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

Chapter 165 Sakaki's First Trip, Kaede and Minami's Information! (4k)

Meanwhile, on the other side of the screen, Giovanni was frowning, his eyes fixed on the trainer who was standing still on the screen.

"Move forward." He turned on the microphone, spoke into the screen, and gave the order in his usual authoritative tone.

However, the characters in the picture did not react at all.

Sakaki's brows furrowed even more.

He tried clicking different spots on the screen with the mouse, left-clicking and right-clicking. The character only turned around a few times and checked its inventory, but didn't move an inch.

"Hmph." He let out a dissatisfied snort, his fingers tapping the keyboard a few times in frustration.

The character finally moved—it bounced around a few times in an extremely bizarre way.

"."

Sakaki suddenly didn't know what to say, a sense of absurdity welling up inside him.

I am actually being restricted by rules set by others.
He's spent his whole life setting rules, manipulating others, and directing the entire Rockets team, yet now he's helpless against a simple game.

"Games are indeed meaningless tools for killing time..."

He was thinking to himself, but his eyes never left the screen.

In order to get a clear look at this so-called 'Rainbow Rocket Team' and that special 'Mewtwo', I have no choice but to endure these boring rules for now.
He took a deep breath, suppressed his dissatisfaction, and began to carefully examine every corner of the screen. Finally, he noticed the simple operation prompts that had almost been ignored by him, which appeared on the edge of the screen.

"WASD arrow keys." He silently recited these unfamiliar words, and then placed his hands, which were used to giving orders, somewhat stiffly on the arrow keys of the keyboard.

He pressed the "W" key.

The character did indeed move forward one space.

He tried pressing the buttons repeatedly, and the character started walking forward haltingly, then with a "thud," it crashed solidly into the wall of the room and came to a stop.

Sakaki: "."

He remained silent for a moment, then decided to set aside his pride and pull up a more detailed game guide to read. The more he read, the deeper the surprise in his eyes became.

Free-flowing dialogue? Multiple branching options? NPCs reacting differently to player actions?

He was genuinely incredulous—was this really something a game could do?
Team Rocket's scientific and technological capabilities are among the world's best, whether in bioengineering or weapons manufacturing, but in the fields of artificial intelligence and this level of virtual interaction, they seem to be far inferior to the "game" in front of them.

No, how could technology of this caliber possibly be here?

He clearly didn't believe it, closed the guide, and decided to try it himself.

As Giovanni's character stepped out of his house, he encountered his first random NPC—a chubby man—and immediately went up to him and pressed the interaction button.

A dialog box popped up, and the other party greeted him in a friendly manner:

"Hey! You must be the trainer who just moved here? Littleroot Town is a really peaceful and nice place!"

Almost without hesitation, Sakaki pressed the voice button and spoke in a threatening tone:
What are you saying? Hand over all your money.

The NPC's pixelated expression instantly transformed into an angry symbol: [What did you say?! Didn't your parents teach you how to speak properly? What an rude person!]

Sakaki pressed the interaction button again and spoke;

Sorry, if that's the case, just give me a little.

He said it that way on purpose, to test whether it was real artificial intelligence or a pre-programmed answer.

The next moment, the NPC rolled his eyes.

Go ask your mom for it; I don't have time for you.

After saying that, the NPC turned and left.

Sakaki was stunned.

That reaction is just too real, isn't it?

This is definitely not a pre-programmed reaction; it's more like a person with real emotions!
So... does this game really have such powerful AI technology?
He suppressed his surprise and continued to control the still somewhat unresponsive character, stumbling through the scene of visiting the neighbors and then proceeding up the road as instructed.

The moment he stepped into the bushes, the plot was triggered, and he saw Professor Birch being chased by a coyote.

"Help me!" the professor cried out in panic, as the screen switched to the Pokémon selection interface.

Three Poké Balls appeared on the screen.

“Treem, Torchic, Mudkip.” Giovanni scanned the three starter Pokémon with the same scrutinizing gaze he would use to examine weapons. “Aggression, speed, defense. They all seem unremarkable. As starter Pokémon, their value is limited.”

