Pokémon: Stranger Things

Chapter 265 Between Dreams and Reality

"The mountain road is still not easy to walk."

In order to go to Jiayuan City, Chensha and his party are still traveling today.

If you want to go to Jiayuan City, you need to cross a very steep mountain road.After a lot of effort, Chensha and the others finally passed this mountain road...

However, it was getting late, and the map showed that there were no nearby towns, which meant that Chensha and the others could only camp in the wild.

"It's been a long time since I camped in the wild, it's really nostalgic..."

Chensha felt a lot of emotion. It seemed that it was a long time ago when he camped last time. It is also good to camp and rest in the wild with his friends.She was just about to unload the luggage from Boscodora's back, and when she was about to set up a tent with her partners, Tianman pulled the hem of Chensha's clothes and gestured for Chensha to look straight ahead of them.

Right in front of them, a dilapidated building appeared at some point, which looked like a temple or an ancient building.

"There are rumors in my hometown that it is best not to set foot on abandoned buildings in the wild, where ghost elves are often chosen as residences..."

Although Chensha said so, there are no such rumors in the Hezhong area. In fact, it was used by the old people in her previous life to teach children. It is said that it is easy to be possessed by ghosts in the ruined temples in the deserted villages in the wilderness, that's it.

There may not have been ghosts in Chensha's previous life, but ghost spirits do exist in this world.No matter how Chen Sha thought about it, he felt that the building in front was unreliable, maybe there were a group of Geng ghosts squatting inside.

"It's still early to set up camp! Let's go in and take a look, it's okay! Okay..."

Tianman gently shook Chensha's arm.Chensha's defense against her younger sister's coquettish tactics is... zero.Because of his soft heart, Chensha finally agreed to Tianman's request, and planned to go to the dilapidated building over there with her.

"Boss Kedora, Lucario, and Commander Chop, I just ask you three to set up the tent here first, thank you."

Since tomorrow will naturally follow Chensha and the others, before leaving, Chensha specifically instructs three elves with nimble arms to set up camp here.I hope the three of them can work together and work hard.

The further you go towards the building, the thicker the fog near you.This made Chensha feel that there was something really wrong with this abandoned building.

"Tianma, hold my hand..."

Chensha wanted Tianman to hold her hand to prevent Tianman from getting lost...but she didn't respond.Chensha looked back and found that Tianman and Mingri had disappeared.

"Well, it seems that there is really a problem..."

Chensha held her forehead with her fingers helplessly, perhaps she had already fallen into the illusion created by the elves.Although it is still unclear why this elf did such a thing, it can only take one step at a time.

There is a door in front of it, which is also very dilapidated.There is only one choice before Chensha, and that is to push the door open and enter.

"Sorry for disturbing you."

Chensha knocked on the door, but seeing no one answered, he said "excuse me" and pushed open the door in front of him.She was momentarily stunned by the sight before her eyes.

"Chensha, are you back? What are you still doing in a daze, come in quickly."

Women in aprons greeted Chensha warmly.Her face is still fresh in Chensha's memory to this day.It was the existence that she didn't want to think of, but couldn't forget... that face that was eighty percent similar to her, that is, Cong Chensha's mother, Zi Qian.

Different from the Ziqian that Chensha saw in Leiwen City before, Ziqian at this time is still the French braid hairstyle that Chensha remembers from her childhood, not loose.This means that the Ziqian that appeared here seems to have read the image from Chensha's deepest memory.

"Chensha, find a place to sit down. The food will be cold in a while."

The man sitting at the dining table still looks very familiar.There is no doubt that this man is Chensha's father, Chenfeng.Like Ziqian, the dusty wind that appeared here is also the appearance in Chensha's childhood memory, and Chenfeng was not yet used to wearing glasses at that time.

The elf who took the dinner plate from her mother and brought it to the table was also very familiar to Dust, it was the mother's elf, almost a doll.

Seeing this, Chensha had a complete understanding of her current situation.It can be said that she is now in the environment, the good memories that made her feel so depressed that she couldn't extricate herself, the time with her family.But.....

This is just an illusion.The things that happened in her memory were more impressive to Chensha than these beautiful memories, making her heart sting.If it is the dust and sand of the past, it may sink into this beautiful memory.But now, she has found a new meaning of existence, and has partners and family members worthy of attention. This memory...is already a diary with closed pages, and there is no need to open it again.

"Feel sorry."

As if facing a stranger, Chensha bowed very cautiously to the parents and the dolls in the room, and slowly exited the door.

"Dust and sand."

Mother Ziqian stretched out her hand to stop Chensha, as if she wanted to keep her here.

"Where are you going? Where are you now...?"

"I......."

Chensha was silent for a long time, and finally raised his head, facing the mother in his memory.She fiddled with the hair hanging on her shoulders with her hands, and wiped away a few crystal clear tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes. ,

"I'm in a reality without you. That's fine... Maybe we won't meet again, whether it's reality or a dream."

Since it is an illusion, it means that Chensha can also do something in the illusion.If you want to break this false dreamland, you need to... erase your own existence here.

Chensha took a few deep breaths, adjusting his breathing.A fruit knife gradually condensed in her hand, perhaps this is the power of longing.She put the fruit knife on her neck——

"Wake up, Dust!"

A familiar voice came into Chensha's mind.She was startled, and when she opened her eyes again, she had escaped from the hallucination and returned to reality.

"Scared me, I thought you died suddenly!"

It's Soraya.Just when Chensha was planning to commit suicide in the hallucination to get out of the hallucination, Soroya discovered the strangeness of Chensha and others.It came up with an idea in a hurry, and put its head on Chensha's side, only then did Chensha escape from the illusion.

