Pokémon, but cultural invasion.

Pokémon, but cultural invasion.

Author: Sad Spinach

Summary:

Traveling between two worlds.

In the Pokémon world, despite the intense competition of regional leagues and world championships, there are very few movies, games, and anime about Pokémon battles.

Quanshu felt it was necessary to bring a little cultural shock to the local indigenous people.

On Earth, Pokémon are ranked into different levels based on their base stats analyzed by big data. Pokémon with lower base stats don't even qualify for battle.

Quanshu felt that they didn't understand what bird egg flower machine slag was, and it was time to start a cognitive revolution.

Several years later.

Xiaojuer: "The film industry cannot do without Quanshu, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem."

Daigo: "The Redemption of Pipi is the best movie I've ever seen in my life. As for why not in this lifetime, it's because Izumi Izuki's new film is coming out next year."

Lulina: "My favorite game? It has to be Plants vs. Ghosts, especially the moment when the Giratina Executioner's Song plays, it feels like I'm stepping onto the most dazzling stage."

A user commented: "Objectively speaking, 'Night at the Museum' did indeed spark children's interest in natural history. Of course, I'm not a fan of 'Night at the Museum'!"

Team Rocket soldier: "Boss Giovanni, something terrible has happened! Izumi is using us as the final villains in the new series again."

Sakaki fell into deep thought: "We haven't even made a move yet, so where did things go wrong?"

Looking back.

He is the mastermind behind the scenes, the godfather of movies, and the god of games.

New arrival

Chapter 1 The Most Hopeful Year

"Please give a brief self-introduction."

In the brightly lit room, Izumi took a deep breath.

"Hello teachers, I am Quanshu from Zhijiang No. 3 Middle School, and the willing adopter of the 0302 batch of initial Pokémon."

The interviewer in the middle was flipping through his documents.

"Which Pokémon do you want to adopt, Litten or Grookey? Can you explain why?"

The first question was as expected. Izumi forced a smile and recited the answer she had prepared long ago:

"Incineroar and Raptor have a reasonable distribution of base stats and an excellent move pool, so they can play a key role whether as a main Pokémon or a support Pokémon."

The female interviewer on the left nodded slightly and said, "Your answers are very standard, and your scores in all the combat-related subjects are also good."

"But this is far from enough to adopt a high-stat Pokémon from our breeding center."

"Since you've decided to become a trainer, have you passed the basic test on the Battle Experience Device?"

A look of confusion crossed Quan Shu's stiff face. What exactly was this combat experience device?

Noticing the change in his expression, the female interviewer said calmly, "The Battle Experience Device, as the name suggests, is for experiencing the feelings of Pokémon during battle."

"Use electric current to simulate various abnormal states such as burns, poisoning, paralysis, and sleep, as well as the excruciating pain all over the body when subjected to a highly effective attack."

“Our minimum standard here is being able to tolerate level 6 pain, but it seems you haven’t tried the experience device or received any related training, have you?”

Izumi's expression changed, and he forced a smile as he asked, "Does this have anything to do with becoming a trainer?"

"Of course it does."

The female interviewer shook her head and said, "You don't even know the pain elves endure in battle, so what right do you have to command them?"

"Alright, let's move on to the next question."

The interviewer in the middle closed the documents, looked up and said, "Your family's annual income is average, and I'm afraid you can't afford the training costs. Have you found an employee 'spirit' yet?"

"If the number is less than three, I suggest you increase it accordingly."

Employee Sprite?

Quanshu was taken aback; it was another word he had almost never heard of.

One of the interviewers turned his head and whispered, "Don't students these days even know this?"

After a moment of silence, the interviewer in the middle said in a cold tone: "The interviewee before you hired three employee sprites."

"One Electric-type Pokémon goes to a shared power station to generate electricity, while two Fighting-type Pokémon go to a construction site to move bricks."

"All of their income is used to adopt and train Pokémon for battle."

Quanshu opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. Even some villainous organizations wouldn't do something like this, right?

"Your family's financial situation is average, which is a disadvantage from the start. If you're still unwilling to put in the financial effort, then we can only conclude that you're unable to provide a good environment for the elves to grow up in the breeding center..."

Seeing his increasingly unpleasant expression, the interviewer paused briefly before changing the subject: "Of course, you're not without a chance."

"Recently, our breeding center reached a cooperation agreement with Mars Pharmaceuticals regarding the development of enhancement drugs for Fighting-type Pokémon."

"As long as you are willing to switch to a Fighting-type Pokémon and pay an extremely favorable fee each month, you can enjoy Mars Pharmaceuticals' physique enhancement package to help you go further on your trainer journey."

"Mass-produced potions will replace traditionally manufactured energy cubes. This is an inevitable trend. Believe me, you won't find a more cost-effective solution for Pokémon breeding."

"If you're worried about the Pokémon's psychological well-being, you can choose the Machamp family. Their pursuit of physical strength is endless, and they won't mind enhancement agents."

"Let him look at the price list..."

...

Quanshu walked out of the room, knowing in his heart that this adoption was most likely to fall through.

The next interviewee, whose number was called, nervously brushed past him.

