After resting for a long time, Flint seemed to have made some kind of decision.
"Mr. Axel, can you be my master!"
Axel was stunned for a moment and subconsciously took half a step back, afraid that Flint might crawl out from inside Rotom to formally apprentice under him.
What did he have to teach Flint?
Whether it was battle rhythm or development of abilities, Flint was a solid Champion-class.
Axel was better at tactical crushing and using powerful cultivation to achieve stat-based overwhelming force.
After thinking for several seconds, Axel decisively shook his head.
["Not teaching."]
Seeing Axel's firm refusal, a trace of girlish delight flashed through Cynthia's eyes. She covered her mouth and laughed secretly at the side.
Sure enough, her little man wouldn't waste time on other people.
The only one who could get Axel to devote effort teaching… was probably her Garchomp, right?
"Alright then...", Flint lowered his head in disappointment, reaching out to support himself on the ground, spraying medicine on Infernape's injuries and returning it into its Poké Ball.
His gaze was incomparably complex, sometimes he looked at Garchomp, sometimes at Spiritomb.
Of course, more often, he was looking at Axel.
Cynthia frowned slightly, smiled at Axel and said goodbye, then hung up the call.
Her beautiful large eyes flashed with a trace of killing intent.
If Flint wanted to seek revenge on Axel, then even if her workload became heavier in the future, she would still have Garchomp throw Flint into a small black room to teach him a lesson for a few days.
Flint pressed his lips together tightly, as if making another kind of decision.
"Cynthia, please allow me to take ten days off!"
Cynthia: ⊙(・◇・)?
'I even pulled out Garchomp, and this is all you ask for?'
"Go ahead, go ahead~", Cynthia waved her hand and directly agreed to Flint's request.
Ever since they took office, Flint had been one of the most dedicated Champions in the Sinnoh League.
Almost every day he was either battling or on the way to a battle.
It's no exaggeration to say, the amount of vacation time this guy had saved up could let him rest for half a year straight and it still wouldn't be excessive.
"Alright!", Flint clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with excitement.
Just as he stepped out of Cynthia's courtyard, he immediately accessed the Champion permissions and found out Axel's current location.
"Going to Blueberry Academy as an exchange student, huh? Just recently the people from Blueberry Academy even invited me to play an exhibition match."
"Infernape, we're going to Blueberry Academy to become disciples!"
Infernape was dumbfounded, looking at its trainer in shock.
'Bro, that guy's tactical style doesn't match ours at all, why are you going?'
'What, you want me to lie on the ground like a little girl monkey and hook fingers while letting the opponent cast again?'
'That's seriously humiliating!'
"Look at you, got hit stupid, didn't you?", Flint crossed his arms, imitating Volkner's posture of strategizing, pushing up nonexistent glasses.
"Since the opponent has a tactic that can torture us, then there must be a way to stop being tortured."
"As long as we learn it, won't we be soaring?"
Infernape's eyes lit up and it rubbed its hands excitedly.
'That… kinda makes sense.'
"Besides, we've got connections at Blueberry Academy. Crispin is my little fanboy, I'll have him look after Mr. Axel properly."
"Touch Axel emotionally? It's only a matter of time!"
Infernape's eyes sparkled, "Roooar!"
———
After hanging up the call, Axel continued watching the waves in the distance.
For once, he hadn't entered the Dream World during recent nights.
It wasn't because he was endlessly competing with Gardevoir and Pheromosa, nor to relax.
He wanted to provide Mother some help during the next time they made contact.
According to the system prompt, after Eternatus reaches level 40, it will gain the ability to Dynamax Legendary Pokémon.
Axel planned to let the Sun and Moon Gods Dynamax, so that Mother's safety could be a bit more secured.
Right now Eternatus was already level 35, he believed that after the trip to Blueberry Academy, its level should reach 40.
"Phew~ thinking about that now is too early. Better get back to sleep."
Axel stretched, planning to go back for a good night's sleep and recharge before heading off to Blueberry Academy.
Rotom suddenly rang.
Iono's lazy voice came through, sounding like she was about to fall asleep.
["Axel, are you done now?"]
"Oh, yeah~", Axel smacked his forehead. He'd gotten too hyped from the battle earlier and forgot that Iono was still waiting to play games with him.
"Wait for me, I'll shower and be online in a sec."
———
In Raven City, Elesa giggled while looking at the half-asleep Iono.
"Still not sleeping even though you're so tired? It can't be just to play games, right?"
"Do you have feelings for that guy?"
Iono's pretty face flushed red, "No I don't, I really don't. I just wanna play games, okay!"
Elesa looked at Iono with amusement, her eyes scanning up and down, "Then why didn't you play just now?"
Iono kept insisting stubbornly, "It's boring playing alone."
Elesa smiled, "Tch, I'm too lazy to tease you. But Axel really is quite a good guy."
"Not lecherous, not greedy for money, if you want to chase him, better do it fast."
"I'm not!", Iono's face turned crimson, her weak rebuttal only managing repeated "I'm not"s.
Actually, what Elesa said wasn't wrong. Back when Axel battled Elesa that day, Iono did feel a bit of something.
Faced with Sister Elesa's perfect figure, that guy didn't even think of peeking.
And when Elesa was hanging on Axel, even Iono blushed, yet Axel showed no reaction. And he didn't even ask for hush money.
Other than having dirty tactics in battle, he was practically the chosen one.
More importantly, Iono kept feeling like she had seen Axel's style somewhere before.
'Could it have been in a dream?'
If not for the sake of pride, Iono would've offered a high salary and asked him to be her streaming assistant...
["Sleeping yet? I'm done tidying up."]
A message popped into the chat box, snapping Iono out of her daydream.
["Nope, been waiting for you to come online."]
Iono moved Elesa aside, lay on her lap, and excitedly launched the game.
How should she play later?
Act weak to trigger his protective instincts?
Or go all-out to show him she's great at games too?
Just then, Iono suddenly noticed a familiar ID appearing in her friend list.
And next to that ID, in parentheses, was the contact note she'd given Axel.
Crack~
The Rotom's shell shattered instantly, and Iono's shark-like teeth ground audibly.
She finally remembered where she'd seen Axel's style before.
To confirm it, Iono took a deep breath and tapped the invite button on that familiar ID.
The avatar immediately dimmed.
A message came through Rotom from Axel.
["Iono, I just remembered I have stuff to do tomorrow, need to sleep early. Let's play together another time."]
Iono's teeth gnashed furiously as she stared toward the direction of the S.S. Anne, quickly putting on her clothes.
["Play? How about I beat you to death, huh!"]
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