Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 857 The best assassination is
Leaving aside Mimikyu, which is an excellent Ghost-type Pokémon at concealing its presence, it also possesses special abilities.

Now that it's dark, the pitch-black night is the perfect camouflage for Darkrai.

Their appearance was completely silent, and even the elite Team Galactic forces, armed with numerous detection instruments and with Pokémon on lookout duty, were completely unaware of it.

Seeing the formidable Darkrai behind Mimikyu, Delibird instinctively covered its beak to avoid revealing its location in its excitement.

After calming down for a few seconds, the messenger bird lowered its voice and asked Mimikyu, "Deriri?" (Where's Lomu? What are you doing here?)
Hear the words.

Mimikyu responded softly in its unique, slightly ethereal voice, "Mimikyu~" (I'm in special training~ Lawrence made me learn new moves from Darkrai.)
It made a round shape with its jet-black claws extending from under the doll: "Michuchu!" (It's a move called "Dark Hole," which is quite difficult to learn!)

The messenger bird tilted its head. "Well?" (So, have you learned it yet? How long have you been learning it?)
When asked this question by the messenger bird, Mimikyu lowered its head in a somewhat dejected manner.

"Misty." (It took me almost half a day, from this afternoon until now, to finally learn it. Darkrai said I'm the least talented Pokémon it's ever trained. It used to learn this move in just a few seconds.)

Messenger Bird: "."

At that moment, the Delibird's gaze towards the indifferent Darkrai changed completely.

Delibird isn't stupid; it can probably guess that the move called "Dark Hole" is definitely Darkrai's signature move.

It's the kind of skill that other Pokémon can't learn.

It's worth noting that it took the messenger bird an unknown amount of time to learn how to use a blizzard.

In this situation, it's remarkable that Mimikyu was able to learn it, let alone that it only took half a day.

This guy looks aloof, but I didn't expect him to be trying to manipulate an innocent mimic!

However, before the messenger bird could reveal Darkrai's true identity to Mimikyu...

Mimikyu then explained that Darkrai felt it needed real-world practice to solidify this newly learned move, and originally planned to find an open space outside Ashtown to practice it, so as not to affect the townspeople, tourists, and Pokémon.

As a result, they had only been out of town for a short time when they discovered this group of strange and uninvited guests.

“Mimick,” (as the guardian of this place), Mimick pointed with its paw at the silent Darkrai beside it, “Mimick!” (Darkrai said, “They’re perfect for our experiments!”)

It then looked at the messenger bird, and the beady eyes on the doll's belly curved into a smile: "Chirp~" (I just sensed your presence again, so I came over to say hello~)

After hearing Mimikyu's explanation, Messenger Bird immediately felt most of the pressure in its heart dissipate.

Putting aside the issue of Darkrai's manipulation of Mimikyu, Delibird's confidence instantly increased after having these two partners.

After all, it really can't do anything about these people when it's fighting alone.

Just then, Darkrai, who had been silently floating to the side, kept his eyes fixed on the Team Galactic team below.

It spoke coldly in a deep voice devoid of any emotion.

"Watch closely, I'll only demonstrate this once."

As soon as he finished speaking, Darkrai's figure seemed to melt away, silently sinking into the thick shadow cast by the tree trunk and disappearing without a trace.

Messenger Bird and Mimikyu's expressions tightened, and they immediately held their breath and stared intently at what was below.

At the very end of the Galactic Team's group, at the feet of an elite member who was intently looking down at the portable detector in his hand, his shadow suddenly twisted and expanded unnaturally.

next second.

Darkrai's figure rose from the shadow of that person like a ghost, its right claw extended forward, and a sphere shrouded in ominous black ripples, seemingly devouring the surrounding light like a black hole, had already condensed.

This moment.

The team member seemed to sense something, and just as he subconsciously looked up, Darkrai's Dark Hole was already precisely imprinted on his chest.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any commotion; only utter tranquility.

The dark hole expanded silently in an instant, engulfing the pitch-black sphere. The team member's puzzled expression froze instantly, his eyes became vacant, his body swayed, and then he slumped forward, falling into a deep sleep.