At the end of the corridor, hundreds of interviewees stood in a long line, clutching their number tags.

Quanshu walked towards the exit of the breeding center, passing many young people who had finished their interviews in other rooms.

You could hear their resentful whispers.

"What kind of interview is this? I think it's just a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for me!"

"If you don't pass the interview, you have to pay a lot of money to adopt. They really don't give us poor people any chance."

"A battle? Haha... We lost at the starting line."

Quanshu remembered that he arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon, but now the streets outside the breeding institute were lit up with colorful neon lights.

Skyscrapers reach straight up to the pitch-black sky, with streams of red, orange, blue, and purple light meandering along their silhouettes.

Holographic light boards, visible everywhere, silently project all sorts of advertisements.

On the road outside the pedestrian street, car headlights formed a shimmering river of light, flowing endlessly into the distance.

The towering buildings stand side by side, the tallest of which is equipped with a giant holographic projection, broadcasting a global esports tournament in real time.

The crowd gathered in the square near the high-rise building occasionally erupted in deafening cheers.

Even the trees two or three streets away could hear it.

Although he couldn't hear the specific words, he could see the giant barrage of comments floating across the live stream screen.

Phrases like "humorous old man", "Greninja Frog K-gi" and "bold!" and "great, no need to say more" were used.

In cities where the entertainment industry is so developed, even watching Pokémon battles has become an e-sports phenomenon.

"This fucked-up world..."

Quanshu wiped his face and muttered to himself, "I've been traveling for seven days now, and I still don't feel used to it."

In his previous life, he was a miserable programmer who worked overtime day and night, barely surviving by doing his best to avoid sudden death.

One weekend, the GBA handheld console that Izumi had bought from Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace) arrived.

He couldn't wait to open the box and inspect the goods, and lost consciousness the moment he held the handheld console in his hands.

He awoke from his daze to find himself transported to a world where Pokémon exist.

The parents were still the same familiar parents, and I felt like I was back in high school.

As a seasoned baozi (a term referring to a type of online commentator), this should have been a joyous occasion, but the world seems to be a little different.

Unlike the utopian Pokémon world, bonds and passion are not the main themes of Earth; rather, cold, hard base stats, types, and move pools are.

The colossal entity known as the "Galactic Federation" covers the entire globe, dividing Earth into multiple regions for management.

Donghuang District selects talent through a district-wide unified examination, and the universities and majors students choose determine their future direction.

The professions can be divided into two main categories: combat professions and general professions. Only those who are combat professionals can participate in the trainer professional certificate examination.

To work in the federal administrative system, one must have the status of a trainer.

In addition, the high social status of trainers makes the competition for battle professions extremely fierce.

This is nothing unusual; it's still a talent selection process.

However, based on what Izumi has seen and heard these past few days, the path to becoming a trainer is not fair to everyone, and whether or not one can become a trainer is even determined at birth.

First, there's the issue of mastering Pokémon for beginners. Let alone pseudo-legendary Pokémon, even Pokémon with slightly higher base stats are beyond the reach of ordinary players.

That's why he participated in the beginner Pokémon interview at Araki Breeding Center.

Secondly, the items related to battles and the resources needed for training are so expensive that they are unaffordable for ordinary families.

Moreover, even with significant investment, there's no guarantee of getting into Trainer High School.

On the bus home, Izumi took out her phone.

The screen displays unread messages from three hours ago.

"Don't be nervous, son. With your excellent grades, you'll definitely do well in the interview."

"Even without a starter Pokémon with high base stats, you can still become a trainer."

"Mom has to work the night shift. The food is on the table; she can just heat it up and eat."

Miaomiao Road, Happiness Community.

Izumi took the key from under the doormat, opened the security door, ignored the food on the table, and went straight to her room.

He opened the first wooden drawer of his desk, where a palm-sized, black-and-white handheld console lay quietly.

The screen displayed the following text: [Updating... (Completed)]

The GBA handheld console that Quanshu found, with a design unlike any other product on the market, traveled through time with him.

The handheld console update took seven days, which made him wait anxiously.

As a time traveler, the days without any advantages are bitter and unbearable.

In this world that tightly controls the channels of advancement, a pound of blue oranges can be sold for three hundred!

Just kidding, I always just pick the fruit from the tree in the game and I'm too lazy to water it.

He picked up the handheld console: "Deep Blue, I want to add some points!"

The moment you hold the handheld, a light 8-bit melody begins at just the right moment, and the boot animation slowly unfolds.

Surrounded by lush green plants, crystal-clear water droplets roll off the leaves in front of the lens.

It fell into the darkness below, creating ripples.

The camera pans up to reveal a boy wearing a white headscarf riding a bicycle at breakneck speed across the vast grassland.

"Drip-"

A bright white light flickered on the screen before fading into darkness.

Please select clothing.

Above the white text that appears, a pixelated figure holds a Poké Ball, and to the right are the outlines of several sets of blurry clothes.

"After the update is complete, the character creation process has begun?"

With questions in mind, Quanshu selected a simple jacket and pressed the confirm button.

Font jump.