There is this theory, or philosophy if you want to call it, in this world called Divine Entropy. The basic idea is that the world is slowly but surely heading towards an inevitable end and every day that passes, we get closer to the end of both Pokémon and human life. The idea came from the observation that S level threats keep popping up, threats that generally can easily kill billions one way or another, thus proving that the world is destined to end. It wasn’t a matter of if but when.Every time we don't go extinct is just a fight won in an endless war against the inevitable.

Despite the name, scientists didn't really believe a higher being was causing it but rather a force of nature. Like how time always moves forward the universe in a state of constant decay.

It sounds like a stretch until you realize that the world of Pokémon has dealt with near extinction-level threats in the past. Things like: The Ultimate Weapon killing 50% of the population, Groudon and Kyogre drowning and burning the world and the sheer amount of past civilizations that have fallen due to Pokémon-related incidents.

Reading that would almost make you believe some malevolent goddess is trying to annihilate everyone. The fact that humans are still standing comes from our large numbers, Legendaries intervening during critical moments and a bunch of luck.

People that support the Divine Entropy theory have called out the fact that the amount of S level threats have drastically increased in the last few decades.

Near apocalyptic threats used to occur every thousands of years or so but there had been multiple within the last 2 decades alone. Some claim that the countdown is getting closer to zero while others just say that 'There's more data available nowadays'.

Personally, I am a pessimist and I already thought the world was going to end someday in my old universe. Maybe a solar flare or a deadly virus and there was always the issue that idiots had access to nuclear weapons. But even if those things didn't happen, just plain old climate change could be the one to wipe humanity off the Earth.

Coming to the world of Pokémon doesn't change that, sure they have no nukes and climate change is less of a problem but the technology was so weird that they could make weapons that could do some freaky shit. And of course there were always beings like Arceus or Jirachi that could end it all with a snap.

Fun stuff!

I did the same thing as I always did and just carried on with my day.

I looked at the Commander of the Hunt. He looked very much like someone who’d I would call a commander. Big, threatening but also having a charismatic aura.

The Hunt, apparently, was a group formed to deal with B and A level threats but not just deal with them like they normally would. No, the Hunt was supposedly also a big PR deal. They would be what the Champions of each region represented: power, hope and something to look up to.

And getting attacked by their psychic was a very big deal.

It wasn't a big deal for me but only on a personal level. For them, it was a problem because… well, the dude was about to explain it, but before he could, Caleb interrupted the conversation by loudly placing a mug with boiled water in front of me and he offered me a variety of tea flavors.

A coffee that was made by spilling water over the shit that was inside instant coffee, was placed in front of Luna.

"Sugar?" he asked Luna awkwardly.

The Kirlia looked up at the iron can filled to the brim with sugar cubes that Caleb was holding. For some reason, they had been put in a can instead of something more reasonable.

Caleb stuck out the can towards Luna and I saw 6 cubes of sugar dissipate into her tiny cup of instant coffee.

I raised an eyebrow at her but she only blushed and looked at the wall, suddenly taking interest in the brown paint and making no attempts to explain her choice.

"Keep talking," Caleb offered. "I'll just lean against the microwave, it's like I'm not even here."

True to Caleb's words the Commander ignored Caleb completely. He turned to me instead.

"I did a quick background check on you, Wildfire, just to get your name and the phone numbers of your relatives. To my surprise, I found you have recommendations from both Agent Looker from the International Police and from Consulting Specialist Shiner of the Sinnoh League."

The second name confused me until I recalled that Shiner was Hylla and Chelsea's last name.

"Just to be certain, you are a human right?" He suddenly asked.

Caleb began making choking noises while I gave the Commander my best 'What the fuck do you think?' face.

He nodded thoughtfully. "That's what I thought, yet one of our members, the one who attacked you, was convinced that you are not a human. Normally such idiotic suggestions would be discarded as lunacy."

Luna perked up, then she realized we weren't talking about her and she returned to looking around the room.

"But the claim has been made by the famous Sabrina, are you familiar with her?"

"Not really," I lied. Weird psychic girl, possible Team Rocket conspirator according to the manga and a traumatized girl with weird psychic powers according to the anime. She can possibly turn me into a doll, I really hope it doesn't come to that. Dolls are fucking creepy.

Every single one of them.

"It's just some stuff I read about her online but nothing more than rumors." I said, "She's a psychic right?"

Just as I finished my sentence an explosive bang followed. The door I had come through was slammed open and hit the wall. My Pokémon and Caleb let out a surprised yelp while I just groaned, realizing that even a normal conversation was too much to ask from Fate.

