The game comes to reality! Start by tyrannizing Professor Oak

He saw... a pair of eyes.

Chapter 72 The Four Heavenly Kings of the Kanto Region, Ghost Kikuko?!

Thud!

With a crisp sound of a cane striking the ground.

The gray and white world that swept in vanished in an instant, like the receding tide.

And those eyes...

But it was deeply imprinted in Chen Qi's mind.

As he gradually came to his senses, those eyes that had seen the gray world gradually transformed into the large red lanterns hanging high on both sides of the vermilion gate.

Chen Qi shook his head, dispelling the fleeting illusion that had previously crossed his vision.

Immediately, they met another pair of eyes.

Its weathered, gray-white appearance still conceals sharp, piercing eyes.

She had short, curly blonde hair, and her short, thin figure should have made her look frail, but she didn't look weak at all; instead, she looked strong and healthy.

Only the fine wrinkles on her face allow one to catch a glimpse of the traces left by time.

She held a sandalwood cane, which added to her dignified air.

Obviously.

The sound of the cane striking the ground earlier was made by her cane.

picture!

It’s so similar!

So much so that Chen Qi couldn't help but blurt out a name.

"Kikuko?"

At first glance, the appearance of the person in front of me is exactly the same as Kikuko, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Kanto region.

At least it replicated her figure and clothing.

It's like they stepped right out of an animation.

"tangerine?"

"I must say, the shape of these big red lanterns is quite unique, just like two ripe red oranges." Chen Duo heard Chen Qi's murmur and looked ahead, naturally landing on the two big red lanterns.

Kikuko herself, however, unconsciously narrowed her pupils after hearing this murmur.

However, all of this was imperceptible. When Chen Qi looked again, his sharp gaze had completely faded and gradually softened.

The old woman smiled kindly, "Oh, it's little Xiu Xiu back!"

"grandmother!"

"I brought my friends over!" Mu Xiu excitedly raised his hand and waved to the old woman inside the gate.

"grandmother?"

The group looked at Mu Xiu with surprise in unison.

Chen Qi was also very surprised. Upon closer inspection of the two, he found that their facial features did indeed resemble each other.

She is not Kikuko!

But it really does look like it!

That one glance made him truly believe that Kikuko had jumped out of the television set he watched when he was a child.

"Yup!"

"Let me give you a grand introduction."

"This is my grandma. Don't let her age fool you, she was a very strong trainer 20 years ago!"

"This haunted house was my grandmother's property."

"Before the news about Elf was made public, our main business was horror-themed escape rooms."

"It's too real, too terrifying, which is why nobody dares to come."

Mu Xiu introduced himself with a proud expression.

"A trainer from 20 years ago!"

"So what the Yorozuya said was true. Someone actually entered the trial and became a trainer 20 years ago."

Chen Duo's eyes sparkled with excitement. If it weren't for the impoliteness, she might have rushed forward to carefully observe and examine the trainers from 20 years ago, to see how they were different from the others.

"It's an open secret."

"Most of us trainers in this batch have known about this since we were very young, but we have been waiting for the right opportunity, which is why we did not get our starter Pokémon earlier."

"【Yorozuya】This guy is just pretending to be mysterious. I don't know where he got a lot of information. It's a mix of truth and falsehood. He's just trying to fool those 'wild trainers'."

Upon hearing Chen Duo mention the "Odd Jobs Shop," Dou Xiaotian couldn't help but chime in with a comment.

“That’s right. Only a ‘wild trainer’ would believe the secrets of this Yorozuya guy. If he actually showed up in front of us, we’d expose all his tricks in no time,” Mu Xiu agreed.

Although Chen Shuyu didn't say anything, he clearly looked unconvinced and didn't really approve of the "Odd Jobs Shop".

"Cough cough..."

While the others were talking, Shen Qingqing coughed deliberately, as if to remind them.

But these guys completely ignored her.

He didn't notice her warning at all.

"Why did you suddenly choke?"

"Are you alright, Miss Qingqing?"

