Pokémon: From Magikarp

As time came to the afternoon, the strong sunlight melted the fog, revealing the original appearance of the village.

The village is built with red bricks and white walls, and is arranged in an orderly manner. Although it is a small village deep in the mountains, it has all the basic supporting facilities to meet the daily needs of the local villagers.

They arrived at the door of the village chief's house, which was a clean and tidy courtyard. Out of courtesy, the two men knocked on the door.

"Boom."

The door was opened, and a white-haired old lady opened it. Her eyes were a little cloudy, and she stared at the two of them blankly.

"Um... hello grandma, I'm..."

Before Qiu Ning could finish her words, the door was slammed shut, as if some ferocious beast was standing outside.

The two looked at each other.

what's the situation?

"Go, go away. Our village does not welcome you. You will bring disaster to the village..."

The old woman shouted at the two people from inside the door in a hoarse voice, but what she said was strange and incomprehensible.

"who are you?"

"What's matter?"

Just when the two of them stood there, not knowing what to do next, someone suddenly called them from behind.

Lin Shi looked back and saw a middle-aged woman holding a basket in her hands. She had a dark complexion and a strong body. She looked like a family member of the village chief.

"Aunt, we are here to investigate the ghost story in the village. We just met an old man at the entrance of the village. He asked us to go to the village chief's house to inquire about the situation."

Qiu Ning immediately explained that it would be troublesome if he was regarded as a suspicious person.

"Investigating again? I've come here several times, but I haven't found anything yet..."

The aunt muttered softly.

"Yunfang, hurry up, let them go, they are not welcome in the village..."

At this moment, the old lady's impatient and hoarse voice was heard from the room again.

"Mom, don't talk to guests like that."

Hearing the old man's words, the woman frowned, put down the basket in her hand and walked towards the door.

"Come on, kids, go inside first. My wife is out and I don't know when she will be back. You guys go inside and have a rest for a while."

Yunfang said this and stretched out her hand to open the door to welcome Lin Shi and Qiu Ning in.

It’s strange to say, the old lady who had just yelled at the two people and was impatient and crazy, did not move at all after seeing the two people enter the house. She sat quietly on the chair, whispering something.

Seeing the looks of Lin Shi and the other person, Yun Fang sighed.

"Oh, don't mind it."

"My mother-in-law didn't mean to target you. She's just old and her brain isn't working well. Plus, the strange things that happened in the village some time ago made her a little upset, which is why she's talking nonsense like she is now."

"Don't worry, she won't do anything to you."

Yunfang poured a glass of water for the two people and explained the old man's condition.

"Aunt Yunfang, can you tell us what happened in the village? We want to investigate."

Holding the hot water in his hand, Qiu Ning asked the woman.

Yunfang did not refuse and told the two people what had happened some time ago. Unfortunately, what she said was not much different from the rumors the two people knew. It was just a little more detailed, but it was not valuable information.

"When was the last time a ghost was seen in your village?"

Lin Shi asked, stroking his chin.

"The last time..." Aunt Yunfang replied, lost in thought.

"It was about three days ago. The person I met was my husband. That night, there was a problem with the village's power supply, so he had to go out to check the situation."

"When he came back at night, he saw someone waving at him not far from the village entrance. He said that he felt like he was drunk at the time. He was obviously very scared, but he couldn't move his legs. In the end, his body walked towards the ghost uncontrollably..."

At this point, Lin Shi noticed that Yun Fang's face looked a little frightened, her whole body was trembling slightly, and she seemed to be quite frightened.

"And what happened in the end? What happened?"

Qiu Ning continued to ask, since the village chief came back safe and sound, it meant that nothing happened to him that night.

"It's the bell."

"Bell?"

"Ah."

Yunfang nodded and continued with a look of relief:

"My husband said that when he was approaching the figure, he suddenly heard the sound of a bell. The sound of the bell was so loud that it seemed to be right next to his ear."

"He was shocked, but then he felt that he could control his body again, and found that the figure waving at him at the village entrance had disappeared."

"Alas, since then, no one in our village dared to go out at night. Even if we wanted to do farm work, we could only do it before the sun went down."

"Fortunately, that ghost never appears during the day, otherwise, life would be unbearable."

Aunt Yunfang sighed again.

“God, it was God who saved Shouli…”

The old man, who had been quiet for a while, suddenly became excited again after hearing Aunt Yunfang's story, and kept muttering something.

"Mom, you're here again."

Aunt Yunfang hurried over to comfort the old man, then looked at Lin Shi and Qiu Ning with an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, ever since my mother-in-law heard the bell, she has been muttering something about gods, as if she was stimulated. No matter what I say, it's useless."

"Bell?"

"So the god the old lady was talking about has something to do with the bell?"

Lin Shi asked with some confusion.

When Yunfang heard Lin Shi’s words, she frowned slightly, as if thinking about something, and finally nodded.

"It should be. There seems to be some legend about the bell in Misty Village, but I'm not very clear about it. Not to mention me, even many local villagers don't know much about it. It's too long ago."

"The elderly who still know this legend have either passed away or moved away. Now the only elderly person in the village who still knows about it is probably my grandmother."

"But she is sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. You can't take what she says seriously. Just don't mind it."

"If you ask me, there are no ghosts or gods. It's probably a wild elf that did it. I'd like to trouble you to catch it as soon as possible so that our village can be stable."

Yun Fang obviously scoffed at the talk of gods and ghosts, which was the same idea as Lin Shi and Qiu Ning, or it could be said that this is what most people would think when they first encounter such a thing.

"That's all I know. You can wait for Shouli to come back and ask him about other matters."

"Okay, thank you."

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing we need. Can you help us find a place to stay? We want to stay here for a few days. Don't worry, we will pay for it."

After expressing his gratitude, Qiu Ning stated another purpose for coming here. No matter what the truth was, it would definitely not be accomplished today, so he still had to find a place to rest first.

"What's the point of talking about money? It's just a matter of two more pairs of chopsticks. You can stay at my house. There's nothing else at my house, but plenty of food and space to stay. You can stay here without worry."

Yunfang invited sincerely and warmly, and the simple hospitality of the rural people was fully displayed in her.

"Thank you, Aunt Yunfang."

The two of them said with a smile at the same time.

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