There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

Shen Qiliang was dumbfounded when he saw that several people had quickly assigned the tasks. He hesitated for a long time and saw that no one noticed him, so he had to reach out and stop the people who were about to start searching and asked.

"What about me?" The honest man pointed at himself in disbelief, "Have you forgotten me?"

"How could that be..." Xiao Ye's eyes wandered for a few seconds, and under the man's increasingly eager gaze, he said, "We have a very important task that needs to be assigned to Mr. Shenqi, and among the three of us, only you are qualified for it."

"What is it?"

"Leave the tower, and then prevent others from entering the tower."

Shen Qiliang's originally excited expression collapsed in an instant, and he couldn't even believe what he heard at this moment.

Let him watch the door?

Like that beautiful flower, guarding the door outside?!

After all, I am an adult who is much older than these kids. Don’t they have any trust in me at all?

"We are all outsiders to this town. We don't know the townspeople, nor do we know the roads. If we really get into trouble in the tower, only you can leave here immediately and find the townspeople to rescue us from the nearest road."

Xiao Ye's tone was serious, and his blue eyes stared at Shen Qiliang without blinking, as if he was willing to entrust the safety of the three of them to this unfamiliar adult.

"We have been wandering around the tower for so long but have not suffered any substantial damage, just a few shocks. This may prove that the being in the tower is just as wary of us as we are, and is not completely sure of attacking us."

"Then shouldn't I be protecting you kids in the tower?"

"No, Mr. Shenqi." Xiao Ye shook his head and lowered his voice slightly, "Perhaps that existence has some other accomplices hiding nearby, but it's just the right time to go out and look for food at night, so they are not in the tower."

"Yes, so we hope that you can help us guard the gate, Xiaoliang, and try not to let a fly in." Sakura nodded seriously, patted the man's strong back and said, "Only in this way can we have no worries and explore the secrets of this tower at ease."

Shen Qiliang's mind was visibly stuck for a moment, and from his frown that was big enough to kill a fly, one could tell that at this moment he was struggling with the trust placed in him by the two children.

He was not very smart since he was young, so he was dragged to Ziyuan Town by his father by the ear after he finished compulsory education, so he didn't have any complicated thoughts.

So, after a moment, he looked around at the three children who were more than a head shorter than him, took a deep breath very solemnly, and nodded heavily.

"Leave it to me! I will complete the task!"

After saying this, he raised his foot and fell backwards quite heavily.

They used up all their strength with every step, and the wooden board creaked under the heavy weight, which made the three of them worried.

Well... the back view is very desolate, and there is a sense of tragedy that the hero will never come back.

Izumi You stared with dead fish eyes as he watched the naive man being fooled by two children who sang the same tune. Even the dream demon floating above his head let out an uncontrollable laugh.

"After all, no one knows what is here. He is not a Pokémon trainer, it would be bad if he encounters something." Xiao Ye chuckled and quickly pulled the two of them and said, "Then just follow our previous assignment. If you find something that looks like a Pokémon, lift it up and twist it. When you are done, come back here and meet up again."

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The search of the first to third floors soon came to an end.

Just as he had guessed, he found a teapot that looked like Gengar on the first floor, a candlestick that looked like a skull on the second floor, and a decoration hanging overhead that looked like a balloon on the third floor.

The three trigger mechanisms in different ways.

There were many teacups in the shape of miniature Gengar scattered around the teapot on one layer. After arranging them one by one in a certain order in a slightly concave part of the table, a "click" sound was heard.

The candlestick on the second layer is a pressure device that requires a certain amount of force to trigger.

But when Xiao Ye pressed his hand, he could hear the sound of a mechanism being triggered somewhere above his head, but when he raised his hand, a slight "click" sound was heard.

It was like a lock that had been unlocked was locked again. In the end, the problem was solved by sending Psyduck to fill the hollow candlestick with water.

Under the three-layer balloon are two thin ropes woven with cotton or linen, with a heart shape on the top.

Its triggering method is also relatively simple. The green vine snake only needs to use the vine whip to pull the two hanging thin ropes, and the familiar "click" sound will be heard again.

He had finished exploring all the floors that he was responsible for, and it was time to return to the top floor and make plans as agreed.

Just as Xiao Ye was walking on the stairs, he heard a loud "clang" sound above his head and the girl's exclamation made him quicken his pace.

When I stepped onto the last step, what came into view was a missing piece of wall and a new area that was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

The secret door leading to the ghost-type Pokémon has opened!

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The three people who stepped into the other side of the seventh floor narrowed their eyes uncontrollably and turned on their flashlights.

