Lily of the Valley Island.
Tobias, whose hairstyle looked tailor-made for card games, was indeed an avid card player.
He had entered the Lingnan Conference for just one reason: he needed more money to collect cards.
Tobias played a card game that used a Battle Stage to summon Virtual Pokémon for battles in real time.
Darkrai was among them.
It was precisely because his deck contained Darkrai that Tobias had made a special trip to Fullmoon Island to catch one.
Tobias was no slouch at Pokémon battles, either. Otherwise, he could never have caught Darkrai.
Ever since the Sinnoh League's official tournament website announced that Li Wei would be competing, Tobias had become much more interested.
"Darkrai," Tobias murmured, "perhaps we'll get to have a Darkrai-versus-Darkrai battle."
Darkrai: "?"
Darkrai slowly emerged from Tobias's shadow, practically sporting a question mark.
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You want me to fight that Darkrai ancestor?!
That one can take on the Temporal Dragons!
If you want to fight, do it yourself!
Although Darkrai had no connection to that legendary Darkrai, Darkrai still knew better than to overestimate those abilities.
Tobias had caught Darkrai on Fullmoon Island, right next to Newmoon Island, where Li Wei had caught Cresselia.
Cresselia and Darkrai were sworn rivals, facing off across the water from Cyllene Island and Fullmoon Island.
Even so, Darkrai was looking forward to it.
Tobias had not won Darkrai over through strength alone. A promise had played a part, too.
Tobias had promised to take Darkrai to challenge more powerful opponents, so Darkrai had left with him.
That was another reason he had entered the tournament.
Winning the Lily of the Valley Conference might not originally have posed much difficulty for him, but the Elite Four challenge, and even the Champion...
They would definitely put Darkrai under enough