'Wipe it clean?'
Hearing Axel's straightforward response, Kyurem instead became even more hesitant.
Axel's attitude was clear now. If he wanted to leave, it would be easy.
But what would he do after leaving?
If Pryce could catch him once, he could catch him a second time.
Having already been abandoned once, continuing to sell his life for Pryce was not Kyurem's style.
A good horse doesn't turn back to graze, and as a dragon, he absolutely couldn't either.
At this moment, Mewtwo spoke up, ["If you don't know where to go, you can also stay with me and watch cartoons."]
["The violence in your heart, hasn't been washed clean yet. It's best if you finish watching Mareep and Lycanroc before leaving."]
Kyurem nodded decisively, ["Okay!"]
Seeing Kyurem's reaction, Axel secretly gave Mewtwo a thumbs-up.
As expected of Sister Mewtwo. That was a perfect way to give him an out.
Once Kyurem got used to life here, and to his cooking, he probably wouldn't be able to drive him away even if he tried.
Because Pryce had unexpectedly abandoned Kyurem this time, a small new goal appeared in Axel's mind again.
He wondered what kind of Pokémon it would be if the three Unova Dragon Gods were all merged into one.
This time, Kyogre had really made a huge contribution.
When he came back, the grudges over the Indigo Orb would be wiped clean, and he'd even be rewarded with a better tag.
As for whether Pryce would be so angry he passed out, that had nothing to do with Axel.
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After settling Kyurem, Axel found himself relaxed once again.
Lusamine and Eva halted all other research at the Aether Foundation and the Sun and Moon Research Institute, relying on the power of Nihilego and Cosmog to focus entirely on studying how to open the passage.
After the lessons of the past, their research this time was even more extreme than before. They planned to open a one-way passage and completely cut off the threat the Ultra Wormholes posed to the Pokémon world.
As for that, Axel could only say that as long as they were happy, it was fine.
In truth, he was very confident about dealing with Necrozma. After all, that thing's greatest strength lay in devouring the Sun and Moon gods.
And the Sun and Moon gods' current strength had already been enhanced by little Eternatus, making it very hard for that guy to devour them.
Still, with the battle against the Ultra Wormhole coming up, Axel didn't want to stay idle, so he simply started training the little shark.
"Little guy, eat all of this. If you don't finish it, you're not allowed to go out and play."
In the courtyard outside the research institute, Axel floated in the air with a smile, a massive stone cauldron condensed by Groudon propped up in front of him.
At the edge of the cauldron, looking at the mountain-like pile of food, Gabite's dark-gold pupils were filled with joy. He practically wanted to jump straight into the pot.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
'This is awesome, Master.'
Having grown up starving, Gabite had no awareness of how serious the situation was. His mind was full of the desire to eat his fill, to eat until he was stuffed.
As for Axel's words about not being allowed to go out and play if he didn't finish eating, they were completely ignored.
If the food wasn't finished, forget about going out to play.
"Then I'm relieved," Seeing the little shark being so sensible, Axel nodded in satisfaction and called Gardevoir over to lie down together in the open space.
This training process left him with plenty of free time anyway, so he could train his mental power with Gardevoir and see if he could master Psychic sooner.
With Groudon around, Axel now had the ability to cook in huge batches.
Not only could he use Ground-type energy to condense an enormous stone cauldron, he could also make a layer of lava appear in the middle of the pot, with a controllable temperature.
Groudon himself was a perfect pot stand. While keeping the cauldron perfectly steady, he could also eat up the waste produced while processing ingredients.
As long as the ingredients were sufficient, no matter how much training food there was, Axel could now make it all in one pot, perfectly matching the training method he had planned for the little shark.
"Roar roar roar!"
'It's so delicious, Master!'
While eating, the little shark kept providing emotional value to Axel, who was lying on Gardevoir's lap.
"Heh, as long as you finish eating."
Axel found a comfortable position. While training his mental power with Gardevoir, he continued watching the little shark and calculating his food intake.
Ever since his flaw had been fixed, the little shark's appetite compared to before was almost like it had no upper limit.
But Axel knew clearly that a single golden tag couldn't possibly have no limit.
Even Gardevoir had a limit when consuming the psychic resources sent by Professor Rowan. How could he possibly eat endlessly?
What Axel needed to do now was test the little shark's upper limit, then keep him constantly at that level in exchange for the maximum possible increase in strength.
Then, combined with the little shark's absurd comprehension, he could have him learn some core moves and become part of the force fighting Necrozma.
As Axel and Gardevoir collided their mental power and trained its application, the little shark's strange cries never stopped.
"Roar roar roar!"
'So good, Master! I want to eat for my whole life!'
"Roar~"
'I'm a bit full. So this is what being full feels like? But it's fine, I still want to eat.'
"Roar..."
'Master, I don't want to eat anymore.'
Axel glanced at the little shark's condition. After several hours of stuffing himself, Gabite had eaten food roughly a hundred times the volume of his own body, and an unusual light was flickering over him.
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— Species: Gabite (Cave Pokémon, lives in small side tunnels within caves. If prey approaches, it will rush out and capture it)
— Level: 45 (Temporary Level 59)
— Type: Dragon + Ground
— Ability: Sand Veil (Raises evasion in a sandstorm)
— Moves: Thrash, Take Down, Metal Claw, Twister, Dig, Rest, Sleep Talk, Sandstorm, Dragon Claw, Dragon Rush, Dragon Dance
— Held Item: Leftovers (When held, the Pokémon's HP will slowly recover)
— Aptitude: God-tier
— Tags: Eat the Mountain Hollow (Gold), Sharp Fangs (Gold), King of the Ground (Gold), Dragon-Type Overlord (Gold), Fearless of Ice (Gold)
• Sharp Fangs: Can bite through almost anything. Bite-type moves deal +50% damage.
• Eat the Mountain Hollow: Can digest any object. The Pokémon's energy reserves can break past their upper limit to a certain extent. The more it eats, the more it gains.
• Fearless of Ice: After watching many battles where the Ice Dragon Kyurem was beaten down, the little shark successfully comprehended how to avoid some Ice-type damage, allowing it to evade 50% of Ice-type move damage.
[Other tags omitted.]
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"Only up to level 59?" Axel temporarily stopped training his mental power and frowned in thought.
In this world, level 59 was considered a threshold for Pokémon, but compared to the little shark's god-tier aptitude, this threshold clearly shouldn't exist.
Even if it was only a temporary level, he shouldn't have been unable to eat past it.
"That doesn't make sense. The little shark's mother is Tyranitar. She's supposed to be able to eat an entire mountain, right?"
Gardevoir was speechless, ["Is there a possibility… that Tyranitar needs many years to eat an entire mountain?"]
Axel's mouth twitched, his gaze falling on Groudon, "Then it must be that the energy level of these things is too low. How about—"
"Roar!", Groudon, carrying the huge cauldron, was full of resistance and backed away in panic, afraid Axel might set his sights on some of his parts.
After interacting with Axel's Legendary Pokémon these past few days, he had realized that this Trainer was extremely abnormal!
"Forget it. We're all on the same side. Put the pot down and have Kyurem come over instead."
Seeing that Axel still had some mercy toward him, Groudon immediately snapped to attention, "Roar!"
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