Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

The staircase is spiral-shaped and leads all the way to the bottom. Xiao Zhi doesn't know if it connects to a room on the first floor or if it was a private space that was specially set aside when it was built.

The hallway was completely dark, and Ash didn't have a flashlight with him. Without the help of electricity, Ash could only carefully feel his way forward.

Before he could take more than a few steps, a ghostly blue flame suddenly ignited throughout the space. Looking at the wall, he saw that the torches hanging there had been lit, but he didn't care how they were lit or why they were a ghostly blue color. At that moment, he was filled with a strange and suffocating feeling.

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In less than half a minute, Xiaozhi arrived at the bottom of what appeared to be a long staircase, which was indeed a completely enclosed space.

The space was small, barely enough to accommodate three or four people. The torch that had been hanging on the wall was now in this cramped space... or rather, there was another torch on the wall directly in front of the room. Its pale blue flame flickered in the breeze that seemed to come from nowhere, bright yet hazy.

In the center of the room was a table and a chair, which looked old and dilapidated, quite different from the clean and tidy interior of the mansion.

Illuminated by the eerie blue firelight in the room, Xiao Zhi slowly walked to the old table and silently reached out to wipe away the thick layer of dust on top. Without the dust obscuring it, the worn diary on the table, having transcended the years, revealed its original appearance.

The notebook cover is simply black, looking very simple. The only special feature is a string of unfamiliar characters tattooed in the middle.

"..."

Ash remained silent, turned the pages of the book, and began to slowly read the contents by the faint blue light of the fire.

Although Ash wasn't initially sure what the notebook was, after seeing the contents of the first page, he roughly understood—

This is a diary.

However, unlike typical diaries today, this diary does not indicate the year or month; it only indicates the day of the week and the weather each day. It is unclear whether this was a trend of that era or simply the old man's own habit.

Moreover, although it's called a diary... the content is rather sloppy.

Monday, cloudy.

"Our hotel is finished! My husband asked me to name it, but I'm not good at naming things, so I simply named our hotel 'Forest Mansion'~"

The diary entries were very concise, with each day summarized in just one sentence. There was no important information in the first few days, and there were also many strange characters that Xiao Zhi couldn't recognize.

Fortunately, this won't cause too much trouble for Xiaozhi's reading.

Thursday, rainy day.

"The hotel is doing very well. I originally planned to write in my diary every day to record my life, but I'm just too busy with real life and I simply can't find the time."

It's easy to imagine why Mori no Yokan is so popular, judging from its interior decoration. After all, there were few hotels in the past, and transportation was inconvenient. Most people passing by Momoyo Forest would probably choose to stay here.

Xiao Zhi continued reading.

"Wednesday, sunny"

"Business has been getting better and better lately. Although it's great that business is booming, I feel like this kind of life is a bit too monotonous."

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Monday, sunny.

At this point, the handwriting and overall feel of the notes have changed considerably compared to before. There are many underlines and deletions between the two sections, perhaps indicating a long interval between them.

"Our business has been doing very well for over a year, but neither my husband nor I are very satisfied with our current life. Although the laughter and joy of our guests make us happy, is this really the life we ​​want?"

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"Friday, rainy day"

"The forest seems to be acting strangely lately. Every night, an ominous breeze blows, and it feels like something is laughing in the dead of night. My husband and I haven't been sleeping well these past few days, and we've even started thinking about closing the hotel."

Saturday, cloudy.

"It was a strange and surprising day. A little ghost collapsed at our door. Although we'd heard they were dangerous, my husband and I decided to help it! But strangely, we could actually touch it. It was icy...cold...Do ghosts actually have physical forms?"

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"Friday, sunny"

"A week has passed, and Mr. Ghost's body has recovered! Mr. Ghost is amazing; he can show us very realistic images! In the images, we saw many Mr. Ghosts, but those Mr. Ghosts seemed to dislike this particular Mr. Ghost because he was too small, so they injured him and drove him away... It turns out their world is just as cruel as ours."

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Monday, sunny.

"We took in Mr. Ghost because we could sense that he was very sad... Mr. Ghost stayed because he had nowhere to go back to, and it seemed like he wanted to repay us... But we didn't have anything we wanted, and we didn't know how to make him repay us... We didn't say anything, and Mr. Ghost was a little sad."

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Monday, rainy day.

"It's a bit of a headache. After a period of quiet, Mr. Ghost started playing pranks... Guests keep coming to us, crying and saying our hotel is haunted... Although this news would greatly affect our business if it got out, my husband and I are quite happy. The guests' fearful expressions are just as amusing as their happy ones!"

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"Wednesday, sunny"

"Although we tried to educate Mr. Ghost, he still did what he wanted. At first, we thought Mr. Ghost just liked to play pranks, but later we found out that he did it because he saw us laughing for a long time because of the guests' panic."

"Hmm... so it turns out it was our fault after all... Mr. Ghost's thoughts were very simple, he just wanted to repay a debt of gratitude... and to be honest... Mr. Ghost's pranks were indeed very funny. My husband and I discussed it for a long time and decided to completely change our usual style and turn the Forest Mansion into a ghost hotel that is occasionally haunted! That should make Mr. Ghost happy, right?"

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