I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

"Hu...hu...hu..."

On a certain floor of the Lost Tower, a man in casual clothes was running hard. His eyes were sunken outwards due to tension and fear, and there were even faint bloodshot bursts. The sound of heavy and rapid breathing echoed in the quiet tower. It seemed so abrupt in the middle, the existence of the man was like a living person breaking into a dead place, being repelled by the entire solitary tower...

"Here...here should be...no problem..."

The man clutched his lungs in pain. Ever since he stepped into the Lost Tower, he had been chased by that bloody mouth. His body was as heavy as lead, countless cold sweat overflowed from every pore on his body, and even his expression became distorted due to excessive exercise.

Although he also understands that such weird things in such a place should come from ghost-type Pokmon, but......

It's not right.

That grimace is different from the ghosts created by ghost-type Pokmon that I have encountered in the past.

It can't see any flaws and weaknesses. The fear it gives people is not from memory, but from the fear deep in the soul. Even if he has experienced countless times, he can't survive this time when facing the ghost. Without any thought of resistance, his instinct has been urging him to run away and run again, but the other party is like the most common air, existing in any corner, as if this escape is a struggle for it. It's like hide and seek in the sandbox it controls....

"No...you must escape from here, even if you jump out of the window...!?"

The man's soliloquy didn't even end when a gust of wind blew past his neck. He was familiar with this feeling, this kind of chill that seemed to blow from the other side to intimidate the soul.

......

175 The Haunted Rumors of the Lost Tower

"Boss, do you still have the tonkatsu sandwich!?"

"I want an iced coffee here! And a staple food, as you like!"

......

In the afternoon of that day, the business in the casual coffee shop was still booming. After all, Bai Chen had continued to open the shop steadily for a week. Perhaps to commemorate this rare day, the customers who came to the coffee shop today seemed very enthusiastic.

"Understood! Mary, this order is for the butcher shop owner! The other order is for the vegetable shop owner!"

"OK, all right."

The scenery inside the store is still harmonious and lively. It would take a lot of time to solve the full business by Bai Chen alone, but fortunately, Mary was there to help, so the turnover between orders did not cost too much. It's just that today's Bai Chen doesn't seem to have any chance to sneak a rest.

"Toon ton ton! Whoops! What a treat to drink after a long day at work!"

"Hey, owner of the butcher shop, this is a coffee shop, not a tavern! Also, did you just do it without adding any sugar? Are you really not afraid of hardship?"

The butcher shop owner who was sitting at the front desk drank a cup of coffee in one gulp in front of Bai Chen, and even showed the demeanor of drinking, which made Bai Chen complain.

"What's the matter? And is this considered suffering? You know, Uncle, I have suffered in the past, but..."

"Okay, I've heard you say it dozens of times, and I can hear cocoons in my ears. Please stop talking about it. I have to prepare meals for other guests."

Seeing that the uncle in the butcher shop was about to make a long speech, Bai Chen quickly reached out his hand to stop him. Although he also understood that this old uncle liked to show off his youthful achievements in front of the younger generation, he would still talk too much if he talked too much. It's troublesome.

"Hey! Okay, I won't talk anymore! Then change the topic! How about changing the topic!?"

"Change the subject... Let's talk about the butcher shop owner, have you been kicked out? Why are you so active?"

Seeing his abnormal behavior now, Bai Chen began to have certain guesses about what happened to him.

Although he usually likes to come here to relax and relax during his free time at work, generally speaking, he doesn't talk so much when he comes here, and he doesn't insist on talking to himself so much about what he has and what he doesn't have like today. On top of that, if you add his wife-fearing character...

It seems that the result is already obvious, right?

Sure enough, after Bai Chen made such a guess, the expression of the butcher shop owner was obviously shaken, and he slowly looked away, looking guilty.

"Oh...forget it, I won't tease you, so what? What do you want to say?"

In the end, Bai Chen still couldn't bear to leave him aside. After finishing these orders, he sat on the stool behind the front desk, poured himself a cup of coffee, and prepared to hear what he wanted. something to say.

Bai Chen's compromise made the butcher shop owner feel relieved, he has been depressed for a whole day, and he finally found someone to chat with to ease his mood, if he is escaped like this, he will be the one who will be depressed later.

"Well, ahem, since you chose to listen, I guarantee that it must be a topic you are interested in!"

The butcher shop owner coughed twice pretending to be mysterious, and then said in a high-pitched tone as if he wanted to tell all the customers in the coffee shop: "Boss Baichen, do you know that the forest in the southeast of Random Town Is there a lost tower in the depths where Pokémon are buried?"

"..."

Bai Chen's brows twitched unnoticed when he heard the phrase "bury Pokémon", and then Bai Chen pretended to be calm and replied: "Well, of course I know, there will be such places in every region, and then What about the Lost Tower?"

