Urban Legends of the Pokémon World? Pikachu Ghost? Appraisal Stream Turns Paranormal?! (Please Follow)

Don't scare me in the middle of the night!

Good grief, how scary was it? It scared her socks right off!

Pikachu is so cute. How scary could it be? Was it ugly or something?

Friendly reminder: You can breathe.

Could she have seen a Pokémon Ghost?!

As Ye Yinchuan listened to her, his expression grew slightly grave. It really did sound plausible.

He could not help thinking of certain urban legends about Pokémon.

For example, the "White Ghost Hand" in Pokémon Graveyard Lavender Town, the "School's Seven Wonders" of Melemele Island, and the Pokémon corpses from Pokémon Special Chapter Red...

In this Pokémon World, there were similar legends too, such as "a Pokémon's resentment lingered after death, turning it into a ghost," and "Ghost-type Pokémon were actually transformed from dead Pokémon or humans."

Moreover, Ghost-type Pokémon were extremely mysterious and rare in both the games and this world. People knew very little about them, and they were even rarer than Psychic-types.

One could look at the first generation of Pokémon for reference. The Ghost-type had only Gengar's evolutionary line.

"Pikachu... Ghost... Could it be?"

Ye Yinchuan already had a vague guess, though he was not completely certain.

After all, as he had said before, he could not blindly apply his knowledge of Pokémon games and anime to this real Pokémon World.

Still, Ye Yinchuan quietly opened a search page to verify some of his guesses.

"Go on. What was so strange about it?"

The Little Sister on the other side of the camera frowned and tried hard to suppress her fearful memories as she recalled:

"At first, that Pikachu only occasionally appeared around our house. Whenever I brought in the laundry or opened the windows for ventilation, I could see it flash by in the distance. It was often at night, so I couldn't see it very clearly back then."

"But later, it seemed to get closer and closer. That was when I realized something was wrong. Pikachu should be bigger, but that Pikachu looked about the same size as my Pichu. I thought the distance had made me misjudge it."

"Then, last night, I heard 'pika pika.' I thought that Pikachu had come close again, so I took out some Pokémon Food and wanted to feed it. I even called it closer. But then I realized it did not look like a Pikachu at all! Its body was soft and limp, like a rag. Its eyes and mouth looked fake, like some cheap doll, and its tail looked like a piece of dried-up wood..."

As she spoke, the Little Sister trembled even more violently. She forced herself to swallow.

"Do you understand that feeling? Like someone waving to you by the roadside, but when you walk over, you see it is a mannequin... except it can move! It clearly has human facial features, but they look incredibly fake! Like something is deliberately imitating a human to lure you over!"

I admit it, I'm starting to get scared!

This sounds like the Uncanny Valley Effect. Things that look human but are not human are the scariest!

I specifically searched for uncanny valley pictures, and I was so scared I nearly threw my computer away!

Little Sister, aren't you scared that thing might be under your bed while you're sitting by it?

What happened afterward? Have you heard of a Guiding Fish? It's the same thing. Never get curious when you encounter something like that!

Listening to her account and reading the barrage of comments, Ye Yinchuan wore an amused expression.

There were too many things to criticize. He did not even know where to begin!

Do Pokémon have an Uncanny Valley Effect too? Maybe!

"Please stop scaring me with those comments! I'm already scared enough!"

With a tearful quaver in her voice, the Little Sister shakily climbed up from the floor, hurriedly threw herself onto the bed, and wrapped herself in the blanket.

There are rules in the ghost world: You can't attack someone under a blanket! But remember to tuck your feet in!

So timid. How could there be so many dirty things in this world? Gastly was scientifically proven years ago to be a gaseous Pokémon, and it only appeared near graveyards!

Is it possible that the countryside mountains are full of graves?

Heh heh, young people should maintain reverence for this world!

I'll thank you on her behalf. There are still more good people than bad in this world!

"Stop scaring her. Little Sister, don't be afraid. There are so many people in our livestream. Besides, you have a Pichu with you, and even if not, there must be people in your village, right? Come, I'll teach you a little trick to stop being afraid."

Are you comforting a child?

The Streamer is pretty gentle.

"What trick?"

On camera, the tearful young Beauty had her attention diverted.

"It's simple. Remember this: if ghosts exist in this world, then when you die, you'll become a ghost too. Everyone will be ghosts, so what are you afraid of? If ghosts don't exist, then there's nothing to fear either."

"That actually makes some sense. I'm suddenly not as scared anymore. It's just that I don't want to die yet..."

Beauty seemed a little adorably airheaded.

Could the Streamer really be a genius?

Discharge him!

"By the way, where's your husband?"

"I don't even have a boyfriend."

"Then what's your name?"

"I just picked it randomly. Husband Not Home, lonely all by myself. Wanna make my belly big? It's Crazy Thursday today, V me fifty..."

Watching Beauty recite that absurd copy like a tongue twister, Ye Yinchuan suddenly understood, though his expression became slightly strange.

So she was a funny girl.

Key point! She has no boyfriend!

Beauty, if you're scared, DM me your address...

"Stop asking for private addresses! If she really sent you her address, then she'd have something to be scared of! Beauty, never reveal your personal information online. If that thing appears again later, don't be afraid. I'll stay with you until the end today and get to the bottom of this appraisal! If anything really happens, I'll immediately report it to the Pokémon Center. They'll trace your IP address and find you right away. I can absolutely guarantee your safety!"

Hearing Ye Yinchuan speak so confidently, Beauty on the other side relaxed a little.

"Don't worry, Streamer. I'm not that stupid. I'll continue... I screamed in terror at the time, and that thing suddenly turned around and ran away. It bumped into something while running. But listen, its neck snapped right then and there! Its head hung crookedly to one side. I was scared out of my mind."

"That was when I realized my Pichu had been frightened by that thing. Tell me, if it were a normal Pokémon or another living creature, how could it keep running that fast as if nothing happened after its neck snapped? And it did not bleed at all!"

This is getting scarier and scarier!

An appraisal livestream turned into a paranormal livestream?

That girl was already very brave... I wouldn't even dare remember it!

She made it up, right? It sounds way too fake!

Hearing that, Ye Yinchuan roughly understood what was happening.

His searches and verification had also been mostly completed.

"I think I roughly know what it is. You don't need to be too afraid. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a Ghost-type Pokémon, or rather, a Fairy-type Pokémon."

No, you know again?

The Streamer is amazing!

There's a Pokémon like that? Can you explain why it looked like Pikachu and why its neck snapped without bleeding?

You already said it's Ghost-type. Like Gastly, it has no physical body. What blood would it bleed?

Could it be the ghost of a dead Pikachu? Did it become a new Pokémon?

Just as Ye Yinchuan was about to explain further.

Some strange sounds suddenly came from the camera on the other side:

"Pika, pika..."

The sound resembled Pikachu's Growl, but it was somewhat ethereal.

It was filled with sorrow and resentment, more like crying!

"Oh my god!"

The Little Sister on camera wore an expression of agony and nearly broke down. "It came into my house!"

The livestream chat instantly exploded!

"Don't disconnect the call, or you'll be alone."

Ye Yinchuan remained unhurried as he reassured her.

"Next, do exactly as I say. I guarantee you won't be in any danger!"