After subduing Hunter J, Aiden Flint handed over all affairs of Skyfall to her.
After all, J had once been the leader of a hunter organization—she already had experience running underground forces. Aiden himself had no interest in micromanaging. Since he held their lives in his hands, he wasn't worried about betrayal.
And with J already at Champion tier, as long as she didn't run into regional Champions, there would be no major problems.
In the original storyline, she survived just fine in Sinnoh. That alone proved the Pokémon League didn't have the resources to focus on every dark organization.
Of course, if Skyfall ever produced outstanding members, Aiden wouldn't mind rewarding them with elite Pokémon from the Aron tribe inside his system space.
But that was only if those Pokémon willingly chose to follow them—and from now on, poaching Pokémon was strictly forbidden.
So Hunter J abandoned her old codename and was now simply called J, symbolizing her complete break from her past as a poacher.
Aiden had no intention of becoming some villain overlord. Especially when it came to Pokémon—he refused to let his organization gain a foul reputation.
Using Pokémon as experimental material like Team Rocket did was something he despised.
The purpose of Skyfall was simple: gather information, track down Legendary and rare Pokémon, and act where Aiden himself could not.
After all, with Rayquaza in his hands, not hunting down other Legendary Pokémon would be a waste.
And since they were called Skyfall, wouldn't it be fitting if every high-ranking member had a Salamence or a Flygon?
When J gathered all the Pokémon her hunters had captured, Aiden scanned them and discovered over a dozen Vibrava.
So the earlier disturbance had been caused by J's group trying to capture them.
Besides Vibrava, there were also Swablu, Skarmory, and other Flying-types. This really was turning into a sky-based force.
Aiden defined Skyfall's structure:
Core commanders (Champion tier and above): Salamence
Elite members (quasi-Champion): Flygon, Altaria
He then transferred all the Swablu and Vibrava into his system space. With its superior environment, they could be raised into high-potential Pokémon and distributed later as rewards.
Right now, Skyfall only had J as its core commander anyway—Aiden himself didn't even have a Salamence yet.
But among all the captured Pokémon, one stood out.
A rare Absol, already at elite level.
"Ding! Absol's current status is as follows:"
Pokémon: Absol
Level: 28
Ability: Super Luck
Type: Dark
Potential: Purple
Bond Evolution: Locked
Mega Evolution: Locked
Moves: Quick Attack, Night Slash, Taunt, Knock Off, Air Cutter, Mean Look…
Affinity: 30
History: Captured by poachers. Hates them and finds it difficult to trust humans.
Hobbies: Traveling, adventuring
The moment Aiden saw Absol, he liked it.
Absol had witnessed Aiden wiping out the hunter organization and felt gratitude toward the Trainer who had saved it. Yet it was also confused—why had Aiden not destroyed these people but instead taken them as subordinates?
With its limited understanding, Absol couldn't grasp the reason.
"Absol, would you like to become my Pokémon?"
Absol hesitated.
Even if this man let it go, with its current strength, wouldn't it just be captured again?
In the end, Absol stepped back and let out a sharp cry.
Battle me. Defeat me. Then I'll follow you.
Aiden's psychic power stirred slightly—now that he had psychic abilities, communication was effortless. He no longer needed Gardevoir as a translator. He could understand Pokémon directly and even speak into their minds.
"In that case, let's do it. Sylveon, you're up."
With a flash from a Luxury Ball, Sylveon appeared. Both Pokémon were quadrupeds, similar in size, and predominantly white.
Absol immediately tensed.
After all, it was a Dark-type—Sylveon's Fairy typing was its natural enemy.
With a flash of white light, Absol's crescent horn slashed forward, releasing Air Cutter straight at Sylveon.
"Sylveon, Light Screen!"
A transparent barrier formed in front of Sylveon, blocking the slicing wind.
"Good. Now—Draining Kiss!"
Sylveon unleashed its charm. Pink hearts surged toward Absol.
Though Absol was only Purple potential, Aiden had evolution stones that could raise its quality over time. Talent wasn't a problem.
Surrounded from every direction, Absol realized too late—it had already been caught in Sylveon's charm.
One clean Draining Kiss sent Absol crashing to the ground, defeated.
Aiden immediately threw a Luxury Ball.
The light enveloped Absol. The ball shook twice… then—
Ding!
Absol was captured.
When Absol entered the system space and saw the countless Pokémon living there—and especially Rayquaza—it fell completely silent.
Then came joy.
So this was the world of its new Trainer.
With power like this behind him, how fast could it grow?
"Ding! Absol's affinity increased. Current affinity: 70."
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