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Chapter 27 - Interlude

A/N: Mostly AI chapter forgive any inconsistency

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1. INDIA – GOVERNMENT, ARMY, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MELTDOWNDelhi – PMO War Room

A dozen ministers, scientists, defense heads, and intelligence officials watched the clip replay for the 15th time.

"Pause it there."The Defense Secretary pointed as Pidgeotto vanished into red light.

Technicians paused.

Silence.

"Is this teleportation?""No, containment technology.""It violates several known physical laws.""Is the creature alive inside?""HE SAID CONSENT IS NEEDED—WHAT DOES THAT MEAN LEGALLY?"

One junior minister whispered:

"…Should we buy him a security detail of 500 soldiers?"

Everyone stared at the screen.

"Yes. At least 500."

Indian Twitter/X

#Pokeball#AakashPatil#RedLightTechnology#IndiaLeadingPokémonEra

All trending simultaneously.

Posts:

"BRO WE JUST SAW A BIRD TURN INTO USB DATA.""INDIA IS SPEEDRUNNING GLOBAL DOMINANCE.""Is this allowed?? Is the bird okay???"

A physics professor from IIT wrote a thread:

"This one clip invalidates 7 chapters of my syllabus and I am crying."

2. USA – NASA, MIT, POKÉMON RESEARCH GROUPSNASA Headquarters

Scientists gathered around screens.

"Is this some kind of contained pocket dimension?""The energy signature resembles nothing we've ever documented.""What is that red conversion light? Plasma? Photon-binding?"

One astrophysicist sighed loudly.

"We spent 70 years trying to teleport a coffee mug 1 centimeter.This man teleported a hawk."

MIT Students Reddit

"Dude we are so cooked LMFAO""India discovered portable creature storage before we discovered how to heat ramen evenly."

Someone posted a meme:

Aakash holding a Pokéball:"MIT, take notes."

3. CHINA – GOVERNMENT + BILIBILI EXPLOSIONBeijing High-Security Meeting

Military tech analysts watched the clip with narrowed eyes.

"Portable biological storage…Zero energy release…And compatible with foreign-organism physiology."

Scientists:

"This is… beyond S-tier."

Generals:

"Find out how many of these balls exist."

Analysts:

"He said Pidgey found them in a nest. Likely very rare."

Relief filled the room.

Then panic.

"If India reverse-engineers it, we're doomed."

Bilibili Chat

弹幕 (danmu) flooded:

"这是什么黑科技???" (What black technology is this???)

"鸟变成光了???" (The bird turned into light???)

"印度怎么领先世界两个版本??" (Why is India two patches ahead of the world??)

4. JAPAN – CULTURAL SHOCK + SCIENTIFIC EXCITEMENT

Tokyo – National Science Institute

A roundtable of physicists, biologists, and engineers sat frozen as the footage looped.

One professor leaned so close to the screen his glasses nearly touched it.

"Rewind. Slower."

They watched the red light swirl again.

"…How is the organism stable after conversion?" a biologist whispered.

"Is this teleportation?""No. Compression? Energy storage?""That shouldn't be biologically survivable—yet it clearly is."

A robotics engineer rubbed his face in disbelief.

"This breakthrough… humanity is not prepared."

A young researcher muttered:

"India just jumped fifty years ahead of the world."

Everyone nodded silently.

Kyoto – Shinto Priests and Cultural Scholars

Ancient temples gathered elders and priests for emergency interpretation.

A grainy recording of the Pokéball activation played on the shrine's old projector.

The head priest frowned deeply.

"A creature becoming light and returning unharmed… is this divine blessing? A spiritual realm?"

A junior monk replied:

"It looks like… purification light. Or a vessel for spirits."

Traditional scholars scribbled comparisons to myths of animals transforming into kami-light or returning to sacred objects.

Words thrown around:

"Tsukumogami?"

"Kamikakushi?"

"Soul containment artifact?"

They weren't scared.

They were reverent.

"This device," the priest concluded, "is not mere human technology. It is something that bridges the physical and the spiritual."

5. EUROPE – SCIENTISTS AND ETHICS COMMITTEES ON FIRELondon – Oxford Biology Department

Entire lecture halls paused lectures to watch the clip.

Biologist:

"This… is impossible.The creature dematerialized and rematerialized without visible stress."

Philosopher:

"Consent-based capture changes the ethics entirely—"

The biologist cut him off:

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT ETHICS, I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE BALL WORKS."

German Engineering Discord

"Teleportation? Pocket dimension?""Data conversion??""Whatever it is… we need one."

6. GLOBAL FAN COMMUNITIES – COMPLETE CHAOSTikTok / Instagram

Edits exploded within minutes:

Pidgeotto entering Pokéball in slow motion

Dramatic music

"INDIA JUST UNLOCKED DLC" memes

"REAL POKÉMON ERA BEGINS" posts

YouTube Theories

Titles:

"Pokéball Explained: Quantum Compression Theory"

"Aakash Patil EXPOSED – Is He An Isekai Protagonist??"

"How Pokéballs Could Reshape Humanity"

7. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AGENCIES – HIGH ALERT

CIA. MI6. RAW. Mossad.

Everyone scrambled.

Analysts:

"If Pokéballs can store ANY life-form… the geopolitical consequences are extreme."

Another analyst:

"He said only consenting or defeated Pokémon can enter. Not humans."

Relief.

Then someone said:

"For now."

Panic resumed.

8. COMMON PEOPLE WORLDWIDE – WONDER, FEAR, AWE

Kids screamed with joy.

Parents panicked.

Teachers had no idea how to answer questions in class.

WhatsApp family groups were on fire:

"BETA DID YOU SEE THAT RED LIGHT THING""THIS WORLD IS ENDING OR BEGINNING???""FORWARD THIS TO 20 PEOPLE TO RECEIVE POKEMON BLESSINGS"

Meanwhile, someone's uncle sent a fake photo of a Pokéball found in Gujarat.

Everyone believed him.

9. BACK IN INDIA – NEWS CHANNELS ARE UNHINGED

Every channel ran sensational headlines:

"REAL POKEBALL??? INDIA STUNS WORLD""RED LIGHT SWALLOWS BIRD—SCIENTISTS SPEECHLESS""IS THIS ALIEN TECH?!"

One reporter:

"We will now demonstrate by throwing a cricket ball—"

It bounced back and hit him in the face.

The clip went viral.

10. THE GLOBAL CONCLUSION

One sentence from Aakash echoed across the world:

"Pokéballs can let humans and Pokémon coexist safely… especially in cities."

Governments recognized the implication instantly:

Urban centers could host large Pokémon

Dangerous species could be safely stored

Rescue teams could mobilize with Pokémon partners

Pokémon integration became realistically possible

The world wasn't ready.

But it would have to be.

Because Aakash had already taken the first step.

And the world now understood:

Pokéballs weren't fiction anymore.They were reality.And humanity had just entered the real Pokémon era.

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