After experiencing the battle with Mela, Gyarados clearly became excited.
It flew out not far before landing on the ground, its large and bright eyes staring hard at Axel, full of anticipation.
"You already want to go train now?"
Gyarados nodded vigorously, its massive tail swaying gently, even more Yorkie than a Yorkie.
"You just finished a battle, aren't you tired?"
As soon as these words came out, Axel felt that this question was a bit redundant.
With its huge body, coupled with the Water Flooding Gold Mountain trait, the previous battle was probably just an appetizer for Gyarados.
"Forget it, I'll go train with you anyway."
"ROAR!"
Gyarados excitedly rolled on the ground once, then carried Axel flying toward the spacious training room.
'Time to get to work.'
Axel summoned all his Pokémon except for the Gimmighoul. The entire training room was instantly lit with intense white light.
"Everyone train as usual. Little Phoenix, come here. Help Gyarados improve its pressure resistance."
Gyarados: "???"
'Traitor, I'm your dragon, the dragon you personally raised!'
"What are you afraid of, aren't you also a Pokémon?"
"You don't like playing tactics, and when I assign you a strong attack-type opponent, you're unhappy too."
Axel patted Little Phoenix's head and told it to train Gyarados well.
He also gave Gyarados an encouraging look before turning and sitting on a chair to the side.
As their strength grows stronger and stronger, it's only a matter of time before his Pokémon fight legendary beasts.
But right now, aside from Pheromosa and Gardevoir, Dragonair, Duraludon, Gyarados, and Nihilego were still lacking in potential.
Fortunately, he had legendary Pokémon at hand, so they could get used to it in advance.
After training for a while, Axel felt it was about time.
"Rotom, help me contact Cynthia. See if she's available now."
"Roto-Rotom~"
A few seconds later, Cynthia's image appeared in front of Axel.
Cynthia was currently in the villa bought by Caitlin and was not wearing her iconic black trench coat.
A black silk camisole long dress, paired with her flushed cheeks, gave her quite a bit of the girl-next-door vibe.
Seeing Axel's figure, Cynthia couldn't help but recall last night's friction, and her cheeks became even redder.
["Y-Yeah... what do you want?"]
"Nothing."
Cynthia: "???"
'What kind of beastly words are those!'
"Ahem... just kidding," Axel scratched his head and immediately got to the point, "Hurry over and help me train Gyarados. Class is about to start soon."
["Oh, o-okay."]
After hanging up the call, Cynthia slammed herself onto the bed, pressing her head into the pillow.
'Damn it, so tiring!'
Back in Sinnoh, she had to handle all sorts of daily affairs and often beat up the Elite Four who came seeking a thrashing.
She originally thought she could take a good break in Aurient, but unexpectedly, she ran into this guy Axel.
'I will never meet people offline again in the future!'
Also, Cynthia was quite conflicted about whether to bring Caitlin along to class in a bit.
Without Caitlin, she was afraid being alone with Axel might lead to trouble; with Caitlin, she feared things might be even more dangerous.
At that moment, Axel sent another voice message.
["Hurry up and come over. I've got something here that might let Garchomp learn Dragon Dance."]
'Dragon Dance?'
Cynthia and Garchomp looked at each other and both saw the blazing heat in each other's eyes.
'Let's do it!'
After becoming the top Garchomp trainer, Cynthia had tried countless ways to push Garchomp further.
Learning Dragon Dance was one crucial step.
Once it mastered Dragon Dance, Garchomp, already skilled in attack and speed, would be raised to a whole new level.
Unfortunately, Cynthia had tried all sorts of methods, even asking Professor Elm who was good at egg hatching to help hatch one, but none of the Garchomps could learn Dragon Dance.
According to several researchers, the only way Garchomp could learn Dragon Dance might lie with the gods.
Only those Pokémon who possessed divine authority could achieve such seemingly impossible things.
Thinking of that purple god beside Axel, Cynthia couldn't help but start breathing heavily, "Garchomp, let's go!"
———
Axel was watching Little Phoenix ravage Gyarados when suddenly a series of sonic booms rang out outside the door.
Bang!
The alloy door was busted open, and Garchomp charged into the training room with Cynthia.
"Axel, do you really have a way to make Garchomp learn Dragon Dance?"
Cynthia grabbed Axel's arm tightly, her eyes full of anticipation.
Beside her, Garchomp was also breathing heavily, purple mist puffing from her nostrils, her sharp gaze fixed intently on Axel.
Axel seriously suspected that if he said something like "Just kidding," he'd immediately see the world's number one Garchomp go completely berserk.
"Ahem... I said it's only possible," Axel slightly lowered his head, and immediately felt blinded by purple light.
He quickly raised his gaze slightly, aiming it at Cynthia's flushed face.
"Also... that outfit of yours seems to not be covering much. Want to borrow my jacket?"
"No need!", In front of Dragon Dance, Cynthia didn't care about such minor details at all.
Anyway, what's seen is seen, no harm now.
"Can you tell me the specific way to let Garchomp learn Dragon Dance?"
Axel nodded and pointed past Gyarados and Ho-Oh, toward Duraludon who was chasing Dragonair in the distance.
Cynthia followed the direction Axel pointed and just happened to witness the scene of Ho-Oh KO'ing Gyarados with five Sacred Fire attacks.
"???"
"When did you get a Ho-Oh?", Cynthia looked shocked and turned to the Axel behind her.
"So your way to make Garchomp learn Dragon Dance is through Ho-Oh and that purple god called Mewtwo?"
"Not really," Axel shook his head, "Ho-Oh and Mewtwo were both encountered during a recent trip to Kanto. The divine beasts over there seem to like me."
"But learning Dragon Dance has nothing to do with those two. Neither of them are Dragon-type."
Cynthia blinked her big eyes, as if deducing something incredible from Axel's words.
"Don't tell me... you have another Dragon-type deity?"
"No... but I do have a Dragon General," Axel waved at Duraludon.
"Duraludon, come over here."
"ROAR?"
Duraludon jogged over a few steps, looking at Axel with an eager face.
'Master called me over, he must want me to give Gyarados a lesson too?'
'As the Dragon General, it is my duty.'
"I have a task for you."
Hearing Axel's words, Duraludon immediately stood at attention.
'So it is to teach Gyarados?'
But Axel's next sentence completely baffled Duraludon.
"For the next few days, you'll be in charge of teaching Cynthia's Garchomp to learn Dragon Dance."
Looking at Garchomp's expectant expression, Duraludon panicked.
'Why did Master take on such a huge job?'
'If I can't do it, I'll die dragon-dead!'
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