"Dark, Dark~" Do you know how long I have been waiting?
Seeing the two Golett, Darkrai roared in anger.
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~" We are sorry, Lord Darkrai.
The two Golett knew they were in the wrong and quickly lowered their heads to apologize.
"Dark, Dark~~" What kind of mess are you two making? I sent you to go undercover and gather information, and after you left, there was no news at all, right?
One of the Golett couldn't help but mutter, "Pin pin~ Pin pin~" It was too much fun there, and there was so much delicious food.
"Dark!" What?
Darkrai bellowed.
The two Golett immediately trembled with fear.
After venting his anger, Darkrai calmed down and asked:
"Dark, Dark~" Speak, what did you see while staying by that human's side?
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~"
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~"
Hearing this, the two Golett immediately became excited. They babbled about what delicious food they had eaten on Nebel Plateau, what interesting television they had watched, the exciting soccer they had played, and how comfortable the room they stayed in was…
Darkrai's forehead throbbed with black lines as he listened. He roared again:
"Dark, Dark, Dark~" What did I send you there to do? I am asking about the situation with Komala!
The two Golett shrunk their necks in fear.
At this moment, one of the Golett asked, "Pin pin~ Pin pin~" Lord Darkrai, can we stop trying to capture Komala? Everyone will hate us.
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~" Yes, yes!
The other Golett quickly chimed in.
"Pin pin!" Oh, that's right!
The Golett suddenly had a flash of inspiration. It came up with a great idea and excitedly said to Darkrai:
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~~" Lord Darkrai, why don't we go find a job with Ange too? That way, we can eat delicious food every day, and we can even get a salary.
Because it was worried that Darkrai didn't know what a salary was, it even explained it in detail.
When the other Golett heard this, it immediately thought this was an excellent idea and began nodding repeatedly.
The two Golett thought the idea was more and more feasible, and they even started fantasizing about how to spend their salary once they received it.
Should they buy snacks? Or toys?
The more Darkrai listened, the angrier he became.
"Dark, Dark~" What are you nonsense are you spouting? What job! What salary! Hurry up and tell me about the situation with Komala!
Hidden in the bushes not far away, a Murkrow was stunned.
Undercover? Are Golett undercover agents? They want to capture Komala? The Murkrow projected the spy dramas she had seen on television onto reality.
No, I must hurry and tell Ange!
Thinking this, the Murkrow flapped her wings, preparing to take flight.
However, she underestimated Darkrai's strength. As soon as she moved, Darkrai detected the movement.
"Dark~~"
With a roar from Darkrai, the shadow behind him twisted and eventually transformed into a monstrous shape, grabbing the Murkrow and bringing her before Darkrai.
This technique was Night Shade.
"Murk~ Murk~" Let me go, let me go!
The Murkrow struggled desperately in the monster's grip, but given her strength, how could she compete with Darkrai?
"Pin pin~" It's a Murkrow!
"Pin pin~" It's that Murkrow!
The two Golett recognized at a glance that this was one of the Murkrow gathered around Yveltal.
"Dark~" Do you know her?
Darkrai asked with narrowed eyes.
The two Golett stammered.
"Pin... Pin pin..." She... she is an em... employee of Ange's home!
Hearing this, Darkrai seemed to come up with a "good" idea. He looked at the two Golett sinisterly and asked:
"Dark, Dark~" I hear humans value their Pokémon very much. What do you say... what if I make him use Komala to trade for this Murkrow?
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~" No, don't do that!
One of the Golett shook its head frantically.
The other Golett chimed in, "Pin pin~ Pin pin~" Yes, yes, please don't do such a despicable thing!
Darkrai snapped his gaze toward it.
"Dark~" Who are you calling despicable?
The two Golett pulled their heads in, not daring to make another sound.
The Murkrow was still struggling desperately.
"Murk~ Murk~" You villain, you villain! Let me go quickly; Ange isn't afraid of you at all!
