless short dress, a wide-brimmed hat, and with blonde hair suddenly appeared outside the tree hollow.
She was holding a Pokémon that looked like a cloud. The Pokémon resembled a nebula, its entire body made of blue and purple gas, with golden half-circle hooked shapes covering its upper and lower halves.
It was clearly the juvenile form of Solgaleo and Lunala, Cosmog.
Even without having met the person in front of him, Axel knew she had to be the daughter of Lusamine from the Aether Foundation, one of the important characters of Alola, Lillie.
And the Cosmog in her arms was the Pokémon known as "Nebby."
The entire Alola storyline unfolded starting from her escape with Nebby. If she hadn't run off with Nebby, Lusamine might have already completely opened the Ultra Wormhole and let the Radiant Deity descend.
Seeing Axel only sticking his head out and staring at her so curiously, Lillie subconsciously took half a step back, looking a bit socially anxious.
"Y-you… hello. May I ask, is the Sun and Moon Research Lab nearby?"
"What do you want with the Sun and Moon Research Lab?", Hearing Lillie's words, Axel frowned, his right hand pressing on Eva's shoulder, becoming a bit wary.
The real Lillie had clearly been to the lab before. How could she not know where the Sun and Moon Research Lab was?
'Could this be the fake Lillie that people from Aether Paradise talked about?'
'But this fake Lillie is way too convincing. Not only does she look exactly the same, she even has Nebby with her.'
Axel gave Eva a look, 'Did Lillie run into some kind of danger? Should I snatch Nebby back?'
Eva supported herself against the tree trunk and spoke in a low voice, "I was wrong, Axel… I admit defeat, okay?"
Axel: "???"
'Why does that have nothing to do with what I asked! If you're going to beg for mercy, at least wait until we finish the real business, okay?'
Just as Axel was about to open the panel to check, deciding that if something was off he would release Pheromosa and capture Lillie, Lillie suddenly blushed, scratching her head in embarrassment.
"I… I actually knew the way, but I was just being chased by a Pokémon just now."
"If a big red fist hadn't suddenly flown out and knocked away the Pokémon chasing me, Nebby and I probably would have been captured."
"And I think I just heard Researcher Eva's voice. Were you on the phone with her?"
"Let me talk on the phone, okay? I can prove my identity!"
As Lillie finished speaking, Axel had just relaxed when he suddenly heard Eva's flustered voice.
"I'm not Researcher Eva! Don't talk nonsense!"
Axel: "???"
Lillie: "!!!"
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