Ditto doesn't move

"This isn't a tasting; come help me out! I'll treat you to a full meal at the restaurant afterwards, no problem!"

The young cook caught up with her opponent, panting, and quickly used the tactic of tempting her with delicious food.

The chubby boy, who had just said in class that he was busy developing new equipment and had no time to care about other things, was immediately filled with respect.

Gluttony Trait, activated!

"Leave it all to me!!!"

Mamanebi gave a thumbs up.

Volume Two: The Grand Alliance Chapter 156 Branching Paths—The Third Alliance

Take Mao to his own studio, and the chubby boy sits on his recliner as if he has returned to his throne, and his whole demeanor changes.

He interlaced his fingers, crossed his legs, and asked in a slightly condescending manner.

"So, what exactly is it?"

Mao: ? ? ?

A strong sense of déjà vu arose from the bottom of my heart.

"No, although I know you admire Mr. Xia Ming a lot, you don't need to imitate his posture and speaking style, do you?"

"So you just failed at trying to learn game development from a master? I remember Mr. Xia Ming shared some game development experience with you, didn't he?"

"Sweet! (This pose, which looks so cool on Mr. Xia Ming, somehow gives off a...yes, a feeling of a hardened fist when you do it!)"

Sweet Wuni chimed in from the side.

Jie Jie Jie.

The chubby boy let out a laugh that was hard to decipher, and then casually offered an explanation:

"This is just a tiny price to pay for gaining power. Isn't your problem more important?"

Did you attend a tutoring class that "makes people angry"?

Mao instantly understood the feeling of Sweetie's fist hardening.

If I had to explain it, it would probably be like seeing a delusional kid in front of me whining, "The world is filthy again."

I'm so annoyed, but I need their help.

Suppressing the urge to complain and give the other person a sharp rap on the forehead, Mao recounted her day's events in detail.

It particularly emphasized the words spoken by the existence of Mengming Sanba (%3) Lingmengzhong to him.

This story was indeed quite rare, so much so that even Slimie looked surprised. But after some hesitation, she chose to trust her trainer, who gently patted her arm.

Mao looked gratefully at her companion, then her attention was drawn to Mamane's cackling laughter.

"Hehehe! Excellent plot. If it were me in the past, I would have thought you wanted to make a game and created it yourself."

Mamane stroked his chin like a middle-aged man.

"Unfortunately, I'm not the naive and immature person I used to be. Hmm, this is a dilemma, should I tell you the truth?"

"Let the actual evidence decide."

Ignoring Mao's expression that seemed to want to complain, he casually turned his chair around, and his thick, carrot-like fingers left afterimages as he typed on the keyboard.

Almost instantly, a video pop-up and a rapidly increasing progress bar appeared on the screen in front of the chubby science student.

"Aha, I found it! The road to Karavi Bay, Ash and the three people who were tracking him... Oh, the search results are out too, a file on anomalies related to time."

"A total of 1387 search results. Wow! There are so many?"

"After eliminating fake news and rumors, and extracting commonalities in the text from big data... Ah, there's a 68% chance it's the same Pokémon."

What...what happened?

The young cook, who knew nothing about technology and complex appliances, was completely bewildered, but she also vaguely sensed that Mamane was not just a simple case of being a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).

"I understand everything now."

He spun back into his chair, facing Mao directly, and the chubby tech geek let out a soft hum:

"Hmph! Looks like I'll have to reveal my true identity."

No, you've actually been wanting to say it all along, haven't you? You've been holding it in for so long, haven't you?

It doesn't matter!

The chubby boy waved his big hand:

"Hehehe, what you're about to see is something you can't tell even your closest relatives, okay?"

"Otherwise, my family and I will be under tremendous threat. Are you prepared to take that step, my dear friend?"

too exaggerated!

(Mao's rebelliousness value meets the requirements)

"Uh, as long as you're happy."

Just as the young cook was about to say something more, Mamane had already knowingly pressed a button next to her seat.

"Togodemar, activate Supercharge Mode!"

"steal!!!"

The little hedgehog, which was running around in the hamster's power-generating cage to generate electricity, suddenly launched a move that seemed to flash like lightning, instantly increasing its running and charging speed to ten or even nine times the normal speed!

Drop drop! ! !

The workshop was instantly filled with the red light of warning lights and urgent alerts!

As a clear vibration was felt, the ground at the entrance automatically expanded to form a downward passage.

Ah? ? ?

The surprised cook and Sweet Wuni were led down the passage by Mamane.

Only after arriving at a more spacious room filled with futuristic technology did Mamane burst into a wild, unrestrained laugh:

Welcome to... the Hacker Alliance!!!

The screen, made of monitor material, lit up simultaneously, displaying several figures of varying heights and shapes.

