In its excitement, Mew completely forgot about Chen Shi.
With nothing holding him up, Chen Shi started plummeting out of the air.
"Holy shit!"
"Jirachi, save me!"
Terror filled Chen Shi's eyes as he hastily shouted.
But before Jirachi could act, the Lugia patriarch caught Chen Shi with Psychic power.
Only when he felt himself stop falling did Chen Shi breathe a sigh of relief.
Then he said to Ho-Oh with a perfectly straight face, "I think we could discuss this Rainbow Hero thing after all."
Seriously, what did being the Rainbow Hero mean?
Even if you accidentally kicked the bucket and went down there to slap the King of Hell twice, Ho-Oh could still bring you back.
That was basically an extra life!
As for Mew... Chen Shi thought it over.
He was born to be a workhorse anyway. Wasn't working two jobs just standard procedure?
As the saying went, only children chose. Adults took both... wait, he wasn't an adult yet.
But that didn't matter. All it took was a tiny bit of flexibility.
Teenagers could choose both too!
However, when Mew heard Chen Shi's words, it panicked, immediately turned back into an Eevee, and flew over.
[Little Shi, you promised me you'd be the World Tree Guardian! You can't go back on your word!]
Chen Shi raised an eyebrow. "When did I promise to be the World Tree Guardian?"
"Didn't you say the World Tree would be in danger in the future and ask me to help?"
"That makes this an employment arrangement, doesn't it?"
Mew's expression froze.
Chen Shi did seem to have a point. He had only promised to help save the World Tree, not to become the World Tree Guardian.
Those were two different things.
Calling Chen Shi the World Tree Guardian all this