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

But it doesn't matter, 3D Dragon can block all signals, and can even temporarily edit fake sound and video clips to ensure that their real conversations cannot be eavesdropped on.

"I'm so happy today. Ever since I heard you were going on a trip, I've been waiting to meet you." The old man laughed heartily. "Especially you, Ash... Do you know how surprised I was when Snow City told me that the Pokémon series of games was actually your idea?"

"That was just a preliminary idea, and I'm so grateful to the professor and you for your help in making it a reality," Ash said modestly.

"No, no, no, this idea is absolutely genius! This game series has now become a pillar industry for the company!"

President Silver's words were definitely mostly flattery.

As a high-tech, multi-regional company, Silfo has almost monopolized Pokémon technology and manufacturing in the Kanto and Johto regions. Almost all Pokémon-related products on the market are made by this company.

While Ash's game series is a box office success, it's merely icing on the cake.

“But now we’ve encountered a problem. I think Snow City has already told you about it, right?” After exchanging pleasantries for a while, President Silver got down to business. “It’s difficult to reach an agreement on the rights to use the Pokédex and the portrait rights of the Gym Leaders in other regions, especially in Hoenn… I’d like to hear your opinion as the founder regarding the development of subsequent products.”

"It must be Devon Corporation that's behind this," Ash guessed immediately.

Like Silver, Devon is a regional tech giant that has been fiercely competing for products and distribution channels and has almost no business dealings with Silver.

Now that Silver wants to use the gaming industry to enter the Hoenn market, and even wants to use the Hoenn Pokédex and Gym Leader images, Devon will absolutely not allow it.

"Who told Devon to have a champion behind him? The entire Hoennium has to defer to them," President Silver sighed helplessly.

Actually, there are two champions... Steven and Wallace, the Hoenn twins, are so close they're practically inseparable!

A few years ago, Devon was just a small energy company in Hoenn, whose main business was coal mining and steelmaking. Now it has become a giant that can rival Silver, which must have come at a lot from the championship benefits.

In contrast, Silver had to test the waters repeatedly even when using an outside region's Pokédex, and Team Rocket was constantly eyeing him.

This is actually a microcosm of the Pokémon world, which is beautiful but also a world where the strong prey on the weak!

Without absolute power to protect you, no matter how much wealth you accumulate, you'll only be a fish to be slaughtered!

However, the matter still needs to be resolved, which is one of the reasons why Xiaozhi came to visit today.

"Grandpa Silver, I think we should just put things on hold with Devon Corporation for now," Ash said casually.

"Then... we're not going to continue with the Hoenn generation?" President Silver was taken aback.

To be honest, when it comes to running scientific research and managing companies, President Silver is a master, but when it comes to developing games and operating IPs—which is basically just rehashing old ideas to make money—that's not his forte.

"We said we were going to release Hoenn before, but it was only because it's closer to the city. Now that we've encountered difficulties, we can of course give up for the time being." Ash confidently began to talk. "Next, we can contact Sinnoh and make a batch of remakes based on the existing games, without even changing the game flow too much."

"A remake?" The old man was clearly a little worried. "If it's still the same game, will anyone still buy it?"

"If we just beautify the character textures, and focus on adding more attractive older and younger female characters, along with some short interactive storylines between them and the players, the remake will definitely be a big hit!"

Xiao Zhi was absolutely confident about the idea of ​​a replica, because that was the same strategy employed by a certain company in his previous life.

Every year it gets criticized as disgusting, yet every year its sales are booming.

To be honest, while Game Freak may be less and less understanding of Pokémon, it has always been very good at understanding people's hearts.

Chapter 86 Silver's Secret Research, Spatial Teleportation!

Instead of going all out to compete with Devon, they took a different approach, using attractive characters to boost reissue sales...

Xiao Zhi's proposed solution completely baffled President Silver.

The old man might even wonder if he was really out of touch with the times.

However, when he recalled some of Ash's other 'deeds' that he had heard from the League, he seemed to quickly feel relieved and gave Ash a trembling thumbs up.

"This is definitely a method only you, Ash, could come up with!"

"Grandpa Silver, why don't I feel like you're praising me?" Ash was speechless.

What does it mean to say 'a method that only I could come up with'?

My method is so great, doesn't it? It's like winning people's hearts, you know?

Without Yukiko Naoshiro and her pretty (revealing) clothes, who would be willing to spend tons of money and time in the game?!

Seeing the veiled, lecherous look on President Silver's face, Xiao Zhi felt he had to set the record straight.

In his mind, there are plenty of legitimate ways to make money... uh, ways to make a fortune!

Thus, from classic remakes to spin-off series, from cards and arenas to Rangers and Pokémon, plus the Explorers series, which Ash considers a masterpiece... Ash successfully stunned President Silver with a blueprint for a game empire.

Anyway, since there's neither Nintendo nor Game Freak in this world, the Pokémon series is dominated by Silvercorp, who can do whatever they want with it.

He even prepared an important side storyline for the remake.

