Chapter 274: The Ghost on Marvelous Bridge

【Task Completed!】

【Rewards: Release Orb ×3, Phantom Mechanics ×1, Triple Acceleration Energy ×3, Mysterious Ripple ×1.】

【Phantom Mechanics: Knowledge used to manufacture phantom-type machines, which seems to come from someone in Nimbasa City. The Link Tree stole this part of the knowledge. The machines manufactured can project phantoms or dispel phantoms.】

【Craftable: Phantom Dispel Ring, Phantom Core, Pen Camera.】

【Triple Acceleration Energy (Capsule): Can be used at any time in battle. When the opponent uses a move to attack you, increase the Pokémon's energy, and instantly increase any one ability by three times! Acceleration energy will inevitably be activated faster than the opponent's move.】

【Mysterious Ripple: A strong emotional ripple from another world remaining in the Marvelous Bridge elevator, which will strengthen your psychic power. You have mastered "Soul Emotion." You can gather specific emotional energy and then pour it into the soul to guide the soul.】

【Note: What is strongly related to the soul is not only negative emotions, but positive strong emotions can also appear as positive souls.】

Obviously, Rotom can be seen as a kind of ghost born from positive emotions? Although "pranks" and "mischief" cannot be said to be positive things, Rotom is always happy and happy when it is making trouble.

Thinking this way, most Ghost-type Pokémon are also very happy when scaring people. Although some Ghost-type Pokémon are born from negative emotions, their moods are pleasant when they are active in the wild.

However, when some Ghost-type Pokémon absorb people's essence, they are also very happy. Compared with ordinary Pokémon, Ghost-type Pokémon have a more blurred concept of good and evil morality.

Guang Tai pondered.

There is another kind of Ghost-type Pokémon born from positive emotions, and that is Gimmighoul in the Paldea region. It is said that it is a Pokémon born from the passion of souls infiltrating coins.

【Note 2: The power of the soul seems to be able to trigger the vortex of time... What kind of power is this, even the Link Tree doesn't know.】

Guang Tai pondered for a while.

Things related to time are very mysterious. Although Dialga, the god in charge of time, is often beaten, but...

It can only be said that if time is materialized and becomes a certain Pokémon, it is probably like "lighting up the health bar."

If you can light up the health bar, you can defeat it.

Considering that the workers have suffered from Rotom for a long time, Guang Tai didn't release the three Rotom here immediately, but boarded the elevator.

After Rotom stopped making trouble, the speed of the elevator was very fast and quite stable. With a swish, it arrived on Marvelous Bridge. And at midnight, a situation rarely seen on Marvelous Bridge appeared.

The bustling crowd coming and going, everyone was worried that the elevator on the opposite side would break down, and they actually started a long-distance run on Marvelous Bridge!

"Quick, quick, quick, rest after reaching the opposite rest station!"

People and Pokémon were running vigorously on the bridge. Especially the people on Guang Tai's side, they had finished listening to the ukulele performance and now had fatigue eliminated and endless strength. And the enthusiasm of a group of people rose, making a kind of emotional energy gather on this bridge!

Guang Tai's spiritual power could clearly perceive the power of this emotion. Psychic power and solar spirit could also perceive it clearly. Even through the power of seeing through, he could see people's souls burning fiercely. There were a few particularly powerful ones, and the fighting spirit energy similar to heroes actually appeared on them!

Those are probably Ace Trainers!

"I'm burning, I won't lose!"

"Let's compare who runs to the opposite side first!"

An inexplicable competition started like this, and even passersby joined in happily, without any sense of violation, trainers and Pokémon ran happily, completely disregarding that it was midnight!

There were cheers everywhere on Marvelous Bridge, and this scene also stunned the people on the opposite side.

People from Black City, people from White Forest, people from Village Bridge, people from Undella Town, Humilau City...

They dragged their exhausted bodies to Marvelous Bridge, wanting to go to the opposite rest station quickly. As a result, they could hear the enthusiastic shouts from the opposite side of the bridge from far away, and then a large group of people ran over like crazy, happy and cheerful, like a race!

