Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 865: Chapter 1082: Dance

"Ghehehe!"

Just as Celebi was wallowing in self-reproach, silently cursing itself for being a terrible friend, it suddenly saw the "dead" Gengar abruptly sit up—clutching its stomach and laughing hysterically.

Celebi was startled at first and was just about to scream when it suddenly realized something. Its face flushed bright red, whether from anger or embarrassment it was hard to tell.

It pointed at Gengar and shrieked, "You were playing dead! You were actually playing dead!"

It finally clicked. From start to finish, Gengar had been playing dead. It had been tricking it this entire time.

"Julian! Gengar was faking it! Hurry up and beat it to death!"

Knowing it was not Gengar's opponent and having been toyed with like this, Celebi refused to lose face like this. It had to salvage its pride.

So it turned to Julian.

After all, Julian had also been fooled just now—he'd even teared up.

Celebi had expected Julian to stand up for it, but instead it saw Julian pick up the fainted Jirachi and look at it as if it were an idiot.

"In the future, I'll have Slowking feed you more walnuts. Same for Jirachi."

As he spoke, Julian glanced at the unconscious Jirachi. Not only was this guy lacking in intelligence, its courage was pitifully small too.

Judging by the collective IQ displayed by Celebi and Jirachi, Julian came to a conclusion: fried food really could not be eaten too much, or it truly affected intelligence.

"Alright, you stop laughing too."

Julian handed Jirachi and Nebby over to Metagross, walked up to Gengar, and grabbed its cheeks with both hands, pulling hard as he said irritably, "I absolutely won't allow this kind of stunt again."

To be honest, ever since Julian began his journey, he had never felt this anxious before. During those five minutes while Gengar was in the interdimensional space, the sense of anxiety he felt had probably exceeded what he might feel when his future wife was giving birth.

Damn—he didn't even have a wife yet, and he was already being scared half to death. If this kept happening, he felt like it would shorten his lifespan.

At the time, he deeply regretted why he had listened to Gengar. It wasn't as if the Main Quest could only be attempted once—if necessary, he could have just sent Metagross to fight later.

He could afford to lose.

But to trade the possibility of victory at the cost of losing Gengar—that was beyond foolish.

Originally, Gengar had been quite pleased with itself for pranking Celebi and Jirachi. And when it saw its trainer tugging at its cheeks, it wanted to resist a little. But when it noticed Julian's slightly reddened eyes, along with the unmistakable worry and lingering fear in them.

Its immediately stopped struggling.

"Gen..."

It stretched out its long tongue and licked Julian's face.

Julian had already prepared himself to be paralyzed. He had even been about to take out a Cheri Berry from his pocket, but to his surprise, he realized his body didn't seem to be paralyzed.

He raised his hand in disbelief. "Has my unlucky streak finally ended?"

When Gengar used Lick on enemies, the chance to trigger paralysis was pretty high. But on him? The paralysis rate was practically one hundred percent.

Yet this time, nothing happened.

The disbelief on his face gradually shifted toward delight.

"Gen~"

Gengar's tongue came at him again. Julian, brimming with confidence, declared, "I am now officially blessed by fortune—"

He froze.

Paralyzed.

Why was he paralyzed?!

Gengar: 'The first lick had just been a normal lick without using the move. But seeing you get cocky like that, how could I not bring you back down to earth?'

After using a Cheri Berry to cure the paralysis, Julian stood there with a dejected expression—right next to an equally dejected Celebi.

"Sigh" ×2

Liligant woke up just in time to witness the entire farce. Countless black lines streaked across its forehead. How had it lost to a Pokémon like this—and a trainer like this?

Yes, Lilligant had lost.

Against Gengar's all-or-nothing gamble, strong as it was, it couldn't withstand the chaotic turbulence within that interdimensional space. If Gengar hadn't pulled it out at the last moment, it might have died in there.

Of course, Gengar was also the one who dragged it in to begin with.

An absolute lunatic.

Watching Gengar now—grinning, mischief written all over its face—it was like looking at a completely different being from the manic specter inside that other dimension. Two polar extremes.

If it hadn't witnessed that madness firsthand, Liligant would never believe that this chubby white Pokémon and that creature were the same ghost.

Just recalling Gengar in the interdimensional space made Liligant shudder involuntarily.

Footsteps approached.

Julian had already walked up to it.

Looking at Lilligant, who had just fainted from exhaustion not long ago yet was now awake and even standing, seemingly having recovered some of its stamina.

Even Julian had to admit that its recovery speed was astonishing.

"I was going to give you this, but it looks like you don't need it anymore."

Julian held a recovery potion in his hand.

Need it? Of course Lilligant needed it.

It took the potion from his hand, opened it, and gulped it down in one go.

As the potion went down, it could clearly feel its stamina recovering at an astonishing rate, and a flicker of surprise crossed its eyes.

Lilligant looked at the empty bottle in its hand.

Just one bottle like this restored more than half of its stamina—and even increased its recovery speed.

Seeing Lilligant's slightly wide-eyed, inexperienced expression, Julian's heart stirred. He opened the system shop and purchased some dance shoes, dance dress, and various instructional materials on dance styles.

Liligant stared at the suddenly appearing shoes and dress. It didn't know what they were, but instinct told it these things... suited it somehow.

Julian briefly explained their purpose, and Liligant's eyes immediately began to shine.

Especially when it saw the dance materials—the sheer variety of styles and techniques—the light in its eyes became dazzling.

It loved dancing. Loved it more than anything. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to develop a passive Dance Steps ability, and its dance was indeed graceful and beautiful.

But truth be told, its moves were few and repetitive.

What were they compared to the vast, boundless world of human dance? So many movements, so many genres.

The door to a whole new world had been opened for Lilligant—courtesy of Julian.

Looking at the dance styles in the materials, the magnificent stages, the audiences below, all of it—Liligant asked, its voice full of anticipation: "Is this... the world you come from?"

Julian nodded. "Yeah. But in my world, this is just one small part of it. If you want to see more outstanding dancers, I think you should go out there."

"Alright, I'll go with you," Lilligant nodded without hesitation.

Compared to strength, it was far more passionate about dance.

Julian was stunned when it agreed so readily. He had only wanted to give it a try—he hadn't expected to succeed so easily.

Lilligant couldn't be captured, but he could still build a good relationship with it.

"You... you can really leave?" Julian asked, uncertain.

"Of course, I can."

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