Chapter 74: Dragonite’s Change of Mentality

Professor Oak quickly figured it out.

Daisy must have felt that Axel's Pokémon training was excellent and felt ashamed in comparison.

Thinking this way, Oak became even more interested in Axel's Gardevoir.

He now couldn't wait to get Gardevoir's energy data to use in researching a more powerful Pokédex.

"Since there's nothing else for now, then quickly go interact with the Dratini."

"Alright," Axel responded, unable to contain his excitement, and turned to look at Professor Oak's Dragonite.

Its size was slightly larger than an ordinary Dragonite, standing about 2.5 meters tall.

Its body was orange-yellow, with dense cream-colored patterns on its abdomen.

Above its firm and resolute gaze, a pair of small antennae swept backward.

'Emmm…'

'It looks a bit unhappy?'

On the way to Kanto, Axel had once consulted Raihan for some knowledge about dragons.

Among them was exactly how Dragonite expresses emotions.

Thinking back to the conversation between Gary and this Dragonite just now, Axel immediately figured it out.

Pokémon are creatures with emotions just like humans, whether it's Gardevoir, Pheromosa, Duraludon, or even the Venusaur and Scyther he had only seen once.

They are all like this.

As intelligent, emotional creatures, they would normally wish for their offspring to stay by their side.

If that condition isn't met, they might choose a better path for their children.

But Axel had just checked, this Dragonite was already level 89, a genuine champion-level combat power.

Its children were also being well cared for by Professor Oak, ranging from level 20 to 30.

Under such circumstances, thinking from the Dragonite's perspective, if he were this Dragonite, he probably wouldn't want his offspring to leave either.

Axel suddenly felt a bit hesitant.

To be honest, he really wanted a Dragonite, but under the current situation, he didn't want Dragonite to feel sad from losing its child.

It was very contradictory, like a couple of little guys were fighting in his head.

'Forget it, forget it. The world of Pokémon is so big, there's no need to make this Dragonite feel conflicted.'

Very soon, Axel made a final decision.

He would temporarily give up on getting a Dratini here and stay in Kanto a little longer to see if there were other places to find a wild Dragon-type Pokémon.

Of course, Axel didn't plan to leave empty-handed.

Since he was called over from Aurient, he had to gain something in return.

Amid the astonished gazes of everyone, Axel suddenly floated up from the ground, flew to the top of the large Dragonite's head, and reached out to rub it hard a few times.

Feeling unsatisfied, he then hugged Dragonite's big head to his chest and took a deep sniff.

After doing this, Axel didn't give Dragonite a chance to react and quickly hid behind Professor Oak.

Achievement unlocked: Pet a champion-level Dragonite's dog head and laugh.

"Professor Oak, I just thought about it, and I don't want to force Dragonite anymore."

"They're all living happily here, and they have a very bright future, so I feel this is pretty good too."

The gloom in Dragonite's eyes was swept away, and its eyes sparkled.

'Such an understanding human, no wonder that guy Gary clings to him like that, and Miss Daisy also calls him senpai.'

Hug!

Dragonite flapped its wings, its plump body easily maneuvering around Professor Oak's figure, and hugged Axel tightly.

Creak!

Axel clearly heard the sound of bones rubbing in his body, and suddenly felt a bit unsure about life.

'Is this Dragonite taking the chance to get revenge?'

If not for the [Super True Rookie] tag, just this one move would've had Axel lying in a hospital for the rest of his Kanto trip.

"Dragonite, don't do that!", Professor Oak hurriedly pulled Dragonite away from hugging Axel.

Seeing that Axel was okay, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Your physique is really good, you didn't get hurt at all."

"But for you to have this kind of awareness, it shows that Daisy and Gary's judgment wasn't wrong. You will definitely become an excellent trainer."

"To make your trip worthwhile, during the next few days you can interact with the Pokémon in my yard. As long as they're willing to go with you, you can take them."

"Really?", Axel's eyes lit up.

When he was just wandering around with Gardevoir and the others, he saw a Litten just like Gym Leader Sasha's, and also a Meowth with the Protean ability.

Right now, that little Duraludon seemed to still be playing with Litten.

If these Pokémon were willing to follow him, Axel was confident he could raise them to have combat strength no less than a pseudo-legendary.

Professor Oak nodded, "Of course it's true. I'm very generous with trainers who have potential."

Just as they were planning to return to the research lab temporarily, a low "meow~" sounded.

A Litten and Axel's Duraludon appeared in everyone's sight, quickly darting past.

Professor Oak was immediately stunned, and Dragonite was stunned too.

What did they just see?

A Duraludon, not even out of infancy yet, actually chasing and fighting with Litten?

This Litten had definitely been fast-tracked.

"Axel, what level is your Duraludon?"

Axel blinked, "Level 20. Is there something wrong with him?"

"Something wrong?", Professor Oak quickly pulled out a Rotom Phone and scanned Duraludon's body, his tone suddenly rising.

"He's very wrong!"

Professor Oak felt it was necessary to give Axel a science lesson, "As a Dragon-type Pokémon, Duraludon is called a 'late bloomer,' but that's only because its base stats are high and its evolution doesn't depend on leveling up."

"But that definitely doesn't mean Duraludon is easy to train. As a Dragon-type, its leveling speed is still significantly slower than other Pokémon."

"Now do you understand how unbelievable this little guy's level is?"

Axel nodded. He already understood everything Professor Oak was saying.

But he had cheats, and not just one, but three.

Gary had one, Rayquaza had one, and Duraludon had one on itself.

Dragon-types? Just the easiest kind of Pokémon to raise.

The way the big Dragonite looked at Axel changed again.

If Axel's training ability wasn't strong, of course he wouldn't want to let his child be taken.

But now it looked like…

How was Gary forcing him?

He was finding a top-tier godfather for his babies.

Extremely strong training ability, and so considerate of Pokémon's feelings.

If he let this guy take away his children, maybe he'd end up with a champion kid in the future?

And if this news got out…

Next time he held a party on Dragon Spirit Island, wouldn't all the little female dragons go crazy?

"Roooar~"

The big Dragonite let out a cry with extremely strong penetration, echoing through the entire yard.

'Children, meeting time!'

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