Xia Yan's Personal "Bluff" Squad (Three-in-One)

"Up there."

Lucario raised a finger and looked straight up at a ninety-degree angle.

Normally, with Mew's abilities, it would have been impossible for Lucario to sense it.

But Mew's condition was very abnormal right now.

It was the source of all the malicious aura in this incident, as well as the densest concentration of it. That made it easier to find instead.

"Alakazam."

Alakazam nodded as well.

Its feeling was similar to Lucario's.

Though its senses were not as clear as Lucario's, its connection with Mew allowed it to perceive Mew more accurately.

At the top of the tree.

No one knew just how tall the Tree of Beginning, which towered into the clouds, truly was.

Flying up was unrealistic.

Because once they reached a certain height, the endless dense fog and chaotic magnetic fields would cause Pokémon to lose their bearings.

So even the wild Pokémon living beneath the Tree of Beginning—

At most, they only wandered around the Tree of Beginning's middle section.

It was just below the cover of mist and mountains.

But if they climbed up—

Lucario looked at Xia Yan with some concern.

Climbing up was possible, but there was no telling how much time it would take.

Before it could say anything, however, Xia Yan crouched beside the trunk of the Tree of Beginning and began searching for something.

The Tree of Beginning was enormous. Its main trunk alone was no smaller than some small mountains, and circling it once would take quite some time.

But Xia Yan's eyes soon lit up.

"Found it."

He stopped in front of a section of trunk.

His gaze settled on a flat spot that looked like the cut end of a severed branch.

Then, under Lucario's surprised gaze, Xia Yan walked straight inside.

Alakazam did not