God-Making was a deeply mysterious concept.
It was not something that could be accomplished by casually cloning a few cells.
It required dozens of scientists in relevant fields, hundreds of related industries, and thousands of sets of supporting machinery.
In short, it required a powerful organization behind it.
And once you met all those conditions, you would discover that none of it did a damn thing.
Because you still lacked the most important ingredient: a soul.
"A soul?" Butler stared blankly, clutching his hair and shaking his head in disbelief. "No, that's not true!"
In fact, he already believed it. As an expert in genetic cloning, he could tell whether this was true without much effort.
He simply could not accept that he really was an idiot whose expertise existed only on paper.
"According to your theory, even if you drained Jirachi of all its stamina, or even its life force, all you could cultivate would be a walking corpse-a powerful monster." Young Master Mao curled his lips mockingly.
He already disliked Butler, so naturally, he did not mince words.
"Are you saying God-Making really is utterly foolish?" Butler sank to his knees and stared blankly up at Gary.
"That touches on something much deeper." Young Master Mao spread his hands. "All I can tell you is that the souls of Legendary Pokémon are infinitely close to those of humans."
"Are Legendary Pokémon very similar to humans?" Lorelei asked in confusion.
"That's a subject I was planning to research once I opened an institute in Sinnoh." Gary sighed. "The only ancient human God-Making project currently known to us produced the Legendary Titans.
"They were Pillar Guardians that humans created using the power of Regigigas.
"As for modern times, the only successful case I know of would probably be Team Rocket's