"Such... such dense Aura!"
A certain player stared dumbfounded at the massive pink Aura, stammering incoherently.
For C-rank Nen Users like them, Akira casual display was already enough to leave them awestruck. It was a realm they could never hope to reach.
Just moments ago, they had been waiting to enjoy the show. Unexpectedly, the "Skull Face" they had been desperately avoiding was nothing more than a trivial matter in front of this person.
The gap in strength was like an insurmountable mountain!
Seeing that the "Skullface" had finally been triggered, Akira lost interest in continuing.
After all, the consecutive grand prizes they had won were more than enough for them to live lavishly. Now, he had more important matters to attend to.
After exchanging all the chips for money, Akira took Menchi to the outskirts of Dorias.
This was an uninhabited grassland, perfect for testing his hypothesis.
Menchi didn't ask any questions—whatever Akira wanted to do, she would simply follow.
A flash of white light appeared.
Something resembling an inflatable duck materialized before the two of them.
It was the newly acquired Porygon-Z.
'Another Nen beast I've never seen before.'
Menchi sized up Porygon-Z but felt little surprise. As long as she accepted that the number of Akira Nen beasts was infinite, she would no longer be shocked. That was how Menchi rationalized it.
However, this one seemed slightly different from the Nen beasts Akira had previously displayed. Among all the Nen beasts she had seen Akira summon, this was the smallest in size.
Not only that, but she also vaguely sensed something strange about this Nen beast, though she couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was.
"Let's begin." At Akira command, Porygon-Z began to move.
Its wing-like limbs twisted, and its upside-down body looked somewhat bizarre.
Streams of pure white Aura surged from within Porygon-Z, gradually filling the space around it. Surprisingly, the shape of this Aura resembled lines of data code floating beside it.
Lines of data appeared and disappeared. Menchi was utterly baffled, unsure of what it was doing.
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Meanwhile, in the digital world where Ickshonpe resided, changes were occurring.
Ickshonpe, who had been buried in his work, suddenly raised his abstract face as if sensing something. His eyes seemed to perceive the disturbance happening in the distance.
As a resident of the digital world, he could feel the world trembling—something was attempting to intrude. This was different from the method he had used to pull Akira in.
He had exploited a small loophole to create a temporary passage between the digital world and the real world, allowing people and objects to pass through for a limited time. But this disturbance was different.
Someone was attempting to hack their way in—They were trying to forcibly breach the digital world.
Just what kind of existence could accomplish such a feat?!
Even as a native of this world, he couldn't achieve something like this.
A thought flashed through his mind, and Ickshonpe vanished from his spot.
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At the same time, Porygon-Z actions had progressed—it seemed to have successfully cracked a critical point. The ordinary surroundings suddenly fractured into glass-like shards, their numbers rapidly increasing.
As the cracks multiplied, an expanding portal appeared before the two of them. Inside the portal was nothing but an endless expanse of white, blank and featureless.
"What is this...?" Menchi stared at the sudden white void, at a loss.
Yet, in her heart, she instinctively recalled the white light emitted by the television back then.
Could it be...?
Akira peered into the white void.
Comparing it to his memories, he confirmed that this was indeed a passage into the digital world. Porygon-Z had managed to open a direct channel to the digital world on its own and this was only the first step of Akira experiment.
Next, he wanted to see if Porygon-Z could gather information through the digital world.
According to Porygon-Z description, this channel couldn't be maintained indefinitely—at least not in its current state. The digital world was filled with vast amounts of data and possessed self-repair capabilities.
To sustain a channel, it required a continuous expenditure of Aura.
Porygon-Z body once again emitted streams of Aura, transforming into white currents that surged into the digital world. Once inside, the Aura seemed to carry an inherent attraction, drawing countless fragments of text, images, and other data toward it.
When the absorbed information reached the limit of what the Aura could carry, it retraced its path—this time, flowing directly into Akira body instead of returning to Porygon-Z.
The moment the Aura made contact, streams of information flooded Akira mind.
It worked!
Akira carefully analyzed the data flashing through his thoughts, a glint of excitement in his eyes. This meant that as long as he had Porygon-Z, he essentially had access to infinite information!