Originally, the group wasn't very close, but thanks to Chen Qi, they became much more familiar with each other. To avoid seeming awkward, Mu Xiu and the others also changed their address from 'Miss Shen' to 'Miss Qingqing', just like Chen Qi.

Shen Qingqing: ...

Of course I'm fine!

You're the ones who have problems!

Shen Qingqing rolled her eyes, sighed, and turned her head away.

At this moment, the group noticed that Chen Duo had pursed her lips slightly and was glaring at them fiercely.

The three of them belatedly realized that they seemed to have detected a hint of surprise in Chen Duo's tone earlier, as if they had just confirmed that the news was true.

what's the situation?

Could it be that Mr. Chen Qi had been secretly keeping it from Chen Duo all along, only recently telling her that he had become a trainer?!

But that’s not right!

They're family, what's there to hide?

Chen Shuyu vaguely guessed what was going on, and looked at Chen Qi with surprise and a puzzled expression.

Could it be...

"Ah!"

"That's right, I am the 'wild trainer' you all talk about!"

Chen Qi said calmly.

"how is this possible?"

"Mr. Chen Qi, if you're a wild trainer, then what are we? Untamed savages?"

"Brother, stop joking, we're not kidding!" Mu Xiu thought Chen Qi was teasing them and couldn't help but laugh at himself.

"Who says you're the older brother!"

“That’s my brother. We’re just wild trainers who just got our trainer licenses. One of us got them in three days, and the other in one day.”

"Oh, right! I was born a little earlier than my brother."

"If you really think about it, he should have passed the trial and obtained his trainer license in the early hours of this morning."

"It's freshly baked."

"—A wild—trainer!"

Chen Duo deliberately drew out the word, emphasizing each syllable, and placed the stress on the word "wild".

The group was completely bewildered, their minds blank. They looked at each other, trying to confirm the bombshell news, but all they could see on each other's faces was an expression of disbelief and incredulity.

Finally, they all turned their heads to Shen Qingqing, and received a definite answer from her gaze.

Suddenly, the group felt as if they had been struck by lightning.

He immediately knelt down.

Chen Qi, on the other hand, turned his gaze to 'Juzi'.

Grandma Muxiu!

This veteran trainer from twenty years ago!

A veteran player of the real-world game "Elf Trials"!

She seemed to have discovered something, or rather, done something.

If he wasn't mistaken, the owner of those eyes in that fleeting illusion...

Should be the master of the reverse world

—Giratina, the Dark Dragon!

Chapter 73 The Reversed World of the Ghost Dragon Rider Radina!

"Mu Xiu, that's rude!"

"Apologize to him right now!"

Grandma Mu Xiu's appearance changed drastically; she was no longer the kind and gentle person she used to be. She even changed how she addressed Mu Xiu, and her words were full of sternness.

"I was wrong, Duo'er!"

"And Brother Chen Qi too!"

"I really didn't mean to offend, it's just a habit..."

"Everyone's been talking about 'wild'... no, I mean, rising star trainers lately. I've been hearing about it so much that I..."

"I'm sorry—!" Mu Xiu put his arm around Dou Xiaotian and Chen Shuyu's shoulders, bowed to Chen Duo and Chen Qi, and apologized sincerely.

"It's just a name."

"There's no need to worry too much about it. I actually think the term 'wild trainer' is quite fitting."

Chen Qi really doesn't care much about how people address him.

After all, if 'wild Pokémon' can be called that, there's no reason why 'wild trainer' can't be called that too.

What Chen Duo cared about wasn't the title, but the sense of superiority that the others had inadvertently revealed earlier, and their excessive disdain for the rising star trainers.

This is understandable, given that they knew the elves' secret much earlier.

It's normal to feel a sense of superiority.

"I forgive you."

Since Chen Qi had spoken and the others apologized sincerely, Chen Duo naturally decided not to hold it against them.

But... I have this inexplicable feeling that's not quite right, I can't quite put my finger on it.

"What do you mean by wild or not? It's just a matter of whether it's early or late."

"To be honest..."

"Those original trainers were the earliest truly wild trainers."