This was a very sharp-tongued Murkrow. She not only cursed the two traitorous Golett, but she also cursed Darkrai as well.
She wasn't afraid of Darkrai. She was a servant of the great Lord Yveltal.
She berated the two Golett: "You two short, round, chubby fools. Ange was so good to you, and yet you acted as undercover agents. You are heartless, shameless, and thick-skinned for eating so much of everyone's good food. You will definitely get stomach aches!"
Then she cursed at Darkrai: "You killing-ma-t* style freak, what are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen such a beautiful Murkrow? You ignorant bumpkin, it serves you right to only dare to show yourself at night!
My beauty is not something you can covet. You gutter-crawling insect, you sewer rat, you trash-heap cockroach. Ange beating you would be no different than crushing an ant, you little punk..."
Golett: (o_o)
Darkrai: o(▼皿▼メ;)o I really want to tear her mouth apart!
"Dark, Dark~" You two go back and tell that human: if he wants the Murkrow, he must trade Komala for it.
Just like that, the two Golett returned to the staff dormitory in a daze.
A night passed in the blink of an eye.
All night, the two Golett tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
When the sun was about to rise in the morning, Yveltal led Honchkrow and the Murkrow back to the Secret Fortress, whistling through the air.
After arriving at the bar, Yveltal lay down on the sofa to sleep, while Honchkrow began to count his subordinates.
One, two, three, four...
One, two, three, four...
After counting several times, he discovered the numbers were incorrect.
"Hon hon~~" Who is missing? Who didn't come back?
The Murkrow looked at their companions beside them. At this moment, one of them suddenly cried out:
"Murk~ Murk~" Xiaomei hasn't come back!
Reminded of this, the other Murkrow realized that they hadn't seen Xiaomei since the second half of the night.
"Murk~ Murk~" Xiaomei is gone! Xiaomei is gone!
"Murk~ Murk~" Xiaomei! Where did Xiaomei go?
...
The Murkrow panicked and started crying out one by one.
"Hon hon~~" Quiet! Everyone shut up!
Honchkrow was furious.
"Hon hon~~" Why aren't you out looking yet? What are you shrieking for!
"Murk~ Murk~"
Hearing this, the Murkrow flapped their wings and flew out in a swarm.
However, they searched the grassland for half the day but could not find a trace of the Murkrow, Xiaomei.
"Murk~ Murk~" Xiaomei is missing! Xiaomei is missing!
A Murkrow stood on the roof of Ange's house, calling out sadly.
Ange had finished training with Bruno that morning and was preparing to go to the Royal Capital for work after washing up when he suddenly heard the Murkrow's cry.
He walked to the balcony and looked toward the roof. "Murkrow, what's wrong?"
"Murk~ Murk~" Xiaomei, Xiaomei is gone!
The Murkrow flapped her wings and flew down from the roof, landing on the railing in front of Ange.
"Xiaomei?"
Ange had a strong impression of this Murkrow. He remembered she was a very sharp-tongued creature who would start cursing at the slightest provocation.
"How could she disappear out of the blue? Could she be hiding somewhere sleeping?"
"Murk~ Murk~" The Murkrow shook her head, indicating they had looked everywhere.
Hearing this, Ange couldn't help but frown.
"Hon hon~~"
At this moment, Honchkrow also flapped his wings and landed beside the Murkrow. Since he truly couldn't find Xiaomei, he had to come to Ange for help.
Don't be fooled by how fierce he usually was to the Murkrow; these were all his most important subordinates. Without his subordinates, could Honchkrow still be called Honchkrow?
Oh, right, Xiaomei was a little sister, not a subordinate.
"You wait a moment."
Saying this, Ange ran into the house and said to Inteleon and Ralts, who were preparing to leave:
"You go to Munchlax Home first. A Murkrow has gone missing, and I need to help look for her. Once I find her, I will go over immediately."
"Driz~" Inteleon gave Ange a "no problem" gesture.
"Ralts~"
"Meow~"
Ralts and the two Meowstic also indicated it was fine.
