Pokémon cross over into the real world

"Hey! You are also a ghost trainer. This Gengar is well bred." The sharp voice of the witch continued to be heard, but Jia Wencheng couldn't find anyone around.

Gengar patted his shoulder and pointed overhead. Jia Wencheng looked up and saw an old woman floating in the air. She had white hair, a purple dress, and a wooden cane. If Wang Qiyi were there and saw this old woman, he would immediately shout out—Four Heavenly Kings Chrysanthemum!

Yes, this old woman looks a lot like Kikuko from the first generation of Pokémon. It's a coincidence, but like Kikuko, she specializes in Ghost-types. However, this old woman is older than the Kikuko in the game.

Jia Wencheng was almost scared to death by this floating old woman: "Are you a human or a ghost? Why are you floating in the air?"

"Are young people these days so rude? When they see an old person, they don't even greet them but call them old woman. They even ask if I'm a human or a ghost!"

Lu Yi quickly pulled Jia Wencheng and bowed: "Hello, Grandma Juyezi." Jia Wencheng also came to his senses and bowed along with him.

"Well, that's more like it," Kikunoko said as she slowly descended from the air. Her feet finally touched the ground after her cane pierced the ground. Suddenly, a Wind Ball appeared behind her and floated past. The Wind Ball, a Ghost-type and Flying-type Pokémon, resembled a hot air balloon. It turned out that she had been flying with the Wind Ball's power, and the Wind Ball had used a Ghost-type invisibility technique.

"Tell me, what do you two want from me? You're not looking for a haunted house adventure, are you?" Kikunoko said slowly, glancing sideways at Jia Wencheng. Jia Wencheng felt the hairs on his body stand on end at that glance, as if he were being stared at by a ghost, filled with fear. He glanced at his own Gengar, who was also tense, with no trace of his playful expression.

This old woman is so scary that even ghosts are frightened by her. Could it be that she has been dead for a long time and is just a ghost? Or is she a thousand-year-old monster like the tree lady? Xiaoqian was so scared when she saw the tree lady that she trembled.

Lu Yi knew that everyone who first met the old woman, Kikunoko, would be frightened by her yin energy. Back when they were in elementary school, some of his classmates had even wet their pants out of fear. Later, the boys in the class considered meeting Kikunoko a symbol of manliness and courage.

Over time, he'd grown somewhat immune to Kikunoko's terrifying presence and aura, but every time he saw the old woman, he still felt uneasy. If it weren't for the 2 Alliance Coins in Jia Wencheng's pocket, he wouldn't have come to this place. Knowing Jia Wencheng must be frightened, he quickly said, "Grandma Kikunoko, this is my friend. He's here to participate in the Secret Realm Trial. That... the trial is for you. I hope you can give him the Trial Certification."

"Is that so? Since he is the one participating in the trial, you should just leave." Kikunoko tried to drive Lu Yi away with just one sentence.

"This..." Lu Yi looked at Jia Wencheng and hesitated. After all, if he took someone else's money, he had to stay by his employer's side.

"What? You want to visit my house too?" Kikunoko looked at Lu Yi with a gloomy face again.

He suddenly tensed up and turned to leave: "Master Jia, I'll wait for you outside the canyon." After that, he rode Kentaro out.

"The content of your trial is to find where my home is. You are not allowed to use flying-type Pokémon. Also, you cannot harm the children in the canyon. I have lowered the difficulty for you because you also have ghost-type Pokémon." After saying that, Kikunoko floated up again and drifted off into the distance.

Jia Wencheng immediately urged the Kentaro under his crotch to follow, but this guy was unwilling to go deeper into the canyon, as if there was something inside that frightened him.

"Go!" Jia Wencheng patted Kentaro's butt a few times, but the guy didn't move. "Damn it, I have to walk in here by myself, without a guide, and I can't fly." Jia Wencheng had no choice but to get off Kentaro's back. Kentaro ran out of the canyon alone. He turned his head to look in the direction where Kikunoko had gone, but the road was already shrouded in mist and he couldn't see it clearly.

