Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

The next second, a dark mist, accompanied by bursts of ghostly laughter, enveloped the castle hall!

"First round of testing begins... Teleportation initiated!"

shuh~

A series of eerie lights flashed by, and the chairs where everyone was sitting seemed to suddenly turn into black holes, swallowing the trainers on them in an instant. The entire long table was instantly empty!

"Hehehe, the computer world... I'll go take a look too~" The girl waitress chuckled for a while, then reverted to her Gastly form and randomly picked a 'black hole' on a chair to crawl into.

...

"It's finally starting~" At this moment, Ash was in the monitoring room at the top of the castle, observing the dozen or so split screens in front of him with Mewtwo.

Each split screen corresponds to a unique area of ​​the computer world. Dr. Akihabara's research over the past year has been very successful, and with Satoshi's occasional 'brilliant ideas,' the computer world is no longer a monotonous black world.

Among these dozen or so regions are deserts, volcanoes, isolated islands in the sea, and even battlefields filled with the smoke of gunpowder. Each person will be thrown into a specific region, and then they will have to fight for survival with Pokémon.

If they look closely, they might notice the simplicity and incongruity of the surrounding environment, and that many of the sets are simply copied and pasted... But Pokémon like Gastly, Gengar, and Alakazam, which are also part of the online world, won't give them that opportunity.

You either have to fight against your surroundings head-on, or race against your uncanny pursuers!

Ash also entrusted the management of the Pokémon with a restriction on their Poké Balls, limiting each person to only one Pokémon.

Mewtwo didn't quite understand this. At first, it thought Ash wanted to make things more difficult for the humans and lure out their malice to the maximum extent...

But the truth is quite the opposite. Ash made this rule to protect humans and their Pokémon!

"Oh, someone's already out?" Not long after, something unusual appeared on one of the split screens.

...

"Gyarados...stop! I told you to stop!!"

In the computer world, on a barren wasteland, a ferocious dragon beast with a hideous face is relentlessly closing in on its trainer!

It kept growling, and large amounts of saliva dripped continuously from its huge mouth, while its enormous dragon eyes grew increasingly blood red.

Even if you don't understand Pokémon language, its trainer knows exactly what it's growling about...

hungry!

"Gyarados, calm down! What we're experiencing is all an illusion, none of your feelings are real!" The male trainer kept trying to bring his partner back to his senses, but the latter remained oblivious.

He took out a Poké Ball, trying to recall Gyarados, but the Poké Ball malfunctioned at that moment...

"Roar!!" A startling roar came from the split screen.

The final image freezes on the moment Gyarados charges forward with its jaws wide open!

Chapter 459 The People Under Trial

"This is…"

The sudden change on the screen even startled Mewtwo, who looked dejected.

In this test, the dozen or so people who arrived at the new island were thrown into different areas of the computer world, and their rationality was constantly shaken by the extreme environment.

Meanwhile, there are also Pokémon like Gastly, Gengar, and Alakazam secretly causing trouble. They not only secretly use mental suggestions, but also repeatedly use hypnosis and dream-eating techniques to deplete the test subject's stamina, quickly pushing them to their limit.

This is the test that Mega Dream conducted. It wanted to know what humans and Pokémon would do in extreme situations when they lost their stable environment.

However, it never expected this outcome to occur beforehand…

"This result doesn't meet your expectations, does it?" Ash saw right through Mewtwo's thoughts. "What you really wanted to see was humans revealing their true nature, actively abandoning or even harming their own Pokémon!"

Mewtwo didn't speak, but it didn't deny it either.

That's exactly what they think. They believe that such tests are more likely to bring out the darkness in people's hearts and expose their inherent flaws!

"Whatever you think about human nature... I can only say that humans are rational beings," Ash said softly. "In such extreme environments, trainers like them are often more rational because they know... once they abandon their only Pokémon partner, they may never have a chance to be rescued again!"

Mewtwo stared blankly at the split screen. As they were talking, several more areas started malfunctioning.

The young man who arrived at the new island aboard Pidgeot was abandoned by his own Pokémon…

Of course, there have been truly foolish individuals who gave up on Pokémon, but they were extremely rare.

Most people, like Gary, Silver, the Alola Five, and the main trio, strive to overcome difficulties together with their Pokémon.

Even Lillie, who couldn't touch Pokémon, never considered leaving White Roll and running off to a 'safe zone' outside the swamp area.

Ash and his friends waited a while longer, and the female trainer with the Dew Lion was also attacked by her own Pokémon.

Unfortunately, while Pokémon with thick layers of fat are resilient, they are also more prone to hunger.

The white sea lion, which loves to eat fish, is a carnivore. When it is so hungry that it is on the verge of collapse, any bond with its trainer is long forgotten!

