Chapter 299: Test of Courage! Ghost Outbreak"Although everyone wasn't familiar with the Pokemon they met for the first time, they performed very well. Please continue to enjoy the process of getting to know and interacting with a wider variety of Pokemon." At the end of the class, Professor Rowan went on stage to summarize.Next, Professor Rowan scored the battle. "So, now I will announce the student who had the deepest emotional connection with their Pokemon this time, and that is Dawn from the Red Team!""Me?!" Dawn pointed at herself in disbelief, then cheered and hugged Grimer. "This is great, no problem!"Ash nodded. Dawn truly lived up to her name. Although he also successfully helped Raichu build confidence, compared to Dawn making Grimer go from being disliked by everyone to becoming the center of attention and unleashing Grimer's amazing charm, it really wasn't enough."Also, after adding up the individual scores, the Red Team is currently ranked first in the class competition!"Dawn was first in individual scores, and Ash and Brock's performance was also quite good, so getting first place in the group was naturally expected!Second was the Blue Team led by Conway, and the Green Team led by Jesse was naturally in last place!The class ended, and the new partners everyone had just gotten to know were taken back. Thus, the second day of the Summer Lecture came to a successful close!——————————The third day's lesson was observing Water-type Pokemon. Various Water-type Pokemon were raised in the lake in the backyard of the Yamako Research Institute branch, and even Relicanth, known as a living fossil, was present.This greatly shocked Ash. He remembered that the last time he saw Relicanth was not long after he had just transmigrated, in Guchen Town in the HoennRegion. At that time, May had just received her Torchic. He hadn't expected so much time to have passed without realizing it.However, Ash and his friends and Xiao Kui did not observe the Pokemon in the lake but unexpectedly discovered a cave. Here, they found the truth of the lake legend and saw a very beautiful fish—Lumineon!So the four decided to choose it as their topic. It is worth mentioning that Xiao Kui's partner was actually a Shinx, and it was attracted to this place, which led everyone to find it.The four of Ash successfully made an excellent report. Originally, everyone should have gotten full marks, but because they left the lakeside without permission, four points were deducted from each person. However, the Red Team was still far ahead!The next day, the golden sunlight scattered across the land. Ash and his friends and Xiao Kui were already seated in the classroom. At this moment, Professor Rowan's voice sounded from the broadcast."Today's lesson is about learning the correct way to interact with Ghost-type Pokemon. The purpose of this lesson is to learn how to take the correct approach whenever and wherever you encounter Ghost-type Pokemon. The detailed content will be told to you by your respective instructors!"Ash's instructor began to explain the rules in detail to everyone. "So, I will explain the rules. Each class will be individually divided into groups of two. Please get the medal placed inside the mountain top ruins and then return to the campus!""We will score based on the time taken. The departure time is 7 PM tonight. Before that, please find your partners and form groups!""This means we're going to have a test of courage!" Coming to the playground, Brock couldn't help but chuckle.And Dawn naturally ran up to Ash. "Ash, let's team up!""No problem!" Ash agreed without hesitation.Brock, indifferent, formed a team with Xiao Kui.——————————At night, at the entrance of the quiet Forest, the Red Team, which Ash was a part of, was brought here.James, acting as a staff member, announced, "The Red Team will depart from this gate. As for the Blue Team and Green Team, they will depart from other gates. The distance from each gate to the ruins is the same. Now, let's go!"The first team from the Red Team was Ash and Dawn. The two departed first, followed by the other teams in succession.Ash carried Pikachu and Eevee on his shoulder, while Dawn didn't send out Piplup but instead sent out her Shinny Ponyta!With the enhancement of the eerie blue flames burning on Ponyta, the surroundings of Ash and Dawn instantly lit up, but to outsiders, it appeared very strange, as eerie blue flames are mostly referred to as Will-O'-Wisp!Ash and Dawn had only walked a few steps when a Ghost claw reached out from the grass and grabbed Dawn's ankle, causing Dawn, who was hurrying along, to nearly fall.And Ponyta immediately rushed forward and pushed aside the grass, discovering it was the Ghost-type evolution chain of Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar.Dawn wasn't afraid. Instead, she aggressively questioned, "What are you doing? Can you not pull such low-level pranks?"Frightened, the three Ghost Pokemon huddled together, trembling. Ash smiled helplessly. It seemed Dawn wasn't afraid of Ghost Pokemon.Ash left them some Ghost Pokemon food and pulled Dawn towards the mountain top ruins.What the two didn't know was that the entire Forest was already in chaos at this moment. The cause of the incident was that Conway and a little girl came to the edge of a cliff, and the little girl was eerily floating in the air.Conway almost fell off the cliff but was saved by a Dusknoir. Conway was also scared unconscious by the Dusknoir. At this time, Brock and Xiao Kui rushed over and misunderstood the Dusknoir.From then on, whenever the little girl wanted to bewitch people, the Dusknoir would come out to cause trouble, and everyone was scared by the Dusknoir. It could be said that except for the group of Ash and Dawn, everyone else had already returned to the Shānlí Research Institute branch!Brock and Xiao Kui had already told Professor Rowan what happened. Professor Rowan was also full of doubts. "That's strange. The Ghost Pokemonon this mountain are all managed by our Yamako Research Institute, but there is no Dusknoir, and there shouldn't be any wild Ghost Pokemon nearby either, and the little girl you mentioned..."Speaking of this, Professor Rowan seemed to suddenly think of something, and his expression changed. "A few days ago, during the ruins restoration work, there was an accident. Behind the stone wall of the ruins, there is a cave. Some people speculate that it might be the entrance to the legendary Spirit World."Hearing this, Brock immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh no, Ash and Dawn are still inside!"Without hesitation, Professor Rowan, Brock, and Xiao Kui rushed towards the mountain top ruins. At the same time, although Brock felt that Ash would be fine, after all, Ash was accompanied by Marshadow, a Ghost-type god, and could even summon Giratina, he was still worried about 'what if'!To be continued...