"I have rare Pokémon here, do you want one, little brother! Magikarp only costs 500 yuan!"

Like in the game, the Magikarp salesman refreshed on Marvelous Bridge, but it seems he should have taken the elevator from Nimbasa, mixed in the crowd and ran up, taking advantage of the crowd to start selling.

Don't say, in the Unova region, Magikarp is really a rare item. Compared with the rampant Basculin, Magikarp is not common in Unova, and the means of acquisition in the game is also quite limited.

Guang Tai patted the Magikarp salesman on the shoulder and opened his palm to him under the other party's somewhat strange gaze.

Psychic Crush!

Selling Pokémon is not a good behavior. Although the Magikarp salesman is essentially a funny businessman, and Magikarp is essentially a funny role in Pokémon, buying and selling Pokémon itself is a topic rarely mentioned. You know, except for the Magikarp salesman who is a funny role, and the Celadon Game Corner, what kind of goods are the others who sell Pokémon?

Of course, it is Team Rocket and Pokémon hunters!

But the Celadon Game Corner is essentially an industry controlled by Team Rocket.

Of course, there are many Magikarp salesmen. This is probably a family member like Joy?

A family specializing in fishing for Magikarp?

"Woo-woo-woo! What did I just say? I actually want to sell Magikarp?"

"I... I remember, the encounter with Magikarp before, how hard I worked to get the first Magikarp, but later I was blinded by profit and packaged Magikarp as high-end Pokémon to sell everywhere... I didn't consider the heart of Magikarp!"

"Although Magikarp is always silly, they must be watching me too! I am really a despicable person!"

"I... I want to release them!"

This scared Guang Tai and he hurriedly grabbed him!

Hey, let you sympathize with the heart of Pokémon, didn't let you release Pokémon indiscriminately!

Releasing Magikarp in Unova, this is really Magikarp invading America!

Guang Tai hurriedly persuaded the uncle, saying that Magikarp's competitiveness in Unova is too weak, and it will only be beaten by Basculin in the water. It is better for you to carry it on your body and cultivate it well. After evolving into six Gyarados, go to abuse the Youngster on the side of the road and revitalize the glory of the trainer.

The uncle nodded and agreed. At this time, he felt unparalleled purity in his heart, and power surged out one after another!

"Thank you, little brother! I almost lost myself in the trading of Magikarp. It was you who saved me and the Magikarp!"

"Originally, I planned to make a profit and then go to Black City to continue doing this, but now I have changed my mind. I want to go to White Forest!"

Guang Tai's expression was a bit strange.

The Magikarp salesman really didn't change his original intention... Others smuggle Pokémon, at least the variety is more... You... Why are you staring at Magikarp?

In saying goodbye to the uncle, it can't be said to be goodbye, because the uncle suddenly emerged with vitality and ran very fast, almost rushing to the front. Guang Tai was in the second half of the crowd. When the vanguard troops broke through the center of the bridge and shouted and waved to the opposite side, as if they were meeting in victory, not only the people crossing the bridge on the opposite side were stunned.

On the edge of Marvelous Bridge, a girl also looked at those enthusiastic people in a daze.

Pure heart, positive enthusiasm, those invisible energies turned into sweet rain and bathed on her, making her have an illusion of being truly alive. She quietly watched those people pass by her eyes, each of them carrying vigorous vitality, and those happy Pokémon.

The girl covered her chest, letting the midnight sea breeze blow her hair, but those strands of hair could no longer float.

Chaotic and sad memories surged in her soul, but now, those chaos and sadness dissipated a little...

"Oh, it's you, right? Hello, although it's a bit sudden... but how about it, have you felt the enthusiasm of life?"

Guang Tai walked behind the short-skirted girl and greeted her.

This girl is the target Guang Tai wants to see this time.

The ghost girl of Marvelous Bridge is also the dark ghost of the Strange House in Lentimas Town.

The girl turned her head. Her appearance was no different from before her death, and her soul was very condensed without any sense of illusion. She stood here quietly, without saying a word, just with some curiosity between her eyebrows.

