Pokemon Dawn

Pokémon Tower [Japanese: ポケモンタワー, English: pokemon_tower] is located in the center of Ziyuan Town and is the most famous Pokémon cemetery in the Kanto region.

Its appearance is a high stone tower, with sculptures resembling monster horns extending from the top of the tower. I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but just by being close to the tower, you can feel the coolness oozing out of the gray-white rocks.

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Standing under the cold tower, Xiaoye knocked on the door. According to old man Fuji, the old couple guarding the tower lived on the first floor of the Elf Tower. They almost never went out and would not encounter anyone who was turned away.

Condition……

So, what about people?

After standing frozen in the cold wind for half a minute, Xiaoye raised her hand helplessly again. Before she tapped her fingers, the wooden door panel suddenly made a harsh creaking sound and slowly opened a crack.

Xiaoye blinked. This... seems to be a fixed pattern in horror movies?

"Excuse me." He opened the door decisively and walked into the tower. What he saw was darkness. For some reason, there were no lights in the tower, and there were only a few small windows that brought in dim light from the outside world.

At the end, you can vaguely see the stairs leading to the second floor, and there are sofas, tables and chairs on the east side of the room. The small door next to it leads to the room where the tower guard lives, which is tightly closed at this time.

No one? Xiaoye walked towards the closed door in confusion.

In the shadows, a dark figure squirmed slowly, falling from the sky as Xiaoye's footsteps approached. Under the hood, twisted strips could be seen vaguely with teeth and claws, as terrifying as the tentacles of an octopus.

"Qiu!" Pichu screamed and fell off Xiaoye's shoulders.

Three seconds of silence.

"Hello." Xiao Ye bowed to the unknown object hanging upside down, "You are the tower keeper here, right? I'm here to help old man Fuji deliver dorayaki, please accept it." She said, handing over the cardboard box in her hand.

Come forward.

"..."

After a while, the unknown object fell to the ground in frustration and made a hoarse voice, "Really, today's guests are not cute at all..."

The unknown object took off its pitch-black robe, and Xiaoye could see clearly with the faint light that it was actually an old woman with messy hair.

Taking the cardboard box from Xiaoye's hand, the old woman smiled and gestured for Xiaoye to sit on the sofa, "Old Fuji's Dorayaki? Not bad, not bad. I was worried that there would be no snacks to eat at night. Thank you."

"You're welcome." Xiaoye smiled. The frightened Pichu slowly climbed onto Xiaoye's shoulders and looked at the old woman who changed her face in confusion.

"Hahahahahaha!" The old woman burst out laughing and reached out to touch Pichu's head, "Are you scared?"

Pichu puffed up his face in dissatisfaction. He really thought it was a ghost just now!

After finally stopping her laughter, the old woman sat upright and said, "I am the ghost mother-in-law. Everyone in the town calls me that. My child, are you the trainer who came to visit the tower?"

"Yes." Xiaoye nodded, "I am Xiaoye, please give me some advice."

"Then you have to wait for a while." The ghost mother-in-law leaned lazily on the back of the sofa. "You need a phantom lens to go up to the tower. My old man took the key to the prop cabinet and went to clean the tower. I will wait for him to come back.

I'll lend you the Phantom Lens."

"I understand, thank you."

"I'm just idle here - let's chat. Come and eat Dorayaki!"

The ghost-type Pokémon in the Elf Tower often transform into human evil spirits. This is no longer a secret. Almost every trainer who comes here has heard this news. Due to the pranks of the ghost-type Pokémon, the Elf Tower often

There is an urban legend of "dead ghosts doing evil".

The "Phantom Lens" is a prop that can see through the illusions of ghost Pokémon, which can greatly reduce the chance of trainers being in danger in the tower. Therefore, the keepers of the Elf Tower will rent the Phantom Lens to visiting trainers for free.

To ensure the personal safety of trainers.

There were not many guests visiting the Elf Tower, and the place was always deserted on weekdays. Perhaps because she was too lonely, the ghost mother-in-law who finally caught an audience chatted endlessly with Xiao Ye.

I don’t know if it’s because he has been with ghost-type Pokémon for too long, but this old man has a lively and naughty temperament, quite like a naughty child.

"...Then, the little boy was so frightened that he jumped out of the window. Fortunately, two little devils caught him, otherwise my old man would have been in big trouble!"

"Hey, the window is so small, can you get out?"

"I feel strange too. It must be because of the momentum of wanting to escape!"

