Hearing Gardevoir's words, Axel felt himself lightly shatter.
The opponent was Cynthia.
Although he had never seen her Garchomp, didn't know its exact level. Just thinking about the her record of crushing Team Galactic, it was clear that Garchomp definitely wouldn't be simple.
However, since Gardevoir had already taken the field, Axel wouldn't back down either.
Anyway, he still had Mewtwo on his side, it wouldn't be to the extent of not being able to win even a single round.
"Then let's battle."
Beside him, Caitlin's mind instantly became chaotic, her psychic power showing faint signs of losing control.
'What is all this?'
'Meeting once and already battling the Sinnoh Champion. Axel, are you really this hard-headed?'
"You two… sure… you want to battle?"
Cynthia and Axel nodded at the same time.
"Sure!"
Seeing Axel's resolute expression, Caitlin fell into contemplation.
'This guy seems even more ill than me?'
"Come out, Garchomp!", After deciding on the battle, Cynthia didn't hesitate at all, directly summoning Garchomp.
This Garchomp had a bow on its head, its body didn't look huge, but was extremely well-proportioned.
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— Garchomp: Level 82 (Dragon/Ground-type Pokémon, evolved form of Gabite, if it folds its body, it can even fly at supersonic speed.)
— Ability: Rough Skin (When attacked, damages the opponent that made contact with it using its rough skin)
— Ability: Sand Veil (In a sandstorm, evasion increases)
— Aptitude: Champion
— Moves: Swords Dance, Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Dragon Dive, Sandstorm, Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Fire Blast, Surf, Brick Break...
— Held Item: Life Orb (When held, HP decreases with each attack, but move power increases)
— Tags: Multi-Attack (Gold), Dragon-Type King (Gold)
• Multi-Attack: Each attack becomes stronger than the last, capable of launching a storm-like barrage of attacks.
• Dragon-Type King: Greatly increases speed when using Dragon-type moves, power increases by 50%.
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Seeing Garchomp's Tags, Axel couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Not that Garchomp was too strong, but too weak.
Although it had dual abilities and two gold Tags, the level wasn't high for a champion.
'Based on Cynthia's performance in the storyline, Garchomp should be at least around level 90, so what's with this level 82?'
But very soon, Axel realized.
It was probably due to the timeline convergence.
Currently, Red and Green had just set out, and Gold was still at home playing billiards.
The Kanto Elite Four hadn't done the catastrophic Kanto event, and Pryce hadn't re-caught Ho-Oh and Lugia.
In contrast, Cynthia had already become Champion early, which indicated that each region had undergone some changes during the timeline convergence process.
In that case, it made sense.
"How about one round to decide the outcome?", Axel looked toward Cynthia with an inquiring gaze.
If multiple Pokémon were used in battle, he admitted he was definitely not Cynthia's match.
"Sure," Cynthia crossed her arms.
"I'd like to see whether you can summon Mew even in the real world."
Axel grinned and didn't argue with Cynthia on that topic.
Move-sealing tactics weren't exclusive to Mew. Mewtwo had similar abilities.
"Gardevoir, rest for now. Let Mewtwo fight today."
"Your level is too low right now, I'm afraid you'll get hurt."
A trace of softness flashed in Gardevoir's eyes, but she still showed no intention of backing down.
The black scale in her hand released a faint glow, and the shadow of Rayquaza inside roared wildly.
["Not necessary, really not necessary, endure and the storm will pass, step back and the sea is wide, little sister,"] Rayquaza knew Gardevoir was crazy, the kind who would go all out for her master.
But now Gardevoir was using his energy.
Who could understand this, brothers? His revival progress bar was already halfway there.
Gardevoir's voice reached into the scale, ["Once this is over, I'll take you to Paldea. There are two new Dragon-type gods about to be born there."]
The black Rayquaza phantom froze for a moment, then began roaring excitedly within the scale's space, ["Let's go! Do it!"]
["A mere Garchomp, actually dares to go offline and fight our master in reality."]
["I, Rayquaza, am the first to not stand for this!"]
While Gardevoir and Rayquaza were communicating inside, Mewtwo, who had been reading a notebook in the corner, suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth.
He had always felt that there was something else in Axel's team, turns out it was real.
'How come it feels even more hot-tempered than Gardevoir?:
'What kind of people are in this team.'
Feeling mentally exhausted, Mewtwo had Rotom play an episode of a friendship-themed anime, and teleported to appear in front of Gardevoir.
["Hey~ watch some anime. I'll handle this match."]
Axel quickly agreed, pulling Gardevoir's arm, "Yeah, let Mewtwo do it, don't make me worry."
Being held back by Axel, the red glow in Gardevoir's eyes slowly faded. She looked seriously at Cynthia, and a telepathic voice appeared in Cynthia's mind.
["No one… can take… master… from me… not even you!"]
After speaking, Gardevoir made a short-range teleport, bringing Axel to one side of the battle arena.
Cynthia: "???"
'What? Who wants to take your master?'
'If I try to take your master, may I be forced to battle Diantha every day.'
After swearing this cruel oath, Cynthia turned and walked to the other side of the battlefield.
"Little Caitlin, you'll be the referee."
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Very soon, Caitlin stood at the center of the field.
"When Cynthia makes her move, remember to control the move power, don't destroy the school."
"And Axel, you also need to be careful."
Cynthia: "..."
'Little Caitlin, aren't you favoring your lover too much right now?'
"Don't worry, I won't let Garchomp destroy the field," Axel kindly reminded, "My Mewtwo isn't simple either, better not underestimate it."
With a level difference of over twenty, most of Mewtwo's stats were inferior to Garchomp's.
But in terms of special attack, he was far stronger than Garchomp.
If the two clashed with ranged attacks, Garchomp's moves could easily be broken by Mewtwo.
"I understand," Hearing Axel's reminder, Cynthia nodded.
Actually, her impression of Axel wasn't too bad, and she didn't really like meaningless battles.
At first she suggested a battle just to make Axel back down.
But he agreed too quickly...
Seeing that the two weren't taking it too seriously, treating it as just a spar, Caitlin let out a long breath, "Alright then, let the match begin!"
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