"Why..." Mewtwo muttered to itself, puzzled, "Could it be that Pokémon themselves are more evil than humans..."

“This isn’t a question of whether it’s evil or not,” Xiao Zhi shook his head. “You might think that some of the things that happened to the testers were betrayals, but in fact, they were just actions driven by instinct and unable to control themselves! However, the same things that humans do are often more unforgivable because… humans have morality!”

Pokémon can harm or even kill humans. As long as they continue to act cute and adorable in their normal state, there will always be people who plead for them, saying that they have no choice, that they should not be subject to moral restrictions, that it is their nature, and so on.

Conversely, if the species changes, there will be countless criticisms.

If humans want to hunt Pokémon, let alone wait for the Pokémon to launch a collective counterattack, humans themselves will first face a series of verbal attacks!

Returning to the test itself, the scenario Mewtwo anticipated would only be a very small percentage. Most trainers, even if they were truly desperate, would not necessarily completely abandon rationality.

But Pokémon is different…

“Mewtwo, there’s probably only one thing you can confirm in this test,” Ash said softly. “In any situation, humans or Pokémon can lose their minds and do things they’ll regret… but these isolated cases don’t represent the whole picture. You should be more concerned about what happens more commonly.”

“Universal…” Mewtwo stared blankly at the split screen for a long time. This time, it saw more.

In the cold, snowy mountains, Kaki tries his best to keep the flames on the fire-breathing dragon's tail burning.

In the arid desert, Mao and Water Lily tried everything they could to help Ball the Sea Lion and Sweetie replenish their water.

What's also noteworthy is Lillie's side. When she discovered that Bai Gungun had accidentally fallen into the mud, she actually broke free from her long-standing constraints and rushed over to pull Bai Gungun back!

"Bai Gun Gun!" In the swamp, Lillie was holding a filthy snow fox, not caring at all that the mud on its body had stained her dress.

"Ooh..." The little fox, still shaken, gradually came to her senses and suddenly kissed Lillie on the cheek with delight.

"Bai Gungun, I... I'm so happy!" Lillie was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and hugged Bai Gungun tightly!

At that moment, she was almost moved to tears!

In this unreal world, she finally broke through the shadows in her heart and successfully touched her companions!

Meanwhile, another area was also attracting Mewtwo's attention: the trio of true protagonists who were specially grouped together.

Together with Arbok and Weezing, they went through a series of hardships and are now lying in a sorry state.

"I'm so hungry, how about we eat Meowth?" "I second that!" "Are you kidding meow! Arbok, Weezing, we should take down Jessie and Kojiro together, meow~"

The three guys, back to back, were spouting all sorts of sarcastic remarks about betraying their comrade, but none of them actually made a move.

The other two Pokémon simply huddled together, closed their eyes, and rested, completely ignoring these three idiots who only knew how to talk big.

In addition to that, there is…

"That child..." The red-haired boy and the crocodile in the wasteland attracted Mewtwo's attention.

Their situation was also dire; extreme thirst caused the crocodile to stagger and fall to the ground, its legs unable to support its weight any longer.

"Is this the limit?" The equally weak boy had an unhappy expression on his face, but he moved his body to stand in front of the crocodile and blocked the direct sunlight for it.

"Mighty Crocodile, you're not going to be unable to stand up, are you?"

The crocodile barely managed to look at its trainer; it no longer had the strength to even make a sound.

Xiao Yin clearly noticed this as well, and couldn't help but purse her lips impatiently: "What a nuisance."

But the next second, an arm with its sleeve rolled up was unhesitatingly thrust into the jaws of the crocodile!

"You'd better hurry... before I change my mind."

"Roar…"

Not to mention Crocodile, even Mewtwo was stunned by this move!

That thing called Little Silver had even read the other person's answer, and it was all the truth, revealing the selfishness and self-interest of humans.

He'd do anything to survive... That's the answer he wrote down himself!

But nowadays…

"Heh, it's a bit childish, but it's definitely the choice that kid would make." Ash suddenly nodded and smiled, but his expression gradually became serious.

"Mewtwo, do you think he's so confident? After enduring the scorching sun and being mentally manipulated by Gastly, who made him aware of the Pokémon attack on the trainer, he's still so certain... that Feraligatr won't hurt him?!"

“This…” Mewtwo was confused. Of course it could see that Silver hadn’t planned that much.

But why did he answer that way?

“Sometimes people say one thing and mean another, so when evaluating someone, you should judge them by their actions, not their intentions,” Ash said softly. “Besides… he’s Giovanni’s son.”

"What did you say?!!"

Chapter 460 What truly matters is the choice!

Impossible...absolutely impossible!