As Ai's voice fell, Mewtwo felt as if its body was flying.
They flew and flew, all the dark scenery around them disappeared, replaced by a metropolis with flickering neon lights.
Young Mewtwo was shocked by this scene.
It stared for a long time before asking: "Is this your hometown?"
Ai nodded, though all of this was just her hometown from memory.
She was now just a clone, a hologram created by Dr. Fuji by presenting Ai's consciousness in electrical form.
And now, she could only exist within computers.
This scene was just an illusory projection she had created using the vast network and bioelectricity, combined with Ai's memories.
Whether it was her, Mewtwo, or Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur, they were essentially the same kind of existence.
"Come, Mewtwo, let me show you the outside world!"
Ai said while leading Mewtwo to continue flying forward.
They encountered wind, saw the sun, saw the moon, and flew leisurely together under the starry sky.
Mewtwo had never felt anything like this before.
Ai watched this scene. She could feel that she was about to disappear soon.
Because Dr. Fuji's experiment to clone Ai's body had failed.
Before long, she too would disappear.
Not just her, but Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander would also disappear together.
Because among all the test subjects, only Mewtwo had succeeded.
Although she was a cloned existence, she had inherited Ai's consciousness. After this period of interaction, Ai No. 2 had become good friends with Mewtwo and the others.
Now they were about to disappear, and soon only Mewtwo would be left alone.
She couldn't bear to leave Mewtwo, but there was no choice. Someday, she would bid farewell to Mewtwo forever—it was just a matter of sooner or later.
Thinking this, tears couldn't help but well up in Ai's eyes, but she hid it well and didn't let Mewtwo notice. Instead, she continued to roam with Mewtwo in the network world, showing it more sights it had never seen.
But just then, Ai seemed to suddenly hear a voice.
That voice was calling "Mewtwo," as if someone somewhere was using the network to search for Mewtwo.
This made Ai slightly stunned.
As far as she knew, both she and Mewtwo were secretly created by humans. Except for those researchers, it was impossible for anyone in the outside world to know about them, to know about Mewtwo.
Who could it be?
Ai turned her head toward a certain direction.
Driven by inner curiosity and the pursuit of answers, Ai couldn't help but bring Mewtwo, Bulbasaur, and the others toward that direction.
Of course, not their actual bodies, but their brain waves.
Their consciousness entered the network world in the form of bioelectricity, roaming within it.
Mewtwo finally sensed Ai's abnormality and looked over with some confusion.
"What's wrong?" Mewtwo asked.
Ai didn't hide it: "I just heard someone calling your name at the edge of the network."
"Calling me?" Mewtwo was slightly stunned.
Ai nodded. "It's very strange—no one should possibly know about you—"
"Ai." Mewtwo suddenly asked.
"What is it, Mewtwo?" Ai looked over.
"Could the owner of that voice know who I am and where I come from?"
That person knows about it. At this moment, Mewtwo suddenly had the thought of wanting to meet that person.
"Then let's go take a look together," Ai said.
The network world was very vast, but the transmission speed of data and bioelectricity was very fast.
In just an instant, Ai and Mewtwo arrived at that place.
Carver was using the computer to search for more things about this world, with Bewear standing guard nearby holding a cup of hot milk.
But just then, Carver suddenly saw several strange figures appear on his computer screen.
Carver was startled. When he looked closely and saw the appearance of those figures clearly, he was immediately stunned in place.
That was... young Mewtwo?
And Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander...
As for that young girl, her name immediately surfaced in Carver's mind.
Ai!
What was going on?! How could they appear in the computer? Was this some new type of trojan virus?
But the next second, he heard the girl in the screen speak.
"Are you the one calling for Mewtwo?"
Ai looked through the screen from the network world at the human outside.
Calling for Mewtwo?
Carver immediately remembered his recent search for Mewtwo on the network.
"Maybe so. What exactly is going on here? How did you get here?" Carver was somewhat shocked.
Ai hadn't disappeared yet, and Mewtwo was still in its juvenile form. This meant that now, they should still be at the research facility on New Island.
"Our consciousness entered the network world. I heard someone calling for Mewtwo," Ai answered.
Network world... the world where Porygon was born?
Carver subconsciously looked at little Mewtwo nearby.
And little Mewtwo was also looking at him.
Then Carver heard it ask the classic three great questions.
"Do you know who I am? Where I come from? Where I'm going?"
Carver: "..."
"Uh..." This was indeed the Mewtwo from his memory!
Mewtwo was formed by the fusion of Mew's genes and human genes. In some aspects, it was no different from Pokémon, but in some aspects, it was almost identical to humans.
For example, Mewtwo would grow.
Its current appearance was like that of a five or six-year-old human child.
And by five years later, Mewtwo would probably be as large as in the anime.
"I do know about you," Carver said after thinking for a moment.
Mewtwo looked over intently.
"You are Mewtwo. This is the name humans gave you. You are a child born from the combination of human genes and the genes of a Pokémon called Mew."
"Mew—is it my mother?" Mewtwo was stunned: "Where is it? Why have I never seen it?"
"You could say that," Carver said. "From a biological perspective, Mew is indeed your mother. It's in a very distant place—I'm not sure where exactly."
A biological mother was still a mother.
"Am I human? Or a Pokémon?" Mewtwo fell into contemplation.
Carver didn't answer immediately, but used his special ability on Mewtwo.
The next second, Mewtwo's information appeared before his eyes.
[Pokémon: Mewtwo (Juvenile Period)]
[Type: Psychic]
[Gender: Genderless]
[Ability: Pressure]
[Moves: Disable, Confusion, Psychic]
[Status: Healthy]
[Mood: Confused]
[Joy Level: 0]
[Friendship: 1 (It hopes you can give it answers)]
[Description: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? —Mewtwo]