As a Mythical Pokémon that had lived for a very long time and could stand against the Time-Space Duo head-on for a short time,
before settling in White Poplar Town, Darkrai had wandered the world without a fixed home and seen many things.
Its experience was by no means shallow. It could even be called well-traveled.
Yet Darkrai simply could not understand a situation like Mimikyu's, nor had it ever seen anything similar.
With the view provided by its advantageous position, its prior preparations, and the gap in strength,
unlike Delibird, Darkrai could actually catch traces of Mimikyu.
And precisely because of that, Darkrai was utterly shocked.
Not to mention the terrifying talent of learning its signature move, Dark Void, in less than half a day.
Darkrai had absolutely no clue about the strangeness of the abilities Mimikyu displayed.
At first, Mimikyu was not very proficient at using Dark Void, and it was slow to gather the move.
But it possessed that utterly unreasonable special ability. Before Mimikyu made a move, even when Darkrai focused completely and followed its figure with all its attention,
it would completely lose track of Mimikyu whenever it either slipped into a shadow or darted behind some obstruction.
Darkrai had pushed its sensing ability to the limit, yet it still could not catch Mimikyu's moving figure.
It could only "see" it again at the instant Mimikyu made each move.
This ability to consciously adjust itself between being "observable" and "unobservable," combined with Dark Void's effect of plunging an opponent into nightmares upon landing first,
made the two seem to undergo some strange chemical reaction, creating an effect where one plus one was greater than two.
Darkrai admitted that even it could not do something like Mimikyu.
—If it used Dark Void alone, it would be