One sunny afternoon.
A flight was streaking across the sky, a long white contrail dividing the heavens in two.
The plane entered the Sinnoh region.
Lucas was sound asleep, vaguely hearing someone calling him.
"Mr. Lucas, Mr. Lucas, we've arrived."
Lucas groggily opened his eyes, and a figure appeared before him, bending down to look at him. Her red hair flowed past her shoulders, and a few playful strands fell on Lucas's face, tickling him.
Seeing Lucas awake, Nina brushed her hair back and smiled, saying to him, "We've arrived, Mr. Lucas."
"Arrived?" Lucas rubbed his eyes, then followed Nina off the plane.
Unlike the Kanto with its distinct four seasons, as soon as Lucas stepped off the plane, he felt the unique chill of the Sinnoh region.
"Mr. Lucas, this way. We're heading straight to Twinleaf Town."
Nina walked to a car and waved at Lucas.
Lucas dragged his suitcase over. "Miss Nina, you don't need to call me Mr. Lucas. Just Lucas is fine."
Nina smiled and nodded. "Okay, Lucas. You can call me Nina too."
Lucas called out, "Sister Nina," placed his luggage, and got into the car with Nina.
The car drove from Jubilife City all the way to Twinleaf Town.
Lucas watched the buildings rapidly recede outside the car window until they entered a forest road.
"Is that a Sinnoh Bidoof? What big teeth! And that, is that a Bibarel? And a Kricketune, a Pachirisu? So fluffy..."
Looking at the various Pokémon constantly passing by outside the window, Lucas named them one by one, also voicing his thoughts.
"You know a lot about Sinnoh Alliance Pokémon, Lucas."
Nina, sitting in the passenger seat, listened as Lucas rattled off the names of various Pokémon as if counting his own treasures. She glanced at Lucas in the rearview mirror and said with a smile.
"Not really, it's just that I really like Pokémon."
Lucas leaned his head gently against the car window, watching the fleeting scenery and Pokémon, and said softly.
Three days ago, he was comfortably lying in bed playing Scarlet and Violet, and then inexplicably found himself in this Pokémon world.
At first, facing the matter of transmigration, he was full of confusion and bewilderment.
He spent a day coming to terms with it, then prepared to find himself a starter Pokémon, intending to embark on a journey like in the anime and games.
Then Nina came knocking. She introduced herself as being entrusted by his deceased Great-Aunt to have Lucas accept the inheritance his aunt had left him.
He learned from her that he was the only blood relative of his Great-Aunt, who lived in the Sinnoh region, so the will fell to him.
The contents of the will included him inheriting a piece of land in the Sinnoh region and... only the land.
Nina said that his Great-Aunt had tried to operate service industries like Pokémon Centers and Breeding Houses, but they all went out of business due to some special reasons, which also left her with considerable debt. To repay the debt, various houses and shops under her name were mortgaged, leaving only a piece of land in Twinleaf Town.
He had originally thought that once he arrived in Sinnoh and completed the formalities, he would entrust Nina to sell the inherited land, then use that money to buy a powerful starter Pokémon, embark on a journey, challenge Gyms, and dominate the Alliance.
However, all those plans were dispelled by the current situation.
Lucas looked out the window, his attention focused on the lines of translucent text before his eyes.
[Inherit the land left by Great-Aunt, then choose another identity.]
[Available identities: Trainer, Breeder, Coordinator, etc.]
[Successful inheritance will grant "generous rewards"]
Lucas sighed inwardly, then closed the text before him and continued to watch the Pokémon outside the window.
The car drove along the forest road, occasionally rolling over dry, decaying branches, the sounds startling the Pokémon in the bushes and sending them fleeing.
A few Starly and Staravia flew with the car in the sky, then shot up, followed by a few more descending from the sky, flying ahead of the car.
A few bold Bidoof even ran alongside the car until they couldn't keep up, then stopped and watched the car drive away.
As the car drove steadily, Lucas closed his eyes again.
"Lucas, we're here."
Nina woke Lucas up.
Lucas got out of the car, stretched, and looked at the dilapidated house before him.
Behind the house was a large, overgrown vacant lot, which looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.
"Is this... the place my Great-Aunt left me?"
Lucas gazed at the dilapidated house before him, his emotions somewhat complex. He exhaled and asked.
"Yes."
Nina stood beside him and nodded.
