Axel had some ideas about Colress.
This guy was known as a monster scientist. He really had the goods.
In Axel's view, he alone could rival an entire Rocket Team research division.
Although the Genesect he revived couldn't truly compare to legendary Pokémon, the strongest individuals among them still had the ability to wrestle with Mewtwo.
That was exactly why, after Axel encountered Colress in the Pokémon world, he didn't kill him right away.
He wanted to obtain a fairly powerful Genesect army in the future.
It was just that later on, that guy somehow colluded with Pryce, causing his research path to go crooked.
Fortunately, Axel had now run into the Colress from Team Rainbow Rocket, and this guy had even cracked Giovanni's protection restrictions, making it impossible for him to return to the Rainbow Rocket world.
Perfect timing to beat him up, settle the score, then make him turn over a new leaf and help cultivate a Genesect army.
When that time came, Axel would have both an Ultra Beast legion and a Genesect legion under his command, two top-tier forces to make up for shortcomings in mid and low-level combat power, better preparing him for the possible arrival of Team Rainbow Rocket.
As for restoring Necrozma to its radiant god form, that also required a capable scientist.
Because in the kingdom where Volcanion was, they intended to use energy to power a mechanical castle for war.
Axel needed to remodel that mechanical castle into a massive luminous object to charge Necrozma.
Clearly, all of that couldn't just be dumped onto Eva.
"Colress, come out and have a chat?", Axel cheerfully flicked out a Mud Shot, knocking against the Klinklang fortress.
"Since you like research anyway, how about working for me?"
"As for what just happened, I've already forgiven you. I promise I won't beat you to death. I'll just vent a little, okay?"
"In your dreams!"
Colress's shout quickly came from inside the Klinklang fortress, "You want me to help you with research, fine. But you're also thinking about beating me up?"
"Do you know how valuable a scientist I am? And you speak to me in that tone?"
Colress's voice was full of confidence. Ever since joining Team Plasma, he had experienced countless upheavals.
But every single time, someone wanted his research ability and treated him politely.
In his view, Axel was the same.
As long as he acted strong enough, Axel would definitely back down for the sake of his research talent.
"Do you know how high my research level is?"
"I only wanted to beat you to death, and you actually want to beat me up?"
Axel: "..."
He suddenly changed his mind. This guy didn't deserve forgiveness at all.
Being turned into an unconscious research machine by Mewtwo and Gardevoir would be this guy's best ending.
Axel's expression darkened, "I'll count to three. If you don't come out, don't blame me for being rude."
Colress continued to shout, "Count to a hundred and I still won't change my mind!"
"As long as I don't want to come out, no one can open this Klinklang fortress unless you kill both me and Klinklang together!"
"Threatening me?", Axel wasn't buying it.
"Gardevoir, Pheromosa, give it a try!"
But soon, after Gardevoir and Pheromosa made their attempts, Axel was stunned.
Just like Colress said, this Klinklang fortress was almost impossible to break through.
Even Gardevoir's psychic power couldn't penetrate it.
Destroying the fortress itself would be easy, but just as Colress claimed, he would die before the fortress did.
Just when Axel was at a loss, a familiar crackling sound of electricity suddenly came from Rotom.
["Roto! Roto! Master, Regirock has arrived. Please step back!"]
"Oh? You called in backup?", Colress continued in his mocking tone from inside the fortress.
"But let me make this clear. Even if Regirock's father shows up, the best he can do is kill me. There's no way he can crack my fortress."
Axel: "..."
Right now, he really did want to kill Colress.
At that moment, Regirock's chest suddenly split open, and Eva leaped out from the modified cockpit, looking curiously at the Klinklang fortress.
"Huh? Axel, what's this next to you? It looks super high-tech!"
"An unopenable turtle shell," Axel said helplessly, not wanting Colress to keep affecting his mood.
"Pheromosa, just kick him to death. I'll take Eva to see my parents. If my mom goes back to pick her up later, she might miss her."
"Wait, don't go back yet!", Eva broke free from Axel's hand and cracked her knuckles while staring at the Klinklang fortress.
Her tone was full of excitement, like when she saw a toy she really liked as a child.
"They actually combined Klinklang like this. Looks like they've got deep research into Steel-type Pokémon."
"This thing looks really precise. Can I study it for a bit?"
Axel nodded indifferently.
Eva's eyes lit up instantly. She took out some tools from Regirock and walked over eagerly. Soon, clanging sounds rang out.
"Hmph! Is there a researcher outside?"
"It's useless effort. My research ability, Colress's, is unmatched in the world. Even if professors came, they couldn't open my fortress."
"Axel, I advise you..."
At that point, Colress's words abruptly stopped, because he shockingly discovered that one of the Klinklang units had suddenly fallen off.
And Axel's gaze was burning as he looked at him.
Eva set down her wrench, looking slightly bored, "What the heck... I thought I could study it a bit longer. Didn't expect it to be even faster than you, Axel."
Axel: "???"
'Tell me, in what way am I fast?'
Colress was equally dumbfounded. Since when did a scholar this outrageous exist in the world?
Axel smiled cheerfully at Colress. In his hand appeared a blade resembling a massive Western greatsword, the Precipice Blades.
"You were the one shouting just now, right?"
Colress's mouth twitched. His knees went weak, and with a thud, he dropped to his knees.
"Honorable leader, it was all a misunderstanding!"
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