Chương 468: New Restaurant

Axel had caught it during the tide. It was a tier 1 king-rank Pokemon and it had a psychic core. Now, Axel already had Alakazam, so why did he catch another Pokemon who had a psychic core?

There was only one reason for it and that was: that Axel loved Slowbro species. His uncle had a Slowking and it was a very good Pokemon. Slowbro may be slow but it was very intelligent. When his team would be huge and they would be facing huge tides in the future, he would need a Pokemon with leadership qualities and Slowbro was that Pokemon. However, Slowbro had to accept Axel first.

Axel went to the healing centers and got all of his balls. He went to the training ground and called out Slowbro.

"Come out, Slowbro!!!"

SLOOOWWW

It roared as it came out of the ball. It was not in a good mood. It had fought with Axel and it had lost. They were enemies in the past and they were still enemies now.

"Slowbro, you know that I have caught you and I want you to be on my team.", said Axel without blinking an eye.

"Why do you want me to be on your team? You have many powerful Pokemons and what if I said no?", said Slowbro.

"Yes, you are right. I have many powerful Pokemons but I love your species and I wanted to have one of your species for the longest time. As of right now, we are just talking and I don't hold any sort of love for you. I am not going to lie. I want to make a powerful team and I believe that you could be a part of it."

"What would I get by being a part of your team?"

"You know what you would get. You can see that I am very young. In fact, I am 15 years old and I just started my journey 2 years ago. In these 2 years, I have 7 king-rank Pokemons and none of them were a king-rank Pokemon before they came to my team.

So, I have something that could make Pokemons stronger at a faster rate. It would not be easy but if you decide to be on my team then I will make that happen. I promise that you will reach master rank someday if you come to my side.

You don't have to give an answer now. I will be leaving here after 2 days. You can go to your forest and talk with your family if you have any. And if you didn't come to my hotel room before the end of 2 days, I would assume that you are not interested."

"But what if I ran? I was a part of the tide. Do you really want your enemy to escape?", asked Slowbro.

"Hahaha, why would I care if you escape or not? I said that I don't love you but I also don't hold any grudges. If you want to escape, then you can do it. I would not stop you."

"Ok, I will give you an answer within 2 days.", said Slowbro and it went away.

Axel didn't know what it would decide but he also knew that he could not get a Pokemon forcefully.

Mamoswine was close to rank up and Axel believed that it would rank up after some training. However, Axel didn't want any of them to train until they reached the Johto region.

They had fought for a long time and they needed some rest. Their bodies had healed but they also needed to have some mental stability. Fighting with the life of the line was not easy.

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"Hector, how long do you think that it would take?", asked Axel.

"I believe that it would take a couple of months. We can go slow. There is now worry.", said Hector.

"Yes, you are right about that. I have already bought the forest that we planned and now our team members could train in that forest and also do some quest to earn some money.

I would be going home and then I would be going to the Johto region. After the conditions are fulfilled, call me. We would apply for registration."

"Yes sir."

When their numbers increased to over 10,000 an additional condition was put up for the registration of their mercenary group. It was that every member should have 1 pseudo-king rank Pokemon.

The condition was very harsh but Axel and his team was not going to give up. All the additional members had 1 pseudo-king rank Pokemons and only the previous 6k members should have a pseudo-king rank Pokemons.

The people in leadership positions like Hector didn't need to have a king rank Pokemons which was a huge relief but the leader should have tier 2 king rank Pokemon which Axel already had.

So, they would be ready in a couple of months. Since Axel had bought the forest and had told all of his team members to release it in the forest, the talent of these Pokemon would be heightened. So, it would not be very hard for them to have a pseudo-king rank Pokemon.

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After 2 days,

Axel was still waiting for Slowbro and there were only 3 hours left before his departure. He was thinking of catching it but his expectations were not very high right now.

Suddenly,

SWOOOSHHH!!!

Axel could see a pink-colored Pokemon coming towards him. It was Slowbro.

"So, what have you decided?", asked Axel.

"Since I am here, I have decided to be with you but I also don't want to live my family here. So, I came to ask for your suggestion."

"That is okay. I have bought a forest in my hometown and also have a good relationship with the leader of the forest. Your family would be safe there. So, there is no need to worry."

"Thanks, I will call them. It would take them some time to arrive.", said Slowbro.

"That is okay. We can wait."

Axel had already booked the flight but he could cancel it and book it again. He was not going to leave a king-rank Pokemon for a couple of thousand dollars.

After some hours, the family of Slowbro arrived. There were 3 Pokemons. All of them were Slowbros.

Slowbro introduced his family to Axel. It turned out that Slowbro was the son. There was a father a mother and a little sister. The father of Slowbro was also a king-rank Pokemon. The mother was a pseudo-king rank Pokemon and the little sister was just an elemental rank.

Axel realized that the dynamics of the forest would change as none of the Pokemons in that forest were king-rank Pokemon. However, he didn't care. Slowbro was worth the risk.

Axel called all of them inside the ball and promised to release them in the forest.

###

Next day,

Axel finally reached Hakone city. He was very happy to reach his own city. His was his home and he loved it. After a few hours, he reached his home. His mother was very happy to see him.

