Chapter 158: Gastly, But Shiny
Instructor Ai's pupil shook.
Mega Evolution being his favorite Pokémon enhancement system, the appearance of those Mega Evolution Stones, Aisha had long since memorized by heart.
Mr. Fuji's so-called thank you gift was undoubtedly the Mega Charizard Y form's Evolution Stone and Keystone.
"...Charizard's Mega Evolution Stone?"
Aisha raised his head and looked at Mr. Fuji with puzzlement within his eyes.
He wasn't going to play dumb.
"To give me such a valuable item as a thank you gift, Mr. Fuji is really generous."
"It's better for Mr. Search Officer not to mock this old man of mine."
Mr. Fuji smiled helplessly.
Waving his hand, he also handed over his bottom, saying, "The old man made a lot of mistakes and did a lot of strange things when he was young, and in his old age, the only thing left in his hand that still has some value is these things, and I'm not even a trainer myself."
A touch of bitterness colored within his smile, and his voice was much more despondent.
"Mr. Aisha, you remind me of someone."
"Oh?"
Mr. Fuji looked again at Cubone in the corner of the aid station.
"It's not the first time Team Rocket has set foot in Lavender Town... As I said just now, the last time those guys set their sights on the cherished Pokémon inhabiting within the Rock Tunnel, that child's mother, as a Marowak with a very high skull value, suffered at the hands of those extremely evil people from Team Rocket, and after that, Lavender Town was targeted by those guys, and I was kidnapped on top of the Pokémon Tower."
Recalling the past, his expression gradually became complicated.
"Cue..."
Cubone, also as if she felt the mood of the Mr. Fuji, hurriedly waved her tiny bones and ran to his side, her small paws shaking the old man's leg.
"Heh~ It's nothing."
Mr. Fuji stroked Cubone's head.
"At that time, a trainer suddenly appeared in Lavender Town, he defeated Team Rocket, rescued me, and appeased Marowak's grieving spirit in heaven, as much as he saved this child."
Mr. Fuji picked up Cubone.
There was a time when this one little one had lived as if it were the walking dead under the grief of its mother's departure.
Nowadays, it could be strong enough to go on with its life as well.
"That trainer's eyes were very clear, and even if his nature was a bit cold, I knew that it was a good boy, and he also carried a Charmeleon as if it was you today..."
"Red?"
Listening to the Mr. Fuji's defiance, Aisha pronounced Red's name.
Indeed, it was something that Red Red had once done in Aster Town.
"You know him."
"No wonder." After asking that question, Mr. Fuji was the one who realized his own stupidity, and at that moment, he also smiled helplessly and bitterly, saying, "That trainer has now become a champion, and it's only a problem if you don't know him."
"So... The one who was there in the beginning also got a set of Mega Evolution Stones and Key Stones on your side?"
Aisha rubbed the small box with a wry smile.
This was the origin storyline.
Red had acquired the Mega Evolution Stones and Keystones of Charizard X form on Mr. Fuji's side, along with the Poké Flute.
"I've put a total of two sets of Evolution Stones on my side, I gave away one set in the beginning, and now this one, I think you're qualified to be its owner."
Mr. Fuji didn't respond positively to Aisha's question, however, his words were still a disguised acknowledgement.
"Alright."
Instructor Ai was also quick, and immediately accepted the small box.
"...Huh?"
Mr. Fuji was surprised by Aisha's actions.
He originally thought that this teenager should more or less excuse himself, but he didn't expect Instructor Ai to actually be so forthcoming, not willing to say any more nonsense at all.
This reaction was really two extremes compared to the original Akatsuki.
"Times have changed?"
Mr. Fuji produced some doubts.
"Well."
After loading up the Mega Evolution Stone and the Keystone, Aisha was also finally picking up on his true intention, saying, "Mr. Fuji, I've received your thanks, so now it's time to ask you to answer my questions."
"What?"
