Pokémon from Galar

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“Yes, he is an old man, but if I go back several decades, there is only one Frank in Dance Town. To be honest, if I hadn’t seen many bizarre cases in the Officer Jenny family, I would probably have thought that you two were playing a prank.”

As Ms. Officer Jenny spoke, she ran her fingertip across the photo, and the resulting picture showed Officer Jenny and Joey in casual clothes, holding hands intimately and eating dessert.

"Hello? Officer Jenny?!"

"Ahem—! Just pretend you didn't see that! Understand?!"

Miss Joy suddenly erupted and reached out to cover Miss Officer Jenny's phone, but unfortunately, the screen was being swiped right in front of them, and Yuri and Mary had already seen it clearly.

Faced with Joey and Officer Jenny's furious, murderous gazes, the two quickly shook their heads, pretending they hadn't seen anything.

Knowing she was in the wrong, Miss Officer Jenny, sweating profusely, stared at Joey's murderous gaze, coughed dryly, and swiped the screen back to the photo she was supposed to be viewing.

"Then there's this. I went to the archives to look for the old paper records based on Frank's age. Electronic records weren't common back then, so many people who didn't live to see that time weren't all logged in."

"What do you mean?"

Yuri vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but for a moment she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

"Wait—Officer Jenny, do you mean you found Paula's file in the archives?"

Officer Jenny nodded to Joey, confirming her statement.

“Yes, there was indeed a Paula in Dance Town, but that happened more than fifty years ago, and Paula died shortly after Frank moved there. So there is no information about Paula in the electronic files.”

"...???"

Yuri didn't even immediately understand what Officer Jenny was saying. Mary, on the other hand, held up the envelope and looked at Officer Jenny, asking:

"So, Paula, whom we met in Hammerlocke, was actually a ghost?"

"Yes, are you familiar with the Pokémon Dusknoir?"

"I know a little."

"Legend has it that the Night Demon stores lost souls in its belly and takes them to the spirit world. Although it sounds terrifying, the Night Demon generally does not attack the living."

Mary raised an eyebrow and said somewhat uncertainly:

"So the souls that were supposedly taken to the spirit world were actually ghosts brought from the spirit world by the Night Demon?"

"Bingo~ That's right, most Dusknoirs are actually very gentle Pokémon, although their abilities are indeed quite scary."

“Mary…Mary-chan…”

Just as Mari was still pondering the matter of the Night Demon, a trembling voice beside her abruptly pulled her back to reality. Turning her head, she met the eyes of Yuri, who was shivering with fear.

"...Hey hey, don't be afraid, don't be afraid~"

He raised his hand and patted Yuri's head; although she looked scared, she was still quite cute.

"Isn't Mary-chan afraid...?"

"Don't worry, look, Paula didn't give up even when she was dying, all to express her feelings to the person she loved. She worked hard for fifty years, crossing the boundary between life and death, just to deliver this letter to the other person. And we are the messengers who connect Paula's heart. Isn't that romantic?"

"..."

Yuri paused for a moment, thinking that what Mary said made sense.

"This is the purest form of love, a love that even death cannot sever. Shouldn't we try our best to fulfill Paula's wish?"

"Okay, that seems to be the case..."

"Right, when do we leave, Miss Officer Jenny?"

After comforting Yuri, Mary held the still trembling girl in her arms and turned to look at Officer Jenny.

Chapter 241 Playful Fighting

Miss Officer Jenny glanced at the time, snapped her fingers, and then said with great interest:

"Let's go now, everyone's here."

"...No, no, no, let's go tomorrow. Officer Jenny, you'll scare people if you show up in your police uniform."

Miss Joey was quite sensible. It was already evening, and if Officer Jenny and Joey came to the door together, passersby might think that something terrible had happened.

"Ah... um,"

Miss Officer Jenny glanced down at her uniform, chuckled, scratched her cheek sheepishly, and then looked at Mary and Yuri beside her.

"I'm sorry, it doesn't seem like the best time. Could we go again tomorrow?"

"Sure, it doesn't matter if it's a day earlier or later."

