There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

It was just daybreak when the sleepy little room was awakened by a chaotic knock on the door.

"Who?!"

A man in a vest and shorts opened the wooden door that had been knocked on loudly, sleepily, with an uneasy look on his face.

But it's true, almost no one can smile and welcome the culprit of all this after having their sweet dreams disturbed.

The man rolled his eyes and looked at the three people in front of him, especially the honest man in the lead, and kept looking at him.

"What's the matter, Shenqi? Are you so upset because I didn't vote for your father to be the mayor? So much so that you come knocking on my door so early in the morning?"

"No, no!"

The corners of Shen Qiliang's mouth twitched. He wanted to angrily scold himself for being such a petty person, but when he remembered the urgent situation at hand, he swallowed the matter back into his stomach and asked anxiously.

"He'er, has your family ever had a mayor?"

He Er did not comment. He glanced critically at the two young boys and girls following Shen Qiliang, then chuckled and said, "Mayor? I can't remember."

"What's so good about that crappy position? As the mayor's son, you live like a waiter, entertaining tourists and showing them the way?"

Shen Qiliang's face suddenly turned red, his lips trembled twice, and just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the young man next to him.

"We need to know what happened in the Pokémon Tower." Izumi Yu raised his eyes. Although he was slightly shorter than the man, he did not look weak at all. "We were 'warned' by an unknown creature in the tower, and we lost a companion because of it. Therefore, we need to gather the power of Lavender Town, find the root of all this, and rescue the trapped companions."

"Warning..." He'er's face changed color suddenly.

He seemed to have suddenly remembered something extremely important because of these two words. His tone was no longer as arrogant as before when facing Shen Qiliang. Instead, he half-closed the door in a perfunctory and guilty manner, revealing only his right eye, and said, "No, I don't remember. It's none of my business."

After saying that, he was about to close the door.

However, the expected sound of the door lock did not come as expected. Heer looked at the green vine that stretched into the house and was quietly hanging on the door handle with a pale face.

Looking out along the green vines, a Pokémon with a flower bud hiding behind the girl revealed its figure, and the thick vines shook up and down.

"Very good, it seems that our guess is correct."

Izumi Yu put his hand on the door and pushed it gently, "Let's chat for a while, Mr. Heer."

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Even on a sunny afternoon, the atmosphere in Ziyuan Town remained unchanged. Even the sunlight that should have been warm did not bring any warmth to people's bodies.

Fujino Sakura held the vine of Bovada in one hand and a small pink-covered notebook in the other, gently organizing the information she had obtained from interviews with the descendants of successive mayors today.

"First, let's see when we regain consciousness from the Pokémon Tower."

Izumi You slowed down his pace and walked beside Fujino Sakura, the faint scent of grass and trees lingering at his nose.

However, at this moment, neither of them paid attention to this trivial matter. They sat very close together and looked at the small notebook.

"Well, it's good to organize my thoughts." Fujino Sakura nodded and turned to the first page of the notebook.

The first page truthfully records everything that happened to them before, including oral narration from Izumi Yuu and her own personal experiences.

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When Izumi Yu and I stepped into the fourth floor, we seemed to be influenced by some mysterious creature and fell into sleep, and had a dream.

In the dream, we were standing in the center of Lavender Town high in the sky. When we looked down, we could see everything in Lavender Town, including the conspicuous and towering Pokémon Tower.

Surrounding us are a group of humanoid creatures, most of whom have no faces, floating around us.

A harsh and confusing sound lingered in our ears, and our consciousness became more and more dizzy until we suddenly woke up.

After waking up, only a vague female voice remained in our minds.

Leave, offend, do not enter...

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"Here's something else." Izumi Yu suddenly interrupted, "The Dream Demon didn't fall into a deep sleep like us, but was deeply poisoned. And after being detoxified, it spontaneously didn't want to enter the Pokémon Tower again, and at the same time it was trying to dissuade us from entering."

Fujino Sakura bit off the pen cap with her teeth, let go of the hand holding Myoga, held up the notebook, and recorded what Izumi Yu said again.

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After we woke up completely, we found that Shuo Gu Ye was nowhere to be seen, as if he had disappeared out of thin air, and even the dusty ground did not leave any trace of dragging.

After searching all around without any results, we decided to leave the tower first to meet up with Xiaoliang, and work together with this local to think of a solution and continue looking for Xiaoye.

But Xiaoliang said that this seemed to happen every few decades.

This is also the reason why no local people came out to oppose the demolition of such a famous building as the Pokémon Tower.

No one knows whether the next unlucky person will be themselves or their family, so with everyone's tacit consent, the demolition of the Pokémon Tower can be put on the agenda.

However, Xiaoliang was also shocked at the same time. The people who disappeared this time were actually tourists from other places, and not native residents of Ziyuan Town as usual.

Therefore, perhaps Xiaoliang was truly concerned about Xiaoye, or perhaps it was to protect the town's reputation, or perhaps it was for the future of the town, but in the end he pointed out a clear path for us and took us to visit the descendants of successive mayors.

Xiaoliang said that there is a legend about the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town.

According to legend, there are many unknown monsters hidden in the Pokémon Tower. They live collectively in the other side of the Pokémon Tower that is hidden in space, and they are ferocious and violent.

Anyone who accidentally enters there will be torn to pieces by those ruthless ghosts and monsters, and will never be able to return to the human world.

However, this group of ghosts seemed to be restricted by the gods above them and could not harm good people.

Therefore, anyone who is left behind in the Pokémon Tower is a sinful demon who should have gone to hell long ago.

Some say it's a curse, some say it's a blessing.

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"There are doubts here." Izumi Yu pointed at the legend and said, "According to Mr. Heer, when his great-great-grandfather was the mayor, the woman who disappeared was a pure and kind girl. She would not dare to kill a chicken even if she cried, let alone harm others. Such a person could be recognized in an era when women were extremely harsh. He must not be a demon."

"And the area we are forbidden to enter is only the fourth floor. It is not the level where we will be detained as long as we step into it as the legend says."

Fujino Sakura added as she wrote.

"And I always feel that this is definitely not caused by some supernatural ghost. After all, the toxin in the dream monster is clearly caused by Pokémon."

Under the gaze of Izumi Yuu, Fujino Sakura put down the last stroke, closed the notebook and took a deep breath.

When he raised his eyes again, they were full of determination.

"The next step is to wait for Xiaoliang to deal with his father and get the data of major events that happened in the town recorded by successive mayors, and then we can find the truth."

"Maybe even faster." A gleam of light flashed in Izumi Yu's eyes. "Shin Kirara obviously knows something, but he doesn't know the whole story. It's just his guess."

"The information recorded by successive mayors... I don't think he would give up his curiosity and show it to two outsiders like us after he got it."

"you mean...?"

"Let's go." Izumi Yu waved his hand, pointing to the intersection where Shen Qiliang disappeared not long ago, and said, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Let's follow him and grab the information when necessary."