The moment Kartana finished speaking, an intense wave of hostility swept over from the side.
It came from Lucario.
Its Trainer, Sir Aaron, along with countless Aura Guardians, had sacrificed their lives to preserve the World Origin Tree.
Now, after hope had finally appeared, a Pokémon was suddenly talking about cutting the World Origin Tree down.
Lucario's Aura burst forth completely. If Kartana made the slightest suspicious movement, it would attack with everything it had.
"Chiaow…"
Locked onto by Lucario's aura, Kartana merely thought for a moment before lowering its arms and decisively giving up.
Not because it was afraid.
Rather, Kartana understood its own position very clearly. It was an outsider. This was, after all, someone else's world.
Naturally, it could not behave here as recklessly as it did in its own world.
However, this only strengthened Kartana's desire to return home.
This world, filled with such a dense aura of death, made it extremely uncomfortable to remain here.
"The World Origin Tree is very important to our world. If you're trying to recover through Photosynthesis, we can help you in other ways."
Chen Mo turned to look at the little star floating nearby.
Jirachi immediately understood.
"Rachi!"
(Jirachi is here!)
With a cheerful cry, Jirachi flew over to Kartana. It curiously examined this otherworldly Pokémon, which seemed to be even a little shorter than itself, before extending its soft white hand.
"Rachi…"
(Relax. Just leave it to Jirachi…)
Gentle pink waves of energy enveloped Kartana, and an incomparably comfortable sensation began spreading through its body.
Kartana looked at Jirachi in surprise.
Then Chen Mo's voice came from beside it.
"Kartana, I actually have a way to help you return home. However, you may need to wait for a while. What do you think?"
The method Chen Mo was referring to was naturally having the Unown help send Kartana home.
However, the previous transfer of the World Origin Tree had nearly drained the Unown completely. At present, they simply did not have enough spare energy to take Kartana in search of its world.
"Chiaow…"
Yet in response to Chen Mo's proposal, Kartana shook its head.
Then it waved its blade-like arms twice at Chen Mo.
Although the gesture was rather abstract, Chen Mo, who was proficient in Aura, easily understood what Kartana meant.
It had its own way of returning home.
With the sword in its hands.
Almost instantly, an image flashed through Chen Mo's mind.
In the original anime, most Ultra Beasts had been captured by the Ultra Guardians formed by Ash and his companions before being sent back to their own worlds.
Kartana, however, had been an exception.
It had opened an Ultra Wormhole by itself and voluntarily returned to its own world.
"I understand."
Chen Mo did not say anything further.
After all, based on the information they had previously obtained, both Blacephalon and Xurkitree had appeared in reality before—and both had opened Ultra Wormholes themselves before escaping.
"Chiaow!"
Kartana let out a grateful cry toward Jirachi.
Then it raised its head toward the sky and began floating upward.
Despite being a Grass- and Steel-type Pokémon, Kartana's ability to fly was anything but lacking. In the blink of an eye, it had already risen more than a hundred meters into the air.
Taking a deep breath, it extended both arms forward.
"Chiaow!"
With a low roar, Kartana's blade-like arms transformed into afterimages, leaving countless astonishing slashes through the empty air.
To the observers below, it was like watching a white flower blossom in the sky.
[What is Kartana doing? Performing some swordsmanship to thank Jirachi for healing it?]
[Didn't it say Kartana wanted to go home…]
[Wait a second. Is it trying to cut open a spatial rift by itself?]
Although they could not understand Kartana's words, based on the keywords Chen Mo had mentioned earlier and Kartana's current actions, countless viewers gradually realized what it was trying to do.
The livestream chat exploded.
Then, at that very moment—
Kartana suddenly stopped.
On the screen, every viewer could clearly see the sense of helplessness in its expression.
[So it really can't do it. You scared the hell out of me.]
[I think everyone's misunderstood something. Cutting through space? This isn't a fantasy or xianxia novel. How could that possibly happen?]
"It can't?"
Chen Mo suddenly found the situation rather strange.
