Pokémon's Lord of Fear

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Chapter 31 The Missing Thief

Teng Shu had a meal with his family to celebrate the great success of his first movie. His old father smiled happily and drank several glasses of wine. He seemed to be in a very happy mood.

"Brother, aren't you planning to get a second Pokémon? I have a recommendation here, do you want to try it?" Daigo clinked his juice with Teng Shu's, then came close to Teng Shu and asked with a smile.

Teng Shu was stunned when he heard this. His elder brother was going to recommend a Pokémon to him? What Pokémon was it?

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Teng Shu was a little curious. His brother usually recommended him some steel-type or rock-type Pokémon, on the grounds that this would make it easier for Teng Shu to dig stones in the wild, which made Teng Shu laugh and cry.

It’s not that Teng Shu doesn’t like these Pokémon, but he always feels that these Pokémon don’t match him well. In addition, his first Pokémon, Q-chan, is a rather different Pokémon, so Teng Shu has never considered capturing a second one.

But since Daigo said so, Teng Shu naturally had to ask as well.

"Do you know about the new region that recently joined the alliance?" Daigo said with a smile. Teng Shu took the cup and took a sip of juice. The juice tasted great. You could tell at a glance that it was provided by Tian Wuni. Only her juice would have such a shocking effect.

"I know. The alliance announced it some time ago. There are even tourist routes." Teng Shu smacked his lips. What Daigo was talking about was actually the special area that Zhu Zili had just joined the alliance, Padiya.

Teng Shu sighed when he saw it before. The last Pokémon game he played before traveling through time in his previous life was Vermilion. As a result, when he saw it in this world, he really had some indescribable feelings.

"There are some very special Pokémon in Patia. I think you might like them. Do you want to go to Patia to play?" Daigo looked at his younger brother with a smile. His younger brother had a unique talent in making movies, but in the world of Pokémon, it was also very important to have Pokémon that could protect themselves.

"Ah, wait until I finish the things here?" Teng Shu scratched his head. There were some very special kinds of Pokémon in the Patia region, and Teng Shu really wanted to go and see them, but now he had to settle the movie box office and donation issues first.

Daigo didn't say anything else upon seeing this, but instead smiled and talked to Teng Shu about some not-so-confidential matters regarding the alliance.

Teng Shu listened to Daigo's complaints, and then took another sip of juice. It seemed that he, the old man, would not be able to hold it any longer, and by then he would definitely run around the world digging stones again. He just didn't know when he planned to resign as the champion?

Among all the champions in history, perhaps only his brother is so tired of the championship job.

As for his successor, if his butterfly does not continue to flap its wings, then Mikoli may become the new champion.

When he thought of Mikoli, Teng Shu's mouth twitched. It was really hard to describe that guy's personality and style. His dressing style was similar to that in the animation. An ordinary person like Teng Shu admitted that he could not understand the artist's aesthetic.

After finishing his meal, Teng Shu returned home and took a nap, but perhaps because he was too excited, he could not fall asleep for a while. In order to avoid insomnia, Teng Shu specifically spoke to the old butler Shibata and asked the old butler's Pokémon to sing to him, and he fell asleep.

The next morning, Teng Shu, who had just woken up, opened his eyes and saw a banner hanging on the wall - [Congratulations to "Dead Silence" for breaking 130 million on the first day box office].

Teng Shu was a little surprised. One hundred and thirty million? This number is not small. You have to know that horror movies are a relatively niche category, and there are not many people in the Pokémon world. To have such a high box office, it is already comparable to some commercial blockbusters in the Pokémon world.

The next step is to see whether "Dead Silence" can stabilize this upward trend. If it can, then Teng Shu can step into the big director club in the alliance film circle with this movie.

"Young Master Teng Shu." The old butler's voice came from outside the door. Teng Shu got up almost at this time every day, and the old butler was very clear about this.

After pushing open the door, Teng Shu saw the old butler, but the other party's expression was a little strange, which made Teng Shu a little confused. What happened?

