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Chapter 190: Announcement

He took a quick shower, checked all his Pokeballs and headed out of the hotel. He wanted to check out the Kanto league. The place looked huge. The league competition was out of limits. It would only open once a year. Axel thought to do some shopping for his mother and sister. He can\'t go empty-handed. He had bought some things for his sister before but since he was returning after such a long time he wanted to make up for it.

Looking around the shops Axel entered one.

"Hello customer, how may I help you?"

The shop was fairly neat and small. There were selling miscellaneous items like lockets, bracelets, and perfumes.

"How much for that Arcanine bracelet?"

"It\'s 500 Pokedollars."

"Alright, give me one of those."

Her sister had started to like Arcanine. Since his dad had one, she had become very close to it. Axel\'s sister, Agnes was going to be 7 yrs old now. It was one of the reasons that he wanted to spend a month with his family. He was planning to attend his sister\'s birthday party. Agnes always made a big deal about her birthday. Axel didn\'t want to get on her bad side by being absent.

"Hey, did you hear about Prof. Oak?"

"You mean Pokemon master Oak?"

"Yes, apparently there is going to be a press conference featuring Prof. Oak?"

"Dude, you are not joking right?"

Everywhere Axel went, he would hear about the press conference of Prof. Oak. The trainers and people were excited. It was very rare for Oak to appear in public. Being a Pokemon master and a world-class researcher, Prof. Oak was famous. Axel decided to watch the press conference out of curiosity.

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He went to his hotel room ordered food and started to watch TV. The press conference started with a table full of mikes from the reporters. Shortly after, Oak walked into the stadium and sat on the chair. Numerous flashes of cameras could be seen on the TV. The reporters started to get wild.

"Prof. What had you been doing for the past few years?"

"Is it true that you are retiring?"

"Who would be taking your position?"

"Is Red going to take your mantle?"

"Is your...."

"Silence!!", said Oak and that was what happened. Oak was a powerful man. He was a Pokemon master. Pokemon masters were not treated as a king around here. They were treated like a god. Though Oak was old now, he still had a lot of influence.

"It has been a long time since I have been in public media. My works make me busy and you all know that I don\'t like the stares. But today I have come to you all for a very important announcement."

"Prof. Oak, can you tell me what is this announcement about?", asked one of the reporters.

"Of course, it is about my successor. After a lot of time, I have finally chosen my 3rd and final successor. His name is Axel Blaze."

"FUCK...", shouted Axel out loud.

"What the hell is he doing? We discussed that he would not tell me about it until I am strong enough."

This was what they had decided when Axel was with Oak. Axel was very weak now. Being a successor of Oak brought out a lot of benefits but it also had many risks. But now, Oak had suddenly announced about him. What the hell was going on?

"Prof. Oak, do you think that like your previous 2 successors, Axel would not make it to Pokemon master?", asked one of the reporters.

"Before you ask these questions, let me tell you that I chose Axel based on his merit and his talent. As per his statement, he is motivated to become the Pokemon master. As for the future, I cannot say anything."

"Prof. Oak? Are you talking about the same Axel blaze that had discovered the new way of Eeveelutions?"

"Yes, he is the one."

"As per our data, Axel doesn\'t seem to be a powerful trainer but an excellent researcher. Don\'t you think that choosing him as your successor would be a bit risky?"

"That is not my prob.....

The questions and answers went on for a while and it was still going on. Axel just closed his TV and went to bed. All this news was too much for him to digest. He just wanted today to end. He would think about this fiasco tomorrow.

Little did he know that the world had turned upside down.