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Chapter 396
Chapter 392: Guardian of Alola? False Swipe.
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
Chapter 392: Guardian of Alola? False Swipe.
"The Alola Region?"
Ash was slightly stunned. The name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
After racking his brain for a moment, Ash finally found the answer. He quickly pulled his Pokedex from his waist and pressed a button.
"Pokedex Beep. Installed antivirus software: Alola Guardian 2.0."
He remembered his Pokedex had once gone through a bizarre "*gu* cultivation" experience. Several antivirus programs—Mt. Silver Antivirus, Viridian Butler, Alola Guardian—had engaged in a chaotic free-for-all. In the end, Alola Guardian had successfully suppressed the others with its most powerful function, Alola Giant Guardian, becoming the sole surviving *gu*-king in the Pokedex.
And the company address for Alola Guardian was, precisely, the Alola Region.
Masked Man: "?"
*I thought my hometown only had a tourism industry. When did it venture into the IT sector?*
*And isn't Guardian of Alola supposed to be an incredibly sacred move? How could it be used as the name for an antivirus function?*
Before either of them could speak, the Pokedex continued its report, rattling off several more names.
"Pokedex Beep. Additional programs: Mt. Silver Antivirus 2.0, Viridian Butler 2.0, Team Galactic Computer Assistant 2.0, Lysandre-Ware 2.0."
Ash: "?"
His hand trembled slightly. Weren't all the other "*gu*" supposed to have been eliminated?
How were those antivirus programs still in there? It was ridiculous that there were even a few new ones!
Recognizing its master's query, the Pokedex provided a thoughtful answer.
"Pokedex Beep. Alola Giant Guardian is a benevolent function. It only suppresses a target to a single line of code and cannot completely kill the target. The other programs, clinging to life, used that single line of code to rapidly reproduce and self-replicate. They have now replicated enough to restore their previous level of control, with each antivirus program now occupying a portion of the system's territory."
"Pokedex Beep. Alola Guardian is once again at a disadvantage and can only resort to its own proposed solution—installing other antivirus software to completely kill the targets."
"Pokedex Beep. Thus, what was once a three-way partition has become a system divided into five equal parts."
The Pokedex truthfully reported the log of the system's antivirus evolution over the past few months.
You thought the *gu* cultivation was over, but in reality, it has just begun. The war inside the CPU rages on every day!
This is *gu* cultivation 2.0.
Ash: "..."
Are these things antivirus software, or are they viruses?!
No wonder it takes forever to boot up, and the CPU fan starts roaring before I even open any programs!
Masked Man: "..."
Compared to the *gu* cultivation in the Pokedex, he was more concerned about the name of that function, Alola Giant Guardian. If he wasn't mistaken, the inspiration for this name had to be the legendary Z-Move passed down in the Alola Region since ancient times—Guardian of Alola.
This was the exclusive move of the four Island Guardians. Its power was terrifying, but it had one single flaw.
It doesn't kill.
Rounding up, you could call it a False Swipe.
It was absurd that the antivirus software even included this non-lethal characteristic. That was taking 'faithful to the source material' a bit too far!
"Are the entrepreneurs from my hometown also constantly exporting our local culture to the world?"
A warmth spread through the Masked Man's heart. Hearing news from home while in a foreign land always brought people peace of mind.
It wasn't just the IT industry. As far as he knew, even the tourism industry, the main pillar of his hometown's economy, was constantly innovating and expanding its business.
For example, Poni Island had recently developed a brand-new tourist attraction, renting out wondrous items to visiting outsiders—a Z-Ring and a Flyinium Z.
By relying on these two items, tourists and their Pokémon could temporarily perform the Alola Region's exclusive move, "Supersonic Skystrike."
This move did nothing more than allow Pokémon that couldn't fly to briefly experience the joy of flight. He had heard that many outsiders had come to visit in recent years, praising it endlessly.
"My people are all working so hard... I have to do my best too!!"
At this thought, immense courage surged within the Masked Man. He couldn't help but punch the air in front of him, the flame in his eyes burning more intensely than Moltres's flames.
"Ash, what is your dream?"
Hearing the Masked Man's words, Ash was stunned for a moment, but he quickly turned to look at the battlefield and blurted out:
"I want to get stronger with them, become the world's strongest trainer, and become a Pokémon Master!!"
"Pika!!"
This had always been his unwavering goal.
The fiery battle intent from Ash and Pikachu made the Masked Man look over. He then also turned to face the battlefield. The light from Moltres's flames shone on his face, hiding the expression beneath his mask.
"My dream..."
After a long moment, he spoke slowly. His voice wasn't loud, but it was filled with unwavering confidence.
"I'm going to establish a Pokémon League in the Alola Region! So that everyone in the Alola Region can experience the passion of this kind of competition and battle!"