"Okay~ Let's meet at the Pokémon Center tomorrow morning. I'll head back now, Nurse Joy, see you tomorrow."

See you tomorrow, take care on the road.

Miss Joey waved goodbye to Officer Jenny, then looked at Mary and Yuri.

"Don't mind her, she's always in such a rush. She can come over around nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Mary nodded and said with a smile:

"I understand. We'll head out now and see you tomorrow, Sister Joey."

Having done what they wanted to do, Mary and Yuri decided not to linger outside any longer, so they said goodbye to Sister Joey and returned to their lodgings.

In the hotel room.

Yuri stood in the bathroom, taking a shower, and looked through the perfectly heightened frosted glass at Mary, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, and said:

"Speaking of which, what is the spirit world like?"

"Ok?"

Mary raised her gaze to the blurry yet faintly visible curves of the body inside, raised an eyebrow, and said:

"Who knows? We'll find out sooner or later anyway. We'll see when the time comes."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll find out when you die."

"Ugh—what is this! It's so perfunctory!"

"What do you mean by being perfunctory? I'm just stating the facts."

"Say that, but why are you staring over here, Mary-chan... H!"

"...You were the one who started the conversation with me."

"Hmph~ Is it my fault? It's clearly Mary-chan's fault for choosing this kind of inn. It all comes down to Mary-chan being lewd!"

Mary's eyes twitched. Her gaze fell on the little six-tailed fox curled up on the bed. She reached out, picked it up, and then got up and walked towards the bathroom.

"I let Little Sixtail go in and blow snow for you, okay?!"

"I was wrong!"

"Hehe~ It's too late!"

Mary chuckled, suddenly pulled open the frosted glass door of the bathroom, which wasn't even locked, and then rushed inside with Little Six-Tail in her arms!

"Six-Tails, use Fine Snow!"

"kon~? (Huh?)"

The dazed little six-tailed fox didn't understand what was happening. It just opened its little mouth instinctively after hearing Mary's voice and blew out with a whoosh!

"Oh no!! Marie, you're doomed!!"

The oncoming snowflakes made her shiver. Enraged and embarrassed, she disregarded the fact that she wasn't dressed and angrily brandished a towel as she lunged at Mary, who had recklessly barged in.

"Water! Water! I'm all soaked!"

"You deserve it! Take this!"

Yuri gritted her teeth, grabbed the two corners of the bath towel, and then suddenly flung it around, grabbing Mary who was trying to run away. She dragged Mary, who couldn't get away in time, and they fell headfirst under the shower.

As a result, Mary, who was barefoot, suddenly slipped, and with her hands tied by Yuri, she couldn't maintain her balance and fell headlong in the direction Yuri had pulled.

"Aaaaaah—it's falling, it's falling, it's falling!!"

"Hey—! Don't pull me!"

Puff-!

Yuri tried to escape but was grabbed by the hand by Mary and lost her balance. The two of them rolled together and fell into the bathtub next to them, splashing a lot of water.

"kon...? (Aren't you going to take a bath...?)"

Vulpix, who had nimbly hopped to the side earlier, looked at the two trainers lying in the bathtub, shook the water droplets off her tail, and looked puzzled. She had thought she had been brought in to take a bath.

"Aww~ (I've washed you up~)"

Hime-chan, who had been soaking in the bathtub, looked at the two people who had splashed all the water with a bit of disgust, then jumped out of the tub, swam over to Rokuro, clapped her hands, and beckoned her to come under the shower.

"kon~ (Thank you~)"

the other side,

Mary, supporting herself as she sat up in the bathtub, looked at Yuri lying on top of her and said with a smirk:

"Seriously, isn't everything all wet now?"

"Who told you to scare me like that!"

Yuri sat up, looked at Mary, who was soaking in the water looking disheveled, and chuckled.

"Okay, get up and let me out, I feel terrible."

"No~ Let me help you take it off!"

As she said this, Yuri reached out and pulled up Mary's rolled-up skirt.

"Hey, let me out first."

"Why go out? Let's just take a shower."

After successfully removing Mary's dress, Yuri's gaze fell on the black over-the-knee stockings on Mary's legs, but she hesitated for a moment.