Chapter 275: Time Anomaly and Magnetic Force User

After arriving at the cliffside rest stop on the other side, Guang Tai rested for a while.

Because the previous day had been too full, he did not enter the dream world; when he woke at dawn, Guang Tai set out on his journey earlier than the others.

This was to deal with those few Rotoms.

The flickering electric Rotoms were released from their Poké Balls; at dawn, thick fog blanketed the area, as tall buildings blocked the sea’s moisture, forming a black mountain range that made the fog dense here.

In the game, the fog was also heavy at the gates on either side of Black City and White Forest.

“Rotomrotom! Hehehehe~!”

Three Rotoms were released by Guang Tai; having experienced the power of the Poké Ball, two looked unhappy, their mouths downturned, while the third remained cheerful, still laughing hehehe.

“Different personalities—the two unhappy ones are Arrogant and Mischievous; the happy one must be Cheerful.”

Those who are thwarted in their pranks—arrogant and mischievous people—won’t be happy, but a cheerful person won’t mind, and might even become interested in whatever blocked them; that is, if their personality lacked “curiosity,” this one would surely belong to that type.

Guang Tai, who wanted to poke and prod at everything, warned the three Rotoms:

“Watch out—you might get captured by someone else! Is it really that fun escaping from the Spirit World? If you mess up the elevator, everyone will be troubled!”

“Hehehehe~” The Cheerful Rotom kept laughing carefree, as if being captured didn’t matter as long as something fun could be found; it circled Guang Tai’s body several times, extremely curious.

The other two looked at each other, but soon began laughing hehehe too.

They didn’t know what they were laughing about—just that they were.

“You were probably drawn here by the Spirit World’s fluctuations and the girl’s ghostly spirit, right? Now she’s returned, and the Spirit World’s power is fading—you should go back too. Hey, don’t crawl into my backpack!”

Guang Tai waved the Poké Ball at one Rotom as a warning; the Mischievous Rotom instantly stopped laughing.

That greenish-blue ball is so cruel!

How can it seal our power?! We can’t even use the power we brought from the Spirit World, Rotom!

Better to die than not prank!

Ah, but we’re ghosts—we can’t die anyway!

You human really aren’t liked by ghosts!

These three Rotoms had no intention of returning to the Spirit World; it was too boring there. The real world was far more interesting—the elevator on the Fantasy Bridge was so much fun, and they could even take walks to the ghost girl’s side, even though she was sad and never played with them.

You, let us go right away—let us go pranking!

Hearing these three, Guang Tai sighed helplessly.

The ghost girl waits for Cresselia—she won’t go pranking with you, and her partner is the Psychic-type Cresselia.

These electric ghosts are truly naive, with childlike minds; without the Poké Ball to restrain them, even Professor Oak would be driven mad.

No wonder Red couldn’t forget them.

After all, Red was a withdrawn child as a kid; having cheerful Rotoms around him naturally made those times happy.

But being overly lively isn’t good—these three Rotoms were captured voluntarily.

Guang Tai planned to keep one to help, but the other two, since they refused to return, couldn’t be simply released—they’d just dive straight into the elevator.

Send them to Professor Hoho Redwood.

But would the Poké Ball be recognized by the teleportation system? In the game it could, but in reality—

“Hehehehe~”

The Cheerful Rotom suddenly floated onto Guang Tai’s head, as if performing a comical act; the other two unhappy Rotoms noticed and were instantly amused, so all three began twitching and circling on Guang Tai’s head.

Guang Tai: “.”

In the game, the Rotoms causing the elevator malfunction were sent to Route 15.

The researcher named Yui exchanges the protagonist’s Ditto for Rotoms; though the Rotoms she receives have individual names, from Miss Yangkui’s communicator conversation, it seems she’s been exchanging Rotoms on Route 15 for a long time.

From the Black/White era through Black 2, she’s been there for two years!

And Guang Tai was currently standing on Route 15!

And she even said that although she’d exchanged Rotoms and Dittos with others before, she still preferred Dittos?

Heading toward Route 15, Guang Tai rode Shieldon into flight; the three Rotoms hovered in midair, twitching as if finding flying fun, and soon spotted a modified RV parked roadside, seemingly used for research.

Not far from the RV, on a high plateau, the Transmission Factory loomed ahead; beneath it stretched a vast valley where several Pokémon moved about, and Guang Tai spotted cultivators and Pokémon Rangers.

But aren’t there too many Rangers?! Guang Tai saw at least a dozen—something that didn’t happen in the original!

“Hehehehe~”

The Rotoms suddenly grew excited, pointing at the RV—something inside clearly interested them; through their sounds, Guang Tai learned another Rotom was inside.

Indeed, the exchange had already happened; the researcher Yui kept a Rotom in her RV for study.

At this time, even Galactic’s Darkrai in Sinnoh and Professor Sanyu hadn’t figured out this Pokémon’s origin; Unova researchers likely saw it for the first time and studied it out of curiosity.

So if my three Rotoms were captured, they’d probably be sent to her too.

