I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

Is this the message it is hiding...

Until now, Bai Chen couldn't find any other reason to explain it, so he could only guess like this.

Having said that, I don't know what kind of nightmares the people in the village have. It is said that dreams and reality are connected. If the dream I had was a special dream... Maybe I can get more and Darkley I have information about it.

Like that tombstone...

In his memory, the tombstone that seemed to bear the heavy responsibility of sealing firmly suppressed the malice coming from the cave, but Bai Chen couldn't understand the meaning of the tombstone itself, nor what Darkley experienced.

"Is it possible that it has something to do with the person who passed away..."

The probability is not small. After all, Marie also said that the deceased villager should know what the so-called curse is, and deliberately conceal it. Maybe he not only knows the truth, but also has a certain relationship with Darkley. friendship.

The more he thinks in this direction, the more likely Bai Chen feels. If he has a close relationship with Darkley, he naturally doesn't want other people in the village to know that the culprit who caused them to have nightmares is Darkley. .

And he had already passed away, and Darkrai, as a friend, naturally guarded this place.

Well, if this is really the case, then it is indeed a very touching script, but in the end, this guess is just Bai Chen's own wishful thinking, and there are still many places that do not make sense logically, or are not detailed enough. , more facts are needed to supplement it.

"Hey, it's just a simple commission, but it has to involve such a complicated background... But if you think about it carefully, if so many things weren't involved, how could the legendary Pokémon appear in people's eyes so easily? It's in my field of vision~ I still have to deal with it quickly..."

The sky has completely brightened up, and the brilliance of the morning light covers the entire mine. Unlike the scene in memory, although there is still no grass growing in the real mountain, it unexpectedly has an independent aura inside.

Of course, it's possible that Bai Chen's own emotions were also driven to feel this way.

"I can't take my time anymore...please."

Bai Chen muttered in such a low voice, while throwing out the remaining five Pokémon balls in his pocket.

He needs to concentrate all his strength to find the trace of Darkley as soon as possible, and now is no longer the time to play leisurely.

"You go too."

Bai Chen explained this to the ground, and then it dived towards a deeper area with a different travel route from the other Pokmon.

......

413 Going Alone

"So, why?"

In a certain house on Iron Island, Ma Li was standing in front of Bai Chen with her arms folded, looking at him indifferently, and asked.

"..."

On the other hand, Bai Chen looked away silently, trying to avoid Ma Li's questioning, but no matter how he dodged, Ma Li would eventually move in front of him, as if she would not give up without saying anything. .

Finally, Bai Chen gave up struggling, scratched his hair, gave a coy smile, and replied:

"This...isn't it because you are sleeping Zhengxiang, I am sorry to disturb you~"

"I'm an assistant, not a boss; I'm a student, not a teacher, right?"

"Well....."

Ma Li's questioning made Bai Chen silent. He obviously had good intentions, but he didn't expect to be held accountable at that time. If he had known this, he would have kept the information that he went out alone early this morning a secret from Ma Li.

Bai Chen had known for a long time that if he went out alone without Mary, she would definitely be dissatisfied, so his thoughts were very normal, as long as he came back within two hours, before [-]:[-] am, he would be fine. In fact, Bai Chen had already returned before that.

But here comes the problem, when he comes back Mary is still sleeping.

You must know that in Bai Chen's memory, Mary never overslept as long as she had work or tasks the next day, not to mention that she also wore a Pokémon watch on her wrist, which also had an alarm clock function. Under such circumstances, it should be absolutely impossible for Mary to be late, but in fact the time has moved to 11:[-] am, and Mary is still asleep. I'm afraid Mary is still sleeping now.

After realizing that she had overslept, Ma Li was also blaming herself and kept apologizing to herself. In order to prevent Ma Li from continuing to blame herself, Bai Chen said that he had finished his work in the morning, but who would have thought that the result would become so......

"In short, in short... things have already happened, and there is no way to change it. It's better to accept it with peace of mind. Next time! I will definitely wake you up next time!"

After getting Bai Chen's guarantee, Ma Li pouted and nodded her head a few times to express her acceptance.

"However, it's so rare that you, who are always serious, are sleeping so hard that even the alarm clock on your Pokémon watch can't wake you up..."

"Well......"

Just now Ma Li, who was still forcing Bai Chen to give an answer she was satisfied with, now seemed a little embarrassed under Bai Chen's teasing.

