"Actually—"
Carver looked at Mewtwo and slowly said: "Do you know, Mewtwo, that humans are actually a type of Pokémon too?"
Hearing this, Mewtwo was immediately stunned in place, the confusion in its eyes deepening.
"Humans—are also Pokémon?"
Carver nodded and explained: "Legend says that long, long ago, this world was empty of everything, until one day, a creature called Mew was born."
"Their bodies contained the genes of all Pokémon. Later, as time passed and living environments differed, Mew gradually evolved into various Pokémon, as well as humans."
"However, as beings with intelligent minds who could create things, humans lost the ability to use moves, but even today, some humans still show atavistic phenomena and can use psychic powers like Pokémon."
Like a certain gym leader named Sabrina from the Kanto region.
"So—I'm actually a Pokémon?" Mewtwo murmured to itself.
"You could say that. Actually, I'm also a Pokémon, just with a different appearance from you," Carver said.
He understood Mewtwo's current thoughts quite well. Whether human or Pokémon didn't matter—what was more important was its self-recognition.
It wasn't Mew, nor was it human, but Mewtwo—the only Mewtwo in the world.
Little Mewtwo showed a thoughtful expression. Perhaps due to the human genes within it, at this moment it actually had the demeanor of a philosopher.
"More importantly, you are just yourself," Carver continued.
Mewtwo looked up through the screen.
"For example, Bewear considers itself to be Bewear, so it is Bewear. I am Carver, and you are Mewtwo. We are all just ourselves—unique existences born into this world."
"Myself... unique..."
Hearing this, before Mewtwo could react, Ai nearby was filled with confusion.
"But we're all replicas created by humans, all copies of the originals," Ai said. Although she had inherited Ai's memories, she wasn't the real Ai, but Ai No. 2.
"Do you consider yourself to be Ai?" Carver asked in return.
He looked at the girl in the screen. If he remembered correctly, this girl created by humans would ultimately die due to experimental failure.
In the vast New Island laboratory, only Mewtwo would survive.
"Of course not!" Ai instinctively shook her head.
"So you see, you are just yourself, never anyone else, just like Mewtwo is only Mewtwo, not Mew."
Carver could accept this point quite well.
"No matter how we're born into this world, as long as we can think, can see the beautiful scenery of this world, the sun shines on us, and the wind moves our hair, that means we're already part of this world, and this world has already accepted us."
Hearing these words, both Ai and Mewtwo fell into silence.
Both of them were currently trapped in New Island's laboratory. Besides Ai's original memories, they had never seen more of this world's scenery.
So would this world's sunlight shine on them?
Both couldn't help but start thinking about this question.
Mewtwo didn't know the answer to this question, but Ai, who possessed human consciousness, knew clearly that sooner or later, these created beings would leave the laboratory and enter this world.
But by then, probably only Mewtwo would be left.
Because she clearly knew that the cloning projects for herself, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander had all failed. Before long, when the bioelectricity in their bodies disappeared, they would vanish from this world.
At this moment, Ai's heart was filled with reluctance.
She couldn't bear to leave her friend Mewtwo and was worried about leaving it alone in this world.
The humans in the laboratory were all untrustworthy—they only treated Mewtwo as a test subject.
Before disappearing, she had to help Mewtwo find someone who could take good care of it!
But Ai was trapped in the laboratory with limited contact with humans, and she didn't understand them well.
Thinking this, Ai suddenly looked up at the human across from her.
"Um—we haven't asked for your name yet," Ai asked.
"Name?" Carver was stunned, then smiled and answered: "Carver. My name is Carver."
"Carver." Mewtwo and Ai repeated the name, then committed it to memory.
After pausing, Carver looked at both of them: "I'm currently running a breeding house in Autumn Leaf Town in the Hoenn region. If you need help with anything in the future, you can come find me there."
"Okay, I'll remember that!" Ai said.
She seemed to have something on her mind.
Carver noticed but didn't ask.
The two didn't stay in the computer for long and soon returned.
While Mewtwo was sleeping, Ai secretly came back to Carver's computer.
This time, she was alone.
"Mr. Carver, there's something I'd like to ask of you," Ai said.
Carver raised an eyebrow: "Go ahead."
"Although I don't know how you know about Mewtwo's existence—"
Because according to the situation, all research in that laboratory was in a state of absolute secrecy from the outside world. Except for that organization's leader, no one else should know about Mewtwo's existence.
However, Ai didn't care about this because she could sense that the person before her harbored no ill will toward them—she could tell from his eyes.
"Bulbasaur and the others and I are about to disappear. After we disappear, Mewtwo will be alone, and I'm very worried. If possible, I'd like to ask you to help take care of it. I know this is very sudden, but this is Ai's final wish," the girl pleaded.
"Disappear?"
Ai nodded: "Our cloning experiments failed—we can't survive for long. Just yesterday, my clone fell into critical condition. The remaining bioelectricity can probably only sustain until dawn. By then, we'll completely disappear from this world. This might be our last meeting."
As a transmigrator, Carver naturally knew this outcome.
But looking at the fragile girl in the dress before him, he couldn't help but frown: "Is there really no other way?"
Hearing this, Ai showed a smile on her face: "Thank you for being willing to think of Ai, but we've reached the end of our lives. Mewtwo is my good friend, and we can't bear to leave it alone in this world."
Saying this, Ai looked up: "So I'd like to ask for your help—help take care of Mewtwo and let it know that it's not alone in this world!"