Chereads / Pokemon: Champion's Path / Chapter 7 - 7. Teleportation device

Chapter 7 - 7. Teleportation device

---

Professor Sada's words gave Eric a sense of relief.

Since the plans for the Great Crater of Paldea were still in their early stages, it meant the time machine hadn't been built yet. There was still hope to change the future.

The story of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was one of idealism, with few true villains. However, the loss of Professor Sada and Turo, alongside Arven's fate as an orphan, remained a tragic exception.

Maybe, just maybe, Eric could change some of that.

As Professor Sada spoke about Area Zero, her enthusiasm rivalled that of Arven's, though perhaps even more intense. It was clear she hoped to pique Eric's interest in the crater.

Her words came rapid-fire, packed with scientific terms, as if she were stringing beads together into a perfect chain of thought.

Eric struggled to keep up, barely grasping the basics. In the end, the only conclusion he could make was this:

Arven's chatter clearly came from his mother's genes.

What finally silenced Professor Sada's endless stream of words wasn't a natural disaster or human intervention, but the piercing alarm from one of her research machines.

"Another failure," she muttered, sighing. She expertly slipped on a pair of gloves, moved to the equipment, and used a pair of tongs to remove a ruined core. Her expression was one of frustration.

The experiment on spatial teleportation had failed again.

The wild Pokémon in Area Zero were notoriously powerful. To safely enter the depths, set up stable research stations, and efficiently transport supplies, Professor Sada and Turo needed to build a teleportation device that linked observation stations.

While the theoretical framework was complete, they had yet to solve the problem of the cores repeatedly failing under testing.

Without progress, the restart of the Tera Project would face delays a prospect that neither Professor Sada nor her husband was willing to accept.

Watching Professor Sada examine the core, Eric decided to test the capabilities of the Special Prompt System.

"System, can you help with this?" he asked in his mind.

[The blue solution on the professor's left and the pink solution in the fourth bottle can be mixed.]

Eric's gaze shifted to the mentioned solutions. Sure enough, the two bottles were exactly where the system described.

"Professor Sada, what are those two solutions on your left?" he asked aloud.

Though puzzled, Professor Sada picked up the bottles and lightly shook them. "This one is a spatial stabilizer, and the other is an extract of Psychic energy from Abra's saliva."

"Spatial stabilizer?"

"In simple terms, it reduces and solidifies the range of spatial disruptions," she explained.

Her explanation was full of complex terminology, but something seemed to click for her as she spoke. Without hesitation, she grabbed an empty core and began experimenting with a sudden burst of inspiration.

Eric waited patiently for an hour and a half as Professor Sada worked. She failed several times, muttering equations under her breath.

However, her persistence paid off, and she eventually produced two cores glowing with a faint green light.

Her hands trembled slightly as she installed one core into the device on the floor. When the light rings on the device illuminated, her face lit up with excitement.

"It worked!"

Eric, as someone who had reincarnated into the Pokémon world, had long since stopped trying to understand its futuristic technology. But even he recognized what this device was.

'Isn't this the teleportation tech from the game? The one used to travel between observation stations in Area Zero?'

Professor Sada cautiously placed an empty beaker on the platform and pressed a vintage red button with trembling fingers.

A faint hum followed by a brief flash of green light filled the room. When the glow faded, the beaker reappeared four meters away on another platform.

Eric was dumbfounded. 'Is scientific invention supposed to be this easy?'

Between the system's seemingly omniscient guidance and Professor Sada's uncanny intuition, Eric couldn't help but feel a little defeated.

"System… are you always this overpowered?" Eric asked mentally.

[Heh-heh!]

Even through its simple response, Eric could sense the system's smugness.

While its abilities seemed almost supernatural, Eric had to admit that its potential to assist in farm development in the future was immeasurable.

---

After handing over the Tera Orb Raw Core to Professor Sada, she expressed her gratitude, crediting Eric's suggestion for her breakthrough with the teleportation device.

Her enthusiasm didn't stop there. She even extended an offer: "Eric, have you ever considered becoming a researcher? I can offer you better pay than Naranja Academy. The only catch is that you might occasionally have to work overtime."

Eric shuddered at her words. 'Occasionally? Yeah, right'

He vividly remembered how, after immersing themselves in the research of Area Zero, Sada and Turo effectively became absentee parents. Arven barely saw them for years, left to fend for himself.

If this was how Sada treated her research team, how overworked would they be?

"No, thanks," Eric said firmly, his expression resolute.

Though disappointed, Professor Sada didn't press further. Instead, she retrieved several unmarked bags of seeds from a storage unit and handed them to Eric.

"These are seeds I came across during my research into ancient history. I don't know what they'll grow into, but their energy signatures are highly active. They might not be ordinary plants."

Eric examined one bag but couldn't identify the seeds with his limited knowledge. His farm would eventually grow crops for profit, and unknown seeds might not be marketable.

Still, he didn't want to reject Sada's kind gesture. He decided to store the seeds for now and plant them in an unused section of his farm once it was up and running.

After all, as someone once said, "Make lots of friends."

As Eric prepared to leave, Professor Sada called out, "Mr. Eric, please take care of Arven at Naranja Academy!"

Eric's steps faltered, and his expression turned grim.

If Arven was going to be his student, that likely meant the rest of the protagonist team, complete with their quirks and chaos, would also be under his watch.

Please, no.

He hadn't even started his new job, and already he wanted to quit.

---

Don't forget to drop some Power Stones!

For early access to 25+ advanced chapters

P@treon/iamxeno

Thank you so much for your support and for reading!