Red Sun’s face had lost its ever-present, nonchalant expression.

The two Mega-level Digimon could easily rival a 12th-floor contestant by themselves.

Just like a Magical Creature of C- Grade, equivalent to a 7th Floor Contestant in strength, was capable of matching the strength of a 9th Floor Contestant, the same was true for Digimon as well.

For Beelzemon to not only admit fear, but also outright throw up his hands, meant that no matter how much relentless Red Sun was, it wouldn’t matter at all.

Two Mega-level Digimon and his own Inheritance of Humanoid Typhoon combined might not allow him to survive even a few moments against the Space and Time Legendary Pokemon.

And that... was concerning.

It wasn’t like Red Sun had to face off against Palkia and Dialga.

A Main Mission of that caliber would already be doomed, no matter the timeline.

However, Red Sun wasn’t in this timeline for the Main Mission alone. He was here as a member of the White Serpent Pirates and under the strict orders of Captain Red himself.

Captain Red had no intention of claiming the two Space and Time Pokemon, but what he did want had absolutely everything to do with them.

For that, Red Sun would have no choice but to come face to face with at least one of the two Legendary Pokemon, if not both of them.

As Tonio and others began examining the weirdly distorted stony pillars, the scientist claiming them to be an effect of the disturbance in the spacetime continuum, Red Sun brought out his Mission Notification, as if trying to stumble upon some loophole.

At the same time, in the Unown Dimension, the Avatars of two Half-Deep Ones again attacked each other with their strongest moves, causing another supernova and annihilating millions more Unown Pokemon.

The shockwaves of the destruction caused by Palkia and Dialga’s attacks seeped into the Pokemon Dimension in the next moment.

Massive, mystical waves, distorting reality itself, shook the entire world.

The rumble and tremor were so powerful that they sent even Red Sun stumbling. The storyline characters had already fallen on the ground, their Pokemon shouting by their sides.

And then, it happened.

In front of the group, a path led into the forest.

Suddenly, all the shadows of trees falling onto that path shifted.

It was like there was a blurry, black fish made of shadow, swimming under the top layer of soil.

The atmosphere seemed to darken instantly.

The wild Pokemon, lingering at the periphery of the forest, dashed deeper. A few of them instantly covered themselves up with the leaves and branches, as if trying to hide from a predator.

Gallade, one of the resident Pokemon near the Space-Time Towers, jumped in front of everyone, sword-like protrusions drawing out from its elbows.

"What’s..." Ash said, standing up with everyone else. "... going on?!"

As if those words were a cue, all the squirming shadows gathered at a place on the path before they left the ground, taking the form of a dark figure.

Simultaneously, as all characters gasped, Red Sun’s gaze landed on the Mythical Pokemon through the dull gray color of the Notification.

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Main Mission: Darkrai’s Nightmare

Mission Summary: Arceus, the Original One, is about to awaken, riling up Palkia and Dialga in their dimensions as a consequence.

Soon, the fight between the two Legendary Pokemon will engulf the entire world, crossing dimensions, and threatening the destruction of the spacetime continuum.

At the heart of this battle lay Alamos Town, its Space-Time Towers, and the Mythical Pokemon — Darkrai!

Infiltrate the inner circle of Ash and his friends and subtly sabotage their plans once the main storyline events are about to reach a defining moment, before dealing a massive blow to Darkrai, weakening the Mythical Pokemon.

Mission Objective: Capture Darkrai just after the completion of storyline events

Mission Time Limit: 6 months

Mission Grade: B

]

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"Do not..." A dreamy, harsh voice penetrated all ears, making their eardrums buzz. "... come here... outsider."

Red Sun’s face instantly fell, a chill running down his spine.

First sentence, and the Mythical Pokemon had already diverged from the storyline events, recognizing his Contestant-status.

Red Sun gulped.

Darkrai’s cyan-glowing gaze wasn’t as demonic as Captain Red’s, but... the will they carried was almost the same.

In lower-grade timelines, this wouldn’t have mattered.

But this was a timeline with B Overall Grade.

Which meant that, at least, this Darkrai was a Magical Creature of B+ Grade!

Which meant the Mythical Pokemon had enough strength to flatten any Contestant from even the 13th Floor... easily! 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Red Sun already had doubts regarding this mission when Captain Red had assigned him the Mission, wounding his morale.

Beelzemon’s words rubbed a bucketful of salt over those wounds, then.

Now, with the Mythical Pokemon outright targeting him right after making an appearance, the little hope that had left in Red Sun’s heart also vanished, making his lips go dry.

And yet...

Red Sun had no choice.

In the back of his mind, he could hear the Emperor’s low chuckle.

Against Darkrai’s incontestable strength, Red Sun feared Captain’s chuckle even more.

Like poison countering the poison, the two fears brought a strange sense of peace in Red Sun’s heart, forcing him to take a deep breath to calm his nerves.

Darkrai’s eyes narrowed as the Pokemon fully came out.

From behind Red Sun, Ash, Brock, Dawn, Tonio, Baron Alberto, and Alice came forward too, shocked at the Mythical Pokemon’s appearance.

Whether he liked it or not, Red Sun realized that he was already in the thick of it.

Either this Mission would push him into the Billion Club, or, as Captain had said, he would... perish, losing everything... including his son.

The Five-Crowned Prince is my ladder to the top, Red Sun thought within, recounting the words he had told himself before joining the White Serpent Pirates. But... I must not forget that it is I who must climb the ladder myself. I cannot blame anyone else if my foot slips and I fall into oblivion. I can’t...

ShineGreymon laughed at that, the Digimon steeling his resolve along with his trainer.

Now I remember why I agreed to follow you, Beelzemon added, sensing Red Sun’s will, too.

Sadly, as the storyline events picked up the pace, with Baron Alberto commanding Lickilicky to attack Darkrai with a Hyper Beam, another problem had already appeared in the timeline, piling up on Red Sun’s buried, hopeless misery.

A 12th Floor Contestant from Quasi Cipher Pol —

— with an order to assassinate Red Sun!

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Arc Info:

The movie is The Rise of Darkrai. You don’t need to watch it. If you can, watching a trailer or reading summary is more than enough.

We will skip a great portion of the movie next Chapter and enter directly into the heat. Kai will have an involvement in these Characters’ finale as well.

Remember that these events are happening at the same time as the first semester of the third year.

Enjoy!

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