The Commander's hand went to his belt but stopped just as he was about to push a button.

In the doorway stood a purple-blue haired girl glaring daggers at me.

"Talking about the devil," I muttered while at the same time I subtly gestured to Luna and Fay to do nothing and just wait.

"YOU!"

Déjà vu… Why does this feel so familiar?

Sabrina wore the same red dress I saw her wearing last time, looking quite pretty and now I could admire it without bombs falling from the sky.

Deep purple eyes met mine.

It seemed Sabrina had taken a page out of my book by slamming the door open. The way she stood there would make for a good movie poster with her back to the illuminated hallway and her eyes faintly glowing purple.

I would be scared if it was not for the fact that her boss had not just told me she had fucked up hard and if she was going to fuck up even more, than I was cool with that because that would make me look better in the long run.

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Sabrina stepped into the room with big strides, her strangely colored hair wavering behind her and fizzling with the same purple psychic energy.

Caleb froze in his tracks and gave the girl a wary look. The Commander got up from his seat but did not move to intervene as Sabrina stopped in front of me.

I twisted the chair so I could look up at her glare without having to turn my head around.

"You are hiding something." Sabrina hissed angrily. The psychic energy manifested itself into purple flames that surrounded her eyes.

Time to test a theory of mine.

I looked her in the eyes. "Everyone has secrets, tell me something new."

Meanwhile, I began visualizing and thinking about all kinds of stuff in my head. Gory stuff, inappropriate things and other thoughts that would even give the most stone-hearted person a shiver or frown.

Sabrina didn't and I couldn't help but smirk. Suspicions confirmed.

Sabrina can not read my mind.

"And why are you smiling?" Sabrina snapped, not quite shouting but definitely not calm.

"Just thought of something funny." I said while cursing myself for openly smiling. "You were the one that attacked me."

Sabrina turned to look at the Commander. "See that!?" She pointed her finger at me. "He's hiding something, look at that smile! You know he is holding something back."

"Even if he was," The Commander said calmly. "That gives you no excuse to barge in here, besides, you're acting ridiculous now, Sabrina."

The girl in question growled silently in her own anger. Eventually, she narrowed her eyes on me. I sat comfortably in the chair.

"Don't think I won't see through your lies Dust." Sabrina glared.

This was getting annoying, I wonder if there was a broken wire inside her that made her repeat herself.

"What are you looking for?" I stared back at her. "A confession?"

Sabrina's eyes widened but I kept talking. "Not saying that I am but just imagine it, then what? Why would it bother you? I haven't met you before so what about me angers you?"

"Your entire existence! You are not supposed to be here, I can see you with my eyes but besides that you don't exist." Sabrina spat.

I blinked. "Say what?"

"As you know Sabrina is a psychic." Caleb coughed. "She can read minds and other wacky stuff."

Sabrina shot a glare at him.

"Another one of her psychic powers, a very rare one even among psychics, is the ability to see parts of the future. The itchy point here is that she can not read your thoughts, nor did she see you in her visions for the attack on Hunter J, though the battle ended roughly the same so your impact was very minimal. Still, she's pissed at you for being a general blindspot." Caleb managed to remain calm underneath Sabrina’s glare.

People told me before that my existence annoyed them, it was something I was rather skilled at but to actually have empirical evidence to back that up is a completely new thing.

But the bigger reveal was that Sabrina can see the future, he did actually say that right? If it was true then she's fucking OP. How would that even work? Does it calculate a future based on all the data available, maybe possible outcomes or did she get her knowledge from somewhere else?

Theoretically seeing the future could be possible. Pierre-Simon Laplace theorized that a hypothetical being that knows the position and momentum of every molecule in the universe and has unlimited calculating power would be able to see the future as if it were the present. Simple math. Maybe Sabrina could do that? I had so many questions I wanted to ask her. However, I had to focus on the important stuff going on right now, mainly me being a total blindspot to Sabrina.

That is a huge ace up my sleeve and I could see how that would make someone uncomfortable.

"It's not just that, he clearly is not normal. Eric, you've seen his stuff? He had the guns of a known criminal and an entire notebook filled with weird coded messages."

I winced. Did they manage to decode it? I didn't use a cipher that was known to this world and even if they could decipher the notebook it would be an incoherent mess of words and numbers that would only make sense to me… I hope.

"That's still not enough evidence for all the trouble you caused!" The Commander stepped towards Sabrina. "You are once again the only one causing a scene but while you're here, why don't you apologize for attacking him so we can continue discussing compensation!?"