Hearing Bai Chen's answer, the butcher shop owner smiled triumphantly, and then cautiously approached, intending to tell Bai Chen the secret quietly, but at this moment...

"Ah! Boss of the butcher shop, you don't mean to talk about the rumor that the Lost Tower is haunted? Isn't this something new? Didn't it spread a week ago?"

"Ah~ I've heard this rumor too. It seems that there is such a thing. It is said that some people who came back from the Lost Tower are crazy, right?"

"Huh? Crazy? Is it true or not!?"

......

It was obviously said to be outdated rumors, but driven by the customers who gathered in the coffee shop, this rumor began to spread rapidly again, and the customers in the coffee shop felt that they had gradually begun to believe in this haunted rumor .

"Teacher Bai Chen...this, it should be..."

"Ah? It shouldn't be. At this time, you should say yes. I think that the troubles I encountered during the trip were dozens of times that of others, but even so, I have never seen ghosts or anything. Every time there is a ghost Aren't they all behind the incident?"

"Then what do we do now? Explain to them?"

"Well... It's better to explain it... Otherwise, it would be bad if the rumor spread again and caused unnecessary panic."

As trainers, Bai Chen and Ma Li did not believe in this so-called haunted rumor as easily as the residents of Random Town. After a brief discussion, Bai Chen decided to explain this so-called haunted rumor to them. Rumors of ghosts would be better.

"Ahem, that...everyone! I heard it and let me know! Everyone!"

Amidst the many terrified discussions, Bai Chen's call finally attracted their attention. The customers present began to turn their attention to themselves one by one, and briefly conceived in their minds what to do. After expressing his words, Bai Chen opened his mouth and said:

"Actually, the so-called ghosts and hauntings don't exist... The so-called rumors that have been circulated over and over again are all caused by ghost-type Pokémon."

"Ghost type Pokémon?"

The people present looked at me and I looked at you, as if they understood, but they were a little puzzled.

They all know what ghost-type Pokémon are, but as for why ghost-type Pokémon specially create so-called panic to scare people, it is a little difficult for them who are not from trainers.

Bai Chen can understand the thoughts of the customers present. After all, he will become a Pokémon trainer and travel around the world to expand his horizons; or become a Pokémon scholar who knows all kinds of Pokémon rumors and life. of.

Most of them are the same as the customers here, born in a city, and spend most of their life in the same city for simple life and work. Maybe many of them will have their own Pokémon, but They don't have too much in-depth research on Pokémon, and it is such a group of people who are most likely to fall into rumors, rumors, or strange talks caused by the power of Pokémon.

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176 Taichi: Mr. Bai Chen!In the Lost Tower... there are... ghosts! ?

Bai Chen explained that it finally calmed down the emotions of the customers present. After all, there are rumors of ghosts near the place where he lives, so no one will feel comfortable when he comes.

"Teacher Bai Chen, the rumor about the Lost Tower..."

"Ah, I know... Even if no one entrusts me, I will solve it. After all, it is a place where Pokémon are buried. We can't let the ghost-type Pokmon living there drive away all the people who go to pay homage. "

After calming down a bit, Bai Chen said so.

In fact, speaking of this kind of thing does make people feel a little contradictory. The place where Pokémon are buried like the Lost Tower is the easiest place to spread ghost rumors, but such a place is the most suitable place for ghost Pokmon to live.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the characteristics of ghost-type Pokmon that one Pokmon scholar after another thinks without thinking that ghost-type Pokmon feeds on absorbing human emotions.

Because of this, the sadder the tone and atmosphere, the more powerful the ghost-type Pokémon living in places where more stories are buried.

On the way of traveling in the past, it is rumored that Bai Chen has met such a ghost Pokémon more than a dozen times, if not dozens of times. The ending is exactly the same every time, and even the process of exploring is nothing new at all.

"Let's get ready, the coffee shop will be temporarily closed tomorrow, let's go to the Lost Tower to take a look, but it's likely to be a prank by the ghosts..."

Most of the ghost-type Pokémon love to play tricks, and the ghost family is the favorite in this regard.

......

After simply explaining this to Mary, Bai Chen went on to entertain other guests. The butcher shop owner seemed to have aroused some people's interest after expanding the rumor.As a result, with him as the leader, the dining table over there was surrounded. At least the butcher shop owner didn't need to accompany him for the time being.

More than half an hour has passed since the rumors started, and the customers who came here for afternoon tea have also finished their meals, but in this small town, small news can become big news. It is not an easy task to write a full stop easily.

After all, in such a peaceful and leisurely small town, people always need some spiritual entertainment for their daily after-dinner chats.

"By the way, Boss Bai Chen, you look young, but I always feel that you know a lot, and you are not inferior to those Pokémon doctors."

Afternoon tea time was over, perhaps a new topic aroused their interest, today these regular customers did not leave for the first time, but continued to stay in the coffee shop. After seeing Bai Chen, they had nothing to do, but cleaned When they picked up the bowls and chopsticks, they thought of bringing Bai Chen in to talk together.

