Dawn of Pokémon

"Pokémon Dawn"

The Bone Tower [Japanese: ポケモンタワー, English: Pokemon_Tower] is located in the center of Shion Town and is the most famous Pokémon cemetery in the Kanto region.

Its appearance is a high stone tower, with sculptures resembling monster horns extending from the top of the tower.I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but just by being close to this tower, I can feel the coolness seeping out of the gray-white rocks.

Standing under the cold tower, Xiao Ye knocked on the tower door.According to Mr. Fuji, the old couple guarding the tower live on the first floor of the Casket Tower.They almost never go out without being turned away...

So, what about people?

After standing frozen in the cold wind for half a minute, Xiaoye raised her hand helplessly again.Before his fingers tapped, the wooden door panel suddenly made a harsh creaking sound and slowly opened a crack.

Xiao Ye blinked.This... seems to be a fixed pattern in horror movies?

"Excuse me." He opened the door decisively and walked into the tower. What he saw was darkness.For some reason, there were no lights on in the tower, and only a few small windows brought in dim light from the outside world.

At the end you can vaguely see the stairs leading to the second floor, and there are sofas, tables and chairs on the east side of the room.The small door next to it leads to the room where the tower keeper lives, and it is tightly closed at this time.

nobody?Xiaoye walked towards the closed door in confusion.

In the shadow, a dark figure slowly squirmed, falling from the sky as Xiaoye's footsteps approached.Under the hood, twisted strips could be seen vaguely showing teeth and claws, as terrifying as the tentacles of an octopus.

"Qiu!" Pichu screamed and fell off Xiaoye's shoulders.

Three seconds of silence.

"Hello." Xiao Ye bowed to the unknown object hanging upside down. "You are the tower keeper here, right? I'm here to help old man Fuji deliver dorayaki. Please accept it." After saying that, he handed over the cardboard box in his hand. Come forward.

"..."

After a while, the unknown object fell to the ground in frustration and made a hoarse voice, "Really, today's guests are not cute at all..."

The unknown object took off its dark robe, and Xiaoye could see clearly with the faint light that it was actually an old woman with messy hair.

Taking the cardboard box from Xiaoye's hand, the old woman smiled and gestured to Xiaoye to sit on the sofa, "Old Fuji's Dorayaki? Not bad, not bad. I was worried that I would have no snacks to eat at night. Thank you."

"You're welcome." Xiaoye smiled.Pichu, who was so frightened, slowly climbed onto Xiaoye's shoulder and looked at the old woman who changed her face in confusion.

"Hahahahahaha!" The old woman burst into laughter and reached out to touch Pichu's head, "Are you scared?"

Pichu puffed up his face in dissatisfaction.It really thought it was a ghost just now!

After finally stopping her laughter, the old woman sat upright and said, "I am the ghost mother-in-law. Everyone in the town calls me that. My child, are you the trainer who came to visit the tower?"

"Yes." Xiaoye nodded, "I'm Xiaoye, please give me some advice."

"Then you have to wait for a while." The ghost mother-in-law leaned lazily on the back of the sofa. "You need a Silver inspection mirror to go up to the tower. My old man took the key to the prop cabinet and went to clean the tower. Wait until he comes back. I'll lend you the Silver Examiner again."

"I see, thanks."

"It's okay to be idle here - let's chat. Come and eat Dorayaki!"

The ghost-type Pokémon in the Bone Tower often transform into human evil spirits. This is no longer a secret. Almost every trainer who comes here has heard this news.Due to the mischief played by ghost-type Pokémon, the urban legend of "dead ghosts doing evil" often spreads in the Bone Tower.

The "Silver Mirror" is a prop that can see through the illusions of ghost-type Pokémon, which can greatly reduce the chance of trainers being in danger in the tower.Therefore, the keepers of the Ossuary Pagoda will rent the Silver Mirror to visiting trainers free of charge to ensure the personal safety of the trainers.

There are not many guests visiting the Casket Tower, and it is always deserted here on weekdays.Perhaps because she was too lonely, the ghost mother-in-law who finally caught an audience chatted endlessly with Xiao Ye.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s been with ghost-type Pokémon for too long, but this old man has a lively and naughty temperament, quite like a naughty child.

"...Then, the little boy was so frightened that he jumped out of the window. Fortunately, two little devils caught him, otherwise my old man would have been in big trouble!"

"Hey, can you get out through such a small window?"

"I feel strange too. It must be because of the momentum of wanting to escape!"

