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Chapter 27 The Cursed Gengar Doll

Author: It’s a fox, not a cat

Chapter 27 The Cursed Gengar Doll

"..."

With a puzzled expression on his face, Hoshino suddenly stopped behind Lillie, even though he didn't interact much with his classmates at school...

But for such a long time, when he was tired and looking at the scenery, he saw other people releasing Pokémon, but only Lillie didn't.

"Hey, hey, could she..."

Hoshino thought of a possibility, especially after seeing that the other party was so eager to catch the Pippi doll, he confirmed his guess.

Isn't this the feeling of wanting to conquer a Pokémon? But if you can't catch the real one, you can only use a fake doll instead.

Thinking of this, he stood behind the other party and observed for a while without being noticed.

Then I watched Lillie's mentality getting worse and worse, but she kept holding back and refused to give up...

"Put your paw a little further to the right."

"Um?"

Suddenly hearing a familiar voice coming from behind her, Lillie was slightly startled, but she didn't have time to see who it was at the moment.

However, she subconsciously followed it, and this time her claws just happened to hook the bow on the back of the Pipi doll, and it looked like she was going to fail again.

"Hmm, when the distance is still 5 centimeters, throw it over as hard as you can!"

"..."

Lillie wanted to know who was instructing her. Mitsuki and the others, who were obviously about the same skill level as her, were all out shopping.

But she still made an instant decision, watching as the leather doll caught by the hook kept shaking, and there was a risk of falling down at any time.

She looked at the distance and decisively swung the joystick to throw the hook, and the Pipi doll was thrown out, and it fell right from the edge of the exit.

"Is this okay?!"

"Wait...it worked!"

Lillie took out the strange-colored leather doll, held it in her arms, and turned around excitedly, but there was no one behind her.

She looked around, and finally her eyes fell on the leaving figures of Hoshino and Motorized Lizard. Her expression was stunned for a moment, and then she pursed her lips and smiled...

Hoshino didn't really want to help her, he just didn't want to owe a favor. He was rescued and brought home by Lillie at the beach before, so he should help this time.

"Okay, let's continue fishing... go to work!"

"Mo Lizard~"

The day ended with fishing. After getting off work at ten o'clock in the evening, Hoshino came to the claw machine again and looked at Gengar in it.

Although it was replenished at noon, a lot of it has been taken away now, and the only thing that remains unchanged is still the Gengar doll with a naughty smile.

"So where is the problem? There is absolutely no problem with my skills..."

Hoshino got a few coins and came back here to try again, but the result was still the same. This Gengar doll could never be caught, as if there was some kind of curse that prevented it from being caught.

"Mo Lizard!"

"You want to try it too? Then I'll give it to you."

"Mo Lizard~"

Motorized Lizard put in coins and started operating, but it was as expected.

Seeing this, Hoshino stopped trying. He had been working all day today, so it would be better to go back and rest early. The doll wouldn't run away here anyway.

After they left, it didn't take long for the store to become deserted. The boss turned off all the lights and went home. As the door closed, the store seemed to be completely swallowed up by darkness at this moment, leaving a deep silence.

But in this darkness, inside a certain claw machine, a pair of red eyes suddenly lit up!

"Gengar~"

…

The next day was Monday again. After paying back all the money owed on credit to the stupid boss, Hoshino spent his time safely. He was not in a hurry to pay the rent until the end of the month.

When I came to school as usual, I thought everything was still the same, but there were some slight changes.

When he took out a book from an unknown class and put it on the table to go to sleep, Lillie at the front desk turned sideways, combing her hair with her white fingers, smiling and saying softly: "Thank you for that yesterday!"

"I have nothing to thank you for. Go to your class and don't disturb my sleep..."

"..."

Lillie couldn't stop it with just one sentence, and the good impression she had rarely regained was almost lost.

She pouted her little mouth, frowned slightly, glared, showing a cute and angry expression, turned around, and ignored her...

After school in the afternoon, Hoshino and Biker rushed to the store as soon as possible. Fortunately, the Gengar doll was still not taken away. He continued to smile and lay among a group of ghost-type Pokémon dolls.

