Meloetta merely glanced at Xia You before turning around again and fleeing deeper into the forest.
Yet before it had flown very far, a silver-gray figure appeared soundlessly before it like a ghost.
It was Mewtwo!
Floating above and ahead of Meloetta, Mewtwo looked down, sizing up the rather "female"-looking Pokémon before it.
Its gaze held no emotion whatsoever, and coupled with its expressionless face, it brought nothing but terrifying, mountain-like pressure.
But this simple action alone frightened Meloetta into trembling all over, and it instinctively retreated sharply.
It was not that Meloetta was weak; Mewtwo was simply too frightening!
And its appearance had been far too sudden!
It had to be said that few Pokémon facing Mewtwo could withstand its gaze, which seemed indifferent to everything, and its almost tangible pressure.
After the fright, Meloetta thought of escaping.
That was also the wisest choice.
It hurriedly changed direction, turning to fly off at full speed, but fast as it was, Mewtwo was even faster!
Without even using any complicated move, Mewtwo merely raised its arm toward Meloetta. The next second, psychic power as immense as a tsunami formed not a tangible attack, but a pure, vast, irresistible suppression of will that instantly enveloped Meloetta!
Judging by how it used its power, Mewtwo was not trying to attack Meloetta either; it seemed to want only to restrain the small Mythical Pokémon there.
At that moment, Meloetta, likewise a psychic Pokémon, felt engulfed by an intense sense of danger.
The attack had yet to arrive, but the surge preceding that energy left it almost unable to breathe, as though every cell in its body was desperately sounding an alarm.
At this critical juncture, it did not simply wait for its doom, but extended its hands as well.
Power somewhat weaker than