Pokémon: Chosen Ranger

In front of the public hall in the early morning, Xia Ye was waiting here early. Yesterday, Wu Li's grandparents learned that he had become Wu Li's friend and they wanted to entertain him well.

Naturally, I stayed at his house for dinner and ate a lot of mochi-like sticky cakes.

The taste is sweet and the texture is soft and glutinous. Xia Ye feels quite delicious, but why is Wuli so resistant to this dessert?

"Xia Ye, are you ready?" Wu Li, who was running over, looked at Xia Ye in front of the door and asked.

Seeing Wu Li, Xia Ye smiled and said hello: "Oh, good morning, Wu Li, we are ready. Let's go to the Beishang Center together."

"Good morning, Xia Ye, you look very energetic."

"Due to work, I have developed the habit of getting up early."

"Work? But aren't you a trainer?" Wuli showed a questioning expression.

"No, I'm a ranger."

"Well, I thought you were a powerful trainer. No, a ranger can also breed powerful Pokémon." Wuli fell into thinking, then shook his head and said:

"Huh, anyway, Xia Yeqian is very powerful. It's a long way from the village to the north center, so we'd better leave quickly."

"Well, I'll trouble you to lead the way, Wuli." Xia Ye said.

After crossing the small bridge over the clear stream and climbing the winding mountain road, the two finally saw the North Up Center located on the stone steps.

"Huh, Xia Ye, you look really relaxed," Wuli gasped.

"This may also be because of work." Xia Ye responded.

Because the Mask-Making Festival is approaching, there are many staff preparing here, and there are also a group of people wearing green and sinister masks and dressed in novel costumes.

"Young men, we must make the event go on perfectly this year!" the leading male shouted to the crowd in front of him.

"Oh~!"

Activity? Xia Ye was a little curious, so he asked Wuli beside him: "Wuli, what activity are they talking about?"

"Ah, it's the Ghost Mask Group. Well, the activity they are talking about is that they will be scattered around Kitakami Township during the mask festival and accept challenges from children. If you succeed in all challenges, you will get rewards."

"Then have you successfully passed the challenge?" Xia Ye asked. As a native of Beishang Township, Wuli must have participated.

"No." Wuli drooped his head in despair, "They were too serious. I was beaten violently at that time. Speaking of which, there have never been successful children in this activity."

"Uh" Xia Ye was a little embarrassed. Don't these adults know how to be merciful? It's too bad to use all their strength with children. Isn't the reason for launching this activity to stimulate their enthusiasm for fighting? I'm afraid the enthusiasm has turned into a shadow.

"Wuli, it's not easy for you too." Xia Ye patted his shoulder comfortingly.

"It's okay, it's okay. It happened so long ago. Let's look at the second introduction card, Xia Ye." Wuli smiled awkwardly. In the end, I'm still not strong enough. If I had Xia Ye's strength, Ghost Face The group is nothing at all.

Then, the two climbed up the stone stairs and passed through the bright red torii gate. There were various stalls on both sides of the stone road. The stall owners were busy preparing. It must be very lively when the festival begins.

"Well, the introduction board is next to the shrine. It's a little hard to find. I'll take you there." Wuli said.

Xia Ye, who was looking at the stall, responded: "Oh, I leave it to you, Wuli."

The introduction sign was in front of the pavilion next to Kitakami Central Shrine. Following Wuli's footsteps and climbing up a flight of stairs, Xia Ye discovered the pavilion, and in front of the introduction sign stood a young man wearing a black windbreaker.

It seemed that after reading the content of the introduction card, he turned around to leave. Then he saw Xia Ye and Wuli, and said a little surprised:

"Hey, are you still alive?"

"Are you, Albert?" Xia Ye recalled, wasn't this the guy he met in front of the station?

"Oh, you still remember my name, haha, so are you here to see the introduction card too?" Albert asked.

"Um."