If he wanted to know something, all he had to do was have Porygon-Z transmit it to him.
The initial steps to breach the digital world had been complex, but retrieving information afterward wouldn't be so troublesome.
Porygon-Z could gather what he needed in mere moments. With enough familiarity, it wouldn't even be necessary to open a channel between the two worlds.
Suddenly, a paper-thin figure appeared on the other side of the white void, its presence as elusive as a ghost.
"Akira?"
A mechanical voice echoed from the other side, yet even so, a trace of astonishment could be heard. Even though he wasn't truly alive, Ickshonpe still possessed emotions.
"Oh? Is that you, Ickshonpe?" Ickshonpe appearance was unexpected, yet it made sense.
After a brief pause, Akira realized—it wasn't surprising that breaching the digital world would attract his attention.
"So it was you who cracked it?!" Ickshonpe abstract face twisted into an exaggerated expression of shock, resembling something out of a rage comic. he truly hadn't expected that the one who breached the digital world would be the friend he had only recently met.
Was Akira really this capable?
"Not exactly. If we're being precise, it wasn't me—it was my Nen beast." Akira gestured toward the vacant-eyed Porygon-Z beside him, indicating that it was the one responsible.
Only then did Ickshonpe shift his focus to Porygon-Z, his large eyes locking onto it intently.
he could sense an aura from Porygon-Z that was identical to his own!
"Were you also born from the digital world?" Ickshonpe asked with curiosity, the shared aura making him instinctively feel a sense of kinship toward Porygon-Z.
Porygon-Z shook its head.
It had been born from its master, so it couldn't have originated from the digital world. If the earlier conversation had been something Akira and Menchi could still follow, what came next was beyond them—No, it wasn't even accurate to call them "people" anymore.
One was a Pokemon in the form of a Nen beast.
The other was a paper-thin entity from the digital world.
Two seemingly unrelated beings, bonded by their shared affinity for data, began conversing with surprising enthusiasm and they weren't even speaking normally—they were communicating through something akin to brainwaves.
This was a method exclusive to data-based lifeforms, something ordinary humans could never replicate.
Although the two of them didn't know the content of the conversation, they could see the expression on Ickshonpe face.
As Ickshonpe continued communicating with Porygon-Z, his expression grew increasingly astonished.
After a long while, Ickshonpe reluctantly ended the exchange.
"Akira, your Nen beast... is truly remarkable" Ickshonpe mechanical voice sounded again.
Though it was just a mechanical tone, paired with his abstract facial expressions, the emotions he wanted to convey were immediately clear. It was evident that Ickshonpe was thoroughly impressed by Porygon-Z capabilities.
"Its abilities far surpass mine!" Ickshonpe praised Porygon-Z generously and these words were nothing but the truth.
Just this brief conversation with Porygon-Z had given it many new insights.
While marveling at this, Ickshonpe also grew increasingly respectful of Akira.
He simply couldn't imagine how powerful Akira must be to create such a Nen beast.
'Far exceeding even Ickshonpe?'
Akira glanced at the motionless Porygon-Z, feeling slightly surprised.
Not because Porygon-Z surpassed Ickshonpe, but because of a piece of information Porygon-Z had just transmitted to him. Tiny fragments of data were drifting into Porygon-Z body and its aura was gradually strengthening.
Porygon-Z could absorb data from the digital world, using this method to enhance its power.
Among the Pokemon Akira possessed, this was the third one with an additional growth mechanism. The first was Gengar, which could advance by absorbing Death Aura.
The second was Snorlax, which could grow stronger by eating gourmet food.
Porygon-Z was the third—getting stronger by absorbing data from the digital world and this method was far more convenient and efficient than the previous two.
While Death aura weren't scarce across the six continents, they were scattered in unique ruins.
Absorbing them required constant travel, which was quite troublesome.
There was also no shortage of gourmet food in the six continents and Akira had two master chefs who could easily prepare delicious meals. But with so much gourmet food available, Akira could simply merge with Snorlax to apply the effects to himself.
Wouldn't that be better than strengthening Snorlax?
