Viridian City.
Night had fallen deep.
In a corner of the city, under the dim light of a small rental apartnt, a handso young man with black hair stared intensely at a folder on his computer screen labeled "Rainbow Eevee Puzzle Pop."
"This ti it's gotta work," he muttered.
Taking a deep breath, he dragged the folder with his mouse to a website's upload area and clicked confirm.
But the next mont, a big red X appeared, along with an error ssage, and the folder on his desktop instantly vanished.
[Unknown Error: 404, File Corrupted.]
"Damn it! Not again!"
The young man cursed and slamd his fist on the table.
His na was Kairos, and he'd been transported to this world a week ago.
The good news: this was a world he loved and knew well—the world of Pokémon.
The bad news: he'd been reincarnated as a broke, identity-less orphan teen, renting a temporary room on the outskirts of Viridian City, barely scraping by on odd jobs each day.
Coming to this world, Kairos had no grand plans of becoming a trainer. He'd be perfectly content just befriending one or two Pokémon and living out his days with them as companions.
But reality was even harsher than he'd imagined. Right now, he was dirt poor and couldn't even feed himself properly. If he tried to catch a Pokémon, they'd probably end up holess together.
Picture this: him and his Pokémon on the street with a begging bowl—Kairos handling the crying, the Pokémon doing the pleading.
To change this situation, Kairos—who'd been a top ga developer in his previous life—spent his first day after arriving researching this world's entertainnt industry online.
The results were beyond his expectations. While this world had smartphones and computers for everyone, with a highly developed internet, the entertainnt sector was basically a blank slate.
Whether movies, TV shows, novels, or gas—everything was stuck in a primitive, low-level stage.
Take this example: the #1 ga on the League Gaming official hot list cost a whopping 2,030 yen and was called "Angry Rocks."
It was literally just a racing ga where you played as a Geodude rolling down roads—and it was single-player only, not even having online multiplayer.
If you were lucky enough to reach the later levels, your Geodude would evolve into Golem and beco like a massive eighteen-wheeler on the highway, giving pedestrians a taste of what "living life to the fullest" really ant.
This situation filled Kairos with excitent.
With his abilities, in a world so starved for gaming culture, he could live comfortably just by casually porting over a few classics from his previous life.
But then the problems started.
When Kairos spent two days creating a simple "Pac-Man Starter Trio" ga and tried to upload it, the upload failed, and the folder disappeared.
At first, he thought his computer was malfunctioning, so he remade the ga, took a USB to the internet café downstairs to try again—only to encounter the exact sa issue!
Refusing to give up, he created a new "Lucario Gold Miner" mini-ga, but t the sa fate again.
Including what just happened, this was now the fifth ga he'd made that failed to upload and vanished.
This was giving Kairos a serious headache.
What was he supposed to do?
Next week was rent day.
But he'd been so focused on making gas lately that all the money he had wouldn't even buy a bottle of Moomoo Milk from the convenience store downstairs.
Just as he was lost in thought, wrestling with his dilemma, a golden panel suddenly materialized before his eyes!
Along with it ca an electronic voice:
[Seven-day buffer period complete! Blocking function operating normally!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. The "Ultimate Pokémon Ga Developnt System" has been activated!]
[This system can provide you with efficient ga developnt technology to help the host beco the ultimate Pokémon ga developer!]
[Beginner bonus tech modules activated! Please check your panel!]
After reading through the information, Kairos's gaze fixed on the first line of text.
So my gas failing this whole week was because of this system?
The electronic voice spoke again, with a hint of pride:
[Ding! Please note, Host, since you are a transmigrator, to prevent spaceti disruption that could result in your erasure, you are temporarily limited to creating gas with Pokémon as core content. Non-Pokémon gas have been automatically blocked by the system. No need to thank this system.]
"...Gee, thanks a million," Kairos muttered sarcastically.
He ntally ran through every curse word he'd learned in this lifeti before taking a deep breath and assessing his current situation.
Simply put, this system could help him rapidly develop gas—but only gas with Pokémon as the core content?
He looked at the panel, where two squares glowed with blue light.
[Pixel Ga Module (Low-tier)—Can rapidly create pixel-based content]
[Basic Programming Module (Low-tier)—Can rapidly create small-scale, simple program content]
[Unlocking other modules or upgrading existing ones requires Emotion Points, obtained when others experience anger, shock, emotion, admiration, etc. toward your gas or yourself.]
[Current Balance: 0]
Rapid content creation?
Kairos thought for a mont, opened his computer's ga developnt software, and visualized a pixel image in his mind.
The next mont, a Pikachu made of yellow pixels instantly appeared on screen!
"Now that's pretty sweet."
Kairos's eyes lit up.
Even as a top-tier ga developer, creating a ga solo required trendous ti and energy.
That's why he'd been choosing small-scale gas to work on this week.
Because making those big gas single-handedly was simply impossible.
Plus, his specialty was ga design, not programming—there was a difference between the two.
Usually, Kairos just provided direction, concepts, and ideas while others at the company handled the programming.
But with this system, that problem was solved.
Not only that—as long as the gas he created sparked emotional reactions in others, he could unlock more new modules and create even more advanced Pokémon gas!
With this realization, Kairos's mind raced.
Pokémon-core gas only, basic programming, pixel limitations...
One ga imdiately ca to mind.
[Pokémon: Ruby/Sapphire/Erald Series]
This was pure heavyweight material—the Pokémon awakening for countless fans' childhoods, the most classic handheld ga ever made.
With his current system capabilities, making this ga seed just about perfect!
But in that mont, a completely new idea suddenly flashed through Kairos's mind.
To unlock more modules and create higher-level gas, he needed more emotion points.
In that case... the original, authentic Erald just wouldn't cut it.
Sitting at his desk, he suddenly broke into a aningful smile.
If you had to ask what emotion gars most commonly experienced, it was definitely rage and getting completely wrecked.
And even Erald could deliver that!
Kairos clicked his mouse and tapped his keyboard, and a new folder appeared on his desktop—
[Pokémon: Ultimate Erald (Insanity Mode Limited Edition)!]
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