Shit, the Commander looked like he was about to snap. He spoke with a harsh voice. Also, it was clear that Sabrina didn’t command the same respect as her game or anime counterparts. That or the Commander, who was named Eric, did not give a flying fuck at all.

"I refuse." Sabrina folded her arms in front of her chest. "You know something fishy is going on."

This really seemed to piss him off, he stepped closer to Sabrina until he loomed over her. "For all I care he's plotting to summon Reshiram. It's none of your business. Remember why you’re here. Now offer a formal apology and stop acting like a child!"

"She is rather childish." Fay commented, forgetting the part where she was one herself.

Sabrina glared at me but extended her left hand anyway. A reluctant one at best, at worst she was trying to crush all thee bones in my hand. Her mouth was a thin line as she murmured something that could be interpreted as an apology.

Holy Arceus, why did it feel like Sabrina was some 9 year old kid that was forced to apologize by the teacher? Being the nice person I am, I accepted the hand with a smug smile, even as her nails dug into my flesh I gave her my best grin.

"See, we are all friends here." Caleb chuckled at Sabrina's visible anger.

"Fuck off," Sabrina spat at Caleb.

"Great, now there's an official apology and Sabrina has shown to be sincerely regretting her mistakes." The Commander continued, turning a blind eye to their squabbles. The girl looking at me did not seem to regret anything.

It was kind of disappointing to see her acting this immaturely, I expected her to be cooler, especially after the cool shit I read about her on a message board online. I really hoped she was only acting this childish because of me and that she usually doesn't act like a total ass. Damn, that saying about never meeting your heroes is true, or should it be villians in Sabrina's case? Never meet a waifu?

"The Hunt is willing to pay 20 Thousand-"

"Hold up!" I interrupted him. "You're giving me money?"

"Uh yes?" The Commander seemed to be surprised by my confusion. "It's more than you would get at court. Consider it our way of compensating for the unjust treatment and as an offer to leave it all behind you.

So basically,hush money.

Then I realized the number he had called. 20,000.

That's a lot, but at the same time, it wasn't. To be honest I rather get something like a Pokémon or an important key item but until now all my rewards have been a bit lackluster. Sure, I can't expect people to give away Pokémon like they were gift cards. I realize it kind of does sound like some annoying rich brat to whom money was not valuable. I didn't really need it right now, or at least not in the quantities the Hunt was willing to provide me.

A plan came into my mind.

"You know what?" I said, "I don't need any compensation. You can keep the money. I won't make a big deal out of this entire turn of events."

Sabrina raised her eyebrow at me, unable to hide her curiosity. I turned to face everyone with a serious look on my face.

"Mistakes have been made."

Caleb coughed.

"But to be honest, I am just glad to be safe and you all did help me get out of the Hunter J situation alive. The entire idea of the Hunt sounds really awesome to me and I actually can't wait to see how it will play out. So just give me my shiz back and some actual clothes and we're cool."

{Seriously?!} Luna asked, sounding offended, {After all they did to us? To you?}

"That's quite generous of you Wildfire," The Commander gave me an appreciating nod, "Not a lot of people would say no to that much money."

"According to Sabrina, I am not like most people." I noted dryly.

"Haha!" Caleb laughed, "He got you there."

If looks could kill, Sabrina would be a serial killer.

I patted the Kirlia on her head while carefully making sure to send her the feeling of smugness and confidence. True, I said no to a lot of money but I gained much more. Good relations with what might become a key player in this world's future. Having a favor can sometimes be more useful than anything money can buy and Sabrina's behavior even made me look like a more generous person.

It was like the Commander said, a public image can be really important.

"Although if possible, could I get a tour of the base? I know it's kind of secret but I would really love to see how the Hunt works and all."

Actually, that was not a lie, I really was interested in how they did everything. Even from a personal standpoint, it would be just hardcore to see a military base with my own eyes.

"Sure we can give you a tour," The Commander replied. "Besides our location, there is not much to be kept a secret and a tour is the least we could provide. Sabrina?"

Sabrina looked up.

"You are going to guide him, he'll have to wait at least half a day for Blink to send him back so you might as well help him kill time. See it as your punishment if you will."

Sabrina glared at me. "Don't think this changes anything. I'll keep watching you."

I could not resist saying it, "Kinda hot."

Caleb gave me two thumbs up from behind her back.

If looks could kill Sabrina would have been on a killstreak.

The Commander let out a deep sigh.

I just smirked at her.