While Hisoka was searching for a place to hide, he suddenly saw a small gap in the wall hidden behind a large rock.
'There!'
He and his Pokemon slowly moved toward the crevice, lowering his head to avoid being seen. And while the others were not paying attention, they quickly crawled into the gap.
When he was inside, he unexpectedly found the space inside was larger than it seemed.
Next, he turned off the flashlight and took out his night-vision goggles from his backpack. After he put them on, the surroundings completely turned dark green.
He lay down on the ground and peeked through the gap. More than a dozen people were running around frantically outside. Each of them had an eager look on their face as they grabbed the herbs and evolution stones from the ground and stored them in their bag.
Watching them collect all those precious things without care made him want to join them too. However, he pushed down his greed. Although it looked okay for now, who knew what would happen.
Clatter!
His leg suddenly hit something, causing it to fall to the ground. He looked down and found a human skull next to his feet.
"Why is it a skull again!"
He groaned, bent down, and picked up the skull from the ground. There were no traces of any Will-O-Wisp attack on this skull like the one he found previously.
Instead, there was a slight dent on the side. It was likely done by some kind of sharp weapon.
"Weavile!"
Weavile suddenly tugged his shirt, getting his attention. She then pointed her hand toward the wall.
He looked to where she was pointing and found a rusty short sword near the wall.
'Huh? Wait for a second,' he seemed to have thought of something.
Skull, sword...
"Hisoka, I found a lot of bones here," Kirlia called out. She gently waved her hands, clearing the dirt, revealing a bunch of old, disfigured bones. There were also some fragments of armor and sword among them.
"I got it now," Hisoka slowly breathed out.
He finally understood why there were so many Ghost-type Pokemon in this place.
It turned out that this mine was a remnant of an ancient battlefield. This also explained the presence of these skeletons. That would also explain why there were so many Mental Herbs here.
He couldn't imagine how much more skeletons were buried underneath this mine.
No matter what world it was, wars would never end.
And because of the existence of Pokemon, the ancient wars here might have been more devastating than the ones back on earth. Strong Pokemon even had the power to change the terrain. Just imagine how terrifying it would be.
Swoosh!
"What's that!"
Hisoka raised his head on alert. Something seemed to pass by him just now.
Hehe!
Someone suddenly laughed in his ear, but when he turned around, he saw nothing. The laughter was fleeting as if it was just an illusion.
Knowing that this place was basically a mass graveyard, he didn't dare take to take it lightly. Who knew what kind of ghost would be born in this place. Humans were always afraid of the unknown.
...
"Kirlia, can you check if there's another Pokemon here?"
Hisoka was worried and could only turn to Kirlia for help. She is a strong Psychic-type Pokemon. With her strong mental power, she could quickly detect any Pokemon in their surroundings.
She closed her eyes while her raising her hands. Her powerful mental power began to spread to every corner of the cavern, especially the ceiling above them.
About a minute later, Kirlia regained her senses. She looked at Hisoka with a solemn expression and shook her head.
"No? But I'm sure I heard something just now. Am I wrong?" he frowned.
Swoosh!
A cold wind hit his back. His body suddenly tensed. This was definitely not an illusion. He did feel something just now.
Kirlia and Weavile also felt it just now. Anxiously, they all grouped around Hisoka to protect him.
Hehe!
The laughter appeared again. And this time, it wasn't just him. His Pokemon also heard it. They knew they were facing an invisible creature, but they just didn't know where it was.
...
"Ah, finally!"
Tucker walked out of the dark tunnel, humming. In front of him was a large cavern. He was standing on a steep rock face.
He had been delayed on the way here. Two groups of Ghastly tried to attack him. Although he had defeated them with his powerful Pokemon, it still took a lot of time. He was the last person to reach the underground cavern.
When he found no way to go down, he decided to release his Charizard. He secured himself on its back and told it to fly downward.
A few seconds later, he saw numerous vegetation on the ground. His sharp eyes recognized them straight away.
Meanwhile, the hunters who were collecting the herbs didn't notice the presence of Charizard above them. Their attention was all focused on the precious herbs. No one had the time to mind other people.
"Well, well. What do we have here."
The corner of his mouth was upturned, revealing a sinister smile.
...
On the other side, Hisoka, Kirlia, and Weavile were watching their surroundings warily. They didn't know whether the figure haunting them was friendly or not.
Hehe!
The laughter appeared again.
Hisoka felt a cold breath on his neck. He swung his fist, but unfortunately, it only managed to hit empty air.
"Whoever you are, come out!"
After being teased by the invisible creature several times, he couldn't stand it anymore. He shouted, calling the other party to reveal itself. He knew that it could understand what he said just now.
