Hearing Axel's words, Chi-Yu stopped hesitating and directly possessed that jade pendant.
All the lava and Fire-type energy within the Fire Shrine instantly turned into a massive vortex, surging into the jade pendant.
The jade pendant turned fiery red, its entire body wrapped in flowing flames that surged irregularly, and soon it took on the form of Chi-Yu.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
— Species: Chi-Yu (Disaster Pokémon, capable of melting rocks and sand to create a sea of lava, swimming leisurely within it)
— Level: 60 (Having been sealed by the Fire Shrine for many years, and without jealousy as nourishment, its level has dropped drastically)
— Type: Dark + Fire
— Ability: Beads of Ruin (Uses the power of ruin-calling magatama to lower the Special Defense of all Pokémon except itself)
— Held Item: Ruinous Magatama
— Moves: Ember, Spite, Mean Look, Flame Wheel, Payback, Will-O-Wisp, Flame Charge, Burn Up, Confuse Ray, Nasty Plot, Ruination...
— Aptitude: God-tier
— Traits: Flames of Jealousy (Pinnacle), King of Dark (Gold), King of Fire (Gold)
• Flames of Jealousy: Can turn the power of jealousy into flames, launching attacks from inside the enemy, almost ignoring defense.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
"Not bad," Chi-Yu's panel was almost exactly what Axel had expected. Aside from Flames of Jealousy, everything else looked fairly standard.
But that was enough. It could let Gardevoir sense the power of jealousy and further enhance its psychic strength.
After storing Chi-Yu in an empty Poké Ball, Axel didn't linger any longer.
After asking Cynthia and receiving the reply that she was still busy, he took his Pokémon and headed toward Porto Marinada.
It was worth mentioning that after witnessing the harshness of the wild, that Magby really wanted to find a human trainer to follow.
Axel introduced it to Mela. With Gym Leader-level potential and the ability to evolve twice, it would definitely be a great help to Mela.
———
[Porto Marinada]
Located between the Asado Desert and Casseroya Lake, this was a typical seaside town.
It was famous far and wide for its massive marketplace and museum, making it a very well-known tourist destination.
Whether they were locals from Paldea or visiting tourists, almost everyone would choose to spend a few days here.
Passing by the marketplace, Axel only gave it a brief glance and didn't stay. Instead, he released Gardevoir and headed straight for the museum.
["Master… Gardevoir and the others stayed inside that lonely jewel for so long. They must have felt awful, right?"]
Gardevoir held three candied hawthorn sticks in one hand, looking worried that the white Gardevoir and Diao Chan might not be able to endure such a long period of loneliness.
"They should be fine. Arceus wouldn't overlook something like that."
Axel felt that time inside the Lustrous Globe was probably frozen. Otherwise, after such a long time, wouldn't it drive someone insane?
'Hmm.'
If he was wrong, then Axel would just toss Giratina into the Lustrous Globe too and fish him out two thousand years later.
Sensing Axel's thoughts, Gardevoir smiled softly.
["Alright~ let's go find them. The candied hawthorn we bought for them is about to melt…"]
"Okay!"
Maybe because the museum was closed off, the closer they got, the fewer people there were.
But visibly, while ordinary tourists had decreased, most of the people around were now very professional trainers or scholars.
Some of them were graduates from the history department of Naranja Academy, while more were researchers who had obtained museum membership long ago.
Aside from Naranja Academy's history graduates, only these people were currently allowed to enter the museum.
They stood in small groups, lining up as security checked their identities.
"Old Bloke, how's your research been lately?"
"I heard there was a huge anomaly at the Chaotic Strike Waterfall yesterday. They're saying the legendary Chi-Yu might have appeared."
"Any breakthroughs on your Chien-Pao research?"
The researcher called Old Bloke had a bitter expression, "No idea… I haven't even been to the places where Chien-Pao might appear recently."
"Some people applied to take over that area, saying they were going to do geological surveys…"
"Huh?", As soon as he said that, quite a few people couldn't sit still anymore.
"My project is about finding Ting-Lu. A few of the places where it might appear were also sealed off recently. They said they were building a solar power plant."
"I wonder if it's the same group of people?"
"The habitat of Wo-Chien too. Someone said they're setting up a forest conservation zone, and now researchers aren't allowed in at all."
Most of the people who came to the museum had a certain level of expertise in history.
Many of them were studying ancient history.
And in Paldea's long history, the most valuable period to study was undoubtedly the era of the four Ruinous Pokémon. That's why many people chose that period as their research topic.
As the discussion went on, people were shocked to discover that aside from the anomaly at Chi-Yu's location, the other three Ruinous Pokémon had all suddenly become inaccessible to scholars!
Axel and Gardevoir exchanged a glance. They could tell these people were telling the truth.
Which meant that aside from Amethio, whom they had encountered at Chi-Yu's location, the other three Ruinous Pokémon were also being targeted.
["Master… should we send Groudon and the others to check on those Pokémon's locations first?"]
Gardevoir knew Axel valued those Pokémon highly and didn't want anything to go wrong there.
"Forget it," Axel shook his head lightly.
From what he knew, aside from the Explorers, there shouldn't be any other villain organizations in the Paldea region.
The fact that they were making moves on all four Ruinous Pokémon at once meant there was someone in their team with deep knowledge of history, at least on par with Raifort and Briar.
Coincidentally, Geeta had also mentioned that someone had their eyes on the museum in Porto Marinada. Axel found it hard not to connect the two.
Right now, both Diao Chan and Gardevoir were inside this museum. Axel felt it was more important to ensure safety here first.
As for the other three Ruinous Pokémon, without information on Chi-Yu, others could at most find rough locations. It would be difficult for them to locate the actual shrines in a short time.
Even if they did find them, the appearance of the final sealing pillar would take time, and breaking it would also take time.
He could just go over and intercept them then. After all, the Explorers didn't seem like good people anyway.
Axel had absolutely no psychological burden when it came to undermining their interests.
At that moment, a gentle female voice came from the loudspeaker.
["Is Mr. Axel here? It's your turn to enter. Please come to the museum entrance for identity verification."]
"Oh, I'm here!"
Axel grabbed Gardevoir's arm, held up Rotom, and hurried toward the entrance.
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
[email protected]/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining P@treon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through P@treon.