"What happened next?"
Chen Shi asked hurriedly.
He had never imagined that this so-called darkness was so terrifying, or that it had caused such an uproar three thousand years ago.
Mew sighed and continued.
[After that, we discovered that this dark aura was highly contagious. Even the Legendary Pokémon helping out nearly became infected.]
[That was when all the Legendary Pokémon realized how serious this was. Together, we sought out the great Arceus, hoping it could tell us what was going on.]
[But the great Arceus didn't explain anything. It only gave the Fairy Plate to Great-Horned Deer and told it to use the Plate to suppress the darkness and slowly wear it away.]
[You more or less know what happened after that.]
Chen Shi's expression grew complicated. Of course he knew what had happened afterward.
Then he asked another question. "Which Legendary Pokémon were involved back then?"
[Too many to name. If you can think of one, we asked it for help. We tried everything, but nothing worked against that darkness.]
[We even had Celebi go back to just after Great-Horned Deer's battle, hoping to find out how it had become infected with the darkness.]
[But in the end, we found that it was as though the stuff had suddenly appeared inside Great-Horned Deer. We couldn't uncover anything at all.]
There was a wistful note in Mew's voice, as though it was remembering those days when a whole group of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon had been utterly helpless against the dark aura.
Now Chen Shi lost his composure completely.
He had known the darkness was terrifying, but not this terrifying!
Even a whole group of Legendary Pokémon couldn't do anything about it.
Holy shit, just hearing about it was enough to scare someone to death.
"Shi, what's wrong?" Professor