Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 294 The Desolate Water Vein City?

The airship landed steadily on the outskirts of Watervein City.

A city with shimmering water.

This is the review of Canalice City by the most well-known travel magazine in the Sinnoh region.

Watervein City is a city built on the banks of a canal, which divides the city in two. In addition to the various goods transported by the waterway, it seems that in order to accommodate more tourists, many unique guesthouses are scattered on both sides of Watervein City. The cluster of guesthouses formed by these guesthouses can be considered one of the special features of Watervein City.

"This is the eastern part of Watervein City."

While observing the surrounding scenery, Xiao Gang compared the information with that in the travel magazine and introduced it to Xiao Zhi and Xiao Guang.

"This is the most famous tourist area in Canal City. Because it's a tourist area, it's naturally designed to cater to tourists. If you want to challenge a gym, you'll have to go to the northwest of Canal City."

"Northwest? How long will that take?" Xiao Guang asked, raising his hand.

"Half a day."

"It took forever..."

Upon hearing the unexpected answer, Xiao Guang's expression became somewhat stiff.

Even though he had rested for a long time on the airship, Xiao Guang's expression still stiffened when he heard that they had to travel such a long distance. He was in a holiday mood, but he couldn't help but feel like he was on vacation.

"But there should be public buses here that can take us to the city center of Waterway, but—"

Xiao Gang paused, then gestured for Xiao Guang and Xiao Zhi to look in the direction to their right.

On the right, there were many buses parked haphazardly, but strangely, there wasn't a single person in sight near them.

This place is clearly a tourist destination, but it looks strangely desolate and dilapidated.

"Is this place not decaying?"

Xiao Zhi was also somewhat confused for a moment.

Watervein City has always been a prosperous city, with countless visitors every day.

Even though it's not a holiday, the scene before us is still rather unbelievable.

"Is this place still really accepting customers?"

"Pikachu~"

Hikari and Pikachu stared blankly at the many buses parked not far away.

The buses looked brand new, with no dust on them, which at least indicates that they were operating normally not long ago.

But what's going on now?

However, speaking of which, there were only two other passengers on the airship that just took people to Watervein City, besides the three of them. And those two passengers seemed to be locals of Watervein City. They were picked up by their families as soon as they got off the airship.

Thinking about this, Xiao Guang couldn't help but have some doubts again.

Could it be that something terrible has really happened in Watervein City? Just as they were busy with Team Galactic and the Grand Contest.

"Let's go ask someone."

After Xiao Gang finished speaking, he walked ahead towards where the bus was parked.

Xiao Guang followed closely behind.

"Let's go, Pikachu."

"Pikachu~"

Pikachu nodded. Just as it took its first step, Pikachu seemed to sense something and suddenly turned its head to look in a certain direction.

Ash didn't notice Pikachu's actions, but his gaze, as if drawn by something, followed Pikachu's and looked towards the sea in a certain direction.

"What kind of island is that? Crescent Island? Full Moon Island?"

Even though Ash, who has a terrible sense of direction, has been here several times, he still can't figure out which island the location he's looking at is based on his sense of direction.

But the only thing he was certain of was that something on that island was calling to him, and at the same time—

When Ash came to his senses, he noticed that Pikachu seemed to have sensed the presence of something special at the same time as him.

Is it also calling for Pikachu?

Xiao Zhi was lost in thought.

"Hey! Ash—what are you still standing there for! Hurry up! We're leaving!"

"coming!"

Xiao Guang's shouts rang in Xiao Zhi's ears.

Ash couldn't care less about that strange feeling at the moment. He threw Pikachu, who was still standing there, onto his head and then quickened his pace to catch up with Dawn and the other two.

......

In less than three minutes, the group arrived at the bus stop at a brisk pace.

This should be an officially designated bus assembly area, as the ground clearly marks the location for each bus.

But for some reason, the drivers here seem to have an unruly personality, ignoring these marked spaces as if they are deliberately trying to ruin the city's visual cleanliness, leaving the buses parked haphazardly, with some buses not even half a meter apart.

Xiao Gang arrived at a place that looked like a security booth and knocked on the door.

"Hello! Is anyone home?"

Xiao Gang's shouts sounded particularly jarring in this quiet place.

"No one replied..."

Xiao Guang directly stated the result of the shouting.

But Xiao Gang still felt something was strange. The buses were parked here, and it wasn't a holiday. There should be someone guarding the place.

"Boom!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Gang knocked on the door louder and more urgently than before.

"Hello! Is anyone home? We have a few questions we'd like to ask! Is anyone home?!"

Xiao Gang's incessant knocking on the door sounded like a jumbled melody.

The knocking had been going on for a minute, but there was still no response from inside. Seeing this, Xiao Guang had already advised Xiao Gang to give up.

Even Xiao Gang himself had given up on the idea that there were people inside.

But at that moment, Ash spoke up:

"There are people inside, they've already arrived."

"?!"

Is it that slow?

The knocking and shouting went on for so long before someone opened the door. Could it be that an elderly person lives here?

This idea didn't last long before Xiaoguang and Xiaogang rejected it themselves.

The footsteps coming from inside the door sounded so heavy; surely an old man wouldn't have the strength to stomp so heavily on the floor?

"Click—"

The sound of the door lock being opened came first.

Xiao Gang took two steps back, making some space.

The tightly closed door was then slowly opened.

Once the crack in the door opened to reveal a gap, what came into view was a withered head—

"Ghost!!"

Hikari, who was still relatively inexperienced, was startled by the man in front of her and hid behind Ash, grabbing Ash's shoulders and trembling.

Who is it?

The man whom Xiaoguang called a ghost asked this question.

After pushing the door open completely, the man in his pajamas revealed his entire body.

.......

P.S.: I'm asking for a gift every day~ QAQ~!