Chapter 138 The Old Man, the Dog, and the King's Evidence

"Then I'm sorry." Luo Mu cleared his throat and said softly, "Excuse me, have any of your Pokémon reached the end of their lifespan or died of illness in recent years?"

Luo Mu's question almost made Lila and Buddy unable to hold back. This was a sensitive question, which was completely about exposing other people's scars. It would not be surprising to be beaten and kicked out by people with bad tempers.

Trang was stunned, as if he remembered something, his expression became a little sad: "You should know that I am a ranger. After I married my wife when I was young, I devoted a long time to protecting the environment and Pokémon and fighting poachers. I often go out for ten days or half a month."

"After returning home one day, I saw my wife's profile, trying hard to suppress her loneliness. It dawned on me that I had not fulfilled my duties as a husband. Later, I rescued a paparazzi during a ranger activity and gave it to my wife to raise."

"My wife likes it very much and named it "Dou Ding". I rescued the paparazzi from the research institute. He was subjected to many experiments by bad guys, so his health has not been very good. On a winter night three years ago, Dou Ding did not survive the winter and left my wife due to illness."

"After seeing my wife in tears, I chose to reduce my work as a ranger and spend the little time I had with her."

After Tran told the story of their past as a couple, the house fell into silence for a short while.

Buddy had begun to wipe away his tears secretly, Lila also felt a little emotional, and Luo Mu also understood the deeper reasons why Tran was unwilling to take action.

Although he felt sympathy for Tran's wife, Luo Mu did not forget his business. Now that all the information had been collected, he asked in his mind: "System, is there something wrong with my thinking?"

[It's okay, host]

Luo Mu has been thinking about what role the system can play for him now. Apart from treasure hunting, probably the most useful thing is the prompt that can help him reduce the trial and error steps. It can help him solve all the tedious things that may hinder him.

All he has to do next is to work hard.

After temporarily asking Trang and Lila to leave the cabin and letting Buddy take care of Trang's wife, Luo Mu said to them calmly, "I already know the cause of your wife's illness, Mr. Trang."

Tran originally wanted to reject Luo Mu's invitation to go with him, but calling him out specifically was usually for something like this, right?
But Luo Mu's voice made Trang stunned. Then he involuntarily raised his foot closer to Luo Mu, put his hands on Luo Mu's shoulders, and stammered: "You really know it!?"

Lila was a little confused. How did Luo Mu know that?

Luo Mu nodded slightly and said calmly, "Mr. Trung, before your wife became bedridden, did she smile more often, or did she feel better and stay outside more often?"

Trang was stunned, and carefully recalled that when he occasionally left home to go down the mountain to purchase goods, or took a day to briefly handle his work as a forest ranger, he was always greeted by his wife's smiling face when he returned home.

He thought that she smiled more because he spent more time with her after Douding left.
"Indeed. What you said is not wrong at all."

Under Lila's wide-eyed gaze, Trang nodded slowly.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that this young man was a little scary. He clearly had not mentioned these things, but the other party knew so many things.

Lila couldn't help it and asked, "Luo Mu, from what you said, do you mean to say that Douding has become a ghost-type Pokémon?"

Luo Mu nodded, then shook his head: "Yes, but maybe not. Look over there."

Luo Mu pointed to the location where he first discovered the candle still burning during the day.

The candle showed no sign of burning out and continued to burn.

Lila looked in the direction of Luo Mu's finger and frowned, "Is the candlelight effective?"

Luo Mu did not speak, but Telang's pupils suddenly shrank, and he said in disbelief: "That should be the candle on the head of the tomb dog?"

Lila was not very familiar with the Pokémon in the Padia region, but Trang, who lived in Freezer Town and was a ranger, knew the names and characteristics of these Pokémon to some extent.

Trang couldn't help but move closer. When he was close to the candle at a certain distance, the Pokémon hiding in the snow seemed to notice something and a strange cry was heard, a very ethereal barking sound.

Then, the Pokémon under the snow suddenly jumped out, as if trying to scare Trang.

