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Chapter 225 Mirror Mewtwo, a brilliant plan!

Soon, Mewtwo stood in front of the Gym Leader, Tsubasa.

"Yo! A new face! Welcome to the Martial Arts Dojo!" Fujiki said with a hearty smile. "Let me test your strength with my fighting passion! Go, Mighty Chicken!"

The battle begins! The first hero in the Vine Tree lineup is none other than Power Chicken!
Mewtwo didn't hesitate and still chose Beedrill as his first choice. In his logic, a four-fold resistance to Fighting-type Pokémon was the optimal solution.

"Strong Chicken, wing attack!"

The command from the Vine Tree caught Mewtwo off guard. Mighty Chicken leaped into the air, its wings flashing white light, and with a whooshing sound, slammed into the Beedrill in mid-air!
Flying-type skills! Exceptionally effective!

Caught off guard, Beedrill was hit hard by the attack, its health bar plummeting instantly, and it entered the dangerous red zone! Meanwhile, Mewtwo commanded Beedrill to counterattack with its poison sting, but the damage to Combusken was far less than expected—Combusken's physical defense seemed to be quite good.

Mewtwo frowned almost imperceptibly. This damage...something's not right. Combusken's attack power seems higher than expected, while Beedrill's attacks seem weak.

It seems I misjudged the type of the opponent's Pokémon; this guy isn't a Fighting-type Pokémon!
Not only that, a notification also popped up as the round ended.

[Mighty Chicken's Speed ​​Boost ability has been triggered, and his speed has increased!]

"Strong Chicken, Flame!" The Vine Tree didn't give Mewtwo much time to think.

The Mighty Chicken's speed had noticeably increased, and it struck first again! A burst of burning flame erupted, delivering another devastating blow! The Beedrill's health bar was completely depleted, and it collapsed, its eyes swirling in a spiral.

Beedrill has lost its ability to battle!

Mewtwo's expression remained unchanged, and he simply chose to restart the battle.

Since Beedrill is at a type disadvantage, let's send Mudkip to fight this guy.

Soon, the battle resumed, and this time it was Mudkip that took the stage.

After the first battle, Mewtwo determined that the opponent's type should be Flying or Fire.

"water gun."

"Strong Chicken, Sword Dance!" Instead of attacking, the vine made the Strong Chicken spin in place, its body glowing with a red light that represented a significant increase in attack power!
Mewtwo frowned slightly, seemingly not understanding this behavior.

The next moment, the Mudkip moved.

A powerful jet of water gushed out, with remarkable effect! The Mighty Chicken's health bar instantly dropped to less than a quarter!

But at the same time, Swords Dance is completed, and Combusken's Attack power increases by two stages! And, as the new turn begins, its Speed-Up ability triggers again, making it even faster!
But Mewtwo still couldn't understand the other's behavior. Even if it strengthened its attack, relying on Mudkip's durability, it wouldn't make much difference, because the other wouldn't be able to withstand its next move.

The new round began, and he still had Mudkip use the Water Gun.

"Now's the time, Mighty Chicken, take the baton!" Fujiki grinned victoriously.

A high five-finger mark lit up on Combusken's body, and it turned into a red light and returned to its Poké Ball. Immediately afterwards, a muscular, burly Golem carrying a huge cement pillar appeared on the field!
As soon as it appeared, it was enveloped in a red glow passed down from the Powerful Chicken – its attack power increased by two levels! Its speed increased by one level!
This skill... can transfer the stat boosts from Pokémon?
Mewtwo immediately understood the vine tree's strategy: start with a high-speed Combusken, use its speed advantage to boost and stack the Speed ​​Boost ability, and then use Baton Pass to pass the boosted status to the next Pokémon when it is low on health to deal damage!

When Mudkip's water gun hit the Ironhide, the damage only reached one-third of its health bar, clearly indicating that this was a tough and durable creature.

Since things had come to this point, he chose to select the water wall again.

"Iron-boned Earthman, Arm Hammer!" Teng Shu shouted with great momentum.

The Ironhide Golem, now enhanced with terrifying speed, struck first, sending a massive concrete pillar crashing down on the Mudkip with tremendous force!

Mudkip's health bar plummeted like an avalanche, and it was instantly killed!
With this level of output and speed boost, Mewtwo's remaining Pokémon were no match for the enhanced Ironhide, and Beedrill was also instantly defeated by Fire Punch, resulting in an easy sweep of the team.