After giving his instructions, Ange went back and said to the Murkrow and Honchkrow: "Let's go look together!"
"Hon hon~~"
Honchkrow nodded, signaling for Ange to sit on his back.
Ange nodded, jumped onto Honchkrow's back, and was carried into the sky by Honchkrow.
He activated his Aura Power to search for the Murkrow, Xiaomei.
The two Golett were coming out of the Secret Fortress, dizzy and dazed, when they happened to see Ange riding Honchkrow flying over their heads.
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~" Did Ange discover the Murkrow was missing?
Seeing Ange and the others in such a rush, one Golett asked.
"Pin pin~" Possibly!
The other Golett replied.
"Pin pin~" Then shouldn't we chase after them?
The Golett patted its companion, then ran after Ange, with the other Golett following close behind.
Ange searched everywhere but couldn't find a trace of Xiaomei. Just then, he saw Bruno, who was running while dragging a boulder with a hemp rope, and shouted:
"Bruno, have you seen a lone Murkrow?"
Bruno stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and shook his head.
"Did something happen?" he asked.
"A Murkrow has gone missing," Ange replied with a face full of worry.
Bruno asked, "Do you want me to help look?"
Ange shook his head. "You continue your training; I'll go look elsewhere." Saying this, he rode Honchkrow away.
Bruno thought for a moment and decided to help anyway. Ange had treated him to good food and drinks during this time, so he couldn't just stand by when something happened.
Thinking this, he took out his Poké Balls, released his Pokémon, and explained the situation to them.
"Everyone, help look together."
Machamp and the others nodded and then dispersed to search separately.
Ange flew everywhere on Honchkrow, and the two Golett couldn't keep up with him at all.
As time passed and there was still no sign of Xiaomei, Ange's heart gradually began to sink.
Could something have happened?
"Kree~~~"
Just then, Yveltal appeared beside him.
"Yveltal?" Ange looked surprised. "Are you here to help, too?"
Yveltal nodded. After all, the Murkrow had served it for so long.
Yveltal closed its eyes, then flapped its wings, and a black ring radiated out from it as the center.
In an instant, the land, rivers, and vegetation of the entire Nebel Plateau were stained with a pitch-black hue.
It was Dark Aura!
Yveltal covered the entire Nebel Plateau with its Dark Aura; as long as any Dark-type Pokémon existed within it, they could not escape its perception.
Perceiving the presence of the Dark Aura, Xerneas, who was playing with Flabébé, Spritzee, and the others on the grass, subconsciously looked up at the sky.
A long time later, Yveltal opened its eyes and shook its head at Ange.
Seeing this, Ange frowned and asked: "Do you mean that Xiaomei is no longer on Nebel Plateau?"
Yveltal nodded.
At this moment, Honchkrow seemed to have received a huge blow.
"Hon hon~~~" Could it be that Xiaomei felt I wasn't a qualified boss, so she left quietly?
Ange patted his neck and said: "Don't overthink it. Xiaomei must have encountered something."
"Murk~ Murk~"
The Murkrow beside him nodded repeatedly. Although their boss had a foul temper and liked to order everyone around and be fierce, they wouldn't just run away because of such minor issues.
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~~"
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~"
Just when Ange and the others were at their wit's end, they suddenly heard shouting from below. They looked down and discovered it was the two Golett.
"Could the Golett know something?" Ange quickly steered Honchkrow down to land.
"Golett, what's wrong?" Ange jumped off Honchkrow's back and found them both panting for breath.
"Pin... Pin pin..." The two Golett stammered.
Ange said: "If you have something to say, just say it! Why are you mumbling?"
Finally, one Golett made up its mind and shouted to Ange:
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~" The Murkrow was captured by Lord Darkrai. He wants you to trade Komala for her!
Darkrai? Ange was stunned at the mention, and then his expression became very ugly. Could it be the Darkrai from that night?
Its target really was Komala!
