Well, the old lady of the child fan has a severe cold, and she has been tossing and turning for a long time, she is uncomfortable, and I have no other way to share it, but to help take care of the housework, and try my best to take care of her old man by the way...... So the recent update of the guide zhì is quite unimpressive...... I can't say anything else, I can only hope that everyone can understand~~~

Oh, yes, yes, there's one more thing, it should be bad news~~ It seems that the agency contract between Qunying and Lao Ren has expired...... Therefore, in the future, "Pokémon" may really become a memory fragment that will forever be fixed in the minds of our generation...... Alas, alas, alas~~~ sigh ah~~

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"Could it be him?" The only guy Merlin knows is the nephew of Dr. Ohki, who spent a few days with him at the Oki Research Institute, and one of the rookies in Shinshin Town who made a huge name during his travels, and is now widely known as the "Genius Trainer". As for whether this Lada's breeder is really that green, to be honest, Merlin is not completely sure, but vaguely feels that it may be him.

“…… Is the name of the so-called 'genius' bought at this price? Looking at the tombstone and tomb in front of him, which could be called works of art, Merlin frowned and whispered, "Is this ostentatious thing of the remains of the dead built for the dead who don't need to mourn, or for the living who feel guilty?" I have no right to comment on that, so ......," he bowed deeply to the tombstone, "that's all I can do......" straightened up and stared at the ornate tomb built for Rada for a moment, and then Merlin turned and continued his quest to retrieve the amulet—he was about to reach the fourth floor, and he was not too far from the seventh floor where the tide was.

The area of the tower from the third to the fourth floor has not changed much, but the entire fourth floor is obviously more spacious, more beautiful and more luxurious than the third floor. If the tomb of Rada can be called a work of art, then any tomb on the fourth floor should be called a treasure, at least with the value of inheritance.

Such a luxurious place is naturally impossible to treat at will, and there is no special person responsible for guarding and maintaining the relatively low-grade tombs on the second and third floors, but when he reached the fourth floor, Merlin saw at a glance a Shinto shrine maiden dressed in full costume who was carefully and gently wiping a statue of Meow Meow made of pure white jade, this meow meow statue with pure gold coins between his forehead and eyes carved from a whole gemstone is really lifelike, and the whole body is shining and beautiful under the soft light, as if it can move at any time.

To tell the truth, Merlin boasted that he had seen the world, but when he saw the meowth statue, he could only marvel. However, when his gaze swept over the familiar and unfamiliar surnames on the tombstone, he was relieved: [Compared with these new nobles who have always been firm in 'following the dragon', the days of the remnants of the old era who only temporarily turned back at the last moment are really shabby......] Somehow, he suddenly remembered his father, who had hardly met a few times, [You have worked hard for the so-called revival of the family and the honor of the surname...... I can only hope that you will finally get your wish......]

Clearing her mind of churning again, Merlin strode over to the shrine maiden, who was still busy with herself. Merlin, who had been walking for a long time in a place that didn't look like a tomb but was a grave, felt that it would be better to say hello and talk to a living person, or at least to gain a little popularity.

"Stomping", "stomping", this is the sound of the soles of sturdy leather boots stepping on the white and smooth tiled floor, and the footsteps of this abrupt but combined with the background music beat between the floors also add a touch of weirdness to the originally faint singing between the tomb and the tombstone.

The shrine maiden who was carefully wiping the statue naturally heard this voice, at first she didn't pay much attention to it, only when this passer-by would leave after he was busy with his own affairs, but when the footsteps behind her were getting closer and closer and the purpose was very clear that he was close to herself, she stopped her work, got up and turned around cleanly, and said in a low voice: "This gentleman ......"

At the same time as the shrine maiden spoke, Merlin also said, "Miss Shrine Maiden......"

The two young boys and girls who spoke at the same time closed their mouths and swallowed the rest of the words at the same time, and the witch lady who turned around looked at Merlin with a slight downward look, and Merlin naturally took advantage of this temporary silence to raise her head and look at the witch.

Thin, short, gray, with a hint of sickness wrapped all over his body, and his exposed skin was sickly pale and lacked healthy vitality. The ends were dull and dry, and clearly untrimmed and unkept, short black, with a slight hint of unhealthy yellow at the tips, and a few of them seemed to have bluish marks. He wore goggles on his forehead, a pair of narrow-rimmed silver glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a small piece of black fabric around his slender neck, which looked like a scarf or something. A blue and white tracksuit that had been washed many times and already showed signs of wear and sewing was loosely draped on his body. He wears black gloves with exposed fingers on his hands, and a pair of leather boots that have been carefully cared for but still look worn out. A waist bag on the back of the waist and a backpack on the back are full of travel weather.

This is the Merlin in the eyes of Miss Mikomi, a dusty trainer, an explorer who has traveled a long way, an adventurer who has gained a lot, and a ...... [weirdo]. There is no doubt that this is the final evaluation of Miss Miko after reading Merlin.

