Second Test

Kumquat Island.

Back in his room, Hisoka locked the door and sat on the bed. Then, he took out his laptop from his bag and turned it on.

A few moments later, a pink and blue ball appeared on the screen. Suddenly, it disintegrated into a small pile of blocks and began to pile up.

Soon, Porygon appeared on the screen. It looked around as it flew on the screen, getting acquainted with its new home.

It then looked at Hisoka, and following that, rows of letters popped up on the screen.

"Hisoka, what about the Upgrade that you promised me?"

He put a hand on his head. He forgot to buy the upgrade disc that he promised it a week ago.

Upgrade was originally an antivirus software made by Silph Co. branch office in Johto. During the testing process, the software was suddenly absorbed by a Porygon, who was assisting the work at that time.

Surprisingly, the Porygon evolved. All this time, many people thought that Porygon couldn't evolve. Even the creator, Professor Akihabara, was surprised after he learned about the incident.

A few weeks after that, Silph Co. released the news about the evolution of Porygon and decided to call it Porygon 2.

The ability of Porygon 2 to integrate into cyberspace far exceeded that of Porygon. It was also more intelligent and capable of learning new behaviors on its own.

"I can't find the Upgrade in Kanto. If I go to Johto next time, I will definitely buy it for you."

"Okay!" Porygon nodded.

"I have found the information about Team Aqua on the internet that you asked for earlier."

"Thank you for your hard work, Porygon. You should get out of the computer first."

His Porygon was the first Porygon created by Professor Akihabara. But so far, he had not found any difference between it and the other Porygon.

Once again, it disintegrated into countless piles of blocks before they rushed toward the screen.

Countless piles of blocks rushed out of his laptop as they quickly gathered in a circle. Finally, they merged together, turning into Porygon.

It still surprised him every time he saw this scene. It was no wonder that Porygon was classified as a virtual Pokemon.

Porygon flew silently to his side. He smiled and patted its head several times.

He had to admire Professor Akihabara. To be able to create an artificial Pokemon like Porygon. It was a creation of life in a true sense.

Porygon

Health: C

Attack: C

Defense: C

Special Attack: B

Special Defense: C

Speed: D

Moves: Conversion, Conversion 2, Recover, Hyper Beam, Tri Attack, Lock-On, Ice Beam, Signal Beam, Solar Beam, Shadow Ball, Discharge, Psybeam.

Except for some skills that it could learn naturally, the other skills were mastered using TMs that he bought at a high price.

As an artificial Pokemon, it could learn any kind of skill in an instant. The only downside was it couldn't perform those skills to its full capacity like other Pokemon. Perhaps this was the weakness of Porygon.

Before, Professor Akihabara gifted him two TMs specially designed for Porygon. But he didn't dare to upload the TMs into Porygon because its main chip had just been replaced at that time.

It was only after it had integrated with the chip that he uploaded those TMs into Porygon.

Coupled with its ability, Analytic, Porygon could deal some serious damage to its opponent. What's more, Porygon could still evolve into Porygon 2. At that time, its attack power would reach another level.

But in a regular competition, Porygon would be greatly weakened because it would be unable to use its ability, Analytic. Its ability boosted its attack power but at the cost of speed. Speedy-type attackers, such as Weavile and Scyther, would knock it out instantly.

Porygon worked best in a team battle. Relying on the protection and assistance of its partner, it would be able to bombard the opponents without worry.

The next morning.

He, Shelly, Will, and Doran returned to the lobby of Hunter Association headquarters.

After they found a table to sit at, Doran looked around and said.

"Have you heard the rumor? I heard our the Hunter Association is going to change our exam?'

It was near eight o'clock in the morning. The other hunters entered the building one by one. It seems a few people had decided to forfeit as there were only fourteen people in the lobby.

"I guess we are going to catch Team Aqua soon. The Hunter Association isn't just going to stay silent after they interrupted the exam."

Will replied.

Hisoka gave him a sideways glance. As expected of the future Elite Four. Although Will didn't talk much, his mind was very keen.