"How do you know about Darkrai, and how do you know the Murkrow was captured by Darkrai?" Ange questioned the Golett.
The two Golett stammered and couldn't say.
Seeing this, there was nothing Ange didn't understand, and he said angrily:
"Well! What did I do to wrong you, that you actually came here to be spies!"
"Pin pin~"
"Pin pin~"
Seeing Ange was angry, the two Golett were frantic and explained in a panic, but they really were spies sent by Darkrai, and Xiaomei had indeed been captured because of them. The more they explained, the more suspicious they looked.
In the end, the two Golett could only slump their shoulders and hang their heads.
"Where is Darkrai?" Ange asked coldly.
"Pin pin~ Pin pin~" The Golett told Ange the location.
"I'll deal with you later!" Ange said viciously.
Saying this, he threw two Poké Balls and captured the Golett; the Golett had not been captured before this.
Perhaps out of guilt, the two Golett didn't struggle at all.
Pop~ Pop~ With two sounds, the Golett were successfully captured.
"Let's go find Darkrai." After picking up the two Poké Balls, Ange said to his Pokémon.
His words had just fallen when he suddenly saw Komala rolling over.
"Komala? Do you know everything?" Ange asked with surprise.
Komala didn't make a sound, but instead crawled up Ange's pant leg, all the way until it reached Ange's shoulder.
Clearly, it intended to go along.
Although Ange didn't know what kind of grudge Komala and Darkrai had, seeing Komala's reaction, he understood that Komala didn't intend to run away.
Ange rubbed its head and said: "Don't worry, I will be with you."
"Gang~~"
"Pawmo~"
"Meta~"
"Duki~"
"Gengar~"
...
Then Ange also discovered that Diancie, Magearna, Volcanion, Munchlax, Metagross, Gengar, Pawmot, and Passimian had all come over.
"Daring to come to my Nebel Plateau to cause trouble? Watch me beat it up! Darkrai, Dark-go-away, all of them deserve a beating!" Volcanion said irritably.
"Gang~ Gang~"
"Pawmo~ Pawmo~"
Munchlax and Pawmot clenched their fists, agreeing with Volcanion's words.
Diancie stepped forward and said: "Komala, we will all be with you. No one can take you away from Nebel Plateau."
"Du~ki~du~" That's right, Komala will always be a member of our family.
Magearna nodded, agreeing with Diancie's words.
"Meta~~"
Metagross also floated forward to express its determination.
Although Komala might be much older than it, it often took care of Komala, letting Komala use its head as a bed, and thus felt an unusual tenderness toward Komala.
Komala lay quietly on Ange's shoulder, and although its eyes were tightly shut, the emotions in its heart were exceptionally turbulent.
Yes, these were its family, not someone with ulterior motives like Darkrai.
Even though a hundred years had passed, it and Darkrai still could not become family.
At this moment, it was incredibly glad that it had resisted Darkrai back then. Although it had suffered very serious injuries, it had met Ange.
"Let's go see Darkrai, rescue Xiaomei, and settle its grudge with Komala," Ange said.
With Yveltal around, what did he have to fear!
The Pokémon nodded one after another.
At this moment, Xerneas came jumping over.
"Everyone, don't forget about me. I am also a member of Nebel Plateau!" it said.
Xerneas's arrival gave Ange even more confidence.
Just then, Diancie suddenly helped Ange accept a mission.
[Revenge Mission] Help Komala defeat Darkrai, capture Darkrai, and give it a certain punishment — Pending.
Sure enough, Komala and Darkrai were enemies, and the system actually wanted him to punish Darkrai.
It seemed the grudge between them was not small, and Darkrai might have even done something very excessive to Komala.
Ange's system, nicknamed the Pokémon Feeding System, was very generous to Pokémon; this was the first time it had been so harsh toward a Pokémon.
"Let's go!"
So Ange set off with his large group in a mighty fashion.
The two Golett: Lord Darkrai, why on earth would you go and provoke them? Now look what's happened...