The white clothes and scarlet hakama were covered with white pine stripes Chihaya, and the straight black that hung down to the waist was pinned with a red tie into the water to lead the zhang, and there was a small and delicate gold crown on the top of the head, and the small feet wearing foot bags were on the straw shoes tied with red ropes, and the gold and silver fan was pinned to the waist, and a large string of silver bells were tied around the waist.

And this is naturally the witch in Merlin's eyes, he doesn't care about the appearance of this witch, he only knows that this witch with a thousand years of white clothes is not only an official witch but also does not seem to have a very low status, [Wearing a thousand years early means that she is an official witch, at least she is also a powerful rank......] Merlin tried his best to recall the specific details about the witch, [How could a high-level witch dressed in such a formal way come here to clean up? Isn't that what an assistant is supposed to do? 】

The alliance deliberately downplayed the blessings of the old religious forces, and Merlin had very little or no contact with Shinto and its shrine maidens and priests, or to put it bluntly, none at all. In addition, his status in the family is embarrassing, and he has not participated in any worship and sacrifice activities since he was a child, so Merlin has not really seen the living witch until today, so it is naturally difficult for him to judge the priesthood and status of the witch with the basic experience he should have, and he can only speculate on it in general terms with a little knowledge reserve.

Merlin was thinking about it again, and his eyes, which were obscured by the thick lenses, could not really be seen, but he could see that they were moving around, and he knew at a glance that he was thinking.

After a hurried glance at Merlin, the witch lady naturally withdrew her gaze and waited for Merlin to ask again, but after waiting for a while, the young witch appeared in front of her, and the young man fell into silence, and couldn't help but look up at Merlin again, and happened to see Merlin's eyes rolling. Secretly frowning, Miss Witch's handsome and fair face immediately swept over a trace of obvious displeasure and contempt, [ordinary people who can only be confused by beautiful appearance......] She thought disdainfully, [Incompetent ......]

Because of the fact that outstanding appearance often causes men to lose their minds and conjectures, young shrine maidens seem to have a disdain for these males who react so badly because of their appearance. With disdain in his heart, his face naturally became cold, and he snorted coldly in his nasal cavity.

The young witch's snort successfully woke up Merlin, who was once again wandering in the world, and scratched his sideburns embarrassedly, Merlin bowed slightly to the witch to apologize, but now the witch who was just a dusty and arrogant witch was obviously cold at the moment, and her gaze was as full of disgust as seeing a pile of garbage or excrement.

Merlin didn't bother to pay attention to why this witch was so bored with herself in such a short time, he hurriedly said: "Miss Witch, I'm really bothered, I just want to ask about the specific location of the tide that can make zuò's 'Purifying Talisman', Miss Witch downstairs told me that she seems to be upstairs......"

Merlin's undisguised big truth fell into the ears of Miss Witch, but it became a boring pick-up trick used by men, and her eyes when she looked at Merlin became more complicated, disdainful, bored, and so on, [Talisman? Isn't that thing sold downstairs!? Do you have to run upstairs!? Also inquire about the location of the tide!? She said with disdain in her heart, [Dirty, filthy, despicable man!!] Is that all you have in your head?! 】

After cursing Merlin viciously in her heart, her eyes when she looked at Merlin changed again, this time she simply chose to ignore him, and her gaze simply penetrated him, as if this guy did not exist. And perhaps sensing the witch's love xù fluctuations, a thin white mist suddenly appeared around her, and in this white mist there were vaguely visible phantoms, which were slowly circling around her.

A smile tugged at the corner of Miss Miko's mouth, "Scare you! She thought with a little malice.

With the permission of the witch, the phantoms around her immediately became much clearer, and the images of strange shapes that should only exist in the craziest dreams and the most boundless fantasies gradually became real, and bursts of breath that did not belong to the world began to spread between the floors, and a strange atmosphere began to flow wantonly.

Merlin, on the other hand, was still quietly waiting for the shrine maiden's reply, and he didn't seem to see the natural sights in front of him, the more real phantoms, and the strange atmosphere around him—if he was pretending, then he could only say that his acting skills had been superb.

Miss Shrine Maiden was taken aback by Merlin's reaction, she was so confident in her abilities, and she had proven her abilities countless times in men who had offended her—her mentor sometimes even needed to use a little special means to make those hated men lose that memory in order to ensure that the unfortunate ones who had endured her wrath could live a normal life—but the guy in front of her was completely unaffected!!

This is far beyond the limit of Miss Miko's psychological endurance, she feels extremely angry, and she feels that she has been humiliated and fooled, she needs to wash away this shame immediately, just use this guy in front of her!! The anger in her heart suddenly turned into a glaring glare at Merlin, and the chihaya in the shrine maiden's body began to slowly agitate, and the black that hung down to her waist swayed, and one by one the phantoms around her broke free from some kind of restraint and stepped into the space they shouldn't enter.

