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During their casual conversation, Sun Wuming learned why Cynthia and Sina had traveled all the way from Sinnoh to Kanto—

They had also come for Mew.

More precisely, they were trying to recruit any potential allies who could help fight against Arceus in the future.

Mew was just one of them.

The plan was to use Sina's transcendence power to communicate with it and persuade it to help when Arceus descends in the future.

However, while transcendence power can enable communication with legendary Pokémon, it only works with those willing to communicate.

If it were Yveltal or Zygarde's blue core instead,

Forget about helping—they'd just tell you to "get lost" if you tried to communicate with them, and you'd be lucky if they didn't kill you.

Therefore, Cynthia and her group's main targets were the friendly legendary Pokémon like Ho-Oh and Lugia.

Many of these Pokémon were in the Kanto region.

Originally, Cynthia had planned to seek out Xerneas first, the most good-natured of all legendary Pokémon.

But hearing it had fallen into slumber, she chose to come to Kanto to find Mew instead.

...

...

After the ball, Cynthia formally explained to Eileen her purpose for coming to this city, asking if she could reveal the location of the Tree of Beginning.

Eileen was hesitant, but since it was the Sinnoh Champion personally requesting, and Cynthia had promised various benefits to Orlude City,

Eileen finally agreed.

On their journey, Cynthia asked Sun Wuming about his reason for coming here.

With Sun Wuming's permission, his dear student Serena answered:

"Teacher came to capture Mew."

Cynthia and Sina's eyes widened in shock.

Good grief, they only wanted to persuade Mew.

But this guy Sun Wuming was even more aggressive, wanting to capture it outright.

"Wuming has such weird taste in Pokémon," 

Marnie muttered under her breath.

Normally, men prefer Pokémon like Tyranitar, Charizard, or Salamence.

But this guy?

Diancie, Victini, Mew...

Damn, with all those muscles, he likes such cute Pokémon.

When they first learned about Sun Wuming's Pokémon preferences,

Marnie and the others were speechless.

"Given Mew's personality, would it really want to follow a human?"

Cynthia asked hesitantly.

She had never seen Mew, but had heard about its personality.

Though there were often stories of Mew helping humans or Pokémon in distress,

More often than not, it preferred to wander around the world playing pranks.

Would a Pokémon with such a personality really be willing to follow a human?

"I tamed Zekrom despite its nasty temper, so what's the big deal about handling a mischievous kid?"

Sun Wuming said coolly.

Zekrom, sleeping in its Poké Ball, mentally protested—what's the meaning of bringing me into this?

"Is that the World Tree? It's magnificent!"

After crossing another mountain ridge,

Seeing the enormous deep green tree that seemed to touch the sky, Serena couldn't help but exclaim in wonder.

But upon closer inspection, one would realize,

It wasn't actually a "tree," but rather a mountain covered in green crystals.

Due to its color, it appeared like a tree from a distance.

"They say the World Tree shares a symbiotic relationship with Mew, and once it detects the intrusion of foreign species, the 'Legendary Giants' will drive away the intruders,"

Sina recalled, remembering information from ancient documents she had studied.

"Isn't that even better? I want it to come find me."

Sun Wuming advanced without hesitation, with Marnie and Serena following closely behind.

"I just hope our actions don't anger Mew,"

Sina muttered to herself.

"But we can't stop now,"

Cynthia gave her an encouraging smile, gently patted Sina's back, and followed along.

...

...

Just as Sina had mentioned earlier,

They hadn't taken more than two steps into the Tree of Beginning before the "Legendary Giants" came to expel the intruders.

The first was Regirock, the Rock Peak Giant!

"So that's the 'Legendary Giant'?"

Cynthia's brows furrowed.

"Teacher, what should we do?"

The kind-hearted Serena asked Sun Wuming for instructions.

In her view, Regirock wasn't intentionally trying to attack them, just fulfilling its duty to protect the World Tree.

This made Serena hesitant to strike.

"Just knock it out,"

Sun Wuming chose a middle ground.

"I understand. I'm counting on you, Greninja!"

Serena called out her ace once again.

The moment Greninja appeared, it threw a barrage of Water Shuriken.

However, facing the water-type move that was super effective against it,

Regirock simply raised its sturdy arms as shields to block.

While the water vapor hadn't completely dispersed,

Boom! Boom!

The sound of heavy footsteps echoed in everyone's ears.

In the next instant, Regirock burst through the mist like an armored tank charging toward them.

Superpower!

"It's stronger than Brandon's!"

Cynthia's expression changed.

The most famous legendary Pokémon trainer in the League was undoubtedly Brandon from the Hoenn League, now the head of Kanto's Battle Frontier.

