Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 564 Secretly Observing the Uninvited Mysterious Guardian?
The Arceus Phone, also known as the Jade Washing Cattle and Horse Simulator, possesses multiple functions such as intelligence gathering, location recording, teleportation, weather tracking, and even the ability to become a treasure and unlock special locations. It was a gift from Arceus to the Super Jade Washing Human Xiao Zhao during his time travel.

Although in the side story, a certain alpaca seems to have handled quite a few time-travel services, only Xiao Zhao was given such a high-tech product as a gift. This is probably because the others all had unconventional time travel experiences, usually through Celebi and Dream's channels, so it was not appropriate to give out rewards openly.

Are you curious about this?

Vibrating Wing and Victini came over, and Lightmoy handed them the phone. The two Pokémon poked around on the black screen, but they didn't understand how to use it at all.

After all, such things didn't exist in their time. So they quickly got tired of them.

Moreover, Zhenyi sensed that there was something else in this dirty, dusty room! Something that had just appeared!

As a ghost and hunter, I had a strange feeling when my own pet trainer picked up the phone. Was it to echo the idea that "no one died"?
Zhenyi could vaguely understand Guangtai's ramblings, such as her father not being dead. However, for her, an ancient hunter, life and death were commonplace. But since everything was alright, that was even better.

If you think about it carefully, maybe you'll end up like me, back in ancient times or somewhere else?

Now, let's find out the source of this unusual atmosphere in the room!
Something is watching from the shadows! Show yourself!

"Ha-ba-ba-ba!"

A fairy-like light shone from Zhenyifa's body!

Magic shines, illuminating the dark room!
After all, it's been a long time since I've been back, and it seems like this place is saying something like this?

"The power has been cut off at home."

Guangtai smiled and picked up on Zhenyifa's words, while Fajie, flapping her feathered wings, nodded proudly!

The trainers did a great job; they all answered the questions quickly!

So—who is it?!
The fairy's light illuminated the room, but it didn't reveal the uninvited guest who had moved in without permission. The strange feeling still lingered around, but the "uninvited guest" seemed to just watch quietly without taking any further action.

Zhenyi stared blankly for a while, then suddenly pursed his lips!
What are you doing? !

The fairy light failed to reveal the other party's true form, and they couldn't even find where the other party was!

How dare they make me lose face in front of my trainer!
Where did this ghost come from, that it's even more arrogant than me, an ancient hunter!
"Habababa~!" Zhenyi looked at Victini and hurriedly urged V-mon to join the search, instead of just watching from the sidelines!

Victini stroked his chin, lost in thought, before a burst of intense flames and psychic power erupted from his V-shaped forehead!

hey!

Predicting the future!
Of course, the flames are just special effects, just to make it look cool!
If you use a fire-attribute move here, it will set the house on fire, so you can't use it!

Hikari: "Victini, you've already mastered such amazing moves!"

"Tini~" After sending his telekinesis into the future, Victini excitedly gave a thumbs-up to the light moss!
Yeah yeah yeah!
That's right. Even though I don't participate in the matches or battles, I still gain experience during each fight, so I learn new moves! But it seems like the Iron Warrior also knows the same moves, right?
However, my superpowers are very strong! After all, they're my own type of superpower!
Therefore, with my ability to foresee the future, no enemy will be able to hide!

Victini sensed its surroundings
Sensing the surroundings
Perceiving
"Huh?" Zhenyi looked confused. She looked around. The dark places were still dark. Although some of the dust in the room had been removed, it was cleaned by her own feathers and wings, and had nothing to do with Victini.

So, what exactly did you foresee?

"Titini?!"

Bictini was also completely bewildered, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Huh? That shouldn't be! I didn't see anything during the foresight, nor did it produce any effects or changes, not even an attack!

"Even if it's a ghost, this shouldn't happen. And I also sense a not-so-strong soul power. Um, excuse me, this is where I used to live. If you're just staying here temporarily, that's fine, but could you please show yourself?"

Seeing that predicting the future had no effect, Guangtai proactively inquired with a certain "being" inside the room, but still received no answer.

The flapping of feathers, generating energy, means that if you can't find the opponent's location, you can't even launch an attack!
"If it's a Pokémon, how about using food to lure it in?"

Lightmoss thought this way, so after having Bictini light up the surroundings, she had Little Lo bake some cookies in the electric oven.

But even after Zhenyi and Bictini finished the cookies, the strange feeling hidden in the darkness did not disappear.

"Tini."

When Victini visited the Forest Mansion, it found it quite amusing. It watched the whole incident while invisible, and even when the ghost girl was knocked unconscious by the giant ball, it laughed uproariously while invisible.

But now, it's like there's another invisible Pokémon watching me, but I can't find it. Is this what it feels like to be watched by a ghost?

Hmm, this is starting to get a little scary!

Even the highly skilled Bictini team members were somewhat apprehensive and instinctively stuffed an extra biscuit into their mouths.

"Fairies, superpowers, food—none of them worked, but they didn't seem to have any obvious malice either."

