I really would not be surprised at all if Kevin Ashton is our skellyboi, but he either made himself forget so that he could have some real fun again since the world would most likely be in his hand and he got bored of it. Or something happened when confronted with those "Admins".
This all might be just a game, and Ashton is the creator, and skelly over here is his vessel, but without knowing it.
Either way, its a good manga. Would think we are about halfway done at this point maybe? (chapter 247 atm).