Chapter 326: Kitakami Village, the legend of the ghost?

December 25th, Crazy Thursday.

It is also Christmas.

The Pokémon world can theoretically even be considered a parallel space to the real world; besides possessing special creatures like Pokémon, many aspects of life can correspond one-to-one.

Such as world maps, holidays, and regional characteristics, etc...

Because the students are all on vacation, the work of Gym Leaders has directly decreased by 99.9%; except for exceptions like Brassius who need to assist with League-related affairs, basically everyone can follow along and benefit.

So Qingyu, as an emerging Gym Leader of the League, could have a Christmas vacation spanning half a month.

"I heard that the hot springs and natural scenery of Kitakami Village are very famous, and the reputation is quite good."

On the travel ship to Kitakami Village, Cynthia leaned on a beach chair on the deck, holding a travel guide about Kitakami Village in her hand.

"I've seen it too; it is said that there are the 'Six Choices of Kitakami' corresponding to the Ten Sights of Paldea."

Qingyu nodded and responded.

This place, Kitakami Village, is actually a bit hard to evaluate in his memory.

As an expansion area of the DLC, the area itself is not large, but the scenery and Pokémon here left a deep impression on Qingyu.

Because it has been isolated from the world and only developed tourism in recent years under the decision of Champion Geeta, it has also preserved the original style here to the greatest extent.

Besides the Six Choices of Kitakami, which are the focus of publicity, many areas are actually very characteristic, and you can even come into contact with many Pokémon that are rare in Paldea.

For example...

A special individual of Ursaluna, "Bloodmoon," who relied on swimming to forcibly cross the South Sinnoh Sea and survive in Kitakami Village, hiding deep in the forest.

Ursaluna, once worshipped in the Hisui region, has almost gone extinct in the Sinnoh region now, let alone this kind of special individual with extremely strong combat power and some changes in its body.

Besides this, there are also some Hisuian form Pokémon that have been passed down.

Of course, the focus must be the key publicity project of Kitakami Village's tourism industry—

"The Legend of the Ghost."

Thinking of this, Qingyu immediately opened the promotional brochure in his hand.

Located on the front page is the story about "Three Treasures Punishing the Evil Ghost."

"Once upon a time, an evil ghost with a terrifying appearance and holding a giant club appeared in Kitakami Village, and the people in the village had been living in fear under its influence."

"Later, three brave Pokémon known as the 'Three Treasures' protected Kitakami Village from the evil ghost and successfully drove the evil ghost away, but it's a pity that they also paid the price of their lives."

"Finally, to commemorate these three heroes, our ancestors built stone statues and shrines for them, passing down this gratitude forever!"

"Please remember the names of these three heroes: Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti!"

After the story, there are images of the Three Treasures.

(Three Treasures)

"Although it seems a bit bad to say this, however..."

Cynthia also saw this, and after raising her eyebrows and seriously organizing her language, she leaned into Qingyu's ear and whispered.

"Why do I always feel that these three Pokémon should be Dark-type Pokémon?"

High EQ: Dark-type Pokémon.

Low EQ: They don't look like good people.

"I think so too."

Qingyu nodded.

"Legends are legends after all; it's possible that they differ greatly from real history and cannot be taken as truth."

After speaking, his gaze looked toward Kitakami Village, whose outline could already be observed not far away.

This place is quite good; the mountains are clear and the waters are beautiful, and thanks to the excellent ecology, many Pokémon from over a hundred years ago can continue to multiply.

This may also be the main reason why Champion Geeta took a fancy to Kitakami Village and designated it as the summer camp location for Orange Academy.

It's just a pity that the stubborn people of Kitakami Village are a bit too abstract.

If they were just slightly greedy for money and cheated tourists, although it would also be very bad, it wouldn't be enough to directly clear his favorability.

But in the game plot, these villagers also did something even more wicked.

While knowing that the truth of the century-old "Three Treasures Punishing the Evil Ghost" legend of Kitakami Village was the exact opposite, they still chose to rebuild the Three Treasures Shrine, just to maintain the popularity and continue to slaughter the incense money of outsiders...

That's right, the "evil ghost" in the legend of Kitakami Village is actually Ogerpon, who is harmless to humans and animals and even a bit socially anxious; because of the influence of the legend, it had to hide alone in the Dreaded Den for nearly a hundred years.

And the "Three Treasures" they worship are the monsters that snatched people's masks and directly killed a good person.

It just happened that the villagers saw the scene of Ogerpon taking revenge, leading them to feel panic, and finally fabricated the "Three Treasures Legend" that was completely opposite to the real situation...

Even now, they don't even know much about the existence of Ogerpon, but they still use the name of the "ghost" passed down to refer to it.

These are no longer ordinary stubborn people; we must strike with a heavy fist!

Qingyu made a decision in his heart:

If there is a chance on this trip to Kitakami Village, he must reveal the truth and clear the name of our cute Pon-Pon!

How could the Ogerpon I push suffer this kind of unjust grievance for no reason!

After taking a boat to Kitakami Village and then taking a bus for one stop, he finally arrived at the central area of Kitakami Village, Mossui Town.

Although it looks a bit simple, it is already the largest town in the entire region, concentrating the vast majority of the population of Kitakami Village. ===== CHAPTER 328 =====