Chapter 181 - Dr. Butterfly and ultimate Homunculus

[Yes, I want you to explore one of the ruins that were built somewhere deep in Santalune forest.] Hearing Xerneas's words, Itsuki for a moment remembered the old map he obtained after defeating Korrina two days ago, in Santalune Forest.

'I was thinking of doing some exploration in search of the ancient ruin. But with Xerneas, I won't have to waste time searching anymore. With Xerneas, I would be able to avoid all the powerful Pokemon that live in the core part of the forest.' For Itsuki, this was a win-win situation. He had no reason to reject Xerneas's offer. But there was a question he wanted to ask before agreeing.

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Itsuki looked into Xerneas eyes without having any fear. Xerneas by nature was calm Pokemon and would only in extremely rare cases harm humans. Otherwise, the tale of Xerneas helping humans is famous throughout the Kalos region.

"Supposedly I obtain some ancient rare items or objects from the ruins, who will take those objects? How we are going to divide the loot?" For a moment Itsuki felt like he was about to do something dirty as the loot word is mostly used by bad guys.

[Human, I am not interested in any of the objects found in the ancient ruin. I am just curious about what the ancient civilization has left behind for the future generation.]

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Since Xerneas said these words, Itsuki had no reason to wait anymore.

"Okay, I agree with your offer but I will decide when we're going to visit the ruin. Currently, I have some other works to do." Xerneas nodded and then approached Itsuki. Seeing Xerneas approaching him, Itsuki cautious took a few steps back.

[Human, I am going to heal you. There is no need for you to be cautious around me. Like I said before, if I wanted to harm you, I already would have done it even without you noticing it.]

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Sigh! Itsuki sighed and nodded his head.

When Xerneas was only 1 meter away, her horns for a moment glowed in rainbow color. Each part of the horn glowed in a specific color.

Itsuki suddenly felt pure, cold, and refreshing energy that was a thousand times better than the healing potion that he had just drank entered his body. As the energy entered his body, every wounded part of his body began to heal at rapid speed. Itsuki could literally feel his broken bones joining together and healing.

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After less than 30 seconds, Xerneas had completely healed every wound, broken bone, and tissue in his body. Itsuki felt as if he had returned to his Peak state.

"Thank you." A simple thank you had more than thousands of emotions. Those words came from the bottom of Itsuki's heart.

[There is no need to thank me. I did because I wanted to.] Xerneas then walked up to Sabrina who was lying on the ground, unconscious.

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Itsuki noticed just when Xerneas appeared in front of him, that the whole area has been surrounded by dense fog. The fog was so thick that it would be impossible to see anything beyond the fog.

Xerneas stopped in front of Sabrina. Once again, her horn began to shine in rain colors. No matter how many times Itsuki watches this scene, he can never stop feeling amazed.

When the horns stopped shining, Itsuki saw a shiny green ring on Sabrina's ring finger.

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Itsuki also noticed that all the small wounds and bruises on her body also have been healed, it looked like the wounds never existed in the first place.

[This ring will suppress her killing intent and keep her mind calm. But do note that with the increase in her powers, her killing intent will also increase. Meaning after reaching a certain level, this ring will be useless. Before that, she would have to learn to control her killing intent.]

Itsuki nodded his head with a serious look.

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"Thank you. I will be staying in this forest for a month or two. For now, I will focus on training, I will explore the ruins once I am ready."

[I will wait for you.] Before Itsuki could ask how he was supposed to contact her, Xerneas already had disappeared. After Xerneas disappeared, the thick fog also started to disperse.

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About 5 minutes later,

Sabrina slowly opened her eyes. As her gaze met the figure who was silently sitting beside her, all the memories of when she went berserk started resurfacing in her mind. Remembering what she did and how she nearly got Itsuki killed, Sabrina's eyes turned moist.

Her eyes turned red. Silently without Itsuki noticing, tears were rolling down her eyes. At this moment, Sabrina felt guilt was eating her alive.

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"There is no need for you to cry." Sabrina widened her tear-filled eyes hearing Itsuki's voice, who spoke without turning back.

"This was not your fault. I do not blame you. You should not blame yourself either. Everything was so unexpected. But now we have a chance to fix this problem." Itsuki turned to look at Sabrina.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you." Itsuki ended his words with a smile that made her heart warm.

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Sabrina nodded and wiped her tears. She then noticed the dark green ring on her ring finger.

Seeing the puzzled look, Itsuki decided to explain. "Let's just say, this ring is the key. A certain someone who happened to pass by gave you this ring. This ring will keep your mind calm and help you deal with your killing intent."

Sabrina nodded and then sat up.

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"So what now?" Sabrina asked while sitting beside Itsuki and looking at the blue sky.

"I was thinking of training. But with your condition, I can't leave you alone. So this month, you will also come with me to train. Leave your gym work to the assistant gym leaders that you hired."

Sabrina nodded her head. Deep inside she was very excited to train with Itsuki. She always has dreamed of training with her loved ones.

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With Sabrina joining, Itsuki went back to the same place where he and his Pokemon trained for 14 days.

Itsuki started guiding Sabrina in her training. With the help of the system, Itsuki was able to come up with an effective way of helping Sabrina in controlling her Killing intent. While helping Sabrina, Itsuki also didn't forget to train his body and Aura.

Besides training, Itsuki with the help of the system was also learning about his Buso Renkin unique ability.

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After weeks of research and experiments, both the system and Itsuki confirmed what Buso Renkin's unique ability was. Just learning about his unique ability, increased his overall powers by 5 times.

Things were progressing very nicely. His Pokemon were also training diligently. The next time, Itsuki was going to appear, he would have become more powerful than before.

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"So, Kinjo died while trying to retrieve the Kakugane." Standing in front of a huge flask that had purple color liquid in it, Dr. Butterfly stroked his long grey beard.

"What should we do now, Doctor?" Several figures were standing behind Dr. Butterfly. Their bodies were shrouded in darkness and it was impossible to see their appearance in the darkness.

"It is clear that Kinjo has died in the hands of Kagami Itsuki." Itsuki didn't realize how big of a mistake he made by not changing his blood-stained T-shirt. For them, it was not hard to guess who the killer was.

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"But I thought Kagami Itsuki was an Aura user." One of the subordinates of Dr. Butterfly stated his confusion.

"Aura users cannot use Kakugane. This means Kagami Itsuki is powerful enough to even take down someone like Kinjo. But if Kinjo had died in Itsuki's hand, we would have found his corpse. This only leaves only conclusion. Some Alchemist warriors must have helped Itsuki in killing Kinjo and also have taken the Kakugane with them." Dr. Butterly and everyone who knew about Homunculus and Kakugane, mistakenly assumed that some alchemist warriors must have assisted Itsuki. Little did they know, that Itsuki was the only person in the history of humankind to have the power to activate a Kakugane despite being an Aura user.

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"With this Kinjo incident, I am sure that Alchemist warriors would become more active in the Kalos region. You guys would need to watch out when heading outside. We this phase we cannot afford to waste hundred years of our work." Dr. Butterfly looked at the glass flask that was 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. Inside the flask, there was a certain man sleeping as his body was being restored.

"He is about to wake up. We're in the final phase. The only thing that we're currently lacking is his life force."

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My health is better now. I will try to upload regularly