Giovanni seemed somewhat disappointed, but he still chose Torchic and entered the battle interface.

Having read the instructions beforehand, he operated the weapon much more smoothly this time, and two fireballs took down the wild wolfhound.

Having successfully rescued the post-doctoral researcher, he was quickly taken back to the lab by the professor, as per the storyline. Next came the part where he would receive his starter Pokémon.
Looking at the numerous options in front of him, Giovanni dragged the mouse but didn't select any of them. Instead, he clicked on the "Pokémon of other types" option mentioned in the professor's dialogue and chose the Bug type.

For no other reason than that this is the attribute he most wants to understand further—his only Bug-type Pokémon is Beedrill.

However, when a new Poké Ball was opened, inside was a Weedle?!

Sakaki's heart skipped a beat.

Unicorn?
His fingertips paused abruptly. Was it a coincidence?
One of his strongest allies, the Beedrill that accompanied him on his conquests, evolved from this weak Weedle. This game... could it be...?
He shook his head, dismissing the far-fetched idea.

It's just a game setting; it's probably just a coincidence.

He chose the unicorn.

The story continues, and Giovanni officially receives the Weedle and the Pokédex, then sets off to the upper reaches to find his rival.

But when he was about to leave the town, his "mother" in the game stopped him, gave him some words of advice, and then gave him some pocket money.

"Childish." Sakaki scoffed, showing his disdain for this sentimental childish game.

But the character he was operating still silently accepted the money. Resources, no matter how many, are always useful.

He controlled his character to leave the research institute again and embark on Route 101.

As soon as I stepped into the bushes, a wild wolfhound jumped out, and the battle interface reopened to the rousing battle music.

"Poison needles," Sakaki commanded.

The unicorn beetle used a "poison sting"!

Countless purple needles flew out, successfully reducing the wolfhound's health by a small amount.

[The wild coyote used a ramming attack!]

The unicorn's health bar dropped slightly.

At the start of the game, the pace of combat is obviously very slow.

"Boring."

"This low-intensity battle is child's play for him, the leader of Team Rocket and a Champion-level trainer," Giovanni commented softly. He even felt it was a waste of time.
Well, it's just an entertainment product; the difficulty level won't be too high. Besides, my purpose isn't to play, but to acquire information.
He patiently cleared away the wild Pokémon along the way, slowly making his way up the road.

Finally, at the end of the road, he saw another trainer—his "rival," a girl whom he named "Bean."

The dialogue was triggered automatically, and after a few simple greetings, the battle inevitably began.

[A formidable rival has deployed a level 5 Torchic!]

A cute, bright red figure suddenly appeared on the other side.

"Unicorn beetle, poison sting."

Giovanni still gave commands by voice. Although he knew that the game could be controlled with a keyboard and mouse, as a trainer, he was used to giving commands this way.

However, the turkey seemed to be even faster! It opened its mouth and spewed out a dazzling ball of flame!

[The turkey used a "flame"!]

【Excellent effect! 】

The blazing flames instantly engulfed the weak unicorn beetle, and its health bar was instantly reduced to zero.

It let out a mournful cry, collapsed to the ground, and lost its ability to fight!
The screen went dark, then lit up again.

You have no more Pokémon to battle with!

Everything is black before your eyes!

With his defeat, Orange was quickly teleported back to the entrance of the Pokémon Center in Littleroot Town.

At the same time, a system prompt pops up:
[Due to the defeat in the battle, you have lost 500 yuan.] This amount is exactly half of what "Mom" gave you before.

Sakaki's hands, which were on the keyboard, paused. He leaned forward slightly, staring at the words "defeat" and "financial loss" displayed on the screen, and for the first time, an almost blank expression appeared on his face.

He, the leader of Team Rocket, the dark emperor of the Kanto region, was actually defeated on a beginner's path by an unknown brat using a turkey? And he was even robbed?
Sakaki: ".???"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world.

Ling Feng was working on the next part of the game when suddenly a notification popped up, accompanied by a crisp notification sound.

