chsdbacks Chapter 322 The Situation of Misdreavus; The Nighttime Activities of the Swamp Tree's Pokémon
Chapter 322 The Situation of Misdreavus; The Nighttime Activities of the Swamp Tree's Pokémon
Chapter 322 The Situation of Misdreavus; The Nighttime Activities of the Swamp Tree's Pokémon
The Gengar rushed over in a panic, shouting, "Something's happened to the Third Master!" which startled Ze Shu for a moment.
"You mean something happened to the dream monster?"
"Hehehehe!!"
Gengar jumped around three times in a panic, looking like a flustered, chubby black man.
"Lead the way, and tell me what's going on." Ze Shu asked Higana to keep an eye on the mischievous ghosts that had been arrested by the "ghost-catching team" in the hall, then had Gengar lead the way, and followed along himself.
Along the way, through Gengar's explanation, Zeki gradually learned some of the details.
Moreover, although the dream demon was a little shy and scared before, it got along well with them, but it would disappear when it was time to rest at night.
Gengar assumed that Misdreavus liked to sleep alone, so it yawned and shrank back into the shadow of the Zephyr.
During their nighttime ghost-hunting mission, Gengar hadn't seen a single Dream Demon. Puzzled and worried, Gengar decided to search for its "third leader." It wasn't difficult; Gengar quickly found the small attic where it had first met the Zephyr.
But although they found it, the situation with Misdreavus was beyond Gengar's expectations.
"Waaaah.... Miaah!! Miaah.... Ugh!"
Soon, with Gengar anxiously leading the way, Zeju climbed the stairs and arrived at the attic high up in the wooden house, where he immediately saw the state of the Misdreavus: it was sleeping.
But it wasn't a normal sleep.
The dream demon's petite doll-like body was curled up in the corner, trembling incessantly; its mouth twitched from time to time, and it let out bewildered and terrified cries. Its brows were furrowed and twitched from time to time with its mouth. Even though it was sleeping, it looked like it was in pain.
A black aura emanated from the round pink beaded curtain around its neck, which seemed to gradually turn the pink beads black, and the faint sobbing and terrified sounds of a dream demon could be heard coming from within.
"Is this a nightmare?" Ze Shu frowned.
"Hehehe!" Gengar looked anxiously at Zeju.
It dared not approach Misdreavus, for at this moment Misdreavus was surrounded by a faint black mist. Gengar recognized that this was the very thing that had forced Lidlight into a nightmare and forced it to evolve during the day.
Upon seeing this thing, Gengar immediately sought out Zephyr.
and so.
Its little brother can't be allowed to get hurt!!
Invincible Sawaki, please save me!!
"Quiet, quiet." Ze Shu pressed down on Gengar's head, stopping it from jumping around. Gengar immediately pursed its lips, allowing Ze Shu to look at Misdreavus again and ponder, "A nightmare..."
After thinking for a moment, Ze Shu took out a black bead—the Nightmare Bead formed by Darkrai, the Nightmare God, in his retreat.
The bead had been glowing and reacting since Zeki first arrived in the vicinity, leading Zeki to speculate that this place might have some connection to Darkrai. Now that the Misdreavus was inexplicably trapped in a nightmare, it seemed to confirm this connection.
After all, despite its name "Dream Fairy", the Pokémon Dream Fairy, including its evolved form Mismagius, doesn't actually have any special abilities in terms of "dreams".
On the contrary, its ability to chant spells to torment opponents and plunge them into illusions is more outstanding in the Pokémon world.
The fact that the dream demon is now deeply trapped in a nightmare is clearly abnormal.
Just now, when Ze Shu took out the Nightmare Bead, something seemed to be subtly changing. A longing aura emanated from the Nightmare Bead, a longing for the black aura around the Dream Demon that seemed to have trapped it in a nightmare.
After thinking about it for a moment, Ze Shu understood why.
Before this Nightmare Bead was formed, Darkrai was the Darkrai that Satchel had beaten to the brink of death.
Darkrai was afraid of him, so he retreated and abandoned most of his energy, keeping only the core, which became this Nightmare Orb in an attempt to hide from the Swamp Tree and recuperate.
Since it's a time for rest and recuperation, it's natural to need to replenish energy, and external energy is the best option.
"You want to eat it, don't you?" Ze Shu murmured.
The longing emanating from the Nightmare Bead grew even stronger.
After Darkrai retreated into the Nightmare Orb, its consciousness may have degenerated to some extent, and the will it conveyed became more instinctive and direct.
"Then eat it." Ze Shu took the Nightmare Bead and approached the dream demon who was having a nightmare.