Lightmoss smiled and shrugged at the two Pokémon.

Anyway, the workshop where I used to live was also a haunted house, so it seems that I always have an inexplicable relationship with ghost houses.

"Then, Lucario."

"beat!"

Just as Lightmoss was about to send Lucario out to perform [Detect], Kuma jumped out first!
Oh, the faint evil aura that left the ancient fairy hunters and the Victory team helpless is different from the atmosphere of the Forest Mansion!
Xiong's apprentice gave Guangtai a thumbs up.

An opponent of this caliber is perfect for me to train in expelling evil spirits; there's no need for my senior brother Luca to intervene!

There are four Pokémon in the team that know how to use moves like Detect!

I'll be the weakest of them all to solve this problem! Teacher, just you wait and see!

The bear apprentice twitched its nose, and a scent that no one could detect wafted into its nasal cavity!
Odor detection!
Moves that are ineffective against Ghost-type Pokémon and opponents with high evasion rates can now hit!
"There are things that the eyes cannot see, but smell does not have this problem. Every living thing has its own scent and aroma, and a bear's nose is very sensitive."

Guangtai praised Xiong's apprentice, who nodded in agreement.

Teacher, I will drive that uninvited guest hiding in your house out right away!

The creature that's been secretly observing is located behind the old refrigerator!

Furthermore, it is still under observation!

But with his own sense of smell, no matter what kind of dark illusions his opponent creates to hide its true location, he can detect its true form by its scent!
The bear apprentice suddenly swung his fist towards the back of the refrigerator!
"beat!"

Although I don't know what's going on, there's no doubt that it's the scent of some kind of mineral!
The bear apprentice punched a hard object, accompanied by a wisp of white smoke. His expression changed from one of confidence to one of utter shock, as if to say, "Are you kidding me?"

That punch had no effect?!
how so!
Even a real ghost, once its aura is detected, can be struck by its own powerful punch! Moreover, its elemental affinity will double!
Because true souls also possess ghostly attributes, everything in this world has a corresponding attribute!

"beat?"

The bear apprentice unleashed a barrage of punches at the darting shadowy figure. Thanks to its [No Guard] ability, the bear apprentice's punches were guaranteed to hit!

But no matter how many times I hit it, it had no effect!

This terrified the little grizzly bear. It stumbled back several steps, watching the dark figure darting and flying around the rooms with extreme vigilance!
Hmm... there really are evil spirits that you can't hit!

"Fight!"

A powerful aura suddenly began to gather around Xiong's apprentice!
You wretched embodiment of evil, let this [Explosive Fist] send you to the afterlife.
"Tinnitini!"

Bictini quickly hugged his bear apprentice!
Stop hitting him, stop hitting him, little bear, let it go!
This is the captain's room! What if he punches the refrigerator and smashes it to pieces?

You can't use powerful moves here!

"Huh? What's this?"

Just as the three Pokémon were all taken aback, wondering who the newcomer was...

However, Lightmoss found clues in the flight path of the dark figure. Although it moved without making a sound, as a psychic, she could sense the power of its soul. "The soul of this creature is very weak. Even a Ghost Pokémon wouldn't have such a weak soul. It's precisely because its soul is weak that even spiritual energy can't detect its activity. But one thing is certain: this thing doesn't seem to be an evil spirit!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason the attack didn't work wasn't because the opponent used some method to become immune to the attack. It's because—"

"Bear apprentice, use [Scent Detection] again to locate its position, then use [Swallow Return]!"

Looking at his bear apprentice, who was sweating profusely, Guangtai chuckled and teased, "To become a divine messenger who dispels all evil in the world, this little bit of fright shouldn't scare you, right? Remember, you weren't this scared when you met Marshado before, were you?"

The bear apprentice whimpered twice.

Well, that's different!

Although Marshall is a ghost, it is actually the shadow of the god of martial arts, an object to be revered! So I am not afraid of it at all!

But this guy I encountered was different from all the ghosts I'd seen before! That's why I was scared!
But since you, teacher, said to use it again...
The bear apprentice took a deep breath and used the scent detection again, finding the exact location of the strange smell!

Minerals! Yes, it's an indescribable mineral scent, like facing a rock from a mountain!

Then! A powerful surge of air gathered on the bear apprentice's fist!

Yan returns!

Swallow Return is a guaranteed hit move, and with the addition of the illegal no-guard trait of the Kuma's apprentice, it's impossible for this move to miss no matter what!
The eerie black shadow flying around seemed to sense the threat of the punch. It emitted a strong, strange light, and it and the bear apprentice were hit at the same time!
dong dong dong dong!

The dark figure was sent flying, rolling around the house before finally collapsing with a thud in the corner of the living room, motionless!
The bear apprentice's body stiffened. It had thought that the light was some kind of terrifying attack, but when it touched its body, it found that nothing had happened.

"beat?"

The bear apprentice was completely baffled!

Wait, what happened?!
Victini lit a fire, and in the light, he finally saw the creature's true form!

