Jiang Mo slowly lowered his head, his face filled with helplessness and bitterness, and he said with great pain, "Lord Menghuan, you know, my heart is completely set on serving you. I wish I could make energy cubes for you meticulously every day, just hoping to gain your favor."
"But now I'm being closely watched by those with ulterior motives from the outside world. I'm afraid I'm willing but unable." Jiang Mo said, shaking his head helplessly, his face full of worry.
"However, if you could just give me some good things, even just a little, I believe with your prestige, those monsters and demons wouldn't dare to easily provoke me. Then I could truly let loose and continue to serve you!"
As Jiang Mo spoke, he secretly raised his eyes to observe Mew's expression, a hint of cunning in his gaze.
Jiang Mo muttered to himself, "It wants to trick me into working for it with just a few strands of hair? It's not that simple. Since I can't escape for now, I need to find a way to get more benefits from it."
Mew was leisurely munching on a Tree Fruit when it heard Jiang Mo's words. Its movements stopped abruptly, and it tilted its small, adorable head, beginning to ponder.
Its nimble, large eyes spun around several times, and for a moment, it was also a bit stumped, thinking to itself that this clever boy was indeed not so easy to fool.
But what he said did make sense. After all, as someone it had taken a liking to, if he were to be killed by those ill-intentioned fellows as soon as he went out, wouldn't that be a slap to its own face? It couldn't afford to lose face like that.
Over the years, Mew had traveled all over this world, collecting many strange, rare, and incredibly valuable good things. But when it came to asking which one was most suitable for Jiang Mo, it was truly a bit confused. After all, choosing a gift was also a headache.
Just then, Mew's gaze inadvertently swept over the Larvitar who was curiously looking around nearby, and a flash of inspiration instantly struck its mind, and it immediately had a plan.
Mew waved its small hand, a faint light flashed, and a palm-sized red shard appeared before Jiang Mo's eyes.
The red shard emitted a strange light, and one could vaguely feel the extremely powerful Ground-type energy contained within it.
"This is a piece that fell from Groudon back then. Although it's not big, it should be quite helpful to that little fellow."
After Mew finished speaking, it raised its hand and pointed at the confused Larvitar nearby, looking quite pleased, as if very satisfied with the gift it had chosen.
Feeling the red shard filled with Ground-type energy before it, Larvitar's eyes instantly widened, and its small mouth involuntarily opened, saliva uncontrollably dripping onto the ground.
It could clearly feel that if it could eat this shard, its strength would undergo earth-shattering changes!
For a moment, Larvitar's small eyes were filled with longing, staring intently at the shard.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Mo instantly realized the preciousness of this shard. After all, this was a piece that had fallen from the Legendary Pokémon Groudon.
He secretly marveled in his heart, thinking that unless someone had the incredible ability to go in front of Groudon and pluck another piece off it, otherwise, this shard in front of him was truly a unique treasure!
"Useful, this is very useful! But I'm still curious how you got this shard?"
Jiang Mo excitedly and carefully put away the Groudon shard, then asked in confusion.
Mew tilted its head slightly, began to recall, and then said proudly, "I remember many years ago, in the Pacific Ocean, there was a big-headed fish that fought with it."
"My goodness, that fight was truly earth-shattering, even I didn't dare to get too close."
"Then a giant Caterpie came out to stop them, but they both seemed to have gone berserk and fought so much that they turned a nearby continent into the current Taiping Islands, yet they still didn't stop."
"Finally, that Caterpie also got angry with them and hit them both, one by one, which finally stopped this terrible battle."
"And this shard was something I accidentally found in the sea after they finished fighting!"
Mew spoke vividly, as if the intense battle scene was reappearing before its eyes.
Jiang Mo was speechless after hearing it. What big-headed fish and Caterpie? This was probably the legendary Kyogre and Rayquaza!
In the original work, Groudon and Kyogre, those two rivals, would fight every day for no reason. Neither could defeat the other, but neither would admit defeat, so they could only rely on Rayquaza to give them a way out.
But he didn't expect their destructive power to be so astonishing, actually turning an entire continent into an archipelago!
The Hoenn Trio, their power is terrifying!
Jiang Mo couldn't help but think that, from Mew's description, Kyogre probably wasn't doing much better. Perhaps it had secretly picked up some of Kyogre's body tissues too. This Mew really knows how to find overlooked treasures.
However, if they knew that Mew was picking up shards behind their backs, that would be a big deal. They might even turn around and team up to beat Mew. The thought of that scene was exciting.
Having gained such a huge benefit, Jiang Mo no longer played the victim. Everyone knew the power of a Pseudo-Legendary. When they grew up, they could walk sideways in this world.
However, Pseudo-Legendaries are also classic examples of late bloomers, and raising them is not an easy task.
Unlike ordinary Larvitar, this Larvitar, as the bloodline of the Mountain God, would require Jiang Mo to prepare at least several mining mountains' worth of resources for it to grow smoothly!
How much money would that cost? Even emptying his mother Lin Zhiqiu's family fortune wouldn't be enough. Thinking of this, Jiang Mo couldn't help but get a headache.
As for his old man... he hadn't seen him pay child support for so many years. Just a while ago, he gave him a Light Ball and some Ghost-type gems. Jiang Mo had long given up on him.
However, fortunately, with this Groudon shard, the high-level resources needed for Larvitar's growth are temporarily not a concern.
"Jiang Mo, I hope you can grow up quickly, and next time, make more of those energy cubes. I'll come back for them!"
Seeing that everything had been explained, Mew did not linger any longer. It turned into a Dragonair and disappeared into the sky.
Only after Mew left did Jiang Mo finally let out a sigh of relief. After all, the pressure of having a Legendary Pokémon constantly by your side was immense.
Especially since the target it was looking for was very likely himself. Who knew if it would discover something amiss the next second and suddenly reappear? The thought alone sent chills down his spine.