You lost to Gym Leader Fujiki!

Ling Feng looked at the failure message that popped up on the screen and shook his head slightly.

The Vine Tree's Swords Dance combo is a nightmare for novice trainers in the early game.

Many players have been stuck on this level for a long time, trying various methods, such as using a high-burst Pokémon to defeat Combusken before it can be fully upgraded. However, the presence of Focus Blow prevents players from achieving this goal smoothly.

I wonder how long it will take for the incredibly intelligent Mewtwo to find a way to break the deadlock?
As a result, Mewtwo's reaction surprised Ling Feng once again.

Unlike ordinary players who are confused or immediately restart, he didn't even try to level up.

After exiting the battle, he immediately opened Mudkip's skill list, his eyes quickly scanning over several skills: [Water Gun], [Screech], [Mud Play], and [Endurance].

His gaze lingered on the [Sand Splash] skill in the backup skill bar for less than half a second before he unhesitatingly replaced the original [Screaming] skill with the [Sand Splash] skill.

Having done all this, he walked expressionlessly back to the vine tree and launched his second challenge.

Ling Feng instantly understood his thinking!

He wants to disrupt the target that Mighty Chicken is about to pass on its buff to, Ironboiler, on the turn that Mighty Chicken uses Baton Pass.

【Sand Splash】Reduces the hit rate. If the Iron-Boned Earthling is unlucky and misses the first skill, it will be splashed with sand a second time.

This is actually a very simple approach, and it's quite common among gamers.

Mewtwo had never played this kind of game before, yet he was able to come up with this idea instantly.
Meng Ge is indeed smart.

The battle began again. Mewtwo repeated its previous strategy: Mudkip as the lead, and as expected, Sylveon once again had Combusken use Swords Dance to boost its stats.

At the start of the second round, Mewtwo didn't let Mudkip attack, but instead decisively commanded, "Sand Spray!"

The mudskipper raised its claws, whipping up sand and dust, and hurled it at the creature in front of it!
Just as the Mighty Chicken disappeared in a flash of red light, Ironhide reappeared, boasting a boost of two levels of Attack and one level of Speed, looking incredibly aggressive!

But as soon as he came out, he was immediately covered in sand and dust, and his body was illuminated by a gray light effect that reduced his hit rate.

The hit rate of the Iron-Boned Earthling has been reduced!

A new round begins.

"Iron-boned Earthman, Arm Hammer!" Teng Shu roared.

"Splash sand!" Mewtwo's command was even faster.

Just as the Iron-Boned Earthling lifted the cement pillar and brought it down, a game notification popped up!
The Iron-Bone Earthling used its arm hammer, but missed!

The next moment, I was covered in a second wave of sand kicked up by the Mudkip! My accuracy dropped again!
Upon seeing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

As expected, Mewtwo not only figured out that the core of Vine Tree's tactics was Baton Pass in such a short time, but also accurately found the most effective countermeasure - using Sand Smash to reduce the accuracy of the key reaper Ironbeak!

If the Iron-Boned Earthling misses, even the strongest attack power is useless.

Subsequent developments confirmed Lingfeng's judgment: Mewtwo had Mudkip continuously use Sand Throw while seizing opportunities to use Water Gun to deplete Morphling's health.

Ironbone Earthling's attacks kept missing, and after its accuracy was reduced by four levels, its arm hammer's hit rate was abysmal. Although it was hit once, Mudkip actually withstood the damage error.

Finally, after Ironhide's Hammer missed again, Mudkip, equipped with Water Gun with the Ripple ability, successfully carried it away. Meanwhile, the remaining two Pokémon of the Vine Tree were quickly defeated by the well-prepared Beedrill.

Two minutes later.

[Congratulations on defeating Gym Leader Fujiki! You have earned the Boxing Badge!]

The stirring victory music began.

Fujiki walked over, laughing heartily as he handed over the Boxing Badge and the TM10 Bodybuilding: "A beautiful battle! Your tactics were brilliant! Your Pokémon really trusts you! This is a well-deserved reward!"

However, Mewtwo silently accepted the badge and TM, without showing any joy of victory on its face.

He didn't even glance down at the badge symbolizing his victory, nor did he celebrate with his Mudkip and Beedrill like a typical trainer would.

He simply put them away, then turned his character around and left the gym, heading towards the next town. His silhouette looked particularly...strange.