Setting Blacephalon aside for the moment, the Xurkitree that Zapdos had once driven away was definitely weaker than the Kartana standing before him.
If Xurkitree had been capable of opening an Ultra Wormhole and escaping, why could Kartana not do the same?
Was it because the techniques they used were different?
Chen Mo was full of questions.
At the same time, Kartana slowly descended.
It shook its head dejectedly at Chen Mo.
"Chiaow…"
(No. Breaking through that barrier earlier consumed too much energy. In my current state, I can't open the passage…)
Jirachi's move could help heal Kartana's physical injuries, but it was essentially useless when it came to replenishing the enormous amount of stamina and energy Kartana had expended.
"Chiaow?"
(Is there anywhere in this world that isn't affected by it? I need light.)
Kartana pointed toward the World Origin Tree.
According to Lucario, when the World Origin Tree had been at its healthiest, its influence had extended across the entire Pokémon world.
But now—
As the World Origin Tree had become critically ill, the area it could affect had naturally shrunk dramatically.
As long as they moved far enough away, Kartana should be able to draw light without having the World Origin Tree absorb it first.
Just as Chen Mo was about to speak—
Jirachi, who had been quietly listening nearby, suddenly spoke.
"Rachi."
(If you only need energy, Jirachi can temporarily borrow some for you~)
"Hm?"
Chen Mo looked at Jirachi with a puzzled expression.
The little star suddenly gave him a mischievous smile.
"Rachi~"
(Chen Mo, Jirachi grows too, you know~)
Chen Mo froze.
Although Jirachi was a Legendary Pokémon—the famous Wish Pokémon—Chen Mo had honestly never expected too much from it.
All he had ever wanted was for the little star to live safely and happily under his protection.
Because of that, Chen Mo had never assigned Jirachi any particularly complicated training tasks.
If he had not considered how Jirachi might feel watching all its companions train while it sat nearby, Chen Mo might not have assigned it any training at all.
"Rachi! Rachi, rachi~"
(It's not that Chen Mo overlooked me. It's just that Jirachi is a genius! Hehe, I grew so quickly that even Chen Mo didn't notice, right~?)
As though it had seen through Chen Mo's thoughts, Jirachi raised its star-shaped head proudly, looking utterly pleased with itself.
"Now watch carefully, Chen Mo! The power that belongs to Jirachi!"
This sentence was transmitted directly through telepathy.
Watching Jirachi behave like a child who could no longer wait to show an adult the results of all its secret hard work, a smile naturally appeared on Chen Mo's face.
He gently nodded, his voice warm.
"Alright."
Kartana stared blankly at the interaction between the two.
In Kartana's world, lifeforms similar to humans also existed.
In fact, some Kartana had formed mutually cooperative relationships with certain humans. Because of this, those humans were referred to by ordinary people as Paperblade Masters.
"Rachi!"
(I'm starting now!)
Jirachi's cry interrupted Kartana's thoughts.
It raised its head and solemnly nodded toward the little star, indicating that it was completely ready.
After waiting for roughly two or three minutes, Kartana felt it.
An incredibly gentle and familiar form of special energy was continuously flowing toward it from every direction.
"This is…"
Chen Mo, who had released his Aura, sensed it as well.
Then he understood what Jirachi was doing.
Although Jirachi possessed an enormous quantity of energy absorbed from comets, unlike Victini—who could freely share its seemingly limitless energy with others—Jirachi normally could not freely draw upon that vast reserve within its body.
That was why Jirachi had said it was borrowing energy.
And from whom was it borrowing?
Naturally—
From the countless forms of life existing throughout this world.
As a Legendary Pokémon deeply connected to mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, Jirachi possessed the ability to mobilize energy within a certain region to a certain degree.
This could already be seen in the forest where the Clefairy had once lived.
Jirachi absorbed energy from comets and, in turn, nourished all things in the world.
And naturally, all things in the world held an innate affection for Jirachi.
When Jirachi called to them—
The world responded.
On the screen, Jirachi clasped its soft white hands against its chest and tightly closed its eyes. The three wish tags on its star-shaped head gently swayed in the wind.