As it got closer, the Nightmare Bead suddenly glowed with a black light similar to the light in the pink beaded chain of the Dream Demon. A suction force was generated out of nowhere, first sucking away the black mist surrounding the Dream Demon, and then forcing it into the black energy in the pink beaded chain.
In less than half a day, the "gluttonous" Nightmare Beads were almost finished, and the Nightmare's expression visibly eased. The pink bead chain also regained its pink luster, although it was still mixed with some black energy and had not been completely eaten.
"Hehehe!!"
Seeing that Misdreavus had recovered, Gengar finally couldn't hold back and happily jumped around three times on the spot.
It knew that Ze Shu was the most powerful!
"Meow, meow..."
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The dream demon also woke up groggily, opening its eyes in confusion.
But when it saw Zephyr and Gengar, it was terrified and wanted to back away.
Unfortunately, it huddled in a corner with a wall behind it, so retreating was useless. Even without "phantomization," a Ghost-type Pokémon still has a collision volume.
"Meow! Woo!"
Seeing that it couldn't retreat, Misdreavus could only anxiously call out to Zephyr and Gengar.
Don't come near me! Don't come near me!
Ze Shu sighed, and despite the Dream Demon's shouts to stop them from getting closer, he instead leaned forward, patted the Dream Demon's head, and whispered, "It's alright, it's alright. See, I've come all this close, and I haven't been affected by you, right?"
When that warm hand touched her forehead, the dream demon was clearly stunned.
"Meow..."
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Misdreavus's terrified retreat wasn't because it didn't recognize Zeki, nor was it out of fear of Zeki and Gengar. Misdreavus was afraid that its nightmarish aura would infect them, plunging Zeki and Gengar into the same nightmare.
In Misdreavus's memory, this is how it is. Even ghost Pokémon that approach it will be trapped in nightmares. It no longer remembers how many ghost Pokémon in the attic were terrified by nightmares.
Anyway, even though all sorts of ghosts were having a party inside the wooden house, no ghost dared to break into the attic where it slept.
"Meow...meow..."
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The dream demon couldn't believe that Ze Shu could get close to it without any problems.
Even when Zeshu carried it to the hall, it kept looking at Zeshu with its big, pink eyes.
"Giggle! Giggle! Giggle giggle!"
Meanwhile, Gengar was feeding Misdreavus the rumor that "Sawasaki is super powerful".
The dream demon was completely stunned.
The Ghost-type Pokémon that had been arrested and causing trouble in the hall were also stunned by what they heard.
What kind of ancient Pokémon can single-handedly suppress the world's most powerful and invincible beings? He's the super-boss of the strongest Pokémon groups in two regions; if you mess with him, you'll be attacked by the combined forces of the Urshifu and Deviljho groups. He's also the trainer of the strongest Gengar in the world...
Even ignoring the third one.
Are these people people they can afford to offend?
In an instant, the Pokémon in the hall were captured by the "Ghost-Catching Squad".
The Soul-Hooking Eyes, who had been planning to escape, lowered its head and gave Ze Shu a fawning smile; the Flower Rock Monster, who had been planning to rebel and cause a ruckus, simply tilted its head to the side and pretended to faint on the spot, attempting to get away with it.
The remaining floating balls and night patrol spirits were so frightened that they huddled together, trembling in fear.
Zeshu: "—, to scare these Ghost-type Pokémon like this."
Gengar is such a braggart.
And why would anyone actually believe in these ghosts?
Ze Shu was a little unsure of what to say, so he tapped Gengar on the head, telling the big-headed soldier Gengar to "hurry up and carry out the rest of the ghost-catching operation."
"Hehehe!!"
You see? Even I, the strongest Gengar on Earth, need to obey Sawaki's commands!
Gengar hopped away, shouting all the while. It was getting more and more excited as it bragged.
The dream demon stared at Ze Shu with its incredulous eyes.
After placing the dream demon on the table, Ze Shu decided to deal with the ghosts that had been causing trouble in his new house late at night.
"Cough cough." Ze Shu coughed twice.
The ghosts who were arrested at the scene were instantly terrified.
Especially when they saw the menacing blade standing on the side of the hall, ready to cleave the commander, they were terrified—many of them had been through this when they were captured. Those who hadn't experienced it themselves had seen other ghosts suffer it.
"Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you. I've arrested you just to make you understand one thing."
Ze Shu raised a finger and addressed the troublesome ghosts, saying, "I am the new owner of this house."
"Coming to visit? Of course, no problem, but don't cause trouble."
After he finished speaking, the arrested ghosts looked at each other, unsure of what to do.
"Did you understand?" Ze Shu asked again.
As soon as the words were spoken, with Sableye's fawning cry, all the Pokémon nodded hurriedly and uttered all sorts of strange sounds. Even Rockruff nodded its potted plant-like head.