"What does it mean to look young? I'm already young, okay?"

Bai Chen, who was washing the dishes over there, couldn't help but raised his head and responded dissatisfiedly after hearing their teasing.

"In addition, I can't compare with those Pokémon doctors in terms of knowledge alone. Those doctors are all absolute fanatics. I am still not qualified to compare with them in terms of Pokémon knowledge."

What Bai Chen said didn't have any modesty in it. The source of his knowledge was just about ten years of travel accumulation, but the source of the knowledge of those doctors was not only decades of actual observation accumulation, but also that Mountains of data files piled up.

To give the simplest example, Baichen received the commission from Absol before. Although he saw the footprints left by Absol after entering the forest, he couldn't believe that the owner of the footprints was Absol. Solu, but if it was Dr. Oki and Dr. Yamanashi, I am afraid that there is no need to squat down to examine it carefully. Just a casual glance can determine that the footprint belongs to Absolu.

This is the gap between the two.

Of course, although Bai Chen's knowledge reserves are not comparable to theirs in most matters related to Pokémon, Bai Chen is far better than them in terms of knowledge about Pokémon battles and knowledge about mythical beasts. They are gone.

Even if you don't mention Suicune, Yandi and Leigong who protect the individual, Fengwang Baichen alone has met more than once, and there is even a certain friendship between the two.

"Boss Bai Chen is actually modest, it's really rare."

"That's it."

"Is the sun going to rise in the west?"

......

These guys...

Although he didn't know if they were talking in their hearts, but Bai Chen was sure that the mood of these guys was absolutely high right now.

"Whatever you say, it's really... I have to go to the Lost Tower in person in order to break this rumor for you. If you are really bored and have nothing to talk about, I suggest you just talk to Mrs. Let's learn Mr. Chi, read more books, observe the surroundings more, don't be so superstitious about ghosts, after all, there are no ghosts in this world."

"Boss Baichen, you're so boring."

"That is to say, I would rather believe it than believe it. The world is so big, who knows if things like ghosts exist or not?"

......

Seeing that they were going to continue this topic again, Bai Chen quickly stopped them, and retorted: "It's okay, at least tomorrow you will know whether the one in the Lost Tower is a ghost, at worst, I'll subdue it and come back for you to take a look at." ?”

Bai Chen's smiling response was a challenge for them. Seeing that a new round of debate was about to start, even Ma Li was already sitting in the corner to watch, but at this moment, the door of the coffee shop was pushed open again. ——

"boom--!"

Um, no, it would be more appropriate to say that it was knocked away.

"Mr. Bai Chen!? Mr. Bai Chen!"

Everyone who was frightened by the loud banging sound turned their eyes to the door, only to see a middle-aged man in a panic running over.

His clothes looked tattered, his hair was covered with dust and dirt, his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes as if he hadn't slept for a few days, and the heavy panting sound kept coming out of his throat.

Frightened by the aura of the man in front of him, the customers crowded in front of Bai Chen retreated to the sides one after another, making way for one.

"Huh?! You are...Mr. Taichi?!"

The moment the man in front of him ran in front of him, Bai Chen was startled and took a step back, but after seeing the man's face clearly, Bai Chen realized that the man in front of him seemed to be...

Seems like an acquaintance?

"No, why are you so anxious? Is something wrong? Come and drink slowly..."

"Ghost! There is a ghost! Mr. Bai Chen! It's in the Lost Tower!!!!"

The unkempt Mr. Taichi didn't even give Bai Chen a chance to finish his sentence, so he just patted the table and leaned his head forward, saying this in a trembling voice.

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177 Guess?special individual?

"Mr. Taichi, calm down a little?"

"Gudu...Gudu...Huh...Thank, thank you..."

In the casual coffee shop, Bai Chen handed Mr. Taichi a glass of water, and after a long period of comforting, he managed to ease his mood a little bit.

"It's nothing wrong with just a glass of water, but what you said when you ran in before seems to be not a trivial matter..."

Thinking of this, Bai Chen felt a little speechless, he managed to calm down the emotions of those customers in the store, and even took Mr. Taichi as their example, this is great, the role models began to say that there is a ghost in the Lost Tower, Will there be no rumors of madness in the town after that?

But thinking about it carefully, Bai Chen also felt a little lucky, but it wasn't because of what Mr. Taichi said or something, but because he let those customers leave in time.

Otherwise, those customers who have been aroused for a long time, seeing that Mr. Taichi is still looking like a future trouble, at this moment, the store may be noisy.

"Ugh!"

Bai Chen didn't say anything yet, Mr. Tai Chi, who was the person involved, sighed first.

"It's really a big deal! In that Lost Tower, unexpectedly, there will be..."

"Ghost?" Bai Chen added for him in a boring tone.