The moment he saw Mewtwo appear, Glastrier's eyes lit up.
'Bro, you finally came out!'
After that brief exchange just now, Glastrier was well aware that Mewtwo was a very powerful legendary Pokémon.
["Quick quick quick, quickly save your trainer, and then let's go to other places to save the world!"]
Looking at Glastrier's completely unserious demeanor, Mewtwo couldn't help but sigh.
Clearly in that earlier exchange he had still been wild and unruly, who'd have thought he'd change so quickly?
He basically got slapped into reverence.
'No wonder this guy can hang out with Gyarados and Dragonair...'
["You all, come over here... I want to show you... what unity really means!"]
At the same time, a familiar tune echoed from the projection screen in Mewtwo's hand: [I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was…]
"roar!"
Eternatus let out an excited roar, floating obediently beside Mewtwo in midair.
Glastrier: "???"
'What are these things?'
'Can someone please tell me why this brutal guy suddenly became so obedient?'
'Could it be... this white Pokémon didn't go all out in our fight, he's actually more terrifying than Eternatus?'
'Damn it, no wonder he was testing me!'
'Rich, powerful.'
'This kind of setup makes saving the world way too easy.'
Glastrier stuck out his big tongue, licking his lips in a very human way, quietly aiming at the empty Pokéball on Axel's waist.
'Take this! Self-sacrificing tackle!'
Crack~
A soft sound.
The Pokéball on Axel's waist fell to the ground, blinked a few times, and burst into celebratory fireworks marking a successful capture.
Axel helplessly shook his head and picked up Glastrier from the ground.
'This guy... really does carry a "save the world" setting.'
'But now that he's caught, I can't just toss him out, right?'
Axel released Glastrier from the Pokéball and said seriously, "Once we rescue Mewtwo's companion, I'll think of a way to help you find Celebi."
"Before that, get to know Mewtwo and the others first..."
Axel introduced his Pokémon to Glastrier one by one and handed him over to Mewtwo.
Then he headed toward N with Gardevoir.
But after only a few steps, the corner of Axel's eye suddenly twitched.
He saw Gyarados biting its own tail, slowly circling behind Glastrier.
Dragonair was copying too, hovering above Glastrier's head while simulating a pink halo.
Clearly, some of the Pokémon in the team had already been led astray.
Just thinking about this kind of Glastrier teaming up with Gardevoir in battle made Axel feel unexplainably uneasy.
Axel took a deep breath, "Mewtwo, please be serious in this round of teaching."
"Also, Duraludon, bring Dragonair and Gyarados over!"
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A few minutes later, Axel walked beside N with Gardevoir and Pheromosa.
Behind him, Duraludon dragged Dragonair with one hand and Gyarados with the other, following step by step.
Gyarados and Dragonair exchanged a glance, both finding it extremely fun.
Snowy ground, and someone dragging you across it.
Who can understand the weight of this scene?
'Truly worthy of being our dragon tribe's general.'
'When it's time for a snowball fight later, we've got to give him extra attention!'
Watching Axel approach, and the Dragonair and Gyarados being dragged by Duraludon, N rubbed his green hair hard, his bloodshot eyes filled with confusion and puzzlement.
He couldn't understand why those Pokémon looked so happy even though they were being treated this way.
'You're being dragged across the ground! Why are you two still grinning like idiots?'
"Why?", N looked up at Axel, clenching his fists tightly, and asked in confusion, "Your Pokémon have clearly left their natural way of life, so why are they still so happy?
"Clearly they're not happy, even being dragged across the ground and suffering humiliation...
"So why are they still so loyal to you?", As he said this, N's tone became increasingly emotional.
"Axel, tell me why?"
"What exactly did you do to them!"
"Pokémon should live happily. They shouldn't fight for humans, and they definitely shouldn't be in a master-servant relationship with them!"
Seeing N question life itself, a trace of pity flashed in Axel's eyes.
'This really is a pitiful person.'
Even though later he was supported by Team Plasma as their "King," he was still, in truth, just a puppet.
From a young age, N had already been manipulated by Ghetsis.
To the current N, only by breaking free from humans could Pokémon live better lives.
But that was a flawed belief to begin with.
If your worldview is wrong, then the things you do will naturally be wrong too.
"You want to know why I can interact with my Pokémon like this?"
"Yes!", N nodded vigorously, his eyes full of desire for knowledge:
"For your Pokémon to grow like this, they must have suffered a lot.
"And you weren't even present when they fought, that shows you're not even a good trainer."
"Trainer?", Axel scoffed, "Who said I see myself as their trainer?"
"Even though they all call me 'Master', the way we interact has always been like family."
"Mewtwo likes peace and likes watching cartoons with the Pokémon, so I bought him a cartoon projector."
"Gyarados wants to grow stronger, so I found him the best teacher, and made almost all the Pokémon train with him."
"Dragonair loves to play, so I let Duraludon take care of her and bring her home every week to visit her father."
"Gardevoir wants to grow stronger, so I gave all my money and did everything I could to make her stronger."
"And the others..."
By the time Axel finished speaking, N's eyes were already filled with confusion.
Gyarados and the others all nodded in agreement.
Duraludon looked at Axel with anticipation and let out a low roar:
'What about me, Master? Say something about me too!'
Axel floated up and gently patted Duraludon's shoulder.
"You're the dragon general of our team, carrying the mission of reviving the dragon tribe."
"You're different from the others, be good, alright?"
Duraludon: "???"
Gyarados, Dragonair: "Roar! Roar! Roar!"
Seeing Axel joking around with his Pokémon, N felt even more incredulous.
In his whole life, this was the first time he had seen such a relationship between human and Pokémon.
Even in his heart, a slight waver emerged.
'Could it be... humans and Pokémon are supposed to live together?'
'No, that's not right, this is just an exception!'
N shook his head hard, stepped back half a pace, and exhaled deeply.
"You really do treat your Pokémon well, and you get along with them nicely."
"But the other people I've seen aren't like you. They all train Pokémon, try to make them fight for themselves..."
"Stop," Axel raised an arm, interrupting N's words.
"And how do you know those Pokémon don't want to fight for their trainers?"
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