Grandma Ghost danced and talked about the experience of Father Ghost playing pranks on the trainers in the tower. Xiaoye couldn't help but sympathize with the poor boy. Thinking about it this way, could it be said that most of the urban legends in the Elf Tower were created?

Was it caused by the two people who kept the tower?

Shifting her gaze to the left, Xiaoye vaguely saw a Gengar-shaped model placed on the cabinet to the right of Granny Ghost.

...I hope that model is not the real Gengar in disguise.

After listening to the ghost mother-in-law telling stories all morning that could be compared to a complete list of methods of treating people, Xiaoye felt a little nervous in her heart.

"Oh, are you interested in this photo?" As if she found where Xiaoye was looking, Granny Ghost grabbed the Gengar model with one hand.

"Photo, photo??"

Xiao Ye sweated violently when she saw Granny Ghost bravely opening the Gengar model and revealing the photo frame inside.

"This is a family photo taken by our family twenty years ago." The ghost mother-in-law sat next to Xiaoye and showed the photo to Xiaoye.

"This is me and my old man." The ghost mother-in-law pointed to the middle-aged man and woman in the photo. Twenty years ago, they were wearing suits and ties of the same color meticulously, looking like professionals.

Then, his finger moved between two middle-aged men, one tall and one short, two black-haired young men with similar faces and bright smiles, "They are my sons."

The tone of the ghost mother-in-law has always been naughty and cheerful, but from this sentence, Xiao Ye vaguely read some nostalgia and sadness.

Xiaoye paused slightly. Could it be that...

"I miss you so much." Granny Ghost leaned on the sofa, "If you are a trainer, you must know the profession of investigator, right?"

"Well, the investigator is the target of many professional trainers." Xiao Ye nodded.

"My two sons, like you, are also Pokémon trainers. This photo was taken to celebrate the two brothers' promotion to official investigators."

"Your sons are outstanding." Xiaoye learned from Dr. Ohki that the threshold for the profession of investigator is quite high. Even the lowest-ranking third-level investigator in the investigation department only has a few dozen in each region.

Just people.

"Of course." Granny Ghost nodded helpfully, "These two children are our pride."

"However, they are no longer here."

"...Eh?" Xiaoye was startled.

"Both of them died in the war thirteen years ago."

"You mean...the Annihilation War of Somiana?" Xiaoye vaguely remembered that this war was briefly mentioned in the textbook on the brief history of the world.

In the year 987 of the Elf Calendar, the Pokémon Alliance launched a war with the Palaso Kingdom on the Somiana Plains in the north of the Johto area. The war lasted for two years before gradually extinguishing, and the information related to the war was not disclosed.

It was widely publicized, and the general public only knew that the final result was the complete victory of the Alliance, and the name of this tragic war - the Somiana Annihilation War.

Although Dr. Oak knew some of the inside story, when Xiaozhi and Xiaoyun asked curiously, he showed a secretive attitude and was unwilling to say a word more.

"That's right." The ghost mother-in-law flattened her mouth, "The alliance can say some beautiful words. Does your textbook say, 'The alliance easily achieved complete victory'? It's all nonsense. Later, my son's colleagues came to see

We, they told me, the casualties of that war were very high."

Xiao Ye frowned slightly. As we all know, the Pokémon Alliance is the most powerful country in the world today. Its territory accounts for more than one-third of the world's land area. Compared with the Mongolian Empire in previous history, it is not as generous.

The national power is well-deserved to be the first in the world. Although the Palaso Kingdom is one of the three major kingdoms on the Somiana Plain, compared with the Alliance, both military and economic strength are far behind.

Why would a war with such an obvious disparity in power result in a large number of casualties? But as half of the party involved, Granny Ghost’s attitude was anything but nonsense.

"After the war, the old man and I moved here."

Xiaoye turned her head slightly. Facing the dim but dazzling light, the ghost mother-in-law was smiling and gazing at the photo in her hand. There was sadness in the smile, but it was more of nostalgia and another more powerful force.

"The two of them have loved Pokémon the most since they were children. Many Pokémon that died during the war are buried in this tower. They will definitely hope that these children can become Buddhas and be reincarnated as soon as possible."

"So the old man and I came here. We will protect this Elf Tower as our life's work until we die."

Xiaoye saw a line of words engraved crookedly on one side of Gengar's model.

Lonely soul, please rest in peace. New life, journey, start, and start. (Lonely soul, please rest in peace. Please use this place as the starting point to embark on a new journey of life.)