"Really? Then I won't spoil the story. How should I put it? It's a terrible story, haha." Albert raised his hands with a joking smile and said his thoughts nonchalantly.

Well, he is a bad guy. After more contact, Xia Ye came to this conclusion.

"If I were a ghost and had this magical mask, I would definitely put it on." Albert smiled, "Oh, I accidentally said too much. Sorry, sorry, I said I wouldn't reveal any spoilers."

"By the way, there is also an introduction card. I really hope it can change my mind, so I'll leave first, haha."

Watching Albert's leaving figure, Wu Li lowered his head and whispered angrily: "If there is a ghost, it will definitely not be a guy like you...!"

"I think so too, don't worry about him, let's go see the introduction card, Wu Li." Xia Ye patted Wu Li on the shoulder and said.

Wu Li nodded silently, and then walked towards the second introduction card with Xia Ye.

The story this time is also very brief. It is rumored that the ghost has four shining magical masks. The power of the ghost's stick will change with the power of the mask.

The Green Mask can bring dead plants back to life.

The flaming mask makes the flames burn brightly.

The aqua mask can stop the flow of rivers.

The Graystone Mask can shatter hard rock easily.

The treasure companions took away and sealed the three masks before they fell, almost completely sealing the ghost's power.

"Have you finished reading? By the way, those three masks are kept at the Beishang Center, right over there." Wuli said.

"So, the ghost has lost its power, so it doesn't dare to enter the village again? But doesn't it still have a mask?"

"Well, it's a green mask. It's very similar to the mask of the Ghost Mask Group just now."

"The ghost's power comes from the mask, but why doesn't the ghost come and take back its mask?"

Now there is a reason to explain the previous story, but Xia Ye still feels strange after thinking about it carefully. Is it because Baoban sealed the mask? But no one knows the mask better than the ghost, right?

Mask Hiding Festival, by the way, why is the Mask Hiding Festival held? Isn’t the person wearing the mask a ghost? If you want to hold it, it should be a treasure festival, unless

"Wuli, when the mask-masking festival appears and when the story about the introductory card takes place, who is in front and who is behind?"

"Sorry, I don't know." Wuli replied with his head lowered.

"I don't mean to press you, but I want to understand and understand the logical errors in it." Xia Ye said, "Gui, maybe he was wronged."

"Xia Ye! Do you have this idea too?!" Wu Li looked excited, "By the way, I know where ghosts live, and I always feel that we can see ghosts when we go there now!"

"Oh, let's go quickly, I'm also curious." Xia Ye said, what does the ghost's residence look like?

"It's called the Fear Cave, come with me!"

Passing through the narrow mountain path lined with sharp rocks, Xia Ye followed Wu Li to the ghost's residence, the Fear Cave.

There is a narrow cave in front of the bare open space. It is a little different from what I imagined, and it is unexpectedly desolate.

"No, I don't see any ghosts every time I come here. Can't I do it even if Xia Ye is here?" Wu Li said in a low tone.

"Maybe the ghost is unexpectedly timid." Xia Ye said, otherwise he wouldn't be invisible every time. Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt a familiar scent, a grass-type Pokémon!

He turned around sharply, but there was nothing behind him.

"What's wrong, Xia Ye?" Wuli asked.

"Forget the illusion, let's go in and take a look," Xia Ye said.

"Well, be careful about bumping into each other."

Then the two of them walked in and took a look. It was dark, narrow, and full of pits. It was hard to imagine that this was the residence of ghosts.

"Ghosts are really pitiful. They must be very lonely living in a place like this." Wuli said.

"Well, yes." Xia Ye responded, now he was even more doubtful about the accuracy of the story.

"Then let's go out. Speaking of which, can Xia Ye teach me some fighting skills, because you are very strong."

"Oh, um, of course it's no problem."

After the two people walked out of the scary cave, they left through the narrow mountain path. Behind the hidden rocks, a green Pokémon looked at their leaving figures and took a breath. The villagers were disgusted.