[Ding! Player 'Earth's Sakaki' has joined the game, generating 200 'Ambition' emotion points!]

[Generate 150 points for 'curiosity'!]

[Generate 180 points for the emotion of 'surprise'!]

[100 points for experiencing a feeling of 'confusion'!]

[70 points for generating 'humiliation' emotions!]

[Total Emotion Points Earned: 700!]

Ling Feng was stunned for a moment.

Sakaki?

Why is this guy so emotional while playing a game?

Ambitious yet humiliated, what's wrong with him?
But he quickly shook his head. Oh well, whatever. As long as there's profit, that's good. 700 emotion points, that's quite a lot.
But the next second, he suddenly realized something.

Wait! Giovanni?!

That Giovanni from the Rockets?!
How come he's already playing Emerald so quickly?
Ling Feng's heart skipped a beat. He had deliberately planted plot clues about Mewtwo and Team Rainbow Rocket in the game beforehand to warn the League.

If Giovanni himself saw this first, wouldn't it alert the enemy and give him time to prepare, making him more vigilant against Mewtwo?
If that's the case, then it's troublesome.

He immediately brought up the system management interface, hovering his finger over the option to "delete/modify specific storylines in the game for a specific player," his brow furrowed.

Should we just delete all the Mewtwo-related storylines on his end? Or perhaps block Giovanni specifically?
But after thinking it over, Ling Feng shook his head and gave up on the plan.

Well, even though this guy is the number one villain, with great ambition and ruthless methods, in the end, he's just a player now.

The people on the Alliance side, like Lance and Cynthia, have been playing for a while now, and their levels and progress are probably far ahead of his. They still have the intelligence advantage.

By the time Giovanni reaches that point in the game and discovers all this, who knows how long it will have been?

From this perspective, I've done my utmost.

He closed the management interface and sighed.

At the same time, on the other side.

"Roar--!"

Gyarados took a hit from Ursaring's Ice Punch. The cold light struck its hard scales with a dull thud, and its health bar visibly dropped a little, causing it to roar in pain.

"Gyarados!"

Du's heart jumped.

But Gyarados's ferocity was also fully unleashed by this punch. Its scarlet eyes were instantly filled with rage, and its massive body was enveloped in a terrifying layer of blood-red energy—the move "Outrage" was activated!
Driven into a frenzy, Gyarados unleashed its most primal and ferocious power, whipping its massive tail with a red glow as it lashed out at Ursaring!

boom!
Due to the difference in level and the terrifying power of the Reverse Scale, the huge tundra bear didn't even have time to let out a howl before it lost its ability to fight and collapsed heavily on the ice.

Congratulations! You have won the battle!

Exit the battle interface.

The screen went black, and the game's CG began playing. With Wataru's arrival, the tide of battle immediately turned.

Gyarados and its Pokémon appeared together, and with the help of Maple and Nan's Solrock and Luna Stone, the remaining Ice-type Pokémon that had gone berserk were quickly wiped out, all lying on the ground unable to battle.

The cave entrance fell silent for a time, with only the heavy breathing of the characters and the howling of the cold wind in the background.

"We're saved!" Feng, one of the twin owners, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you so much, my friend," Nan echoed softly. Their Sun Rock and Moonstone had put away their psychic glow and were floating around the trainer, bearing wounds and looking somewhat tired.

"It's nothing, we just happened to be exploring this area."

Watari presses the interaction button, making the character speak, and then immediately gets to the point.

"What exactly happened here? And what's the deal with these guys?"

Feng adjusted his breathing and explained in a serious tone:

"We ventured deep into this area while tracking a lost Meowth. Everything seemed normal at first, but we soon discovered that the temperature here was abnormally low compared to before. Not only that, the Pokémon here were acting like they had gone mad, their eyes glowing red, and they were attacking us relentlessly."

Nan continued, her voice tinged with lingering fear: "We were forced to retreat continuously, and eventually we were trapped here. Moreover, we sensed that there seemed to be more than one powerful force in this cave."

"More than one?" Du immediately grasped the key point.

(End of this chapter)