chsdbacks Chapter 669 Black Hand
Chapter 669 Black Hand
Ignoring their shocked expressions, Yang Ming continued, "Remember those two homeless people we met earlier? That was also a trap. Their purpose was to lure us to the second floor and catch us all in one fell swoop."
"But when we reached the stairwell, we were ambushed and mistakenly entered the third floor, which was disguised as the second floor. There, we were attacked by Tolom and the Lost Coffin. They took the opportunity to create the illusion that 'Acerola' was missing, forcing us to split up to rescue her."
"Little did they know, Acerola had been possessed from the very beginning. They used Acerola's body to invite us here, then lurked within the group, waiting for the right moment to vanish and lure us into an ambush."
At this point, Yang Ming couldn't help but joke, "To prevent me from getting lost, they deliberately left Acerola's shoes along the way to lure me here."
After that, he handed the shoes he had picked up along the way to Acerola and said, "Put them on. You'll catch a cold if you walk barefoot on the ground."
Aserola's face suddenly turned red. When she thought about the shoes she had worn before being held in Yang Ming's hands, she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.
"Thank you, thank you. I don't think you did anything strange just now, did you?"
"Why would I do something strange?" Yang Ming said nonchalantly, "At most, I just touched it to confirm the time of your disappearance and to check for any residual body temperature."
"Touch, you touched it with your hands?!" Aserola was immediately filled with shame and irritation. Wasn't that the same as indirectly touching her feet? Thinking of this, Aserola even began to imagine Yang Ming playing with her feet, and her mind went blank.
However, Yang Ming obviously did not notice the little Loli's emotions and continued to analyze non-stop.
"But when I met Acerola, I discovered that the golden armband on her wrist was missing. Only then did I realize her conspiracy."
"Is this armband important?" Xiao Juer asked.
"This armband is a symbol of the ancient Alola Dynasty. A true Alola wouldn't throw it away casually," Yang Ming said. "That's why I immediately recognized the Flower Rock Monster possessing Alola."
"But this armband must have some special ability, so they took it from Acerola. Am I right, Princess Acerola?"
At this time, Aserola was completely immersed in her own delusion and did not hear Yang Ming asking her at all.
What should I do? I've never had my feet touched by a boy before, and my mother says that if a girl is touched by a boy, she must marry him, but I'm not mentally prepared for this. What should I do?
Yang Ming and Xiao Juer were both frightened by Aserola's abnormal reaction. They almost thought she was possessed again. They shook her hard several times before pulling Aserola back from her delusion.
"Yes, yes, that is our family's keepsake. It is said to be something left behind by the legendary Pokémon, Lunala. It contains the power to strengthen ghost Pokémon..." Acerola answered absentmindedly.
"Tsk, looks like things are going to get complicated..." Yang Ming's expression instantly became uncertain. "The other party has obtained such a powerful force that they can already control a large number of ghost Pokémon and even hypnotize humans en masse. Given time, the entire Ula'la Island will be under their control."
Yang Ming had already incorporated Ula'la Island into his territory. How could he possibly allow such a potential threat to exist? He immediately said, "We've already breached the entire supermarket, but we still haven't found any trace of the mastermind. It seems they're very well hidden."
"Actually, this abandoned supermarket has an underground parking lot..." Acerola added softly, "When I first came here, I sensed an extremely powerful spiritual force there, even more terrifying than the second floor, so I didn't dare go there..."
"Let's go." Yang Ming made a prompt decision and commanded his Pokémon to smash through the floor.
"There must be an ambush in the stairwell. We should just go this way."
The three of them jumped down from the big hole and returned to the first floor.
"The underground floor may be very dangerous, Miss Xiaojuer, it would be better for you to go back first." Yang Ming advised.
"No, I want to face the mastermind with you," Xiao Juer said firmly. "You should have heard of my past. I was able to reach my current position step by step because I never gave in to difficulties and dangers."
Yang Ming was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, let's go together."
Then he did the same thing again and destroyed the floor.
When the three of them arrived at the underground floor, they found that it was darker than the previous floors. The entire parking lot was filled with gloomy atmosphere and did not look like an environment suitable for human activities at all.
Yang Ming and Xiao Juer both tried to let their Pokémon use flash to illuminate, but found that flash had no effect here at all. The entire space was like a bottomless black hole, swallowing up all the light around it.
In such an environment, the three of them could only stick together to prevent being attacked by the ghost Pokémon lurking in the dark.
"Come to think of it, the flower rock monster that possessed Aserola before should be the mastermind, right? But you said that the mastermind has never actually appeared. What's going on?" Xiao Juer asked.
Yang Ming shook his head: "Because the Flower Rock Monster's strength is not that great, it is only slightly stronger than Tolom and Dieshiguan, and it is not strong enough to become the Ghost King here."
"And I don't know if you've noticed, but the enemies we've encountered along the way, from the Nightmare at the beginning, to the three Weeping Masks, to Tolom, the Lost Coffin, and finally the Flower Rock Monster, have been gradually getting stronger. It's like the mastermind behind this is testing us step by step."
"There's probably only one reason a Pokémon with such high intelligence would do this: it's choosing its own trainer."
"Choose your own trainer?! How is that possible!?" Xiao Juer and Acerola were shocked by Yang Ming's idea. Only humans have ever captured Pokémon, but they have never heard of Pokémon actively choosing humans. This is simply going against the will of Heaven!
"Don't forget, the two of you, the reason your Pokémon are so close to you is because they chose you," Yang Ming said seriously, "Pokémon have never been vassals of humans, but have always had an equal relationship with humans. Pokémon have also been selecting humans who convince them!"
"Even ordinary Pokémon have such thoughts, let alone this extremely intelligent mastermind."
Before he finished speaking, strange laughter sounded from all directions, making people shudder.
"Hahahaha, you're worthy of being the trainer I chose. You're really different from the others!"
Immediately afterwards, a huge shadow slowly emerged in front of the three people.