Furthermore, being the ocean, many wondrous sea creatures could be seen.
For instance, Tentacruels, Feebas, and so on.
"Hey, Ye Feng, look over there!"
At this moment, You Dengjiaozi suddenly pointed in a direction. Ye Feng looked and saw a large island.
Large islands were common in the sea, but the peculiarity of this island was that the Pokémon on it were huge!
Whether it was Charizard or Pikachu, they were all enormous!!!
"That's Pokémon Paradise, Rocket Company's."
Ye Feng knew this. These giant Pokémon were all made of machinery, specially created by Sakaki to attract tourists and serve as a profitable tourist attraction.
After all, the Rocket Team operated in both legitimate and illegitimate circles, a vast inter-regional corporation.
They had many legitimate businesses, and their shady dealings were also numerous.
If Ye Feng remembered correctly, this giant Pokémon paradise was not accidentally destroyed by Ash and his friends last time?
It seemed to have been repaired again!
"But ancient Pokémon should have all been this size."
Ye Feng thought of the giant Dragonite at Bill's Lighthouse, which was an ancient species.
And from what he understood, perhaps in the distant past, Pokémon were all this enormous.
It was just that they became smaller and smaller as time moved towards the present.
"Hey, Ye Feng, do you have a girlfriend?"
Just then, You Dengjiaozi suddenly asked.
Ye Feng glanced at her, with no intention of hiding anything.
"I do. My son is already ten years old."
You Dengjiaozi froze upon hearing this.
"Wait, aren't you nineteen this year, just like me?! Your son is already ten years old?!"
"Then you must have been... at ten years old..."
"Do commoners get married this early?!"
You Dengjiaozi's jaw dropped. She had thought Ye Feng, like herself, was single, and never expected him to have a child this old!!!
Ye Feng saw no need to explain.
But You Dengjiaozi, beside him, felt something was amiss.
"That's strange, even if men are capable of reproduction at ten, it's women who give birth! Women haven't even fully developed at ten, have they?!"
"Hey, could it be that Ye Feng found someone much older than him?!"
You Dengjiaozi couldn't figure it out.
But in the end, she concluded that Ye Feng was lying to her.
Who has a ten-year-old son at nineteen?
The cruise ship sailed on for three days and three nights.
They arrived at Olivine City.
Olivine City was a coastal city.
They lived off the sea, and the sea views were spectacular.
There was a Pokémon Center here, but no Gym.
Neither Ye Feng nor You Dengjiaozi planned to stay long.
They drove off immediately in their sports car, sparks flying.
Because driving was a tiring activity.
Especially since one couldn't be distracted, requiring at least moderate concentration, or a car accident could easily occur. Thus, Ye Feng and You Dengjiaozi took turns driving.
Currently, Ye Feng was driving, so You Dengjiaozi sat in the passenger seat, holding Ye Feng's red-tattooed Pikachu.
"Oh my, Pikachu is so cute! Especially this shiny one, it's so comfortable to hold. This is the perfect Pokémon for girls!!"
You Dengjiaozi held Pikachu in her arms, playing with it constantly, stroking its head one moment and its cute little feet the next.
You Dengjiaozi was happy, but Pikachu was full of reluctance.
It felt anything but cute, and if Ye Feng hadn't stopped it, it would have already eaten You Dengjiaozi in one bite.
After all, it had never eaten a human before.
They sped onward.
Finally, they left Olivine City and reached a small coastal town.
Even from a distance, a statue could be seen erected on the mountain opposite the town.
This was the origin of the town's name: The Maiden's Strait.
"We're almost out of gas."
Ye Feng looked at the car's dwindling fuel gauge and got out of the car.
You Dengjiaozi was surprised: "What are you doing? Go get gas if we're out of fuel!"
Ye Feng: "You go get gas, I want to go take a look at that place."
Ye Feng pointed to the tall mountain with the statue.
He gazed into the distance.
You Dengjiaozi was somewhat exasperated: "What's so interesting about that place?"
But she dutifully went to get gas.