The driver took Lucas's luggage out of the car and handed it to him.
"Are you planning to sleep in a hotel tonight or stay here?"
Nina glanced at him and asked.
"Are the facilities inside still complete?"
Lucas frowned. This house looked so dilapidated, it must have been uninhabited for a long time. He wasn't sure if it was still livable, so he asked.
"Hmm... as you know, this house has been uninhabited for a long time, and many things are broken. But we went in and checked it out a while ago, and the living area is still fine."
Lucas nodded. After all, a house can easily become dilapidated if no one lives in it for a long time.
As they would say in the Kanto, it had lost its 'human warmth'.
"Then I'll stay here today. It should be livable after a cleanup, right?"
Lucas asked, after all, this was his house in name, so he might as well get familiar with it early.
"Yes, I'll go buy you some bedding and daily necessities later, and then help you clean up so you can move in. But other things will probably take some time to repair."
Nina said.
"I'll bring the agreement over then. Once you sign and stamp it, this place will belong to you."
"Okay, thank you for your trouble."
Lucas nodded and thanked Nina, who was beside him.
"It's nothing, it's my job."
Nina replied politely.
"Oh, right, didn't you say all the houses under her name were repossessed? Why is this one..."
Lucas suddenly remembered this and asked.
"This was used by your Great-Aunt to operate a Breeding House. The house also comes with many Breeding House installations behind it, so this house belongs to this piece of land, and they have no right to repossess it."
Nina pushed up her glasses on the bridge of her nose and replied.
"A Breeding House? I see."
Lucas nodded in response.
"Well then, Lucas, I'll go buy you some bedding and some daily necessities first, and then bring the agreement over to you."
After Nina finished speaking, she handed the keys to Lucas and got into the car and left.
And just as Lucas was talking to Nina, a crimson light gleamed from a window inside the house.
"gengar sound~"
Lucas was unaware of all this. He dragged his luggage, walked forward, cleared some vines from the fence on the house door, then opened the fence, walked to the door, took out the key, and unlocked the door.
Creak~
A heavy and ear-piercing sound rang out as the main door opened.
The old floor was covered in dust, and opening the door stirred up a lot of it.
"Cough, cough~"
Lucas waved his hand twice, then observed the surroundings.
There were a few footprints on the dusty floor, likely left by Nina and her companions not long ago.
First to catch Lucas's eye was the counter directly opposite the main door, and many cabinets beside it, some already dilapidated and fallen to the ground.
Behind the counter was a door, originally covered by a curtain, but now the curtain had fallen to the floor.
To the right was a once extremely ornate staircase, now also dilapidated.
Overhead was an equally ornate and colorful hanging lamp, now half detached from the ceiling, with the remaining half looking as if it was about to fall, making one feel that a gust of wind could completely blow it down.
"Such ornate facilities, yet hardly any tools needed for a Breeding House. No wonder it went out of business."
Lucas glanced around and then spoke.
Looking at this place, although currently a bit dilapidated, it might be his home in the future, a house under his name. He felt a little pleased.
This was also thanks to his original self being alone, without the worries of parents.
Lucas patted his cheeks, looked at this place that might one day be his home, and then said with a smile, "I'm home!"
After speaking, he dragged his luggage inside, stirring up more dust.
Avoiding the hanging lamp that was about to fall from the ceiling, Lucas walked up the stairs, preparing to go to the second floor.
At this moment, he felt the surrounding temperature drop by several degrees, goosebumps instantly appeared on his arms, and the hanging lamp above his head creaked, accompanied by gusts of chilly wind.
"It can't be haunted on my very first day, can it?"
Lucas's legs trembled slightly.
Then, lines of text reappeared before his eyes.
[Gengar]
[Type: Ghost, Poison]
[Gender: Male]
[Ability: Cursed Body]
[Known Moves: Mean Look, Shadow Punch, Shadow Ball, Confuse Ray, Psychic, Lick, Will-O-Wisp, Hypnosis, Hex, Destiny Bond, Phantom Force.]
[Mood: Anxious, Excited]
[Status: Lonely, Mischievous]
[Friendship: 0 (You are strangers)]
[Description: A Gengar that arrived here at an unknown time. Having been alone for a long time and unable to bear the loneliness, it started playing pranks on every person and Pokémon who came here, which made other people and Pokémon even more afraid of this place and flee.]