Dr. Dov stared at the sky in disbelief. His all-out attack had been reduced to nothing more than a dazzling display of fireworks.
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Hahaha…!"
"So this is how it ends for ?!"
"I refuse to accept it… I refuse to accept it!"
Despair and resentnt burned in his eyes. He threw his head back and roared at the sky, his voice thick with bitterness.
But before he could finish—
BOOOOM—
A beam of pitch-black energy struck him directly. A dull explosion echoed across the battlefield.
Dr. Dov's body disintegrated instantly, breaking apart into countless particles that scattered into the air. Darkrai had made its move.
To it, this human had simply beco too irritating—running away one mont, trying to drag everyone down with him the next.
An annoying pest.
Darkrai slowly lowered its arm and glanced indifferently at the spot where Dr. Dov had vanished.
The leader of the Symbiosis Society—
Dead.
A brilliant geneticist had vanished along with him.
If Dr. Dov had used his knowledge for the right purpose, he could have greatly strengthened an entire region.
Unfortunately, he chose the wrong path.
What a waste.
...
With Dr. Dov dead, the Symbiosis Society completely lost its leadership. anwhile, the trainers from the four defense corps surged with renewed morale, their rallying cries echoing across the battlefield.
The Symbiosis Society forces quickly collapsed.
So were killed.
Others fled.
Even the four executives were defeated. With Darkrai joining the battle, three of them were eliminated instantly. The last one managed to escape during the chaos following Dr. Dov's death and vanished without a trace.
The remaining Symbiosis Society mbers were nearly wiped out.
Lilith's Gardevoir possessed peak Champion-level strength. Dealing with the remaining enemies was effortless.
...
On the battlefield, Darkrai slowly drifted down until it hovered in front of Aaron.
Aaron swallowed nervously.
Still, he forced a bright smile and said,
"Darkrai… hello."
A faint glint flickered in Darkrai's eye.
Then a deep, mature voice echoed directly in Aaron's mind.
"Young one… you are unusual."
"There is sothing… mixed within your soul."
Aaron's eyes widened.
Did Darkrai notice that he had transmigrated?
Or had it sensed the System?
A familiar voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Host, please stop overthinking. Even Arceus wouldn't be able to detect the System."
Aaron froze for a mont.
So he really had been overthinking. Still, curiosity got the better of him.
"What do you an… sothing mixed in my soul?"
Darkrai's cyan-blue eye flickered slightly. After a mont, it shook its head.
"I cannot see clearly."
Aaron's mouth twitched faintly. Even Darkrai couldn't figure it out.
Darkrai spoke again, its gaze still fixed on him.
"I am more curious about sothing else."
"You were able to summon …"
"I have been sealed for one hundred years. Yet you used a power I cannot understand to bring here… and I even followed your command."
"What exactly is that power?"
Aaron looked slightly surprised.
Darkrai had been sealed for a hundred years? That was extre. What kind of conflict could lead to sothing like that?
Of course, he had no intention of explaining the System.
Instead he asked,
"Darkrai… you're sealed? Where is the seal? Is there anything I can do to help?"
Darkrai paused, seeming to consider the question carefully before speaking.
"Perhaps… you truly can free ."
A faint glint appeared in its eye as it looked at Aaron. For so reason, this young boy reminded Darkrai of soone from long ago—soone very familiar.
"Oh?"
Aaron's eyes lit up.
"Then how can I help break the seal?"
Darkrai extended its right hand. A black crystal slowly floated toward Aaron.
"This is my energy crystal. It will guide you to the place where I am sealed."
It paused briefly before continuing.
"But I must warn you—the place where I am sealed is extrely dangerous."
Darkrai's gaze drifted across the battlefield for a mont before settling on Lilith's Gardevoir in the distance.
"You must grow stronger before you attempt it."
Its cyan eye flickered faintly.
"At the very least… you must reach a strength close to that Gardevoir."
"Only then will you have even the smallest chance."
Aaron reached out and caught the crystal.
"I understand."
He looked at Darkrai seriously.
"Darkrai… wait for . I'll co rescue you."
Darkrai remained silent for a mont.
A faint warmth appeared in its gaze.
"I can feel the power that summoned fading."
"I will soon return to the place where I am sealed. Then I will entrust this to you… unusual boy."
As Darkrai finished speaking, its body slowly dissolved into shadows. Within seconds, the dark figure vanished into the void as if it had never appeared at all.
Aaron looked down at the black crystal in his hand and carefully placed it into the System inventory.
His gaze hardened.
"Darkrai… I'll free you."
At that mont, a system notification suddenly sounded.
"Ding~"
"Quest Triggered: Rescue Darkrai."
"One hundred years ago, a massive war took place—one the world deliberately erased from history. Many Legendary Pokémon fell, while others were sealed away. As a result, Legendary Pokémon have beco extrely rare in the present era."
"Darkrai is one of the Legendary Pokémon sealed during that war."
"Break Darkrai's seal to complete the quest."
"Quest Rewards: Opportunity to capture Darkrai, Random Legendary Core ×1."
Aaron froze for a mont after hearing the notification.
A hidden war… from one hundred years ago?
Legendary Pokémon had actually died in that conflict.
Just how catastrophic must that battle have been?
And why would the world deliberately hide such a piece of history?
Countless questions ran through Aaron's mind.
For the first ti, he realized sothing.
This world… might be far more complicated than it appeared on the surface.
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