"I am your father."
As soon as Shadow Mewtwo's calm telepathy was heard, the entire area went silent.
Mew's little head completely froze.
Damian and the other two had very strange looks on their faces.
Wait, was Shadow Mewtwo on a short fuse today?
Erika was stunned. What the hell was "I am your father"? Why was he being so foul-mouthed?
Caitlin was equally shocked. Damian found it weird, too. Although he had told Shadow Mewtwo before that he could talk back to Mew if he felt annoyed, he didn't expect him to be this bold.
Damian didn't think one sentence would make Mew's brain stop working.
After a long while, Mew finally snapped out of it. It bit its claws and looked at Shadow Mewtwo.
If it had eyebrows, they would be squeezed tightly together right now.
Its father? That wasn't right. It clearly didn't have a father or a mother.
"Wait! You're insulting me, mew!"
Mew suddenly realized it. This ugly guy was just insulting it, right? Definitely!
"You—you-you-you!!!"
Mew was so angry that its telepathy started to stutter.
"You're so rude! How can you be so rude, mew!"
Mew was very angry. It was so mad it wanted to stomp its feet. However, because its heart was naturally innocent, it didn't even know how to insult him back.
Shadow Mewtwo remained expressionless. He stared at Mew for a while. When he noticed the resentment and hurt in the little thing's eyes, he sighed in his heart.
How should he put it? He... suddenly felt like a bad person.
Such a simple little creature, and yet he snapped at it. Was he being a bit too much?
But it was impossible to make Shadow Mewtwo bow his head and apologize to Mew. So, Shadow Mewtwo chose to stay silent. He didn't even look at Mew anymore.
"No way! You must apologize to me today, or I will teach you a lesson, mew!"
Mew was very angry, and the consequences would be serious.
"Oh?"
Shadow Mewtwo's stubborn temper flared up when he heard that.
"You want to fight? I'm happy to join you." Shadow Mewtwo was not scared at all and answered immediately.
Pink psychic energy rose from Mew's body. Its big, clear eyes, which looked like a deer's, also lit up with pink light. Clearly, Mew was serious now.
The violet flames in Shadow Mewtwo's eyes also burned brightly. He had been waiting for the day to fight Mew for a long time!
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
"Wait, wait. If you two want to fight, do it later."
Damian immediately broke up the standoff. He didn't think there was a problem with Mew and Shadow Mewtwo fighting, but he had business to finish first. Once his task was done, they could go play by themselves.
Hearing Damian's words, Shadow Mewtwo silently let his power fade. He trusted Damian the most now.
"Mew?"
Seeing Shadow Mewtwo stop, Mew looked at Damian with confusion.
"Oh right, you still have the three Legendary Giants with you, mew."
Mew suddenly remembered and immediately pushed the "insult" aside.
"Are you talking about Regirock and the others? Yes, I have them. But I have already caught them," Damian said with a very bright smile.
"Um... then can you let them go, mew?"
Mew moved closer to Damian. Its voice was extremely cute, and it seemed like it was acting cute on purpose.
"They are very important to me, mew. Big Pillar left them for me. If they are lost, Big Pillar will definitely scold me. Huh?"
Mew's telepathy sounded very sad, but at the end, its nose suddenly twitched. It sniffed the air in front of Damian and then flew around him twice. Finally, it was sure it hadn't smelled wrong.
"Is that Ho-Oh's scent? Hmm... and Reshiram and Rayquaza, mew. Suicune, Jirachi... Wow~ you caught so many powerful friends!"
Mew was incredibly surprised. Even it found it shocking because Damian had the scent of many Legendary Pokémon on him. It had never seen anything like it!
"Your nose is really sharp. You can actually smell all that?" Damian looked at Mew with surprise.
"Hehe~ I often go to other places to wander around, so I know most of them!"
Mew was a little proud. Because staying in the World Tree was too boring, it would travel around sometimes. Because of that, Mew knew many Legendary Pokémon. Even if they weren't necessarily on good terms—and some even disliked Mew for having no sense of personal space—Mew basically knew all of them.
"Then you are quite impressive," Damian said, raising an eyebrow.
"Hmph hmph~!"
Mew covered its mouth and giggled, then put its hands on its hips proudly.
"Wait, no! Human, can you give the three Legendary Giants back to me, mew?"
But Mew quickly snapped out of it. How did the topic drift away again?
"Mew, are you usually very lonely?"
Damian did not answer the question. Give the three Legendary Giants back to Mew? He would "return" them, of course. He didn't plan to take the three Legendary Giants away forever. After all, he planned to take over this entire area around the World Tree.
"Um... yes, mew. But humans cannot go inside there. You will be eaten, mew."
Mew blinked its big, clean eyes and tilted its head as it spoke.
So cute!
Erika couldn't help but stare at Mew with sparkling eyes. She never expected the Mythical Pokémon, Mew, to be this cute and straightforward. According to the Pokédex, Mew should be an extremely ancient being. Many people even believed it was the ancestor of all Pokémon.
