"This is more than just a little tension... It's already reached the point where one spark could set everything off."
Crouching in a concealed spot, Chu Ya muttered softly.
Su Hao nodded in agreement. Along the way, they had observed Ghost-type Pokémon clans—Vileplume, Mismagius, Dusknoir, Chandelure, Gourgeist, and more. Nearly every common Ghost-type Pokémon had one or several groups calling themselves clans, claiming territory and taking action.
It was practically... a lord simulator game!
Yet the reason for the tension spreading between them was both absurdly trivial and perfectly reasonable.
Su Hao and Chu Ya had attacked a small Ghost-type clan and easily extracted the answer from them.
The reason the hostility among the Ghost-type Pokémon had grown increasingly intense was the Birth Festival two months from now. They would fight over the areas of the Spirit Realm richest in resources and energy, all so their clans could produce more talented offspring.
It wasn't as if clans had never fought over this during previous Birth Festivals, but those had merely been small-scale clashes involving individual clans.
This time, however, various old grudges seemed to have pushed the conflicts and friction to the brink of eruption, triggering a chain reaction that was about to give rise to a conflict that could truly be called a war.
Su Hao asked, "Auntie Chu Ya, can't the Gengar Clan you know take us directly to the Sealed Inheritance Grounds?"
"No. In a sense, this guy doesn't really have anything to do with that clan anymore. We usually act separately."
Chu Ya shook her head helplessly, pulling the Gengar poking its head out of her shadow over. Ignoring Gengar's resentful expression, she pinched its cheeks.
Hearing Chu Ya's answer, helplessness flashed through Su Hao's golden eyes. This was going to be troublesome.
On the way,