The detector in his hand fell onto the soft grass with a soft "thud".

This sudden change happened in the blink of an eye, and it occurred relatively late in the group.

Perhaps it's because everyone is focused on pushing things forward.

The team members responsible for guarding and clearing the way, as well as the cross-bats in the air, were all completely unaware that someone was missing from the back of the group!

“De de li?” (What is this?)
Upon seeing this, the messenger bird's eyes widened in surprise.

What did it just see?
That black energy sphere that Darkrai casually tossed out silently put someone to sleep?
Even the superpower-based technique "hypnosis" doesn't have such hidden conditions for use!
More subtle hypnotic powders won't take effect as quickly.

At this time.

Darkrai's figure silently reappeared in the shadows beside Mimikyu.

Its expression was indifferent, and its white hair, like smoke, kept swirling on its head, as if it had just done something insignificant.

After appearing, Darkrai slightly raised its chin at Mimikyu, indicating that it was its turn to enter the fray.

Its gaze toward Mimikyu held a hint of inquiry, as if it wanted to discern something from Mimikyu's next move.

Mimikyu watched as Team Galactic below instantly went into high alert, and the paws under the puppet clenched nervously.

Clearly, Mimikyu, being a rather delicate and sensitive individual, has taken Darkrai's manipulation seriously.

It was confident that it could use its existing moves to deal with the Galactic Team guys, but it was slightly uneasy about only being able to use the "Dark Hole" move.

Mimiqiu could only cheer herself up in her mind by following the method that Luo Mu had told her before, and that's how she adjusted her mindset.

Below, in less than a minute, the advancing Galactic Team members had already noticed the anomaly.

"Report! Location number 15 has lost contact!"

One of the team members called out urgently in a low voice.

All eyes immediately turned to the back of the line.

When they saw their companion lying on the grass, breathing rapidly, struggling in pain as if having a nightmare, and unable to be woken up no matter what they did.

The entire team simultaneously felt a chill rise from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.

They were attacked, but they were completely unaware!

Neither the highly focused elite team members, nor the patrolling Pokémon, nor even the detectors in their hands reacted at all!
"Enemy attack! Increase alert!" the leader shouted, and the scene changed instantly.

Countless Poké Balls flashed in succession, releasing more Pokémon in addition to the previously alert Houndoom and Crobat, forming a denser defensive circle.

The strange-looking detection instruments in their hands hummed, and scanning beams of various colors spread out in all directions at maximum power, combing through every inch of land and every leaf like a comb, leaving no stone unturned, determined to drag out the hidden enemy.

The messenger bird glanced at Darkrai, who remained expressionless beside it, and immediately understood.

This guy definitely did it on purpose!
They deliberately used that successful attack to alert the enemy, turning the entire Galactic Team into a wildcat with its fur standing on end, putting them on high alert.

In this situation, taking action again would be far more difficult than double.

Even Darkrai, the moment it appears and launches an attack, would likely be locked onto and overwhelmed by countless attacks.

However, faced with this seemingly hopeless situation, the messenger bird actually smiled.

Because it knew very well that Mimikyu's special abilities were precisely designed to deal with this situation!
Darkrai's intention was probably to witness firsthand, or even to observe Mimikyu's true abilities under pressure, through specific conditions.

The messenger bird didn't understand why Darkrai cared so much about Mimikyu's abilities, but it felt that Darkrai must have similar thoughts.

Just as the messenger bird had thought, Darkrai was indeed trying to analyze through this operation why Mimikyu was able to stay in the room without him noticing and stop his attack on Shinji.

Darkrai can detect even the slightest fluctuations in spacetime.

Only Mimikyu's senses completely failed at that moment.

Even Darkrai possesses "curiosity," so it wanted to take this opportunity to uncover the secrets of Mimikyu.

"Mystery Hill!" (I'm off!)
Mimikyu gave itself another quiet pep talk, and then its doll-clad body seemed to tremble slightly.

