Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 972: Chapter 1189: World Tree Branch

To be honest, Julian was indeed tempted by the condition offered by Organization Y. After all, if he could really locate Yveltal's Cocoon of Destruction—then with Mewtwo's power, Julian might actually be able to extract the Death Essence within it and give it to Gengar.

In that case, the Death Essence inside Gengar would undoubtedly increase, and it might even become the new God of Death—with a true divine authority.

Driven by ambition and desire, Julian didn't reject the offer outright. The moment he told them to call back tomorrow, he had already agreed in his heart.

Ambition and desire were the greatest forces driving humanity forward.

But many people ultimately died because their ambitions grew too large.

Julian's current goal; to seize Yveltal's Authority over death—was an ambition so vast it bordered on madness.

And the reason for such overwhelming desire was simple.

He believed he could achieve it—because he had the strength to do so.

Those who died chasing their ambitions did so because their strength was insufficient to match their desires.

But Julian believed it was possible. If there was anyone in this world capable of seizing the Authority of a First-class Legendary, then it could only be him.

"Gen~"

Gengar appeared beside him. It had overheard the entire conversation between Julian and Organization Y.

Being a clever ghost, it immediately understood—Julian's interest stemmed from that small fragment of Yveltal's Death Essence inside its body.

Gengar: "It's too risky."

It wasn't that it doubted Julian's success—but the danger was immense. If anything went wrong, Julian might die… and then he would become nothing more than a wandering soul.

"Risk and reward go hand in hand. Don't worry—even if I fail, I won't die."

Julian gently pinched Gengar's cheek.

Seeing Gengar so serious was rare—it actually felt a bit strange.

"Don't you want to pin Metagross to the ground and beat it up?"

Gengar immediately nodded excitedly.

After all, among Julian's Pokémon—aside from the few First-class Legendaries—who didn't want to beat Metagross?

If they weren't weaker than it, do you think they'd still call it "Boss"?

Julian felt that the chances of success were quite high. Of course, failure was still possible—but even if he failed, he probably wouldn't be in any real danger.

After all, Yveltal had already been defeated by him once, not to mention that it was currently in a weakened state.

Now the real question was, how to come up with an item to "awaken" Xerneas.

Ordinary items definitely wouldn't work. It had to be something unfamiliar, something with a certain amount of energy—and ideally, that energy should be similar to Xerneas's own.

Otherwise, deceiving Organization Y would be quite difficult.

"Troublesome…"

Julian muttered. For a moment, he really couldn't think of anything suitable.

Did he have to go find Mew again and ask if it had something like that?

But he had only visited recently—going again so soon didn't seem appropriate.

"Gen~"

Gengar suddenly spoke up.

Gengar: "I have something like that."

"You? You're basically a junk collector—how would you have something like that?"

Julian pushed Gengar's head aside.

Hearing itself being called a junk collector, Gengar immediately gave Julian a big Lick across the face.

'Damnit—aren't all those 'junk' things stuffed into my stomach by you guys in the first place?'

After tremblingly pulling out a Cheri Berry from his pocket and curing the paralysis, Julian asked with an awkward smile. "You really have something?"

"Gen~"

Gengar nodded. It reached into its belly, rummaged around, and pulled out a tree branch.

[World Tree Branch: A branch taken from the World Tree, containing abundant life energy. Long-term possession can increase lifespan by 50 years.]

Seeing the information fed back by the Probing Eyes, Julian's eyes lit up.

He took the branch from Gengar, pleasantly surprised. "Where did you get this?"

"Gen~"

Gengar: "There were a lot of these where Mew sleeps. I just picked up a few."

Julian recalled that there had indeed been many scattered branches in the tree hollow where Mew slept. At the time, he had thought they were just ordinary branches and hadn't paid any attention to them.

Who would have thought that they would turn out to be such valuable treasures?

Something that could extend lifespan—even if it required long-term carrying—adding fifty years was already incredible. And carrying it long-term was hardly an issue.

Thinking of this, Julian quickly asked, "How many did you pick up?"

Gengar had just said "a few."

"Gen~"

Gengar then took out all the branches from its belly—some large, some small, some long, some short.

After counting, there were sixteen in total.

Julian remembered that in the tree hollow where Mew slept, branches like these were scattered all over the ground—there must have been at least a hundred of them.

"You wasteful little ghost, why did you only take so few?"

Julian pinched Gengar's cheeks and pulled them apart, stretching the chubby ghost into a long, thin one.

"Gen~"

Gengar: "I'm going to break!"

After picking up all the branches from the ground, Julian walked out of the room and headed to the warehouse in the backyard.

This warehouse stored not only a large number of vehicles but also all sorts of miscellaneous items—including a complete set of woodworking tools.

Because of his Daily Quests, Julian had mastered many skills—he couldn't even remember how many—but among them was Master-level woodworking.

He planned to use these World Tree branches to craft items for his family, making them easier to carry. After all, no one could just walk around holding a branch all day.

For the men in the family—grand-uncle, grandpa, uncle, his father, and himself—he decided to make bracelets, simply carving the branches into wooden beads.

As for his grandma, aunt, mother, aunt-in-law, and Jade, he would make pendants they could wear around their necks.

After finishing items for his family, Julian also crafted additional ornaments, handheld trinkets, and small decorative items. These could be given as gifts later—to his maternal grandparents, uncle, and others.

Finally, using the largest piece of branch, Julian carved a palm-sized wooden plaque.

On it, he engraved a pair of antlers—specifically, Xerneas's antlers.

With Julian's woodworking skill combined with the top-tier material of the World Tree branch, the finished plaque was absolutely exquisite.

Especially the life energy emanating from it—it matched Xerneas perfectly.

"Perfect."

Looking at the beautifully crafted plaque in his hand, Julian almost felt reluctant to part with it.

But you couldn't catch a wolf without sacrificing some bait.

This item would make the perfect lure—Organization Y would have no reason to doubt its authenticity.

"Thanks, Gengar."

Julian patted Gengar on the head.

Just moments ago, he had been worrying about how to deceive Organization Y—and now Gengar had effortlessly solved the problem for him.

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