But this is ultimately just a legend. In reality, Mew is not as exaggerated as rumored, but its genes do indeed possess an extremely terrifying inclusiveness.
With the aid of Mew's gene, Blaine's gene fusion experiment finally succeeded!
Initially, it was just ordinary Pokemon, but later even Quasi-Gods could be replicated!
Moreover, the talents of the cloned Pokemon were generally at least A-grade, though none were S-grade.
Yet, such results were extremely terrifying; an A-grade talent is one in ten thousand in the Pokemon Realm, but he could now mass produce them.
This means Trainers no longer have to painstakingly search the wild for highly talented Pokemon. Once the cloning technology matures, those with A-grade aptitude can be generated in bulk.
In this way, many talented Trainers would not fade into obscurity just because they couldn't find a Pokemon with suitable talent.
"...How can such a thing be done! If this really happens, then the whole world would be in chaos!" Brock couldn't hold it any longer.
Blaine's wish seemed beautiful, but if such things spread, it wouldn't be a good thing for the whole world.
"I didn't know why I had such thoughts back then. It's only now that I've realized how foolish I was. Moreover, the cost of gene cloning is not low. Even if technology allows for mass production, the materials are scarce."
"And more importantly, I later discovered that the highest level those cloned Pokemon could reach was the Elite Level, with only a very few breaking through to the Professional Level before they became stagnant."
What stopped Blaine from continuing that research was not his calm mind, but harsh reality.
Although the Mew gene helped prevent sudden death in the cloned Pokemon, their levels could not ascend to greater heights.
No matter how good their aptitude is, what's the use?
Theoretically, this shouldn't happen. The bottleneck might be due to slight genetic flaws, so Blaine turned his attention to the legendary deity!
After much hardship, he obtained the genes of Moltres, attempting to clone it, but the Moltres didn't even form before exploding!
The deities cannot be cloned, or perhaps they hadn't found the method.
Blaine didn't give up. Since existing Legendary Beasts couldn't be cloned, he would create one himself!
Utilizing the gene of Mew!
In the end, he did it. He created a Pokemon with terrifying powers right from birth. Its appearance was very similar to Mew but with even more terrifying destructive power!
Upon birth, it immediately destroyed an island! That was the power a Champion Level held, yet this Pokemon had it right after creation.
And that was not its end; it had an extremely high starting point and infinite potential, without the limitations faced by typical cloned Pokemon.
"The moment I saw its eyes, I suddenly felt that I had created a monster! It was at that moment I awakened, realizing what I had done..." Blaine's words were full of regret; he regretted conducting genetic experiments and creating that monstrous Pokemon.
"Being born a Champion... that's truly overwhelming." Ash also marveled at the power of that Pokemon. Most people could never reach that level in their lifetime, yet that Pokemon was born at it. Indeed, it could only be described as a monster.
From his debut, Ash's actions had also been called monstrous, but compared to the creature Blaine had created, that was nothing.
"What's done is done; it has already been created and is heavily restricted and protected by that organization. I couldn't even destroy it secretly, and before long, that Pokemon had already grown beyond my ability to destroy it. This is the origin of Experiment No. 1, Mewtwo, meaning to surpass Mew."
So this is the origin of Mewtwo. Ash and his friends finally understood why they hadn't heard this name before: Mewtwo is a completely artificial Pokemon!
It is rarer than some Legendary Beasts; only those holding divine posts could match its rarity.
After all, Mewtwo is unique, without a tribe; it has none now and likely will never have any in the future.
"So what about Gardevoir? By then, Blaine, you should have awakened and given up genetic experiments, right? Why is Gardevoir Experiment No. 2?" Ash continued to ask.
"Yes, by then I had stopped genetic experiments, but your Gardevoir was created in the same period as Mewtwo. However, unlike other Pokemon, she wasn't genetically fabricated but injected with Mew's gene during the Poke Egg stage."
"When I first injected Mew's gene, the Poke Egg faced an immediate collapse. I used many methods to stabilize the Poke Egg's condition, but it remained unhatched for a very long time, as if it was dead. I held no hope for it and focused my attention on Mewtwo."
"But after I awakened, I chose to leave that organization. Mewtwo was heavily protected by them, impossible to destroy, so I chose another method, which was to extract part of Mewtwo's spiritual essence while it was in the cultivation tank and then... inject it into the Poke Egg."
Ash and his friends were shocked. The Poke Egg naturally referred to Ralts when it was a Pokemon. They never expected that Ralts went through such hardship, being on the brink of death in its Poke Egg state and then injected with Mewtwo's spiritual essence.
"Mewtwo was already at the Champion Level, right? You infused Champion Level spiritual power into a Poke Egg; weren't you afraid it would explode?!" Brock couldn't help but exclaim. Anyone could understand, even if they're not a researcher: subjecting a yet-to-be-born Pokemon to Champion Level power would surely lead to issues!
Infusing Champion Level spiritual power into an unborn Pokemon... there would surely be major issues!
Blaine sighed: "I had no choice at the time. The extracted spiritual essence had to be stored somewhere; otherwise, it would return to Mewtwo. The Poke Egg also possessed the essence of Mew's gene, making it a kindred existence with Mewtwo, so theoretically, it could bear Mewtwo's spiritual essence."
Theoretically...
"Why! Why treat Pokemon this way! They are beings of flesh and blood; for the sake of theory, would you risk a life?!" Ash, unable to hold back, slammed the table and yelled at Blaine.
Regardless of Gardevoir being his Pokemon, even if it wasn't, knowing that other Pokemon suffered this kind of treatment, he couldn't remain calm.
Originally, Ralts already went through hardships during the Poke Egg phase, yet more was heaped on! If something went wrong, Ash dared not imagine what would happen to Ralts.
Blaine pursed his lips, a look of regret on his face. Clearly, he too regretted his past actions, but no remorse could ever erase them; what's done is done.
"You don't understand Mewtwo's terror. If left unchecked, in the absence of deified Pokemon, Mewtwo would become the strongest Pokemon, outmatching all, even Leon and other Champion Trainers."
"Do you know why it's called Mewtwo? Because it truly can grow to surpass Mew."
"For this reason, I had to limit Mewtwo's growth, even if it meant other Pokemon's lives were sacrificed."
Ash clenched his fists; it was only because the person was Professor Oak's friend that he restrained himself from punching Blaine!
Simply to restrict Mewtwo's growth, putting other Pokemon at risk—this was unacceptable for Ash!
And Blaine was willing to sacrifice, who now sat beside him, Gardevoir!