Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 486 The Multiverse Security Guardian Project

Upon learning Mingyao's true thoughts, Dr. Yamanashi readily accepted and agreed to allow him to freely choose any Pokémon from the research institute.

That being said, he also felt sorry for Pogaman, who was not chosen.

After thinking for a moment, he handed its Poké Ball to Link:
"Then, Kobayashi, this Piplup is yours. I'm sure you'll be able to make it thrive, given your expertise in Water-type attacks... Now, shouldn't we talk about how you tried to eavesdrop on the entire Sinnoh universe earlier?"

Link wanted to say that he wasn't very good at Water-type moves and was a Team Sun, but he just couldn't say it.

Thinking about it carefully, with Water Wave Dolphin, Ghost Tail Black Fish, Great Sword Demon, and Evil Pon, he had indeed become a water-type expert without realizing it.

One more Piplup wouldn't be a bad idea.jpg
I reckon he'll eventually assemble a team of water-type Pokémon...

Let's get back to the main topic.

“I didn’t intend to eavesdrop on all of Sinnoh. I just wanted Porygon to detect communications in the Sinnoh region so that I could catch those Pokémon hunters.”

After saying that, he explained his plan in detail.

In this era, the Elf Hunters are also developing technology to fight against the Alliance, and have even developed their own weapons and aircraft.

The League can neither ignore it nor find a solution. Letting the Pokémon hunters grow stronger will only create a second, even worse "Team Rocket".

In that case, why not let computing power, as strength increases rapidly, roam freely on the network, or even let the multi-sided beasts that attack people through the network cable contribute their efforts?
Once it locates the hunter, it will defeat him in one fell swoop and achieve victory in one battle!
Professor Yamanashi knew that this plan would indeed strike at Pokémon hunters, but the problem was that private Pokémon occupying public networks posed a serious issue.

As far as he knows, no league has yet introduced corresponding laws to restrict Porygon-type Pokémon. Link's actions are likely to be the first, and he will inevitably face questions regarding legal and privacy issues.

Of course, the alliance's laws have always been lax, so it's unlikely that he will be severely punished. This operation was also carried out in cooperation with the alliance, and in the end, he may only need to report to the alliance at most.

But setting a precedent will lead to imitators, and then how should we deal with it?
If other criminals realize the value of multi-sided beasts and begin to create and accumulate computing power, the network technology that has only started to develop in the last two years cannot guarantee that the alliance will have the technology to suppress them.

The alliance should also cultivate multilateral beasts to take the lead in occupying the currently empty cyberspace in order to maintain order on the network.

"But Porygon is not just data, it is a living Porygon. You can't get the same amount of data (strength) by copying it. Even if the League starts breeding it now, it would take at least 30 years to reach the level of Fireguard Dragon... Considering the possibility of technological explosion, it would probably take about 10 years."

Upon hearing the trainer's words, Porygon in the Pokédex offered its own opinion: "My uniqueness cannot be replicated, but it will take the League about 5 years to obtain a Porygon capable of maintaining network order. As long as there are enough of them, the computing power requirement can be greatly reduced."

Link shrugged. That's basically the situation. In short, he wasn't optimistic about the Alliance's ability to concentrate resources and accomplish major tasks under its loose system.

Five years can change a lot; maybe by then, the Elf Hunters will already have space destroyers like the Plasma Team...

"Um..."

Dr. Yamanashi was in a difficult position, but he couldn't make the decision himself; he could only help Link make a phone call to the League.

In fact, in his view, when the group of international police suddenly began to increase their investment and research on multilateral beasts three years ago for some unknown reason, the alliances in various regions should have followed suit.

In the near future, international police will be sent to Sinnoh to investigate the time distortion issue, and Link's plan may ultimately be implemented through them.

"In any case, there's no rush. Let's take it one step at a time." Professor Yamanashi shook his head and looked back at the data on the research institute's screen. "It will take a few more years for the Pokémon hunters in the Sinnoh region to become the new Team Rocket, but if the spacetime distortion isn't handled properly, we'll be finished this year."

Indeed. As the disorder of time and space becomes more severe, the spacetime distortions that have been occurring in various parts of Sinnoh in recent days have become even more unpredictable.

Many hemispherical distortions similar to the one in the "Washing Jade" gradually appear. Inside these distortions, alien spirits that do not belong to this time and space will spontaneously spawn and launch indiscriminate attacks on those who fall inside.

In this special state, the Pokémon cannot be communicated with and can only be defeated through battle. After defeating it, it will gradually dissipate over time, and you can catch it by throwing a Poké Ball before that happens.

Link encountered a similar spacetime distortion back in the Unova region.

Ordinary people are at extremely high risk of being drawn into that kind of distortion.

At least back then, the little photo he was handling would occasionally get hit several times, causing his vision to go black, and when he woke up, he would have lost a lot of things.

If this happened in real life...

"Have there been any casualties so far?"

Professor Yamanashi shook his head. There were no records yet. The small-scale distortions appearing in the city would soon be cracked down on by Officer Jenny and other police officers equipped with Pokémon.

However, it is difficult to say whether small-scale distortions have occurred in the wild where the monitoring system cannot monitor in real time, or whether any trainers who went out to explore have been attacked.

Due to a certain ancient adventurous spirit within the current alliance, almost every year someone goes missing in the wild...

"So why would someone who's only 10 years old go on an adventure?" Link couldn't understand it at all.

"You should know that not every new trainer goes deep into the wild like you or Ash. Most people tend to take a car or walk along the main road to the next city."

Rather, it's more accurate to say that trainers like Link and Ash, who are known for their reckless and dangerous behavior and frequenting dangerous wild Pokémon habitats, are the most eccentric individuals among humans.

Link shrugged. "Is it his fault? I always feel like it's the lingering influence of some promotional animation."

"Hmm, but the various leagues have recently been considering forcibly preventing new trainers from going on adventures before they are adults. I heard that Kanto is planning to learn from the experience of Blueberry Academy in the Unova region and build a professional academy in Viridian City."

But that's a matter for the future.

Just then, an alarm suddenly sounded in the research institute, and three red marks appeared out of nowhere on the screen displaying distorted data.

In a mere instant, three spacetime distortions appeared in the Sinnoh region!
"Lake Heartbeat, the Hundred Generations Forest, and the Black Gold Carbon Pit!" Dr. Yamanashi frowned. "This is bad! These three places are all densely populated areas. If we don't deal with them in time, accidents will happen!"

Seeing this, Link took out his Pokédex: "Minghui and Axun are at Lake Heartbeat, and Ash is at Coal Mine. We shouldn't have to worry about either of them."

"No, Senior Kobayashi, Minghui just got his beginner Pokémon and can't handle it yet. I'll go help him right now!"

Before he finished speaking, Mingyao led the Savage Bass and two other elves from the research institute out the door.

If you leave it to him, you shouldn't have to worry.

"But there's no manpower available near the Hundred Generations Forest. There's no other way, Dr. Yamanashi, I have to set off too."

(End of this chapter)