"Master Teng Shu, there is something wrong with what you asked us to do." The old butler said softly. As he spoke, he released two Pokémon. Two Pokémon, one male and one female, appeared behind the old butler. They bowed respectfully, then came over to help Teng Shu tidy up his clothes.

Teng Shu also let Aibute help him tidy up his clothes. This special Pokémon is a very popular type of Pokémon in the League. It is a very good butler-type Pokémon that handles affairs in an orderly and professional manner.

"Is there something wrong with that organization?" Teng Shu narrowed his eyes. During this period, he had only asked the old housekeeper to check the details of the welfare organization. Other than that...

Oh, and there's also the matter of the Pokémon thief.

"There was a mistake in the matter of sheltering the Pokémon thief that you instructed. After Miss Junsha and others set up a surveillance, they found that the Pokémon thief had disappeared." The old butler did not look happy. Teng Shu seldom entrusted him with matters, but he did not expect that after he had finally entrusted him with the task, it ended up being a failure.

Teng Shu didn't say anything, but frowned in thought.

The case of the Pokémon thief is rather special. The two little guys had actually been wandering in Kanaz City for a while. The alliance is often more tolerant of these stray Pokémon that don't actively attack people, and will not deliberately capture them unless they seriously affect people's normal work and life.

But Pokémon Thief suddenly became popular and gained a lot of popularity. At that time, Teng Shu felt that such popularity was not a good thing for these two little guys.

So I specifically talked to the old butler and mentioned the idea of ​​sheltering the Pokémon thieves and arranging a way out for them.

I originally thought that with Dewen Company and Miss Junsha around, there shouldn't be any problems, but I didn't expect that the two little guys would still disappear.

"Is he missing or captured? Have those guys from the Lava Team and the Water Fleet ever been to Kanaz?" Teng Shu asked.

It would be fine if they were missing, but if they were caught by someone else, then what might await those two little guys might not be a good thing.

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Chapter 32: Sound Impression

"There is no news at the moment. I have also paid attention to the black market, but there is no information on their sale for the time being." The old butler said softly.

Teng Shu rubbed his brows.

In the Pokémon world, there are some people who are professional Pokémon hunters. Although most of the time these hunters are responsible for collecting some special Pokémon in the wild for their employers, such as different-colored Pokémon, and although the League prohibits this behavior, it still continues.

After all, Pokémon hunters are no different from ordinary trainers most of the time. Only after receiving a mission can they become Pokémon hunters.

They catch the required Pokémon and hand them over to their employers privately without the League noticing, so Pokémon hunting has actually always been a gray market that the official cannot control.

This time, it is possible that the Pokémon hunters were responsible. They are very professional and have rich experience in capturing wild Pokémon, not to mention stray Pokémon in the city.

If an employer places an order, the Pokémon thief will definitely be captured. Although Kirlia is very smart, no matter how cunning the fox is, it cannot escape the hunter's clutches.

"Try to keep an eye on the black market and see if there are any rumors." Teng Shu didn't have any better ideas. Neither the Magma Team nor the Water Fleet Alliance could eradicate them, let alone the Pokémon hunters, who had a wider flow of personnel and a larger number of participants.

The old butler left in a hurry. He wanted to push this matter forward as soon as possible. The alliance might send someone to investigate, but whether they could solve the case was also a question.

"These two little guys." Teng Shu sighed.

[You have collected a large amount of fear points. Do you want to redeem the current redeemable rewards? ]

A text box popped up, and Teng Shu was stunned for a moment. Has the fear value been collected? He was busy filming a movie recently and almost forgot that he had a golden finger.

"If I redeem it now, the fear value won't be cleared, right?" Teng Shu asked. It would be too funny if the fear value was cleared after redemption and then accumulated again.

[You will get rewards based on the accumulated fear value. Redemption will not have any impact on subsequent rewards.]

