"Lillie?"
Hearing this name, Axel's attention quickly shifted away from Kyurem and landed on the person who spoke.
This person was wearing the uniform of the Aether Foundation, exactly the same as the group Axel had seen yesterday.
Axel immediately sensed something was off, 'Didn't the people from the Aether Foundation escape into the sea with Aether Paradise?'
'How could they be here…'
Also, Axel remembered clearly that yesterday one of the captured Aether Foundation members said that another team had gone to catch jellyfish.
At the time, he thought those people were catching jellyfish to increase Aether Paradise's escape speed. After all, they had wanted Professor Kukui to help customize Z-Moves to speed up Aether Paradise's escape.
But now that he thought about it…
'Could it be that what we caught were actually Ultra Jellyfish?'
If that were the case, then looking for Aether Paradise underwater from the start had been the wrong direction.
They were very likely using Ground-type Land Jellyfish to escape underground.
As for the name Lillie, Axel ignored it directly.
The people who attacked the Sun and Moon Research Lab yesterday had also claimed to be under Gladion, but neither Gladion nor Lillie could possibly be helping Aether Paradise.
"Gardevoir!"
Gardevoir instantly understood Axel's intent. Psychic power surged out like a tidal wave, trying to interrogate that Aether Foundation member for more details.
But at that moment, Kyurem glanced into the distance as if it had received some kind of order. It suddenly rose up from the magma, slapped the man with a claw into a Land Jellyfish-shaped machine, and smashed the machine straight into the magma.
Immediately after, a highly punchable telepathic message rang out. ["Hahahaha! The more you want to know something, the more I won't let you know!"]
["If you've got the guts, then kill me!"]
Axel: "..."
'Damn it, when did this guy become this disgusting?'
"Rayquaza, Mewtwo, Eternatus, Ho-Oh, all of you go together and fulfill his wish!"
"Gyarados, Gardevoir, let's chase them!"
———
On the distant surface of the sea, Pryce sat in a wheelchair. In front of him, a screen was clearly playing the scene unfolding on Axel's side.
Behind him stood two young men and women, both dressed in black and wearing masks.
Seeing Kyurem take the initiative to provoke Axel and even expose its own identity, Pryce's face turned livid.
The Kyurem he had spent a huge price to save had caused this kind of mess on its very first mission.
And it even went to provoke Axel, 'Why don't you take a look at how much you're actually worth?'
'If I'd known, I would've just let it rot in that cave…'
"This piece of trash, aside from being a Legendary Pokémon, is completely useless. No wonder it once lost to Axel!"
Seeing Pryce enraged, the two beside him became flustered and hurried to console him.
"Godfather, don't be angry. Things are still within a manageable range."
"Your combat power is unmatched. Piloswine and Delibird can even capture Ho-Oh. If Kyurem fails, we're willing to follow you and go up there together to deal with that guy Axel!"
Hearing their words, Pryce couldn't help smacking his gums.
'Me go up there?'
'Go up your ass!'
After suffering several consecutive failures, Pryce felt that the only person around him who was truly useful anymore was Karen.
Unless Karen were present and used her proficient Dark-type abilities to weaken Axel's Pokémon, he might have a chance to defeat Axel.
As for fighting one-on-one?
Just thinking about Axel's entire skill set made Pryce's head ache.
He really couldn't understand how such a filthy guy had earned the favor of so many Legendary Pokémon.
In his view, aside from that white god sent by the equally filthy Giovanni, the other gods should have stomped Axel to death long ago.
But facing his two godsons, Pryce obviously couldn't start cursing.
Ever since running into Axel, his luck had been especially bad, with various villain organizations constantly coming to provoke him.
Although he won every time, the process was never easy.
The foundation around him was nearly gone. Now, every godson willing to stay was an extremely precious asset.
In other words, the old cold-blooded methods no longer worked. Times had changed.
"Don't worry. Godfather has other ideas."
"Stick with me and work hard. Even though our main base in the Johto region was wiped out by that directionless idiot, we're about to take control of Team Plasma."
"Those guys aren't great in combat, but they're not stupid."
"Once Colress finishes his research on ancient legendary creatures, each of you will be able to have a legendary Pokémon."
Pryce tossed out a huge carrot, and the eyes of the two behind him immediately lit up.
"Thank you, Godfather!"
Pryce nodded lightly. Under the mask, his face was aching like hell.
'Now that the godsons are soothed, how should Axel be dealt with?'
He could see clearly that with Rayquaza, Mewtwo, and the others working together, the Ice Dragon Kyurem had absolutely no power to fight back.
Ice chunks flew everywhere, dragon scales scattered.
One small shark on the ground was even picking up ice chunks and dragon scales to eat, eating until it was hiccupping.
["Kyurem!"], Through a special device, Pryce's voice appeared in Kyurem's mind.
Just moments ago, he had suddenly come up with a perfect way to fight.
'Doesn't Axel like playing decapitation tactics?'
Then he'd play decapitation with Axel.
After all, he was in the shadows and Axel was in the open. There was no way he could lose out.
["Help me!"], Kyurem's panicked voice came through Pryce's earpiece.
After exchanging blows with several Pokémon in succession, Kyurem finally realized that the current Axel was no longer someone it could even try to offend.
Clearly, last time Axel had needed to go all out just to defeat him.
Yet in just a short month, Axel already had at least three beings around him that could fight Kyurem head-on.
He even suspected Axel was Arceus's biological son, or maybe a good brother who'd been separated for thousands of years.
Fortunately, he also had helpers now.
["Pryce, quickly let Piloswine and Delibird come out. Let's deal with Axel together!"]
["Don't worry,"] Pryce kept soothing him, trying to calm Kyurem down.
["Hold on a little longer. When Axel comes back, use Glaciate World on him and seal him together with you."]
["Once inside, you kill Axel. I'll guard the frozen world and keep the other Pokémon from entering."]
["Then…"]
Kyurem's eyes lit up.
["Then I can take revenge however I want?"]
Pryce stroked the beard beneath his mask and smiled calmly.
["What do you think of my plan?"]
At that moment, Kyurem was smacked in the face by one of Mewtwo's spoons. His body slammed into the ground like a cannonball, nearly knocking Selene flying.
Yet instead of continuing to rage, he laughed strangely.
["So satisfying!"]
Rayquaza, Mewtwo: "???"
'Did he get hit stupid?'
Little Ho-Oh hurriedly covered Eternatus's head with its wings, then carried Eternatus and the half-dead Selene off into the distance.
Good boy, we're not playing with idiots, okay.
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