But at this moment, Miss Shrine Maiden suddenly regained her senses, [Could it be!!] ......] She was stunned for a moment, and Chihaya, who began to agitate, and the swaying Kuro instantly regained their original form, and the phantoms, who had broken free, were immediately beaten back to their original form and curled up back to where they were supposed to be.

"The tide of talisman making is on the seventh floor," Miss Witch finally spoke, and she said in a clear and tactful delicate voice: "In the middle of the seventh floor, it is easy to find the ......" As she spoke, Miss Witch stared at Merlin with an eager gaze as if she wanted to see through him.

"Thank you." Merlin, who had waited for a reply, politely expressed his gratitude, and then resolutely turned around and continued to fight the steps of the tower. [There's something wrong with this shrine maiden, right? When talking to others, you can ...... instant] Merlin, who had walked a few steps away, turned his head and glanced back at the witch who was standing there thoughtfully, [Probably because of a bad head...... Poor woman......] Merlin felt a little discouraged by the fact that she had been talking to a witch with a "head problem" for a while, and couldn't help but speed up her pace and leave the place quickly.

The witch who was still in place muttered while looking at Merlin's back, "Is that him?" …… I see...... I see......" She stretched out her right hand and hooked the bell that she hung around her waist, and the large string of silver bells immediately made a pleasant crisp sound, "I see......"

As she spoke, the witch's eyes changed dramatically when she looked at Merlin—curiosity, anticipation, and inquiry...... It's more complex and it's deeper.

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Climb the stairs of the towers, walk through the more luxurious, elaborate tombstone tombs, occasionally talk nonsense to the shrine maidens you meet, and say goodbye to them and lament that most of these shrine maidens are mentally ill...... The journey through Pokémon Tower is monotonous but not boring, but when the apprehensive Merlin walks up the stairs from the sixth to the seventh floor, he hesitates when he sees the last two steps.

[Conspiracy, there is definitely a conspiracy! Along the way, the anxiety in his heart and the feeling of being calculated were very strong, at first Merlin was able to suppress them with a little ambition and unprovoked courage, but when it came to the end, he returned to normal—looking at the head and tail, suffering from gains and losses, and cowering, [abnormal, too abnormal! I'm definitely in the pit!! I just don't know who wants to trap me this time!! Merlin roared in his head.

But none of his companions took his stubble, and Merlin felt as if he were alone in a large and very empty room—and at last he could only hear his own echo, which seemed to be laughing at himself.

[Hawkers, you have two very simple choices...... In the end, Wizil couldn't bear to see Merlin so pitiful, and spoke, [One is to quickly withdraw and slip away before he is completely trapped...... It half-truths and half-truths suggested, [The other is to simply jump in and see what is waiting for you in the pit...... The first option seems safe, but I can't guarantee that we will be able to break through with all certainty - I don't want to try the consequences of teleportation in an environment like Aster. The second option may seem dangerous, but I don't think we're dead......]

What makes you so confident? Merlin, who was scratching his head in pain, asked Wizil thoughtlessly.

[On the one hand, it is self-confidence in one's own strength. Wizil replied earnestly, [on the other hand, trust in each other......] it burst out with an arrogant laugh that sounded unpleasant, [I think I could be complacent for a while before the cold reality knocked down my false pride!] At the very least, you can't be like you, you have already admitted defeat before you have been defeated. 】

[Hey! Feed!! Merlin is not happy, how can any problem come back to him in the end, [What does it mean that you can't be like me? 】

[Hmm......] Wizir pondered for a moment, [in the old man's words:] it picked up Mr. Zang's tone again, ['A young man should be a young man!'" There must be a way to live whenever you want! You're a teenager, not an old man, show me something young! After learning, I slurred again, [Although there is nothing wrong with safety first, I always feel very boring~~]

Merlin couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "That's right, if you don't take advantage of the adventure and death now, you won't have a chance in the future......" He raised his gaze to look at the space on the seventh floor, "I haven't enjoyed the young capital yet, can't I let it expire in vain......"

As he spoke, Merlin stepped up the final steps and opened his heart to his new adventure.

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Generally speaking, lofty ideals are often unattainable, but sometimes small progress can be met with severe setbacks, as in Merlin's.

In the middle of the seventh floor of the tower is a large open space, surrounded by several elaborate and more advanced tombs. The monotonous pure white porcelain tiles that paved the ground also strangely changed their original color and shape in the central open space - in the white, there was a five-pointed star pattern composed of light gray dull bricks.

This pattern is called the "pentagram" by the Nanban, and the positive pentagram is a mysterious symbol with magical power used in the fields of mystical academics, religion and even witchcraft, while the reverse pentagram is considered to be the symbol and mark of hell, evil, demons, and devils.