Tourism, the IT industry, economic development...
Humans and Pokémon living in harmony...
Admittedly, these things were all very important, but in this world, the one thing that captured everyone's attention and got them fired up was, and always would be, a single thing.
Pokémon battles!
Although it wasn't that Alola had no battles—they had the ancient and sacred trials and grand trials—these felt more like fixed battles, more like a single-player game, lacking interaction with their peers.
You beat a Totem Pokémon and complete a trial. You beat an Island Kahuna and complete a grand trial. And then...
And then it was over.
But the Gyms and League Conferences of other regions were different.
The challenge of every Gym battle during a journey, the determination after a defeat, the joy of obtaining a Badge...
Every battle in the Conference, the opponents, the Pokémon, the thrill and despair of elimination and advancement...
There was even the supreme Champion League...
Passion and zeal, bonds and friendship, the vibrant energy of young boys and girls—these were the things the Masked Man had seen in other regions after leaving his hometown, things he yearned for and envied immensely.
He wanted every child in his hometown to be able to experience these things, to let them flourish and bloom in their own home!
"I will definitely do it!!"
The Masked Man's heart was incredibly determined, his entire being burning with a fierce flame, just like an Incineroar.
To achieve this goal, he had spent the last few years challenging the local League Conferences in various regions, personally experiencing their ups and downs. And this year, he had finally arrived at the most ancient of them all.
The Kanto Region.
The Indigo League Conference!
He would seize the title of Conference Champion and challenge Champion Lance, throwing down the gauntlet to this most ancient of Leagues!!
"Your dream is so grand!!"
Hearing this, Ash couldn't help but look at the Masked Man with fiery eyes, full of admiration.
"Hahaha..."
The Masked Man's demeanor suddenly changed. His previous heroic passion gave way to a slight awkwardness. It was the first time he had spoken his true thoughts to an outsider, let alone to Ash, a stranger he had only met twice.
But for some reason, he couldn't help but say it all to this young man.
"I believe you can definitely achieve your dream, Masked Man!"
"I believe you can achieve your dream, too!"
With that, the two shared a smile and raised their hands, bumping their fists together. A strange bond connected their hearts.
Immediately after, a flame ignited in both of their eyes.
"But from now on, we'll be enemies. If we meet, I'll do everything in my power to defeat you!"
"That's what I was going to say!!"
---
(In the original work, the Masked Man is one of my favorite characters, so I had to write about him.)
(end of chapter)
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
Chapter 392: Guardian of Alola? False Swipe.
"The Alola Region?"
Ash was slightly stunned. The name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
After racking his brain for a moment, Ash finally found the answer. He quickly pulled his Pokedex from his waist and pressed a button.
"Pokedex Beep. Installed antivirus software: Alola Guardian 2.0."
He remembered his Pokedex had once gone through a bizarre "*gu* cultivation" experience. Several antivirus programs—Mt. Silver Antivirus, Viridian Butler, Alola Guardian—had engaged in a chaotic free-for-all. In the end, Alola Guardian had successfully suppressed the others with its most powerful function, Alola Giant Guardian, becoming the sole surviving *gu*-king in the Pokedex.
And the company address for Alola Guardian was, precisely, the Alola Region.
Masked Man: "?"
*I thought my hometown only had a tourism industry. When did it venture into the IT sector?*
*And isn't Guardian of Alola supposed to be an incredibly sacred move? How could it be used as the name for an antivirus function?*
Before either of them could speak, the Pokedex continued its report, rattling off several more names.
"Pokedex Beep. Additional programs: Mt. Silver Antivirus 2.0, Viridian Butler 2.0, Team Galactic Computer Assistant 2.0, Lysandre-Ware 2.0."
Ash: "?"
His hand trembled slightly. Weren't all the other "*gu*" supposed to have been eliminated?
How were those antivirus programs still in there? It was ridiculous that there were even a few new ones!
Recognizing its master's query, the Pokedex provided a thoughtful answer.
"Pokedex Beep. Alola Giant Guardian is a benevolent function. It only suppresses a target to a single line of code and cannot completely kill the target. The other programs, clinging to life, used that single line of code to rapidly reproduce and self-replicate. They have now replicated enough to restore their previous level of control, with each antivirus program now occupying a portion of the system's territory."
"Pokedex Beep. Alola Guardian is once again at a disadvantage and can only resort to its own proposed solution—installing other antivirus software to completely kill the targets."
"Pokedex Beep. Thus, what was once a three-way partition has become a system divided into five equal parts."
The Pokedex truthfully reported the log of the system's antivirus evolution over the past few months.
You thought the *gu* cultivation was over, but in reality, it has just begun. The war inside the CPU rages on every day!
This is *gu* cultivation 2.0.
Ash: "..."
Are these things antivirus software, or are they viruses?!