Grandma Ghost danced and talked about the experiences of Father Ghost playing pranks on the trainers in the tower. Xiaoye couldn't help but sympathize with the poor boy.Thinking about it this way, could it be said that the creation of most urban legends about the Spirit Bone Tower was caused by the couple who kept the tower?

Shifting her gaze to the left, Xiaoye vaguely saw a Gengar-shaped model placed on the cabinet to the right of Granny Ghost.

...Hopefully that model isn't the real Gengar in disguise.

After listening to the ghost mother-in-law telling stories that could be compared to a complete collection of methods of treating people all morning, Xiaoye felt a little nervous.

"Oh, are you interested in this photo?" As if she found where Xiaoye was looking, Granny Ghost grabbed the Gengar model with one hand.

"Photo, photo??"

Xiaoye sweated violently when she saw Granny Ghost opening the Gengar model boldly and revealing the photo frame inside.

"This is a family photo taken 20 years ago." The ghost mother-in-law sat next to Xiao Ye and showed the photo to Xiao Ye.

"This is me and my old man." Granny Ghost pointed at the middle-aged man and woman in the photo. Twenty years ago, they were wearing suits and ties of the same color, and they looked like professionals.

Then, his finger moved between two middle-aged men, one tall and one short, two black-haired young men with similar faces and bright smiles, "They are my sons."

The tone of the ghost mother-in-law has always been naughty and cheerful, but from this sentence, Xiao Ye vaguely read a little nostalgia and sadness.

Xiaoye hesitated slightly.Could it be that……

"I miss you so much." Granny Ghost leaned on the sofa. "If you are a trainer, you must know the profession of investigator, right?"

"Well, the investigator is the target of many professional trainers." Xiaoye nodded.

"My two sons are also Pokémon trainers like you. This photo was taken to celebrate the two brothers' promotion to official investigators."

"Your sons are outstanding." Xiaoye learned from Dr. Ohki that the threshold for the profession of investigator is quite high. Even the lowest-ranking third-level investigator in the investigation department only has a few dozen in each region. Just people.

"Of course." Granny Ghost nodded helpfully, "These two children are our pride."

"However, they are no longer here."

"...Eh?" Xiao Ye was startled.

"Both of them died in the war 13 years ago."

"You mean... the Somiana Annihilation War?" Xiao Ye vaguely remembered that this war was briefly mentioned in the textbook on the brief history of the world.

In the year 987 of the Elven Calendar, a war broke out between the Pokémon Alliance and the Palaso Kingdom on the Somiana Plains in the north of the Johto area.The war lasted for two years before gradually extinguishing, and the information related to the war was not widely publicized. The general public only knew that the final result was the complete victory of the Alliance, and the name of this tragic war-Somia A war of annihilation.

Although Dr. Oak knew some inside information, when Xiaozhi and Xiaoyun asked curiously, he showed a secretive attitude and was unwilling to say a word more.

"That's right." The ghost mother-in-law flattened her mouth, "The alliance can say some beautiful words. Does your textbook say, 'The alliance easily achieved complete victory'? It's all nonsense. Later, my son's colleagues came to see We, they told me, the casualties of that war were very high.”

Xiaoye frowned slightly.As we all know, the Pokémon League is the most powerful country in the world today.Its territory accounts for more than one-third of the world's land area. Compared with the Mongol Empire in previous history, it is not much more aggressive, and its national power is well-deserved to be the first in the world.Although the Palaso Kingdom is one of the three major kingdoms on the Somyana Plain, compared with the Alliance, it is far behind in terms of military and economic power.

Why did a war with such an obvious disparity in power cause a large number of casualties?But as half of the people involved, Granny Ghost’s attitude is definitely not nonsense.

"After the war, the old man and I moved here."

Xiaoye tilted her head slightly.Facing the dim but dazzling light, the ghost mother-in-law is smiling and staring at the photo in her hand.There is sadness in the smile, but more of it is nostalgia and another more powerful force.

"The two of them have loved Pokémon the most since they were children. Many Pokémon that died during the war are buried in this tower. They must also hope that these children can become Buddhas and be reincarnated as soon as possible."

"So the old man and I came here. We will protect this bone tower as our life's work until we die."

Xiaoye saw a line of words engraved crookedly on one side of Gengar's model.

Lonely soul, peaceful sleep.新しい明の路はここから开まります. (Lonely soul, please rest in peace. Please use this as the starting point to embark on a new journey of life.)