After all, Akira didn't lack Snorlax combat power—it would be more beneficial to enhance his own strength.
Clearly, from every perspective, Porygon-Z unique method was superior to the other two.
First, Porygon-Z could absorb data anytime, anywhere, without needing to travel to specific locations.
Second, the data in the digital world was infinite, with countless new information generated every moment.
So Porygon-Z could essentially "eat" as much as it wanted—an all-you-can-eat buffet that didn't cost a thing. The only limitation to its growth was its absorption speed, as digesting this data still took time.
Nearby, Ickshonpe also noticed Porygon-Z actions but said nothing. He understood that the digital world data was limitless—Porygon-Z could do whatever it pleased.
After exchanging a few more words and asking some questions about games, Ickshonpe vanished into the white hole just as suddenly as he had arrived. He had come out of curiosity, never expecting to encounter Akira.
Now he was in a hurry to turn Akira game ideas into reality.
Watching Ickshonpe hurried departure, Akira suddenly thought of something.
Akira thoughts were simple.
Since Porygon-Z could freely open portals between the two worlds, could it use the digital world to achieve the effect of traversing the real world?
For example, Akira could have Porygon-Z open a portal in Saherta, then utilize the characteristics of the digital world to teleport to a location in the network space of the Kukan'yu Kingdom and finally open another portal to step out and arrive in the Kukan'yu Kingdom.
If this could be achieved, it would essentially be an ultra-powerful version of teleportation—allowing travel to any place in the world.
Could they even teleport directly to the World Tree in the Dark Continent?
Akira quickly shared his idea with Porygon-Z, but the conclusion wasn't as ideal as he had imagined.
Porygon-Z abilities were still in the utilization stage—it relied on the digital world to achieve its goals.
The network capabilities it could employ also required the presence of an actual network.
In other words, while most places across the six continents could indeed be reached quickly this way, remote areas without network coverage—let alone the distant Dark Continent—were naturally impossible.
They would have to wait until Porygon-Z abilities reached a higher level, evolving from utilizing networks to creating them, before Akira hypothesis could be fully realized.
After clarifying the specifics, Akira wasn't too disappointed.
As things stood, Porygon-Z abilities were already incredibly impressive.
It could transport people or objects to most places across the six continents in an extremely short time—an almost godlike ability!
Of course, achieving this effect would require a significant expenditure of Porygon-Z Aura. But that was fine.
As its strength grew, the difficulty of accomplishing these feats would decrease.
In this light, Porygon-Z utility was even broader than Akira had imagined and its importance was even greater—easily placing it in the top tier among all his Pokemon.
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After obtaining Porygon-Z, Akira and Menchi continued their journey.
Over the next few months, they visited nearly every corner of Greed Island.
They enjoyed many bizarre and exotic delicacies while also experiencing the charm of some special cards.
For example, the A-rank card [Liquor Spring]—Water drawn from this spring would turn into wine after being left untouched for a week. Though the type of wine produced was random, the common trait was that it was always delicious.
Or the S-rank card [Tree of Plenty]—A tree that bore all kinds of fruits.
After harvesting, it would inevitably bear a large quantity of fruit again the next day, with random varieties and amounts.
The flavors of these fantastical fruits were exceptionally delicious, fully deserving of their S-rank status.
Since their goal was clear, the two focused on collecting cards related to food. With Akira strength, even S-rank cards were obtained effortlessly.
While Akira and Menchi traveled, Gon and his companion also arrived on Greed Island.
Following a path similar to the original story, they met Biscuit Krueger and underwent a series of rigorous training sessions.
At the same time, their Nen abilities began to take shape.
Under the guidance of the "veteran" Biscuit, both of them made tremendous progress.
After all, Biscuit could easily be considered a gold-standard teacher among Nen Users. As long as you can catch her eye and as long as you work hard enough, you'll experience your strength skyrocketing, rising as fast as a rocket and without any side effects.
As days passed, the players collected more and more cards and the atmosphere within Greed Island grew increasingly tense.
No one knew who would ultimately emerge victorious.
Even the leisurely traveling Akira finally had something to do...
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