The golden finger rarely reacted, and Teng Shu chose to redeem it without hesitation. He also wanted to see how much the fear value had accumulated after the first day's box office came out.

[Your current fear value: 23415]

[You obtained a Fear Food Maker*1]

[You have acquired the ability of immersive sound (primary)]

"?" Teng Shu slowly typed out a question mark. He knew that the Fear Food Maker could increase the awakening value of Pokémon. It was an incredible thing.

But what is this immersive sound?

You will be fined for using puns.

[Immersive Sound (Basic): Your movie will bring a more exciting experience to the audience in terms of sound effects, making it easier for your audience to immerse themselves in the feast of fear]

Teng Shu blinked his eyes. Wow! Teng Shu exclaimed, Wow! Does this mean that the horror scenes and music in the movie will seem to ring in the audience's ears?

Wouldn't it be possible to increase the amount of fear gained in this way?

However, Teng Shu is now more concerned about the fear food maker. When he thought of this thing, two buttons appeared in his hand, one blue and one red. The blue one said "direct" and the red one said "reasonable".

"So I'm the savior, right? Shouldn't you give me some bullet time ability next time?" Teng Shu complained, then pressed the red button without hesitation.

Then the button disappeared, and Teng Shu's phone rang. He picked up the phone and answered it, and found that he had won a prize. The prize had been delivered to his doorstep. It was a Pokémon Ration Maker from Silver Company.

"Oh, you know what, it's surprisingly reasonable." After Teng Shu hung up the phone, he came to the front door of his house, saw the enthusiastic courier employee, and got his package, a thing that looked like a coffee machine.

Little Q climbed onto Teng Shu's head, grabbed Teng Shu's hair and looked at the coffee machine below, with a hint of curiosity in his little eyes.

"Want to eat?" Teng Shu signed for the express delivery, asked Xiao Q with a smile, and came to the living room with the food machine.

"Scared!" Little Q screamed hoarsely, then climbed into Teng Shu's arms.

Teng Shu put the fear food maker on the table. He took a look and saw that there was no label on it.

[Fear Food Maker: Invest fear value to produce ghost candy]

Very simple instructions.

"Input fear value?" Teng Shu shouted tentatively, but the machine did not respond.

Teng Shu took a look and discovered that there was a nine-key button on the machine for inputting numbers.

Teng Shu pressed four 9s, but then the number changed to 3415.

"That means about 10,000 fear points can be exchanged for one reward?" Teng Shu thought of the previous number. He just happened to be short of 20,000 fear points, and he could get 20,000 in one day. Isn't this fear point a little too easy to obtain?

[Each audience member only contributes one fear value to a movie]

The golden finger prompt popped up, and Teng Shu was not surprised to see it. If it could be provided repeatedly, it would be too incredible.

Teng Shu pressed the red button on the machine, and then he saw his fear value instantly turned into 415. The machine also vibrated a few times and shook out three small purple-black cubes, about the size of sugar cubes.

"Three thousand, for three sugar cubes." Teng Shu touched his chin, but then he saw Xiao Q jump onto the table and rush towards the three sugar cubes at a rapid speed.

Teng Shu smiled. It seemed that this thing was indeed a huge temptation for ghost-type Pokémon.

"Don't be so anxious." Teng Shu held down Xiao Q, then took the three sugar cubes in his hand. He put them to his nose and sniffed, only to smell a scent similar to that of grapes.

But little Q was very excited. Looking at its appearance, it seemed as if it wanted to pounce directly on Teng Shu.

Teng Shu stuffed a piece of sugar cube into Xiao Q's pocket, and Xiao Q immediately put the sugar cube under its leather case. Then Xiao Q let out a "chi mi" sound, and then shivered all over and collapsed on the table, exhausted.

"?" What kind of strange reaction is this?

Teng Shu poked Xiao Q, and Xiao Q cried out weakly.

Well, it looks fine, but isn't the effect of this thing a little too strong?

Could it be that the system has added computer accessories into it?