There's no other reason. The dust here is more than the first to sixth floors combined. Every step you take, a large piece of dust sticks to your shoes. The light from the flashlight is all dust suspended in the air that is visible to the naked eye.

As the flashlight roughly swept across the area, the basic layout inside came into the eyes of the three people.

The strange thing is that compared to the other side, it seems that no one is willing to step into the Pokémon Tower on this side, which is filled with the breath of life.

There were rotten and smelly household garbage everywhere on the ground, white plastic bags hanging on the candlesticks, moving without wind, and even a lazy sofa lying quietly in the corner!

"Has this place...really never been visited by anyone?"

Sakura poked the lazy sofa with her finger, watching how quickly it bounced back and said, "It looks like this sofa was brought here not long ago. Did we make a mistake?"

Xiao Ye was also a little confused at this time.

Just comparing the layouts of these two sides, the side they are entering now is actually more like the place where "people" live, while the side they were just on is more like the place where Pokémon live.

But before he could think deeply, a faint voice appeared in his ears.

“It’s happening again.”

"Who?"

Xiao Ye looked in the direction of the sound and his pupils suddenly shrank.

Izumi Yuu was seen holding the flashlight without changing his expression, but the light from the flashlight turned blood red, and the malicious laughter seemed to echo only in his ears.

"That uncreative coward."

Coward? Coward?

The creature who was hiding in the corner and staring at them suddenly froze with a smile, and a hint of anger flashed in his scarlet eyes.

Damn it, it’s fine to say it’s uncreative, but how dare you call it a coward?

The next moment after the boy spoke, the blood-colored flashlight and the laughter disappeared again, just like the blood beads that disappeared on the other side before.

"It seems that he is angry again."

Izumi Yu raised an eyebrow, and the sound of metal colliding covered the approaching footsteps.

He half bent down, pointed at the ground where the blood-red flashlight had just illuminated, and said, "There is a painting here."

Xiao Ye, who walked beside him, suddenly perked up. He also bent down, looked at the ground and frowned.

“This painting…”

"It looks just like the first painting we saw." Sakura also came over. Fortunately, she turned around a few seconds too late and did not see the flashlight light turn blood red, so she was able to remain calm.

"Yes, but it's a little different."

Xiao Ye nodded and pointed his index finger at the upper right and lower left corners of the painting carved on the ground.

"There are more things on both sides."

The body of the deceased on the ground seemed to be clinging to some vague phantom. It sat up half-bent over, lowered its head and looked at its own body that had become transparent in disbelief.

In the upper right corner, a Pokémon with purple ghostly aura all over its body shows two sharp fangs, as if smiling and welcoming it to another world that people have not discovered and explored.

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"It's Gastly." Xiaoye's finger slowly moved from the top to the bottom, and said to the transparent soul that looked up at the upper right corner, "Then this... is the soul of the dead person?"

"Are there really ghosts after people die?" Sakura took a deep breath, but the smoke choked her and she coughed a few times. With tears in her eyes, she said, "This is too bizarre. If scientists knew about this, they would definitely go crazy!"

Izumi You seemed to be attracted by the painting. His eyes were full of fascination. He stretched out his hand uncontrollably and touched the dirty ground. He did not stop even though his fingertips were covered with thick dust.

"Waiting, joy, happiness..." Izumi Yu murmured in a low voice like a possessed man, "I can feel the joy that Gastly is about to burst out."

"That is to say." Xiao Ye did not pay attention to Izumi You's sudden strange behavior. He stood up and looked behind him. They stepped into the secret door on this side from the original side.

"A tower is cut into two parts. One side of the mural is narrated from a human perspective, expressing people's sorrow over the death of their loved ones. And this side is from the perspective of ghost Pokémon, expressing their joy for the new companions who have joined?"

"You mean, ghost-type Pokémon are transformed from the ghosts of dead people?!"

The girl's voice suddenly rose a lot, pulling Izumi Yu back from the painting.

"Not necessarily, this is just my guess."

Xiao Ye doesn't dare to draw conclusions about rigorous science rashly. Even Professor Oak can't figure it out. How can a little trainer like him see through the truth about ghost-type Pokémon?

"If people can really turn into ghost-type Pokémon after death, then there would have been so many ghost-type Pokémon in this world that the world couldn't bear it." Izumi sighed and stood up. "I guess there are other meanings. Let's continue exploring."

"Well, there must be clues on other murals." Xiao Ye nodded, "The order of the murals on the side of the tower where we came in is in chronological order, while this side is in reverse order."

"The final answer is hidden in one layer."