Meanwhile, Shelly kept her head down. She knew very well why Team Aqua came to the Orange Islands. They were hired to catch the legendary birds of Shamouti Islands.

The reason she knew that was because she was also a member of Team Aqua herself. She was one of the three admins of Team Aqua, the second echelon officer after their leader, Archie.

She ranked second among the three admins. The first one was Matt, the one responsible for the mission this time. She was sent here by Archie to help Matt.

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AN: The one Hisoka met in the last chapter was someone else, not Archie. I will change them later.

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Although she was a little nervous, she stayed calm. She crossed her legs and acted as if it wasn't her concern.

"Yeah, I think so too."

Hisoka agreed with a smile. He also paid extra attention to Shelly secretly.

'Looks like she is a member of Team Aqua, huh?'

He thought in his mind.

"When I was talking with Paul yesterday, he looked quite angry at Team Aqua for interrupting the exam."

As they talked among themselves, the lobby suddenly became quiet as Pual walked down the stairs, followed by five other people. One of them was Miss Suzuki, the woman who picked them up.

Paul walked to the front desk and looked at the hunters in the lobby.

"Good morning. Let's cut to the chase. I'm sure everyone already knows why the exam was stopped yesterday. After discussing yesterday, the higher-ups had decided to change the second part of the exam."

He paused for a moment, and his eyes became cold.

"The Hunter Association will not allow Team Aqua to get away scot-free just like that. For the second part of the exam, all of you will head to Shamouti Island and catch them. Each of you will need to catch one of Team Aqua members to pass the test. You have three days to complete it. Good luck. You are dismissed."

As Will said before, the second part of the exam was a combat assessment. It seemed the Hunter Association was angry after what Team Aqua had done to them.

At the same time, the Hunter Association also showed its extensive intelligence-gathering network. In just one night, they had already found Team Aqua's location.

Shamouti Island was located near the central part of the Orange Archipelago. According to the information collected by the Hunter Association, Team Aqua had about sixty people.

The group that Hisoka had met last time was only a small part of them. In total, they had about twelve groups, of which five of them were elite squads. The elite squads were placed on Shamouti Island and the surrounding isles.

For this test, the Hunter Association would no longer provide transportation. The hunters would have to get to Shamouti Island by themselves.

"Wait a minute."

On the way to the dock, Shelly suddenly frowned and patted her pockets with both hands.

"I think I left my necklace in the hotel."

"Is it important? Our boat will leave in twenty minutes. Can you just leave it behind?"

What Doran meant to say was don't waste our time. The faster they get to Shamouti Island, the more time they would have to catch one of Team Aqua members. It was not an easy task.

"Of course, it's important.

Shelly rolled her eyes.

"My grandmother left me that necklace. You guys go to the dock first and wait over there. I'll definitely be there in time."

After she said that, she immediately turned around and ran. Hisoka, Will, and Doran looked at each other and shrugged. In the end, they could only head to the dock and wait for her.

"Matt! Why did you kidnap those three hunters?"

After Shelly returned to her room, she immediately called Matt, the first admin in Team Aqua.

On the other end of the phone was a tall, muscular man who was lifting two dumbells on both hands. He wore blue gloves and blue pants. His upper body was bare naked with a Team Aqua logo painted on his chest.

Boom!

Matt threw the dumbells on the ground and sat on the chair, panting heavily.

"My man already told me about this. It was an accident. You don't need to worry about this. Mr. Lawrence had already asked someone from above to solve this problem."

Shelly gritted her teeth in anger at his reply.

"Did you know that you made the Hunter Association angry? We are not in Hoenn, you idiot. There are many forces here that can deal with use. The Hunter Association is making a move. They are sending people to catch Team qua members."

"Haha!"

Instead of worry, Matt erupted into a fit of laughter.

"Let them come! It's not easy to catch us!"

Shelly knew that her words could not persuade Matt. No one else could change his mind, except their leader, Archie.

Anyway, she already did her best and informed him in advance. As for what might happen in the future, it was none of her business.