"If we assume that one candy increases all ability values ​​by one point, then theoretically a Pokémon needs to eat two hundred candies to get the full amount, and one candy is worth one thousand fear points." Teng Shu gasped. Wow, two hundred thousand fear points?

Thanks to Bai Ye Yong Shu for the 100 starting coins

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Chapter 33: Daigo: The successor is too troublesome, I choose to dig stones

"But if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible to have more expensive candies for the bugs." Teng Shu looked at the candies in his hand. Two hundred thousand fear points could fill up the awakening value of a Pokémon. If Daigo knew about this, he would probably give him the money without hesitation.

After all, the awakening value is something that cannot be measured as long as it is the awakening value in Teng Shu’s memory.

For trainers, awakening candies are definitely not inferior to high-quality evolution stones.

It’s just like during the college entrance exam, everyone checks their own scores, but then you look and see there’s someone next to you who gets 200 extra points no matter how much he or she scored. How can you compare?

However, this candy can only be eaten by ghost Pokémon, which is quite restrictive.

If there were no such restriction, this thing would drive every trainer crazy.

Teng Shu placed the food maker in his room. The security facilities in their home were very adequate. Besides, after all, someone who really wanted to break into their house to steal things would not have the time to steal a coffee machine, so Teng Shu was still relieved.

Then Teng Shu carried the weak little Q and left home. He planned to visit the company and distribute everyone's bonuses.

After all, the success of "Dead Silence" is now a foregone conclusion. The box office on the first day exceeded 100 million, which is not a small number.

The most popular horror movie before, "My Ghost Gardevoir", only had a box office of over 100 million on the first day, which means that Teng Shu is now making history.

Every day is setting new records in the horror film subgenre.

"I heard that Dead Silence is very good. I have already bought the tickets." Two couples were chatting on the street. Teng Shu couldn't help but cough lightly after hearing them. He felt strangely embarrassed when being discussed by others.

"Yeah, but I heard that someone fainted in the cinema today." The two lovers walked away smiling, and Teng Shu also came to the company, where all the employees were busy.

Although Dead Silence has been released, the film company still has to deal with matters such as publicity and promotion, as well as answering calls for business cooperation from time to time, so even now the employees in the company have not had a chance to rest.

After seeing Teng Shu, the employees became more active, but their eyes betrayed their thoughts.

Teng Shu smiled. Basically, there is no one in this world who cannot get along with money. He also understood the thoughts of these employees, as they were all waiting for him to pay them.

"Mr. Misaki." Teng Shu came to the manager's office. The professional agent sent by his old father was correcting documents inside. After seeing Teng Shu, he immediately stood up enthusiastically and poured a glass of water for Teng Shu.

"Boss, congratulations on your first movie's first-day box office revenue of over 100 million. Do you have any instructions for the company?" Misaki was very respectful. He looked at Teng Shu with a friendly but not overly flattering smile on his face.

"In fact, it's just what we promised before, to give everyone half a year's salary as a bonus." Teng Shu took a sip of the water, then looked around the office. There were a lot of documents and files in the office, including the company's ledgers, personnel files and other information.

Teng Shu could understand everything. He even had the urge to open and take a look at these things.

This made Teng Shu feel a little sorry for himself.

The old father only has two sons, him and Daigo, and their mother died early, so now the old father puts all his attention on him and Daigo, but the problem is that the huge Dewen Company needs an heir, and his brother Daigo is a man who only likes to dig stones.

So when Teng Shu grew up, he started to learn knowledge related to economic management. His brother also had an attitude of "I trust you to do the job" and had no interest in the position of heir to Dewen Company, which made Teng Shu laugh and cry.

"I have already noted this in my work schedule. As long as the profits are distributed in the right time, I can give bonuses to everyone." Misaki smiled even more happily when he heard this. His salary was not low, and getting half a year's salary as a bonus at a time was also a windfall for him.

Listening to Teng Shu's words, Misaki seemed to hear the sound of gold coins falling into a piggy bank.