Logically, a Mew that had lived for so long should be a very mature Pokémon. But after talking to it, it was clear that Mew had a very simple heart.
And... its telepathy had a verbal tic! Its verbal tic was so cute!
"We won't go inside. However, I have many Pokémon I am raising, and I want to leave them here with you. Can you help me watch over them?"
Damian stated his goal. That's right; he wanted this World Tree Mew to become the "manager" for the Pokémon his organization was raising.
Damian didn't know if there were other Mews in this world, but he knew that this specific Mew, which lived with the Tree of Beginning, could probably never "leave" the tree. Their lives were tied together—if one thrived, the other thrived; if one was hurt, both were hurt.
In the Lucario and the Mystery of Mew movie, it was clear that this Mew was very lonely inside the tree, but its home was still there.
"Ah? About that..."
Mew bit its claws again, looking quite conflicted.
Taking in Pokémon wasn't a big problem for the World Tree, since the inside was huge. But the key was, if it took in these Pokémon, would Damian the human come here often?
Mew felt it shouldn't agree too easily.
"Mew, have you ever eaten these?" Damian didn't wait for an answer and took out some delicious cake and snacks.
"Ooh..."
Mew's eyes looked curiously at the small cake pushed into its hands. The pink cat took a bite, and its eyes lit up instantly.
"There's also this."
Damian took out some fruit juice from the fridge in his spatial backpack. He put the straw right to the pink cat's mouth.
"It's so good, mew!!"
The pink cat took a sip. The cold, refreshing feeling and the sweetness of the juice made its eyes narrow in happiness immediately.
"And then there's this." Finally, Damian took out a tablet. He opened a webpage and started playing a TV drama called Charizard and Its Venusaur Bride.
While drinking juice and eating the small cake and energy roots, the pink cat looked exactly like a shut-in.
"Human! Human! I like these, mew! I love them!"
Mew was very happy. It had actually been to human cities many times before, since it could turn invisible. But it was innocent and straightforward, so it hadn't really stolen human food. Not to mention, Damian's desserts and juices were top-quality.
Seeing his "original form" being easily bought off by some food, drinks, and a show, Shadow Mewtwo remained expressionless.
"It's good that you like them. I can have someone send you a batch every week. Also, I'm going to buy this entire area so the Pokémon in my organization can live here."
"I will also release the three Legendary Giants here. Mew, can you help me keep an eye on these Pokémon usually?"
"There are some very interesting Pokémon, too. For example, Zapdos, Landorus, and Enamorus."
Damian spoke persuasively. The area of the Tree of Beginning was actually very remote. It was basically at the very edge of the Kanto continent, so very few people ever came here. To buy this land, he just needed to use his connections and spend a lot of money.
"Eh? Are Landorus and the others coming too, mew?" Mew tilted its head while sipping juice, but then it became happy.
"I can do it, mew!!" Mew didn't hesitate at all and nodded vigorously.
"But, human, you are not allowed to go inside, mew. In the future, if you come here, just have Jirachi call for me, mew."
Mew reminded Damian.
"Okay, I understand. Mew, you can call me Damian."
Damian reached out and gently patted Mew's face. This pink cat was truly cute. It was worth noting that while Mew looked hairless, it actually had very fine fur. It felt very good to the touch.
"Damian~ You are a good person, mew."
Mew squinted its eyes and smiled, flying in a circle around Damian.
"Damian, Damian~ Can you bring a little more of these things every time, mew? They disappear so fast when I eat them."
Then, the pink cat looked at Damian expectantly and pointed to the empty cake wrapper in its claw. The juice was almost gone, too.
"I will tell the delivery person. But little one, these are sweets. You shouldn't eat too many of them," Damian said with a smile.
Even though a Mythical Pokémon like Mew had a great body, if it kept eating lots of sweets and juice for a long time... it might actually become a fat shut-in. However, looking at Mew's tiny, thin body, Damian thought it wouldn't be easy for it to get fat.
"Mm-hmm! I understand, mew." Mew nodded hard, showing it understood.
"Hehe I'm so happy, mew"
Mew spun around happily several times. It didn't hide its feelings at all, behaving like an innocent child. Because of this, its clean and straightforward heart was even more obvious. It was very cute.
And then...
"Damian, Damian... is that ugly, black, and very rude guy also your Pokémon? Why do I smell a bit of myself on him, mew?"
Finally, Mew floated to Damian's side and whispered the question to him quietly. It didn't like Shadow Mewtwo. That guy was just too rude. It didn't like him at all.
Hearing this, Damian's expression became a bit strange.
Even though Mew was "whispering," Shadow Mewtwo's senses were incredibly sharp. Right now, the violet flames in Shadow Mewtwo's eyes were flickering wildly. His breathing became much heavier.
His telepathy sounded like he was holding something back.
"I AM YOUR FATHER!!"
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