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Furong winked at him and then quickly ran out of the hotel, with the tall Night Demon following closely behind her.
Kashiwagi didn't even have the time to ask clearly how the operation was done specifically, and suddenly so many ghost-attribute Pokémon were stuffed into the hotel. Would the hotel still be able to operate?
Just now, a wild nightmare scared the receptionist so much that she had to leave her shift early.
If this were super-doubled, how many guests would be scared to death?
Bonnie thought of the same thing, so she said, "Doronmesia is left to you," and followed in the direction where Furong left.
"Eh? Eh?? Wait! At least leave me your phone number—"
Kashiwagi's eyes widened, and he chased to the stairs, only to find that Bonnie in a purple dress had disappeared. He ran all the way to the first floor of Li Zijin and even outside, but he couldn't see them anymore.
How on earth could it move so fast?
He raised his head speechlessly and looked at Doron Messiah who was sleeping soundly on his head.
As one of the protagonists in the missing incident, this little guy was ruthlessly "abandoned" by Furong!
The key point is that Doron Messiah, who had been sleeping since noon, showed no signs of waking up!
How much can you sleep?
No, aren't all your ghost-type Pokémon like this?
Kashiwagi felt a little embarrassed and exchanged glances with the big-mouthed kid next to him who was yawning. "What should I do next?"
"嘁哚~"
Big Mouth Baby said that he would either find out where they went and chase them, or go back to the room to take a nap or play with his phone.
"--All right."
After thinking about it, he chose the latter.
The main thing is that even if he forced himself to go over there, he wouldn't be able to help much, because the two kings were not much stronger than him. If he went over there, the best he could do was watch Fleur and Bonnie looking for ghost Pokémon and real ghosts.
Instead of being a spectator, it is better to go back and make some preparations for the upcoming journey to the spirit world.
For example, making some special bombs.
Kashiwagi has not forgotten the bomb-making talent that the female student gave him. He will go downstairs to buy some raw materials and make all the bombs that need to be made. He believes that the female student can kill a bunch of wild Pokémon with this thing, and he can definitely do it too.
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I never thought I would have to wait this long.
That's about seven hours.
At nine o'clock sharp.
It was already dark outside, and the bright street lights and the sounds of traffic could be heard coming through, making a lot of noise.
Kashiwagi sat on the sofa in the room and looked at the time on his mobile phone. He then glanced at Doron Messiah who was still unconscious on the bed and felt a little annoyed for a moment.
Although I successfully got Bonnie's contact information after much trouble, the other party didn't answer the phone or reply to the message.
The most frustrating thing is having a mobile phone but not being able to get in touch.
"How many ghost Pokémon do they want to collect..."
He muttered to himself, thinking that he might as well stop wandering around the hotel corridors. Even though he had already walked around four or five times, including during the neon-lit evening hours when he had been there for a long time, he still hadn't seen anything. But maybe walking around late at night would work wonders?
It's only natural that strange things like Room 1608 like to appear late at night!
Thinking of this, Kashiwagi picked up Doron Messiah from the bed and put him on his head, and called away the big-mouthed kid who was watching a TV series, "Let's go! Let's go for another walk!"
"嘁哚......"
Kog'Maw reluctantly turned off the video on his phone and followed the trainer.
The layout of the hotel corridor is very ordinary, with standard warm lighting and thick carpets that feel soft to step on as the main tone. The only special thing is that there are many strange decorations placed on both sides of the corridor, and the walls are covered with historical pictures about the hotel.
The so-called "hotel culture"?
Talk about it.
Why is there an entrance to the spirit world in Zijinshan Hotel? This kind of thing usually appears in some kind of ruins, right?
And according to the supervisor, Room 1608 only appeared after the bankruptcy of Da Zijin Holdings. Could it be that an employee hanged himself in the hotel room?
wrong.
In a normal world, this possibility does exist.
But this is the world of the Pokémon animation, and all logic must be connected to Pokémon, and then we have to find the answer that sounds the most ridiculous.
He wandered aimlessly in the corridor, his eyes scanning the various photos of the old Violet Hill Hotel on the wall, but in his heart he was wondering why the entrance to the spirit world suddenly appeared.
Maybe I should ask Furong who knows more about the spiritual world?
Kashiwagi glanced at a photo of a few old men arm in arm with forced smiles on their faces, and continued walking forward.
Suddenly.
He stopped, stepped back to the photo under the puzzled gaze of Big Mouth Baby, and looked at it carefully.
"Tsk?"
Kog'Maw didn't know why the trainer was looking at someone else's photo so intently.