If it weren't for a psychic, one wouldn't realize at all that the girl in front of her was actually a dead person.

And Guang Tai felt the echo of the power of the Spirit Realm here, that kind of deep and bottomless power...

However, even if the girl's ghost is sent away on Marvelous Bridge, it makes no sense.

The nightmare and obsession that trapped her have not dissipated. He must obtain the Lunar Wing and dispel the nightmare.

The soul here is just a projection.

"Don't worry, Cresselia asked me to come."

Guang Tai's words made the ghost girl widen her eyes slightly. She wanted to say something, but couldn't convey it because this was just a projection.

In those memories that had been forgotten for the most part, the persistent thoughts left behind were only parents, Abra, and Cresselia.

At the same time, Guang Tai used the power of the psychic.

The enthusiasm and joy spread by people on Marvelous Bridge were gathered by Guang Tai into an energy group emitting brilliant light.

When the ghost girl touched the energy group, those positive emotions poured into her soul!

Negative emotions were dispelled a lot, and the girl looked more like she was when she was alive. Her calm face showed fluctuations, and then, the blue crystal pendant on Guang Tai's chest began to shine!

Those sad and fearful feelings were gradually dispelled, and the girl's face was filled with intense curiosity and joy. She couldn't speak, so she could only walk around Guang Tai, as if examining something magical, then pointed to herself, and then pointed to a certain direction.

"How do you feel? The enthusiasm of life is poured into the soul, even nightmares can be resisted!"

"I know, the direction you pointed to is Lentimas Town, right."

"I will save you from the eternal nightmare. This is Cresselia's request. You have been waiting on this bridge, wanting to return the Lunar Wing to that Pokémon."

Guang Tai said the ghost girl's obsession, looking at the other party's somewhat lost expression, and comforted: "Don't worry, Cresselia didn't appear because she didn't want to see you. Perhaps she has more important things to do, so I came!"

"The source of the nightmare you are trapped in, and the source of the nightmare's materialization, I have probably found both. They might be two different Pokémon. I remember, your parents should be researchers, right?"

The ghost girl was very surprised, but facing this magical big brother Guang Tai, she tried her best to nod.

Ah... big brother, huh.

Actually, speaking of age, the ghost girl is much older than Guang Tai. When she passed away, Marvelous Bridge had just been built.

"Did your parents participate in the research of dreams?"

This is Guang Tai's guess, and Guang Tai also began to talk to her. In fact, Guang Tai was just talking, and she was listening.

There are many books in the Strange House in Lentimas Town. Generally speaking, only families from researcher backgrounds will have so many books. Even if the ghost girl's parents had not conducted research at the ruins of dreams, they must have had some understanding of dreams.

Therefore, after the ghost girl fell into an eternal dark nightmare, they quickly found a lot of information about Pokémon related to dreams, trying to find a way to make their daughter free, such as letting Hypno "eat dreams," trying to eat the nightmare, but failed.

In the end, they even tried hard to find Darkrai and Cresselia, who left legends in Sinnoh.

However, among all the records, only the local Musharna was missing.

This is because, before the investigations of Professor Fennel and Professor Juniper, and even the wise man Asura were completed, no one knew that Musharna had the ability to turn dreams into reality. Why were the legendary Pokémon far away in Sinnoh investigated, but they turned a blind eye to the local Pokémon?

It's not turning a blind eye, but not knowing.

Musharna only appears in the ruins of dreams, and even in subsequent generations, its acquisition method is very troublesome, and it does not exist in other parts of Unova.

Lentimas Town is so far from Striaton City. When Marvelous Bridge was not yet built, the network was not as developed as it is now. The poor parents could only frantically look for myths and legends in various places, hoping to find a way to save their daughter.

Even, the speculation can be bolder.

Since Pokémon can appear from dreams and become entities, and Professor Burnet saw the Therian Formes of the Forces of Nature in the Dream Gap and defined the concept of different spaces for the first time.

