"Don't pull that act with me. You think I don't know you?"
Mew's coy words made Chen Shi's skin crawl.
If Jirachi or Victini had said that, there wouldn't have been much of a problem.
After all, they really were cute.
But hearing those words from Mew...
Fuck, that sounded wrong no matter how I looked at it!
Mew pouted.
[I really wasn't lying to you. The disappearance of Fairy-type energy does have a little to do with Great-Horned Deer.]
Chen Shi narrowed his eyes slightly.
He had asked Mew in private about the reason behind the disappearance of Fairy-type energy countless times.
But Mew had dodged the subject every time, never giving him a straight answer.
This time, however, Mew had actually let a little information slip, confirming Chen Shi's suspicions.
The disappearance of Fairy-type energy was indeed connected to Xerneas.
But Xerneas wasn't the main reason.
There was another, more important reason!
Chen Shi didn't press the subject, because he knew Mew wouldn't tell him even if he asked.
"Xerneas is still asleep right now, just a tree. What good would it do to go looking?"
[Can't I just annoy that big snake? Zygarde won't let me do anything unnecessary, so that's exactly what I'm going to do!]
Mew's voice carried the stubborn petulance of a sulking child.
It sounded as though Mew only wanted to find Xerneas to spite Zygarde, without caring whether doing so served any practical purpose.
"Heh. Do you really think I believe that?"
Chen Shi gave a cold chuckle, neither accepting nor rejecting Mew's explanation.
He was increasingly convinced that there was more to this.
Nobody was going to make him look for Xerneas today.
Not even God himself!!!
Just as Chen Shi made up his mind, Mew's voice rang out again.
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