Just a moment before the messenger bird's line of sight was momentarily oblivious to the location of Mimikyu due to the bright light from the instrument below.

When it tried to turn its gaze back, it was astonished to find that Mimikyu had disappeared!
That wasn't the stealth of Darkrai blending into the shadows, nor was it the afterimage left by high-speed movement; it was more like a conceptual "disappearance."

Because it doesn't spend most of its time on the farm, the messenger bird is completely unaware that the mimic has already mastered its own abilities.

Mimikyu seemed to blend completely into the forest background, becoming part of the air, the light, and the surrounding environment itself.

Its presence was reduced to an infinitesimal level, not even a trace of its aura was leaked, as if it had merged into the world and was subconsciously ignored by all the messenger bird's senses.

The elite members of Team Galactic below were extremely tense. The beeping of their detection instruments was incessant, and various Pokémon stared wide-eyed, unleashing their moves and searching for any possible clues.

However, the "nightmare" had already quietly descended.

On the left side of the team, a Houndoom is cautiously sniffing the ground with the move "Scent Detection" on the open ground next to it.

An energy sphere wreathed in black ripples appeared out of thin air without warning and struck its side precisely.

Before Houndoom could even whimper, it was swallowed by the dark hole. Its eyes instantly lost focus, and its massive body collapsed to the ground, falling into a deep sleep.

"There! At three o'clock!" a team member shouted, and all the instruments in their hands and the Pokémon's prepared attacks instantly turned to lock onto that location.

But apart from the fallen Houndoom, the place was empty.

And in the next second.

To the right rear of the team, a member who was intently operating a detector suddenly froze as a dark hole quietly appeared and exploded behind him.

The instrument in his hand fell to the ground instantly, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, closing his eyes as he was pulled into a nightmare.

"Behind! Behind!"

Those who witnessed the team member fall screamed in terror.

The attack and reconnaissance shifted again, but still came up empty-handed.

From that moment on, the Dark Hole began to bloom like a ghost throughout Team Galactic's tight defenses.

Sometimes it appears above the head of a cross-bat, sometimes in the gap between two team members, and sometimes it even floats out directly from the shadow of a bush.

Each appearance is without warning, and each attack inevitably plunges a target into an inescapable slumber.

Team Galactic members and their Pokémon fell one after another as if summoned by the King of Hell.

They couldn't even detect the enemy's shadow in the exhaust fumes.

The detection instruments were running frantically, but they could not detect any energy source, heat source, or life signal, as if those dark holes had been generated out of thin air.

Pokémon tried to sense smell, hearing, and even their superpowers, but to no avail.

The enemy was like a real "ghost," existing outside their perception.

The detection capabilities of technology and Pokémon have become completely ineffective.

Panic began to spread uncontrollably through the elite ranks of the Galactic Team.

This can hardly be called a battle anymore.

It was a one-sided, silent "massacre".

The Galactic Team's proud technological prowess and all their meticulous tactical coordination appeared utterly pale and powerless in the face of that unseen enemy.

On the treetops.

Messenger looked down at Team Galactic, who were in complete chaos and didn't even know where the enemy was. Its expression wasn't exactly calm either.

This wasn't an assassination; it was a one-sided, epic battle!
Even with initial expectations, they understood the general principles behind Mimikyu's abilities.

No matter how hard the messenger birds tried to catch it, they never managed to capture a single glimpse of Mimikyu.

At most, all one could see was that dark hole that seemed to appear out of thin air, like a sickle harvesting "rice," causing the elites of Team Galactic and their Pokémon to fall one by one and be dragged into a nightmare.

Wait a minute, Mimikyu's abilities weren't this overpowered when I left the farm.

Furthermore, the messenger bird noticed that Darkrai's eyes seemed inexplicably vacant.

From the moment they set off from Mimikyu until Team Galactic's entire team of fifteen members and dozens of Pokémon were wiped out, they failed to mount a single decent counterattack.

Mimikyu almost single-handedly and without taking any damage, defeated this elite Galactic team.

(End of this chapter)