Originally, Pikachu wanted to follow Ye Feng, but it was held tightly by You Dengjiaozi, unable to move.
Thus, the two parted ways for the time being.
Walking along the quiet path.
Soon, they reached the tall strait.
First, on this protruding cape, there was an abandoned shrine.
Behind the shrine stood the tall statue.
To be precise, it was a stone carving.
It was of a beautiful maiden with long hair.
Ye Feng looked at the stone carving. Although the carving technique was not very good, even so, one could discern the beauty of the original model from this stone carving.
Legend had it that this stone carving was the transformation of a maiden.
Two thousand years ago, the maiden's lover was forcibly conscripted to fight in a war. The maiden waited and waited for her lover's return.
In the end, she never saw her lover return, and she herself turned into a waiting-stone.
"The Ghost Festival has passed. That Gastly that has lived for two thousand years will have to wait until next year."
Since Ash and his group had set off half a year earlier than Ye Feng.
Ash and his group happened to coincide with the town's Ghost Festival and encountered the two-thousand-year-old Gastly. Unfortunately, Ye Feng had started too late and encountered nothing. The Gastly had already left, and would return next year.
However, what he could encounter was this maiden.
He stared at the stone carving like this.
Finally.
The stone carving suddenly spoke: "You can see me?"
From the maiden's stone carving, a wisp of ethereal maiden soul emerged.
When this maiden soul appeared,
The ancient person who lived two thousand years ago finally revealed her original beauty.
"Of course I can see you."
Ye Feng smiled.
The pink-haired maiden soul looked puzzled:
"How can you, a human, see me?"
"Even Pokémon can only see me if they are of the Ghost type."
She was referring to that Gastly.
That Gastly, which had lived for over two thousand years, came here every year, impersonating her to prevent people from forgetting her story.
You ask what the meaning of this was?
Why did the maiden's soul not dissipate after death?
It was precisely because of these pranks by Gastly every year that people believed it was the maiden's ghost haunting the place.
The maiden's soul still existed.
It was somewhat like the so-called power of faith.
In any case, it was very mystical.
It was precisely this power of faith that allowed the maiden's soul to linger in the mortal world.
"It's been over two thousand years. You should understand that the person you're waiting for died long ago, just like you."
Ye Feng's gaze was filled with sorrow as he looked out at the sea.
The maiden's soul stood beside him like this.
"I know, but I've been waiting for him here."
The maiden wore a smile.
Ye Feng shook his head: "No, your soul has been preserved for so long thanks to Gastly's efforts. But your beloved was not so fortunate. If he were still alive, he would have returned to be reunited with you long ago."
"You've understood this long ago, but you've been unwilling to believe it yourself. What a devoted person you are."
"It's wonderful, women like you are so rare."
"If it were now, whether male or female, if a partner broke up, or died, they would immediately move on."
"Ye Feng, who are you talking to?"
At this moment.
You Dengjiaozi, having finished refueling, drove the sports car to the strait.
"I'm talking to her."
Ye Feng pointed to the maiden beside him. You Dengjiaozi looked at the empty space beside Ye Feng, seeing nothing, and thought Ye Feng had gone mad.
"Goodbye. I'm going to pursue my own path now."
Ye Feng bid farewell to the maiden soul.
The maiden also waved: "Then, goodbye."
"Goodbye."
"Pikachu, your master has gone mad."
You Dengjiaozi stroked Pikachu's head.
Pikachu glanced sideways at You Dengjiaozi.
"Pika! Pika!"
Pikachu responded enthusiastically.
Seeing Pikachu's reaction, You Dengjiaozi smiled:
"Is that so? Pikachu, you also think your master is mad, don't you?"
'Mad about what? You human woman are the one who's mad!'
Pikachu communicated in Pokémon language.
But then it looked down at the maiden's soul.
Pikachu, being an all-type Pokémon, could naturally see her.
She was so beautiful.
Her hands clasped behind her back, her pink hair, long and flowing.
On this side of the strait, forever waiting for the one who would never return.