His signature Pokémon were the three Regis: Regirock, Regice, and Registeel.

Cynthia had seen Brandon's three Regis in battle, but they weren't as strong as this Regirock.

But since it was a giant tasked with protecting the World Tree, such power was only natural.

"Garchomp!"

Cynthia also called out her ace.

The moment Garchomp appeared, its arms surged with intense dragon energy, forming two great blades crossed in an "X" shape, slashing down to block Regirock's Superpower.

"Mew~"

At this moment, on a crystal above the battlefield,

An Aipom with its tail wrapped around the crystal was curiously observing the battle below.

However, the sound it made didn't sound anything like an Aipom.

[What are these people doing in my home?]

The "Aipom" wondered to itself.

Could they be like those people from before who tried to catch it?

About two years ago, a group had secretly infiltrated the Tree of Beginning trying to capture it, but ended up getting thoroughly beaten and fleeing in disgrace.

With one ground-type and one water-type, both at Champion level, it wasn't long before Regirock was defeated.

With a "crash," it collapsed to the ground.

Aipom blinked a couple of times, thinking to itself that these humans were quite capable.

So now... what should it do?

"Having fun watching, little one?"

A sudden teasing voice echoed near the "Aipom's" ear.

"Mew?!"

The little one was startled, its tail loosening from the crystal, suddenly falling downward.

On the ground below, Sina suddenly noticed Sun Wuming had vanished, and turned her head left and right, searching for the man.

"Huh? Where did Mr. Sun go?"

"Danger!"

At this moment, Cynthia spotted an Aipom falling from above.

Reflexively, Cynthia prepared to have her Garchomp help,

But halfway through its fall, the Aipom's body suddenly began glowing like evolution light.

In less than half a second, before everyone's astonished eyes, the Aipom transformed into a Pidgey, flew back to the crystal, and began scolding Sun Wuming with its wing pointing at him.

"Mew! Mew! Mew!"

However, this "Pidgey's" voice didn't sound anything like a Pidgey either.

"When did he get up there?"

Sina was startled again.

Sun Wuming said with an amused smile:

"Why don't you show your true form now?"

The Pidgey shot Sun Wuming an annoyed glance.

Another flash of light passed over its body, transforming into a pink cat with a tail longer than its body.

"Mew?!"

The four women below simultaneously called out the Pokémon's name.

"Mew! Mew!"

Mew continued waving its tiny hands, berating Sun Wuming.

Clearly complaining about how he had startled it earlier, almost making it fall.

The voice matched perfectly with its current adorable appearance.

"Killer Queen, be my Stand—I mean, my Pokémon!"

Sun Wuming completely ignored Mew's complaints, extending his hand in an inviting gesture.

However, Mew rolled its eyes at this foolish biped, preparing to fly away.

After making it lose face like that earlier, he still wanted to catch it.

Was Mew that kind of Pokémon?

"Bewear!"

Seeing the pink cat trying to escape, Sun Wuming immediately released a pink bear.

Then tiny fists ready to punch!

BOOM!!!

As the punch flew, Mew vanished in the final split second before the fist would have connected.

Bewear's punch struck the crystal-covered mountainside

With a thunderous impact, spider-web cracks rapidly spread across the mountainside, and after about three seconds, several hundred square meters of the wall collapsed heavily.

"That Bewear's power is ridiculous?!"

Even Champion Cynthia watched in shock.

What terrifying strength!

"What an impressive Teleport."

Sun Wuming jumped down with Bewear, returning to the ground, then turned to look at Mew floating in the upper right.

At this moment, the little cat covered its mouth with its tiny hands, its big watery eyes narrowed into slits, as if saying "Can't hit me! Can't hit me!"

The undefeated champion of Alola, Bewear, wasn't having it. It leaped up with amazing jumping power, unleashing a barrage of million-ton punches.

This scene shocked Cynthia again.

My goodness, this Bewear jumps even more impressively than Blaziken.

How exactly does Sun Wuming train it?

However, just like before, facing Bewear's continuous iron fists, Mew kept using Teleport to dodge.

And it always used it at the very last moment, when the fist was less than a centimeter away.

Ah~ Just playing around~

"Grrr!"

Bewear glared at Mew, growing increasingly frustrated.

Meanwhile, Mew in the air covered its mouth, laughing even more exaggeratedly.

"Alright Bewear, come back."

Sun Wuming took out the Poké Ball and recalled Bewear.

Just as Cynthia thought Sun Wuming was going to send out Zekrom,

She saw him crack his neck and say:

"I'll handle this myself."