Mr. Fuji raised his head with a puzzled expression.
He didn't know what Aisha meant.
"I'm not on the same page as Team Rocket, you should be able to see that."
"...Hmm?"
"However, the details of Mewtwo program are of some interest to me."
"..."
Mr. Fuji's expression shifted between complicated and incredulous for a while, before finally turning into a look that said, "It's true, there's no escape."
"Hey…"
He sighed.
"Sure enough, Blaine and I did wrong."
"Yes, you guys did do it wrong."
Aisha didn't give the Mr. Fuji any face, mercilessly poking at how bad the old man's experiments had been in his younger days.
"You shouldn't know that yet."
"The success of the generation of Mewtwo gave Team Rocket a share of illusions, and the leader of Team Rocket led the charge to start the unfolding of a new round of Mewtwo programs." Aisha told those secrets, said: "They collected Mew's genes and searched for a more powerful human's genes as an aid, trying to personally create the second generation of Mewtwo that was stronger than the first generation of Mewtwo, and this time, kidnapping you was probably also for the purpose of obtaining more detailed information about the Mewtwo experiments, increasing the success rate of the second generation Mewtwo manufacturing program. "
"...I see."
Mr. Fuji's expression gradually became pained.
In the beginning, the birth of First Generation Mewtwo had tormented Blaine, who was the main researcher, for a very long time.
If it wasn't for Entei's flames that cured his genetic symptoms, I'm afraid that Blaine would have died.
First Generation Mewtwo that hadn't improved had also caused a lot of destruction on earth...
Now, this share of tragedy had actually been staged once again under Team Rocket's endless greed, and he himself had nearly become an accomplice once again.
"Hey... since, you and Team Rocket are not all the way, then, why are you so keen on those materials."
"Because the human genes of the Second Generation Mewtwo originated from me."
"..."
After a long silence, Mr. Fuji stood up.
"I'm sorry."
After an apology, this old man walked into the study next to him.
Aisha just waited quietly.
"Here."
A few moments later, Mr. Fuji walked out of the study and handed Aisha a cowhide bag and a USB flash drive.
"I believe in your words, so this is the record report of all the experiments of Mewtwo Program with the records of the research results, please take it."
"Thanks a lot."
Aisha took the things and thanked towards Mr. Fuji.
"I should be the one to say this sentence."
Mr. Fuji also smiled bitterly and waved his hand.
"I originally thought I could keep this secret for the rest of my life... hah." A thousand words turned into a sigh, and Mr. Fuji also looked at Aisha, saying, "I'm sorry, but the only thing I can help with is this information, as well as that set of Mega Evolution Stones from the party."
"It's fine."
Aisha was indifferent.
He originally wasn't even sure if Mr. Fuji was involved in the Mewtwo Program, but now that he had actually gotten the relevant information and had whored out a set of Mega Evolution Stones and Keystones that were expensive to the extreme, Instructor Ai was already particularly satisfied.
As for dealing with Team Rocket, the second generation Mewtwo...
The power that Instructor Ai had accumulated over this period of time wasn't something to look at.
"Well, it's getting late."
Having accomplished his purpose, Aisha wasn't going to bother this old man with a late night emo much.
"Goodbye."
After a dry farewell, Instructor Ai also walked out of Mr. Fuji's aid station.
"Hah~"
Thinking of the fact that he had completely grasped the information of the Mewtwo Program, Aisha welcomed Lavender Town's night breeze that was even colder compared to other towns, and was momentarily soothed.
Unfortunately, Cynthia was not around.
Otherwise, he would still have a companion to celebrate the harvest.
Aye...
"Well, it's about time."
Glancing at the time, it was now the wee hours of the morning.
The streets were still empty above, and Aisha walked in the direction of the Pokémon Tower together with Rotom phone - he still had a heavy purpose of collecting Pokémon.
"Instructor Ai."
