Chapter 58: Kanto Visitor in the Haunted House!

Under the pavilion in front of the gate,

A bolt of lightning flashed across, emitting a tremendous boom!

Yurie, frightened, stepped closer to the door, only to find it unlocked, and she peeked out her head, asking, "Is anyone there?"

"Don't do that, Yurie..."

"But older brother, coming inside is better than getting soaked in the rain, right?" Yurie retorted,

Ash also nodded, "Exactly, and there's even a special guest here~"

While they were talking, the four still entered the old, dust-covered Western mansion.

As for that special guest, although they hadn't been seen yet, the Waveguide Power had already informed Ash of the visitor's identity.

"Hey, a special guest? Aren't we the guests instead?"

Clemont said, bewildered,

Ash didn't answer; instead, he silently pulled out his phone and opened the Kanto Forum.

He searched for the keyword Nana,

As expected, on Nana's social media account he saw two comments about himself.

"Carlos? I've long wanted to fight the Gejihua Dojo Master, and I heard that placing in the top three at the Miare Conference could earn a chance to battle Miss Karuné's ace Sanae? @Ash, this time I might become your opponent!"

In the comment section, Imperial Dragon Crossing showed up to add fuel to the fire, stirring up Nana and Gejihua's livestreamed battle from start to finish, earning countless upvotes and hot comments from viewers who love drama.

He then looked at the second comment,

"@Ash, the tickets are ready; I look forward to the day we meet at the peak!"

Upon seeing the last comment, a black‑long‑straight‑haired horror girl who seemed to have stepped out of an eerie film set, holding a ticket, took a selfie,

Ash's lips curled up slightly.

"Meeting at the peak? How interesting!"

We also can't meet before the elimination rounds, and I don't know if Nana can get past Ai Lan's stage.

Just as Ash fell into silence,

The three called out greetings, but the room returned no response,

They pressed against the wall and saw a spiderweb; Clemont analyzed, "It looks pretty run‑down; maybe nobody lives here."

"Older brother, shall we just stay here for a while?"

"We have no choice but to do so."

"But this place looks kind of scary!"

Little Serena's ill‑timed remark echoed in everyone's ears, making Clemont and Yurie shiver involuntarily.

"Cough, cough, it's just too dark in here—let me turn on the lights!"

Clemont, using the lightning leaking through the door crack, shakily walked to the lamp post by the door, but before he could try to flip the switch,

Ding!

In an instant, all the lights in the mansion blazed on.

"The lights are on!" Yurie happily lifted one leg and spun around like a little swan.

"Thanks, Clemont!" Serena expressed her gratitude.

Clemont:???

"Ah…… uh…… this……"

Clemont's face was filled with panic and bewilderment: "I didn't turn these on!"

Having seen through everything already, Ash feigned ignorance: "Then what is this?"

"Shy shy! It must be the sensor reacting!"

Flustered, Clemont ran back to the crowd, attempting to explain it scientifically.

"This house looks old, but its equipment is surprisingly advanced—it's kinda like that black‑market dealer's secret base…"

Little Serena chimed in, "Could this also be a hideout for criminals?"

"You mean a criminals' hideout?"

"Yeah, like an organ‑harvesting scene from illegal organ trafficking—maybe the criminals are lurking in the shadows or monitoring us, ready to strike at any moment."

"Hiss!"

Having heard Serena say that, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

If it weren't for the Waveguide Power giving him full insight, even Ash would have been startled by Little Serena's wild imagination.

In a pitch‑black room farther away,

a black‑long‑straight‑haired, pallid‑skinned horror girl with red pupils was slowly stroking a gray‑furred, upright‑walking ghost cat.

She seemed to hear Serena's words from far away,

"A slaughterhouse? That'd make a great horror theme!"

As the girl's words faded,

On tables draped with white cloth in various rooms, beneath the fabric silently appeared piles of bodies missing heads, eyes, or hearts, their deaths bizarrely eerie,

In rooms without tables, a rope hung from the beams, from which dangled strips of white‑wrapped, bloody, foul‑smelling human meat jerky.

Having done all this, the girl's lips curled up slightly.

Ash, get ready to receive the special welcome gift I've prepared for you.

Nana, having ignored the content on Ash's phone screen, still didn't realize she'd been exposed and was fantasizing about scaring Ash.

……

Meanwhile,

In the forest behind the mansion, Team Rocket came rushing over.

Damn it, how did it suddenly start raining!

Good news, look, there's a house ahead!

Wait a minute, Musashi, what if someone's there?

If there's someone, there's someone!

Musashi, unbothered, rushed straight to the mansion's back door.

He knocked on the door and said, "Hey, hello, is anyone there?"

Nobody!

A sinister, terrifying female voice came from behind the door—it was Nana, who had sensed the uninvited guests and used Instant Teleportation to come over and answer.

How could there be an answer if there's nobody? Honestly, do you think we're idiots?

Exactly, meow!

There's nothing we can do; the house's owner doesn't welcome us, so let's change Location.

Just as Kojiro was about to retreat, Musashi was preparing to break down the door.

Suddenly,

A window not far from the back door quietly opened.

This was of course Nana's doing; originally Nana didn't want others to disturb her greeting with Ash.

But she recognized the trio.

Knowing that Ash also knew them, she thought leaving them might have an unexpected effect, so after closing the door she opened a window for them.

The back door had no shelter from the rain, so Musashi decisively approached the window.

Are you inside the window? Thanks, we won't stand on ceremony then.

Soon Musashi climbed into the dark room where dried meat hung from the beams.

Hey, wait a minute!

Seeing that, Kojiro and Meowth had no choice but to follow.

He lifted Meowth onto the windowsill, and Kojiro entered the room last.

What a smell, it's reeking!

Having entered the room, Musashi, feeling his way in the dark, waved away the flies on the dried meat, touched a piece still bleeding, and blood got on his hand.

What's dripping on my hand?

Just then,

The room's window suddenly closed on its own, and the lights suddenly came on.

Musashi finally saw the color of the liquid on his hand: reddish-black...

It's... it's blood!

Hey hey, Musashi! That thing above your head and all around—could it be...

Looking at the faintly visible human shape, the white cloth hanging from the beams.

Kojiro and Meowth plopped straight down onto the ground.

They turned to flee, but found that no matter how hard they tried, the window wouldn't open.

We're done! Could we have mistakenly entered a cannibal's home?

Musashi, slow to react, finally came to his senses amid Kojiro and Meowth's panic, letting out a shrill wail that could be heard throughout the mansion.

Aaaahhh!!! Help!!!

Front hall,

Suddenly hearing the scream, everyone except Ash shivered in unison.

Especially when a bolt of lightning suddenly struck from the sky, illuminating the window; a shadow appeared on the second floor and then vanished into the darkness.

This instantly frightened the three,

Serena clung to Ash's chest like a sloth, her arms and legs tightly wrapped around him.

This... this is surely the start of a slaughter, right? We should... hurry and leave now, and let Miss Junsha know.

Sniffle, yeah, Pigeon, quickly take me away!

Sniffle, no way, my brother's leg is numb...

Meanwhile, Yurie and Clemont huddled together, warming each other.

Nana, who had been silently watching Ash's reaction, saw the other three terrified while Ash remained unmoved, even casually patting Serena's back to comfort her,

a flicker of surprise flashed in her eyes,

Aren't you scared? Looks like we need to add some more intense stuff!

Thinking that, in the room where the Rocket Trio were, a hanging white bandage suddenly tore,

A clump of dark, foul-smelling meat fell all over the floor!