Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1081: Chapter 1298: OverChapter 1082: Chapter 1299: Xerneas

The Master turned and walked into the golden ring of light, and as the golden ring vanished, her figure disappeared completely.

"Julian, why didn't you stop her? Even if Zekrom and Reshiram couldn't do it, don't we still have an even more powerful partner?"

Jirachi asked in confusion.

Under Jirachi's healing, Julian's injuries had already improved considerably. Hearing that, he shook his head and said, "Hoopa... is no simple opponent."

"I have a feeling this woman still has an even bigger trump card, and our partner needs treatment as well."

The very appearance of the golden ring meant that Hoopa had fully awakened. But since it hadn't appeared itself, Julian figured it was likely trapped somewhere.

Still the likelihood of stopping the Master wasn't very high.

Even if they had stopped the Master and killed her, the "Demon God" behind her would still exist, and that entity was the true mastermind.

If Julian killed the Master, Hoopa could simply find another human to take her place. Even if there were certain restrictions on who could serve this role, if it wanted to find someone, it surely could.

So it was better to let the Master go; at the very least, Julian had some understanding of her.

Another point was that his Pokémon were basically all in an injured state, and several of them were very seriously hurt.

Staying inside their Poké Balls wouldn't heal their injuries, but the Poké Balls could slow the worsening of their conditions.

But if he continued fighting the Master, who knew how long the battle would last?

The latter didn't care whether her Pokémon lived or died, but Julian did. His Pokémon were his family, and disregarding their lives was something he absolutely couldn't bring himself to do.

"Meta~"

While they were talking, Metagross had already returned.

"What about that Dragonite?" Julian asked.

Metagross shook its head. It could no longer sense that Dragonite's presence; it seemed the Dragonite had already vanished.

"Forget it then."

Julian shook his head. Perhaps that Dragonite had also been taken away by the golden ring.

It was a peak Pseudo-First-class Legendary Pokémon after all—with that kind of strength, the Master surely wouldn't abandon it.

"That Darkrai is gone too."

The moment the Godless Barrier shattered, Darkrai had already disappeared. And Julian had no idea where it had fled to either.

Otherwise, he would have liked to beat that guy up.

With the Master's departure, this battle could be considered concluded, but everyone understood that an even larger-scale conflict still lay ahead.

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> "Count this woman lucky she ran fast, otherwise she'd have been surrounded and beaten to death by the Champions later."

> "Hoopa—does anyone know anything about this First-class Legendary?"

> "What was that golden ring ability just now? It could actually redirect the Twin Dragons' attacks."

> "Without even showing itself, that Demon God can already do this much. If it actually appears, just how strong would it be?"

> "Champion Walker should have stopped that woman. Why did he let her go in the end?"

> "The situation was unclear. Acting rashly wasn't an option."

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The livestream chat buzzed with discussion.

The moment Julian uttered the name "Hoopa," the top brass of every nation immediately began investigating this Pokémon that had yet to appear but had already brought about a world-ending crisis.

If not for Julian, these nations would have been utterly unable to withstand the Master's thirty Champion-level Pokémon, let alone the Pseudo-First-class Legendary tier ones.

Pokémon of that caliber were no longer something that ordinary Trainers could stop.

And Julian's very existence was, in itself, an anomaly.

Earlier, the Unown inside Julian's body had blocked Hoopa's golden eyes, and the Master had said that Julian carried a great secret within him.

These words had naturally been heard by the leaders of every nation as well.

They had long known that Julian possessed a great secret. Otherwise, how could he have tamed so many First-class Legendaries, and even command them without paying any price?

You could perhaps explain capturing a First-class Legendary through personal charisma or incredible luck if you really wanted to.

But commanding a First-class Legendary without suffering any backlash—there was definitely something going on there.

"My dear grandson!"

"You brat!"

The voices of John and Jake rang out from the sky.

"Grandpa, Dad."

Julian called out as he looked at the two of them.

The two men each dismounted from Metagross and hurried over to Julian.

"As long as you're alright," John said softly.

His words carried a hint of helplessness. His grandson's enemies had become too powerful—so powerful that even if he had his Pokémon Self-Destruct, he wouldn't be able to help his grandson in the slightest.

Watching Julian being forced step by step into a desperate situation through the livestream while being unable to do anything himself—that feeling of powerlessness had continuously gnawed away at his heart.

For the first time, John felt that maybe his grandson didn't need to be so strong after all.