If an unaware passerby encountered this action on a snowy night, he might be scared, but it is daytime now, and the identity of the Pokémon has been revealed by Trang.

Gravehel, a ghost-type Pokémon, seems to like scaring people, but in fact, this is their behavior to attract human attention.

This Pokémon is gentle and affectionate, afraid of loneliness, and is known as the most suitable ghost Pokémon as a companion. Grave Dog tilted its head and stuck out its tongue, as if wondering why Trang didn't react.

Under the silent gaze of Luo Mu and Lila, Trung slowly squatted down as if he was afraid of scaring away the grave dog, and said in a trembling voice: "Dou Ding. Is it Dou Ding?"

"Wang Wang!"

As if it heard a key word, the tomb dog's eyes lit up and it barked several times in succession as if in response.

Tran's eyes suddenly turned red.

"No wonder the energy-boosting medicine I prescribed for Madam Meila several times didn't work. So that's how it is."

The doctor looked at the dog in Trump's arms, whose eyes could not stop wandering around Mela lying on the bed, and suddenly realized.

Judging from the size of this Gravehel, it is obviously a newborn Ghost-type Pokémon, and it even coincides with the time when Madam Mera fell ill.

At this time, it is difficult for the grave dog to control itself, and it almost unconsciously absorbs the energy of humans it comes into contact with.

Although I don't know why Madam Mela would hide the truth from Mr. Tran about coming into contact with the Grave Dog, no matter how strong the medicine he prescribed is, it can't deal with this situation!
Looking at Tran, the doctor advised: "As long as the tomb dog is not allowed to come into contact with old lady Meila for the time being, she will be able to regain consciousness after a period of recuperation."

Tran nodded seriously, and Tomb Dog seemed to know that he was the one who made Mela sick, and lowered his head in shame.

After the doctor left, Tran let out a long sigh as if a huge rock had been lifted from his heart. He bowed to Luo Mu and Lila and said, "Thank you for helping me find the cause of Mela's illness and even for helping me find Douding."

"You're welcome. We need your help as well."

Lila stepped forward and helped Trang up.

"You're right." Trang's cloudy eyes sparkled, and his voice suddenly became more serious. "Since Mela's strange disease has been cured, I have no worries. Then I will take on the task of helping you climb the highest peak of Frostsmoked Mountain. Hunter J is notorious, so we must capture her as soon as possible."

Seeing that Tran agreed to their request for help, Lila and Buddy couldn't help but look happy.

Luo Mu was startled by what Tran suddenly stuffed into his hand.

It was a crown-shaped object. Luo Mu recognized it. This was the certificate of kingship that he was considering looking for for Mosquito Incense Lord!
Seeing Luo Mu's doubtful expression, Trang smiled and said, "Not only did you help me find the cause of Mera's illness, you also helped us find Douding who was reincarnated as a ghost-type Pokémon. This favor is really too great. Please accept this small thank you gift, which will make me feel a little better."

".I see."

Luo Mu hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to accept it.

"Great, I'll go prepare the equipment we'll need to climb the highest peak of Frostmoss Mountain later."

Tran showed a happy expression on his face and walked into the room with his hands behind his back.

Buddy, who had taken on the task of taking care of old lady Mela while Trang was away, suddenly came over and asked curiously, "Is the Grave Dog really the reincarnation of the Paparazzi Bao Douding? This is too romantic!"

Lila also cast a curious look over, obviously she was curious too.

However, Luo Mu just smiled mysteriously and shook his head, "It's not important."

For Tran and Mela, as long as they feel and believe that the Tomb Dog is the reincarnation of the Paparazzi Bean, it is the comfort to their souls and the redemption of hoping to meet the Paparazzi Bean again.

As for whether the tomb dog really remembered the name "Dou Ding", or perhaps it was because of the characteristics of their family, plus the fact that Mrs. Mela, who stubbornly believed that the tomb dog was called Dou Ding, made the tomb dog think that this was his own name.

Does the answer really matter?

Sometimes, it's better not to get to the bottom of things.

(End of this chapter)