They all seemed to be in a dimly lit room, their faces obscured, and their voices were produced by a special electronic synthesized voice, sounding like those of a villainous organization.

"Code name 42, why did you suddenly summon everyone in the alliance? Is there new progress in your research?"

A slightly hunched figure questioned the others, while the others remained silent, simply watching.

"Code Name: Weird Man, and everyone else, I have sent you the relevant files. A change that is affecting our world is definitely taking place."

"I need the power of the alliance!!!"

Mamane sat in the middle seat surrounded by a large screen, with an electronic voice channel that had also been altered by a voice changer.

After a brief silence, everyone on the screen gave different responses.

“Interesting. I’ll go to the Alliance’s servers and check the classified files.”

“The villainous organizations in various regions should also have relevant records, I’ll go check them out too.”

"Don't run away, you guys! You have to include me in something this fun."

"Sigh, I've practically scoured all of Professor Pokémon's files..."

Mao was shocked.

Although she didn't understand how high technology worked, she still knew the most basic alliance laws.

This group of people...

They are utterly and shamelessly trampling on and insulting the dignity of the alliance and the law!

"The power of science is truly amazing."

It seemed that the communicator had been temporarily turned off, and Mamane spoke to Mao with a devout expression, like a pilgrim.

"No, you..."

Before she could speak, she was interrupted again.

Four of the five figures displayed on the screen had already changed into rapidly updating data, and the last remaining figure spoke at this moment:

"Ah, I'm starting to get a little interested too."

"Only that guy could manipulate and play with time so freely."

“Shrabah”.

"besides……"

The figure on the screen looked at the video sent as evidence—the video of Ash and the trio who were tracking him—and fell into deep thought.

Volume Two: The Great Alliance - Chapter 157 The Hacker Alliance: Origins

So beautiful, in the information age.

You can freely learn about the customs and culture of distant places, meet and become friends with people you've never met before, and learn new and exciting knowledge that you never even imagined.

Anyone who has witnessed the internet's evolution from its primitive beginnings to its golden age can understand Mamane's feelings right now.

It's a feeling that even when you're all alone, you feel like you own the whole world.

Even in the world before Xia Ming, the Martial God, transmigrated, there were many people who revered the internet as a god, and who would become restless and irritable as if they were having an ice craving if they were disconnected from the internet for ten minutes.

This is what led Mamane to fall in love with science and technology and Electric-type Pokémon, and to continuously delve into network technology out of passion.

For a time, Mamane even felt that she didn't want to go to school and that she could live happily as long as she had a computer that allowed her to go online.

Until, the respected person pointed out this problem:

“Mamane, you are very talented. But don’t limit your talent to yourself. Haven’t you already been able to see the whole world through the internet?”

"Have you foreseen such a future? One day, everyone will rely on the convenience of the internet to freely acquire the knowledge they want, free from the constraints of reality, and embark on a brand new journey in the online world as if they have a second life."

At that moment, Mamane was so excited that she almost grasped the other person's hands:

"Of course! Of course! Mr. Xia Ming, it's wonderful that you understand!"

"To be honest, sometimes I even feel guilty, thinking that people who have never used the internet are like idiots or uncivilized primitives, stubbornly living only in their own little circles."

"I've only ever lived my whole life within a radius of one or ten kilometers. The farthest I've ever been is a few days' trip to another place for tourism. I just casually see some different scenery and think I'm something special."

"But when I express these thoughts, my parents... they are just surprised, and even wonder if I have been traumatized."

"I didn't choose to be this introverted, that's why I became so introverted!"

Mr. Xia Ming looked at him with pity and comforted him:

"Time will prove you right, Mamane. After all, technological advancement is inseparable from human laziness."

"However, I need to ask you for a favor."

"Please tell me, I'm sure I can do it."

"Have you noticed that with the arrival of the information age, a terrible threat has been quietly lurking in the shadows?"

At that moment, the chubby tech geek was struck dumb:

"How...how could this be, Mr. Xia Ming?"

"This is something only someone like you, who firmly believes in the inevitable arrival of the internet age, can understand."

The astonishing martial arts master from modern society generously shared his wisdom:

"Imagine if one day such an era truly arrives, and everyone begins a secret life in the online world, a life that belongs only to themselves and no one else knows..."

“Some talented but not very kind people will gradually realize a fact.”

"Those who possess technology can use the internet to freely pry into other people's secrets, and even extend this influence into the real world."

“I would never do that!!!” Mamane exclaimed.

"But you have the ability to do it. The simplest example is a camera; you can turn any network-connected camera into your eyes if you want."

“Those who don’t know you exist, those who don’t care about cameras, will expose all their secrets right under your nose.”