Then after get off work, he and the Biker Lizard went to exchange some coins, specifically to catch Gengar dolls.

If you want to say why, it's because you have a kind of persistence that you won't give up. Just like playing a soul-based game to beat a boss, it's impossible to skip classes.

Every time he watched the Gengar doll fall off its hook, Hoshino's expression gradually calmed down, and he no longer nearly shut himself out like before.

Having a good mentality is the key to playing the game, and as a technical talent in this area, just think of catching the Gengar doll as a breakthrough goal.

"Half the salary is gone again, let's go home."

"Mo Lizard~"

"Gengar~"

"Um?"

Hearing the laughter again, Hoshino stood up and subconsciously looked at the Gengar doll in the claw machine, but found nothing unusual.

If the opponent does not need help at the moment, the map will not show the existence of the Pokémon.

Moreover, Gengars are generally around 1.5 meters in size. Are there really Gengars that are less than 0.3 meters in this world? Ghosts are bigger than this.

"It's impossible to put a doll on display, but there are Gengar hiding secretly to play pranks, so I do believe it."

Hoshino put his hands in his pockets and went back to eat with the Motorized Lizard. Soon the store was dark again, and all the dolls were lying quietly in the claw machine, but the red eyes lit up again.

"Gengar~"

The Gengar doll shook slightly, and finally turned over, but it ended up being buried inside other dolls, and the red light disappeared...

From that day on, every day after get off work, Hoshino and the Motorized Lizard would come here to do some operations. He had already made catching the Gengar doll a goal.

Isn't this very similar to Lillie before? The only difference is a matter of mentality. He didn't use the game to vent his emotions. It would be better to say that he was playing with Pokémon like this.

And as the days went by, the shouts of "Gengar~" that came from nowhere, it was obvious that it changed from ridicule at the beginning to happiness later.

Hoshino's understanding of Pokémon's cries is still improving, so he can easily tell that this is a Pokémon laughing...

In the blink of an eye, it is already mid-December, and in about a week, the school will start its winter vacation.

With the onset of winter, the temperature on Melemele Island has completely dropped. It is said that in a few days, it may rarely snow here.

However, I didn’t see any snow, but it did rain. The sudden heavy rain caused Hoshino to be chased by Meow Meow and the others on his way to work on the weekend. His car overturned and his pants were ripped off.

Helpless, he could only take a temporary leave today. After having money to apply for a mobile phone card, he is no longer the stand-alone player and can easily contact others.

Although it is the weekend, under the depressing atmosphere of the heavy rain, there are many fewer people going shopping, and the business of the claw machine shop is also a bit sluggish, so today it will be the same with or without him, and the boss can be happy and save two

salary.

The Gengar doll is lying quietly in the claw machine. Halloween has long passed, and the ghost-type Pokémon doll is no longer popular. Now there are very few people who come here every day to catch it.

It still held its belly, kept that naughty smile, and stayed motionless, looking outside through the glass, but it seemed that it didn't see the human being who played with it every day.

But this kind of thing is very common, just wait until night... But until the evening, it still didn't see the other party appear.

In the world outside the glass, there are far fewer people walking around. It can only continue to maintain this expression and look outside.

Finally, a few people came over to the claw machine, but everyone had already heard the rumors about the Gengar doll. Except for those persistent guys, no one was willing to waste money to continue to catch it.

Time continued to pass. Although it was still very early before closing time, there were no other customers in the store, and half of the lights had been turned off.

Against this dim scene, the Gengar doll, who could only keep a smile, seemed to have a trace of loneliness and loneliness flashing across his face. Even if he was surrounded by other dolls, he obviously lived like this every day...

But soon, it heard footsteps approaching towards itself, so it immediately regained its mood and barked as usual.

"Gengar~"

Suddenly, the footsteps stopped in front of the machine, but what was reflected in the dim light above was a figure holding a screwdriver. Then, a sly smile appeared on the man's face...

(End of chapter)