I'm a Pokémon Master from School City (by mistake)

"Eh..." Mikoto's hand froze in place.

Is this the legendary telepathic connection between sisters?

This spiritual connection is terrible!

While I do have that thought in mind, it's not entirely true!

"A gift!" Mikoto said somewhat awkwardly, "There is a little, but that was your dream, and I can't do anything about it."

"So a gift is a gift..."

"No reward without merit." Chiyo had no intention of accepting it and instead bypassed Mikoto to continue working.

"you..."

Mikoto immediately got a little angry. She admitted that her motives for giving the gift were not pure, but she also hoped to get closer to the other person.

This frog is also very precious to her.

Mikoto, who had never been treated like this before, was a little taken aback. She was angry, but still forced herself to say, "I know what you mean..."

"What do you know?" Chiyo seemed a little angry as well. She slammed the mop into the bucket and put one hand on her hip. "Please don't make unfounded assumptions or guesses about other people's lives, okay? I'm not unhappy! I'm doing just fine! I hope you won't..."

Chiyo seemed to want to say something, but she froze.

Mikoto was angry and confused. She wanted to defend herself and say something to make Chiyo stop being so hostile towards her.

But before she could say anything, she noticed that Chiyo's words came to an abrupt halt as if misfortune had choked her.

His whole body began to tremble, as if he had lost all his strength, and he slumped down, supporting himself with the mop.

She struggled to pull a small pack of pills from her pocket, trying to get one out of it.

but...

But the thin foil sealing the small pills was as unbreakable as a steel plate in Chiyo's hands.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't tear it open.

"Chiyo!"

Mikoto suddenly felt as if something had grabbed her heart tightly. Although she didn't know why it had suddenly turned out this way, she didn't think that what Chiyo was holding was some kind of smuggled product.

Some plot points flashed by in her mind.

Medicine, terminal illness, rare disease...

Chapter Five: A Dream Within a Dream

【Whether to enter the Dream Trial (Y/N)】

Amidst the chaos, Chiyo stared at the dialog box that appeared before her eyes with mixed feelings.

He fell into a coma...

Chiyo was well aware of the current situation in the outside world.

When she arrived from another time, Dolly's body was already riddled with wounds and on its last legs.

Perhaps Dolly still had a tiny bit of consciousness at that time, but it was useless. Chiyo could only barely feel that someone had placed her body in a small box, and it was moving in a certain direction with the gurgling sound beneath her.

And then I knew nothing more.

When I regained consciousness, all I saw was the huge face of the Underworld Soul Chaser.

The Soul Chaser of the Underworld said nothing, asked nothing, and simply examined her body before leaving.

Treatment continued, and the spirit medium remained very concerned about her, showing both the care a doctor would show a patient and the love of family. He never inquired about her background, family, or any medical expenses.

So the reason she's still alive is partly due to the completely unscientific medical skills of the Underworld Soul Chaser, and partly due to the person right in front of her.

system?

Chiyo wasn't entirely sure whether what she was looking at could be considered a system.

Because it is quite different from the system I am familiar with.

Unlike the systems often seen in novels, which can't be activated anytime and anywhere, but only appear when you're asleep or unconscious like now, there's no sound, no quests, and no system shop.

Aside from the interface that only appears when you're asleep or unconscious, it does have a slight sense of a system.

Everything else, including all the functions of the system Chiyo was familiar with, was absent here.

However, although I can't be completely sure whether this thing counts as a system or not, I'm only able to survive until now thanks to it.

Otherwise, this pineapple's body would have been buried long ago.

After careful consideration, and realizing she didn't know how long she would be unconscious, Chiyo reluctantly clicked "Y".

"Waaaaah~ My head hurts~"

The next second, Chiyo felt as if she had fallen into an abyss and landed heavily on something soft. Although there was no actual injury, the impact still made her feel nauseous, her heart pounding, and she was in excruciating pain.

As the sensation gradually subsided, Chiyo finally opened her eyes.

No... this is the familiar tent top...

"This feeling...is absolutely awful..."

Chiyo crawled out of her sleeping bag.

The feeling from before subsided, followed by the exhaustion of a good night's sleep, a comfortable feeling, and a gradually clearing sensation. It was as if everything that had happened in Academy City had been a dream.

Dream...

Chiyo rubbed her sleepy eyes.

It really feels like a dream. At this moment, everything I've experienced in Academy City feels as ethereal and unreal as a dream.

Yet it wasn't like a dream where you couldn't remember the details after waking up; everything in that dream, called Academy City, felt incredibly real.

I can remember their voices, their appearances, and their joys and sorrows.

