Pokémon Modifier

"Hey, the ceremony site hasn't been set up yet, you can't enter here yet!"

Populus euphratica: "..."

Suddenly I felt like I had entered a game plot.

In situations like this, you usually need to complete some prerequisite tasks before you can unlock the way to the new map.

Hu Yang took a few steps back and looked at the entrance leading to the interior of the ruins from a distance.

At this moment, he had two options.

One, no matter what, rush in forcefully.

Second, first understand the situation here before making plans.

"..."

Forget it, it's better to be a peaceful person and not to fight and kill at every turn.

At least let him know the current situation of this ruins first.

"Is this here?" Hu Yang asked.

"Yeah." Gengar nodded.

After confirming it, Populus euphratica was going to go down the mountain and return to the town to find a place to live.

But along the way, he always felt that the townspeople looked at him strangely, as if they were wary.

It was completely dark. Back on the street, Hu Yang bought a bowl of thick fish ball noodles from a lighted stall on the roadside.

The noodle cook was an old woman with gray hair and wrinkles.

She glanced at Populus euphratica, took a clean porcelain bowl from the side, and put the cooked noodles and fish balls into it.

"Are you from the outside world?" she asked.

Hu Yang, who was communicating with Geng Gui, was stunned for a moment before he realized where the outside world in the other person's words was. He nodded and said, "Yes."

At this time, a head suddenly appeared from behind the stall.

It was a child of seven or eight years old. He obviously heard the conversation just now and said fiercely to Populus euphratica: "We don't welcome outsiders here!"

The old woman frowned: "Rinping, you can't be rude!"

"Grandma!" The child named Renping showed a shocked expression on his face:

"It's because of outsiders like them that the balance in the temple will be broken! If it weren't for them, Grandpa Sansheng wouldn't be hurt!"

As he said that, he glared at Populus euphratica and said, "Thief!"

"Renping!" The old woman became angry and raised her voice a bit.

The child then lowered his head and stopped talking.

"I'm sorry." The old woman turned her head and said apologetically, "I made you laugh."

If Hu Yang was ten years old and heard such words, he might stand up and argue with him until his face turned red.

But his mental age is already thirty-one. In his previous life, when he was surfing the Internet and talking to others, he heard all kinds of unpleasant things.

Being called a thief now made him feel very strange.

Hu Yang didn't care very much and asked instead: "Why does he say that outsiders are thieves?"

Hearing this, the old woman sighed, looked at the ceiling, as if reminiscing, and then said after a while:

"Because last year we rescued a comatose man at the beach. When he woke up, he stole a very important thing from us."

Hu Yang and Geng Gui looked at each other.

He touched the orb in his backpack, and the face of the man who sold him the orb came to his mind.

It can't be...that's what he thinks, right?

The old woman didn't say much.

After eating the noodles, Hu Yang pretended to mention inadvertently that a festival was being held in the town.

"That..." the old woman explained: "That is a tradition that has been passed down in our town since ancient times. It is mainly to thank Mr. Bird for sealing those terrible elves for us..."

"According to legend, a long time ago, our ancestors lived a life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset on this island."

"Until one day, for some unknown reason, a group of ghost-type Pokémon suddenly appeared on the island. They would pretend to be humans to deceive people."

"Many people lost their lives because of this, and they turned from young people to old people with white hair overnight."

"Fortunately, an adult with waveguide power came to the island later. He helped us and sealed all those harmful guys."

"Our ancestors, in order to thank him, built shrines and temples on the island to worship that gentleman."

Under the dim light, the old woman's expression gradually became serious, as if she was advising or telling the past:

"Ghost Pokémon are best at deceiving people. Don't believe their words easily!"

"Our ancestors suffered such a catastrophe just because they believed their words..."

After finishing the noodle soup, the story is not over yet.

Hu Yang looked at the chopsticks in his hand thoughtfully.

In fact, I am sorting out the context of this story that spans thousands of years in my mind.

The characters that appear include: the ghost elves who suddenly appear, the people living on this island, the passing waveguide power controller,

And the thief he saw in Chenghua City a thousand years later.

The approximate order of the story is:

The ghost elves suddenly appeared on the island, destroying the peaceful life of the islanders.

When the islanders were desperate, the messenger of Waveguide passed by and used his own power of Waveguide to seal the group of ghost elves.

In order to commemorate the Waveguide Messenger, people built a temple on the island to seal the group of ghost elves.

A thousand years later, the "thief" encountered a shipwreck and drifted here. The people on the island rescued him, but he secretly took away the sealed orb placed in the temple.

Afterwards, Gengar woke up, and the "thief" was frightened by the nightmare, and then handed the orb to him.

In order to help Geng Gui, he took a boat and traveled thousands of miles to this island.

While Hu Yang was thinking about something, Gengar next to him was also looking at him hesitantly.

It also heard everything the old lady said just now, including the fact that ghost-type Pokémon are best at confusing people.

Geng Gui wanted to say something, but seeing Hu Yang's serious expression, he didn't know how to speak.

It wasn't until Populus euphratica stood up and left the stall and returned to the street that it whispered: "I have never harmed humans."

Hu Yang was stunned for a moment.

Geng Gui looked over with fear and hope: "I have never done those things, will you believe me?"

"Then will you lie to me?"

Gengar shook his head: "No!"

Hu Yang smiled and said: "Then I believe you too."

He had never doubted Geng Gui, because his mouth told lies, but his heart could not lie.

You can deceive others, but you can never deceive yourself.

The story is not over yet.

After understanding what happened on this island, the next step is to enter the temple ruins and retrieve Gengar's body.

Hu Yang stood there and pondered for a moment, and suddenly felt that the act of barging in directly was a bit too rude.

As a modern person, we should resolve this matter in a more civilized and friendly way.

Well, it’s decided. When dawn tomorrow, we’ll go find the manager of this town and negotiate!