Ling Feng frowned slightly as he watched the silent figure moving forward on the screen.

Not right.

It's clear that Mewtwo is not in a good state right now.

Although his tactical abilities are improving and his combat is becoming more efficient, the sense of bewilderment he feels seems to be even deeper than after the Kanaz Gym.

Mewtwo is now like a precise, cold machine executing a program; victory itself doesn't seem to evoke any emotion in him.

The way he looked at his Pokémon, though no longer purely as a "tool" as it had initially, still carried a sense of complexity and distance.

Ling Feng sensed that the brutal training and tests he had undergone with the Rockets during this period, as well as the certain ideology instilled in him by the Rockets, were like heavy shackles, still deeply influencing him even in this game world that could bring new insights.

Mewtwo's mind seems to be affected by something; he appears to be pondering some more serious issues, and his attention is not focused on enjoying the game's journey or the company of his companions.

That won't do.
I must find a way to guide him and help Mewtwo resolve this inner conflict.

But how should we guide them?
I can't just go up and chat with him, can I? That's definitely not an option, and it would also go against my current status.

How do we devise a suitable storyline?

Judging from the current situation, it seems unlikely that the storylines involving ordinary NPCs will be able to resolve Mewtwo's current state.

Just then, Ling Feng's gaze fell on the module icon in the system backend that he had used before, which was shimmering with a faint light—the [Mirror Challenge Module].

An idea flashed through his mind like lightning.

Yup!

The one who tied the knot must untie it! Let Mewtwo... convince itself!

This mirroring module is powerful in more ways than just copying a player's combat data in the game!
Its core capability is to perfectly replicate the existence of the "player"!
And Mewtwo is now his player! He can use this module in the game to create a "Mirror Mewtwo"—a data-driven entity that possesses all of Mewtwo's current thought patterns, cognitive logic, and even its confusion and bewilderment!
Let Mewtwo face himself!

Let him find the answer he wants through dialogue and contact with "himself"!

This idea instantly excited Ling Feng.

Isn't this idea genius?

Without further ado, he immediately closed the window monitoring the Mewtwo game and devoted himself entirely to the system's backend.

He pulled out the invitation card, opened the game development software, and mentally selected the [Mirror Challenge Module], activating it. Then, he locked onto the target—the player "Mewtwo"!
[Image module startup...]

[Target player's identity confirmed: Mewtwo...]

[Initiating a deep scan of the player's mental imprint...]

[Reading the player's current cognitive model...]

[Extracting the player's deep-seated thought process...]

[Analyzing player sentiment fluctuation patterns...]

[Data modeling in progress...]

[Building the image core...]

[Generate "Mirror Image of Mewtwo"...]

[WARNING: High-intensity mental barriers and external interference sources detected for the target player; mirror image generation depth is limited...]

[Deep Penetration Scan Initiated... Consuming 1000 Additional Emotion Points... Penetration Successful!]

[Mirror core build complete!]

[Mirror Image of Mewtwo complete!]

Should "Mirror Image of Mewtwo" be implanted into a specific story node in the player's current game progress?

"Implant!" Ling Feng immediately selected "Confirm".

As for the implantation site... let's leave it to the seaside in Kaina City, where he's about to arrive.

Triggering condition... This mirror image will be activated when he is alone, facing the sea.
【Command confirmed.】

[“Mirror Image Mewtwo” has been successfully integrated into the game world. Location: Slateport coastline (specific story location).]

[Triggering conditions: The player's "Mewtwo" character arrives at the coordinates and is in a solitary state without combat or forced dialogue.]

Looking at the confirmation message that popped up on the screen, Ling Feng let out a long sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair.

On the backend interface, the model representing the mirror image of Mewtwo slowly rotated, radiating an aura almost identical to the original, as well as a cold purple halo that carried a deep sense of bewilderment.

The mirror image of Mewtwo has now been created, but Ling Feng knows that simply having the two Mewtwos in their current states talk won't solve the problem. He has to make some changes to the mirror image of Mewtwo in the game.

In this way, their communication will be meaningful and have a positive effect on Mewtwo.

His gaze returned to the monitor screen, where the game character Mewtwo was slowly making its way towards the coastal city of Slateport in an old man named Hatchling's small boat, and would soon arrive in Slateport City.

Since that's the case, I also need to speed up my pace.

Ling Feng took a deep breath and immediately got into the zone.

(End of this chapter)