As the chairwoman of a regional League, Geeta knew very clearly what the name Giratina represented.
The master of the Reverse World. Like Axel, a being capable of suppressing the dragons of time and space.
The region's third god. A synonym for brutality. Any one of those titles alone could easily make an entire region tremble.
But now, this guy's item had actually ended up in Paldea?
If the Champion of the Paldea region, Nemona, weren't still so young, Geeta would already want to throw in the towel and quit.
When Geeta was young, she had experienced a disaster caused by a trainer not following the rules. She knew very well how terrifying it was when powerful forces lost control.
Thinking of that, Geeta took a deep breath.
"Thank you."
"The current Paldea League really can't withstand Giratina's rampage."
"But…", When she reached this point, Geeta's tone turned somewhat bitter.
"It's just that for certain reasons, the museum in Zapapico Town is currently in a semi-closed state. Even League personnel cannot enter freely."
"Only those who have obtained historical department qualifications from Naranja Academy can enter."
"So troublesome?", The smile on Cynthia's face faded slightly.
As a League Champion, she knew very well what kind of authority a Champion had.
Not to mention letting someone take something from a museum. Compared to the contributions of a League Champion, even moving the entire museum away would be a trivial matter.
As the chairwoman, Geeta's authority would only be higher.
"I…", Hearing the displeasure in Cynthia's voice, Geeta opened her mouth to explain, but in the end she said nothing.
Recently the Paldea region had been experiencing a hidden conspiracy. One of the nodes targeted by the Explorers was the Zapapico Town museum.
Before Axel and the others arrived, in order to protect a certain item inside the museum, Geeta had just established two rules:
1: Except for students from the history department of Naranja Academy, no one was allowed to enter the Zapapico Town museum, to prevent important items from falling into the dark world.
2: Anyone wanting to take something from inside must do so through a publicly announced auction process, to prevent favoritism and corruption.
When she established these rules, it had been extremely difficult. If she led the way in breaking them now, the rules she had finally established would become completely meaningless.
When she was young, she had lost her home because of someone else's "small abuse of power."
Since taking office, Geeta had finally managed to clean up the higher ranks of the League.
If she opened a loophole this time, then every high-ranking official in the League could follow her example and leave back doors for their friends.
Not only would the defense line in Zapapico Town against the Explorers become a complete joke, but all the efforts she had made in the League during this period would collapse.
Rationally, she knew that asking Cynthia and Axel for help now would make her work much easier.
But… Geeta had never had any interaction with Cynthia or Axel before.
Now Axel had just made a small request, and she was already going to make such an excessive demand?
Those words… Geeta simply couldn't say them.
After thinking it over again and again, Geeta looked at Cynthia apologetically.
"I'm truly sorry. If you want to enter the Zapapico Town museum, you must obtain historical department qualifications. This rule was just established."
"If I change it overnight… I'll be in a very difficult position."
"But don't worry. I know you're willing to act as Giratina's middleman for our sake. I will give you the greatest convenience within the academy."
Cynthia was about to say something more, but at that moment Axel slightly shook his head at her, then turned to look at Geeta.
"Then we'll trouble you with it."
"Hoo…", Seeing Axel's reaction, Geeta let out a long breath of relief.
"Thank you for your understanding. I will make sure you obtain the history department graduation certificate as quickly as possible."
After saying that, she also felt it wasn't appropriate to stay any longer and immediately took her leave.
But when she reached the door, Geeta still couldn't help turning back and looking deeply at Axel.
"I'll arrange someone to coordinate with you immediately. It definitely won't delay you for long."
"And… you truly deserve the name of hero."
After Geeta walked far away, Cynthia looked at Axel with some confusion.
"You're not in a hurry to rescue Diao Chan from the Great Platinum Orb? If you had insisted just now, Geeta definitely wouldn't have been able to withstand the pressure."
Axel smiled and shook his head.
"It's fine. I've waited this long already. A few more days won't matter."
"I just feel that Chairwoman Geeta already has a lot of pressure. This League doesn't seem to be entirely under her control, and she does want to help us, so it's better not to cause her too much trouble."
"And… just now Gardevoir sent me telepathy saying that the history classes at Naranja Academy are hiding some secrets. They might involve a few very special Pokémon."
"Alright…", Hearing that last sentence, Cynthia stopped insisting.
From their past interactions, she also knew that Gardevoir had a very accurate "intuition," often finding opportunities that were easily overlooked.
Since Gardevoir said so, then this history department course might really be able to provide some kind of help to Axel.
After finishing the meal, Cynthia left the Paldea region. She said that Team Plasma in the Unova region had broken out into internal conflict again, and she needed to deal with it.
It just so happened that Axel would be going to the history department of Naranja Academy to obtain qualifications over the next few days. The two agreed to meet in Levincia City in a few days.
After that, Cynthia rode Axel's Gyarados and disappeared from the spot.
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"System, help me summon Terapagos!"
Axel stood on the rooftop and released Rayquaza, Gardevoir, and Ho-Oh at the same time. Under the gaze of the three Pokémon, he waved his hand forward.
The next moment, a brilliant multicolored light appeared, condensing in midair into a Poké Ball that looked like it was made of diamonds.
The moment it opened, the light became even more dazzling, and even the entire hotel and nearby streets were enveloped in blazing radiance.
Gardevoir gently waved her hand, psychic power rippling outward. The nearby pedestrians seemed not to notice the light at all and continued doing their own things as usual.
The light gradually retracted inward, and a small turtle-shaped Pokémon made of crystal appeared on the rooftop, staring blankly at the sky with lifeless eyes.
It resembled a land turtle. Its entire body was dark blue, with bright light-blue eyes and rose-red eyeliner. Its shell was a teal hexagonal crystal, engraved with patterns symbolizing Terastallization.
It was none other than the God of Terastal of the Paldea region, whose authority rivaled Eternatus, Terapagos.
A trace of confusion flashed through Rayquaza's normally lazy gaze.
'What the hell is this thing?'
From Axel's past actions, he knew very well that Axel definitely had some kind of opportunity, perhaps even some strange power.
But this was way too outrageous.
Rayquaza could clearly sense that the Pokémon Axel had just casually created had a deep connection with this entire region.
In other words… if his perception wasn't wrong, Axel had just casually created a regional legendary Pokémon?
If the occasion weren't inappropriate right now, he would have already wanted to ask the little turtle whether it acknowledged this place as territory of Aurient.
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