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Chapter 144: So Will Mewtwo Stage Another Counterattack This Time?
🕑 Added 2025-09-27 10:00:09 +0000 UTCBut upon careful consideration, this idea was obviously too simplistic.
At this moment, Kairos stared at those two cold records on the system panel, his brain working at high speed.
Though the specific content of the questions Mewtwo posed had been filtered by the system, being familiar with the original plot, he naturally knew clearly what Mewtwo was asking - most likely "Who am I?"
This situation was remarkably similar to the plot of that movie called "Mewtwo Strikes Back" from his memory.
This artificial Pokémon born in Team Rocket's laboratory, possessing near-godlike power, was precisely because of the enormous confusion and anger about the origin and meaning of its own existence that it ultimately led to the crisis in the movie that almost overturned the world.
It escaped Team Rocket's control, did a series of outrageous things, even trying to create a world with only Pokémon.
In the end, it was only Ash's life-risking intervention that finally allowed Mewtwo to find some answers, abandon its original plans, and embark anew on a journey to find itself...
However, this process was obviously quite painful and complex. In Kairos's view, none of this was actually necessary.
And if such events happened in the real world, Kairos wasn't even sure which would be more terrifying - Mewtwo remaining under Team Rocket's control, or Mewtwo staging a live-action version of "Mewtwo Strikes Back"...
So his role as a psychological counselor, using games through the invitation card to guide Mewtwo in advance, seemed quite necessary.
"So its biggest core problem right now must be figuring out who it is..."
Kairos muttered to himself softly, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the desk.
If he could directly provide the answer, perhaps he could prevent it from walking down that path filled with pain and danger...
But this thought was immediately dismissed by Kairos himself.
Tell it directly?
This idea was obviously too naive.
Mewtwo was currently soaking in Team Rocket's cultivation tank, still in its just-born stage. Every "human" it had encountered viewed it as nothing but a tool and weapon.
At this time, if a voice appearing out of nowhere in its mind claimed to know everything about it, if it were Kairos, he definitely wouldn't believe it either.
Let alone the naturally highly intelligent and suspicious Mewtwo.
Such behavior would absolutely be judged by its suspicious and keen thinking as Team Rocket's more sophisticated manipulation or trap... then subsequent communication would be quite difficult.
So it definitely couldn't be him speaking directly...
While pondering, Kairos's gaze turned again to that floating system interface.
But games... weren't they the best communication bridge?
An excellent game could convey the creator's voice to players, and his Emerald was the same.
Once this thought emerged, a more feasible plan instantly formed in his mind.
Since he couldn't directly reveal his identity, why not disguise himself as customer service for this game system?
He could even go more extreme and directly be Mewtwo's companion player in the game world!
After all, although Team Rocket had instilled some basic information into Mewtwo about understanding this world, the complex content in Emerald would definitely be somewhat beyond its scope.
Next, he only needed to carefully design some game content for it through Emerald, subtly conveying clues and metaphors about its identity, letting Mewtwo use its own powerful intelligence to think and discover the truth.
This way, the answer Mewtwo obtained would truly belong to it and could truly be accepted by it.
Only then could it know who it really was and what the meaning of its existence was.
Kairos didn't know what Mewtwo would think after playing through everything, but it would undoubtedly be much better than leaving Mewtwo alone.
Now only one question remained.
Could the system invitation card allow him to establish game-related communication with Mewtwo like customer service without exposing his true identity?
Actually, Kairos was somewhat anxious about this question, since all plans had to be built on this premise.
And just now, according to the system, he wasn't even allowed to obtain Mewtwo's situation and images through the invitation card... he didn't know if this would work...
However, the system's answer quickly gave him a shot in the arm and let him breathe a sigh of relief.
[Yes, host, of course you can.]
The system's response was very clear.
[When using the invitation card, the host can edit push message templates and carry out limited text and specific data package pushes. All feedback will be filtered through the system, and any information containing real coordinates or administrator identity will be automatically blocked. This functions the same as the previous information confidentiality mechanism.]
Getting a positive reply, Kairos felt reassured. Now he had the idea, and the invitation card was indeed feasible, but the specific execution would definitely require careful planning.
He quickly calmed down and began his own thinking.
Mewtwo's IQ was among the top tier whether among humans or Pokémon, and this was true even in its newborn state. So every step he took next needed careful planning.
Even pretending to be a simple mechanical customer service, he couldn't rush to throw out the answer directly. That would not only seem suspicious but could backfire and make Mewtwo suspicious of him.
So, just as he had thought, he needed to use his advantage as a game creator to package the answer before sending it.
Kairos took a deep breath, started his computer, and opened the game development backend.
Now it was time to add some content exclusive to Mewtwo to the game. After all, this should have been content that players could experience anyway...
Soon Kairos successfully used his experience and the system's enhancement to create an ancient legend about "Mew" and a CG animation with ambiguous meaning called "Gene Dream."
To summarize, this CG depicted in quite abstract ways the origin of Pokémon and life, Mew's freedom and magic, and the potential and loneliness contained in some new life "created" based on "origin."
This CG provided Mewtwo with keywords like "Mew," "genes," "creation," and "inheritance," which could help it better answer that question while not explicitly mentioning "Mewtwo" itself, but using Mew to represent it.
After all, strictly speaking, Mew was also a Pokémon directly created by Arceus, different from other Pokémon, with no companions or parents - there was only one unique Mew in the world.
What this CG aimed to do wasn't directly send information, but open a window for Mewtwo to let it see some scenery that would attract it.
