Axel Wood was just about to enter the dream boundary of the Galar region when he was suddenly pushed awake by Pheromosa.
"What's wrong, Pheromosa?"
"Pheromosa~"
Pheromosa's big eyes were full of joy, and she pointed toward the edge of the bed.
Axel followed the direction of Pheromosa's finger and looked, a slightly familiar-looking vortex was slowly appearing.
The vortex was deep purple, faintly shimmering with starlight. It was exactly the same as the one that had delivered Pheromosa and the letter from his parents to Axel the other day.
"Dad, Mom?", Axel was instantly wide awake, and he bounced off the bed.
Since the last vortex disappeared, he had been thinking many times about when his parents would appear again.
Just now, he was even thinking about when to head into the Ultra Wormhole to see what exactly happened between his parents and Necrozma.
Now they had finally appeared again.
The vortex slowly flowed, gradually growing larger and reaching about half a person's height.
A familiar face appeared from the vortex.
A simple top, loosely tied low ponytail of jet-black long hair, wheat-colored skin...
Except for the slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she looked exactly the same as the mother in Axel's memory.
There was no imagined joyful embrace, Axel and the woman in the vortex stared at each other for a long time, and neither reached out their arms.
It seemed they were both afraid of not being able to touch the other, afraid that all this was fake.
"Hey, can you two not act like this is some life-and-death separation drama? Once we finish what we're doing, we'll be back," A cheeky voice interrupted, and a middle-aged man, looking about 80% like Axel, squeezed into the frame.
"Boy, you're handsome! Even more handsome than I was when I was young!"
"Go hug your mom already, she's been missing you so much."
"She even said her biggest regret in this life was not hugging you tightly before entering that secret realm. She used to cry about it, but now she can hug you as much as she wants."
"Scram!", Facing her own husband, Axel's mother completely returned to the tyrannical dragon lady in Axel's memory.
With one kick, Axel's father flew a few meters away, crashing into the nearby Solgaleo, which looked like a giant lion.
Seeing this familiar scene, Axel couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.
He reached his hands through the vortex, trying to squeeze to his parents' side.
In the end, he found that his body couldn't pass through completely, only about 20% could make it through.
"Uh... the frequency alignment between the Ultra Wormhole and our reality hasn't succeeded yet. Right now, it's only at 23% alignment, So you can't come over, and we can't go back for now either."
Hearing this, Axel didn't continue trying to force his way through. Instead, he reached out his arms and embraced his mother.
"Then what do I need to do to bring you back? Can I just go kill my way through?"
Axel's father: "..."
'This kid, is our son really this reckless?'
"No no, there's no need. The Ultra Wormhole is still pretty dangerous," Axel's mother quickly spoke up to dispel her son's terrifying idea.
"First, let Mom explain something to you. It's not that we didn't come to find you on purpose, we just couldn't."
"The location of the Ultra Wormhole in the universe isn't fixed. The previous two times it appeared near you were both due to some special energy fluctuations."
"You should be quite a good trainer by now, right?"
"With Pheromosa around, you should be able to get into a decent university."
"She should be level ten by now, right?"
Hearing his mother mention Pheromosa, Axel smiled slightly and brought both Gardevoir and Pheromosa into the frame.
"Pheromosa is almost level thirty now, and the Ralts I found at the daycare just hit level forty today."
"Huh?"
Axel's parents exchanged a glance and were utterly stunned.
Pheromosa aside, since she was the best Pokémon they found in the entire Ultra Wormhole, it made sense for her to grow fast.
But what's the deal with that Gardevoir?
A level as high as 40, and even the fairy-type energy around her was overflowing.
'He raised that in under a month?'
"Could it be that time flows differently in the Ultra Wormhole than at home? Son, have several years passed over there for you?"
"No, it's been less than a month. I just had a bit of luck."
At that moment, Axel's parents gained a clear understanding of the humility of Aurient people.
That "a bit" was used really well.
But it didn't matter. Compared to the Necrozma they were preparing for their son, all other opportunities were just minor ones.
Axel's father quickly got to the main point, "Alright, back to business. What kind of Pokémon do you want? We'll help you find one while we still have time."
"Also, we need a little favor from you. In the future, take Pheromosa and go find Professor Burnet in the Alola region."
"Just tell her that we're still alive, and that we need the flames of Moltres to open the Ultra Wormhole."
"Also, tell them to stop their research for now, because there's a rather evil force inside the Ultra Wormhole."
"If they accidentally open the passage on that side, the Alola region might end up facing a disaster."
"But wait until Pheromosa and Gardevoir reach Elite level before going, I have a feeling Professor Burnet's bestie has a bit of a questionable mindset."
"She might even try to steal your Pheromosa."
Axel blinked, and suddenly remembered who his father was talking about.
Lusamine from the Aether Foundation, that crazy woman didn't even care about her own kids, forcing Lillie to become someone who ran away with Pokémon.
Under normal circumstances, waiting until he had Elite-level power before going would indeed be the safer choice.
But… does it really have to be Moltres?
Based on Axel's understanding, as long as there's light, it can help free Necrozma from its dark form.
Even Z-moves could do that, so the Tera light of Terapagos and the Sacred Fire of Ho-Oh should work too, maybe even better.
If he didn't have the power, he'd definitely follow his parents' arrangement. After all, finding Moltres wasn't hard.
But right now, he wanted to give them something better.
Seeing the troubled look on her son's face, Axel's mother began to feel a bit distressed.
Indeed...
Asking a newly adult child to go find Moltres was still too dangerous.
Even with the help of a professor from Alola, the level of danger was beyond anyone's imagination.
But Moltres was the easiest Legendary Pokémon they could think of to contact.
Aside from Moltres, the other gods were all much harder to reach.
"Dear, I also think it's too dangerous to let Axel do this. The Alola region is far more dangerous than Aurient."
"We can just wait until the Ultra Wormhole becomes more connected to the real world and send Nihilego to subtly influence the trainers over there, and have them go find Moltres."
"No no no!", Seeing his parents misunderstand, Axel quickly spoke up with what was on his mind.
"Ho-Oh and Terapagos?"
A flash of confusion passed through Axel's father's eyes. He knew Ho-Oh, but what was this Terapagos thing?
Could it be that in the years they were away, the other academics had discovered new gods?
"Ho-Oh is fine, but the chance of encountering Ho-Oh is too low..."
Axel let out a sigh of relief. So his parents were just worried about finding it, not that Ho-Oh wouldn't work.
In Axel's view, that wasn't a problem at all.
If he wanted to see it, he could see it every day, couldn't he?
Axel pulled out the scarlet Poké Ball of Little Phoenix and directly released it into the room.
The endless Sacred Fire immediately engulfed the entire house, and even more flames leaked through the vortex, slightly illuminating the pitch-black Ultra Wormhole.
"I just happened to go to Kanto recently for something and ran into Little Phoenix."
"However much flame you need, just say it."
Axel's father and mother: "???"
'So this is the "minor" opportunity our son mentioned?'
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