Hanging up the phone, Shasha excitedly flopped onto the big bed, hugging the Dedenne she had just spent a huge amount of money to obtain.
"Abnormal status, Poison Orb... I want to see what you'll use to fight me tomorrow, bitch."
"Dedenne, practice Misty Terrain and Volt Switch well today."
"Once we become one of the Eight Great Gym Trainers, I'll take you out every day to eat, sleep, and beat Axel!"
———
On the other side, Axel no longer hesitated and grabbed Gardevoir's small hand.
"Get ready. I'm going to help you get stronger."
After saying that, Axel directly opened the system and pressed the ribbon icon behind the golden term.
From Axel's perspective, Gardevoir's body instantly turned colorful.
Radiant six-colored brilliance shot into the sky, and Gardevoir's mental power grew madly.
Although her level didn't increase, her comprehension of Fairy-type energy kept climbing.
When the colorful light faded, a light pink fairy mark appeared on Gardevoir's brow.
[Fairy Queen (Supreme): All Fairy-type move power increased by 100%, Fairy-type moves can be instantly cast.]
Feeling the changes in herself, Gardevoir blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at Axel with surprise, giving him a loud kiss.
She knew Axel had some special abilities, but she never expected that this ability was actually this powerful.
Gardevoir clearly felt that her current understanding of the Fairy-type had already surpassed the past, and by a large margin.
Even compared to Xerneas, ignoring the domain of life and looking only at equal-level combat strength, she probably wouldn't be inferior in the slightest.
As for the power of the move.
A red light flashed in Gardevoir's eyes.
Axel's panel changed:
Your Gardevoir has comprehended the Fairy-type move: Misty Explosion.
Seeing Axel's astonished gaze, Gardevoir gently blinked her eyes:
["Master~ Have you ever felt the pop of popping candy?"]
———
The next morning, Axel got up and lazily leaned against the headboard.
During yesterday's process, in order to master Misty Explosion as soon as possible, Gardevoir kept releasing gentle, low-powered Fairy-type energy explosions.
Axel also had the fortune of experiencing popping-candy-style attacks and achieved a ten-loss streak.
He felt like his body had been hollowed out.
After some struggle, Axel finally got up.
"Gyarados, no training today. We're going out."
Today, Axel didn't plan to play any dirty tricks against Shasha. After all, Shasha had given him a 100,000 yuan appearance fee.
Since it's an exhibition match, it had to be a bit more flashy.
Aside from the pink Gardevoir, the thirty-meter-long Gyarados firing Hydro Pump was also very entertaining.
"ROAR!"
The thirty-meter-long Gyarados soared into the sky with a dragon roar.
Axel stood on Gyarados's huge head, curiously looking at the scene below.
Back when he was watching The Return of the Condor Heroes, he fantasized about being a dragon knight.
He didn't expect that wish to come true today.
The only downside was that this dragon wasn't that dragon... But fortunately, Gyarados was even more dazzling and cool.
During the flight, almost all Flying-type Pokémon tried to avoid Gyarados as much as possible, afraid of accidentally bumping into this behemoth.
In this situation, even though Gyarados's flight speed wasn't fast, it still only took ten minutes to reach Emberpine City Gym.
Inside the gym, the kimono-clad Erika gracefully bowed to Shasha:
"Hello, I'm a teacher from Rainbow University."
"It just so happened that your Aurient's Champion Roy came to visit Rainbow University, so he asked me, an exchange student from Kanto to come and help record and broadcast this."
"Thank you, Teacher Erika," Facing Erika, Shasha instantly returned to the demeanor of a Gym Leader, speaking as pleasantly as a spring breeze.
"You're welcome," Erika said with a gentle smile.
"Champion Roy especially asked me to remind you, try to find a stronger student for the exhibition match. That will help raise your ratings."
"Don't worry, I've found a very strong trainer."
"Uh...", Erika blinked and subtly said, "Actually, you don't need to find someone too strong... After all, it wouldn't look good if a student beat the Gym Leader during the assessment."
'Beaten by a student?'
The moment she heard this sentence, a flicker of amusement instantly passed through the corner of Shasha's eyes.
"Don't worry, Gym Leader Erika. The trainer I brought this time likes to use dirty tricks."
"And I just happen to have a Pokémon that can use Misty Terrain and Volt Switch."
"So... you can call me the dirty-trick nemesis."
Just then, a massive dragon head squeezed into the gym.
Struggling to reveal a big face, the rest of the body was stuck at the entrance.
Axel helplessly recalled Gyarados, ending his moment of showing off.
"Gym Leader Shasha, your entrance is too small. I couldn't even squeeze in."
Shasha didn't respond, she was completely stunned.
She knew that a huge Gyarados had appeared in Emberpine City recently, but who could tell her why that Gyarados was in Axel's hands?
This guy couldn't have been fishing while researching dirty tricks, right?
As a Gym Leader, Shasha knew very well how that Gyarados performed in the previous battle.
It had just evolved and immediately reached Gym Leader level, even defeating a criminal who had a Gym Leader–level Delibird.
And the worst part was that this thing also quadruple counters Fire-types.
Erika looked skeptically at Gym Leader Shasha, "Are you sure this Gyarados trainer likes to use dirty tricks?"
"I've seen some Gyarados trainers at Rainbow University, and they all go full offense."
"This Gyarados is raised so massively, it should prefer attacking even more, right?"
Gym Leader Shasha didn't reply, just babbled.
Originally, she had planned to use the Incineroar + Dedenne combo to counter Axel's dirty tricks and then use Dark-type weakening to teach him a lesson.
But now...
The only dirty one left was herself?
And this is a performance match to become one of the Eight Great Gym Trainers.
Champion Roy is watching the livestream in real time, and the upper levels of the Aurient League will also review the footage.
'Damn it!'
Seeing Shasha in a daze, Axel turned his gaze to Erika.
He couldn't help but brighten his eyes.
'Another story character appeared.'
When he left Kanto, Axel was a little regretful that time was too tight, so he didn't get to challenge many gyms.
He didn't expect one to come to him now.
In Axel's memory, Erika wasn't very strong, but she had always been an important character.
Whether resisting Team Rocket or dealing with Drayden, she contributed significantly.
"Miss Erika, nice to meet you. Please take care of me!"
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