From his first encounters with Ghost-type Pokémon—or rather, with Pokémon at all—Dian had gone from ignorance to profound understanding. Now, he was confident.
In the fields of moves and Abilities, he had already reached the pinnacle of exploration!
That was why the research community unanimously recognized him as a scholar,
a figure who could lead the way in the fields of moves and Abilities!
But one question had always stayed with him.
What exactly were Pokémon?
Dian was not thinking of the usual answers: living creatures, monsters, naturally occurring beings.
He was considering something more fundamental.
What truly separated Pokémon from humans and ordinary species?
Their Abilities?
Humans had all sorts of traits, too.
Their physical capabilities?
Among humans, there were also Martial Artists with terrifying physical capabilities, psychics, Aura Guardians, and more.
Their moves?
Some Pokémon probably could not even accomplish what Sabrina could with her Psychic powers.
Reproductive isolation?
Or was there some more fundamental distinction?
That was why Dian had been searching for information on artificial Pokémon lately: Mewtwo and Team Rocket's unethical experiments; Porygon and the project carried out entirely by Sumio.
All of these would help him contemplate and research this profound question.
Unfortunately, he had yet to find any information on Mewtwo or any trace of Sumio. No, it was not quite fair to say he had found nothing—he simply had an incomplete understanding.
He had spent too little time on Time Island ten years in the past. Otherwise, he might have found Sumio's research materials in Team Rocket's warehouse, or even gone a step further and seen Porygon in person.
Perhaps Darkrai actually knew more about all of this.
And all of it would undoubtedly be a tremendous help to him personally, as well as to his efforts to raise Pokémon.
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