"Don't come... here!!!"
In a dark alley of Alamos Town, shadows emerged.
Beneath white hair that churned endlessly like murky fog, a shadowy creature revealed bright dark-blue eyes and let out a threatening growl.
It shouted toward the sky, as though roaring at some unseen presence.
"You're the ones who aren't allowed here!"
"Lickitung, Hyper Beam!"
Baron Albert of Alamos Town, who had followed Darkrai here, shouted angrily.
Damn it!
He had heard long ago that a Darkrai lived in Alamos Town's gardens. So it was true.
Such an evil Pokémon should never have been allowed near Alamos Town!
Recently, Darkrai's nightmares had caused far too much trouble for Alamos Town.
Albert wanted to drive it away.
Yet this Darkrai was telling him not to come here?
Did it even know whose territory this was?!
Boom!
At Baron Albert's command, the Lickitung beside him spewed out a Hyper Beam. The yellow beam tore toward Darkrai with a boom.
"You misunderstand."
Whoosh!
Faced with the attack, Darkrai merely glanced at the Baron before sinking into the shadows and effortlessly evading it.
Amid the explosion, it transformed into a shadow and appeared behind Baron Albert.
"Bind!"
Baron Albert continued issuing commands. Misunderstanding, my ass!
In an instant, Lickitung's tongue turned into a long whip again and lashed at Darkrai.
Darkrai fell silent for a moment. Realizing there was no way to communicate, it directly hurled a Dark Void at it!
The soccer-ball-sized sphere of Black Energy instantly struck Lickitung, then expanded into a massive circular field that enveloped it.
Thud.
The next second, Lickitung fell asleep. Its tongue had not even had time to retract.
"D-Damn it!!!"
Baron Albert raged helplessly.
He stood there blankly, unable to do anything. This... was this thing really that strong?
"Leave... here...!"
This Darkrai had no