Chapter no.288 The Porygon Project

Dr Akihabara couldn't help but gulp as he gazed upon the figure sitting on his chair with an Abra floating besides him, the mysterious individual had his face covered while wearing gloves and a greyish yellow trench coat.
If anything, the guy looked like one of those 19's detectives.
The figure was reading through notes that Dr Akihabara had left on the ground meanwhile Abra looked at the scientist in disgust.
' Why isn't he dead living in this dump ? Don't tell me, he is like those lizard people I keep hearing about that control the world .... no, he must be different, ( gasp ) he is a cockroach person that is secretly controlling the government. '
Abra thought as he psychically picked up a pen and paper before writing on it.
He needed to record this discovery before he was taken out.
Ignoring the conspiratorial Abra, the stranger looked up from the notes as Doctor Akihabara demanded. "Who are you? How did you
get in?"
Dr Akihabara was thinking who was this stranger and what did he want with him ?
It wasn't like he had any money and his fame had long since faded to obscurity for five years until he could perfect his research on the Porygon Project.
"Apologies, the door was open but I did
knock before entering," The man said with
a very subtle voice modulation.
"Clearly no one told you that an unlocked
door isn't an invitation to enter." Dr Akihabara
said with sweat dripping down his face as his paranoia was getting to him.
" I don't have any money on me and you can tell from my living conditions that I am barely living above the poverty line. So, you can just leave and I won't tell the police, I promise as long as you don't hurt me."
Dr Akihabara's words caused the stranger to speak up.
"Doctor Akiba Akihabara , I'm not here to steal your Ponyta, I've come to make you an
offer." The mysterious man said. "I've got
ties to an influential organization that wants to use someone with your particular set of skills."
"Not here to steal my Ponyta,you say..." Dr. Akihabara pondered for a while. "Interesting
choice of... words." He said "You must be a pokemon lover like me."
"They do fascinate me, like most living
beings do." The mysterious man replied
with a nod of his head. "I'm a firm believer
that life… no matter the adversity it faces,
always finds a way."
Dr. Akihabara gave him a wide smile.
"Apologies for my previous rudeness. It's been a while since I spoke with another man of science. Please, do elaborate further on your offer."
"I will be straight with you Doc, my
organization is beyond puzzled as to how
someone with your résumé of
achievements has escaped its radar for so
long." The masked man handed him a phone that the doctor inspected for a moment.
" Our offer is to hand you the necessary funds and the adequate equipped facilities to aid you in your research for the digital pokemon, in return you will provide us with the pokemon. Of course, you will still receive all
the accolades and admiration a genius of
your caliber deserves, but we will be
expecting you to present Porygon to us first."
"Do I look like someone that requires a
strong backing?" Dr. Akihabara asked, this
time with less aggressiveness in his voice.
"You see, I'm nothing if not resourceful
and crafty."
"But that's exactly the point of my visit."
The mysterious man replied. "Alone by
yourself, you've already gone this far. Just
imagine what new discoveries you might
accomplish with the best equipment
money can buy and with a steady supply
of test subjects. Besides…" The mysterious
man said while grabbing something from his trench coat. "Consider this a sign of good faith."
Dr. Akihabara widened his eyes in surprise. "It
is… it is…"
" While, I don't know if you would accept our offer but I can't help but frown that a man of your talents has to struggle in this world just because of your ambitions." The
mysterious man replied as he handed a stack of 10,000 pokedollars to the shell shocked doctor. "My organization has the necessary abilities to give you the life you truly deserve."
"I-I…" The Doctor muttered as the years
he spent isolated perfecting his work
seemingly returned to him. "I thank you for this, it really means a great deal to me."
"Don't mention." The mysterious figure replied as he moved to leave the place.
"You should be receiving a more formal invitation through that phone I gave you. If by some reason you still end up deciding to not work with us, I wish you farewell."
The man stopped. "Oh, and don't worry about your rent, the last six months have already been paid. Consider it one last incentive, my organization is really invested in making business with you. You can use that money to get yourself something nice."
As he was left alone, the scientist with delusions of grandeur finally stopped to consider his current situation and decided that it was time to change.
Abra glanced at the Doctor before he teleported both the man and himself to Saffron City.
[ Saffron City - Pokemon Center ]
Appearing in the bathroom, the mysterious man's face began to melt revealing Austin's smiling face as the goo transformed back into an exhausted Ditto.
" You did great out there, buddy." Austin said while stroking Ditto who just leaned back into his arms before falling asleep.
Austin smiled at the sleeping Ditto while Abra asked telepathically.
{ Are you sure that cockroach man would accept your offer ? }
" He will."
{ Why ? }
" Because I gave him a glimpse of way to succeed in his ambitions." Austin said with a little uncertainty in his voice since Dr Akihabara was able to make two porygons in the anime and after some calculations, it would have taken a month or so for present day for the doctor to have completed a Porygon.
Whether the doctor accepts his offer or not was of no concern to Austin as he could just steal Porygon when he was completed.
Austin took a deep breath as he looked at himself in the mirror.
What had happened to him ?
A few months ago, the thought of stealing, violence and manipulation to accomplish his goals wouldn't be an option but now look at how he had turned out.
Life truly is unpredictable.
Austin thought as he opened the bathroom door to see all of his pokemon and yellow watching some kind of movie.
Watching everyone's peaceful faces, Austin thought.
If I have to walk the path of a villain to keep them safe, I will.
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[ Omake Paragraph ]
In their own hearts, every Horsea is as much a dragon as any Dragonite or Salamence. They recoil from other dragons, unless they think they can scare them away with their own draconic powers (typically a mere Twister) but show none of the fear of lightning or plant life of other water-type pokemon, often injuring themselves with their courage.
It is not that they do not know they lack this typing, but that they will not accept it; ink paintings made by Horsea are often on the subject of their longing to be accepted as the equals of Gible and Dratini. In the wild, they would rather fight as dragons and lose than fight as fish and win, and this is a difficult habit for any trainer to break: it is recommended that trainers only match them against pokemon for whom water and dragon have the same effect.
Some have theorized that Horsea are so troubled by this because they are descendants of Kingdra, and therefore can not bear to lose the prestigious status of their parents, but Bagon (who are dragons) are equally determined to regain flight, despite the fact that birds have never been as admired. It is currently believed that extreme stubbornness and longing to to gain another type are traits shared by all young dragons, and it is simply that Dratini and Trapinch hide them better than others.