[Little Shi, don't go home yet. Let's go to the World Tree and complete the ritual first!]
Cogita had only just left, and Chen Shi was about to head home when Mew spoke up impatiently.
The more Mew learned about dark matter, the more frightened it became.
After what Cogita had just said, Mew wished Chen Shi could become the World Tree Guardian that very second.
"Ritual? What ritual?" Chen Shi feigned ignorance.
Sure enough, Mew grew anxious.
[Why are you still playing dumb?]
[The ritual to become the World Tree Guardian, of course! Only after completing it will you be bound to the World Tree and become its true guardian.]
"Ohhh, so that's how it works..."
Chen Shi dragged out his words, then asked pointedly, "But... why should I become the World Tree Guardian?"
"Are there any perks to being the World Tree Guardian?"
The question hit Mew like a bolt from the blue, leaving it staring at him blankly.
[Didn't we... didn't we already agree?]
"Did we?" Chen Shi suppressed a laugh. "But didn't I tell you last time? Hand over your collection, and I'll agree to become the World Tree Guardian."
"So where's your collection?"
[Come on! You already have so many good things. Why are you still after my little stash?]
Mew wanted to cry, but no tears came.
It remembered perfectly well how Chen Shi had scooped up a whole pile of treasures in the parallel world, all of them the most precious resources the Legendary Pokémon had to offer.
Compared with those things, its own stash was practically worthless.
It had been so jealous at the time that it had wanted to knock Little Shi out and haul everything away in a sack.
But remembering that only Chen Shi could save the World Tree,