Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 943: Chapter 1160: Julian Seeking Death

At 7:30 in the morning, as usual, Julian was woken up by Love from his bed and called to have breakfast.

After lingering in bed for a few more minutes, Julian finally got up, taking less than five minutes to wash up, get dressed, and take care of his business.

This speed perfectly reflected the modern youth's attitude toward life.

They could stay in bed for minutes or even hours, but their washing-up time won't exceed five minutes—because the less time they spent, the longer they could laze around afterward.

If they didn't wash up at all, they could even save those few minutes. Of course, Julian wouldn't do that, not because he was particularly hygiene-conscious.

But because he was afraid of being caught by Love. After all, he had tried it before, and after getting a scolding from Love, he never did it again.

The main culprit had been Celebi, that snitch, had ratted him out; otherwise, Love might not have found out.

He ruthlessly "drowned" a fried dough stick in a bowl of savory soy milk.

Watching Celebi drink sweet soy milk, Julian muttered, "People who drink sweet soy milk should just drown—savory soy milk is the best."

But next to Celebi sat a bowl of savory soy milk—this thing clearly drank both.

Julian considered himself not picky with food. He could accept things like cilantro, scallions, stinky tofu, and fish mint. But when it came to sweet soy milk, sweet tofu pudding, sweet rice dumplings, or sweet soups—his tolerance was zero.

And knowing Julian didn't like such things, Love never made them. Even if they were made, they were for others in the family.

"Son, do you have any plans for today?"

Tina asked casually while eating breakfast.

"I've got something to do this afternoon—I'll be out for a bit and be back soon," Julian said.

His meeting with the Master of Organization Y was scheduled for 3 PM today, on that island in the North Pacific.

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[Ding!]

[Daily Mission Issued]

[Mission Objective: Tell Love that you've grown up and want to move out to live independently. Mission completes when Love agrees.]

[Mission reward: 300,000 points.]

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Seeing the content of the daily mission in his mind, Julian spat out the savory soy milk he had just drunk, spraying it all over the table.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

He then broke into a violent coughing fit.

"You child, eat more slowly," Tina scolded.

Fortunately, they were almost done eating; otherwise, with Julian's outburst, the whole breakfast would have been ruined.

"Dee~"

Love quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe Julian's mouth.

Since he had really choked, Julian's face turned a bit red from coughing.

"Slow~"

Even Slowking, who had been cleaning, came out of the kitchen.

"Dee~"

Love: "How is it? Feeling better?"

"Love, I'm fine now."

Julian nodded, then glanced at Love's face, immediately looking down, then sneaking another peek.

"Dee?"

Love touched its own face: "Is there something on my face?"

"No, nothing."

Julian quickly shook his head.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth.

'Whatever—if I die, I die.'

"Love, can I discuss something with you?"

His tone carried a hint of humility. The world's strongest trainer was now humbly making a request to the boss of the household.

"Dee~"

Love: "What is it?"

Love looked at him curiously, finding the situation somewhat amusing and nostalgic.

It had been over ten years since it had last seen this expression on its cub's face. The last time was when he was a first-year in high school, after being beaten up by Jake.

With John not at home, Julian had no choice but to ask Love to stand up for him.

"Well… this…"

"Dee?"(What?)

Seeing Julian stutter like this, Love became even more curious.

"Well, Love, look how old I've grown now."

"Dee?"(And?)

"Mm… I want to move out and live on my own."

Julian simply shut his eyes and blurted it out in one go.

Tina thought her son was about to say something important—turns out he was just asking to die.

She couldn't help but give him a thumbs-up.

"Son, very impressive. You're seeking death at full speed."

With that, she quickly packed her things, called her bodyguard (Metagross) to leave for university.

Although she really wanted to stay and watch the show, she was afraid of getting caught in the crossfire—so it was better to leave quickly.

"Meta~"

Metagross glanced at Julian.

Metagross: "I hope you're still alive when I get back; otherwise, I'll have to go into a secret realm and prepare a grave for you."

With that, it left with Tina.

Watching his mother and Metagross leave, Julian's face darkened.

But it then immediately turned pale—from fright.

Seeing Love radiating an ominous aura, standing silently and staring at him, Julian would have summoned the Black and White Dragons for protection if he wasn't still somewhat rational.

"Celebi, Jirachi—"

He wanted to call Celebi and Jirachi, but due to his nervousness, he couldn't even finish his sentence.

As for the two little ones, the moment Julian said those suicidal words, they had already flown upstairs to the second floor.

"Dee~"

Love silently walked into the kitchen and came back out holding a rolling pin as thick as an arm.

"So your rebellious phase has arrived? A bit late, but I can still fix it."

Seeing the rolling pin—the very one Love had used to discipline Jake and John in the past—Julian panicked. Now it was coming for him.

"Slowking! Slowking!"

Julian hurriedly called toward an open room, where he could see Slowking cleaning.

Bang!

The next second, the door slammed shut.

Slowking: 'I heard nothing.'

"My cub has really grown up—now you want to move out and live on your own. Are you starting to dislike me too?"

"Love, I was joking, really joking! I never actually planned to move out—it was just a joke!"

Watching Love walk toward him step by step, Julian completely panicked.

He deeply regretted it. Why did he have to go and risk his life for 300,000 points? It wasn't like it was 3 million.

Damn System, it was definitely setting him up. Did it want him dead so it could find a new host?

"Love, how could I ever bear to be apart from you? Without the meals you cook, I wouldn't even be able to eat. Even Slowking's cooking is far from yours!"

Hearing that from the second floor, Celebi and Jirachi were full of admiration for Julian.

He had just managed to offend both of the household's top figures in one go.

"Julian is so brave, Celebi. I wish I had courage like that," Jirachi said with admiration.

But when it turned to look, Celebi was already flying toward the door.

"Celebi, where are you going?" Jirachi quickly urgently.

"To buy some candles and paper offerings—so we can burn them for Julian later."

With no time to deal with that traitor Celebi, Julian nervously watched Love, who was now standing right in front of him.

Though Love was much shorter than him, the pressure it radiated was absolute—a suppression at the level of bloodline instinct.

No matter how invincible Julian was in the world, when facing Love… his chances of winning were basically zero.

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