"Then, go back to where you came from." Ze Shu waved his hand.
Just then, Psyduck, standing at the door, opened the wooden door with a silly "quack" after being prompted by the pink voice in its head. Upon seeing this, the ghosts all rushed towards it and vanished completely in a few breaths.
"We're just going to let them go like that? Humph!" Higana said, puffing out her cheeks, still resentful and holding a grudge.
"Then why don't you chase after them all the way to the Lost Tower and let the Salamence wreak havoc there?" Ze Shu countered.
"I...I certainly..." Higanbana tilted her head, opened her mouth a few times, and finally stubbornly said, "Of course I won't chase after them, because I want to sleep! It's not because I'm afraid the Tower of Deception is full of ghost Pokémon!"
Ze Shu: "————"
Just then, Gengar happily brought back a round but frightened Gastly.
"Gah! Gah...?"
All caught! This is the last one! After catching this one, it can continue to brag to these ghosts about Ze Shu...wait, where are the ghosts?!
Gengar stared blankly at the now empty hall. There were so many ghosts just a moment ago! It still has so many stories to tell! It's rare to have so many spectators.
"Let them go," Ze Shu replied.
"Heh heh heh..." Gengar could only accept it, but then it raised the Gastly it was holding, pointed at the terrified Gastly, and asked Zephyr, "Heh heh?"
What about this one?
Ze Shu casually replied, "Let him go. Or perhaps you'd like to recruit another follower?"
Gengar's eyes lit up, and it exclaimed in delight, "Gengar!"
"You really want to?" Ze Shu tapped its head and said speechlessly, "It's late at night now. Play with your degenerate form for a bit, then you can let it go back."
He knew that when Gengar said "little brother," it actually meant playmate, which is why it said that.
After saying that, Ze Shu picked up the Dream Demon and said to it, "Whatever it is, rest first, we'll talk about it tomorrow. However, to avoid a recurrence of what happened to you just now, you can sleep in my room, so I can handle it if anything goes wrong."
The dream demon nodded obediently: "Meow..."
Back in the room, Zeshu placed Misdreavus on the bedside table, laid out a soft cushion for it, and then went back to sleep, cuddling Glaceon. But Misdreavus couldn't fall asleep.
In the pitch-black room, it blinked its jewel-like pink pupils, looking around curiously.
In the room of this succulent tree, many other Pokémon were resting, and quite a bit of noise was taking place. And every Pokémon and every sound aroused the curiosity of Misdreavus...
There is a cleaver sitting quietly cross-legged by the wall, and a cursed doll with uneven eyes lying on the cleaver's lap, sleeping crookedly.
Misdreavus knew that it was this handsome, muscular guy named "Bisharp Commander" who had scared the ghost Pokémon that lived in the Lost Tower next door and were causing trouble in this house.
Meanwhile, the Dream Demon was focused on slashing the Commander.
Suddenly, a cold sensation brushed against its head, startling the dream demon into a fright.
But before the dream demon could cry out in surprise, a snow-white figure appeared in front of it, smiling at it with a ladylike yet clearly mischievous air.
Then, before the dream demon could react that it was the snow demon, the snow demon floated onto Ze Shu's bed, found a specially reserved spot, and hugged him down;
Before long, Lugia, having finished playing outside, flew in through the open window. It looked around, not noticing the newly appeared Misdreavus, and simply found its nest and burrowed inside. Soon after, the Misdreavus could hear its calls coming from inside the nest;
As the Dream Demon flew in through the window from Lugia, it could still vaguely see six small dogs sleeping scattered around the red-gray Arcanine under a big tree in the prairie yard, their chests rising and falling slowly together.
Further away, there was a Röntgen cat that had slept all day and couldn't sleep at night, idly rolling around on the lawn.
The place fell silent for a moment.
The silence was broken by a crack that quietly opened in the door.
"Bonnie...."
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Its bright golden eyes peeked out from the crack and saw that Ze Shu was already asleep. It then happily entered the room and carefully climbed onto Ze Shu's bed in the dead of night, lying down beside him.
Along the way, the Evil Spirit even noticed the Dream Demon's gaze and nervously shushed it, signaling it not to make a sound.
The dream demon obediently nodded and agreed to the evil spirit's request.
By this point, the night seemed to have quieted down, and Misdreavus was gradually getting sleepy. It looked at Zeju, who was surrounded by Pokémon in happiness, blinked its eyes, and suddenly felt that everyone was so friendly, and it seemed that it didn't need to be afraid.
Thinking this, the dream demon gradually closed its eyes.
It doesn't know what tomorrow will bring, but at least it should be happy and free of nightmares, right?
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