Standing before Jirachi, Kartana was enveloped in a gentle white radiance.
White particles of light continuously flowed into Kartana's body.
"Pika…"
Pikachu, who had long since returned to Chen Mo's shoulder, curiously extended one little paw toward the white motes of light.
The moment its fingertip touched one of the droplet-like particles, the particle dissolved like a bubble and flowed into Pikachu's body.
The sensation was faint, but Pikachu could clearly feel a trace of unusual energy entering its body.
Stare!
At that moment, Pikachu suddenly sensed its Trainer casually glancing in its direction.
It immediately straightened up, scratched its head innocently, and waited.
After realizing that Chen Mo had no intention of saying anything, Pikachu secretly sighed in relief and turned its attention back toward the scene ahead.
The motes of light coming from every direction gradually formed countless white streams stretching toward the horizon.
High in the sky, Hu Chengliang watched the astonishing sight from inside his helicopter.
An expression of just as I thought appeared on his face.
Even without seeing the energy directly—even as an ordinary human—he could sense the extraordinary fluctuations filling the surroundings.
For Jirachi to create such a phenomenon, its identity was already obvious.
[It's definitely a Legendary Pokémon! Jirachi is absolutely Legendary-tier! If not, I'll livestream myself eating shit!]
[Wasn't that obvious already? The moment Teacher Mo said Manaphy had given Jirachi to him, I guessed it.]
[Amazing! Jirachi is basically the first Legendary Pokémon Teacher Mo has openly revealed! From today onward, I'm officially calling Teacher Mo: the Legendary Pokémon Man!]
[What an incredible sight… But that brings up another question. Why is Teacher Mo having Jirachi send all these white particles of light into Kartana?]
[Could it be…]
In Anping City—
William, who was sitting in his living room, suddenly jumped to his feet again.
He stared at the origami-like Pokémon in the center of the screen with an expression of utter disbelief.
"Don't tell me it's really going to cut open a spatial rift!?"
The words that escaped his mouth were flawless Zhuxia Chinese.
The longtime viewers in his livestream, already accustomed to this, thoughtfully translated his words for those who did not understand the language.
Then—
The livestream chat exploded once again.
[What kind of joke is this!? I refuse to believe it! There's no way a monster can actually do something like that!]
[Actually… if you think about it, the monsters—no, Pokémon—have already done it. Wasn't that World Tree dragged over from another world by those black, one-eyed Pokémon?]
[Hahaha! Honestly, I'm looking forward to it. If this monster called Kartana really shows the power to cut through space itself, some people's expressions are going to be priceless.]
[Interesting.]
Whether in Zhuxia or abroad, everyone following the event had raised their attention to its highest point, carefully watching every movement Kartana made.
"Rachi…"
(The ocean can only lend me a limited amount of energy…)
Fatigue appeared on Jirachi's face.
Realizing that Jirachi had likely reached its limit, Kartana gently nodded toward it.
"Chiaow."
(Thank you. It's enough.)
With those words—
Kartana absorbed every remaining white mote drifting around its body.
"Chiaow."
(Please move as far away as possible.)
"Rachi!"
(Roger!)
Jirachi gave Kartana a salute.
Then it quickly moved with Chen Mo and the other Pokémon to a point roughly twenty or thirty meters away. Only when Kartana nodded did they finally stop.
Facing the empty air before it—
Kartana took a deep breath and assumed a rather peculiar stance.
Chen Mo knew nothing about swordsmanship and could not understand its meaning.
But he could sense it.
Kartana's presence had risen to a level unlike anything before.
Even when Kartana had attacked the barrier surrounding the World Origin Tree, it had never given Chen Mo this feeling.
This Kartana's explosive power is far greater than I imagined!
Chen Mo held his breath and concentrated.
At the same time—
Brilliant, dazzling golden light suddenly began pouring from Kartana's body.
The next instant, Kartana lightly stepped forward.
Its blade-like arms slowly extended.
Sacred Sword!
In an instant—
A violent wind surged forth.
Golden radiance illuminated the entire world!
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