Ash asked Gastly for a script that Gastly had just finished writing; Ash plans to add the story of Miss Ghost to the games… This is actually a long-standing tradition in the Pokémon series.

In this way, all gamers will know the legend of the Ghost Girl, which is much better than Gastly scaring people every year.

And it's also much more efficient at making money!

How much can you earn selling fake talismans?

Releasing a remake is just a way to make money; if you add any microtransaction elements, it's practically robbery.

"Absolutely amazing..." President Silver exclaimed sincerely. "Ash, if I didn't know you were challenging the League, I would have even considered starting a game company and hiring you as CEO."

He couldn't help but pace around the room, seemingly extremely excited.

If he was just being polite before, he is now certain that the gaming division will become the backbone of the entire company in the future!

Xiao Zhi's ideas are too grand. If they can be developed step by step, this scale will be enough for at least twenty years!

"Grandpa Silver, since you're so happy, can we talk about something else?" Ash's tone gradually became more questioning. "Could you tell us how Blue's parents disappeared? And what exactly were they researching that you've kept from the League until now?!"

They're here... Little Blue beside me tensed up!

She had previously conducted extensive investigations, and even in the years leading up to her trip, she had subtly probed President Silver, but he consistently refused to reveal the truth.

Now that it's Xiao Zhi's turn to ask, I didn't expect him to be so direct.

However, Xiao Lan was surprised to find that President Silver, who usually refused outright, was now hesitant.

I see…

Xiao Lan quickly realized that Xiao Zhi's series of ideas were actually using profit as bait to force President Silver into a dilemma!

Moreover, he eventually brought out his own backers, escalating the issue to the level of the league!

If President Silver wants to accept this generous gift, he must demonstrate a sincere desire for deep cooperation and be open and honest with Ash and his alliance.

Conversely, Ash might switch partners, and the Kanto League's attitude towards Silph Corporation would also take a sharp turn for the worse!

"Fine... After all, it concerns Xiao Lan's parents, so I can't keep it a secret any longer..." After much hesitation, President Silver seemed to have finally made up his mind.

While personal gain was one aspect, the main reason he understood was that he had seen the League's attitude through Ash and knew that this matter could not be kept secret in the end.

He took a remote control from the drawer beside him, pressed a button, and the table and chairs in the center of the conference room moved to both sides, revealing a floor that was slightly different from the others.

"You two come over here too." President Silver stopped on the floor and then called over Zhi Lan and the other person.

After confirming that they had a firm footing, President Silver pressed the button again, and an invisible force instantly enveloped the three of them!

A sudden dizziness struck Xiaozhi, who felt as if he had been thrown from a great height. He barely managed to regain his footing.

When he opened his eyes again, he found that the three of them were in a dark, secret room.

Beneath their feet, Xiao Zhi could vaguely see a outline, the same floor as the one in the conference room before.

“Go push open that door, that’s the whole truth.” President Silver pointed to the door in the corner, gesturing for Little Blue to open it.

"This is..." The moment the door opened, the lights inside the room also turned on.

After seeing the surrounding scenery clearly, Xiao Lan's eyes widened in astonishment!

Before her was an empty laboratory, but Xiao Lan knew it should have been filled with various instruments and books, and there should have been two busy figures...

This is her parents' laboratory, and also the place where they mysteriously disappeared!

Xiao Lan had been to this crime scene once before, and she would never forget it!

But this should be the research area on the lower floors of the Silver Building... and they were just on the top floor!

“This is the research your parents have been doing…” President Silver slowly uttered a term.

"Space teleportation technology!"

It turns out to be this!

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi suddenly realized that he should have thought of it just now!

In the game, there is indeed a teleportation panel in the Silver Tower that connects the two locations. The teleportation effect when you step on it seems similar to the Leap Rope.

In addition, it actually appeared in the anime. When the true protagonist tricked the main characters, he used the space teleportation panel!

"After it happened, I initially thought your parents had disappeared mysteriously due to an accident during the experiment..." President Silver said remorsefully. "I was worried that the Alliance would find out something, so I had important equipment hidden and warned all those in the know that they were absolutely forbidden from revealing any information about their experiment..."

Little Intelligence understood President Silver's concerns. At the time of the incident, the Alliance had not yet emerged from the shadow of the Gluttonous King, and had absolutely zero tolerance for things like Ultimate Holes and spatial teleportation from top to bottom!

If it were to be revealed that the Silver Corporation was getting involved in the power of space, the Quartz Plateau would immediately send people down to investigate!

"After that incident, I had the experiments restarted, and the results confirmed that the space teleportation panel was extremely stable and almost never made mistakes; moreover, we discovered that a significant portion of your parents' experimental data was missing, which led us to believe that they might have been abducted..."

At this point, the old man, his voice choked with emotion, bowed deeply to Xiao Lan, unable to conceal his self-reproach and worry any longer.

"I'm sorry... Xiao Lan, I'm so sorry to you, and even more sorry to your parents..."

"So, my parents were kidnapped by Team Rocket?" Blue suddenly asked casually.