He slowly raised his hand, a Poke Ball clenched in his palm, smiling as he looked at Ash and the trio, who still hadn't fully reacted.
"Goodbye… the farce is over."
The moment the words fell, the Poke Ball shot through the air, slicing across the sky with precision as it flew straight toward the fallen Shadow Hoopa.
The ball snapped open. In an instant, Shadow Hoopa's body was pulled in by a burst of white light. The ball shook three times, then released a small burst of fireworks.
Hoopa, successfully captured.
At the exact moment Axel's throw succeeded, the entire world began to fade into a vast expanse of white.
Axel reacted instantly. Grabbing Gardevoir's small hand, he teleported in a flash to the side of the Prison Bottle and snatched it into his grasp.
[You damn host, put that down!]
"Like hell I will!", Axel didn't take the system's outburst seriously at all.
He'd been rushing nonstop these past few days, what was wrong with grabbing a little extra on the side?
Blame the damn system for wasting his time all the time.
Besides, this thing was extremely important to Hoopa. Without this bottle, Hoopa wouldn't be able to unlock its second form.
There was no way he was going to capture Hoopa in a dream and then go hunt for the Prison Bottle in the Pokemon world, right?
If he had that kind of time, why even bother coming to the dream world?
It's not like he couldn't beat the real-world Hoopa!
[You bastard, believe it or not, I'll swap Hoopa's traits into a blank slate!]
Axel didn't care at all, "Go ahead. I've got Hoopa anyway."
System: "..."
[Congratulations, host: obtained supreme trait 'Blank Slate']
[Blank Slate (Supreme)]: Has no effect whatsoever. Consider it a punishment from the system.]
"System, fuse it. I want to upgrade Super True Newbie!"
[Alright, congratulations, host, Super True Newbie has been upgraded to sup—holy sh*t you bleep! bleep! bleep! bleep! bleep! bleep! bleep!]
"What kind of garbage system is this? Why's it just beeping? Can't even speak properly."
Axel casually closed the panel and exited the dream, his consciousness returning to the real world.
An explosive force surged from within his body. His muscles didn't grow much, but his physique became more balanced and refined.
At the same time, he could clearly feel massive improvements in endurance, speed, and other attributes.
If he were to face a Bonded Pheromosa again… ahem, or any other mythical Pokemon, he could probably suppress them with ease using just his own strength.
With two combat-type supreme traits, plus the power of Groudon and Kyogre, Axel was now essentially a humanoid legendary Pokemon.
"General, come out for a second!"
"Roar!", The Archaludon, who had been watching Garchomp to make sure it didn't eat the house, quickly responded, poking its head out the window to look at Axel.
'What is it, Master?'
"Nothing much. Just testing my strength," Axel nimbly flipped out the window and lifted Archaludon with one hand, casually raising it a few times in midair.
Archaludon: "..."
'Master, could you at least have some manners?'
'It's bad enough I'm playing nanny all day, now I'm your dumbbell too?'
'If it comes to it, I'll just go catch you a Beldum to use instead.'
"Don't move. I'm thinking about how to get you a time-related trait. If I lose the train of thought, that's on you."
"Roar!", The General was overjoyed.
'Master, wait here, I'll go grab Garchomp for you too.'
After an entire day of getting used to it, Axel finally fully adapted to his current strength.
Now, in terms of raw power alone, he could easily overpower every Pokemon except Groudon, including Rayquaza that hadn't used Dragon Dance.
Of course, that was only in terms of strength, not battle technique.
"That's about enough… time to summon little Hoopa," Early the next morning, Axel picked up the small turtle from beneath Ho-Oh and brought all his Pokemon to a secluded spot.
The reason he carried the turtle was to let everyone meet their new companion, though this little guy probably couldn't remember anything yet.
Axel opened the panel and used his mind to tap the glowing option: Summon Hoopa.
The next moment, a dense psychic power appeared out of thin air before him, gathering into a small vortex.
The Poke Ball containing Hoopa slowly materialized, merging with the psychic energy in midair.
At the same time, ghostly power began to gather, blending and intertwining with the psychic energy, gradually forming the shape of a Pokemon.
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[Species]: Hoopa (Mischief Pokemon. After its power is sealed, it shrinks into a small form. A troublemaker that uses its warped space rings to fling everything far away.)
[Level]: 1
[Type]: Psychic + Ghost
[Ability]: Magician (Can steal the held item of a Pokemon it hits with its moves)
[Moves]: Confusion, Clear Smog, Astonish
[Held Item]: Prison Bottle (An object that seals Hoopa's power. With the current stored energy, it can transform Hoopa into its Unbound form at level 90)
[Traits]: King of Psychic (Gold), King of Ghost (Gold), King of Dark (Gold), Dimensional Summon (Supreme)
[Dimensional Summon]: Can use rings to summon other Pokemon and gain a certain level of their assistance.
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Seeing Hoopa's panel, Axel's eyes lit up.
Just as expected, he knew the Prison Bottle would be useful.
The system might talk tough, but it really did take care of him.
It had even preserved the power inside the Prison Bottle.
Now, as long as Ho-Oh slowly nurtured Hoopa's soul, little Hoopa would soon become one of the team's top combat forces.
Although Axel made it look easy when he fought Hoopa, in reality, aside from Mewtwo, all his main Pokemon had already gone all out.
For anyone else, just seeing that overwhelming lineup of legendary summons would probably scare them senseless before the fight even began.
Even if the Prison Bottle only made the big Hoopa powerful, that was already more than enough.
Little Hoopa was more like a mascot anyway. In battle… it still couldn't compare to its Unbound form.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Axel reached out with two fingers and gently pinched Hoopa's tiny hand.
"Hoopa, welcome to the team!"
"Hoopa~", Hoopa looked at Axel with hollow eyes. Just like the other dream-born Pokemon, it was like a lifeless NPC.
But that was fine. Axel was used to it.
He had Ho-Oh, after all.
"Ho-Oh, let this little guy stay with you for now. Later, hatch it together with the little turtle."
"Chirp~", As always, Ho-Oh nodded obediently, gently taking both little Hoopa and the tiny Terapagos from Axel's hands, tucking them under its wings.
At that moment, the Rotom in Axel's pocket suddenly began vibrating urgently.
"Master, Champion Lance is calling you."
"So soon?", Axel was a bit surprised. After ending the call with Giovanni, he had asked Lance to monitor Giovanni's movements, agreeing to wipe out Team Rocket together once Giovanni left.
He'd thought he could rest for a few days, but didn't expect Lance to call this quickly.
"Put it through!"
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