Ka-cha! ka-cha!
Countless flashes lit up.
The corners of the eyes of Gary's female companions were full of affection, as they crazily took out their phones to snap photos of Gary.
But everyone else present was looking at Gary like he was an idiot.
'The secret realm is gone, what are you pretending for?'
'You say you can clear it? I can say I can clear it too!'
Under the endless flashes, Gary also realized something was wrong.
'Wasn't I just about to deliver the final blow to the Tyrantrum in the secret realm? Why are there so many flashes here?'
'Axel never said there would be this part when clearing the stage.'
He confusedly opened his eyes, then quickly closed them again.
'Damn it, can someone tell me why I came out?'
"Gary, I just cleared the secret realm, so the Tyrantrum should be gone."
Hearing Axel's voice, a single tear was squeezed out from the corner of Gary's eye.
He didn't cry when Axel used Smoliv to hit him, back then he thought if he couldn't beat him, he'd just join.
He didn't cry when Axel got ahead in progress, back then he thought he had big brothers and sisters behind him, sooner or later he'd turn the tables.
But now…
He finally got to act cool once, only to be rudely interrupted, 'That really hurts!'
Gary didn't know how he left Jasmine Village, he only knew that when he woke up from his daze, he was already in the narrow backseat of a sports car.
That's the seat even the dog normally doesn't sit in.
Driving was Axel, front passenger was Eva.
His female companions were driving other luxury cars, following alongside the red sports car.
"Thank you, Axel."
Even though he was really upset inside, his good upbringing still made Gary say thank you to Axel.
If not for Axel, he didn't know how big of a fool he would've made of himself.
"Small matter," Axel waved his hand, directly steering the conversation away.
"Didn't you say you were going to Kanto recently? Let's check when is a good time, I'll prepare a bit earlier."
"Best time would be after filling out the college application, otherwise I'm afraid it'll delay school."
A hint of emotion flashed in Gary's heart.
'See, this is a worthy rival.'
'Knows I just socially died in Aurient, and thoughtfully asks me when I'm heading to Kanto?'
'I hereby unilaterally declare, if Grandpa doesn't give you a really powerful Dargonair, I'm bringing Grandma Agatha(Kikuko) home to beat him up!'
"Then how about the third day after application filling?"
"Okay!"
After dropping Gary off at his place, Axel directly took the little loli and drove toward the outskirts of the district.
Gary stupidly waved goodbye for a long time before realizing something was off.
'If I remember correctly, isn't that my car?'
———
After parting with Gary, the little loli eagerly turned sideways, looking at Axel who was driving the sports car with one hand.
"Axel, where are we going to play?"
"Pokémon Center."
"What are we doing at the Pokémon Center, didn't we agree to take a break today?"
Axel didn't respond, directly took out a Pokéball from his waist.
With a flash of white light, a Duraludon that looked like a delicate model appeared in the little loli's arms.
Their eyes met, and the little loli's eyes instantly sparkled.
"Ahhh, it's a Duraludon!"
Different from the Tyrantrum, the Duraludon is extremely popular in this world.
Its main representative trainer is Raihan, the Dragon-type Gym Leader of the Galar region, who is very powerful, even capable of arm wrestling with one of the world's strongest champions, Leon.
There's even a saying among the public that Raihan is already champion-level, he just disdains to challenge other regions, so he remains just a gym leader under Leon.
To this saying, Axel silently gave a thumbs-up for the weakling champion Wallace.
Ten whole regions, and there are still a lot of champions who are pretty watered-down.
Right, Wallace?
Next to Axel, the little loli vigorously rubbed the body of the Duraludon, occasionally letting out squeals of delight that made Axel feel a bit itchy.
Mainly because the little loli's words were too dirty.
"So hard, Axel, harder than you!"
"Wow wow wow, it can move on its own!"
"So cold and cool, so comfortable~"
Seeing the little loli's tone getting more and more off-track, Axel decided to finish her with one blow, "Then I can also make your mouth unable to close."
Little loli: "..."
'Damn it, one slip-up and it became blackmail material, now I can't outtalk Axel anymore!'
"Axel."
"Hmm?"
"Where did this Duraludon come from?"
"The Jasmine Village secret realm was a trial-type secret realm, this is the reward for clearing it."
"Chairman Ishida mentioned that day, told me to go to the Pokémon Center after clearing it, said there were more rewards for me."
Hearing Axel casually flex like that, the little loli looked up to the sky.
"Why are you so amazing… will my mom think I'm not good enough for you?"
"Don't worry, Aunt Stacy won't change her opinion of you just because of a Duraludon."
"Really?", The little loli sounded pleasantly surprised.
'As expected of my own mom!'
"Of course it's true," Axel nodded and added a little something.
"Because Aunt Stacy already told me you're not good enough for me. She said only great beauties like Lorelei and Cynthia are worthy of me."
"Ahhhh, I'm gonna bite you to death!"
"Don't! There's a camera up ahead, you don't want to appear on the Emberpine District traffic violation public account, do you?"
The little loli was interrupted mid-cast, sobbed for a long time, and finally chose to dive headfirst under the steering wheel where the camera couldn't see.
"Anyway, I'm biting you to death!"
All the way teasing and bantering, the two quickly arrived at the Pokémon Center.
Axel locked the car, holding the little loli's soft white arm as they walked into the lobby.
"I'm going to see Chairman Ishida, do you want to come?"
"No~", The little loli lost interest, although Axel was joking on the way, she still felt a little uneasy inside.
She didn't understand why after only receiving her Pokémon for a few days, Axel had become so powerful.
'In the future, will I really not be good enough for Axel?'
"Then where are you going? You can't just wait around, right?"
"I want to check out the lab area. I plan to major in experimental science in college, it's good to get some early exposure."
"Alright," Axel nodded.
He thought of the research maniac tag the little loli had. If she really followed this path, maybe she could have a good future.
'Even the system recognized it, how bad can it be?'
After watching the little loli enter the lab, Axel had just turned to head upstairs when he saw a string of burly men in black suits enter the Pokémon Center lobby.
Each of them had a dark-aura Cloyster by their side, looking exactly like a gangster boss entourage.
Once the bodyguards stood still, a fair foot appeared under the Bentley's car door.
The foot's shape was perfect, and the diamonds on the shoe reflected the sunlight.
Even seeing just a foot was enough to imagine how stunning its owner must be.
"Tap tap", the foot's owner stood up, revealing a woman dressed in a luxurious dark dress, adorned with gauzy-style decorations, with golden long hair draped over her shoulders.
Upon seeing this woman's face, Axel's expression stiffened.
'This woman actually came to the Aurient region?'
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