Chapter 71: The Curse of Advance Ability
Kai felt as though he was a ship in a thunderstorm with no hand on deck to lower the sails.
The surge of pure emotions, ecstasy, anticipations, and joy that he was feeling, was drowning him, pulling him inch by inch towards the deeper depths of an unknown terrible sea, breaking his keel. Soon his mast would give away, and he would be left to roam the dark currents which only archaic ghost ships roamed underwater, from one sea to another, unseen and unheard. Unknown.
From his port came the wave of unimaginable Power, carrying magical creatures, which he could devour, and yet dared not.
From his starboard the water gave way, destroying the balance. He must spread despair, and destruction to stay afloat.
Kai clutched his chest, his hazel eyes trembling to go in and out of focus.
The blurriest hint of a black hood appeared and vanished across his face, his hands walking into the realm of the dead, and then back to life. The Thing in his chest was screaming, desiring the blood and flesh of so many magical creatures that have seemingly no end.
For the first time, Kai doubted if he should have ever come to this place, this World, or not.
Kai gritted his teeth, eyes bloodshot, fingers digging deep into his flesh. Step by step he walked through the crowd of young Pokemon Trainers and their Pokemon, through the jolly atmosphere, not hinting at the horror that was trying to burst out of him.
It was then Kai realized that getting the Advance Ability directly wasn’t a blessing, but the vilest curse one could have cast upon him. The Emotions Manipulation Ability was going out of his hand, forcing him to bring out Dementor’s Blood Essence and kill all the happiness. Never had he imagined that bypassing the Elementary Proficiency phase of an Ability could be this devastating.
"Hey! Are you alright?" a boy asked Kai, trying to peer at his contorted face. There was a blue Pokemon walking with him, reaching his knees. It had round ears and a zig-zag tail with a blue ball at its tip.
Kai ignored him or at least tried to ignore him.