No wonder it takes forever to boot up, and the CPU fan starts roaring before I even open any programs!
Masked Man: "..."
Compared to the *gu* cultivation in the Pokedex, he was more concerned about the name of that function, Alola Giant Guardian. If he wasn't mistaken, the inspiration for this name had to be the legendary Z-Move passed down in the Alola Region since ancient times—Guardian of Alola.
This was the exclusive move of the four Island Guardians. Its power was terrifying, but it had one single flaw.
It doesn't kill.
Rounding up, you could call it a False Swipe.
It was absurd that the antivirus software even included this non-lethal characteristic. That was taking 'faithful to the source material' a bit too far!
"Are the entrepreneurs from my hometown also constantly exporting our local culture to the world?"
A warmth spread through the Masked Man's heart. Hearing news from home while in a foreign land always brought people peace of mind.
It wasn't just the IT industry. As far as he knew, even the tourism industry, the main pillar of his hometown's economy, was constantly innovating and expanding its business.
For example, Poni Island had recently developed a brand-new tourist attraction, renting out wondrous items to visiting outsiders—a Z-Ring and a Flyinium Z.
By relying on these two items, tourists and their Pokémon could temporarily perform the Alola Region's exclusive move, "Supersonic Skystrike."
This move did nothing more than allow Pokémon that couldn't fly to briefly experience the joy of flight. He had heard that many outsiders had come to visit in recent years, praising it endlessly.
"My people are all working so hard... I have to do my best too!!"
At this thought, immense courage surged within the Masked Man. He couldn't help but punch the air in front of him, the flame in his eyes burning more intensely than Moltres's flames.
"Ash, what is your dream?"
Hearing the Masked Man's words, Ash was stunned for a moment, but he quickly turned to look at the battlefield and blurted out:
"I want to get stronger with them, become the world's strongest trainer, and become a Pokémon Master!!"
"Pika!!"
This had always been his unwavering goal.
The fiery battle intent from Ash and Pikachu made the Masked Man look over. He then also turned to face the battlefield. The light from Moltres's flames shone on his face, hiding the expression beneath his mask.
"My dream..."
After a long moment, he spoke slowly. His voice wasn't loud, but it was filled with unwavering confidence.
"I'm going to establish a Pokémon League in the Alola Region! So that everyone in the Alola Region can experience the passion of this kind of competition and battle!"
Tourism, the IT industry, economic development...
Humans and Pokémon living in harmony...
Admittedly, these things were all very important, but in this world, the one thing that captured everyone's attention and got them fired up was, and always would be, a single thing.
Pokémon battles!
Although it wasn't that Alola had no battles—they had the ancient and sacred trials and grand trials—these felt more like fixed battles, more like a single-player game, lacking interaction with their peers.
You beat a Totem Pokémon and complete a trial. You beat an Island Kahuna and complete a grand trial. And then...
And then it was over.
But the Gyms and League Conferences of other regions were different.
The challenge of every Gym battle during a journey, the determination after a defeat, the joy of obtaining a Badge...
Every battle in the Conference, the opponents, the Pokémon, the thrill and despair of elimination and advancement...
There was even the supreme Champion League...
Passion and zeal, bonds and friendship, the vibrant energy of young boys and girls—these were the things the Masked Man had seen in other regions after leaving his hometown, things he yearned for and envied immensely.
He wanted every child in his hometown to be able to experience these things, to let them flourish and bloom in their own home!
"I will definitely do it!!"
The Masked Man's heart was incredibly determined, his entire being burning with a fierce flame, just like an Incineroar.
To achieve this goal, he had spent the last few years challenging the local League Conferences in various regions, personally experiencing their ups and downs. And this year, he had finally arrived at the most ancient of them all.
The Kanto Region.
The Indigo League Conference!
He would seize the title of Conference Champion and challenge Champion Lance, throwing down the gauntlet to this most ancient of Leagues!!
"Your dream is so grand!!"
Hearing this, Ash couldn't help but look at the Masked Man with fiery eyes, full of admiration.
"Hahaha..."
The Masked Man's demeanor suddenly changed. His previous heroic passion gave way to a slight awkwardness. It was the first time he had spoken his true thoughts to an outsider, let alone to Ash, a stranger he had only met twice.
But for some reason, he couldn't help but say it all to this young man.
"I believe you can definitely achieve your dream, Masked Man!"
"I believe you can achieve your dream, too!"
With that, the two shared a smile and raised their hands, bumping their fists together. A strange bond connected their hearts.
Immediately after, a flame ignited in both of their eyes.
"But from now on, we'll be enemies. If we meet, I'll do everything in my power to defeat you!"
"That's what I was going to say!!"
---
(In the original work, the Masked Man is one of my favorite characters, so I had to write about him.)
(end of chapter)
