The World of Pokemon

The blue flash left behind white blindness.

Kai squinted his eyes, but even with them tightly closed, he could see the whiteness seeping in as blues and greens. Sometimes, darkness wasn't enough to keep the colors away, it seemed.

His sense of hearing, though, wasn't subjected to these effects of the teleportation. A wild combination of merry voices hit him from all around. 'Again?' Kai thought. 'Why the fuck can't Chaos teleport me to some empty room?'

Despite the cursing, there was a big smile on Kai's face. Like the one, most youngsters must have smiled at a point after talking to their crush for the first time. A smile saying that this day was the best, and that nothing bad would ever happen again. Not today. After a few seconds, Kai opened his eyes, and before he could see, he smelled. A humid, fresh watery smell of rivers and lakes. Of animals, and foods. Of Power.

When the whiteness vanished, he saw multi story houses and shops. But where the street should have been, there was a canal running from his left to his right. Short arched bridges were joining the walkway, where Kai was standing, to the walkway opposite to him beyond the canal.

Suddenly, a fish jumped out of the water.

Kai's heart jumped along with it.

[

Beast Proximity: 3 meters

Glitch Condition matched

Contestant Kai Stormborn is qualified to awaken his Glitch

Do you want to awaken it now?

]

"Hahaha!" The sudden burst of laughter even surprised Kai himself.

There were two reasons for this uncontrolled and unbearable excited laugh. First, the revolver-like light-blue fish. There were two dark stripes on its body that resembled the barrels of a gun, a single pelvic-fin like a revolver trigger, and two fins at the bottom that resembled the butt of a gun.

It was a Pokemon!

Second, the notification to awaken his Glitch. This thing had been weighing on Kai's mind since he had awakened it in the Harry Potter World. For all Kai knew, once awakened, it might not wake up in the Pokemon random world. But even then, he couldn't have cared for it. Kai would have prioritized devouring the dragon, no matter which world. So, to see the notification meant only one thing.

With every change of the random world, the condition to awake the Glitch would reset.

'Wonderful!' Kai beamed. 'Most magnificent!'

The fish Pokemon splashed down the canal, joining many others like it. It was a school of fish, Kai noticed. Another thing he noticed was the people pointing at him, and then whispering to each other.

Only then did Kai think of something, and looked down.

'Damn!' Kai snapped. 'My clothing didn't change.'

He was still wearing the uniform of the Security Task Force of the Gringotts. Not only that but it was also torn from here and there from all the things that have happened after meeting the dragon. And he was still holding it, the bag of eggs.

"Ah, hello?" a voice came from Kai's left.

There was a woman in a red skirt, holding many bright-colored leaflets, and looking at him with a strange, apprehensive gaze. But Kai's eyes only stopped at her face momentarily and then dropped to her feet. Another Pokemon was there, looking up at him with the same look as the woman. Blue color, round body, black-white swirls on the belly, and gloved hands…

"Poli…" the Pokemon croaked. "… whirl."

'What could be more strange than this?' Kai wondered, his eyes shining like two hungry pits, just on the verge of gobbling the thing down. Somehow, he felt slightly dizzy, but a heavy shake of his head brought him out of the drowsiness.

"He… Hello?" the woman asked again.

Kai reluctantly looked at her and smiled. The woman flinched and stepped back. The Pokemon now walked forward, making a squishy sound. Its body seemed to be covered in slimy mucous, smooth and slippery.

"Yes?" he asked, thinking of Chaos' new way of presenting the mission. He just hoped the System would hurry because it was getting too difficult to hold himself back.

"Uh, are you here for the race?" the woman asked. But she didn't wait for Kai to answer. Taking out a leaflet, she extended her shaky hand towards him. The moment Kai took it from her, she scampered off, followed by the pokemon.

'The characters are usually friendly to me,' Kai thought. 'Now, with my Charisma even higher, she should have been friendlier, not the opposite. Is it all because of my appearance?'

Kai took his eyes off the many Pokemon walking around with people. His breathing was already getting out of rhythm, the smile never leaving his face. He looked at the leaflet, and suddenly, all the colors and writing on it vanished before he could read it.

[

From the void, a single egg came into being, which then hatched into the Original One. From him came all the universe, for he created the worlds, the dragons who control space and time, and the evil serpent, who is the traveler of Dimensions. He created willpower, knowledge, and emotion. And when the creation was at its peak, he created all beings, the life as it is known today.

He was Arceus, the Pokemon.

Now, Pokemon, the magical creatures, live alongside humans. This is a world where both animals and plants are being supplemented and replaced by Pokemon. Most people respect them, treat them kindly, bonding with them for a better purpose. Yet, some take advantage of them, exploiting their abilities for their gain.

Chaos welcomes you, Contestant Kai Stormborn, to the World of Pokemon.

]

'Chaos sure knows how to shoot up my heart rate,' Kai sniggered. But he would rather have it spitting the Side Mission and the details as soon as possible, and not some ancient tale of an even ancient Pokemon, which he had nothing to do with.

As if reading Kai's thoughts, the introductory words disappeared. Their place, though, was taken by a map, showing a blue and red dot, and a time counter of 10 minutes. The blue dot was flashing, and Kai couldn't help but frown as he looked at it. He knew the System was telling him to go to the place marked by the red dot.

'Then why am I having a bad feeling about it?'

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AN: The two Pokemon mentioned in this chapter are: Remoraid and Poliwhirl (images available on discord)

The Pokemon Arc will be the longest arc within this volume lasting from Chapter 135 to Chapter 199. The reason for this is mentioned as an Author's Note in the end of Chapter 199. If you want to, then you can access it beforehand.