Let you make a game, what the hell is Pokemon?

Professor Oak seemed very calm about this information from Shirona.

But a second later...

[Oki Yukinari:? ? ? ? 】

What did you say? Say it again? Resurrected fossils?

He seemed to have suddenly realized that everything in this game, up to now, was not random, and all corresponded to reality!

So...work it backwards.

In the real world, isn't it possible to resurrect all those fossils... and turn them into ancient Pokémon?

This was truly shocking news for him, a researcher who had devoted many years to studying ancient Pokémon.

Faced with Professor Oak's series of questions, Shirona sighed slightly. She knew the other party would react like this.

[Strawberry Ice Cream: I'll explain the details to you over the phone later. I just found another fossil in the desert in the game.]

[Strawberry Ice Cream: I have sent you the picture, you can take a look.]

[Oki Yukinari: Okay, I'll go check it out right away.]

If he really succeeds in resurrecting the fossil Pokémon... I might need to take a closer look at the situation. I'll have to put Regirock aside for a while.

[After all, you know, this matter is really too big. ]

……

Shirona and Professor Oak exchanged a few more words and then closed the chat window. At this moment, she suddenly noticed that the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room was already flying all over the place.

So is this guy really Professor Oak? I don't think so. He's just resurrecting fossil Pokémon in a game. What's so surprising about that?

Even if the elderly don't play games much, Professor Oak shouldn't be so... fooled, right?

[Indeed, it's just a game, don't take it seriously.]

[That is, if resurrecting fossils could be realized in real life, what would it be like?]

……

Looking at the noisy discussions in the barrage, Shirona suddenly realized that she seemed to have forgotten to cover the chat window in the game when she was chatting with Professor Oak just now.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing that the two of them wanted to talk about just now that cannot be said.

At most, the resurrection of fossils might cause a sensation.

But looking at the audience in the live broadcast room, it is obvious that they have not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

Yes, before this game appeared, resurrecting fossil Pokémon was indeed just a bold and impossible conjecture.

But once in this game, there is a case of resurrecting fossil Pokémon.

Then the way to revive fossil Pokémon must be hidden in this game!

——All of this will become a reality!

Shirona scanned the barrage of comments and did not switch back to the game interface. Instead, she opened the game rankings again and clicked on another person's account.

This account is Du, who is currently ranked second in the game progress.

As Shirona's friend request was quickly approved, a chat window popped up.

This time, Shirona dragged the window directly to a position that the audience in the live broadcast room could not see.

Because...what they are going to talk about next is something that cannot be told to anyone.

At this moment, Du didn't seem surprised by Sirona's arrival.

[Long Xi Sai Gao: You want to talk to me about that matter, right? I've been waiting for you for a while.]

【Strawberry Ice Cream: Yes, you should understand everything?】

[Dragon Saigo: ...Yes, the Ultimate Hole. So this thing is called the Ultimate Hole.]

[And those weird Pokémon, it turns out they are called Ultra Beasts. ]

[But what good does it do to know? There's too little information right now... I can't really help you.]

Sirona looked at Du's speech, her fingers hovering over the keyboard, and did not respond for a while.

The appearance of the Ultimate Hole happened 10 years ago.

The first place where it appeared was the Kanto region where Du was located.

Although in recent years, the places where the Ultimate Caves have appeared are all on the outskirts of cities and in some deserted and sparsely populated places.

But what no one knows is that the Ultra Hole actually first appeared in the center of a village in the Kanto region.

That night, countless Ultra Beasts poured out of the Ultra Cave, razing the entire village to the ground overnight.

When Du arrived there on Dragonite...

All that was left for him were the burning ruins.

Yes, no one survived, so naturally no one knew about this incident.

This incident naturally became an insurmountable hurdle in Du's heart.

Although to outsiders, Du was no different from usual during that period.

But whenever late at night, he would stand on the terrace of the alliance and smoke one cigarette after another until he finished a pack.

After this incident, Du joined the special investigation team on the original black hole, which is the Ultimate Hole.

