Axel, while eating, began to think about what kind of Pokémon he could get for Eva.
All along, the professors in various regions had been key targets of capture by villainous organizations.
They had to be strong, and preferably reproducible.
That way, even if the Pokémon got targeted by villainous organizations, it wouldn't become a double temptation.
"If there's a chance, getting a Buzzwole, or finding the Regigigas and asking him to mold a pillar might not be bad?", Axel didn't know too much about Regigigas, only that this thing once appeared in the Hoenn region, and there was a precedent where it gave Regirock to the World Tree.
However, as his strength continued to grow, coming into contact with Regigigas was only a matter of time.
After the meal, Axel didn't disturb Eva's research and went straight to the backyard of the research institute.
Seeing Axel come over, the Garganacl immediately put down its food bowl, revealing an expectant look.
'Is he here to return my son?'
Although during the time his son was away, he hadn't been bothered by the Slowpoke, he was still unusually bored, basically just eating, sleeping, and missing his son every day.
"Missing your kid?", Axel smiled at Garganacl and released Garganacl from the Poké Ball.
"In the past few days, he's already grown to level 26, and has learned Heavy Slam, he probably won't be bullied by Slowpoke anymore."
"GRAON!", Garganacl gratefully bowed to Axel.
It rubbed its fingertips together several times, producing a big jar of Purifying Salt and handed it in front of Axel.
"For me?"
Garganacl nodded.
"Alright, then I'll accept it."
Axel did not reject Garganacl's kindness. This type of salt was very effective for healing injuries.
If used properly, it could even save lives.
After bidding farewell to Garganacl, Axel turned and walked toward the spot where he had seen the Gimmighoul on the first day.
Now it seemed like it wasn't awake yet, curled up in the corner like an ordinary antique chest.
Axel grinned, feeling like this might be fun.
This type of Pokémon was very peculiar. Almost completely uninterested in anything other than coins. Even the specially made food from the research institute was only eaten occasionally.
Because of that, they rarely allowed themselves to be willingly captured by trainers.
"Ahem~", Axel approached Gimmighoul and took a gold coin from his backpack.
A string of coin-colliding sounds rang out, and with a creak, Gimmighoul's treasure chest opened.
Gimmighoul excitedly looked at the gold coin in Axel's hand and immediately lunged toward it.
"Attacking a human isn't a good habit," Axel blocked the treasure chest with one hand, smiling as he reached in with the other, intending to grab the Gimmighoul inside.
Seeing the human block its attack with one hand, Gimmighoul obviously panicked and let out a sharp scream.
"A Ghost-type scare move?"
"Won't work on me."
Gimmighoul: "???"
As a Ghost-type Pokémon, Gimmighoul could confidently say:
It must have seen a ghost.
No, no, it had to shut the lid and kick this guest out.
Creak~
The chest made a light sound, but it was already too late.
Axel's hand was already inside, easily grabbing the Gimmighoul within.
"Wah~", Gimmighoul let out a few terrified tears, flailing its body in panic.
Clatter-clatter-clatter~ Clatter-clatter-clatter~
"You're saying you don't want coins anymore?"
Gimmighoul nodded wildly.
"What a pity. I recently happened to get more than twenty gold coins and was thinking of giving them to a destined Gimmighoul."
'Jingle?'
Gimmighoul's tears immediately disappeared, looking at Axel expectantly, its little hand pointing wildly at itself.
'Me me me, me!'
Gimmighoul completely forgot its situation, its mind filled only with those twenty-some coins.
As more and more Gimmighoul appeared around the world, Gimmighoul coins were becoming harder and harder to collect.
It had gathered less than twenty coins in the past hundred days.
If this human really had over twenty gold coins, it would even sell itself.
"You want to come with me?"
Gimmighoul nodded.
"What if I don't give you the coins?"
Gimmighoul completely ignored Axel's question.
That kind of thing was only useful to Gimmighoul, it had no use to other Pokémon.
As long as it acknowledged its trainer, could those coins fly away?
Gimmighoul took a deep breath. Smelling the scent of coins in Axel's backpack, it lunged without hesitation at Axel's waist.
'Empty Poké Ball, take my Tackle.'
A white light flashed. The Poké Ball fell to the ground, swayed gently three times, and then burst into a small firework.
Axel grinned, this result was entirely within his expectations.
After releasing Gimmighoul again, Axel didn't rush to introduce it to his other teammates.
At the Gimmighoul stage, this kind of Pokémon had no interest in anything besides money.
It would be better to wait until it evolved into Gholdengo before introductions.
"Here, take a look, see how many more you need out of these twenty-some coins?"
Gimmighoul nodded eagerly and dumped all the coins into the chest.
After squeezing himself in, the chest had space left for about five more coins.
"Still short five or six?"
Gimmighoul rummaged around in the pile of coins for a bit, then excitedly jumped out and drew five vertical lines on the ground.
"Alright, we'll find time to keep searching."
Clatter~
Gimmighoul jumped onto Axel's shoulder, affectionately nuzzling his cheek.
'The man who helps me find coins is the best man ever.'
After capturing Gimmighoul, Axel returned it to its Poké Ball.
"Eva, I've taken Gimmighoul with me."
"Okay," Chen Ziying poked her head out from the lab, "Take a look at how many coins it still needs. I'll see if I can scrape some from my small treasury and maybe help you buy a few from others."
"No need for now, we'll talk about it later," Axel didn't plan to spend Eva's money. She was just starting out and had many places to spend it.
Of course, if Eva got rich, he wouldn't hesitate to spend either...
"I'm off to a match now, today is the final at Ninox."
"Remember what I told you, don't rush the research speed. Your own safety comes first."
"Okay," Eva nodded obediently, "Are you coming back tonight?"
Axel hesitated. He wasn't sure whether he would come back.
After all, Gyarados still needed training. Before Cynthia left, he had to make sure Gyarados learned her fighting style.
"I bought a Gardevoir pajama set~..."
Axel: "?"
"I'll try to come back!"
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