After all, no matter what you say about this matter, it is a problem of oversleeping, but... there is really no way...

"Because I had a dream... I can't bear to get up..."

"Dream?"

Bai Chen was silent for a moment, and then suddenly understood what she meant.

Having said that, I almost forgot... In addition to restraining Darkrai's power, Crescent Feather can indeed make people dream...

After all, the Feather of the Crescent also symbolizes part of Cresselia's authority, and it has not been used yet. The power contained in it should not be underestimated...

In this way, Bai Chen finally understood the real reason why Mary overslept, but when he thought about it carefully, he always felt a little sad - he spent the whole night in nightmares, and the best ending was also with the help of the crystal lantern fire spirit The next day was frightened and woke up, but Mary was immersed in a sweet dream, and she didn't wake up until noon...

Alas, there is no way, whoever makes himself a teacher must do this.

"All in all, let's go eat first~ Mr. Dafeng seems to be ready, I ran into him when I went out just now."

"Um......"

Ma Li responded in a low voice, and then followed Bai Chen's footsteps, walking slowly towards the place where the village chief lived.

"Speaking of which, what kind of dream did you have? Even when I called you, you looked so reluctant to leave?"

Looking leisurely at the stone houses on the side of the road, Bai Chen asked casually as if thinking of something, trying to find something to talk about to relieve boredom.

"Did... what dream..."

Although it was just a very ordinary question, for some reason, after hearing this question, Mary's body suddenly trembled visibly, and her cheeks were also entwined with a bright red color.

"?What's wrong?"

Sensing Ma Li's abnormality, Bai Chen turned around to look at her, and asked strangely.

"No...no, nothing...the content of the dream...I have forgotten."

Ma Li lowered her head, Bai Chen couldn't see her expression, but Bai Chen could still hear the trembling in Ma Li's voice now.

"Really? You look weird, huh? Could it be that you had some weird dream?"

"..."

Ma Li, who was already keeping her head down, seemed even more anxious after hearing these words. She didn't care whether she knew the way with her head down or not, so she started to rush forward quickly, leaving Bai Chen alone. Looking at her back strangely.

......

At night, which symbolizes the end of the day, Bai Chen lay on a boulder whose top was smoothed, looked up at the starry sky not far from Random Town, and murmured:

"Sure enough, the starry sky far away from big cities is similar."

I don't have a watch, so I don't know what time it is, but Bai Chen reckons it's almost past 0 o'clock. Mary went to bed early, and seems to have ordered a dozen brains, saying that she will never oversleep again. up.

And he had no thought of sleeping at all, without the protection of the Crescent Feather, he couldn't sleep peacefully at all.

If the nightmare from last night happened again, he would not be able to bear it. Instead of waiting for such a nightmare to fall asleep, it would be better to wait for sleepiness to strike naturally.

However, after experiencing the nightmare last night, he somewhat understood the villagers' idea of ​​upside-down work and rest. It was better to be woken up by the nightmare during the day after all.

But no matter how much he didn't want to sleep, it was futile. In order to take care of the next day's schedule and prevent Mary from being suspicious, he still had to ensure a certain amount of sleep.

And I came here tonight, not really because I was bored or wanted to see the starry sky, but...

"Hu~~"

The cold wind howled past, and a black shadow instantly merged into Bai Chen's shadow.

"Did you find anything?"

"Chan...."

The whispers of the crystal lantern fire spirit came from the shadow.

In the next second, a blue flame similar in size to a candle sprang out of the air, pointing the way for Bai Chen.

......

414 Dream and Reality

The icy cold wind blows wantonly in the empty mountainous area, there is no shelter from the surrounding trees, the rustling charm of the leaves is less in the wind, but there is a trace of silence that can only appear in the empty mountains.

The mountainous area far away from the city is very dark at night, even with the moonlight shining, it is still difficult to see some hidden potholes, but all this is not difficult for Bai Chen who has the help of the crystal lamp, fire spirit and ghost fire.

The blue flame fluttered with the wind, but it didn't intend to go out, but slowly drifted towards a certain direction following Bai Chen's steps.

"Here...feels familiar..."

After walking with the blue ghost fire for a while, Bai Chen's sense of sight of the surrounding area became stronger and stronger. Although he felt a little disgusted in his heart, since he had such a feeling, he could basically be sure that the crystal lights The guidance of the spirit is correct.

