I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

Although it is a bit troublesome, you still have to remember to wear the Pokémon watch...

Bai Chen looked at his empty wrist, and secretly sighed that he shouldn't have left the Pokémon watch at home in Random Town just because he thought it was troublesome, otherwise he wouldn't be so helpless now.

......

Walking out of the decadent mood, Bai Chen came to the door of Ma Li's room and knocked lightly on the door a few times.

"Boom~~ Mary? Mary? Are you awake?!"

"..."

Bai Chen waited for a while, but did not get a response from the room.

Could it be that he woke up early and went out! ?Shouldn't it?If so, why didn't she wake me up?

Bai Chen helplessly supported his forehead, and once again regretted not bringing out the Pokémon watch, but at the same time he also had doubts—is Mary really awake?

You know, on weekdays, I wake her up by myself. Normally, I wake up earlier than Mary. If you are outside, similar situations should be more common.

"Shall I open the door?"

Bai Chen confirmed this for the last time, but there was still no response from the room. Only then did he finally push open the creaking wooden door.

Boom~!

It only took a little effort, but the wooden door hit the wall of the house as if being carried by a strong wind, making a loud and dull sound.

The scene inside the house was immediately displayed in front of Bai Chen - the neat furniture fell neatly on the old floor, the bed looked brand new, and the folded quilt was quietly sitting on the sunny bed Everything seemed so peaceful and harmonious.

"Not here..."

Bai Chen frowned, his eyes were a little out of focus, but he still walked forward with some hope, and silently pressed his hands on the bed.

A cold feeling swept over Bai Chen's whole body.

Originally, he hoped that he could feel a little warmth from above, but the reality is still difficult to meet the ideal situation.

He was a little numb, and always felt that everything in front of him was a little wrong, but he couldn't tell where the problem was, so he could only make do with the fact that Mary went out alone.

Mary was not here, so he wasn't sure what to do next. Originally, he planned to discuss the exploration route with Mary this morning, but his plan had come to nothing before he even started. It was still early, and Mary had just gone for a walk in the village by herself.

After a brief wash, Bai Chen hurriedly opened the door and started running towards the center of the village.

"Marie-Marie?! Can you hear me?!"

Just like the first day he came here, the village was filled with silence, but unlike the first day, no one was by his side today, and the figure that stuck to him in the past had disappeared.

The people in the village need to sleep during the day, and it is almost impossible to wake them up. Bai Chen has already experienced this, so naturally he will not try it, but there is one person in this village who can chatter for a while, and that is... ..

"Bang bang~! Mr. Dafeng? Mr. Dafeng?! Are you still awake?"

The biological clock of the previous day was disrupted by himself and Ma Li, so theoretically, Dafeng Youhui should be in the opposite direction of the people in the village. At least he should not be sleeping now. After all, from the direction of the sun, now It's still morning.

Bai Chen repeatedly tried to knock on the wooden door in front of him, but unfortunately, Dafeng Youhui didn't make any movement either, and the locked door from the inside made it impossible for Bai Chen to even push the door open. But at least in this way, it can be confirmed that the other party is in the room, but I don't know why there is no reply.

Nervous, eager, restless...

The emotions that should have been discarded from the moment he left Raven City ten years ago suddenly emerged all at once. He felt the fear again after so many years. people talking.

"Damn!"

Bai Chen scolded, but the target of the scolding was himself.

He hoped to use this to keep himself calm, but the sense of reality and inexplicable emptiness in his heart was constantly eating away at his reason.

"Tsk, forget it, it's probably adjusting the biological clock... He's obviously the village chief, so he's too unreliable."

After thinking about it, Bai Chen gave up the plan to force his way in. After finding a reason for himself, he left here alone, and continued to walk towards the house where he slept last night.

Ma Li was not seen in the village, did she go back first?

The village is not big, if you are going for a walk outside, it is understandable to miss it.

Bai Chen is still looking for a suitable reason for "myself", but...

"..."

The sleeping house is still standing there, there is no one inside, only the burnt candle standing alone in the corner of the table, and the solidified wax oil is scattered around.

where, no?

Looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar room, Bai Chen shuddered unconsciously. He always felt that something had changed here, but he couldn't tell.

......

411 Hell?breakthrough?wake?

"Ugh......"

Sitting alone on the cliff, Bai Chen sighed.

To be honest, his condition was not right all day today, he always felt a little dizzy, and his thinking ability seemed to have deteriorated a lot.

