Chapter 6 – Da Wei Tian Long, Shi Zun Ji Zo
Early in the morning on Sunday, Rikuno met the landlady who got up early to collect rent.
"Did you hear any strange noises last night?"
"Huh? I went to bed very early yesterday, what exactly happened?"
"I don't know... Many people in the community said that they had encountered situations. For example, the lights in the corridors not turning on."
"Our elevator obviously only has a B1, but many tenants said that they saw a B2..."
"Mrs. Liu, it may be that the light bulb is broken, I'll look into it later." Lu Ye laughed.
Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "I cooked some fish head soup today, I'll send Mr. Mime over later to bring it to you."
Rikuno nodded, and walked halfway to the stairs as he thought.
"The fish head used wouldn't be Magikarp would it?!"
The building was old-fashioned with six-storeys, and the elevator was a freight-styled elevator that occasionally short circuits.
Rikuno came to the first floor, checked the electric valve and changed the light bulb.
"Strange, the light bulb is obviously fine."
Rikuno scratched his head, unconsciously walked into the elevator.
The air in the dim freight elevator was damp, and the small advertisements for sublets were full of mould.
Below "B1", there is also an unclear button - "B2".
Rikuno rubbed his eyes, then the "B2" button disappeared.
"I must be seeing things?" Rikuno swallowed his spit.
"System, how would you recommend to deal with the situation on hand?"
[Recommended skills: Holy Light (lv1) required BP points: 2000, Smite (lv1) required BP points: 3000, Dawei Tianlong (大威天龙) (lv1) required bp points: 5000]
"You even have Smite and Dawei Tianlong!?"
"Forget it, now is not the time to complain about this - dare to come up with some skills that I can afford?"
[Recommended Skill: Spirit Vision (lv1) required BP points: 500]
[Would you like to spend 500 BP points to unlock the skill "Spirit Vision (lv1)"]
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
[Remaining bp points: 260]
[Spirit vision lv1: Improved vision, a small probability of identifying spiritual creatures. (Your eyesight is different from the ordinary, but be careful, too high a spirit vision is sometimes not a good thing...)
Rikuno didn't have time to think much about it, and cautiously looked around, and a drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead.
"What... There's nothing?"
In the empty freight elevator, a breeze of cold wind blew by carrying a musty smell, and a dim lamp "creaked" and sounded.
The old man in security uniform yawned outside the elevator.
"Boy, you've been standing inside for some time now... don't go defacing anything now!"
Rikuno left the elevator with a strange look.
"Mister, are there any urban supernatural legends around here?"
"Why yes, my granddaughter told me." The old man came to be interested, "It is said that there was a rumour of a "Cracked-mouth girl", but it is actually a kind of Pokémon called a Mawile."
"And that old lady with the cat face, guess what—Zoroark!"
"Hold up, Mister." Lu Ye looked strange, "Your granddaughter sure knows a lot!"
"Of course, my granddaughter is an elite trainer!" The old man smiled in pride.
"I know you boy, the tenant on the sixth floor, and I haven't seen you out of the apartment this half a month."
"Your still so young, why are you staying here to be a small-time streamer, why don't you go become a trainer!"
"Thanks for your encouragement." Lu Ye hurriedly retreated.
On the way to the Pokémart, Rikuno recalled the scene just now.
"It shouldn't be a supernatural event, it's nothing more than a ghost-type Pokémon... Yes, that makes sense."
Rikuno is a person who believes in science.
"I'll advise the landlady to hire some elite trainers to help exorcise these unnatural phenomenon."
After taking a deep breath to calm down, Rikuno opened Maps to find a suitable shop for lunch.
"For lunch, there's a Kaiseki dish... Slowpoke tail sashimi, $588 a piece? Sorry for the interruption! "
"Let's go buy Pokéballs first." Rikuno murmured, "There are a few ranches nearby where I can go look for any suitable Pokémon later."
In the system store, 200BP Pokéball, so the price is somewhat expensive.
In comparison, the $70 Pokéball is way more cost-efficient.
At the Pokémart, Rikuno spent $350 to buy five Pokéballs, the balance left was around $2500.
But at the ranch, Rikuno didn't any Pokémon he wanted.
"Eevee and Rockruff are both very popular Pokémon." The clerk said regretfully, "Even if you pre-ordered, you would have to do it 6 months in advance."
"Alright, I was just asking."
Similar to some of the more expensive pets of the other world, the price of Eevee is 40000+, and the price of the Rockruff is close to 75000.
Rikuno's wallet was crying.
Pokémon eggs for Weevile and Caterpie were really cheap, and you could pick one for about $30 to $50, but their talents are left for fate the decide.
Bird-like Pokémon, Pidgey, and Tailow's eggs are sold, at about 300 or so.
But Lu Ye thought that instead of buying such common Pokémon, it would be better to go catch one himself in the wild.
"If you're thinking of catching a Pokémon in the wild, please be careful." The clerk said with a smirk, "In recent years, there recurring news of accidental injuries. "
With Eevee's plan as a failure, Rikuno had no choice but to return to his apartment.
At sunset, a darkness covered the sky like a blanket, a flock of Pidgey flew across the sky, making a few squawks.
Rikuno played with the pocket-sized Pokéball in his hand, and with a snap, he held the enlarged Pokéball in his palm and had lots of fun with it.
Entering the elevator, a drop of cold sweat suddenly fell from Rikuno's forehead.
"Oh shit."
The vision in front of his eyes suddenly blurred, and the scene in the elevator suddenly changed, as if someone had suddenly reversed the color of the world.
If you have to describe it, it would be like JOJO's Bizzare Discoloration —
The row of elevator buttons are covered with eerie green bloody handprints.
The lamp overhead shook wildly, making a rapid "creaking" sound, and the wick flickered violently, and finally "squealed" out.
In a dead silence, the musty smell of decay filled his nasal cavity, and the wet and cold wind licked Rikuno's neck like a long tongue.
Rikuno's jumped in fright.
The closed elevator doors slowly open after stopping at "B2".
["Spirit Vision (lv1)" judgment – great success!]
A fluorescent green appeared in front of Rikuno's eyes, as if it were "Hawk eyes".
By now, Rikuno had calmed down and raised his head expressionlessly.
It was a pair of bulging white eyes, with a grin from ear to ear, a scarlet tongue, a long tongue.
The Gastly approached shyly, while sizing Rikuno up, and they just stared at each other for a second.
"Click—"
The phone's flash lit up abruptly.
Rikuno lowered his head, and with shaking hands, sent a message to a fan chat from his stream.
"[Image]"
"Just met a ghost late at night, waiting for help, it's very urgent!"