If only he weren't so strong, then he wouldn't be the one facing these things.

But now, whenever the sky threatened to collapse, Julian would always be the first person required to hold it up.

"You brat, from now on you'd better just stay obediently at home. One trip outside and I was almost scared to death," Jake said, still shaken.

Before this, he had always thought Julian was too much of a shut-in. Looking at it now, it seemed being a homebody was better—a homebody was safer.

Julian looked at his father somewhat speechlessly. The way he put it, it wasn't like he went around looking for trouble—trouble came looking for him.

But on second thought, it really had started with him deceiving the Master. As the swindler, getting beaten up by her did seem somewhat understandable.

As for the Master, she didn't seem to have suffered much loss.

She didn't feel any heartache over twenty-nine of her Pokémon dying, and she'd even gained a peak Pseudo-First-class Legendary Dragonite.

In a way, she might even have come out ahead.

"Grandpa, Dad, you two head back first. I still have something to take care of."

Julian's thoughts turned to Dragonite's injuries.

Dragonite's injuries were no longer something that ordinary treasures could heal, and he didn't possess a World-class healing treasure either.

The System Shop had them for sale, but he didn't have enough points.

Moreover, he wasn't even certain whether a World-class healing treasure could completely heal Dragonite.

So he needed to find Xerneas. That top-tier healer could definitely heal Dragonite.

"Is it because of Dragonite?" John asked.

He had seen Dragonite's injuries from the livestream as well.

One could say it was only half a step away from death. With injuries like that, forget healing—even just keeping it alive was extremely difficult.

"Mm," Julian nodded.

Because of the Frozen Heart, Dragonite was temporarily frozen in stasis. In fact, he didn't need to rush off to find Xerneas right away; he could completely wait until his own injuries were healed before going.

But he didn't want to wait.

He didn't want the Pokémon that had nearly given its life for him to lie there trapped in freezing ice.

"You have a way?" Jake asked.

"I have, but I'll only know if it works after I try," Julian said.

He wasn't sure whether Xerneas would be willing to help him, and on top of that, the other party was still in deep slumber.

He would have no choice but to forcibly wake it up.

Hopefully, Xerneas wouldn't be the type to wake up on the wrong side of the bed.

Or maybe he should find Mew and have it put in a good word for him first?

Julian's mind began to stir with ideas.

Weren't Mew and Xerneas good friends? If he had Mew go and smooth things over, surely Xerneas would be willing to do Mew a favor, right?

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The livestream had already stopped by the time Julian left.

Julian first went to the Technological Ruins, wanting to see if Mew was there.

With Deoxys' Teleport, he arrived at the Ruins in no time and went straight in without waiting for the guards to react.

Fortunately, the guards recognized Julian and saw Metagross and Deoxys beside him. Otherwise, they might have thought it was an enemy attack.

Mew had previously been sleeping inside the Ancient Giant Tree, but when Julian went to its usual sleeping spot this time, he didn't find it.

Clearly, it was no longer in that location.

Either it had found somewhere else to sleep, or it was wandering around somewhere.

"Julian, since that b*tch isn't here, let's just go find Xerneas directly. Xerneas will definitely give me, a Nature Spirit, some face."

Celebi patted its chest and said with complete confidence.

"Based on your respective statuses, you should be calling Xerneas 'Dad,'" Julian said with a curl of his lips.

Celebi was known as the Spirit of Nature and the Guardian of Forests.

Xerneas, on the other hand, was known as the God of Life.

And when it came to the use of natural forces, Xerneas was far superior to Celebi.

So from that perspective, Celebi calling Xerneas "Dad" was actually not unreasonable.

"You're the one who should call someone Dad! I, Celebi, was born of nature itself."

Celebi tugged at Julian's hair, sounding displeased.

Knowing that Julian's injuries hadn't healed yet, it didn't dare use too much force, and deep down, it still felt very guilty about not being able to help Julian before.

It was even thinking that perhaps it should start training a bit too.

It was already a peak Pseudo-Champion, only a step away from reaching the Champion tier—so why not just fill that gap?

'But training sounds so exhausting.'

Celebi suddenly thought of something and asked Julian expectantly, "Do you still have any of those candies?"

"No, and even if I did, I wouldn't give them to you."

Julian shook his head, knowing exactly what it was thinking. If he really had Rare Candies, he would definitely give them to Steelix or Melmetal.

Giving them to Celebi to make it a Champion wouldn't boost Celebi's battle strength—just its appetite.

