32. Ash's Reborn Story

Chapter 163 Memories from Sadness Part 1

The next day, Ash is now alone in the Night Club after what happened yesterday with Florinia, and he decides to check up on her.

Florinia: This is all very difficult to process fully. Emotions are ultimately mere electrical stimulation of biological hardware. Even then, what part of that electricity- what neurotransmitter is responsible for, the peace that the system feels upon accepting itself? What evolutionary mechanism had already adapted to protect even the very concept of mechanisms? And even naming the specific chemicals and voltages involved, the routes they trace- How should such things influence my perception as a conscious being? Why is it my eyes that I, as a conscious being, see-through? What makes my emotions so special that they need to be felt more than anyone else's? All of the questions ...Don't have answers, do they? No amount of science or study is equal to the task of solving them. No, it's better to simply accept the way things are, and enjoy the lightness of it all. There can be peace even under siege.

Ash: I hope you're right about this.

Then Ash goes to Zero and asks for the next quest.

Zero: We've got a new report in... Uhh, you may not like this. Some folks in Calcenon have been reporting flickering power and other electrical disturbances in both their city and Labradorra. So, it's either an Electric Type Anomaly... Or there's something down in the LCCC. If it's the latter, I have a feeling there's one spot, in particular, that should be checked ASAP... From the... Labradorra entrance, that is... This may not be pleasant. Should I mark you down for it?

Ash: (Gulps as he remembers Sigmund's dead body) I guess I can check it out.

Zero: No one better for it than you, I suppose. You take care down there. I never was a fan of what they had in that place. If it shows up again, make sure you fix it up real good.

Ash sighs as he heads to LCCC alone, and much to his surprise, Sigmund's body and the PULSE Machine are gone, and a New World Door is in front of them.

Ash: What does that mean? (Takes a deep breath) Let's go.

After getting inside the portal, Ash notices a building similar to Dr. Sigmund's Orphanage, and his mother is standing beside him in her original form.

Ash: Mom? What are you doing here?

Zina: Here is a space in which has been gathered no shortage of things that do not belong. I am here, and so are you, and so are memories, wishes, and all of our other precious, unreal things. What you seek can yet be seen, but don't assume it's not a dream.

Just then, she disappears, and Ash is confused as well as Pikachu.

Ash: So Mom wants me to enter this building?

Then Ash walks into the building and with a light, and Pikachu suddenly disappears.

Ash: Pikachu? Where are you?

Mother: Sigmund, is that you? Come, tell us how your first day of school was.

Ash is confused, but just as he looks into the mirror, he is surprised, he is not himself, but rather a younger Sigmund.

Ash: I am Sigmund? But why?

Ash decides to walk forward until he finds Sigmund's father and mother.

Mother: Well, how was it?

Father: I trust you had a suitably productive experience?

Ash doesn't know why, but he can't control his body and mouth, it is like he is now inside Sigmund's body and watching what he is doing.

Sigmund: Suitably productive, yes, father.