But in Guancheng, this five-pointed star has a more unique meaning, Guancheng people prefer to call this kind of god pattern "Qingming bellflower" or "bellflower seal", is the ancient famous onmyoji of the Qingming Gong original prayer charm, representing the symbol of the universe of all things in the five elements of heaven and earth without disaster and innocence. Originally, this kind of divine pattern was dedicated to Yinyang-Dao - because after all, this is someone's "patented technology" - but today this kind of divine pattern seems to be very popular, at least even Shinto, which has always had some problems with Yinyang-do, has begun to use it openly.

Of course, it wasn't the bellflower mark on the Pokémon Tower floor that made Merlin feel troublesome, or even the "crumpled, shriveled and withered orange" blind old man standing in the center of the bellflower mark (this is Merlin's belly), and naturally it wasn't the two talismans full of jumble charms he held in the palm of his hand - but the "small" task attached to it.

Merlin, who was furious and rushed downstairs with fierce steps, still remembered every detail of his brief meeting and conversation with the tide......

The blind old woman, who was not surprised by her arrival in the slightest, gave him two "Purifying Talismans" with wonderful powers without waiting for Merlin to speak, and did not even say a superfluous word, but when Merlin was so relieved that she was about to turn around and take her leave, the old woman stopped him.

"Young man, can I ask you for one thing?" The blind old woman trembled and said, "A small thing that is insignificant to you. Her tone was a bit begging, "It's a big matter for the old man......"

Merlin wanted to say no, but he was still holding the two talismans that they had just given him for free, and it was not easy to say this refusal, and after hesitating for a while, Merlin had to grit his teeth and say, "Old man, just ask me, and the juniors will naturally do their best." "It's beautiful on the lips, but in her heart, Merlin has already begun to jump to her feet and scold her mother, [Look, the show is coming! I knew it wasn't that simple!! He glared at the blind tide in front of him with a rather resentful gaze.

"Hehe, hehe, that's good, that's good......" The blind old woman laughed dryly, and her already wrinkled face became even more wrinkled, "It's really just a 'small' thing," she deliberately bit a certain word, "I just want to ask you to go to the bottom of a tower and take a turn, just need to turn around." She said sincerely, "The god son of the shrine will show you the way, you just need to go there and go around, just go around once......"

"Hehe, hehe, hehe......" Merlin, who had nothing to say, could only smile perfunctorily, [Turn around? Will I still be alive after the transfer!? Merlin, who was in a typical state of smiling and not smiling, tried his best to curse in his mind the tide in front of him and all the practitioners of the entire Shinto system, and after cursing for a while, he soon ran out of fresh words and had to stop. Then he began to think about what trap he had fallen into, "Why was I chosen to be part of this plan?" 】

There is a saying called "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent", knowing what use value you have is the only way to know why you unconsciously fall into a trap or trap. Let's take Merlin's recent dangers as an example: when he was on Red Lotus Island, he was selected by Xia Bo to explore the Fuji Mansion because he was a capable person, but he was almost killed by a dwarf who was born with a wolf appearance...... After straying into the insect forest and breaking into Mr. Zang's gym, he was ravaged by the old man for more than half a year because of some of his talents and other reasons that are not very clear, and he was only recently "released/released"......

And this time, Merlin seems to have fallen into a giant trap plotted by many forces - solitaire, white ghost hands, Shinto, Yin-Yang Dao, and perhaps even the Alliance...... Why would such a huge and terrifying army use such an insignificant pawn as him? There's definitely something weird about it.

[Am I a capable person? Impossible. This is the realm of ghosts, and I am completely a fish and meat to be slaughtered here, and this should be the home ......of those psychics, witches, onmyoji, and monks. It's even more impossible. The inheritance of the three religions is not inferior to those families, and even in some aspects their inheritance is more detailed and true, there is no reason to use my ......]

[Maybe it's because you're a fool that you're chosen...... Wizel interjected half-jokingly, [They need to give a natural big fool who has been sealed up a natural big fool as a sacrifice to feed its belly, and it just so happens that a very standard fool crashed into it without a head, so, Bingo, you won the lottery! 】

Merlin was immediately enraged by Vizre's words, and he immediately went downstairs in a rage as he continued to listen to the blind tide and continue to mutter the useless and comforting nonsense.

Downstairs, a waist-length shrine maiden with a hood of Chihaya was waiting for Merlin's arrival.

Well, it seems that there is also a saying that "a word becomes a prophecy", so it seems to be said......

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In the end, suddenly this section has been a full year...... It's amazing...... I'm really embarrassed that the first day of the new year is so late~~~ Kneel in the ice and snow and beg for forgiveness~~

Then, based on some of the information revealed in this section, can you guess why Merlin fell into the pit? There is no reward for guessing~~~

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