Rotom phone suddenly opened his mouth at this time, saying, "The way that old man looked at you just now seemed a bit strange, as if he was looking at a... uh, critically ill person."
"Hmm."
Aisha knew why that was.
"Because the destructive factor of Mewtwo has a particularly severe destructive nature, Blaine... that is, the Cinnabar Gym Leader, who was the human genetic source of First Generation Mewtwo, therefore, he was eroded by the destructive factor of First Generation Mewtwo, and lived within a painful torment for many years, and his life was in danger."
"Uh?"
Rotom phone instantly panicked.
"Then, Instructor Ai, you..."
"It's fine."
Looking at little Ro classmate with such a worried look, Aisha smiled and clenched his white fists while his heart warmed.
"The physical quality of people can't be generalized, just because that old man Blaine ate the loss of First Generation Mewtwo doesn't mean that I'm the same." Instructor Ai moved his slender neck, his white fingers resounded with the sound of bones rubbing together as he said, "How about saying that the second generation Mewtwo is the one who should be more careful, using my genes as reinforcement, and if he can't even defeat me, who is wielding an ancient sword, Chien-pao, in a head-to-head battle..."
Instructor Ai revealed a smirk.
Rotom phone, however, realized that there was a hint of nastiness and danger hidden within Aisha's smile.
"As its father, I would be disappointed."
...
The interior of the Pokémon tower was temporarily blocked off by the residents of Lavender Town due to the repercussions of the battle.
Several police officers stayed behind, and they pulled up a cordon before the gate of the Pokémon Tower.
However, Aisha, by virtue of his status as a search officer, said a few words, and those constables who had stayed behind to guard this side agreed to his request that he intended to enter the interior.
"Be safe, Search Officer Aisha."
A police officer reminded so behind him.
"Those Ghost type Pokémon experienced a massive capture by Team Rocket before, and may be hostile to humans who have entered the Pokémon Tower unannounced."
"Okay, thanks for the reminder, I'll be a little more careful."
Aisha responded to his reminder with a smile as well.
After that, Instructor Ai crossed the cordon and looked towards this tower - sort of a well-known attraction of the first generation of the game.
"It's rumored that Blue's Rattata was buried in the Pokémon Tower, I wonder if this urban legend is true or not?"
Aisha remembered the legend he had heard before.
However, this matter was not explicitly stated within the game.
Everyone just speculated about the answer based on the plot of Blue's appearance at the Pokémon Tower and the change in his Pokémon configuration.
However, although it was said that he was very curious about this question, Instructor Ai naturally couldn't be so reckless as to directly ask Blue about the veracity of this rumor - but if he accidentally poked Blue's pain, his own challenge to the Viridian Gym might need to be brought forward.
"Don't want to!"
Driving away these strange thoughts, Aisha also pushed open the door of the Pokémon Tower and entered this haven for ghost-attribute Pokémon in the Kanto region.
"Lo... It is indeed an eerie feeling, I don't know what the designers were thinking, it should clearly be a peaceful place to worship the deceased Pokémon, and after it was established, the internal atmosphere is such a weird and eerie look, it deserves to be known as a spooky place in the Kanto region." Pokémon classmate little-Ro kept wandering around the first floor of the Pokémon Tower, letting out a tirade in passing, saying, "There's one thing to be said for that, and I wouldn't be surprised if some strange things did appear over here."
"Indeed."
Aisha also looked around.
The interior of the Pokémon Tower was very spacious, there were no tombstones on the first floor, and some front desks for registering information were set up, it should be a place for people to rest as well as registering information on deceased Pokémon - the area with Pokémon activities should be the second floor and the floors above it, the ones that actually had Pokémon buried in them.
"Go."
"Yes!"
After that, Aisha also ascended the stairs and began to head towards the second floor where the Pokémon activities were taking place, with classmate Ro following closely behind him.
"Jie?"
After Aisha and Rotom phone had ascended to the second floor, a blue shadow burrowed out from within the walls of the Pokémon Tower, a pair of eyes following the direction the teenager had left, and silently followed him.
