stonecrandall Chapter 273 The Night Demon in the Graveyard
Chapter 273 The Night Demon in the Graveyard
"Susu~"
The sounds of clothes rubbing against the branches and leaves on both sides of the bushes, along with the hurried footsteps, echoed through the empty forest.
Ash was clearing a path ahead using his Aura. Despite having the task of clearing the path, Ash's speed was still making it difficult for Ash behind him to keep up.
"Wait, wait a minute! This is too fast! And at least tell me what happened first! This kind of self-centered behavior will result in a fine!"
Hearing Ash's weak groans from behind, Ash finally stopped and turned around, somewhat speechless, saying, "Of course I found Professor Yamanashi and the others' trail. Otherwise, why do you think I rushed over here so urgently?"
"Huh?" Ah Xun made a puzzled sound, then seemed to realize something. After a brief moment of stunned silence, he realized, "I see... So your current power is also given to you by the power of Aura?"
"It's just a certain degree of enhancement. I didn't really know how to use it before. It wasn't until I had a burst of inspiration just now that I thought of using the power of the wave guide to cover my hands to enhance my strength."
As Xiaozhi spoke, he raised his hands and, as if demonstrating, lashed the surrounding branches.
Snapped--
With a crisp sound, the branch that Xiaozhi had lightly brushed broke in two and fell limply to the ground.
"I'm so envious! What kind of power is this?! It's so omnipotent! Why don't I have this ability? It's too unfair! Fine! You have to fine me!" After seeing another application of the Aura Power, Ash was speechless with envy. For a long time, he could only tremble as he stretched out his finger and kept venting his envy at Ash.
Ash ignored Ash's incessant chatter and turned to look ahead, saying, "It's just ahead."
Ah Xun: "???"
Ash paused for a moment, then realized that Ash meant the missing people were just ahead. He stopped envying Ash's Aura and squeezed past Ash to get to the front, as if he wanted to be the first to find them.
"Dr. Yamanashi? Hikaru? Tsuyoshi? Are you there?"
As Ah Xun shouted, he pushed aside the bushes in front of him and walked out. His previously restricted view suddenly became vast and bright.
Before them lay a vast, flat area within the mountains and forests. The trees seemed to be divided up here, not extending any further inward. The only thing "stretching" towards the central clearing was the withered, dying branches, making it look like an untended area deep in the mountains and forests.
Although in 99% of cases the mountainous areas are unmanaged, the reason why Ash felt this way was because—
"This...this isn't the place..."
Finally realizing what the area in front of him was, Ah Xun began to feel a little scared. Even his voice lost its usual imposing manner. He hesitated and took a few steps back, coming to stand behind Xiao Zhi.
"Why is there a cemetery here? That's so strange!"
It's not that Ah Xun is timid; after all, cemeteries in the woods are always high-risk areas in novels and movies. Even with preconceived notions, Ah Xun wouldn't be so cowardly if he saw a cemetery in the suburbs. The most crucial point is...
"There's nobody living around here, is there? What's the nearest city again?"
After a brief moment of fear, Ah Xun finally realized that his behavior seemed a bit embarrassing, so he cleared his throat, mustered his courage, and stood up to ask in a seemingly calm manner.
Anyway, he wasn't the only one there. Even if they encountered any danger, Ash would be there for him. With Ash's Aura power at his disposal, no matter what kind of danger it was, it shouldn't be a problem.
Ah Xun comforted herself in this way.
"Of course no one lives here. This cemetery is from who knows how long ago."
Ash had already sensed the presence of this graveyard using his Aura, and his behavior was naturally not as panicked as Ash's. He simply walked to a tombstone, squatted down and gently wiped the dust off the tombstone, and then stood up to add something.
“There are even many fake tombstones in this cemetery.”
"Fake?" Ah Xun's tone was full of doubt.
Facing Ash's bewildered expression, Ash, as before, offered no explanation. He simply walked forward, stretched out his hand, and enveloped the entire "graveyard" with Aura.
In an instant, blue light, mixed with dark purple light, shot into the sky, and the vast forest clearing vanished in an instant. The sunlight that had been shining down from the sky also disappeared in an instant, leaving only a small space of less than fifty square meters. The branches, like withered arms, had drooped down to their sides with the help of the crooked tree.
A few lonely tombstones were piled up haphazardly around the area. Only one relatively large tombstone stood at the far end of the open space. The names engraved on the tombstone had been lost to the memories of time through rain and wind. At this moment, the figures of Dr. Yamanashi and his companions finally appeared before them.
The dozens of people who had vanished were now standing in front of the most conspicuous tombstone, their heads and arms hanging limply, as if they had lost their souls.
Standing atop the tombstone is a Pokémon with a single, crimson eye and a humanoid form.
Its gaze was fixed intently on Ash and Ash, the "intruders," as if it were about to tear them to shreds at any moment.
And with A-Xun's surprised words, the identity of this Pokémon was finally revealed.
"This is... the Night Demon?"
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(Around the 10th, they started checking lesson plans and teachers' assignments every day again, which made me rush to finish them all day. After the two-week inspection period, it should be much easier to do things again for a while~)