"Wait a minute, let me think about it."
Without explaining, Kashiwagi took out his phone and took a picture of the strange picture behind the old man in the photo. After zooming in and observing it carefully, he found that it was a lot of unknown totem-like words, which translated into:
"I wish my soul to be alone?"
A few words in the middle were blocked by the old man taking the photo, and the same was true for the next line. It looked like there were only two or three lines of content.
Ancient writing! ?
Back in Huangtie Town, the first calligrapher who won him the championship rewarded him with a method of interpreting ancient characters. He learned it but never put it to use.
I didn’t expect to see a special language composed of countless unknown totems in a photo of Zijinshan Hotel.
It looks like English, but the content is actually completely different from the meaning of English permutations and combinations.
The unknown totems record the past in the animation. They are also a group of strange beings that can live in the cracks of space. When you suddenly see them in a photo, you can interpret their soul contents.
Kashiwagi doesn't think this is a coincidence.
"We seem to have found a clue!"
He excitedly spoke to Big Mouth Baby and showed it the strange words he had taken photos of. Big Mouth Baby obviously didn't understand the meaning of these weird words, but was happy that things were finally getting tense.
"Qi Duo!"
Immediately.
Kashiwagi took a picture of the entire thing and searched all over the hotel for this strange picture. Judging from the photo, this thing seemed to be a decoration in the lobby.
Unfortunately, he looked around but couldn't find the picture.
I asked the front desk clerk who came on shift and he also said he didn't know him.
He thought about it and decided to ask his supervisor, who might be senior enough to know where the thing is. He just hoped that it was not thrown away when the old Zijinshan Hotel was demolished.
"——Why is it always you!"
The supervisor in the office saw him with wide eyes, and then looked behind him to see if Bonnie and Furong were following him. "I've told you everything I know! What else do you want?"
"Excuse me, I just have one question. May I ask where this painting is?"
Kashiwagi quickly stepped forward and showed the photo on his phone to his supervisor, "It's the painting behind these old people."
The supervisor glanced at it casually and said, "This kind of decoration? It must have been thrown somewhere when the hotel was dismantled. How would I know such details?"
"You really don't remember? Take another look at it!"
"I've already said it—"
"Look more carefully. We have already explained what happened in Room 1608. Is there anything missing? It would be good for you to solve it sooner, right? Isn't it?"
A pair of captivating eyes stared directly into the supervisor's eyes.
The latter looked at the young man in front of him, who was probably about the same age as his child, and was actually intimidated by his aura. He couldn't help swallowing his saliva, took the phone and said, "Then, then I'll take another look..."
After a few seconds.
"Hiss! I have some impression of this thing!"
The supervisor scratched his head and recalled, "I remember that it was a gift from a senior executive of the Grand Violet Holdings Company when the Violet Mountain Hotel celebrated its 30th anniversary, saying it would bring good fortune or something.
"It didn't take long for the company to finally collapse. Here, this is the photo taken on the 30th anniversary! Looking back now, the situation of the company was not optimistic. Everyone's smiles were forced."
"If it's a gift, you won't throw it around, right? Where is it now?"
Kashiwagi asked hurriedly.
"...I really can't remember. It's hard to recall these trivial things when I'm old. I'll ask the people in the logistics department tomorrow!" said the supervisor.
He clasped his hands together, "Not today? Please! You want to end this as soon as possible, right? Hibiscus King and the others are here to catch real ghosts. If the guests find out, it will have a big impact on the reputation of the hotel, right?"
"Ah? A real ghost?"
The supervisor looked confused, and after a few seconds his expression turned horrified, "No, no, no, this won't work! A real ghost or something!"
"So hurry up! I suspect the appearance of Room 1608 is related to this thing!" Kashiwagi directly told the other party his guess.
The supervisor, who was extremely terrified about the real ghost, immediately took the initiative and began to contact the logistics department.
The logistics department knows best about the details of hotel decoration.
It’s just that this is such an old problem, and there is only one person on duty in the logistics department, so nothing can be found for the time being, and it’s impossible to find it quickly.
The supervisor can't do anything.
"Wait, I'll contact you once I figure out where you're going. Leave me your phone number."
"...That's all it can do."
Kashiwagi nodded helplessly. At that time, computer systems were not well developed and it would take time to find many things written down on paper. Otherwise, he could just let Porygon 2 show off his power.
He went back to his room.
I had planned everything but never expected that solving the mystery would get stuck at the last step. If possible, I really want to filter out this blank time.
He wrote down his findings in a message and sent it to Bonnie, silently waiting for her reply.