Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 469 Ruins of Aluf

Another gym challenge successfully completed. Only Bug-type and Normal-type gyms remain among the recommended gyms in the Johto region.

However, Link wasn't in a hurry and planned to spend a few days exploring Bellflower City and the nearby Ruins of Aluf.

Unfortunately, the tourist attractions in Kikyo City are not as plentiful as those in Seiryu City. In just two days, we managed to take the Pokémon all over the city.

So he set off again, heading south to Route 32, enjoying the spring scenery and camping, walking and playing in the long wilderness.

That noon, the elves were getting a little bored with the repetitive scenery, so the TV drama broadcast for lunch was brought out again.

"Speaking of which, shouldn't you be getting some serious TV shows for Porygon to watch? How about Professor Oak's rakugo collection?"

Seeing that the trainer was too lazy to simulate, Porygon was also helpless: "Televisions are still not widespread, and there are not many videos on the Internet. They are mostly radio programs."

The elves generally found radio programs uninteresting, unlike colorful television programs with visuals.

"Oh dear, when will this miserable life ever end..."

Polygon thinks that there will be a wider variety of TV dramas to watch next year.

——Foreword

Butterfly, activate!
[Thanks to your increased strength and experience, this time you were able to pinpoint everyone's location early on using the Polygon's technology to create submachines.]

That being said, you didn't plan to gather everyone immediately, but instead intended to understand them as much as possible in order to provide targeted treatment.

"I'm actually handling this pretty well, but what's with this targeted treatment? Do they really think the chosen sacrifices are insane...?"

Apart from Takuma, none of his teammates, including the professor, Haru, Miyuki, and the offerings, are human.

"Fu~"

The fire fox felt deep sympathy; it was too sensible. It really couldn't understand why those people were all so abstract, each one more mentally unstable than the last.

However, the choice of trainers in this parallel world is very reasonable, as they try to gather as much information as possible, which may help them find the anomalies related to the simulation and the cycle.

"Actually, if you don't know that the world is a real parallel world, I would recommend that trainers take some extreme measures to find out who is at fault."

The term "polygon" refers to attacking teammates one by one, eliminating them in turn to determine who is the key to triggering the loop.

But he is, after all, a gentleman, and would never use such methods to obtain intelligence.

"Even if it's not the real world but data, there's no need to do this."

After all, even data can become sentient in this world. Link thinks it's better to respect two-dimensional beings, since they might suddenly appear for various reasons one day.

"Well……"

Link seemed to be deep in thought. He suddenly recalled a simulation from a long time ago—before Foxmon evolved into Rexmon, he felt that if Taiichi were in his place, he could have easily defeated them all.

At that time, he adopted a strategy where the fox beast used its speed to restrain the leader spider beast, while the others took the opportunity to kill the minions and then gang up on the leader.

However, due to their lack of strength, Nighthawkmon was killed early on, and Gunnimon, Labradormon, and Foxmon also died one after another.

The death of the fox beast led to Link's death.

But in dire straits, Takuma suddenly unleashed his full power, causing Agumon to evolve into Megahorn...

This seems to be an example where Link's death doesn't immediately cause the simulation to restart; he simply can't see what happens next.

"Hmm... I think I'm getting closer to the answer."

[Faced with the greatly enhanced strength of the group, the Cyclops was no match and failed to destroy the bridge as it had before.] [However, its desperate last attack still had some impact—Haru, the traitor who wanted to protect Miyuki, suddenly exerted his power, causing the professor to fall off the bridge and sink into the water.]

"Fu!"

Looking back now, Chun was the mole no matter what!
We have to teach it a lesson!
"But it's essentially Miyuki's partner. Killing it would actually kill Miyuki. Besides, there's a lot of information that it only learned after it became a mole and then turned against her to clear its name..."

Link had mixed feelings about the mole, while Fire Fox didn't like Fox Beast.

In any case, the trainer must deal with this hidden time bomb in the next "playthrough".

"Hmm, next time I hear Miyuki playing the piano in the abandoned school building, I'll go and talk to them. I'll reveal the truth and its identity beforehand, so that it has no choice but to assist me."

The professor's mishap caused immense worry among everyone, and Tominaga Ryo's mental state was on the verge of collapse.

Link: "?"

Why is it always you who blows up first?
On their way home, an endless fog besieged the group, making the monsters uneasy and urging their partners not to approach it.

[A moment later, you realize that the fog attack wasn't on anyone else, but on Tominaga Ryo, who was lagging behind the group.]

"That person is beyond saving," Chun concluded. "You'd better abandon him as soon as possible."

Before the words were finished, numerous relatives reached out from the mist and dragged Tominaga Ryo into the abyss.

[Simulation ends. 】

Link: "..."

Fire Fox: "..."

The man and the fox fell into a long silence. This time, Liang died very young.

"In other words, the professor is indeed the key to the problem. Only with a reliable adult like him present can the mental state of the sacrifices be stabilized."

Ryo, who was already at his limit, would collapse and be swallowed by the fog once he saw the professor's "death".

This would then trigger a chain reaction, leading to Shuji Kayama's collapse.

However, Link felt that there was still room for redemption. Xiu Si was barely half a human. As long as his stress was reduced and he was helped to understand Black Ears, his mental state could be restored to the level of a normal person.
"Sigh, in the end, I can only rely on Takuma, Kaito, and Minoru again this time around."

"Fu~"

Since it's already late, let's try to do something different from last time and investigate as much unknown information as possible.

With the simulation over, lunchtime also came to an end.

After resting for a while, the humans and elves resumed their journey.

Instead of continuing south to Interconnected Cave, they headed west to the Alupo Ruins, a large complex of ruins built by the ancient city-states.

The ruins are located in the central part of the Johto region. Originally, there were only mysterious murals on them, but recently, jigsaw puzzles and text composed of a large number of unknown totems have suddenly appeared.

Many researchers in the academic community believe that the appearance of these patterns and words may be related to the radio waves emitted by the recently built Phantom Center nearby.

But Link thought that if it really had only recently appeared, it might be due to a disruption in time and space.

What did the ancient Johto people, who had cultural exchanges with the ancient Sinnoh people, want to tell modern people?

(End of this chapter)