If there is any difference...

That would probably be the version of myself in this world, still resembling Misaka, but not walking on the brink of sudden death like I did in Academy City.

Health, youth, and vitality.

This body possesses all the characteristics of a 14-year-old girl.

Apart from the hazy, budding heart of a 14-year-old girl.

After getting dressed and combing her hair like an adult, Chiyo finally crawled out of the tent.

The bonfire that was lit last night has gone out.

Chiyo crouched down and turned over the ashes. They had been burned out for a long time, indicating that she had been asleep for a long time.

sleep...

Yes.

sleep.

The conversion of time between dreams and reality is a very subtle thing; 24 hours in a dream is about 8 hours in Academy City.

That's exactly a normal 8 hours of sleep.

Returning to Academy City from the dream world requires the same method as entering: when you are asleep or unconscious, the dialog box will pop up, and then you can click Y.

After 24 hours, 24 hours here is roughly equivalent to 15 minutes in Academy City.

Chiyo had selected N for four consecutive days, and the time she woke up in Academy City after exiting the dream was 45 minutes later than usual.

Conversely, if you wake up here 24 hours after your activities in Academy City, the amount of sleep you've had here is the same.

Chiyo believes this is because it's a dream.

"Huh? You're up?"

Just then, a boy wearing a red and white baseball cap, a blue short-sleeved shirt, and light blue pants emerged from a bush about the height of a person, with a Pikachu perched on his shoulder.

His face was full of excitement, even with a look of showing off a treasure.

"Xiao Zhi..."

Chiyo's lips twitched slightly.

Yes, that's right, it's that Pokémon anime trainer with the nicknames "Super Rookie," "Ash," and "Ash the Great," who's 10 years old but hasn't been home for 25 years and wanders the world all the time!

More importantly, Chiyo could see a strange, floating dialog box in front of him.

Ash caught a new Pokémon and wants to talk to you about it.

[You can choose]

[A. Ignore. Predicted outcome: Women shouldn't think they can win my favor by ignoring me. Being aloof and cold is no match for Pokémon.]

[B. Curiosity, Predicted Result: Challenge me, woman! I will definitely defeat you this time! Become my stepping stone to becoming a Pokémon Master! Ahahaha!]

Chiyo was completely speechless when she saw the dialog box. Let alone whether she would be interested in Ash, a 10-year-old kid.

Even if Ash is the kind of person who's made of steel, this choice...

Is Ash the Crooked Dragon King or a dim-witted villain?

No matter how many times I watch it, I can't help but feel that this system is unreliable.

Of course, this thing has only ever appeared outside of Academy City.

During her two and a half years in Academy City, Chiyo had never seen him once.

"Hmm." Chiyo simply replied, "Looks like you're pretty lucky; you caught a wild Pokémon as soon as you woke up."

The tone was very ordinary; it neither ignored him nor said the sentence that Ash most wanted to hear.

The dialog box also dimmed, as if it had lost its color and turned gray.

Yes, although it appears to be a selection system, Chiyo can choose not to select anything.

There was no price to pay. As for Ash, he was still a bit stubborn, but after waiting for a long time without hearing Chiyo issue any challenge invitation, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and said, "It's Torterra."

"That's a really powerful Pokémon!"

'Turtle?' Chiyo became slightly interested and paused her breakfast preparation to look at Ash.

Judging from the design, it's the Muji version, and I haven't encountered Xiaogang and Xiaoxia yet.

How did a native turtle end up here?

Could it be that my appearance caused a butterfly effect?

It feels like things are going in a direction that deviates from the original plot.

Chapter Six: I Am a Little Butterfly

'The butterfly effect?'

When Chiyo saw Ash release a Turtwig from his Poké Ball, that was the first thing that came to her mind.

Torterra is one of the Pokémon that Ash caught.

but not now.

Judging from Ash's current attire, the current version of Ash is the original version.

Chiyo vaguely remembered the first time she met Satoshi.

As a trainer from the Alola region who came to the Kanto region, the first trainer she faced here was Ash.

At that time, Ash, who was just starting out, met Chiyo with Pikachu, who had not yet established a partnership with him. After learning that she was a trainer from another region, he challenged Chiyo.

The outcome was predetermined.

Pikachu's complete lack of cooperation led to the battle ending as soon as it began.

Aside from losing her bicycle, Chiyo inexplicably won her first battle in the Kanto region without doing anything else.

Then she had to travel on foot with Ash.

Well, it wasn't voluntary. It's hard to say whether she just happened to be going the same way as Ash or Ash wanted to go with her.

'If you think about it, it seems like the original storyline was already altered around that time, right?'