After preparations were complete, Kairos directly used the invitation card function to link with Mewtwo again and began his plan.
...
Moments later.
On a solitary island in the ocean depths.
Inside Team Rocket's secret research facility.
Mewtwo soaked in the nutrient solution, purple pupils reflecting the cold gleam of external instruments, thinking about something.
In his mind, that nail-like [Begin playing?] prompt sounded again accompanied by background noise.
It prepared to ignore this incomprehensible harassment again with irritation, and due to its powerful adaptability, it had even begun to get somewhat used to it.
However, at the next moment, something changed abruptly!
A completely different stream of information forcibly flooded into its mind without warning!
This time what appeared wasn't the previous cold mechanical text and sound, but dynamic images!
It saw a vast jungle with sunlight streaming through leaf gaps, casting spots of light.
On an ancient stone wall deep in the jungle, in blurry murals, a pink Pokémon with an elegant form, agile long tail, and eyes sparkling with wisdom and pink radiance suddenly appeared before the mural.
It blinked its eyes, and after brief confusion, suddenly showed a smile.
This Pokémon instantly disappeared from its spot, then directly appeared in the nearby forest, joyfully darting and playing.
The pink Pokémon's tail traced through the air, leaving bright trails like stardust.
Not only that, Pokémon after Pokémon began appearing beside it, and this pink Pokémon's appearance actually began rapidly changing, occasionally becoming identical to the Pokémon around it!
At the same time, ethereal and ancient chants seemed to transcend time and space, accompanied by poetic parables telling the content.
"Source of life," "beginning of all things"...
"Dreams carried in genes" and "infinite possibilities given form"...
Seeing this, Mewtwo's mind and consciousness shook violently!
This method of information transmission completely exceeded its comprehension. The powerful psychic energy within it instinctively tried to resist this sudden invasion.
But the indescribable resonance contained in those fragments, as if originating from deep within its bloodline, attracted its recently born consciousness like a magnet.
It felt the freedom and power represented by the pink Pokémon in the images. Although words like "genes," "creation," and "inheritance" couldn't make it completely understand,
intuition told it that these words, these images, were all related to the biggest mystery in its heart!
Especially that pink figure made it involuntarily feel a strange stirring.
Like irritation, disgust.
Yet also like carrying powerful attraction, drawing its instincts and heart.
The next instant, before Mewtwo could react, all images suddenly disappeared.
What remained for Mewtwo was only a hazy and ethereal feeling.
And that [Begin playing?] text.
But it was precisely this feeling that made it experience an unprecedented curiosity about the unknown...
This was also the first time it had felt an emotion other than wariness toward this voice that had always been regarded as hallucination and harassment.
It didn't choose the "Yes" option, but no longer tried to drive away that interface.
Mewtwo began using its powerful brain capacity to repeatedly replay and analyze that brief experiential fragment in its consciousness, trying to find hidden answers from every image, every detail.
...
Meanwhile, Kairos was tensely watching the system interface.
The status that originally showed [Waiting for target unit response] suddenly changed, updating to [Target unit is deeply analyzing pushed content!]
Immediately after, a new notification popped up:
[Ding! Congratulations host, you have gained trace emotion energy conversion points from special unit "Mewtwo". Emotion types: confusion, curiosity, surprise. Total points: 300!]
Seeing this notification, Kairos's eyebrows immediately raised.
Was this success?
Though it was minimal feedback, it was actually a huge breakthrough when facing Mewtwo.
At least this proved Kairos's strategic direction was correct - Mewtwo had not only received the information but truly begun thinking.
But to achieve his goal, this was obviously far from enough.
Kairos suppressed the urge to immediately follow up with more information and quietly waited for a while.
In his previous life, one of his favorite entertainment activities was fishing. Fishing required patience, and now was the same.
"Fishing" for such a wary and intelligent big fish like Mewtwo couldn't be rushed.
After quietly waiting several minutes, Kairos finally made his next move.
He operated the interface, edited guidance information that matched game prompts, and sent it through the invitation card:
[Promotional content adapted to player has been sent. Currently only 10% of content has been distributed. To obtain deeper information and more complete content, please experience the complete game storyline and choose to begin playing.]
Kairos deliberately set up a threshold, linking deeper information with the proactive action of playing the game.
This both followed normal logic without seeming abrupt and could increase Mewtwo's willingness to actively play the game.
This would make it feel like it was choosing to explore everything rather than passively accepting the game's indoctrination.
...
Meanwhile, in the cultivation tank, Mewtwo sensed this new guidance message.
"Deeper information... complete game storyline..."
It already understood the meaning of these word combinations.
The shock brought by that segment about the pink Pokémon and the strong feeling lingering in its heart made it develop an unprecedented desire for the "deeper information" mentioned in the text.
This desire was almost overwhelming its wariness about everything before it.
So, what could this be?
Was this a test by those called Team Rocket, its creators?
Or was it an elaborate trap designed for it?
Its thinking operated at high speed, engaging in fierce internal conflict.
Finally, the thirst for knowledge about the ultimate question "Who am I?" gained overwhelming victory.
Its newborn heart, full of power yet with nowhere to direct it, truly needed a direction to move forward, truly needed a puzzle piece to fill the gap.
Mewtwo finally made its decision.
With a trace of remaining caution and irrepressible curiosity, Mewtwo carefully used its powerful psychic power to touch that option that had continuously harassed it since its awakening but was now incredibly attractive—
[Yes].
