Chapter 2

Looking below, the Raid Leader can only grind his teeth. 

'So many lives lost, because of what? What were they hiding that it needs these much of a sacrifice?'

The island underneath is still erupting in flames.

They can only wait for the fire to subside, so that they can investigate the whole island again.

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It's an understatement that everything within the island has been decimated. Corpses of both humans and pokémons were scattered beside the small island together with the debris of the former base.

With the help of the water of pokémons that the league raid team have they were able to put down the fire and look within the base.

"*sigh* We can't salvage anything here. We can't get any pokemon to examine either this operation is a bust, and I can only blame my inability to command such operation."

The raid leader bowed to his members.

"No way lead, there was no incompetency. We were ridiculously undermanned, and even the intelligence team didn't knew that there were such an activity ongoing within this small base."

"That's right lead, we're already fortunate enough that no one died here. I'm just happy that my partners are still here with me, but the team rocket's pokémons are...."

"*sigh* Yeah, there's no need to talk about it anymore. Let's just do another round and report it."

With a heavy heart the raid team went back empty handed full of grief, and anxiety.

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A week have passed, and a rotting corpse from the Team Rocket base found itself on another faraway isolated island together with a pokéball in its hand, griping it tight seemingly its limbs frozen.

A bright green light hugged the corpse, and miraculously the flesh started to regenerate once again, but instead of the former body's former appearance, it formed an entirely different person. It was Jared when he was still 16 years old.

After several more seconds, the body that was categorized as a corpse earlier, now formed into a healthy body without any blemishes or defect.

The body began twitching then.

"*cough* *cough* *Deep inhales and exhales* "F*cking hell, I almost died!"

Grasping for air, Jared continued to grab his chest.

It was only 5AM in the morning, Jared slowly turned to sit but then he realized that he was no longer in his house."

"Sand? Wait? What?"

He turned around again and saw the vast horizon of nothing but the great blue sea all around him.

"AN ISLAND?! Oh, perhaps I'm still in a lucid dream. Yes, that's right. Let me slap my face."

With a ringing slap he understood that this is not a lucid dream but a reality.

"Am I f*cking in a gag show or a reality TV? This doesn't make sense. I'm going to f*cking sue those production team who put poison in my food!"

"Wait, what happened to my voice? And my hands? Oh no, my junior. Oh it SHRUNK!" 

Jared immediately went to the sea to see his reflection.

*Gasp*

"It's me when I was in my junior high school."

Due to the intense overflow of information he just went to where he was sitting and slumped down like a caterpillar.

"No way, No way. What is this!? I'm in an uninhabited island without anything. For sure this time I will die. But where am I? Am I still in my country?" still laying on the sand he heard something.

"Corphish! Corp, Corp"

He animatedly turned his head to look where the sound was coming from, not far away from him, he saw something burrowing out of the sand.

A bright orange lobster like figure slowly climbed out of the sand. Equipped with two comically large pincers and three protrusion like horns on its head, it looked at Jared

Then he felt everything stop. 

'Ah, its a Corphish, I watched this way way back, Ash got one when he was in Hoenn'

'Yes, I watched it, now why is it here'

'Here? A corphish? Watched?'

'Watched? Why would you watch a Corphish?'

"Ahhhh! I'm in the Pokémon world!"

Upon hearing Jared's scream the Corphish who was about to start its day was startled.

Then it looked at Jared hostilely

"Oh I'm sorry were you disturbed? I'm sorry I was just surprised! I will walk out of the way please don't mind me. Oh, Steve Irwin give me your Australian blessing to stand up to these creatures."

'Sh*t, It's a Pokémon world. That thing is huge. Its the size of my head and torso combined! Remember the Manga, its kill or be killed in the wild! Think about its dex entry. Think!'

'Aha, this! I remembered it in the sapphire entry it goes something along the lines of "CORPHISH captures its prey using its razor-sharp claws. It possesses a voracious appetite, showing no discernment in its choice of food—it consumes anything in its path. Remarkably adaptable, this Pokémon thrives even in the most unsanitary of aquatic environments." '

With the sudden realization, Jared's face turned visibly pale.

Without dilly dallying he stood up and ran to the outer part of the island without looking back, fortunately the Corphish didn't give chase.

Shaken on what he just experienced, it finally dawned upon him.

"I see, so there's no freaking sh*tty production team. I got Iseakied I think, no I got Isekaied for sure."

"Reincarnated? I mean it's my face so I got reincarnated for sure. Now am I really empty handed?"

He checked his tattered clothes for something, and in its chest pocket he felt something round.

"Whoa! I got a pokéball! Let's--"

'No I shouldn't, to hell with that let's open it! If this has a Feraligator inside it then I'm good as dead. I have no bond nor recollection of this Pokémon. But my - *groan* tsk, I'm too curious to disregard it! I'm gonna open this thing up!'

"Oh a hubris of a man."

Jared climbed out on a tree and decided to push the button of the pokéball directing it on the ground.

After pressing the button, nothing happened.

"Oh, maybe it's a dud or there's nothing in it, good to know."

After that, he slowly went back down the tree. 

After stepping on the ground, a rectangular shining prompt appeared before him.

[Congratulations, the synching has finally ended. You are the 1,755,352,658,345th receiver of the System, this allows you to enjoy your life to the fullest! Just watch out for each of the world's overseer. We advise you to live a happy long life.]

'A system?! FInally! A CHEATTTTTT! I have gameshark codes baby!!' 

[System Prompt: Reward]

- Congratulations host, For receiving the system you will be rewarded with survival knowledge for the current world you are in. Please say the word "Accept" to receive the reward.

With a dumbfounded look, he uttered the word "Accept"

Soon he received the knowledge of Rudimentary Survival Skills.

Skills Tab Created: [Creation] Level: {Rudimentary} / Upgradable

"Darn this is huge. I know nothing when it comes to Jungle Survival stuffs or any survival things in general! This is already a huge boon!"

"Thanks system." 

But the System remained silent.

"Oh, I see. It's a programmed system, not a conscious one. But still thank you nonetheless."

[System Prompt: Quest]

-Survive for a week.

+Reward: A Job / Title

"Oh there's another one. Hmm, survive for a week eh? I have no choice either way. Of course I'm going to survive!"