Could it be that Musharna and Munna are Pokémon that came to the real world from the dream world?

Because they have been dreaming, and they are also sleeping in the dream, so normal Pokémon coming from the dream to reality is a hidden ability, while Musharna has a normal ability, which also corresponds to the theme of Black and White, everything is opposite and relative.

In the Galar region, although you can encounter Munna in many places, there is a point: all the weather encountered with it is foggy, and in the Pokémon world, fog represents "mystery," and even "the other world."

Up to the nine generations plus all side works, no Pokémon can actively evoke "foggy weather," which explains everything.

The ghost girl listened quietly. She was very surprised. She didn't expect this mysterious big brother Guang Tai to know so many things!

If they could have met earlier, perhaps she wouldn't be like this now. Those chaotic, broken memories seemed to be piecing together again!

The ghost girl tried to speak, she tried to smile, and made a mouth shape, meaning:

Please, return the Lunar Wing to that Pokémon. Although I didn't catch up, I am still very grateful to it.

And thank you for coming to help me.

And then she bowed to Guang Tai.

"It doesn't matter, wait for a while, I will go over to help you soon."

"You can trust me, because I was not only called by Cresselia, but from my personal point of view, helping others doesn't need a reason."

Then Guang Tai laughed at himself:

"However, in terms of age, I should call you sister."

It seemed to

If I could live to meet you, how wonderful that would be.

I will carry the warmth of everyone here and wait for your arrival within the nightmare.

She returned to that nightmare, waiting for the correct "visitor" to fulfill her last wish.

But this time, the nightmare will no longer be pitch black; instead, many friends will appear, and the warmth of life will protect her soul, keeping all that sadness and fear far away!

"Waaah... What, she, she disappeared?!"

A cry of surprise came from behind Guang Tai. Although the people coming from the other direction were blocked by the enthusiastic runners, so not many people noticed what happened here, there were still people not far from Guang Tai who saw this scene.

The strange gentleman, that old gentleman, looked at the spot where the undead girl had disappeared in disbelief, then wiped his face with a handkerchief and rubbed his eyes hard, thinking he had seen an illusion.

But Guang Tai knew that this old gentleman had not seen it by accident; he had been staring this way the whole time, especially staring at him.

"You've been watching for a long time, haven't you? No need to be so surprised; there are many supernatural powers in this world. So, how much of what the girl and I said did you hear?"

Guang Tai took the initiative to ask him back. The old gentleman was silent for a moment: "Didn't hear too much... In any case, it was a sad affair, wasn't it?"

"Alright, I only heard half of it. I just felt the content of the conversation wasn't quite right, so I approached on my own. I originally thought that girl was a poor mute, and you kept saying strange things. Reasonably and morally, I should have stopped your harassment..."

"But you... you are no ordinary person!"

"Even if you are a psychic or a spirit medium, I have actually seen them before, but I had never truly seen a ghost. Today, I have witnessed it. Are you some kind of legendary character who helps ghosts fulfill their wishes? That kind of character usually appears in games, don't they?"

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Scott. You mentioned some terms I didn't understand just now. Anyway, let's meet again up ahead; we will definitely see each other again! Are you going to Black City? Or are you going to challenge Black Tower?"

Guang Tai: "No, I am going to pass through Black City to head to White Forest."

Scott stared at Guang Tai carefully for a good while, then finally shook his head: "No, the feeling you give me is very upright."

"You will definitely stay in Black City; this feeling cannot be wrong. It is very similar to two people I have met before."

"That was on the S. S. Anne at Vermilion Port, where I was investigating a certain Trainer."

"We will definitely meet again! Sorry, I'm leaving now!"

After the gentleman Scott left, Guang Tai heard the voice of Deoxys.

【A life trapped in a nightmare—what kind of Pokémon is it that triggers the source of that nightmare? And why would it do such a thing, or is it just out of some instinct of its own?】

【Although I know you will inevitably save her, I also want to request of you once more... please help her.】

"Of course, this is what a Warrior of Light must do!"

(End of chapter)