I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

"Do you remember your name?" Teng Shu planned to ask the other person's name. If he knew the name, he could try to find a solution from Officer Jenny. Although the other person had forgotten it, it was possible that he could deduce those forgotten memories from things from her life.

"My name is... my name is Saki. I remember that's what people call me, but I can't remember my full name." Saki thought for a moment before speaking.

Teng Shu rubbed his temples. He only knew one name. How was he supposed to find it? Besides, while the character "Saki" wasn't common in the Pokémon world, it was quite prevalent in the entire Pokémon League.

"Do you remember anything else?" Teng Shu asked helplessly. It seemed that this girl had really forgotten a lot of things, even her own name. This puzzled Teng Shu. What had she gone through to forget so much?

"Hmm... I still remember the toilet, school, company, elevator, and so on, but these memories are fragmented and I can't recall much." Saki frowned and pondered for a long time before saying this with a helpless expression. Teng Shu was speechless after hearing this. What was the difference between saying this and not saying anything at all?

Almost everyone has these things, so what? And the memories are fragmented, which is creepy.

However, seeing the girl's delicate features and dimples when she smiled, Teng Shu still decided to ask Officer Jenny for help.

Now that Tengshu and Junshaguang have a good relationship, there's no problem asking about these things.

[Jun Shaguang: You want to check information about the victims? I can only help you check if there are any files.]

Another moment passed.

[Kimi Junsa: There are many people whose names contain the character "咲" (saki), but according to what you said, there are basically no young girls who are very good-looking. At least, we don't have any related police reports here.]

Officer Jenny didn't reveal much, but that was enough for Tengshu.

"It seems there's no police report for your death." Teng Shu scratched his head. No police report? Natural death? Accidental death?

These things are basically not recorded by Officer Jenny.

If you want to investigate further, you'd have to ask the internal staff at the alliance office, but that's illegal, and Teng Shu doesn't have the nerve to ask others for help.

Chapter 233 Saki

"Hey, Teng Shu, why did you decide to open an orphanage?" Teng Shu had a bit of a headache.

Looking at Saki floating beside him, following his every step, Fujiki felt a deep headache.

Ever since this guy discovered that Teng Shu could see her, he's been harassing Teng Shu.

This left Teng Shu somewhat helpless, but he didn't say anything. After all, he had always been a normal person with a decent temper, but he didn't expect Saki to talk so much.

At this moment, Tengshu suddenly understood the pain Locke had felt when he was pestered by Xiaohuang. It turned out that being pestered with questions was a really painful thing, at least that's what Tengshu felt.

"How long have you been dead?" Teng Shu couldn't help but ask. He was making lunch, and another adopter was coming in the afternoon.

"Hmm? I...I've forgotten. Anyway, I remember seeing other people celebrate the New Year seven or eight times." Saki tilted her head in thought, then smiled and said with a grin.

Teng Shu raised an eyebrow. Seven or eight times? That means he's been dead for seven or eight years, which further shortens the time needed for the investigation.

However, looking at Saki, who was still dressed as a bunny girl, Fujiki's expression was somewhat subtle. It was a bit strange that this woman always dressed like this. And whether it was intentional or unintentional, Saki would occasionally give him some "fan service," such as letting Fujiki see things that he shouldn't see or that would be censored if he talked about them.

However, Teng Shu did not feel any sensuality; he only felt strange.

Although Saki was wearing a very unique outfit, Fujiki didn't think she was a frivolous woman because she seemed innocent and didn't seem to be making any suggestive remarks. In fact, he would sometimes pay attention to her movements to prevent her from accidentally exposing herself.

This makes Saki seem very conflicted.

“Dean.” Just as Teng Shu was about to continue chatting with Saki to see if the girl could provide any clues, he saw Locke approaching him with a complicated expression.

Teng Shu was stunned for a moment.

Several fragments flashed through his mind.

A person is talking to themselves, seemingly having a conversation with the air. What would a psychologist think if they saw this scene?

That goes without saying.

Increase the dosage!

"Locke, if I told you that I can actually see ghosts and am communicating with them, would you believe me?" Teng Shu looked at Locke, choosing to strike first. He didn't want Locke to label him a lunatic; Teng Shu didn't want to be called a lunatic.

Locke was about to speak when Teng Shu interrupted him. He looked at Teng Shu with some surprise, as if trying to discern whether what Teng Shu said was true or false.

Teng Shu looked at Locke with a serious expression, and Locke remained silent for a moment.

Saki was weaving through Locke's body, waving occasionally, but Locke couldn't see her.

“Dean…the matter you mentioned…has actually been discussed in our psychology department.” Locke’s expression was somewhat strange.

