Dekan's German-Style Pet-Raising Method
The Void Gate listened to Dekan's ramblings.
I have a feeling that either this person drank fake alcohol.
Or perhaps even their last shred of dignity has been cruelly trampled upon.
What are Pokémon?
"The Underworld used coercion, and it was incredibly effective?"
It has never suffered such injustice since its birth.
Despite still wanting to get the Natural Epic Card, I couldn't help but feel angrier and more aggrieved the more I thought about it.
[It should be a cooperative relationship, not one where you unilaterally treat me like a pampered child...]
Just as these words appeared on the swirling mirror surface of the Void Gate.
Dekan casually interrupted its message.
"I believe you're just being arrogant. If you truly understood the current situation."
He spoke while staring at the Void Gate.
But his empty and indifferent eyes seemed to completely lack the words of the Void Gate.
Only its own essence.
[...]
This reaction sent a chill down the spine of the Void Gate!
It didn't quite understand the slang that Dekan was using.
But it knows that if this man were placed as the male protagonist in a dating simulation game, any female character who dares to reject him would likely face a bad ending!
[I, I didn't...]
It had to succumb to its survival instinct and pretend that it had been acting arrogantly just now.
Instead, they are not genuinely pursuing equality...
"Hmm, don't let me find out you're just pretending to be tsundere, okay? Otherwise..."
Dekan paused here, as if leaving some suspense, without continuing to elaborate on the consequences.
[I'm not being arrogant! What are you talking about?!]
Its response seemed to outpace its thought.
It then realized that, in order to survive, it was willing to abandon all sense of shame.
"That's good. So you don't have any thoughts about pets, right?"
Dekan seemed to be asking it a question, or perhaps talking to himself; he wasn't really asking it at all.
No, I won't!
It seemed to be its last act of defiance, a display of pride delivered in one smooth motion, while also expressing its truest thoughts.
However.
This time, Dekan seemed completely unconcerned about its reply.
He simply used the Pain Pope Authority to move the Spatial Leap Gate from the Happy Group to above the Croix Estate.
It then runs, but doesn't actually start.
A powerful spatial Magic Power seemed to envelop Croix's mansion.
It was as if the entire mansion had been designated as a teleportation target, gradually isolating it from the surrounding streets.
At that moment, the Void Gate also sensed something was amiss.
It seemed as if he couldn't even connect to the Shadow World! He had even lost the most basic function of teleporting challengers to the Shadow World!
In this predicament, even if it made the worst-case scenario and risked its life to seek help from the terminal, it would be utterly helpless!
It never expected that this human would possess a spatial artifact, and one of extremely high rank at that!
But what truly terrifies it now is not what this human did.
It was his eyes.
Finally, at this moment.
--It's exactly like the look in the eyes of a bad teacher who forces an innocent student to compromise, then lures them to his office, locks the door, and turns back!
"What exactly is your structure...?"
"Should it be considered a product of barrier magic, or a magical device possessing intelligence?"
"If I turn you into a familiar, should you be classified as a Void or a Vessel? If I make you into a card, should you be classified as a Ghost or a Machine?"
Dekan has already provided the tools needed for crafting Magic Card and repairing magical devices.
It seems the next step is to dismantle the Void Gate.
However, he had no idea that he was now looking just like Cornelia when she went to the back mountain to pet the cats back then.
In fact, Dekan had long been eager to research the Void Gate that could lead to the Shadow World.
No matter how he tried to analyze the large Void Gate in the Havenlit Academy, the result was the same as when he analyzed the Perfect Devil King Tomb —he simply couldn't find a starting point.
But now, suddenly, a wild, small Void Gate has been converted!
It was as if the Goddess herself had given him a gift!
Thinking about this, Dekan felt as if he were praying to a deity and expressing gratitude before a meal.
"My Goddess, everything is a gift from you."
"There is plenty of room for communication, understanding, and compromise between me and my new partners."
"I will definitely cherish it and restore it to its original state."
[?!]
Reduction?
If you are well, then it's a sunny day; if you're not, then I'll die!
The Void Gate began to tremble again.
At first, it just thought this person was sick, but now it realizes that his condition is more serious than usual!
The fact that this person treated the Void Gate as a pet suggests they should stay in a psychiatric ward and never come out.
But whether it's a big shot or a fanatic who gets their hands on it, shouldn't they treat it as a treasure?!
For example, it would be incredibly cool to put it in a clan or a church.
But this guy isn't just a criminal gangster and a fanatic, he's also a mad scientist?!
Even superheroes would hop on a taxi and run if they saw this!
You wouldn't hurt your pet, would you?
Finally, the Void Gate, feeling a chill run down its spine, asked.
As the saying goes, when faced with two evils, choose the lesser; it no longer cares about any dignity.
"No, no, no, how could that be?"
Dekan shook his head and patted the Void Gate.
"Although I have extensive experience in magical equipment engineering and have served as the Dean physician in a top hospital... if you are willing to cooperate, I think I can definitely reduce my workload significantly, and you will be relatively safer."
[...]
I've been threatened again.
But the Void Gate felt it had no other choice.
Under the man's coercion.
He kept backing down, step by step.
Until they completely lose the last shred of power to maintain their own dignity.
I'll listen to you...
It was as if it had completely given up the struggle.
Filled with bitterness, he chose to yield to Dekan.
"Good."
Seeing that it was truly convinced this time, Dekan was also very satisfied.
They finally established a healthy and strong bond between Pokémon and Trainer.
Now it's time to give it a name.
The first thing to do after capturing a familiar is to give it a good name, since you can't keep calling it by the standard name "Void Gate" forever.
"Hmm... It's all so dark, we need to choose a name that's similar in color to you and has a beautiful meaning."
Dekan thought for a moment and then said,
"How about I call you Ani from now on? It symbolizes the will of the Anni of the Dark Ninja Village—where cotton flies, life will never cease!"
Although the Void Gate probably hadn't heard the story of the Shadow Ninja, he would tell it to it later.
The Void Gate trembled violently.
[!!!]
Although it did not understand what the will of "Ni" represented, it only felt an extreme insult that even normal humans could not bear.
Just as a scholar would rather be killed than humiliated, it insisted that Dekan change his name.
This was its very last, and final act of defiance!