A few minutes later, Axel stood on Gyarados's back and waved his hand toward the gradually departing Wailord.
On Wailord's back, Sapphire also waved her hand hard.
"Axel, see you later, thank you for saving us! Looking forward to next time!"
Axel grinned, "Sure."
As for Sapphire, Axel felt she was quite an interesting girl.
Carefree and a bit adorably silly, she had many similarities to May from the Pokémon TV series.
Even their appearance was almost identical.
The only difference was that May wasn't very interested in Pokémon battles, whereas Sapphire was nearly obsessed with Pokémon combat.
"I wonder if this world has May… If it does, that'd be pretty fun…"
"Then who knows whether Norman would charge over to May's house with a Slaking, or if May would storm into Norman's place with a knife."
After Wailord left, three fiery red silhouettes appeared from the abandoned ship, looking at Axel with fervent eyes, "Master, may we ask what we should do next? Should we follow you?"
Axel: "..."
'Let these three follow me?'
'Wouldn't that make me a proper villain boss.'
"No need to follow me. You guys continue opposing Team Aqua."
"But stop trying to expand the land, just focus on stopping Team Aqua from expanding the ocean, that's enough."
"Also, here's the scanner. When you get any information on the orbs, call me."
"Understood, Master!"
"Alright, off you go."
After sending off the trio, Axel pinched his brow in frustration.
Right now, half of Team Rocket's executives had basically become his lackeys, Giovanni also seemed to constantly show goodwill.
Plus, the Drayden faction had taken a heavy hit, and now the addition of these three from Team Magma, it seemed like he had become the biggest villain organization in this world.
'What the hell... if this keeps up, won't the nine champions start hunting me down?'
Just as Axel was complaining inwardly, a familiar dragon roar came from the horizon.
A sturdy Charizard descended from the sky, landing beside Gyarados.
Leon looked at Axel in slight surprise, with a bit of excitement in his eyes, "Axel, weren't you and Raihan heading to the Unova region? How'd you end up here in Galar?"
Axel: "..."
'Leon being directionally challenged is one thing, but even his Charizard is a navigation idiot?'
'How do you two even manage to fly around aimlessly like this?'
Axel speechlessly opened the Pokédex's built-in GPS and pointed at the four big characters "Hoenn Region" on the map, "If I'm reading this map right, we're in Hoenn, aren't we?"
Leon awkwardly scratched the back of his head and chuckled.
"Oh, we're in Hoenn already? No wonder it's so far from Galar."
"Where'd you get that Pokédex? It looks pretty useful."
"I downloaded a navigation app myself."
Leon's eyes lit up, "Download one for me too!"
A few minutes later, Leon flew into the sky on Charizard, heading in the direction of Galar.
Axel: "..."
"They said turn left, and you went right."
Leon scratched the back of his head again, "Hahaha, close enough."
"Close enough my ass!"
———
[November 9th, a Sunny Day]
A calm voice from the loudspeaker sounded on deck, "Ladies and gentlemen, we'll soon be arriving near Raimon(Nimbasa) City."
"According to our information, today Miss Elesa, the Raimon Gym Leader, will be giving a spectacular performance."

"The S.S. Anne will dock at Raimon for half a day. Passengers wishing to watch Miss Elesa's show may now disembark."
As the voice finished, a massive jade-green figure appeared outside Axel's window.
Raihan was riding a Flygon, excitedly slapping the glass.
"Axel, want to come hang out in Raimon?"
"This is the biggest entertainment city in Unova. Just posting some photos on your socials here will gain you loads of followers."
Axel blinked, slightly surprised as he looked outside.
His room this time was very ordinary, and it looked identical from the outside.
How did Raihan manage to locate his room window so precisely?
'This guy didn't sneak a copy of Leon's tiny brain, did he...'
"Why aren't you saying anything, Axel? If you don't want to go, I'll go by myself."
"I'll go, of course I'll go," Right now, Axel still had a tag called Bonded Thunder, and he didn't yet know which Electric-type Pokémon would be the best match.
Turns out Elesa was an Electric-type Gym Leader, perfect timing to look for some inspiration.
'Emmm... It's definitely not because Elesa is beautiful.'
Dragonair and Gyarados were as usual playing underwater, Eternatus was watching anime with Mewtwo, and Ho-Oh wasn't suited for going out shopping.
After thinking it over, Axel left the room with Duraludon and Gholdengo, who had recently evolved.
As for Pheromosa and Gardevoir, those two little troublemakers seemed to have been trying to drain him dry lately...
But with the physique of a Super True Rookie, they weren't too much to handle. It still took until noon each day before their small bellies could flatten again.
"Let's go, time to head out," Seeing Axel's figure, Raihan grinned widely.
His snow-white teeth and bronze skin formed a striking contrast, no need for editing, he could straight-up be a model for a toothpaste ad.
Of course... Raihan didn't need that kind of money anyway.
As the actual controller of Wyndon Arena, Raihan's daily income was astronomical.
Whether in terms of wealth or power, he alone rivaled a whole family.
Just then, Gholdengo appeared from behind Axel, pulling two gold coins from his box and stuffing them respectively into Flygon's mouth and Raihan's hand.
Clink~ Clink~
'Nice to meet you, this is a little gift from Gholdengo.'
Flygon looked at Gholdengo in confusion.
'What's going on, why give money as soon as we meet?'
'Is this some kind of alien social ritual?'
Raihan, on the other hand, lit up, and gave Axel a solid pat on the arm, "You actually have something as fun as Gholdengo?"
"Lend him to me for a sec!"
"What are you borrowing him for?", Axel asked in confusion.
Raihan gave a mysterious smile, "You'll see in a bit."
After that, Raihan grabbed Gholdengo and placed him on Flygon's back, flying back toward the room.
A few minutes later, when he saw Gholdengo again, Axel immediately felt his worldview take a heavy blow, and the corners of his mouth trembled involuntarily.
'What the heck kind of outfit is that?'
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