“At first, the famous psychology doctor also thought that his patient was experiencing hallucinations, but later, after discovering that some of the information the patient was saying was exactly the same as that of a certain deceased person, he began to investigate, and finally…” Locke’s expression became somewhat serious.

Tengshu became more serious, while Saki listened with some curiosity. It was the first time she had participated in such an engaging discussion after death.

"Later... that doctor discovered the existence of the spirit world, and on the very day the paper on the spirit world was published, this doctor died. A fifty-two-year-old, healthy doctor who had a perfectly normal physical examination yesterday died of a heart attack," Locke said softly.

Teng Shu blinked; if this was the case, he really did know about it.

It is certain that the souls of the dead exist in the Pokémon world, and people know that people go to the spirit world after they die. They even know that Dusknoir is a messenger of the spirit world, used to take away souls that linger in the world of the living.

However, research on the spirit world in the Pokémon world has remained stagnant, which is quite strange. After all, Tengshu thinks that whether it's for money, immortality, or to understand where the souls of the dead go, there must be quite a few people willing to do this.

Unexpectedly, the person who initially discovered it died.

"Later, everyone who studied the spirit world died. They died one by one. At first, some people wanted to study it because of the rich people's big money, but as more and more people died, the alliance issued a ban." Locke took a sip of tea and looked at Teng Shu with a strange look in his eyes.

He really didn't expect that he, as the dean, could actually see the soul of the dead.

It's unclear whether he can actually see it or it's just a mental breakdown.

Anyway, he had already prepared the corresponding treatment method, and the Pokémon were eager to try it. Once Tengshu had a psychotic episode, he could immediately control Tengshu and prevent the director from harming himself.

"So... what do you mean?" Teng Shu looked at Locke.

“Some people are certified by the Alliance as Death Speakers, meaning people who communicate with the dead. Dean, you are either a Death Speaker or a mental patient,” Locke concluded.

Teng Shu was both amused and exasperated. Did life really have to be about choosing between two options?

Can't there be a middle option?

Just as Teng Shu was about to say something to prove that he was a normal person, Saki suddenly collapsed to the ground in pain, convulsing and scratching herself incessantly. Her expression was terrifying, and her neck was covered in bloody scratches.

Teng Shu's pupils contracted. What was going on?

"It hurts... Ahh..." Saki kept banging her head against the floor. The beautiful girl instantly became incredibly terrifying, like a female ghost. Fujiki wanted to help, but didn't know what he could do.

"What's wrong, Dean?" Locke looked at Teng Shu. He had been observing Teng Shu the whole time, so he naturally noticed Teng Shu's unusual behavior.

Tengshu briefly described what he had seen.

Locke paused for a moment.

"This... seems to be caused by drugs." Locke's expression turned somewhat grim.

He once heard a teacher at school say that some patients had special circumstances. Their parents did not know the true situation of the patients and only thought that the patients were having a mental breakdown, but in fact these patients may have a history of drug use.

Drugs are extremely harmful.

The situation described by Teng Shu is somewhat similar to withdrawal symptoms caused by drugs.

"Is your nose still running?" Locke asked.

Fujiki watched Saki keep hitting the floor.

"And he's drooling."

Chapter 234: Using the guise of a book to actually conduct anti-drug propaganda.

Tengshu and Locke are eating.

However, Tengshu had a stomachache from lunch because Saki next to him was making strange, giggling noises, like she had eaten several old hens.

Strangely, only Fujiki could see Saki; none of the other Pokémon could see her, not even Forsaken. If Fujiki hadn't had some preconceived notions, he probably would have wondered if he was mentally ill.

"Dean, you seem a bit distracted," Locke said to Tengshu while eating. Tengshu pinched his brow, sighed, and told Locke about Saki's situation.

“If you’re not actually having an attack, then I think the girl you’re talking about is probably in a rather unpleasant state right now, roughly similar to the state a human would be in after inhaling catnip.” Locke felt some sympathy for Teng Shu; after all, having a woman constantly giggling beside you was really affecting your appetite and mood.

Fujiki squinted at Saki in front of him. Saki really did look like someone who had inhaled catnip—stupid and with a hint of idiocy.

However, Tengshu thought of some troublesome things. Saki was currently dead, and logically, such a situation shouldn't occur in a soul state. After all, human mint affects the nervous system, while humans don't have a nervous system. Yet, Saki still experienced this. Either the human mint in this world can influence a person's soul, or...

Just as Teng Shu was pondering, he saw Saki struggling in pain. The woman died instantly, her eyes wide open, and she was in some kind of physiological loss of control, dying in great agony.

Death replay.

Fujiki confirmed that this seemed to be a replay of Saki's death. However, this allowed Fujiki to confirm one thing: Saki died from an overdose of menthol or something else. She had experienced withdrawal symptoms before dying, and then experienced the effects of menthol inhalation again, which ultimately led to her death.

