Two dazzling beams of light flashed in succession, and the newly evolved Archaludon and the massive Gyarados appeared at the same time.
Jupiter's gaze exchanged a look with Bronzong, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly.
Of course, he had known Axel's combat power couldn't possibly be that absurd.
Even the Masked Man's number one expert couldn't be that much stronger than him.
Both are top lieutenants of villain organizations, there's no way their fighting strength could trample him, right?
Now it seemed Axel had just piled all his resources onto Glastrier.
As for Gyarados and Archaludon, according to Bronzong's perception, their levels were only around fifty.
Although at a disadvantage, it wasn't huge.
Just as Jupiter was about to show off his skills, Axel's hand swept again from his waist.
A crimson, destruction-laden light streaked out.
A Pokémon Jupiter had never seen before appeared between Axel and him.
That Pokémon looked like a bone dragon; its body colors connected purple, pink, and red.
Just one glance felt like your brain might explode.
Eternatus had just appeared and immediately drew all three of Jupiter's Pokémon's attention.
"Scared?", Axel grinned at Jupiter, smiling lightly.
"Hand over the controller now and I can spare you."
"Spare my ass!", Jupiter gritted his teeth, forcing back his inner fear.
"Toxicroak, use Sludge Bomb!"
"Croooak!", Toxicroak nodded heavily, and massive Poison-type energy began condensing in the air above where it stood.
A huge purple bomb formed in the plaza's sky, exuding a terrifying aura.
Even Maylene, who was meditating inside the gym waiting for challengers, felt that fierce energy.
But among Sinnoh's Elite Four and Gym Leaders, none specialized in Poison; only Bug-type Elite Aaron and Grass-type Elite Gardenia knew some Poison techniques.
'This much Poison energy, is it Aaron?' she thought.
But immediately Maylene shook her head.
As one of the Elite Four, Aaron was busy every day.
Moreover, gyms were mostly under Jenny's jurisdiction; Koga shouldn't appear here for no reason.
Thinking this, Maylene decided to go out and see who was unleashing such powerful Poison energy in Veilstone. And to drive them away.
Maylene waved to her main Pokémon and walked toward the gym entrance.
Just at the corridor she saw a man wearing silver clothing standing beside Toxicroak.
Maylene's eyes instantly flashed with light.
She recognized this man, he was a villain, and a very strong one.
But...
Even though he used such a powerful move, why did fear still show in his eyes?
More ridiculous, she saw Jupiter's body tremble slightly and tilt to one side.
That was exactly the posture a normal person would take when about to run.
Who on earth could make this person want to run?
Maylene dashed forward, wanting to help Axel's opponent take down Jupiter.
At that moment, a sound both laughable and terrifying rang out.
"hoo!"
Although the sound was small, it made Maylene feel as if she had fallen into an ice pit.
Because she saw, accompanying that sound, the Mud Bomb that spanned the sky re-solidify into Poison energy.
Before it could do any harm, it vanished without a trace.
The next instant, an even more intense beam of light flashed, and a feeling both familiar and utterly strange appeared.
A gigantic metallic hoof, gleaming with metal luster, blocked the gym entrance.
Maylene: "???"
'Wait, when did Dynamax appear in the Sinnoh region?'
At that moment, Maylene completely gave up the idea of going out to help.
There's a simple rule in the Pokémon world, or any world: Small size doesn't mean weak, but a large body definitely means strength.
This rule is even more obvious with Pokémon.
Such huge Pokémon are, by nature, formidable.
———
Seeing his Poison move negated and the opponent's Archaludon and Gyarados respectively unleash Dynamax and Ultra Dynamax, Jupiter was dumbstruck.
Has this world finally flipped upside down?
Jupiter took a deep breath and ordered his Pokémon to stop attacking.
Actually, even if he hadn't said anything, his Pokémon would have frozen.
In front of those two one-meter-plus towering behemoths, they'd long been scared stiff.
Jupiter's gaze swept over the Ultra Dynamax Archaludon and Gyarados, finally landing on Axel sitting on Glastrier.
"Big brother, if I say I have a mental illness and I just had an episode, will you believe me?"
Axel reached out, "Give me the Galactic Bomb controller and I'll believe you."
Jupiter: "..."
After hesitating 0.1 seconds, Jupiter decisively pulled the controller out of his pocket.
The situation was already dire, handing over the controller left a chance to live.
Refusing meant everyone would die, and the controller would be taken from his corpse.
Axel took the silver controller from Jupiter's hand, toyed with it a moment, and casually slipped it into his pocket.
"Nice piece of equipment."
"May I go now?", Jupiter asked Axel earnestly.
"Go?", Axel blinked, "Are you misunderstanding something?"
"You offended me earlier. Now I will capture you, isn't that reasonable? No ransom paid, and you want to leave?"
———
A few minutes later, Axel canceled the Pokémon's Dynamax states and cheerfully waved at Jupiter's retreating back.
"Let me know when you have plans, we'll do big things together."
Jupiter waved back helplessly and tearfully, took his remaining subordinates, and hurried away from Axel, dialing a number.
"Boss, I just ran into people from the Masked Man faction."
"Yes, they're really vicious..."
"Cooperate? We did talk about cooperating, but they were the ones holding a knife to my throat during talks."
The voice at the other end grew angry, ["That's unprincipled. Then we won't cooperate. When our plan finishes, the Masked Man area will cease to exist anyway, no need to give them face."]
Jupiter remained silent for a moment, then asked weakly, "Lord Cyrus, is there any chance that the Galactic Bomb controller and the remaining research funds are now in their hands?"
Cyrus: "???"
'You're a villain, brother, how did someone else steal from you?'
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