Pokémon's Lord of Fear

Chapter 42: Puppet Theater
"I believe it, Elder Gengar, please put away your magical powers!" Teng Shu looked at the chaotic scene around him as if the end of the world had come, and hurriedly said to Gengar. Only then did Gengar return to his original state with a smug look.

But in just a short while, the Pokémon in the Orange Forest had become a mess, with Pokémon fleeing in panic everywhere. Teng Shu even saw a group of Beedrills falling from the sky to the ground, struggling constantly, and then they were directly frightened unconscious by Gengar's momentum.

It can be seen that when it comes to scaring Pokémon, Gengar is indeed unique and leading the way.

"Geng Li, are you willing to help me shoot a short film of about three minutes? You only need to appear on the stage for about ten seconds." Teng Shu looked at Gengar in front of him, and felt more and more that Gengar seemed more suitable for starring in the Pokémon-specific version of the horror short film "Lights Out", and it was scary enough. The only thing he had to worry about was whether the Jigglypuff he would find at that time could withstand Gengar's terrifying aura.

"Short film?" Gengar was a little hesitant.

"Two sugar cubes." Teng Shu made an offer.

"Deal!" Geng Gui slapped Teng Shu's hand.

The old butler stood aside and watched silently, feeling somewhat relieved in his heart. Now the relationship between Young Master Teng Shu and Overlord Gengar is getting better and better. This way, even if something happens in the future, Overlord Gengar can come to help.

"Then I..." Teng Shu touched his pocket, intending to take out the extra one as a deposit for Gengar, but then Teng Shu discovered that the ghost candy cube was gone.

Teng Shu was stunned for a moment. He searched around his body in confusion, but he found nothing. This made Teng Shu a little confused. What was going on? Why was the sugar cube gone?
When I gave it to Gengar just now, Teng Shu took it out, and then.
Teng Shu touched his pocket. He was very sure that he put the sugar cube in his pocket and hadn't touched it since. Moreover, Xiao Q was also above his head, so it was impossible that Xiao Q had eaten it secretly. So what was going on?
"My candy is gone." Teng Shu looked blankly at Gengar who was anxiously circling in front of him. Gengar's eyes widened, and he pounced over and put his face into Teng Shu's pocket and sniffed. There was still a lingering scent of candy there, but the problem was that the candy was really gone.

Gengar was as confused as a child weighing several hundred pounds.

Teng Shu was also very confused.

The candy disappeared from his pocket. Should we ask Kindaichi or Conan to take a look?

No, if they come, one of Teng Shu and the old housekeeper will die.

So where's my sugar?

Teng Shu didn't understand, but he really couldn't find it.

He could only put the matter aside for the time being, comforted the sad Gengar, and then followed the old butler to the outside of the puppet theater.

There is a queue at the Puppet Theater now, and many tourists holding "Dead Silence" movie tickets are talking excitedly. Fortunately, Gengar's momentum was quickly suppressed, otherwise this place would have been a mess.

"There are so many people." Teng Shu looked at the tourists in front of him with a smile on his lips.

These tourists had all seen Dead Silence, and then came to experience the Puppet Theater with their movie tickets. Teng Shu had previously asked the company's operations staff to promote the "Watch Movies and Visit Theaters" event. As long as you hold a Dead Silence movie ticket, you can use your ticket to enter the Puppet Theater for free and experience Jamie's escape journey.

The previously arranged Mary Shaw puppets and various puppets are all inside, and then controlled by the ghost Pokémon in the original Western-style house, which can bring the best fear experience to the tourists to the greatest extent. "How is the traffic recently?" Teng Shu found the staff at the entrance of the theater, who were responsible for collecting ticket stubs and then invalidating them.

"Boss, the current daily traffic is about more than 23,000 people." The staff member hurriedly answered respectfully after seeing Teng Shu. Teng Shu nodded after hearing it. More than 20,000 people is not a small number. It is estimated that these people also contributed some fear points. I just don’t know whether these facilities will also collect fear points, or is it limited to movies?

The system didn't give a clear explanation, so Teng Shu could only figure it out on his own.

"How is the revenue?" Teng Shu asked again, and then the employee retrieved a revenue statement from the computer and showed it to Teng Shu. Teng Shu took it and took a look, and saw that the net profit was still very high.

Although the Puppet Theater and the Muppet Theatre are free now, other things inside are charged. The theater makes a lot of money just from the sale of drinks and food, plus the sale of swimming rings and boat shuttle services, so the Muppet Theater is actually still very profitable.

Teng Shu was very satisfied. When the popularity of Dead Silence died down, he would change the theater into other horror movie types, such as the abandoned hospital in The Conjuring, which is also a good choice, but the haunted house in The Grudge is also fine.

Moreover, the lake here in the mansion can also be used as a filming location for the movie "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village".

In the future, I may also shoot something like a cabin in the woods.

"Ahhh!!" A terrible scream was heard. Teng Shu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the door. Then he saw Miss Joy skillfully bringing Happiny in to carry the person.

"Is it that scary?" Teng Shu blinked. This puppet theater was designed by him. After entering, tourists actually just experience the whole process of Jamie entering the theater. It shouldn't be that scary, right?
After all, the horror level of "Dead Silence" is actually not enough for Teng Shu. It is far less scary than movies like "The Grudge". "The Grudge" really took horror movies in another direction, which is purely scary.

Many people think that it’s okay to hide in the quilt, go to the temple, or do it during the day. But Kayako has no moral principles and doesn’t care about these things at all and just kills him directly.

It is precisely because Kayako does not abide by the "Ghost World Convention" that "The Grudge" is so scary and the key reason why it is still popular despite being remade into so many movies.

"Ahem... Boss, could you please talk to the Dream Demon and ask her to hold back." The staff member walked over to Teng Shu and asked softly, but this also made Teng Shu understand why the tourists inside were so scared.

It’s no wonder it’s a dream demon.

This little thing is a little tsundere. Even though scaring people is a happy thing, she likes to pretend to be unhappy.

Some are like Chopper from One Piece.

"That little guy has the qualifications to be the overlord." A smaller version of Gengar jumped out from Teng Shu's shadow and lay on Teng Shu's shoulder.

(End of this chapter)