"It's really thanks to having you here this time, I will reward you later."

Dust gently caressed the fluff on Soroya's neck, and the little fox Soroya liked this kind of caress very much.She looked to the other side, at this time Tianman and Mingri were also lying on the ground, muttering some sleepy words.Perhaps they too are now haunted by dreams.

"Zoroya, can you help me sneak into the dreams of the two of them? Although I can use external force to help them escape...but I want to see what their dreams are like."

According to the hallucinations that Chensha experienced just now, there seems to be no malice in the hallucinations, it just showed the most precious existence in their hearts in front of them, so that they might not encounter any danger in the hallucinations.Because of this, Chensha is not too worried about Tianma and tomorrow's situation, but rather curious about their dreams.

"It's okay...I'll try it. Hold on to me."

Chensha put his hands on Sorolla's body, feeling Sorolla's spiritual power with his heart.The things in front of him shuttled quickly, allowing the dust to enter the dreams of the partners.

"Dad, this is really interesting!"

"As long as you feel happy."

"We can often come here to play in the future!"

"Hold my hand tightly, don't run too far."

In Tianma's memory, what she cherishes most is the time when she went to the playground with her parents.And in this memory, there is actually someone who shouldn't have appeared at that time—the dust.It seems that for Tianma now, Chensha is as important as his parents.How to say that sentence... Yes, an elder brother is like a father, so it seems feasible for an elder sister to be like a mother.

"Okay, Tianman, wake up! We can go to the amusement park anytime after that, after all, everyone is by your side now!"

Chensha grabbed Tianman, who was laughing and playing in the hallucination, and shook Tianman's shoulder vigorously, making Tianman's dizzy head spinning.

"Hey! What's the matter, what happened?"

With a jolt, Tianman also managed to escape from the hallucination.

"It's very troublesome to say... In short, you should calm down now and recover your spirits. My sister will explain it to you in a while."

Chensha patted Tianman on the head, continued to cooperate with Zoroya, and prepared to sneak into tomorrow's dream.

"........."

The hallucination of tomorrow made Chensha feel a little speechless.Very tired, Chensha helplessly supported his forehead.

In tomorrow's hallucination, what he cares about is actually... marrying Chensha.If the hallucinations that Chensha and Tianman fall into are memories of the past, then the hallucinations of tomorrow are fantasies about the future.

To be honest, it still makes Chensha feel a little strange to see another self holding a bouquet of flowers in a hallucination and standing next to his partner in a wedding dress.She cleared her throat, walked from behind to tomorrow's side, and grabbed his ear.

"It's too early to think about this kind of thing! There will always be a chance in the future! Soraya, give it to me!"

"Good Le!"

Sorolla's aim at tomorrow's midfielder is the ultimate blow...well, Sorolla doesn't know this skill, so he just hit tomorrow with his head.With the help of external force, tomorrow also successfully escaped from the illusion and returned to reality.

"Sorry, I fell into delusion accidentally..."

Tomorrow rubbed his head in embarrassment.

"...that's not the case, but in the future..."

Chensha's voice became smaller and smaller, after all, she still felt shy when talking about such things.Rather than caring about this, it is more important to find out the culprit who made them fall into hallucinations.

"Zoroya, that's over there!"

Under Dust's command, Zoroya released a dark wave in the direction Dust pointed.With a twist of space, an elf like a witch appeared in front of Chen Sha and the others.There are only elves with this image, and there are only dream monsters.

Dream Demon stared at the people in front of him and closed his eyes.Through spiritual power, its voice also reached the ears of Chen Sha and the others.

"Isn't the dream I created for you the existence you hoped for? Why, do you want to escape from the beautiful dream? I can't understand it. I thought it would make you feel happy..."

"You really are a silly boy."

Chensha stepped forward and put his hand on Dream Demon's hat with a smile on his face.

"Although it is a scene that exists in our dreams, it is an illusion after all. It is the past that has been lost and the future that has not yet come. The past cannot be changed, and the future cannot be predicted. The only thing we can do is live a better life. Every moment now, it is enough to live in the moment and feel happy and satisfied. Do you understand this emotion?"

Dream Demon nodded thoughtfully.A few days ago, the trainers who had fallen into the illusion created by it also preached to it in this way.But what they said was that "dreams must be won by oneself", which was not the same as what Chensha said today, but it made Dream Demon feel a lot of emotion.

For a long time, the dream monster, who was wandering alone in the wild, also began to have a wish to belong to it.Among the wishes of the people in front of them, they all want to be with someone.So, can it also have this opportunity?

The words that could not be said before, I want to convey to them anyway, hoping that they can understand.The Dream Demon had a feeling in the dark that if it gave up this opportunity, it might never have the possibility of fulfilling its wish.

"So, can you let me go with you too? I don't want to stay by myself any longer! My wish...is also to have someone to accompany you!"

"Okay, then let's travel together? Let's explore the places of interest in the Sinnoh region together, enjoy every moment and keep the laughter in our hearts. How do you feel?"

Chensha stretched out her hand towards the Dream Demon, and she had already put the elf ball in her hand.As if to express his sincerity, what Chensha took out was the friend ball representing friendship.

"How could I refuse? It's too late to be happy! Well, let's travel together... Let's go together."

The dream demon put the hem of her skirt on the button in the middle of the elf ball, turned into a red light and entered into the elf ball.Unwaveringly, the Dream Demon was sincerely delighted to be able to become Dust's partner—this was also its wish.

In this way, Chensha and his party experienced a trip in hallucinations, and also became partners with the Dream Demon.I just don't know... when the vision they saw in the hallucination will be realized, and the journey should continue.