Whenever the Ultra Hole appears in the Kanto region, he will lead the charge and stand on the front line, reaching the location of the Ultra Hole as quickly as possible, just to prevent what happened that night from happening again.

However, the Ultra Hole has become increasingly dangerous recently. The strange Pokémon that have emerged from it are becoming difficult for even the champions to resist.

There were several times when Du and his Pokémon were in battle to protect their fellow trainers, and several of his main Pokémon were seriously injured. Therefore, he was temporarily arranged by the League to rest for a period of time and not participate in matters related to the Ultra Cave for the time being.

Even when he is on a mission, the Alliance has recently tried to assign him some less important and less difficult tasks as much as possible, so that he can adjust his condition first.

This is actually why...Du has plenty of time to stay at home and play games.

Because of all the Pokémon on his body, only one Dragonite is left, which is still capable of fighting, and the others are still recovering.

But Shirona knew that even so, the matter of the Ultimate Cave was still like a huge rock pressing down on Du's heart.

Moreover, this huge rock will only get heavier.

Regarding the Ultimate Cave, Shirona herself didn't actually have any good solutions, so naturally she couldn't help much.

But now..

The situation seemed to have finally taken a turn for the better.

And the key to turning around.

——It’s this game called “Emerald”!

Chapter 70 Returning to Kanaz City, New Discoveries? (5k)

The matter of the Ultimate Cave is not only a huge rock weighing on Du's heart, but it also puts constant pressure on Shirona.

However, Shirona has always been accustomed to not immersing herself in negativity, but to solving the problems around her more optimistically and positively, so she has been forcing herself to ignore the oppressive feeling brought to her by the Ultimate Hole.

What she didn't expect was that she would find information and clues about the Ultimate Cave in this game called "Emerald"!

After a moment of silence, Sirona sent a message in the game.

So… do you believe this game can bring about change? Or that it can solve the problem of the Ultra Hole?

Du did not answer Sirona's question immediately, but was silent for a moment before her reply suddenly lit up:

[I don't know... If it were any other game, I'd know those weren't true, but if it were Emerald, I think maybe we'd actually get some new information and clues.]

[But even so, so what? ]

The Ultra Cave will continue to descend upon us as usual, and the Ultra Beasts that emerge will only grow stronger, until one day we may no longer be able to defeat them.

Having said that, even through the screen, Shirona could feel how depressed Du was at the moment.

Thousands of miles away, in the Kanto region.

Du Kao sat on the computer chair, looking at the flashing input cursor on his screen, his expression a little complicated for a moment.

The scenes he saw that night kept flashing through his mind.

The flames destroyed everything, and the living were horrified. Apart from that, there was nothing else. Everything disappeared and turned into ashes before his eyes.

I don’t know, there are countless nights when Du wakes up in his dreams, and he will recall this scene in his heart.

He also kept asking himself in his heart, why couldn't he arrive earlier that day?

If we had arrived earlier, the people in the village... and the Pokémon, would not have ended up like that.

This damn ultimate hole!

His fists suddenly clenched involuntarily, but after a moment, they loosened somewhat weakly.

Once upon a time, when I was young, I thought that as long as I could become a champion and become the most powerful trainer in the world, I could protect all innocent people and allow everyone to live happily and joyfully in this world.

Later, when he grew up, he discovered that the world was much more cruel than he had imagined.

It is impossible to expect everyone to be happy.

He settled for the second best and tried his best to protect everyone around him, at least to prevent them from being in danger.

This is the best thing I can do for this world with my own abilities.

But that night...even if it was just this one thing, he ultimately failed to do it.

Du felt his chest tighten and his throat dry. He skillfully took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and started smoking.

But at this moment, a series of messages appeared in the chat window in front of him.

[Du, I know you're in a bad state right now, and I also know what you're thinking.]

[But what I want to say is that the game you are playing now is more than just a virtual one.]

[Everything that appears in this game has a real existence in reality.]

Regarding the Ultimate Hole, it can provide us with more than just a few pieces of information and clues.

【——It’s all about the Ultimate Hole! 】