“Hehehe~”

The Rotoms wanted to go play, but under Guang Tai’s watchful gaze and the sight of that terrifying green-blue ball, two of them felt uneasy; only the Cheerful Rotom grinned and dashed up to Guang Tai, naturally declaring its intent to greet them.

“Rotom~ hehehe (No trouble, hehehe!)!”

“Fine, but don’t mess with the machines—even if you crawl inside, I can pull you out.”

Guang Tai made exaggerated, threatening gestures like scaring a child: “A spirit medium’s abilities are beyond your little ghosts’ imagination!”

“Wu wu wu wu...”

The Arrogant and Mischievous Rotoms nodded frantically—they truly felt Guang Tai’s spirit power was formidable; his intense emotional fluctuations stirred spiritual energy in a way unlike any other spirit medium—or even spirit itself!

Hey, this guy is so mean!

Don’t want to play with him anymore!

The two muttered to each other, emitting electric sparks.

But the Cheerful Rotom had already moved—it zipped off!

Hey! Wait for us! The other two hurried after it!

Immediately, the researcher’s scream came from inside!

But the scream wasn’t fear—it was delight!

“Ah! Where did these electric ghosts come from?! Three of them?! Capture them, capture them!”

“Huh? Can’t capture them?”

Whatever happened inside the RV, Guang Tai quickly approached—only to see the three Rotoms emerge with peculiar expressions!

The Arrogant Rotom was furious—the woman threw a ball at them right away!

The Mischievous Rotom was delighted—it electrocuted and flew a ball—so fun!

The Cheerful Rotom twitched in place, using electricity to lock onto a ball and deliver it to Guang Tai.

"Huh? I don’t need this—why are you acting like a dark crow scavenging coins?"

“Hehehehe~” The Cheerful Rotom laughed hehehe!

Researcher Yui stepped out with her Gentle Rotom; seeing the three Rotoms circling Guang Tai, she was utterly astonished!

“Three?! All three of these electric ghosts are yours?!”

“Ah! Sorry! This Pokémon was just discovered recently—it doesn’t even have an official name yet! Where did you encounter them?”

Yui was thrilled; Guang Tai replied:

“This Pokémon already has a name—it’s called Rotom, which is ‘motor’ spelled backward.”

In Generation IV’s naming of Rotom, Red’s diary inevitably included real-world text—English; but after Generation V, the Pokémon world switched entirely to original script, and English was no longer canon—yet remained as an easter egg language.

So reversing the corresponding word still yields a similar result.

Yui: “Eh?! Someone already figured it out?! I thought I was the first! I exchanged my Ditto for this electric ghost—I named it Xiao Jie; it’s gentle and helps me with so many things!”

“Electric ghosts can enter machines and make them move—it’s amazing!”

Yui rambled on about her Rotom research!

Though her research was still new, meeting another Trainer with Rotoms was like a gift from heaven; Guang Tai gained much research knowledge from her—though most of it he already knew.

【Acquired: Rotom Research Knowledge.】

【Description: These are Researcher Yui’s findings on Rotom! Its body is composed of plasma; its electric-like form can enter certain machines and use them as vessels for pranks!】

【Additional Acquired: Electric Magic.】

Huh?

Guang Tai hadn’t expected an unexpected reward; Rotom research had barely begun, and his own knowledge—from games to manga to anime—was vast, though he didn’t know the exact methods; and Yui couldn’t provide them either.

It seems the ones who truly applied cloned Rotoms to daily life were Nimo’s parents, one of the Paldea Champions?

【Electric Magic: Can accumulate static electricity from the natural environment and transfer it to a designated location within a range, or exchange electrical energy remotely; through Psychic power, you can freely direct the flow of certain currents.】

【Electric Magic can be transformed into “Magnetic Magic” via special channels, as electromagnetic force has strong ties to spacetime.】

【Compatible Items: Electric Stone, Thunder Stone.】

Gah!

Guang Tai nearly shouted aloud!

Come to think of it, Pokémon moves really do include “Magnet Pull”! And the Magnetic Force user in the Pokémon world is—Metagross!

A Mega Pokémon that uses magnetism instead of blood flow!

Magnetic rotation: nine hundred ninety-nine thousand horsepower! Comet Punch!

Earlier, Professor Zhen Gu’s World Communication knowledge allowed him to craft a Link Cord!

A Link Cord is an item that allows communication-evolving Pokémon to evolve without communication; the essence of communication evolution is using special magnetic fields or signals to influence a Pokémon’s state and trigger evolution.

Even so, some Pokémon still can’t evolve via Link Cord—typically only four types, and five including subspecies.

Some communication-evolving Pokémon evolve in Sinnoh’s Mt. Coronet without communication because Mt. Coronet possesses a powerful special magnetic field that radiates across its entire massive body.

So to evolve into a “Magnetic Force user,” I should go to Sinnoh’s Mt. Coronet... wait, I was going there anyway!

"Huh! Are you from Wonder Bridge? Has that big bridge been fixed?"

A female ranger suddenly approached Guang Tai and spoke to him, glancing at Jieyi:

"Miss Jieyi! Why are you in such a disheveled state! Ah? Electric Ghost—how did you bring it out?"