"As expected. It's this kind of Pokémon! Is it because Eternal Forest is so close to here, and there are a lot of insects around the Forest Mansion, that it managed to sneak into this house?"

"Fairy, Psychic, Fighting—even detection methods are ineffective. That's because this Pokémon's ability is [Guardian]!"

"Pokémon with this characteristic cannot take any damage except for moves with exceptional effects! There are strict restrictions on the moves that can damage them."

The little guy lying on the ground is a cicada-like Pokémon that looks like an empty shell!
Even when defeated, its eyes do not turn into circles, making it difficult to determine whether it has fallen or is still able to fight. It is one of the few Pokémon whose specific situation cannot be determined.

"Shedding Skin Ninja!"

The molting ninja has a brownish-yellow head, back, and wings, a grayish-brown belly, and a white "halo" on its head.

"Its body is hollow, with nothing inside. It is said that it is a Pokémon born from the soul residing in the shell shed by a Ninjado during its evolution, and it can appear in a Poké Ball without anyone noticing."

"Its body is hard, and it can fly around without flapping its wings. It is a strange Pokémon that does not breathe."

"People believe that if you look into the hollow inside its body from the back, your soul will be sucked away. The reason you can smell the minerals is because it is a [mineral group]."

"Poke ball?"

Guangtai suddenly thought of the concept of Shedding Skin Ninja, and then looked at her backpack.

There were empty Poké Balls in the backpack, so, as expected.

An empty Poké Ball has been used!

"what?!"

"Tini?!"

Both Zhenyifa and Bictini showed expressions of great shock!

They followed the succulent the whole time, but had no idea when the Poké Ball in their backpack was used! How did this thing even get into the party?!

So, it has actually been subdued?!
"There are many Ninjado in the Hundred Generations Forest, but 150 years ago, this Pokémon did not exist in the Sinnoh region. When Ninjado evolves, two types of Pokémon will appear: Ninjamena and Shedinja."

"So that's how it is. Could it be that this guy sneaked into the Poké Ball while we were picking up the [Scarlet Stone Tablet]?"

Although wild Shed Shell Ninjas do not exist in the game's ecosystem, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that since Shed Shell Evolution is a natural part of the Earth Dwelling Ninja's ecosystem, wild Shed Shell Ninjas must exist in nature.

Perhaps it's just that they are few in number.

If you unleash a sandstorm in the Hundred Generations Forest, you might just kill several Shepherd Ninjas.

"Because it is actually the remains of a cicada, it does not need to eat or drink, and it does not even need to breathe. It is a very, very cheap creature to raise."

"And the move he just used to attack Xiong's apprentice was truly laughable! Wasn't that [Desperate Struggle]?!"

Because Shedding Shell inherits the move pool from its pre-evolution form, as well as from another evolved form, Ninja Mask.

Therefore, there will always be some skills with unclear meanings appearing in its move list.

For example, some Shinobi in the Sinnoh region possess the "Fight to the Death" ability, so after evolving into a shell...
A desperate gamble with 1 HP!
No wonder nothing happened!

"Sheepshell is a Pokémon with only 1 point of life. Because its life force is so weak, its existence cannot be detected."

Because it's a Bug/Ghost type, this Pokémon is also known as Cicada. Under the protection of Magic Guard, only the five types can attack it.

"Huh, has it recovered already?"

As the moss was observing it, the molting ninja floated up unsteadily.

Then, just stay there quietly and do nothing.

Although he had just been beaten, he didn't seem to be thinking about anything.

It had no idea why it was there at all.

Just because I went out for a walk, I was then attacked as a strange creature.
"Huh?!" Zhenyi immediately questioned Guichan about why it was scaring people everywhere and running around, while this guy was just floating quietly.

Why are you running around everywhere?
Ghost Cicada seemed to have begun simple thinking, and answered matter-of-factly:
That's why I'm running away—because you attacked me.

Hmm, what am I doing?
They were merely observing from the shadows.

Shereba answered in this way, and then just floated there, staring at the few Pokémon that were sweating profusely.

To this, Guangtai could only laugh helplessly!

It turns out that it wasn't a ghost that entered the house, but rather that I brought the ghost back. However, Shemira is an extremely powerful Pokémon. Although a single sandstorm can wipe out a whole group, this guy is surprisingly compatible with the Crystal System and the Item System.

Moreover, even with only 1 HP and facing a move that is weak against it, Onishi can use the Spirit Sash + Endure fighting style to fight for more than two rounds with only 1 HP left!
"It was quite an accident to meet you, even though you were an uninvited Pokémon. However, your personality is quite interesting."

"Shedding its shell ninja?" Guangtai laughed unconsciously.

A Pokémon that is very similar to myself, no, I should say very similar to those who have been resurrected from the dead.

The moss is smiling.

The ghost cicada remained silent.

They were merely observing from the shadows.

What kind of tactic is it to observe secretly? That's not a tactic; it's just watching you.

(End of this chapter)