At this time, neither Hisoka nor his Pokemon noticed that the zipper on his bag was being slowly pulled open. The invisible figure began to search inside the bag secretly. Soon, it seemed to have found what it wanted and slowly took it out.
It was Hisoka's egg incubator.
Suddenly, the colorful orb on top of the incubator emitted a powerful magnetic burst, knocking everyone away.
"Ouch. What happened just now."
Hisoka shook his head as he stood up from the ground.
When he looked back, he saw his incubator that was supposed to be inside his beg was lying sideways on the ground.
He ran toward it and picked it up immediately. Luckily, there weren't any cracks on the egg after checking it a few times.
"Phew!"
Seeing that the egg was fine, he sighed in relief. He was afraid the fall just now would kill the Pokemon inside the egg.
"Hisoka, I caught it!"
Suddenly, Kirlia's figure appeared in the corner of his eyes. She inserted her hand into a pile of rubble and pulled out a dark-bluish figure from it.
"Hehe!"
The figure stared at Kirlia with her large red eyes. It didn't look that afraid at all after being caught.
"What do you want to do?"
Kirlia didn't feel any hostility from it. She wanted to try to communicate with her telepathy. But when she extended her mental link to it, she found that there was some kind of mysterious power in it, blocking her psychic power.
Weavile became serious. A black mist was swirling around her claws. As long as Hisoka ordered her, she would attack without hesitation.
"Isn't that a Misdreavus?"
Misdreavus was known as the Screech Pokemon. It liked to startle everyone with mischievous tricks.
'But what does it want with my incubator?' Hisoka thought in a puzzled manner.
He turned to look at his incubator and saw the colorful orb on top of it.
"You want this thing?" he looked at the ghost-like Pokemon with his hand pointing to the orb.
Hehe!
It nodded as it let out a peal of merry laughter. It wiggled its body, trying to break from Kirlia's clutch.
Kirlia tightened her grasp on the Misdreavus. She didn't want this strange Pokemon to get close to Hisoka for fear that it would hurt him.
"Let it go, Kirlia."
"No," she shook her head.
He looked her in the eyes and said, "Trust me."
"If it wanted to hurt us, it would have already done it before. It's okay. I'll be fine."
He said assuringly.
Kirlia hesitated for a moment. Ultimately, she released her hold on the Misdreavus. She wouldn't go against Hisoka's orders.
As soon as the Misdreavus was free, she smiled and flew around in a circle a few times. Then, it stopped next to Hisoka.
Weavile and Kirlia were standing on the side. Their eyes were fixed on the Misdreavus. As soon as it tried to attack Hisoka, they would step in immediately.
It hovered around the orb in Hisoka's hand, staring at it as if it was the most delicious thing in the world. Even a drool was leaking out of its mouth.
In fact, many Ghost-type Pokemon didn't need to eat at all. Most of their food came from life sources such as humans. For example, the round gems on Misdreavus's neck could be used to absorb fear and use it at nourishment.
Hisoka wasn't really sure whether the orb was the legendary Jewel Of life. But the energy radiation emitted by it did have a great benefit on Pokemon.
The strange Misdreavus that suddenly appeared in front of him was obviously attracted by the orb. He just didn't it to have keen senses. The orb that was inside his space bag could be sensed by it.
"Don't use your full strength to absorb the energy. Just stay around and let it come to you instead," he reminded it.
Then, he stretched out his hand and slowly moved it toward the Pokemon. Seeing that it had no intention to resist, he became daring and put his hand on its body. Instead of touching it, his hand went straight through it. It felt like his hand was submerged in cold water.
Many Ghost-type Pokemon could freely change their body from tangible to non-tangible. Clearly, it could do the same thing too.
Misdreavus nodded when it heard what Hisoka said just now. Then, it slowly moved toward the orb and took a deep breath.
Hu!
A faint white light was sucked into its mouth. Its eyes lit up with happiness. The red gems around its neck seemed to be much brighter than before.
It was so happy that its body became tangible and drilled into Hisoka's arms amidst the exclamation of Kirlia and Weavile.
At first, Hisoka was also taken aback by its action. But seeing that it did nothing but stay in his arms, he relaxed his body. Then, he slowly rubbed its silky smooth lilac-tipped "hair."
Looking at the Pokemon purring in his arms, a faint smile appeared on his face.
'Maybe we can let it be a scout? Hey! That's not a bad idea,' he thought.
This Misdreavus concealment ability was quite strong. Even Kirlia's probe was unable to detect its presence.
If it weren't it playing pranks on them, they would never know that there was a Ghost-type Pokemon following them all the time.
With its ability, it would be able to ignore any kind of terrain. Meaning it would be able to escape through walls.
He felt it would make a powerful scout. After all, Flying-type Pokemon could easily be seen at high altitudes.
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