Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 937: Chapter 1154: Master

"Gen~"

At home, Julian was playing games with the two little ones. Metagross was quietly lying at his feet. Since his mother had already returned home from university, Metagross had naturally come back with her.

"You're back. How did it go?"

Seeing Gengar appear, Julian slightly raised his head and asked.

"Gen~"

Gengar briefly explained the situation.

"Hmm, so there really was an issue internally."

Julian muttered, not particularly surprised. After all, when he had the Third Captain conduct an internal investigation, he had already suspected something was wrong inside.

Saying no more, he figured the Steel Guards would continue their investigation.

"Julian! Save me! Save me!"

Jirachi's urgent cries for help came from the side.

Looking over, he saw that Jirachi's hero was being chased by an opposing Dragonite. It was already low on health and about to be caught—if not for Dragonite's skills being on cooldown, it would have been killed already.

"Don't be afraid—I'm here!"

With a Dig, Julian controlled Steelix to emerge from underground, blocking the Dragonite's path and allowing Jirachi to escape safely.

"Son, when do you think your father and grandfather will be out?"

Tina sat down beside Julian, holding a plate of fruits cut by Magearna and casually turning on the TV.

"Probably soon."

Julian replied after thinking for a moment.

It had been almost two months since Jake and John entered the Primal Secret Realm. Previously, when Julian had fallen unconscious, James had sent someone into the secret realm to look for them.

However, before they could be found, Julian had woken up, so that person was called back.

As a result, John and Jake still didn't know about Julian's recent coma or the reappearance of the remnants of the Wynn family.

After finishing the match, just as he was about to start another one, a call came in.

Seeing that the incoming call displayed no number, Julian directly hung up.

"Mom, Love, I'm heading back to my room."

"Mm," his mother nodded.

"Dee~"

Love: "Go to bed early. Don't stay up late playing games."

"Got it."

Hearing Love's reminder, Julian curled his lips and went upstairs with the two little ones.

Just after returning to his room, the phone rang again.

"So, what's your answer?"

Julian answered the call and asked directly.

"We can hand over the members of the Wynn family to you, but how can I be sure that the location you're giving me is real?"

The voice coming from the other end surprised Julian a bit.

"A woman?"

It was a woman's voice—and it didn't even sound like it had been altered or disguised.

"Looks like Champion Walker is quite surprised."

"Yeah, I didn't expect the Master of Organization Y to be a woman," Julian said with a smile.

As he said that, the line fell silent.

It seemed she hadn't expected Julian to have uncovered her identity so quickly.

Organization Y had always been the largest terrorist organization in the world. And a few years ago, their leader Lyle had even summoned Yveltal in Babath—raising their notoriety to an even higher level.

In the end, because of Julian, their plan had failed, and Yveltal had reverted to its Cocoon of Destruction state before disappearing entirely.

But Organization Y itself had not been destroyed, because its most mysterious figure, the "Master," had never revealed themselves. As long as this Master existed, Organization Y would continue to exist.

"Haha, Champion Walker, I must say I admire the intelligence capabilities of your Steel Guards."

After about ten seconds, her voice came through the phone again.

"No matter how well rats hide in the sewers, they can't escape a cat's nose—don't you agree?" Julian said with a smile, gently stroking Nebby in his arms.

"Julian, don't be so overconfident."

Perhaps being called a "rat" had stung, as her tone shifted with irritation.

"Angry are you? But to me it seems like you're just scared."

From addressing him as "Champion Walker" earlier to now calling him "Julian" outright, her tone had clearly changed—she was genuinely a bit angry.

Perhaps he had hit a sore spot.

"A rat's a rat after all, you can't change its nature."

The Steel Guards didn't only handle assassinations and protection missions—their intelligence-gathering capabilities were also extremely formidable. After all, strong intelligence was the foundation of completing any mission.

As long as you existed in this world, no matter how careful you were, you would leave traces behind.

And under the joint investigation of the Steel Guards and the country's intelligence department, they had naturally uncovered some clues.

Though the reemergence of Organization Y was something Julian hadn't expected.

And what's more, it was their most enigmatic figure—the Master.

In the decades-long history of Organization Y, the role of this Master had always been shrouded in mystery. No one in all those years had ever laid eyes on them.

Not even the high-ranking members of Organization Y themselves.

"How did you determine that I'm the Master?"

"Because I figured that there's no one in this world who would refuse eternal life. So, I assumed the next person to call me back would be the Master."

"After all, your newly appointed leader, Klein, is nothing more than your puppet."

Julian's tone was calm yet confident.

The previous leader of Organization Y was Lyle, but he had died in Babath. The current leader was Klein—a fact known only to a few countries with highly developed intelligence networks.

After all, Klein hadn't appeared in public yet.

To put it simply, he hadn't committed any public atrocities yet, so most people didn't even know such a person existed.

"Julian, you yourself said no one in this world can refuse eternal life. So why are you offering the location of Xerneas as a bargaining chip?"

"Or perhaps you don't actually know it… or you're planning to give me a fake location."

Julian wasn't surprised that she could guess his intentions—after all, she was no fool.

He even suspected she already knew, with high probability, that he was deceiving her.

"If that's what you really thought, you wouldn't have called me back. Just like I said before—the allure of eternal life is just too strong."

"You still want to take that gamble, don't you?"

Just as he said, no one could resist the temptation of eternal life. Even knowing there was a ninety-nine percent chance he was lying, she still clung to that one percent possibility—what if he wasn't?

After all, the claim had come from Julian himself, and he had connections with many First-class Legendaries, so his words carried a certain degree of credibility.

Gamblers might be despised, but in truth, every person was born a gambler.

Wasn't life itself just a series of choices and wagers?

"But you're just saying that—you haven't given me any real information. How am I suppose to believe you?"

Julian was clearly trying to get something for nothing. Even if she desperately craved eternal life, without some concrete information from him, she would never believe him.

"Call me again in three days. I'll show you a photo of Xerneas—maybe even a video."

The line fell silent once more.

Julian had just raised the stakes, and the other side was clearly struggling to respond.

After about two or three minutes, the voice on the other end finally said, "Fine."

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