Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 463 The Nature of Simulation and the Assumption of Firefox
It was quite a novel experience to be a trainer and participate in battles, but doing this in a formal competition is probably a once-in-a-lifetime event.

After completing his routine tasks, Link took the elves to play in the area until evening, ending a relaxing and enjoyable day.

The next morning, he woke up early and prepared to go on a spring outing in the mountains, and also to look for the special features of Azure Island that he remembered.

As summer approaches, temperatures in the south are gradually rising, but the mountains remain cool.

The forest is full of blooming flowers, and the wild fruits are ripe and plump. You can often see groups of elves under the trees, enjoying a leisurely life in the wild while holding the fruit.

The island, isolated from the mainland, has few powerful wild Pokémon and very few natural predators. As a result, there are still many wild Farfetch'ds to this day, and occasionally you can see groups of Quagsires collectively "forgetting everything" by the waterfall.

This situation might change after the completion of the hunting grounds by the zookeeper, Baoba. The outside Pokémon relocated here will inevitably have some impact on the local ecology. I wonder what solutions they have considered.

Link felt that this place was not suitable for building a hunting ground.

Around noon, humans, elves, and house-elves had a picnic by the waterfall.

Chikorita and Bulbasaur explored their surroundings with great curiosity. They shook hands with Quagsire using "Vine Whip" but accidentally rendered it unable to battle. It was only after Chikorita frantically used "Healing Pulse" that Quagsire was barely healed.

It's clear that the Grass-type Pokémon really love Azure Island, which is full of natural energy.

"Could there be some secret on this island?"

Yes, it definitely exists, but Link doesn't have the orb, so he can't activate the hidden effect of the Buried Tower.

Before he could finish speaking, Porygon in the Pokédex revealed his findings: "As the trainer predicted, I detected a signal of a 'mysterious voice' coming from the southwest of the island."

Like the Dark Cave and the Lake of Rage, are there also ancient ruins here?

The trainer's guess of the "triangle" was thus confirmed, and the Fire Fox suggested that they go over and take a look after lunch.

The previous two ruins were located in remote areas, but the environment of Azure Island should not have those inaccessible ruins.

"Well, since things have come to this, let's eat first."

"Muff~"

Eating only lunch feels like something's missing. How about we continue watching the TV series we watched last time?

The Fire Fox has a feeling that the trainers' adventures in the previous parallel world have a sequel.

"Well, we'll just have to take a look."

After so many days, Link has calmed down a lot and his aversion to the simulator has lessened.

"But last time was indeed the last time, and 'I' still returned to the original sea of ​​red spider lilies. It's strange, is it necessary for 'everyone to survive' to pass the level?"

But what exactly does "all members" refer to?

Porygon had a vague idea about this: "At the end of the last simulation, the incident seemed to be resolved at first glance, but it still went dark before the simulation ended. Could it be that the incident was not actually resolved, and there is still a mastermind behind it in that world that the trainers are unaware of?"

The analysis by the multifaceted beast has some merit, and Link falls into deep thought, trying to understand the essence of the "cycle".

Being killed will lead to a cycle, idling and causing the world to collapse will lead to a cycle, and seemingly resolving an event will also lead to a cycle.

The simulator is actually a system that Alpaca DIYed for Link to prompt him about his emotions and willpower—this possibility exists, but isn't it too roundabout?
Alpacas are quite idle and have a certain entertaining quality, but isn't this simulator a bit redundant?

Wouldn't it be much more convenient to just have a system where you complete tasks and earn rewards? Why bother giving him a simulator to play with? "What if 'all survivors' isn't the real goal, but rather a clue that leads to the true objective?"

Is there anything that can only be accomplished by the chosen sacrifices and the survival of Minase Akiko and Miyuki—such as breaking the cycle?
"Fu?"

Hey, what if the things the trainer experienced in that parallel world didn't actually happen?
Link didn't understand. The things happening on the simulator were indeed hard to tell if they were true or false, but it was better to assume they actually happened.

The fox shook its head repeatedly, referring not to the realism or artificiality of the simulator, but to the trainer's own experience.

First, it assumes that everything the trainer experiences there is real, and the loop is genuine. So what exactly causes the loop, or "simulation"?

"Because it's just a simulator... Is it wrong to think of it that way?"

Before transmigrating, Link had read many novels about simulators, where the protagonist used simulators to predict the future and receive rewards, and in a short period of time, his aptitude, strength, and realm would advance by leaps and bounds to the top.

In fact, the simulator did provide him with a lot of indirect help.

"Fu!"

The fox disagreed, arguing that preconceived notions were wrong. It didn't know what the trainer had seen, but the so-called simulation itself was beyond common sense.

It assumes that simulation is "real," so how exactly can such a cycle with memories and power be achieved in the real world?
"Dreaming?" Link realized. "No, the answer should be 'electronic space'."

Whether it's a cycle, a loop, or a simulation, it can all be realized within electronic space.

Coincidentally, the world in which the chosen sacrifices reside is indeed quite similar in nature to electronic space.

The so-called Beast Gods are real creatures, but their forms of existence change with the times and human understanding. In modern times, they are similar to electronic data creatures, such as the adorable, silly chickens.

In other words, Firefox's view is that they have always been in the electronic world.

The fire fox nodded. "That's right. Now let's go back to the ending the trainers achieved last time—Aoi-senpai turned evil and became a god, attempting to realize the Human Orange Juice Project, forcibly merging the world and causing an era of monsters constantly descending."

"Fou, Mufu~"

Based on this assumption, after the two worlds merged and the ending came, why did the trainer return to the original spider lily field?
"Because in reality 'nothing happened,' whether it was the successive deaths of the sacrifices or Aoi's corruption and fusion with the world, it was still just one of the possibilities that the Electronic World showed us until the very end."

To put it in a more easily understandable way, it's essentially a dream within a dream.

At first glance, it seems like you've woken up, but you're still dreaming.

Simulations that are impossible in reality become possible in dreams or the electronic world.

"Fu~"

Fox nodded. Based on this assumption, we can conclude that the simulator is not a "toy," but something that is both real and fake, presenting the process and the result to the trainer.

So the question is, who is the main person behind this simulator? Is the person who implemented the simulation the trainer, or someone else?

The trainer resets every time they die, so the simulation is based on their own abilities.

However, there are also cases where the incident is resolved but the trainer still returns to the beginning. This may mean that the so-called "simulation" is not actually started by the trainer. Whether to return to the beginning and continue the simulation is determined by another unknown entity.

(End of this chapter)