Chapter 337

There was not a shred of emotion in Darkrai's blue eyes.

However.

When Alice looked around,

Darkrai chose to return into the shadows.

Yet, at the very moment it sank into the shadows,

a hint of nostalgia flickered within those calm, blue eyes.

You are truly like her!

……

On the screen—

Darkrai's appearance immediately put Ash and the others on high alert.

As its figure fully emerged from the black shadows,

Ash and Pikachu immediately entered a battle stance.

However.

Before Ash could even give Pikachu the command to fight,

Alberto stood at the forefront, shielding everyone.

"Go, Lickilicky! Use Hyper Beam!"

The Pokémon that looked remarkably like Alberto took two steps forward.

Then, orange light began to brew in its mouth.

The Hyper Beam shot straight toward the Darkrai in front of them!

However!

In the next second, Darkrai slipped into the shadows.

Then, it darted and dodged.

After sweeping past everyone's feet, it reappeared before them once more.

What terrifying agility.

It was several times stronger than the three Legendary Titans encountered in "Lucario and the Mystery of Mew"!

And after Darkrai reappeared,

it condensed a black energy ball between its hands.

Before Ash and the others could react,

the energy wave was tossed right in front of them by Darkrai.

Originally, this attack was aimed at Alberto.

However, Alberto dodged, just happening to expose Ash behind him.

This Dark Void slammed directly into Ash.

Strong as Ash was, the moment he touched the Dark Void, he was completely enveloped within it.

The speed was so fast

that even the people beside Ash couldn't react in time.

"Ash! Are you okay!" Dawn shouted anxiously.

However.

Ash, hit by the Dark Void, did not answer Dawn at all.

Because within Ash's field of vision,

he had already fallen into a pitch-black abyss.

【Misty: That guy Ash, he'll be alright, won't he!】

【Sabrina: As expected, scum like that should be killed directly. The fact that his first thought during that attack was to let others take the hit for him—he's simply a disgrace.】

【Lance: One has to be fair! You can't blame Alberto for that; anyone would instinctively dodge such an attack, and he probably didn't realize Ash was behind him.】

【Sabrina: You're actually speaking up for that kind of person? It seems the high-altitude experience from earlier wasn't enough!】

【Lance: No! Scum like that deserves to die!】

【Flint: Don't know, so I'll ask—was Lance threatened by their Gym Leader? Is this the level of the strongest Champion in Guandong? If you ask me, he should just retire!】

【Bruno: Good, good, good, you kid are truly brave!】

【Flint: Just kidding, I'm super brave!】

【Misty: Ash! Please don't let anything happen to you!】

【Brock: Rest assured, Ash has great fortune; this little attack is nothing! Besides, this is Ash's special inventory, how could anything happen to him!】

【Gary: Don't worry, an idiot like him definitely has great fortune; this kind of attack definitely won't do anything to him!】

【Ash: I thank you very much!】

……

On the screen—

Ash, having fallen into darkness, was thrown heavily to the ground.

Yet, when he climbed up from the ground,

he discovered that all the companions who were by his side had vanished.

The park was still the same park!

But everything revealed a sense of eeriness!

"Pikachu, where did you go!"

"Dawn, Brock, where are you all!"

His first thought was of his companions.

He shouted loudly in the park, wanting his companions to respond to him.

However.

What responded to him was nothing but silence.

"Hey, don't hide anymore, come out quickly."

Seeing no one respond,

Ash had no choice but to search for them himself.

Just that,

as he stepped forward, he didn't notice the shadow behind him gradually becoming distorted.

By the time he reacted,

the shadow behind him had covered the entire path.

And after Ash turned around,

the shadow had combined into a massive figure.

That figure was naturally the Nightmare Pokémon, Darkrai!

On the shadow on the ground, Darkrai's iconic blue eyes flashed instantly.

This sudden change gave Ash a jolt.

Ash, who never feared any Pokémon, was most afraid of ghosts!

(Ghost-type Pokémon don't count)

Darkrai's shadow rose from the ground.

Finally, its entire body loomed over Ash!

The next moment, Ash felt as if he had fallen into an unknown region.

And in this unknown region, a silhouette flickering with magenta energy flashed past him.

That figure had no physical form, only a pair of scarlet eyes that were particularly eye-catching.

"Palu~"

The eerie cry combined with that monster-like, distorted posture—

Ash's hair stood on end!

What... exactly is this thing!

In an instant, that figure with flashing red eyes passed through Ash's body.

Ash instinctively covered his eyes with his hands.