Mystery Plate: Could Mew Create Pokémon?

[Legendary Pokémon Ball · Mew]

Requirement: Control the Mystery Plate

Uses: 1 × three Pokémon/Soul Beasts reaching 100 friendship

Level: 999999 (this world's limit)

Type: Psychic

Ability: Gene Ancestor. Mew carried the genetic information of every Pokémon since the birth of the world. Mew was the origin of life, the prototype of all living things. Wherever Mew appeared, nearby Pokémon and Soul Beasts felt an instinctive closeness and reverence, growing gentle and curious.

Hidden Ability: Life Weaving. Mew could combine the elemental power stored in Plates with Mew's own genes to weave entirely new Pokémon from nothing. Each Pokémon created possessed a complete life, an independent will, and a natural affection for its creator.

Moves: Unlimited

Core creation ability:

Consume the energy of a Plate of the corresponding type to create a Pokémon of that type for you.

Duration: Until creation was complete, or Mew lost interest. Mew would refuse to be summoned if its affection was too low.

Note: Mew loved Pokémon and Soul Beasts. Interact sincerely with them and work to deepen your bonds to earn Mew's affection.

Chi Hong stared at the panel, nearly jumping to his feet.

Mew?

Create Pokémon?

Why didn't you say so sooner? With Mew, couldn't I make Mewtwo myself?

Wait, no. Mewtwo was an artificial Pokémon made by humans cloning Mew's genes. Mew hadn't created Mewtwo willingly.

How was I supposed to replicate that accident?

After some thought, Chi Hong decided to ask Professor Oak whether he could send over the process used to create Mewtwo.

[Ding! You called Professor Oak and asked whether he could send you the Mewtwo in your Pokémon storage.]

[Professor Oak said you were dreaming, then sent over the requirements for creating Mewtwo artificially.]

"How stingy. I've already got Mew. What's wrong with asking for Mewtwo too?"

Chi Hong muttered as he swiftly opened the information.

[One Fierce Psychic-Type Soul Beast Skull]

[One Top-Tier Precision Artificial Laboratory]

[Mew's genes / Mew's willing assistance]

[A portion of the Mystery Plate's Inner Focus]

So that's it. Use violent Inner Focus to damage Mew's genes and create a Mewtwo driven by battle instincts and destruction.

Chi Hong considered the requirements. The hardest to meet was the precision artificial laboratory. Even Shrek Academy didn't seem to have one.

Once the tournament was over, he needed to raise Charizard and the other two Pokémon's friendship to 100 first.

As for the Ice Empress...

Who knew how long it would take for that little tsundere to reach maximum friendship?

"Chi Hong, are you bad-mouthing me in your head again?"

The Ice Empress sat beside the bed and frowned.

As their bond deepened, the connection between them grew stronger. She could already sense some of his emotions and thoughts.

Chi Hong's expression turned solemn.

"I'm thinking about how to revive the Snow Empress. Don't interrupt."

The Ice Empress froze. Worry flickered in her eyes.

"Then take your time. I won't bother you."

Chi Hong took out the Snow Empress Embryo and used the Inner Focus granted by the Mystery Plate he had just fused with to examine its condition.

His Inner Focus had now undergone a transformation. He could even sense the state of a soul.

"The Snow Empress is in terrible shape. Her soul is almost in pieces. My Inner Focus is strong enough to repair it, but I don't have the control."

"In the original story, it took Electrolux and four top-tier experts to bring her into a Soul Spirit state."

"As for me..."

"Maybe I can combine the power of Ho-Oh's Sacred Flame to restore life with Mew's ability to weave living genes. That should let me forge a body from this embryo and fully repair the Snow Empress's soul."

"So it all comes down to Charizard and the others."

Chi Hong looked at the three Poké Balls on the bed. All three Pokémon had eaten Life Pokéblocks and entered the process of breaking through to the ten-thousand-year level.

From what he could tell with his Inner Focus, they wouldn't finish advancing and wake up until the finals at the earliest.

"Then I'll let the others show their faces in the next few matches..."

Chi Hong lay down with his head on the Ice Empress's snow-white thighs and closed his eyes.

The Ice Empress blushed and whispered,

"Do you have to lie like that... to think?"

Chi Hong shifted his head into a more comfortable sleeping position.

"Quiet. I'm thinking."

On the day of the finals.

Sun Moon Imperial Academy faced Shrek Academy, just as they had hoped.

Ma Rulong strode at the front, cracking his knuckles.

"We've finally made it. I can't wait to blast Shrek to pieces!"

Xiao Hongchen shoved past Ma Rulong, his face cold and his eyes blazing with anger.

"I'm the one who'll crush Shrek and trample him underfoot!"

He fought to take the lead, his gaze fixed on a single figure across the arena.

"Chi Hong, you've come up alone again, even in the finals. Planning to wear us down, throw the first match, and stake everything on the next two?"

Xiao Hongchen sneered.

"Too bad. We'll take you down as fast, hard, and brutally as we can. Even if you surrender, it'll be too late."

Chi Hong unhurriedly slipped on a black leather glove. A smooth, transparent blue gem was set into its back, with a rainbow band of light drifting through its center like a nebula.

"I choose you, Charizard, Greninja, Lucario."

Chi Hong threw out all three Pokémon at once. It was the first time they had fought side by side.

Roar!!!

Charizard opened with War Cry as always, throwing its head back and bellowing at the sky.

This time, though, something about its appearance had changed. A broad black collar hung around its neck, fastened with an oval orange-red gem. Deep inside it, a dark blue X-shaped mark glimmered faintly.

Greninja stood with its arms crossed, as aloof as ever.

Lucario scanned the opponents, gathering information and ready to fight at any moment.

The three Pokémon looked much the same, but their auras had been utterly transformed.

Ma Rulong's pupils contracted.

"Three ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts? Impossible! How did they break through so quickly?"

Xiao Hongchen's gaze darkened.

"So what if they're ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts? Soul Tools counter Soul Beasts, and there are seven of us. The Sun Moon Team has the advantage."

Chi Hong grinned.

"You think we're staking everything on the next two matches? Sorry, but after this one, none of you will be getting back up."

Chi Hong clenched his right fist. The Key Stone on the back of his hand erupted with deep blue light.

The next instant,

he thrust his fist forward, and the Key Stone's light shot toward Charizard.

The Mega Stone X around Charizard's neck responded to the Key Stone. The X-shaped mark on the orange-red gem blazed gold-red, lighting up the entire arena.

The two beams met in midair.

"Charizard, show me your limits. Mega Evolve!"