If nothing else, this should be the place I saw in my dream.

Gee.

Bai Chen secretly clicked his lips, feeling his body began to tremble unconsciously, he was inexplicably uncomfortable.

Even though he has fought against so many legendary Pokémon, he has never felt this way. Should it be said that Darkrai is really worthy of being a master of creating nightmares...

Or rather...

"That dream must have been intentional."

No matter how the dream is, it is adapted based on the reality experienced by everyone, but Bai Chen has never been to the place sealed by the tombstone. Maybe the dream repelled him at the beginning because of this principle, just like this The principle is broken by oneself.

A scene that surpassed reality, a place that he had never seen before, was vividly displayed in front of him, so it must be something that someone experienced.

Bai Chen said firmly in his heart.

Before he knew it, he had followed the will-o'-the-wisp for more than ten minutes, and the scenery of the surrounding mines remained unchanged. The only thing that changed was that Bai Chen could no longer see the scene of the village from his current position.

Exactly the same as in the dream.

Bai Chen stretched out his hand, caressing the rock wall that was two heads higher than himself in his impression, looking at the dark road ahead, he resolutely took that step.

The scene in front of him changed completely in an instant. On the road paved with gravel, Bai Chen stood at the commanding height, overlooking the huge deep pit in front of him.

At a height of about 5 or 6 meters, the pothole does not seem to be formed naturally, but it looks more like it was formed under the impact of a meteorite. This is also consistent with the scene in the vague memory.

Originally, reality should correspond to the dream, but now it is the dream that corresponds to reality. At this moment, some facts seem to have been placed in front of Bai Chen.

However, the only difference between the two memories is that there is no such gloomy black air here, and there is no tombstone so huge that it covers most of the pit, it is just a very ordinary shallow valley.

"..."

Bai Chen didn't say a word, just jumped cautiously into the pothole by himself following the small stones protruding from the slope.

"It stands to reason that it should be nearby."

Bai Chen looked around, trying to find Darkley's figure, but found nothing, and then glanced at the shadow behind him, and seeing that there was no movement, Bai Chen knew that he probably didn't gain much from this trip .

Although he didn't see each other this trip, Bai Chen was sure that the place where Darkley was hiding was near here, because during the day he made his five Pokémon move from the edge of the mine to the center gradually, and kept hiding. Darkrai, who was on his own, would definitely follow their search.

In addition to the five Pokmon, Bai Chen chose to let the Crystal Lantern Huoling, who is also good at hiding traces, conduct investigations at the same time. Induction successfully found Darkley's hiding place, which is around the pothole.

But in the final analysis, Darkley's ability is still higher than that of the crystal lantern fire spirit. Even if he knows the approximate location, the crystal lantern fire spirit can't force him out, but Bai Chen is very satisfied with being able to do this.

"Let's look for it again."

Bai Chen said this unwillingly, obviously this is where Darkley is hiding, but he didn't find anything, which is obviously unreasonable.

Whether it is Darkrai or Cresselia, their whereabouts are erratic, that is to say, they cannot always hide in the same place, but will continue to wander in various places over time.

Therefore, Darkley, who has been living here for so many years, must be reluctant to part with something here. As for whether the object of reluctance is the rumored deceased villager, I don't know.

"Chan~"

While Bai Chen was struggling to find clues around him, the crystal lantern fire spirit who was investigating alone on the other side seemed to have discovered something before him, so he sneaked into the ground, and quickly floated under Bai Chen's shadow, screaming, faint blue sparks It also appeared again, leading the way for Bai Chen.

"Very helpful."

Bai Chen briefly praised the crystal lantern fire spirit, and then followed the fire light into a deep tunnel.

"Why is there such a place here..."

Bai Chen, who was walking slowly in the tunnel with his back bent, murmured to himself somewhat strangely.

Judging from the degree of damage to the stone wall in the tunnel, it should have been excavated manually, but the purpose of digging a tunnel in such a place is to...

Bai Chen's face became heavy, he seemed to have guessed what would be inside the cave, but he didn't dare to speak out now.

Overall, the tunnel was not too long. It took less than a minute for Bai Chen to reach the end of the tunnel.

The blue flame of the crystal lantern fire disappeared instantly, because it was not needed to help illuminate here. There were several burning torches hung on the stone wall in the cave, and it seemed that they were lit not long ago.

"Be careful, it might be nearby."