An hour later, Eva, supporting herself on the nearby glass, staggered to her feet.
Recalling the scene just now, Eva felt a full-body shiver.
Just now, she had actually been suspended mid-air by Axel using psychic power.
'Who battles like this?'
Seeing Eva's unconvinced expression, Axel chuckled and flicked her nose, "Going out to play today?"
Eva stiffened her neck, "Play, why wouldn't I play?"
"It was you who made me limp, so today you have to carry me while we play."
"Sure, where do you want to go play?", Axel smiled and nodded, picking up Eva into his arms.
Seeing Axel agree and immediately take action, the unconvinced look on Eva's face instantly disappeared, and she gave Axel a kiss on the cheek with a bright smile.
"I just knew you were the best!"
"Let me check the guide, I remember I looked at the guide yesterday."
"I remember you said you wanted to go to the Kingdom of Simba?"
"Yes yes yes, it's the Kingdom of Simba, it's all your fault for ramming me silly!", Eva was as fierce as ever.
Axel chuckled, "I didn't ram your head."
"You did in the past!", Eva bared her little fangs fiercely, looking ready to bite at any disagreement.
"Alright then, I'll keep ramming in the future."
"Ahhh, I'll bite you to death!"
Axel relaxed the muscles on his shoulder, letting Eva press her fangs into his shoulder.
"When you bite, go a little lighter, don't accidentally hurt your teeth."
Eva: "..."
'You're really ruining my sense of aggression like this...'
When Axel carried Eva out of the private room, a sightseeing cart quickly pulled up.
A driver uncle wearing white gloves and a black suit got out, smiling as he looked at the two.
"Do you two need any help?"
Axel looked down at Eva and teased, "My wife is a disabled person, and wants to go play nearby, so she asked me to carry her."
"Young man, you really are sincere and affectionate. Our hotel offers escort service, get in, I'll take you there."
"Then thank you very much."
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Soon, the vehicle stopped at the main gate of the Water Kingdom scenic area.
Axel hung Eva around his neck and waved goodbye to the driver uncle.
At the same time, Axel began thinking about whether he should buy a vehicle.
He had many Pokémon that could act as mounts, theoretically, Ho-Oh, Eternatus, and Gyarados were all options.
But the first two were legendary Pokémon, and Gyarados had already entered the public eye with that Gigantamax incident.
Any of them being summoned would easily draw a crowd around Axel.
Even though Dragonair also had a large body, Axel regularly transferred him to Professor Oak's lab to visit family.
If Dragonite knew he was using someone's daughter as a mount, that'd be very impolite.
["Hello, visitors. The Water Kingdom is currently holding a Pokémon Exchange Convention. You may head to the ticket square to view it."]
["This exchange event follows the principles of fairness and transparency, with dedicated staff certifying each exchange. Please feel free to attend."]
Hearing the voice from the broadcast, Eva immediately got excited.
"Axel, I want to go see this!"
Axel was momentarily stunned, 'How can there be an exchange convention in this world?'
'If it were in a game, such an event would make sense.'
'But... this is the world of Pokémon.'
'So openly exchanging Pokémon, aren't they afraid Officer Jenny would come take them in for tea?'
Until someone stuffed a flyer into his hand, Axel finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Pokémon world's exchange convention wasn't what Axel thought it was.
This kind of exchange convention didn't actually trade away one's own Pokémon, but instead exchanged them for a day, or two or three days.
During this period, all kinds of agreements had to be signed to ensure the Pokémon's safety.
Many trainers wanted to raise a certain Pokémon, but didn't dare to rashly capture and raise one, because once captured, they had to be responsible.
At this time, they might use the Pokémon they already owned to temporarily exchange for the one they wanted to raise.
Use one day to understand it, and finally decide whether to raise one themselves.
Another situation was evolution.
In the Pokémon world, many evolutions had special conditions.
For example, Gengar and Machamp needed to be traded to evolve.
"Okay, let's go check it out," Axel carried Eva on his back so she'd have a better view.
Eva raised her small fist, "Let's go see Gengar evolve."
The exchange convention was even livelier than expected. Most of the people visiting wore school uniforms from various schools in Petalglen.
They were mostly rookies, about to face the decision of picking their second Pokémon.
As for the others, most brought Pokémon that required trade to evolve.
At the official scenic house, there was even a rental service for "Metal Coat."
"Axel, look, there's a Magcargo evolving over there, it's gonna become a Rhyperior."
"Our lab will be getting a Magcargo group soon too, help me evolve them when the time comes."
"Okay," Axel smiled and nodded, "If they fight with the Garganacl, I'll send Gyarados to break them up."
"Okay!", Eva hugged Axel's back tightly, constantly directing him to wander around.
"Go there, there's a Haunter over there, soon we'll get to see Gengar's evolution."
"Waaa waaa waaa, someone rich just rented a Metal Coat, we'll get to see Steelix appear soon!"
Because he had no intention of trading, Axel didn't release any Pokémon, making him very conspicuous.
Adding in the excited Eva, the two of them quickly became the center of everyone's attention.
On the ground not far away, a lens resembling a submarine periscope emerged from the earth and focused quickly on Axel.
"Wow, I see them, I see them, that's our target this time!"
A blue-haired James shrunk in the underground space, his eyes full of excitement.
"James, you're pressing on my hair, move up a little!"
"It's all Meowth's fault, insisting the digging device this time had to be so small..."
"Don't push the blame on me, nya!", Meowth lifted Jessie's hair, looking helpless.
"It's all because that watermelon-head old hag gave us such tight time constraints, nya~"
"If she hadn't sent us to this place, we'd have caught the brat's Pikachu already, nya!"
James saw the two about to argue again and quickly tried to calm them, "Don't fight. Even though this mission was assigned by that watermelon-head old hag, it's actually the one Boss Giovanni values most."
"As long as we can complete the mission of recruiting that brat, we'll definitely get promoted to become executives, even get posted as branch managers."
Jessie's eyes lit up, "Then we won't have to listen to that Matori anymore."
"If we catch all the Pokémon here too..."
"Won't we be even better than Matori?
"So exciting, nya!"
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