"If we can't fly on an elf, we can use a flying elf to scout." Jia Wencheng said as he released Pidgeot. "Bode, fly up and see which direction the old woman is floating. If you find her home, you can pass the trial. How can such a simple trial stump me?"

Pidgeot came down shortly after taking off. It shook its head at Jia Wencheng, gesturing for a long time, suggesting that the canyon was shrouded in thick fog, making it impossible to see clearly and that flying through the air would easily lead to crashing into the cliffs. Jia Wencheng had no choice but to retract the Pidgeot, leaving Gengar and Xiaoqian to lead the way, and unleashing Alakazam to guard him. Alakazam had possessed the danger-sensing ability even when he was still Kaiser, making him extremely sensitive. With Alakazam's protection, he felt safer.

In this gloomy canyon, Gengar was perfectly suited to this environment. It led Jia Wencheng deeper and deeper, until the thick fog completely obscured his vision, reducing visibility to less than three meters. From time to time, strange laughter, the cries of babies, the roars of wild beasts filled Jia Wencheng's ears, and all sorts of uneasy emotions welled up within him.

"Xiao Qian, Xiao Kai, come closer to me. What if someone attacks me?" Jia Wencheng was a little scared. No matter how strong a trainer's Pokémon is, it's still just a Pokémon. Humans are still very fragile. If a Pokémon suddenly attacks him, and Gengar and Alakazam around him don't protect him in time, he's finished.

Jia Wencheng thought about it but still felt uneasy, so he released Butterfree and Fluttershy as well. He held Gyarados's Poké Ball tightly in his hand, ready to summon it whenever the situation arose.

The sound of a baby's cries grew closer, and Jia Wencheng's heartbeat quickened, his palms breaking out in sweat. Xiaoqian and Xiaokai clung to his side, equally vigilantly observing their surroundings. Xiaodie, flapping her wings, circled overhead, her antennae trembling slightly, as if she too sensed the approach of danger.

Suddenly, a dark shadow emerged from the thick fog. This elf had a purple-gray body and was the size of a baby, but it had a distorted face, hollow eyes, and a sharp cry. The sound made Jia Wencheng's scalp tingle.

It's the Cursed Doll! He subconsciously tightened his grip on Gyarados's Poké Ball, but before he could react, Xiaoqian had already launched the attack. A black shadow ball shot out from its hand, heading straight for the Cursed Doll.

The cursed doll dodged the shadow ball with ease, then its body began to swell, spewing a foul-smelling purple smoke from its mouth, which spread towards Jia Wencheng and the others. Wherever the smoke passed, the surrounding air seemed to be corroded, making a sizzling sound.

"It's a poison-type transformation skill—poison mist! Use a telekinetic barrier to block it!" Jia Wencheng shouted. Xiao Kai immediately thrust his hands forward, and a powerful telekinetic barrier instantly formed, blocking the purple mist out.

Butterfree flapped its wings and launched two air slashes, sending the Cursed Doll scurrying to avoid them. Gengar was about to follow up with a Shadow Ball when Jia Wencheng suddenly remembered something and called a halt: "Don't hurt it!" He remembered what Old Lady Kikunoko had told him before leaving, telling her not to harm the children in the canyon. He wondered if she was referring to the Ghost-type Pokémon in the canyon.

He couldn't hurt these elves and could only passively defend himself, while these mischievous ghost-type elves could attack him unscrupulously. It was such an unfair trial.

"Hmph, we can't hurt them, but we can't use transformation skills. Everyone, go to sleep." Jia Wencheng commanded, "Xiao Qian, use hypnotic waves."

Gengar immediately used hypnotic waves, and the cursed doll, which was originally lively and energetic, suddenly became blurry-eyed and sluggish, and soon fell from mid-air and fell asleep. The baby's scalp-tingling crying sound also disappeared, and was replaced by the snoring sound of the baby in deep sleep.

Just as Jia Wencheng was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly noticed a group of green eyes flashing in the mist, staring at him. This sent a chill down his spine again.