"Huh? More than one?!"

The commotion from Jieyi also drew the attention of nearby rangers; one female ranger walked over and was utterly stunned when she saw several Rotoms holding what looked like a meeting.

Jieyi quickly explained: "Ah! Miss Shirley, these aren’t mine—"

She then gave a full explanation.

The ranger named Shirley was astonished, and when Guang Tai added that the Wonder Bridge’s malfunction had been caused by these Rotoms, she could only laugh and sigh.

"No wonder we’ve had problems every few days—it’s these Electric Ghosts playing pranks!"

Guang Tai was also curious: "Aren’t rangers usually scattered around the area? Why are they all gathered here?"

"Ah, this," Shirley’s expression turned peculiar as she gazed toward the nearby Transmission Factory: "It’s because the Pokémon sent over from the Transmission Factory have escaped. Those Pokémon not native to the Unova region might disrupt the local ecosystem."

"The factory’s machine seems to be malfunctioning again, but it’s probably not the Electric Ghosts causing trouble this time—Miss Jieyi’s Electric Ghost already went to help."

"Rotom~" The gentle Rotom giggled.

Shirley: "The factory’s lead scientist is Dr. Andrew Parker. He’s conducting a century-scale experiment, but due to constant malfunctions, safe and accurate transmission is impossible—so unexpected Pokémon keep appearing. We’ve gathered here to calm them down and recapture these accidental arrivals."

"It seems a powerful Trainer is needed to fully activate a certain device, but Dr. Parker and his team can’t even run tests without issues—they’re stuck in a serious predicament."

This piqued Guang Tai’s curiosity greatly.

The Transmission Factory, in the game, was a facility designed to one-way transfer Pokémon from Generation IV to Generation V; its lead scientist was Dr. Andrew Parker.

Hmm, it’s a pity Dr. Parker isn’t named Peter Parker—otherwise, I’d have to ask if he turns into Spider-Man.

"I wonder what kind of transmission the factory uses—nowadays, is it unrestricted regional teleportation? Or just a distant link to the Sinnoh region?"

"By the way, the Pokémon Storage System and Transmission System are incredibly advanced—digitizing Pokémon and teleporting them remotely? Doesn’t that make them like Digital Monsters?"

It seems distant regions truly can’t be reached by Pokémon transmission, so the Storage System usually keeps Pokémon with local scientists.

When Ash traveled to other regions, he typically left his Pokémon with the local scientist, only teleporting them back from afar for major competitions.

Guang Tai: "Why do the transmitted Pokémon escape? Don’t they have Trainers?"

"Ah," Shirley spread her hands:

"They’re Pokémon stored in the Storage Systems of other regions’ scientists or Trainers."

"Some were recently caught, or captured for research purposes."

"Though not wild, these Pokémon suffer from environmental shock after traveling such great distances, so they run away."

"They can’t adapt to the local environment, and the humans around them are unfamiliar. Pokémon are sensitive creatures, and Dr. Parker himself tends to startle them with his sudden reactions."

"The device’s flaw is that it frequently misidentifies the intended Pokémon for transmission."

Jieyi raised a finger, excited: "In Dr. Parker’s vision, his device could let Pokémon cross vast distances in time and space, enabling instant transmission even from extremely remote regions—but it cannot transmit held items."

At that moment, a strange electromagnetic wave emanated from the Transmission Factory nearby.

The wave harmed no Pokémon, but it had immense allure for the Rotoms—all four Rotoms here began twitching, then danced in circles around Guang Tai’s forehead, even Jieyi’s Rotom joined in!

Shirley: "Oh, they seem so happy... but why are they dancing such a silly dance on your head?"

Guang Tai: "Well, it started because one of them began dancing first."

In any case, let’s head to the Transmission Factory and send off some Pokémon!

That was Guang Tai’s thought—but immediately, a strange sensation surged within him; the surroundings suddenly flickered!

【Encounter: Time Event!】

【Description: Rotoms possess the ability to control clocks and electronic time with electricity. Under specific conditions, they occasionally gain the strange power to reverse time—perhaps linked to their Spirit Realm abilities!】

【Note: Many events occur only at specific times of day—Pokémon appear only at certain times, and some evolve differently depending on the time. This is the real-world time system.】

【Effect: Specific events occur within specific time windows, triggering temporal disarray. You possess the special knowledge “Shining Time,” rendering you immune to temporal disruption!】

【Note: The research conducted at the Transmission Factory involves space-time phenomena. Visiting may yield something. Since entering Route 15, time here has seemed abnormal.】

Hum—

The Miracle Diamond suddenly flashed.

The factory emitted a strange noise; its doors swung open, smoke billowed out, and then a massive beam of destructive energy blasted forth!

"Ah! Transmission error again! I have to rush over and help!"

Shirley slapped her forehead—no doubt Dr. Parker was pulling another green operation. What Pokémon would emerge this time?

The first Pokémon burst out of the Transmission Factory—a massive green armored figure radiating fury!

It was Banette from the Johto region!

(End of Chapter)