“Sizzle…” Tengshu thought of some unpleasant memories.

Before he transmigrated, Teng Shu once noticed a book called "Transformation" while he was idly reading some doujinshi.

This is a unique manga that is marketed as a doujinshi (a type of Chinese comic book), but actually tells a completely different story.

The young and impetuous Teng Shu originally intended to become a demon, but as time went on, he became as holy as a Buddha.

In the end, I even went to search for some modified versions, such as the one where the guy with the pompadour appears to save the female lead, or the one where it turns out to be just an anti-drug advertisement. But every time I think about it, I still feel a kind of indescribable feeling.

So, could this girl named Saki be in a similar situation?

The vine cannot be identified.

"Dean, what's wrong?" Locke asked curiously. He felt like a badger wandering around a melon patch, wanting to eat some melons but not knowing where they were.

“Just now…” Tengshu explained Saki’s situation, and then glanced at her. Saki was still lying on the ground, looking like she had died a violent death. It seems that souls suffer some pain in this world, such as repeating their own death experiences. If that’s the case, then from a certain perspective, such a life is not particularly wonderful.

not to mention...

Saki's death just now was somewhat terrifying, and also somewhat...

It's an embarrassing feeling.

Teng Shu believes that unless someone is completely indifferent to their personal image, most normal people would not want to lose control of their bladder in front of others, or even expose such an unsightly state.

“If that’s the case, I do have some ideas. Perhaps you could ask Officer Jenny to help you check. After all, if this girl has a history of drug use, then it should be on her record.” Locke made a suggestion, and Teng Shu nodded. The Pokémon League in this world is quite strict about this.

So Locke's suggestion is indeed a good one.

After lunch, Tengshu went to wash the dishes, Locke went back to help Tengshu look up information, and the Abandoned Monkey took Baby Dragon to the infirmary, where Baby Dragon was to begin its treatment for the day.

"...Huh? How did I faint?" Saki got up in confusion and looked around curiously. Tengshu glanced at her. As Saki woke up, all the filth on her body was gone, and she looked exactly like the person Tengshu had seen before.

"...Do you remember what happened before?" Teng Shu put the washed dishes aside, then looked at Saki and asked. The other girl shook her head, her eyes clear but foolish.

The vine seemed lost in thought.

Logically speaking, people should have some impression of death, since there are generally only a few ways to die in this world.

Died of old age, died of illness, died unjustly, or committed suicide.

And shouldn't Saki's death be considered a wrongful one?

However, thinking about Saki's previous state, Fujiki felt indifferent. That made sense. Saki was in a state of inhaling human mint before, so naturally she wouldn't remember much. Fujiki had heard that people in that state are brainless.

Before he transmigrated, Teng Shu had seen the walking dead on the streets of the United States. Some of them were like Saki, who would become completely oblivious when they had an episode, just laughing foolishly and being manipulated by others, like an idiot.

So it's normal that Saki doesn't remember.

“I saw your previous behavior; you must have been exposed to human mint,” Tengshu said to Saki while observing her condition.

“Human…human mint…I…” Saki trembled, as if she had thought of something. Her pupils dilated instantly, and various festering wounds appeared all over her body. Her figure also became somewhat emaciated.

But she quickly returned to normal.

"Huh? What just happened?" Saki asked, her eyes filled with confusion.

Tengshu didn't speak. It seemed that this girl's soul would deliberately forget some things related to human mint. Thinking of what Saki had said before that she had forgotten many things, Tengshu felt that this girl probably had some kind of secret.

However, now was not the time to talk about these things. After asking Saki about her, Tengshu went to the main gate to prepare to welcome the adoptive parent who would be arriving that afternoon.

"Tengshu, what are you doing at the door?" Having forgotten what happened before, Saki returned to her original state, becoming somewhat casual and full of curiosity.

“Someone wants to adopt a Pokémon,” Teng Shu said calmly, his gaze falling on the end of the road where there was a dark shadow—a vehicle, a truck similar in size to his small van.

Saki also stared curiously at the car over there.

Chapter 235 Goodbye, Mud Donkey

"Excuse me, is this the Care and Welfare Home?" The car, which had just stopped with a roaring engine, was greeted by an even more gruff voice. A burly man then jumped out of the car and looked at Teng Shu with curiosity.

Teng Shu raised an eyebrow. He remembered that the adoptive parent was named Hua Rui. Why was he a man? But then he immediately noticed the compatibility score above the burly man's head.

A matching rate of 81% is already quite good.

"Yes, this is the Care and Welfare Home. Sir, you are the one who wants to adopt Mud Donkey... Mr. Flower Bud, right?" Teng Shu smiled as he looked at the man in front of him. The information only contained his name, not his gender, but Teng Shu was still somewhat surprised.