After turning around, Platinum poked Axel's arm, "Axel, are you asleep?"
Axel's eyelashes trembled slightly, "Team Galactic, I won't lose to you!"
"Huh?", Platinum stretched an arm out from under the blanket and waved it in front of Axel's eyes. After seeing he didn't react, she couldn't help but laugh.
"How hard does this guy work, really? He's already so strong, yet even in the middle of the night he dreams of battles."
Seeing Platinum's movements, Nihilego, who was floating beside the room, froze for a moment.
"Uu-i~?"
'Why does it feel like today master is in danger?'
'But… should I go call Sister Garde or not?'
The little one blinked hard, her gaze turned toward the direction of Alola, and she fell into confusion.
She remembered the servant of the gods once said they needed a hundred and eighty grandchildren~
Nihilego struggled in her mind for quite a long time, then finally blinked and very decisively floated outside the bedroom door.
"Uu-i~"
'Forget it, forget it, I'll just pretend I didn't see anything!'
———
The next morning, sunlight poured into the room through the tall windows.
Axel rubbed his eyes, woke from the dream world, and let out a helpless sigh.
Of all things, that young lady had to provoke a Gyarados.
Doesn't she know that this Pokémon explodes at the slightest spark?
What, does she really think it's as soft and easy to bully as a jelly-like Slime?
Axel tossed out the General's Poké Ball and handed Gyarados's Poké Ball to him.
"General, train Gyarados properly, don't let him idle around so much."
The General: "???"
As expected, the master was becoming more and more like an emperor.
To serve at the emperor's side is like serving a tiger, truly not just an empty saying.
But the Gyarados who appeared outside the Poké Ball looked completely dumbfounded.
'Wait, the one who caused the trouble was that Gyarados, and yet I'm the one getting punished?'
'Next time, just let Sister Garde kick him to death already!'
Seeing Gyarados's depressed face, Axel's own gloom lessened a little. Smiling, he waved his hand and stopped teasing him.
"Alright, alright, I won't mess with you guys anymore. Your strength is practically about to leave the rest behind."
"Lately we've been spending too much money, so resources have to be used sparingly, which means more training instead."
"Take Dragonair and Nihilego with you too, and make sure none of you fall behind."
"Rayquaza, could I trouble you to guide them a bit?"
Hearing Axel's last sentence, the gloom in Gyarados's eyes instantly vanished.
'Lord Rayquaza's guidance?'
'I knew it, the master really does treat me the best!'
Creak!
Just as Axel was watching Gyarados and the others leave, the door opened softly.
Platinum, sitting in her wheelchair, pushed a dining cart into the room.
The cart was piled high with heavy tonic items like deer antler and sea cucumber.
Axel glanced at it, and the corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"Wait… who eats this kind of stuff for breakfast?"
Seeing Axel's strong reaction, Platinum instinctively lowered her head, two blush clouds rising on her cheeks, and murmured softly, "But… but I thought these things might be useful for you, so I had someone prepare them."
"If you don't like them, I can have someone bring a different breakfast."
"Don't," Axel quickly stopped the young lady.
She had gotten up so early in the morning, sitting in her wheelchair just to prepare food for him.
Even if it wasn't made by her own hands, Axel couldn't bring himself to let her make another trip.
It would be better for him to go get something himself.
Just as Axel pushed the young lady to the table, planning to go downstairs to buy some soy milk and fried dough sticks, she suddenly spoke, "When I came up just now, I think I heard you mention that money's been a bit tight lately?"
She rummaged inside the little handbag placed on the sofa and pulled out a black card embossed with golden cloud patterns.
"I don't mean anything else, I just want to say you shouldn't make yourself suffer..."
"I'm afraid you'll misunderstand, so I won't give you too much. Just two hundred million, let's say it's for treating Gyarados and the others to a meal, alright?"
Feeling the coolness of the card in his hand, Axel sighed and obediently sat across the table.
As a transmigrator, he wasn't some clueless fool.
So what if it was ginseng and deer antler?
Eat it!
———
"Damn, this meal really is impossible to eat!"
Volkner paced excitedly back and forth inside Sunyshore Gym.
As Crasher's friend, he had heard the name Axel long ago.
At the same time, he also knew from the group chat that the one speedrunning the Sinnoh gyms was none other than Axel and the Platinum young lady from the Berlitz family.
But in his heart, there was only excitement, not any other feeling.
So what if Axel had beaten Crasher, so what if he was speedrunning gyms?
It didn't mean his Electivire couldn't beat him.
As the strongest Gym Leader in Sinnoh, he had never been afraid of challenges, what he feared was only opponents being too boring.
Taking down Byron's gym in one blow, easily defeating Fantina in a field battle, thrashing Crasher so badly he had to run off to Pastoria City to ask Byron for advice...
All of it showed Axel was a top-tier powerhouse.
Especially yesterday.
He had clearly seen Axel's Glastrier and a Gardevoir fighting Mesprit in the skies, without yielding an inch.
Just thinking of that kind of violent power made Volkner's excitement surge to the extreme.
If he could fight against such ferocious Pokémon, he'd be willing to die for it.
"Let's go, Electivire. Wait with me at the door for Axel to show up!"
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