Rampaging Pokémon, Enraged Darkrai (Two-Hour Revision)

"Absurd Machine?"

Tetsuya repeated it. "Is this Plaque Hall's backup plan? It sounds pretty impressive."

Cynthia glanced at him and led Garchomp toward the higher floors. "You clearly knew he was stalling for time, so why were you wasting words with him?"

"Seriously?

Don't tell me you always just charged straight through whenever you carried out League-assigned missions."

Tetsuya complained as he hurried after her.

Hearing that, Cynthia thought carefully for a moment before replying with complete sincerity, "Not always.

When Xiaoya acted with me, she used Psychic-type powers to make those people talk."

This time, Tetsuya fell silent.

Of course, he knew who the "Xiaoya" Cynthia mentioned was.

The future Psychic Type Champion of the Unova Region, a powerful Psychic-type user, and an incomparably elegant eldest young lady—Caitlin.

Perhaps Caitlin was only willing to do such things when she was with Cynthia.

If it were anyone else...

Caitlin had been using her Psychic-type powers to tear apart castles for fun since childhood. She could compete with Sabrina. No one would likely dare make demands of her at the risk of being sent to heaven.

From another perspective,

using Psychic-type powers to control people and force out their true thoughts was completely villain behavior in novels and travelogues, wasn't it?

An ordinary human's mental strength could not compare to that of Pokémon.

Do it a few more times, and it would be a blessing if the controlled person did not become an idiot.

That was precisely why Tetsuya rarely used Psychic-type powers on people.

His targets were usually enemies who had provoked him. The lackeys downstairs were not worth his attention.

Of course,

this was also related to how Psychic-type powers in the Pokémon World tended more toward destruction.

Otherwise,

mind reading, brainwashing, memory erasure, and illusions should all have