Staring at the Gardevoir and Pheromosa before him, who had completed bond evolution and whose appearances had drastically changed into Mega Gardevoir and Mega Pheromosa, Axel was directly stunned.
'What?'
Two consecutive mega evolutions, and all he felt inside was an emptiness.
Axel was now very puzzled.
Clearly mega evolution was meant to deal with enemies, so how did it end up being used against himself?
This wasn't reasonable at all.
He felt the level of energy on Gardevoir and Pheromosa's bodies now, and then looked at their appearances after mega evolving…
Already half his stamina had been drained, and now they'd both turned into this attack-speed-crit type form?
As one fell and the other rose, Axel felt his current condition was extremely bad.
His brain told him he should avoid fighting, but his body seemed to be saying: Faced with such provocation, if you avoid battle, can you still call yourself a trainer?
———
"Troublesome~"
Axel glanced at his Super Saiyan tag, helplessly sighing.
'How can a man let himself be suppressed for long?'
When he opens the next dream world, he must upgrade this first.
———
Axel went once to the young lady's room.
Perhaps because the hotel room temperature was too high, half of her quilt had been kicked aside, revealing delicate crimson silk sleepwear.
The room still carried a faint trace of alcohol.
It was clear Platinum had drunk quite a bit herself…
Axel didn't disturb her sleep, simply tugged Piplup out from under her quilt, placed the dazed Piplup onto a plate, then tucked the young lady back under the quilt before leaving.
Clack~
As the door locked, Platinum lightly opened her eyes.
Her gaze fell toward the door, and she sighed softly.
'Strong, humorous, brave, upright…'
'A man carrying so many labels in one, why didn't I meet him earlier?'
———
After returning to his room, Axel woke the somewhat recovered Gardevoir and had her use several recovery skills on him.
Then Axel held Eternatus's pokéball, sharpening his focus to its peak.
He began communicating with the dream world brought by the system.
A familiar pure white appeared, and Axel appeared in a vast square.
At the center of the square, several mirrors appeared in Axel's vision, each corresponding to Paldea and the previously visited regions.
Within the mist, one could faintly see some mirrors corresponding to the movie versions.
Axel took a deep breath, still holding Eternatus's pokéball.
[Please choose a dream world.]
Several divine beast battle scenes flashed through Axel's mind.
The strongest among them were Rayquaza, Mewtwo, Necrozma, and Eternatus.
Unfortunately, Axel already had three of them, and Necrozma's whereabouts were already known.
After a brief thought, Axel had his target.
The deity appearing in the Paldea region, the source of Terastalization, a being set up to rival Eternatus, Terapagos.
Although this turtle once lost to the black Rayquaza in the anime, well, the black Rayquaza was on his side now anyway.
In the future, just don't let Rayquaza fight him, right?
[System, I choose Scarlet & Violet!]
The instant Axel made his choice, a strange energy appeared in the pure white space, linking the mirror with a certain known location.
At the same time, a familiar black hole appeared.
A purple Pokémon in rapid flight appeared in front of Axel.
It was none other than Lunala of the Sun and Moon duo.
But Lunala's state now was clearly off. The wing edges that once shone with full-moon luster had turned pitch black.
And on Lunala's back, Axel's mother was crouched low, still clutching a special pokéball in her hand.
Seeing this change, Axel's heart immediately tightened.
If he remembered correctly, this was the sign of Lunala being drained of light by Necrozma.
'Which means, mom is in danger now?'
"Mom, what's going on with you? Where's Dad?"
"Eh?"
Hearing Axel's voice, his mother's face clearly showed joy.
"Axel, finally, we contacted you again."
"Recently, we discovered signs that Necrozma was awakening."
"And, the remnants of Necrozma somehow got hold of some pokéballs, captured quite a few Ultra Beasts, and controlled the other side of Ultra Space."
"We felt it was only a matter of time before they found Lunala and Solgaleo. Also, the Ho-Oh flame you left last time has grown stronger, possessing the power to temporarily awaken Necrozma's mind."
"So we thought we'd take the initiative and help you capture him."
"But unexpectedly, this guy was strong, and people from 'Ultra Megalopolis' controlled him, wounding Lunala."
"Don't worry about your father, he and Solgaleo are blocking Necrozma."
"Once I find a place to heal, your father will come over."
Hearing his mother's words, Axel blinked hard.
'Taking the initiative to provoke Necrozma and retreating whole?'
'Is this really something two researchers could do?'
But thinking about it, it wasn't strange. They'd been living in Ultra Space so long, and could capture Solgaleo and Lunala at the very last second.
That already wasn't something normal people could ever accomplish.
Even with the system's intervention, ordinary researchers clearly wouldn't have survived in Ultra Space long enough for the system to arrive.
"Mom, don't run anymore, let me give you a buff."
Axel's mother instinctively had Lunala stop, "What buff?"
Axel squeezed the Eternatus pokéball in his hand, "Have you heard of Galar's Dynamax?"
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