But it seems that he is not the only one who is strange, even Mali and Morubeke disappeared without knowing it. At the beginning, Bai Chen thought whether they were the ore he came here to investigate. , but this conjecture turned out to be as absurd as his original guess that Mary had gone for a walk.

How could she go out without waking herself up?There should be some reason for this, but he can't figure it out. In order to numb his nerves and let his thoughts go blank temporarily, he can only continue to immerse himself in his work, and it has been several hours now.

He seemed to be tireless, just relying on instinct to search for clues about this commission, but in the end there was still no result.

In this area full of gravel and mine pits, he finally stopped and sat on the rock, thinking.

Are you going back...

Looking at the village from a distance, there seemed to be no shadows other than the houses. In fact, Baichen chose a location where he could directly see the village for this survey, because he was afraid that Mali would go back after he went up the mountain, but Now it seems that he still thinks too much.

Forget it.

He stood up, straightened his sore waist, and thought so.

Anyway, there is no one going back now, so it is better to continue working.

It's just that this time Bai Chen decided to take a look at a farther place. Although the area surveyed today was not reached on the first day, after all, he also took a few rough observations from a distance, so the general appearance can also be kept in his mind. But it is different for places farther away. Originally, Bai Chen planned to go with Ma Li, but now it seems that he can only go on alone.

While thinking this way, Bai Chen stepped forward and walked slowly towards the untouched area.But for some reason, every time he took a step towards those untouched areas, his head felt more and more painful. When he reached another small hill as the boundary, his brain was so painful that he could no longer support him. .

"how......"

His face was in pain, as if he hadn't slept in days.

Then he squatted down, desperately pressed his right hand against the painful brain, and slapped it from time to time, as if he was treating an aging electrical appliance, trying to restore it to normal, but no matter how hard he tried, it still had no effect.

"Huh...huh...no, definitely, something is wrong..."

He trembled and forced himself to get up, staring at the unknown road ahead.

Perhaps it was the experience of many years of travel reawakened at this moment, and his intuition told him that as long as he walked through here, he could know the answer to all this.

The desire to survive and the desire for knowledge collided fiercely, but in the end, the desire for knowledge necessary for a Pokémon trainer took the upper hand.

He leaned on the rock wall, completely ignoring the scars left by the sharp gravel on his side face, and his legs that were almost unable to support, even if he was climbing, he would definitely climb to that side.

"Just a little bit..."

His consciousness was almost fainted, and there seemed to be an inexplicable force on the other side of the rock wall that was repelling his approach, but the more this happened, the more unwilling Bai Chen was to give up here.

Those who fall into the darkness will yearn for that faint light. Bai Chen exhausted his last strength and let his body fall forward. After his body collided with the rock wall, he finally collapsed on the ground , and finally got his wish and saw the picture behind the rock wall.

"This is......?"

Every cell in the body seems to be howling and wanting to leave, and at this moment, both Bai Chen's rationality and sensibility are sending out the same signal——

Danger.

Bai Chen didn't believe in heaven and hell at first, and he had never seen the scenes depicted by others in any atlas, but if... just to say, if there is really hell in this world, it is probably the one in front of Bai Chen. sight.

In the desolate valley, a black mist that appeared for no reason looked around. The land was covered with fragments of white bones, especially near the hillside. The exposed hand bones seemed to warn those who came not to come down. It seems to be giving the people behind the courage to rush out of hell.In the middle of the valley, there is a cave entrance that is more gloomy and treacherous than the black mist. The cave entrance is covered by a huge tombstone lying sideways. Even though it is far away, Bai Chen seems to be able to hear the continuous sound coming from the cave. whimpering and moaning.

"~~~"

Although he didn't know what happened here, Bai Chen still tried to move his body to leave this place, but the previous pounce had exhausted all his strength, now Bai Chen could move his fingers and eyes, and the rest Nothing can be done.

But Bai Chen doesn't move, it doesn't mean that the catastrophic scene in front of him will also not move, although it is not obvious, but from Bai Chen's perspective, the black mist is indeed gradually approaching him, as if to avoid disturbing The prey is like a ferocious beast, quietly pulling the distance to the nearest, and then completing the culling action in an instant.

No, no, no, no...

Approaching the verge of life and death, Bai Chen also began to panic in his heart. Although this was not the first time he had come into close contact with death, the feeling of near-death this time was quite different from the previous experiences.

Because whenever he encountered such a situation in the past, his thoughts were clearer than ever before. The high-pressure environment had never broken his will, but this time it was different.

