Early the next morning.
Axel, with somewhat vacant eyes, pushed aside Pheromosa and Gardevoir, using meditation to lighten his dark circles a bit.
Only then did he walk out of the tent and stretch comfortably.
After resolving the masked man yesterday, Officer Jenny and the others had left, leaving behind only four tents.
Leon and Raihan had already woken up early and were training with their Pokémon.
Norton was following Leon, asking him for guidance with Steelix.
The General(Duraludon) was also with Raihan, accompanied by Gyarados and Dragonair, receiving a flood of knowledge from Raihan.
He studied very seriously, even borrowing the tablet discarded by Mewtwo to take notes using the recording function.
Seeing Axel come out, both Raihan and Leon nodded in satisfaction.
'To have such strength at this age and still maintain such a healthy routine, and those faint dark circles.... they must have come from staying up late thinking about yesterday's battle, right?'
'Besides that, his way of training Pokémon is impressive, even achieving self-directed learning among them.'
'What a promising junior.'
Thinking this, Raihan gave Axel a big thumbs-up, "Axel, your Pokémon are quite good. They came to ask me for guidance at six in the morning."
"They have good control over their moves now, and their physical strength has also been trained to a remarkable level."
"The only shortcoming is that their Dynamax forms haven't been developed yet. I'll teach you later how to strengthen that."
Hearing Raihan's words, Axel's eyes lit up.
Yesterday, he had witnessed Raihan's Gigantamax in action, definitely world-shaking in power.
Compared to his Duraludon, all of Axel's Pokémon's Dynamax forms were clearly lacking.
If he could learn that, and add Eternatus on top of it, Axel's strength would soon surge again.
"Then thank you, Gym Leader Raihan and Champion Leon."
"No need to thank me," Raihan licked his lips and suddenly became a bit shy, "Just bring me another box of those little cookies you gave Duraludon last time…"
Axel smiled and nodded, "No problem. I'll prepare food for the other Pokémon too."
Seeing how generous Axel was, Leon, standing beside them, clearly couldn't sit still anymore.
He had long heard from Raihan about the magic of Axel's cooking. If he could take some back, his Pokémon might get a nice short-term boost.
'If Duraludon keeps eating it, this guy might take over the throne, right?', But Leon wasn't as blunt as Raihan, so he just lightly coughed, "Besides Dynamax, I feel like your Eternatus can also help with some training refinement…"
Axel raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling on Leon, "I forgot what Pokémon Mr. Leon has. List their names, and I'll prepare food for them too."
Leon's lips curled slightly as he gave Raihan a playful glance.
'Raihan, you're destined to never beat me!'
"Then thank you, Axel."
Raihan grinned like a husky, about to say something to Leon, a green figure suddenly flashed beside him and skillfully covered his mouth.
'You can die if you want, but don't drag us with you!'
———
The food was prepared quickly. Raihan's Pokémon didn't react much, they had already tasted Axel's cooking.
But Leon's Pokémon were a different story.
It was their first time tasting food made by Axel, and almost every one of them buried their heads into their bowls.
"Roar~!"
The Pokémon's cries rose one after another.
Now, as a group, they announced that from this moment on, Axel was Leon's best friend.
Sensing the Pokémon's emotions, Leon grinned and joined Raihan and Axel in relaxed conversation.
"Your food-prep skills are impressive. Interested in staying in the Galar region for a while?"
"If you live in the Galar region, it should benefit your Eternatus quite a bit."
"No can do," Raihan stuffed his mouth with a sandwich, speaking unclearly, "Axel and I are going to Blueberry Academy soon. They have an item there that evolves Duraludon into Archaludon."
Leon was momentarily stunned, "You're not shutting down your gym again, are you?"
"You're already laid-back enough as it is, if you close your gym, Officer Jenny will definitely complain…"
"I'm not closing it," Raihan looked at Leon like it was the most natural thing ever, "You've got Charizard anyway, just guard it for me for a while."
Leon's face went dark, "That's a Dragon-type gym."
"What's wrong with Dragon type?", Raihan took a big gulp of Moomoo Milk and finally swallowed all the food in his mouth, "Didn't you just say yesterday that Charizard is also a dragon."
Leon: "..."
'So you were waiting for this?'
'Sorry, not happening!'
"Last night, there was news that the Johto region saw the appearance of legendary Pokémon, Entei, Raikou, Suicune."
"I've already taken leave from Rose. I'm going to Johto to see if I can get Entei."
"You're going to catch a legendary Pokémon?", Raihan glanced at his Duraludon and suddenly felt that Archaludon wasn't so appealing.
'Still can't beat him anyway.'
"Not exactly catch. After all, it's a legendary Pokémon. I'll just see if it's willing to choose me," As he said this, Leon's eyes were filled with tenderness.
'A Fire-type legendary Pokémon, that's a man's romance.'
Axel watched Raihan and Leon's conversation the whole time, smiling without saying a word.
In his eyes, these two were very similar to Gold and Silver.
A classic combo of No-Brain and Not-Happy.
The only difference was that Leon was very kind when facing adorable juniors.
Leon and Raihan bickered, their Pokémon happily devouring food. The scene was harmonious.
If Sonia didn't exist, these two would probably be a CP already.
———
Just as everything was going so nicely, a bone-chilling aura suddenly swept through the sky, shattering the peace on the mountaintop.
Huge icicles appeared without warning, falling from the sky in a barrage that attacked everyone indiscriminately.
'He is here.'
Axel reacted quickly, immediately recalling Duraludon and the others, leaving only Gardevoir and Pheromosa out.
BOOM! BOOM!
After a few loud explosions, the entire mountaintop was in chaos.
What was once a green mountain was now a snow-covered peak. The platform was buried in ice and snow.
Raihan and Leon's Pokémon stared blankly at their food bowls, their eyes full of fury.
Especially Charizard, its eyes practically spitting flames.
'Damn it, just when the food is tasting amazing, you smash everything like this?'
'Unforgivable!'
In the sky, Pryce didn't notice the changes in Charizard and the others.
Driven by rage, his eyes saw only Axel.
After receiving Axel's message yesterday, he felt like he was about to explode.
Not only did he fail to obtain Gigantamax, but thanks to this guy's message, Entei, Suicune, and Raikou had been released.
With those three helping, the difficulty of capturing Ho-Oh had multiplied exponentially.
Even worse, this guy had somehow gotten his contact info. An in-your-face provocation.
On the way here, the masked man had already made up his mind.
Even if Raihan was present, he would kill Axel today.
"Kid, you think that just because Raihan is with you, you can do whatever you want?"
"Today I'll show you… what it means to be invincible!"
Axel looked up at the masked man, nodded in agreement, and smiled, "Indeed, Leon is invincible."
Masked man: "???"
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