Chapter 74: The Trap and Apricot
Through the long suspension bridge, Xia You walked to the closed main entrance of the Light Red Dao Hall.
He was about to pull the knocker, but he saw that the two wooden doors were windless and automatic, and they opened by themselves!
But when I looked into the courtyard, there was no one behind the door, and there were no staff members who went out to greet them, and no Pokémon were present!
Did you trigger something?
"Is anyone there!?" Xia You asked loudly.
His voice echoed in the courtyard, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement.
The silence around is extremely strange, and it seems that every corner is filled with a murderous atmosphere!
"Mysterious, is this where ninjas live?" Seeing this, Ghost Stone immediately became interested, as a favorite prank-loving Pokémon, except for haunted houses and cemeteries, this kind of place has always been its favorite.
"Maybe it's a test."
Xia You no longer hesitated, stepped into the hall, and came to the entrance of the main house through a gravel road.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he stepped on the floor of the entrance, this light red hall gave him a dismount!
I saw that the floor suddenly turned, and the angle changed from flat to steep, and instantly became a smooth and large bevel!
Fortunately, he already knew that this place was full of mechanisms, and in an instant, his eyes were quick and he held on to the pillar on the side.
Looking at the foot again, behind the rotating floor, the original neat stone pavement has become potholed after continuous wear and tear over time, and I don't know how many ignorant trainers have been planted under this mechanism.
To be on the safe side, he opened the Poké Ball and released his Chirulian, who had superpowers enough to deal with most dangers.
Adjusting his mentality, Xia You entered the entrance again.
Bypassing a screen painted with bamboo, there was a dark corridor behind it, but when Xia You came to the end, he found that there were two forks in the road, one left and one right!
These two forks in the road seem ordinary, and there is nothing strange about them, but in this mysterious ninja house, I don't know how many mechanisms are waiting for him, and every step needs to be cautious.
After a little thought, Xia You finally followed his intuition and chose the left path.
The shoes creaked as they stepped on the floor.
After walking more than a dozen steps, his feet suddenly emptied, the floor suddenly sank, and a pit suddenly appeared!
However, Xia You, who was supposed to fall into the pit, was surrounded by a cloud of mental power, floated in the air, and slowly flew to a safe place.
"Well done, Chirulian!"
Touching Chirulian's hair, Xia You came to the edge of the pit again, and looked down, only to see a black patch underneath, but there was no sharp knife-like trap, but the four walls were smooth, and the depth of the hole was slightly higher, although it was not enough to fall and hurt, but it made it impossible for those who fell into the trap to climb up from below.
It seems that Ah Ju's original intention in designing this trap was just to teach a small lesson to those careless trainers who fell into the pit, which is really painstaking!
Crossing this trap, Xia You continued to move forward, and found that the slope of the floor, from the original flatness, was gradually beginning to slope upward, he frowned, and was about to let Ghost Stone go to the front to explore the way, when he suddenly heard the other end of the corridor wall, there seemed to be a slight footstep coming!
Then, there was a 'click' sound of the mechanism opening, and as the ceiling cracked, a sleek rolling stone suddenly fell from above, and rolled towards Xia Yu by the slope of the floor!
The size of this rolling stone is almost the same as the width and height of the corridor, looking at the huge stone that is like a thousand catties, Chirulian hurriedly blocked it with his mental power, and taking this opportunity, Xia You retreated to the pit and stood in a safe place.
As Chirulian withdrew, the Rolling Stone continued downward, and Chirulian used teleportation to reach Xia You's side.
Boom!
With a muffled thud, the rolling stone fell heavily into the pit.
If you are someone else, in the face of this mechanism, if you don't have superpowers, or if you are a powerful Pokémon, this rolling stone is enough to squash the challenger!
"This mechanism is a little... Too dangerous, right? ”
Before he had time to sigh, the footsteps on the other side of the wall sounded again, as if they were fleeing, getting farther and farther away, Xia You saw this, and hurriedly signaled Ghost Stone to chase after him.
Ghost Stone burrowed into the wall, and it didn't take long for him to hear the sound of laughter from the other side, followed by the piercing screams of a girl!
"Ah!!h
In the next second, I saw that the wall in front of me suddenly flipped over, and a girl staggered out of it.
She had an ordinary appearance, wearing a black jumpsuit that is common to ninjas, a reddish-pink cape, and purple hair combed into a huge ponytail.
Looking at each other, the girl smiled awkwardly, coughed lightly, and said, "Since you have found out, it seems that my cultivation is far from enough!" ”
At first glance, Xia You was a little unfamiliar with this girl, and couldn't help asking: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of entering the gym, I came here to challenge the hall owner Ah Ju, is he here?" ”
The girl folded her arms and said, "If you want to challenge my father, you must first defeat me!" ”
"Father? To put it this way..."
"That's right, my name is Ah Xing, and I'm his daughter!" Ah Xing looked Xia You up and down and beckoned to him, "Okay, come with me, I'll take you to the opposite battlefield." ”
The two of them moved forward one after the other, bypassing several more traps, and finally came to an improvised battlefield location.
The site was in a spacious house, very simple in layout, and even more unbelievable was that its floor was actually laid with flooring!
Since it's wood, whether it's a move with fire, ground, or rock attributes, it's very easy to destroy here, and it's really okay to fight here?
In the trainer's command area, Xia You and Ah Xing stood on both sides.
She pointed to a door behind her and said solemnly, "As long as you defeat me, you can enter that door and move on." ”
Xia You said indifferently: "Okay, if this is the rule of the gym, then I will accept it, then, what are the rules?" ”
"One-on-one, whoever loses Pokémon last, will be the winner!" As he spoke, Ah Xing threw it casually and sent out his own Pokémon, "Come out, forked bat!" ”
A Poké in the shape of a purple bat with two pairs of wings, one large and one small, appeared in the field.
Pokémon Illustrated Book: "Drop, Forked Bat, Bat Pokémon, Poison Plus Flying Attribute, the final evolution of the supersonic bat, they usually inhabit gray caverns, can emit ultrasound waves that humans can't hear, although it looks vicious, but its temperament is actually very gentle, as long as it does not disturb its sleep during the day, it will not incur anger." ”
Xia You turned his head to the ghost channel: "You have never fought in the gym battle, do you want to go up and try it?" ”