Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

“Guess it got lucky, or else I would've had Blaziken teach it a lesson,” Ember said, staring at the unconscious Kartana.

Charizard’s injuries were quite severe and couldn’t be healed in the short term. Fortunately, they had brought enough medicine before entering the Top-tier secret realm.

At the same time, all five of them already had some ability to identify and make medicine.

If they ended up stuck in this Top-tier secret realm for a long time and ran out of the medicine they brought, they’d have no choice but to forage and make more themselves.

Most professional trainers were basically part-time pharmacists, able to make some simple basic medicines.

“Why haven’t you caught it yet?” Ember asked.

“Waiting till it wakes up,” Julian explained.

Kartana’s physical strength was still quite impressive. Despite such heavy injuries, it woke up after just a dozen minutes of unconsciousness. Of course, that was also due in part to Julian’s potion.

As soon as it woke up, Kartana suddenly saw several people around it. Its first instinct wasn’t to run but to fight back.

Its left arm swung out, aiming straight at Julian, the closest person to it.

“Meta~”

Metagross: "Still hasn’t learned its lesson."

Metagross appeared, grabbing Kartana’s left arm with one claw. No matter how hard it struggled, it was useless.

“What a bloodthirsty little Pokémon,” Pierce said solemnly.

As a soldier, he was no stranger to killing intent. Whether it was himself or his Pokémon, they had taken out plenty of threats to the country.

So he was highly sensitive to killing intent.

And for Kartana to immediately try to chop off Julian’s head as soon as it woke up. That kind of reaction wasn’t something that forms overnight.

Even now, subdued by Metagross, it was still struggling. The intense resistance made the injury on its right arm, which had started to show signs of healing, worsen again.

“This Pokémon is too dangerous. Julian, I suggest not catching it.”

With that kind of murderous nature and pride, if it isn’t willingly captured, it might act out dangerously at any time.

This kind of Pokémon was way too unstable.

And since Kartana was an Elite-level Pokémon, there’s no way Julian could stay on guard against it at all times. If he ever let his guard down, he really might get his head chopped off.

“No rush.”

Julian shook his head.

He walked up to Kartana and said, “Just now, I already defeated you. Are you not willing to admit it?”

Kartana: "The one who defeated me was it, not you."

Facing Kartana's come back, Julian was momentarily taken aback.

“But Metagross is my Pokémon,” Julian said.

Kartana: "The one who defeated me was it, not you."

“Metagross is so much stronger than you, and that's a lot because of me."

Kartana: "The one who defeated me was it, not you."

'F**k'.

This truly was a stubborn little Pokémon.

Now Julian had a headache. Dealing with a Pokémon this dead set in its thinking wasn’t easy—it wouldn’t even listen to a word you said.

“So if I want to capture you, I have to defeat you myself?” Julian asked tentatively.

As a result, Kartana said in disgust: "Trash like you aren’t worthy of being my opponent."

'What the hell'—Julian’s temper flared.

He rolled up his sleeves, veins bulging on his forehead in anger.

'I’m not even worthy of being your opponent?'

'Fine, you’re an Elite, I really don’t match up.'

Looking at Kartana's gleaming blade, Julian rolled down his sleeves again.

Metagross felt that this potential future teammate had quite a personality—definitely a troublemaker.

“Then what will it take for you to follow me?”

Kartana: "You’re not worthy!!"

Great. Julian was furious again.

This was the first time he’d met such an ungrateful little Pokémon.

His expression turned cold, and he squinted at Kartana.

In that moment, Kartana suddenly felt an invisible pressure radiating from Julian, his heart shook, and a huge sense of danger surged up inside him.

“Pity.”

Julian murmured.

Julian didn’t want to spend too much time on such a stubborn and hard-to-discipline Pokémon.

“Kill it,” Julian said flatly.

Although it was a pity, but if the other party refused to acknowledge him, then there was no need to capture it.

It was just a Kartana. There had to be more than one in this Top-tier secret realm.

Finding a Pokémon was like finding a girlfriend—if this one didn’t work out, then the next one would do.

Metagross had never met such a reckless Pokémon either. Though it felt the same regret as Julian, the order had been given—Metagross raised its arm, ready to smash Kartana into a pile of scrap metal.

Kartana: "It's an honor to die by your hand."

Boom—

At this moment, one of Julian’s Poké Ball opened on its own, and Slowking suddenly appeared.

“Slow~”

Slowking: "Stay your sword."

Julian’s face darkened. 'What the hell—is this a last-minute rescue?'

Metagross instinctively stopped its fist.

Kartana: "Why stop? I seek death."

Metagross: 'This is the first time I’ve heard such an unreasonable request.'

Meanwhile, Slowking had already walked up to Kartana.

Hands behind its back, exuding a kingly aura—even though its level was lower than Kartana’s, its presence startled Kartana.

Well, when it came to sheer presence, Slowking ranked number one.

Otherwise, how else had it kept this entire household in line? From Julian down to Celebi, not a single one dared to ignore what Slowking said.

“Slow~”

Slowking: "Have a bite—if you are going to die, at least die full."

Seeing Slowking take out some Steel-type Pokéblocks, Julian said, “Slowking, it’s no use. A Pokémon like this won’t be tempted by Pokéblocks, do you think it’s Steelix?”

Steelix had only followed Julian because of the food.

And to this day, Steelix still thought that had been the best decision of its life.

'To die full'—that actually made a lot of sense to Kartana.

Kartana had never seen a Pokéblock before, and since it wasn’t afraid of death, it naturally wasn’t afraid this thing might be poisoned—so it just chomped down all three Pokéblocks at once.

Then its body froze.

Ten seconds passed, but there was still no movement.

Julian: “Slowking, did you poison it?”

Slowking didn’t even bother to answer that kind of idiotic question.

After a full thirty seconds, Kartana took a deep breath: "What is this food? It’s so delicious…"

Slowking: "This is what we usually eat."

Now Kartana truly couldn’t believe it.

Then it saw Slowking take out over a dozen small boxes from its little backpack—each filled with those same Pokéblocks it had just eaten.

Normally, Slowking was in charge of feeding everyone, so Julian kept all the Pokéblocks with it.

Slowking: "If you follow our trainer, not only can you grow stronger, but you can eat food like this every single day. You should be able to feel the benefits of this food, right?"

These high-grade Pokéblocks purchased through the system could slowly enhance a Pokémon’s strength over time.

Kartana closed its eyes and carefully felt it. Sure enough, it could sense a new kind of energy inside its body. Under this energy’s effect, its stamina was recovering rapidly, and its strength even seemed to be improving ever so slightly.

Slowking: "If you don’t agree, then you’ll have to die. And once you’re dead, you’ll never get to eat this stuff again."

These words made Kartana’s expression froze—it felt like it was being threatened.

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