After some messy fire fighting, the flames in the entire room were finally extinguished.
But this time, the entire room was completely turned into ruins, and the faces and clothes of Xiaozhi and four others were stained with various kinds of black ash.
There were scorched black marks everywhere on the walls and floors, slash cracks blown by the storm, and countless furniture and decorations were completely scattered all over the floor, making it a complete mess.
"Calm down Rotom, don't move anymore!"
Xiaozhi quickly comforted the ion-looking Rotom. Judging from his posture, this guy ran away somewhere and merged with the electrical appliances.
"Loto..."
Upon seeing this, the Rotom did not run around causing trouble, but broke away from the washing machine and resumed its appearance as an orange-red floating ghost.
After experiencing adventures in so many areas, Xiaozhi also has a certain understanding of the habits of ghost-type Pokémon.
Although it is the most eerie and mysterious attribute, generally ghost-type Pokémon are unwilling to be lonely and like to show off their presence and look for other creatures to interact with.
The Rotom in front of me probably saw them moving in and wanted to play with them.
"Anyway, don't use your skills yet, we can play with you."
So Xiaozhi spoke softly.
This actually made him feel as if he was facing his Gengar for the first time...
"Loto~!"
Sure enough, these words made the Rotom smile, and its lithe body jumped in the air, flying around several people, making a faint sound of electricity flowing.
Ash and the others looked at each other, so is this Rotom the Pokémon of this owner?
"It's strange that no one has come here yet...?"
Xiaogang said doubtfully and looked at the door.
Logically speaking, it was a snowstorm and overheating just now... This floor felt like it exploded, and the ceiling of the entire room was about to be lifted off.
But until now, neither the owner of this mansion nor the old housekeeper has come to check.
It was eerily quiet, as if there were only the four of them in this entire mansion.
"Rotom, is your trainer here too?"
So Xiaozhi asked.
This Rotom seems to be very intelligent and can completely communicate.
"Loto, Lotto~!"
Rotom shook his head and nodded again, looking uncertain.
It looks like a riddle, making it impossible for people to understand what it is trying to express.
"Loto!"
This made the Rotom look anxious, and it immediately started flying, its entire body merging into the original TV.
It seems that the TV is not some form of Rotom, and there is no fusion phenomenon, but it simply enters the electrical appliances.
Zhi...!
The next moment, the TV screen flickered.
It was still a Rotom, appearing on the screen as if it were locked in a cage.
Zhi...!
But as Rotom kept changing channels, the screen finally settled on a program.
It seems that it is news?
The four people stared at the content on the screen with wide eyes.
Generally speaking, it seems to be a news story from decades ago. Even the screen image is black and white, with a pixel grid visible to the naked eye, which makes it look very period.
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On a dark night after the rain, a murder occurred in a foreign-style villa surrounded by jungle.
Nuoda's mansion only houses an old housekeeper and a pair of twin brothers and sisters.
But on that dark night, the old housekeeper and the twin sister were brutally murdered...
After that, both the vicious murderer and the twin brother disappeared completely, leaving only an empty and spacious mansion.
"Wait a minute, the mansion mentioned in this news is not right here?!"
Xiaozhi trembled and couldn't help but speak.
The expressions of the other three people also changed from dark to bright, and they were so far away from killing people that they had never even thought about it.
"Um...that's the old housekeeper we saw before. Could it be..."
Before Yami finished speaking, the four of them looked at the black-and-white photo of the victim displayed on the TV screen. Their eyes were horrified, their faces turned pale, and they subconsciously stepped back.
The old butler shown on the screen at this moment was exactly the same old butler they saw in the evening!
There was even a cute and playful little girl nearby, probably only six or seven years old.
"In other words, what we saw was not a human being at all, but... a ghost?"
Yami trembled and said, even the auspicious egg beside him was completely stunned on the spot, its chubby spherical body kept shaking.
"Being brutally killed...is it a wraith?"
Xiaogang couldn't help but speak, his tone also trembling.
Not a ghost-type Pokémon, but a real ghost... This kind of existence does not exist in this world.
To a certain extent, Brother Chi or Plantina are both such existences, right?
This made several people look towards the door from time to time, fearing that the old housekeeper would suddenly appear there.
"But it's really strange...how come I haven't heard of this news at all?"
After calming down, Yami said doubtfully.
The news clearly focused on the place where the crime occurred - a mansion villa in EMI Forest.
But when she was looking for information about Mori no Yokan, she specifically looked up the words "EMI Forest" and "Mansion".
There is absolutely no trace of any news, and there is no connection at all with this horrific murder.
"Either the news is fake...or some big shot covered up this matter."
At this time, Plantina's cold voice suddenly appeared in the minds of Xiaoguang and Xiaozhi.
In her world, Plantina also came to this villa and mansion in the EMI Forest, but except for meeting the wild ghost-type Pokémon living in the mansion, there was nothing unusual about it.
It seems to be a simple abandoned building.
The news on TV is very old, and it is obviously impossible for it to be "fake news" created by Rotom himself...
For the powerful people standing behind the scenes, it is very easy to cover up such a shocking piece of news.
So the only thing preserved may be old news videos that were short-lived at that time.
"Miss, do you know this big shot?"
Xiaozhi looked at Xiaoguang and couldn't help but ask.
Yami: "?"
What an inexplicable name this is.
Weren’t we all called Xiaoguang before? Why did we suddenly become the eldest lady?
"Don't you know...I always feel that he is a dangerous person."
Especially the way Xiaoguang didn't answer at all, but Xiaozhi muttered to himself, made Yami even more excited.
Wait a minute, these three people in front of you are also ghosts wandering in the EMI Forest?!