A sense of loss, an indescribable sense of loss.

He frantically looked around with the only eyes that could still move, trying to find something, and his instincts began to work forcefully, making his brain a little calmer.

In the end, what is it, behind that feeling of disappointment and disobedience, what is it that I have forgotten! ?

Bai Chen picked up some stone chips with his fingers, and then grasped them tightly. The tingling sensation immediately spread into his mind from the palm of his hand. At the same time, the black mist began to slowly wrap around Bai Chen, and the suffocation accompanied by the death pavement come.But at this moment, the puzzle of memory suddenly seemed to be complete, the one he had forgotten, no... Those figures began to reappear in his mind.

"Crystal Lantern Fire Spirit—"

Bai Chen shouted suddenly, although he knew that the crystal lamp fire spirit was not by his side at the moment, but subconsciously he seemed to understand that as long as he called out the other party's name, he could stay away from this scene.

Sure enough, in the next second, the familiar and warm blue flame broke through the black mist, and Bai Chen's consciousness became blurred again. Before he fainted, in his sight, a shadow that couldn't tell the real from the real was standing there. , staring at him indifferently.

......

412 Now is not the time for games

"Ha--!? Ha... ha... Phew..."

In the early morning, when the time was still early and the sky was still dim, a hoarse roar came from a certain room in the small village of Steel Island.

Bai Chen got up, his whole body was covered with cold sweat, the corners of his eyes looked a little wet, but after he came back to his senses the next second, he wiped away the mist from the corners of his eyes, and looked at the surrounding environment .

The windows were sealed, the curtains were closed tightly, and the dark gray light was completely blocked on the side of the curtains.

"Nightmare..."

Bai Chen muttered in such a low voice, with a look of unwillingness in his tone.

It seemed that he had to take back the words he boasted to Mary after finishing, and now Bai Chen also had to admit that there was indeed a unique reason why Darkley was given the title of Nightmare God.

That kind of realistic but empty fear that seems to penetrate the soul is something Bai Chen has never heard or seen.

"..."

As if recalling his last moment of awakening in the dream, he turned his head to look for that figure.

The crystal lantern fire spirit is quietly waiting beside Bai Chen like a knight at this time, the orange pupils exude a quiet atmosphere, obviously it does not have much emotion, but it is unexpected for Bai Chen to see the crystal lantern fire spirit now Excited.

"Really, that's great... Fortunately, I remembered you at the last moment, otherwise this nightmare should not be over..."

Bai Chen patted his chest, looking like the rest of his life after a catastrophe. After hearing Bai Chen's gratitude, the crystal lamp fire spirit didn't have any special reaction, but the blue flame on the handle of the lamp burned more vigorously. Bai Chen drove away the chill that still existed in the morning.

"But...it's really disgusting...you actually lost before the official meeting..."

Bai Chen smiled in a self-deprecating tone, stood up and changed his clothes.

"However, before the fight, I won't admit defeat..."

I don't know if he said it for himself or Darkley who was not there, but Bai Chen was sure that when he said this, his mind was full of that guy's figure.

He has firmly remembered the contemptuous look in his eyes.

But it seems to be quite lucky, since that guy is so confident in himself, at least this trip will not be boring, right?

Don't let me down.

The moment he opened the door and walked out, Bai Chen couldn't help but sneered in his heart.

The former Pokémon master, after a long absence, has an opponent he desperately wants to beat.

......

In the living room, Bai Chen stood in front of Ma Li's door. Hearing the sound of steady breathing coming from inside, Bai Chen hesitated for a moment, and then gave up his plan to wake her up.

After all, she was able to sleep so peacefully within the influence of Darkrai's power. It seems that the Crescent Feather has still exerted its effect. If there is no accident, Mary should still be dreaming sweetly... Although I don't know What is the content, but Bai Chen still hasn't broken the bad habit of breaking other people's dreams.

Besides, it's still early in the day, and it doesn't seem appropriate to wake her up. It's better to let her continue to sleep for a while.

"Let's go."

Said this to the crystal lantern fire spirit behind him, and then it escaped into the ground again, becoming Bai Chen's shadow, and walked outside together with it.

......

"But it's really strange to say that I clearly feel that I remember everything in the dream clearly, but I still forget something..."

Bai Chen pondered, trying to find the same route from going out to surveying the mine in the dream, but unexpectedly failed.But it is not just as simple as simply forgetting. Compared with forgetting, it is more like being deliberately covered up. The memory of the front and back is very clear, but only a small part... ..