Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 224 Unexpected Ghostly Encounter

When Su Yu got up the next day, he first went to take a look at the dark purple soil next to his house.

Thanks to the help of the little sheep mount, the crops are still growing very quickly and should be ready for harvest soon.

Only then did Su Yu have time to look at the patch of grass in front of the house.

At this moment, the phantom had become completely different from yesterday's. The grass was now covered with the phantom of a spirit world graveyard. Various tombstones were haphazardly buried on the hillside, looking quite bizarre.

These phantoms appear to change every day.

Yang Hao came by halfway through. Looking at the scene outside, he exclaimed in shock:

"Wow, this isn't a ranch anymore, it should be renamed the Pokémon Graveyard."

"...It's just a phantom. Don't you see this on your ranch?"

"No, there really isn't. It's strange, but it seems like only your ranch has this problem in the entire pastoral area," Yang Hao said, shaking his head.

So, our ranch is the only one that's special?

"Fine, I'm not planning to go out for the next few days anyway, I'll just stay home."

Su Yu brought over a large bag of snacks, sat on the sofa, and watched TV.

At this moment, Snorunt, holding a picture book that he had somehow found, started telling ghost stories to the other Pokémon.

Alcremie, Arcanine, Farfetch'd, and a host of other Pokémon gathered around. Farfetch'd, in particular, was trembling all over and covered its ears with its wings.

Arcanine, on the other hand, seemed completely unconcerned, its Justice ability being on full display.

"Awoo~!" What kind of righteous hero would be afraid of ghosts?

The Frostmaw was skeptical. Beside it, the woolly sheep were so frightened that they hid under the table.

"Mama..."

This sheep is so big, yet it's afraid of ghosts. It's hilarious!

And when evening came...

After dinner, Su Yu remained in the living room watching TV.

At this moment, several Pokémon on the first floor got together and actually planned to go out on an adventure that night to see who was the bravest.

"Mama..." This isn't good, is it? What if a Ghost-type Pokémon suddenly appears and kidnaps us all?

The green onion duck also nodded, expressing its concern.

"Microbase~!" Don't worry, with Su Yu here, everything will be fine.

Snorunt chuckled and egged on the other Pokémon, clearly enjoying the spectacle.

The woolly horned sheep, who had been looking trembling with fear, was given a shove from behind by the Snow Child, who deliberately said:

"I dare to go even if it's a micro-base~, you guys are so strong, you shouldn't be afraid, right?"

This perfectly suited the smug sheep's pride. Hearing this, the smug sheep mustered their courage and ultimately chose to join.

"Mama..." Being too proud leads to suffering.

Frost Fairy covered her face helplessly, thinking it would be better to tell Su Yu first.

While it was going upstairs, several Pokémon had already quietly slipped out.

……

By this time, it was completely dark.

A chilling wind swept through the pasture, and on the hillside not far away, the faint outline of that cemetery still lingered.

Farfetch'd stood at the head of the line, carrying a lantern and cautiously probing the way. Snowman swaggered behind him, while Woolhorn Sheep brought up the rear.

At this point, the woolly horned sheep were already prepared to run away at the first sign of trouble.

Just then, a strange laugh suddenly came from not far away. In addition, an eerie yellow light flashed from time to time.

"Quack...!" Upon seeing this, the Farfetch'd immediately wanted to back down. It was about to retreat when its body was blocked by the woolly horned sheep.

The woolly-horned sheep said in trembling voices:

"Mah, Mahah..." No, don't be afraid.

Face them bravely, Farfetch'd, you can do it!

However, at this moment, the yellow light suddenly became brighter and brighter. As this yellow light shone, hundreds of yellow lights suddenly appeared all over the mountains and fields.

These yellow lights flew out from the cemetery and surrounded the Farfetch'd and the others.

……

"What? Farfetch'd and the others have run away again?"

At this moment, Su Yu was still watching TV inside the house.

Upon hearing this news, he stood up from the sofa. Just then, the squealing of the Farfetch'd came from outside.

"..."

"Alcremie, use your magical sparkle to light our way! Arcanine, Moose, come with me and let's go out and have a look!"

Su Yu got up and walked outside. At this moment, Alcremie used her magic, and the outside was illuminated by a magical flash, becoming as bright as day.

Su Yu rushed outside, thinking the situation was urgent. But when he saw the group of Pokémon in the graveyard, he was stunned.

These aren't the filthy things from ghost stories at all! These pumpkin spirits are actually quite cute, aren't they?

—At that moment, pumpkin spirits were floating in the sky. The yellow light that the Farfetch'd had just seen was emitted by them.

These pumpkin spirits didn't seem to have any ill intentions; they appeared to have accidentally wandered onto the ranch along with the graveyard. Unlike the Dusty Ghosts that attack Pokémon, they were quite friendly.

Farfetch'd, on the other hand, looked particularly panicked. At that moment, Farfetch'd was using a flurry of attacks, blindfolded, and fiercely stabbing at a Gengar in front of it.

However, since Gengar is immune to Normal-type moves, the attack passed through Gengar as if it were just hitting a fog.

Therefore, Gengar thought Farfetch'd was playing with it. It also used a Ghost-type move on Farfetch'd, which Farfetch'd was immune to.

"Kuja~!" Ora Ora!

The two Pokémon were fighting each other, but because they were immune to each other, the scene looked particularly comical.

Not far away, several woolly horned sheep huddled together, their eyes closed in fear.

Beside them, Snowball was rolling around laughing. In its eyes, Farfetch'd and the others' performance was absolutely brilliant.

Actually, Snow Boy already knew that these pumpkin spirits had arrived at the ranch, and had even communicated with them. His encouragement of Farfetch'd and Woolhorn to come out was merely for his mischievous prank, which is why he was so eager to participate.

Su Yu: "...Looks like everything's alright now, Frost Fairy, turn off the lights."

This Snow Child loves playing pranks so much, I wonder if it will evolve into Ice Oni or Snow Fairy.

Upon hearing this, Alcremie also turned off Magic Dazzle.

At this moment, one of the pumpkin spirits floated up, greeted Su Yu, and explained why it had come here.

"So you were also transported here for some unknown reason?"

"Pumpkin, pumpkin~!" The pumpkin spirit nodded.

"Do you know what exactly happened in the spirit world these past few days?"

Su Yu inquired. The Pokémon that had previously attacked were completely incomprehensible. However, Su Yu felt that these Pumpkin Spirits were clearly different from those Pokémon.

Through the answers of these pumpkin spirits, he also learned some things.

In short, just a few days ago, a very powerful Pokémon suddenly resurfaced in the spirit world. It gathered most of the malevolent Ghost-type Pokémon and began to attack humans on a massive scale.

These Pokémon, unwilling to do evil, were banished to a corner of the Spirit World. By chance, they ended up here.

"I see..." Su Yu nodded.

"Will you be able to go back?" Since their arrival was unexpected, Su Yu thought that the pumpkin spirits must be quite homesick.

Upon hearing this, the pumpkin spirit shook its head. It seemed that the teleportation to this place was a one-time thing. Once they arrived, they could never go back.

"Is that so..."

"In that case, you can stay at the ranch for the next few days. I will take care of you."

If Su Yu could find a Pokémon like Dusty Ruff that could open a portal to the spirit world, then he could send Pumpkin Spirit and the others back.

Unfortunately, due to limited knowledge of Ghost-type Pokémon and the fact that the Spirit World only recently arrived along with the Hoenn region, very few trainers in the Eastern Kingdom have captured Dusty Phantoms.

Finding it would be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

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(End of this chapter)