"Jie..."
It felt that this human was very special.
Well, it was the feeling of a heartbeat.
"Oh?"
Over here, Aisha, who had ascended to the second level, revealed a puzzled expression.
"The tombstone isn't damaged... Team Rocket is so polite?"
At a glance, the second level of the Pokémon Tower was simply intact, with no traces of battle at all.
The tombstones were also intact, and even the flowers and tributes placed before the tombstones showed little signs of damage - it was clear that no one had stolen the tributes on this side of the Pokémon orb.
"Indeed... I didn't think much about it at the time, but now that I think about it it does seem strange." Rotom phone also made a sound, saying, "We were at the gate to settle the Team Rocket minions on the first few floors, and the tower minions gathered on the upper floors, and when we arrived over there, they were in the middle of collecting Pokémon, and the damage at the scene was very serious, suggesting that Team Rocket didn't care about damaging their surroundings when they went crazy."
"But there's not much damage over here."
Aisha looked around, a trace of doubt appearing in his heart.
He and Rotom phone continued to climb a few more floors.
The second, third, and fourth floors all maintained a clean and tidy appearance, not at all like a battle had occurred.
After ascending to the fifth floor, the situation was quite different.
"Hiss..."
Aisha stood at the entrance of the fifth floor stairs with a slightly complicated expression.
"Those Team Rocket guys are really bandits..."
Looking around, there was absolutely no place on the fifth floor of the Pokémon Tower that was intact.
This side had obviously experienced a fierce battle, and all aspects had suffered varying degrees of damage.
"Jie?"
"Oo~"
A few Gastly and Mismagius were at the corner of this floor, staring at Aisha with unfriendly faces.
However, after recognizing that Aisha was the one who had rescued them, they immediately put away their bad expressions and revealed an aggrieved look.
"It's okay..."
Aisha comforted them, and with an idea in his heart, he immediately ran towards the sixth floor.
"Tsk."
As expected, his idea received validation - the sixth layer was also very badly damaged.
"Hmm... sure enough."
Instructor Ai's mind was working rapidly.
"The fact that the fifth and sixth floors were damaged means that those Team Rocket grunts on the previous floors were attacked by me without carrying out their Pokémon harvesting operations... the problem is that they had clearly stayed over here for a very long period of time, which is more than enough time... that means Proton ordered them not to start the Pokémon subjugation operation right away?"
Aisha realized the problem.
"Proton..."
Chanting that guy's name, Instructor Ai also remembered that Proton had once stayed at the top floor of the Pokémon Tower for quite some time.
If it was just to kidnap Mr. Fuji, there was absolutely no need for him to go to such great lengths, and he even deliberately delayed the minions' actions to collect the Pokémon.
It was completely meaningless...
"What secret does the top floor of the Pokémon Tower hold?"
With anticipation in his heart, Aisha finally walked up to the top floor of the Pokémon Tower once more.
"..."
There was nothing special about this side, it was quiet as always.
Wandering around for a bit, Aisha didn't find anything either - indeed, those people from Team Rocket with their specialized instruments also searched for half a day with no luck.
"Hey..."
Sighing, Aisha stood before the big hole that he had made with his bare hands, blowing the cold wind.
He was really curious as to what Proton was looking for.
"Jie!"
Instructor was gazing at the night sky in a daze when suddenly, a ghostly face flashed before his eyes.
"Eh?"
Aisha's complexion flinched, and without hesitation, he blasted out a punch towards the front.
"Jie!"
Feeling the whistling fist wind, the guy who suddenly appeared also had a change in expression.
"What is it?"
Aisha, who was dumbfounded, fixed her eyes on it - it was a Gastly that was wrapped in a blueish gas, and the sphere at its core was more violet in color.
"Jie..."
The gas wrapped around his body nearly dissipated, and Gastly was shaking with fear.
This human, too scary...
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