"Miss Joy, what do you think of this place?"
Three days passed in a flash. With the joint guarantee of Professor Oak and Sabrina, and the urgent report from the Goldenrod City Pokémon Center, Yang Tao's Gym finally welcomed a Nurse Joy and a complete medical team.
Including Nurse Joy, there were six people in total.
Nurse Joy looked at the comfortable and spacious treatment center and was very satisfied.
"You've gone to a lot of trouble, Mr. Yang. This way, we won't have to wait for the Alliance to build a new Pokémon Center."
Yang Tao looked at the Pokémon busy moving various medical equipment and chuckled, "As long as you don't mind that I haven't let you rest, then it's fine. I won't disturb you anymore. I believe trainers will come to enjoy the services very soon."
The reputation of the World Gym had been spreading over the past two days, and trainers from distant places had also come upon hearing the news.
The consequence was a surge in medical pressure.
Leaving the treatment center.
The Gym plaza was bustling with people, some taking photos and checking in, clearly treating it as a tourist attraction.
This was normal; it had mountains, water, forests, and a luxurious Gym.
Just then, a few figures caught his attention.
"Conan!"
At this moment, Conan was no longer wearing his classic small suit, but a simple and durable denim jacket and windbreaker.
Ran was pretty much the same. Conan must have gotten this children's professional windbreaker from somewhere.
Conan, who was observing the Gym, heard someone call his name and immediately turned to look at Yang Tao.
"I was just wondering if you were here."
The architectural style was too familiar. At first glance, he knew that this place was inseparable from Yang Tao.
"Are you planning to live here permanently?"
Yang Tao walked over to Conan's side.
"Not really. I just want to establish a base in every place. Now that this place is on track, I'm about to embark on a new journey."
The journey he spoke of was not just referring to the Pokémon World.
Conan obviously understood Yang Tao's meaning, reached out and pushed up the glasses on his nose, saying, "I actually feel this world is really good. With the help of these amazing Pokémon, the humans here have achieved a semi-utopian society."
"This place is much better than Tokyo. I've already discussed it with Ran, and we'll come here to live after we get married."
Yang Tao looked at the tiny Conan and the tiny Ran beside him, teasing, "Even a dense guy can come to his senses. That's not easy."
"However, there's a child in this world who's similar to you… Speak of the devil, that child is here."
Ash, holding Pikachu, was accompanied by a Gastly, walking towards the Gym.
"Conan, that child will soon become a ten-year-old boy named Ash with twenty years of travel experience."
"Twenty years of experience, ten years old. Are you sure you didn't…"
Conan fell silent. Being smart, he already understood what Yang Tao meant. Looking at the young boy walking in the distance, a feeling of being fellow sufferers emerged in his heart.
"Is time not normal here either?"
"No, it's just that Ash has a problem. You'll know when the time comes."
Seeing Ash's appearance, relying on Gastly's power, he knew that this child must want to take the Ghost-type Gastly to seek revenge on the Psychic-type Slowking.
"Since you're here, do you want to challenge the Gym?"
Conan chuckled, "Based on my understanding of you, this Gym is a trap. Can you tell me how many trainers have successfully challenged it since it was built?"
"They need to challenge Caterpie, Slowking, Growlithe, and finally me in sequence! Only then is it considered a successful challenge."
"Then it's still a trap!"
"How is it a trap? This is a trial! But I'm leaving and plan to let those two stay and take my place to avoid having the Gym's zero-loss record broken."
"They" naturally referred to Seraphimon and Angewomon, who were arranged beside Conan.
Conan felt a headache over Yang Tao's actions. This Gym was simply not meant for people to successfully challenge, but for those who liked challenges, this place would be a holy land.
"Conan, let me see your Pokémon. To be honest, I'm very curious what kind of Pokémon you can catch."
Conan nodded, took out his Poké Balls, and released a few Pokémon.
They looked like ordinary Beedrill, Scyther, Meowth, and a Magikarp lying motionless on the floor.
Why did they look ordinary?
Because he saw a Beedrill with cute skull-shaped patterns, a Scyther whose blades were clearly poisoned, and a Meowth that immediately hid in Conan's shadow upon release.
And a Magikarp that was squinting and observing its surroundings, completely motionless.
Yang Tao: "…"
He swore these Pokémon were absolutely not normal; even their types had changed.
"Poison?"
"Hmm, and another type not described in the Pokémon illustration book."
An undescribed type?
In the first generation, the missing ones would be Dark, Fairy, Steel…
But looking at the stance of these Pokémon, they were definitely Dark-type, and might even be '???' type.
"Conan, don't release these Pokémon easily. I always feel that once they come out, there will be a murder case outside."
Conan: "…"
…
After arranging matters in the Pokémon World, Yang Tao returned to the Overworld.
The energy value increase rate had decreased by 800 points, which meant that in these few days, the Energy Collector MK3 had drained Level! 'Run For your Life!'.
This was normal; some very dangerous levels in the Backrooms were very small, while some relatively safe levels were quite large.
Pushing open the wooden door, he returned to Level! 'Run For your Life!' and stepped on the Energy Collector MK3 that emitted a bright light.
Unlike the void Yang Tao imagined, there was still 'matter' here. In fact, he didn't even know if this thing counted as 'matter'.
It was as black as ink, and the original corridor was built within this thing. Yang Tao took out his Red Matter Nail Hammer and gently tapped on it.
Thump thump…
Cracks appeared.
Bang, a dark block fell down.
Unknown Space Barrier
There was no other prompt besides a name.
"There's not even an energy value. No wonder the energy collector didn't react."
He poked his head out to look beyond the so-called space barrier. There was nothing outside… it was a true void.
He stuffed the barrier back in.
"No Wanderer should run into this place again, right…"
With one click, he collected all the Energy Collector MK3 into his backpack. Instantly, the surroundings became pitch black.
Turning on night vision, Yang Tao looked at the empty level with a strange sense of sadness. He took a torch from his backpack and stuck it on the wall. In this dark level, the flickering flame of the torch could be seen from a great distance.
"I'll have the M.E.G. people come by regularly. No Wanderer should enter here again…"
Level! 'Run For your Life!'
It was considered completely abandoned.
The level was already ruined and could be abandoned at any time, just like Level Fun.