Axel started to tell his story of the tide and the league battle. His father had taken a leave today to meet his son. Noah was also there.

"Damn! That Bruno cheated!!! Doesn't he have any respect? How can he challenge you when all of your Pokemons were injured?", said Noah.

Noah was not liking it one bit. Axel also told them about Charles's offer and all of them were happy about it. Axel was growing at an alarming rate right now. Noah started to think that Axel might be the Pokemon master in the future.

Axel also talked about his business plan in detail. He was already communicating the plans with his mother and sister.

"So, how much time it would take for the building to be built?", asked Axel.

"Now, only a week."

"That is fast."

"Yes, it is. We are paying extra for it to be fast."

"Mom, have you thought about a cook? You cannot do it all on your own. I think you should just manage it and monitor the cooks.", said Axel.

"Yes, I have selected 2 cooks and 5 helpers for the kitchen. There would also be 8 servers. I think that would be enough.", said his mother.

"That is more than enough. Don't you think that it is so much more than required?"

"No, it is not. I believe that there would be a line of customers cause this is a unique idea. I have already talked with all of them. Why don't you meet them tomorrow?

We can start the restaurant after the building is done. I think that you should be here on the opening day."

"Ok, I will be here for 3 weeks. I think we can open the restaurant during that time."

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They started to talk about other things. Agnes had different plans for the next Blaze Pokemon competition. Axel was very interested in it.

Lance had told him to meet him at the Kanto League after a month. He had already spent a week in the Kanto league and he had 3 weeks left. Axel decided to spend those times with his family.

He didn't want to train himself or his Pokemon at that time. He wanted all of them to rest and enjoy. They had earned this vacation.

Axel also went to the forest and introduced the Slowbro family to the leaders of the forest. Since the father Slowbro was a king-rank Pokemon, they were now in a pickle. Even though they were good-natured Pokemons, they didn't want to give up their leadership position.

Finally, the father Slowbro said, "I don't want to be the leader of this forest. You can have it. I just want my family to feel secure. That is all."

Finally, they decided that the father Slowbro would also be one of the leaders of the forest.

###

After 2 weeks,

A man was walking in the street with his wife and his small daughter. He saw a new restaurant. The restaurant was newly built and the name of the restaurant was 'Blaze family'.

Everybody knew Axel's family in the Hakone city so the man assumed that this new restaurant was of Axel's family. The man was hungry and he decided to check it out.

Immediately, after he entered, he was greeted by a beautiful waitress or bell girl.

"Hello sir, welcome. Are you here to dine?", asked the girl.

"Yes.", said the man.

"Then please follow me."

The man realized that the restaurant was completely different from the normal restaurant. The interiors were different, the colors were different. Even though it was different from another restaurant, it looked very nice. The man was surprised to see that the tables were very small.

"Excuse me, is this the restaurant from Noah's family?", asked the man. Noah was still popular in the city.

"Yes, it is. It has just opened today."

The man started to ask a bunch of questions like why so small tables and what kind of dishes were served here.

The waiter patiently replied to all the questions and the family sat down to eat it. The man was the first customer of the restaurant, so the waiter said that the meal was free, since they were the first customer.

The dishes were completely different. He had not known or heard of this kind of dish but the waiter said that all the dishes were very tasty and filling.

The man and his family thought to give it a try.

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"Mom, what is our profit for today?"

"Excluding the salary and electricity cost, it is 200,000 Poke dollars.", said his mother with a smile.

"That is a lot."

"Yes, the first day was a hit. There were lines of customers in the evening.", said his mother with a smile.

"That is great. If the hype remains even after 2-3 months, we will think to expand. We should at least be able to cover the cost of the restaurant building and other fixed expenses.", said Axel.

"Yes, that we can. Don't worry, I will handle it.", said his mother.

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Another week had passed and now it was time for Axel to go to Kanto league city again. The goodbyes were never a happy moment but his family knew that Axel would return after some time.

Axel packed his bags, grabbed his plane ticket, and went towards the airport.

It took 30-40 hours to reach Kanto city. That was what made this journey boring. Axel always hated the plane rides. He wanted Alakazam to focus on 'Teleport', so that he would not have to suffer like this.

Axel had also completed his registration for the Johto league. He was also going to ask Gerad for the egg. He didn't know what type of Pokemon he would get but he knew that it would be a beast in the future.

Axel had also started to plan for the Johto league. What type of Pokemon would he get for the Johto region. This would be his second region and he wanted to grab strong Pokemon. He wanted pseudo-legendary and dragon-type Pokemons. He also wanted a fairy-type Pokemon. These types of Pokemons would take a long time to reach master rank, so he wanted to invest as early as he could.

Axel had become an experienced trainer. He still had a lot of things to learn but he had achieved a lot. He also had sufficient resources. So, he could invest in powerful Pokemons that would take a lot of resources.

After fighting with Bruno, Axel realized that Slaking was a powerful Pokemon. He would get one of that after he reached the Johto region. It would be the most powerful non-legendary Pokemon if Axel played his cards right.

With all these hopes, he landed in the Kanto League city and went to meet Lance.