"You blockhead! I'm not talking to you anymore."

Celebi huffed angrily, stood up, and then deliberately plopped down with force.

Julian just felt his head sink slightly but paid the little thing no mind.

Since Mew was no longer here, he could only go directly to find Xerneas.

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Back at home, seeing that Julian was safe, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Isn't Julian coming home?"

Quinn noticed that after leaving, Julian had not returned. With Deoxys' Teleport, he should have been able to get home within a few seconds.

More than ten minutes had already passed.

"I'll call his father and ask."

Tina, who had fainted from fright earlier, had already woken up. She immediately took out her phone and called Jake.

After Jake briefly explained things over the phone, Tina hung up.

"Jake said Julian probably went to find something that can heal Dragonite," Tina explained.

They all knew Dragonite's condition.

"Dragonite must have been in so much pain back then. And Aggron and Arcanine too."

Jade wore a heartbroken expression. The scenes of the three Pokémon fighting desperately were deeply etched into her memory.

She even found herself starting to think that maybe she didn't want to be a trainer anymore.

Because she didn't want her own Pokémon to be severely injured, on the brink of death, or even die while protecting her.

Especially the way Arcanine had "died" in her brother's arms, and that look of utter heartbreak and despair on her brother's face—it was still vivid in her mind.

She didn't want to experience something like that one day.

But at the same time, seeing the deep bond and affection between her brother and his Pokémon, Jade was also extremely envious.

That kind of relationship and trust, where both trainer and Pokémon would willingly give their lives for each other, ignited a surge of passion in her young heart.

At this moment, Jade was caught in a dilemma.

The people present were all too worried about Julian to notice the inner turmoil Jade was experiencing. Her father was also currently focused on worrying.

Only Deoxys beside her sensed, to some extent, what Jade was feeling at the moment.

But it didn't say anything.

As far as it was concerned, whether Jade became a trainer or not didn't matter. Its mission was simply to protect her well and let her grow up happily.

As for the so-called inner conflicts, that wasn't something it could resolve.

"Dee~"

Love hurried into the kitchen and soon came back out carrying a shopping basket.

It was going grocery shopping. Its cub hadn't said anything about not eating dinner before leaving today, so it was going to buy groceries and wait for its cub to come home to eat.

"Love, buy some extra groceries—there are a lot of people at home today," Tina called out.

"Dee~"

Love nodded.

After thinking for a moment, it put down the shopping basket and took a spatial backpack instead. Since Lucario and Zeraora weren't home, there was no Pokémon to carry the shopping basket for it.

And with so many people at home today, a spatial backpack was necessary—otherwise there won't be enough room for all the groceries.

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In the Flame Mountain secret realm, Julian had arrived once again and directly entered the hidden Top-tier secret realm gate within.

After entering, he didn't hesitate. However, he recalled Deoxys and had Metagross use Teleport to take him to the place where Xerneas was slumbering.

Seeing Xerneas again, its sleeping posture was exactly the same as the last time he saw it.

Its head was resting on its forelegs, with an expression that seemed to say, 'I'm sleeping very soundly.'

"I wonder if its legs go numb sleeping like that," Julian muttered quietly.

Celebi nodded in agreement very seriously.

"If it were me, my legs would definitely go numb."

Xerneas was enveloped in a protective barrier. So, Julian walked up to the barrier, knocked on it with his hand, and then shouted loudly, "Xerneas, wake up!"

But even after calling out several times, there was still no reaction from the other party, which was also within Julian's expectations.

"Your dad sure sleeps like a log."

He couldn't help but remark.

Celebi clenched its fist and gave Julian a punch on the head, huffing angrily, "Blockhead, he's your dad—your whole family's dad!"

"I originally wanted to wake it up gently, but it looks like I'll have to resort to more forceful methods."

Julian really didn't have many good options right now. He had no item to awaken Xerneas, couldn't find Mew, and shouting at Xerneas got no response at all.

And he didn't want Dragonite to remain frozen in ice forever, so he could only resort to force.

What worried him, though, was that Xerneas might get angry after being woken up by violent means and then refuse to help heal Dragonite. That was Julian's only concern.

Just as Julian was about to release the Twin Dragons, the Unown inside his body suddenly became active, and then the area on Julian's chest faintly glowed with warmth.

This unexpected change caused Julian to stop what he was doing.

And the next second, he saw Xerneas slowly open its eyes.

"Was it you who just called me Dad?"

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