"Hoo… finally came out."
Axel opened his eyes and rubbed his brow with a pained expression.
He never would have imagined even in his dreams, at the very end, Carmine had chatted with Axel for a while on the bridge at the entrance of Blueberry Academy.
She kept apologizing on Kieran's behalf, and at the same time casually expressed her admiration for Axel.
It was really awkward… Axel had never experienced a confession from a poor college girl like that before.
He had absolutely no experience.
Even more frustrating was that if the plot didn't finish, he couldn't bring Terapagos out.
In order to make sure all the effort he had put in these past days didn't go to waste and to successfully obtain Terapagos, this super support Pokémon, Axel had endured far too much.
"Good thing I still managed to bring it out!"
Thinking about Terapagos's trait description, Axel couldn't help feeling excited.
After tucking the blankets around Gardevoir and Pheromosa, who were still resting beside him, Axel immediately walked out of the room, planning to hand Terapagos over to Ho-Oh.
Axel estimated that in about half a month, Terapagos's soul could be successfully nurtured.
At that time, he would be able to control both the Dynamax system and the Terastal system at the same time.
"Huh, Axel, you're awake!"
Just as he walked out of the room, Axel saw Cynthia busy in the kitchen.
"The food will be ready soon. I invited the League Chairwoman here to come over and eat later. We can talk about the Great Platinum Orb together."
"League Chairwoman?"
In Axel's mind, the image of a serious woman with long dark purple hair and blue streaks instantly appeared.
Knowing that an outsider was coming, Axel wasn't in a hurry to hand Terapagos over to Ho-Oh anymore.
This turtle had a very special meaning to the Paldea region. Taking it out could easily cause trouble.
Axel wasn't afraid, but he didn't want to make the plan to bring Diao Chan back any more difficult for no reason.
"You actually invited Geeta. You Champions really have influence."
Axel skillfully wrapped his arms around Cynthia's slender waist and took the sushi mat from her hands.
"You go tidy up. I'll help cook."
Cynthia gave Axel an annoyed look.
"Listen to what you're saying, as if your status in the League is low."
"Right now, if you went to any League, you'd be treated as an honored guest."
After complaining a bit, Cynthia grabbed Axel's hands.
"And besides, this young lady is naturally beautiful. There's nothing I need to tidy up, right?"
"I only occasionally put on makeup when meeting a bad guy like you. When meeting people from other Leagues, I don't bother."
"No, you should."
"Why?", Cynthia looked at Axel in confusion.
"Because…", Axel wrapped an arm around her waist with a mischievous grin.
"I'm going to teach you how to cook!"
Just when the food was almost ready, a strange voice suddenly came from outside.
"Excuse me, is Miss Cynthia staying in this room?"
"I'm Geeta from the Paldea League. I came specifically to pay a visit."
"Oh, we'll be right there!", Cynthia quickly got up and ran toward the door.
As Cynthia opened the door, Axel also looked in that direction.
A slender woman with long dark purple hair that reached her waist stood outside the door.
Her outfit was entirely black, and with a few dyed streaks in her hair, she looked extremely serious.
Compared to the chairpersons of other regions, she looked rather empty around her, without even a single assistant.
There was also deep fatigue between her brows.
From this, it was clear that the Paldea region was not as peaceful as Axel had imagined, at least not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
"Hello, I'm Cynthia," Cynthia shook hands with Geeta openly and gestured toward the room.
"Hello. I've long heard of your name," Geeta didn't enter immediately. She lightly shook Cynthia's hand first before stepping into the room.
After entering the hotel guest room, she still didn't sit down right away. Her behavior didn't resemble that of a regional League chairperson at all.
"Have a seat," Axel placed the sushi rolls onto a plate, wiped his hands, then walked out of the room and pointed at the sofa behind Geeta.
"You are?", Seeing a man in the room, Geeta was confused for a moment, but she quickly realized.
"Mr. Axel?"
Axel nodded.
"That's right. Actually, this time it's me who wanted to ask you for help with something."
Geeta, who had just been about to sit down, immediately stood straight again and showed Axel great respect.
"I didn't expect you to come to the Paldea region as well. It was already an honor for Champion Cynthia to visit, but now a hero like you has also come. Our humble place is truly honored."
"I even told Cynthia on the phone earlier that guests of your level should have stayed in our League's diplomatic hotel. We've really been poor hosts."
Seeing Geeta's enthusiastic attitude, Cynthia at the doorway blinked at Axel.
'See? I told you that wherever you go now, you'll be treated as an honored guest.'
"Ahem!", Seeing Geeta like this, Axel actually felt a bit embarrassed.
Although he was quite strong, he had never really helped the Paldea region before. At most he had only trained a few small fry from Naranja Academy.
Seeing Axel hesitate to speak, Geeta was very straightforward.
"If you two have something to say, please say it directly. As long as it doesn't involve matters of principle, I'll definitely help."
Actually, if Axel and Cynthia didn't say anything, Geeta felt even more pressure.
What kind of people were these two?
Cynthia suppressed both the Unova and Sinnoh regions and kept the villains so firmly under control that they couldn't even appear on the surface.
Even when the two dragons of time and space appeared, she could battle them fiercely for an entire month. A top-tier Champion.
Besides that, Cynthia was also ranked among the top four in the World Coronation Series' Masters Eight.
As for Axel, he was even more of a monster among monsters, someone who could suppress gods with his own power.
Just a few days ago, Raihan, who had a good relationship with Geeta, had mentioned that Axel was going to face the source of the Ultra Beasts alone: the legendary Necrozma.
Now that Axel had appeared here, Geeta seriously suspected that he had already dealt with Necrozma.
"Since Chairwoman Geeta is so… uh, reasonable, I'll just say it directly," Axel slipped up and almost said "so understanding like a person," quickly correcting himself.
"My friend, Giratina, lost something called the Great Platinum Orb."
"According to his investigation, the Great Platinum Orb seems to have been sealed by Terastal energy and ended up in the museum of Zapapico Town."
"After hearing about this, I felt that if Giratina came personally, it might accidentally cause a conflict. So I thought I'd act as a middleman."
"Giratina's item? In the Paldea region?"
The moment she heard those words, Geeta's expression froze. Her already not-so-fair face almost turned completely dark.
Being the chairwoman in this region was practically a curse for her.
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