The bike stopped by the tree, and Ash stood silently in the middle of the road. On the tail of the little fire dragon, the flames burned hot, and the firelight was warm and bright, but it could not dispel the darkness that was becoming more and more condensed.

“... The little fire dragon, the spark, towards the sky. ”

Pikachu climbed up Ash's arm to his shoulders and stood up vigilantly. The electric light on his cheeks flickered, as if the vigilance was getting closer and closer, and the darkness that he couldn't see through...

"Whew!!"

The little fire dragon looked frightened, and was squatted down until Ash patted his back before he came back from that strange fright. Ash frowned, the back of the little fire dragon had the same sweat glands as a human, and he patted his hand in a cold sweat.

Scare?

Several thoughts crossed Ash's mind.

Stare?

The serpent's glare?

Intimidate?

Pokémon!?

The flames plunged into darkness and vanished. The gentle and bright light of the fire seemed to be swallowed up by the mouth of the abyss, and it disappeared for a moment when it only touched the darkness, and there was no trace of fire.

“... This, what is this? ”

Ash broke out in a cold sweat, his hand crossed his waist, and the Poké Ball of the Blastoise was clasped in his hand.

But just as he was about to throw it, the darkness suddenly dissipated, quietly condensing into a dark Pokémon with purple in color.

Under the light of the little fire dragon's fire, which was swollen with fear, his bright smiling face looked a little weird.

"That's..."

When he saw this Pokémon appear in front of him, Ash's first reaction was to take out his Pokemon Illustrated Book.

"Geng, ghost Pokémon, unknown information."

"Boom..."

"Geng..."

This purple, big-eyed, round, and sleek elf is a very representative ghost Pokémon in the Kanto region, Geng Ghost.

"Is it a wild Gengh?"

At this time, Ash didn't feel terrible.

The scariest thing is the unknown.

It is said that Geng Ghost likes to play pranks in the dark environment of the wild, and it seems that Ash is also in trouble.

"Listen, I don't have time to mess around with you, I have urgent business to rush back to Rainbow City, don't bother me."

Ash tried to warn Geng, but it seemed that Geng on the other side was just smiling brightly at him, and little by little he was getting closer and closer. Ash frowned and looked at Geng's face that was getting bigger and bigger, and slowly pasted it, and took out a Pokéball in his hand.

But Ash didn't throw out the Pokéball, and Geng didn't make any intrusive moves, he just put his face on it and made a grimace for Ash that wasn't funny, and he smiled and disappeared into the air.

“...”

The Poké Ball in Ash's hand was almost thrown out for the first time, but in the end it was firmly held in his hand. Knowing that Geng Ghost quietly disappeared in the end, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not a good experience to encounter Gengom in the wild at night.

He took the exploding Pikachu in his arms, squatted down and gently patted the little fire dragon that was stiffened in fright. The glare when the ghost appeared just now was obvious, and it didn't ease its senses until now.

“... Come back and rest, little fire dragon. ”

Sighing softly, Ash looked at the little fire dragon, which was already a little stiff, and decided to take it back anyway. Although the moment the red thread took it away, the warm fire disappeared in an instant.

The moment he was shrouded in darkness, it was like being devoured by a giant beast, and this feeling almost made Ash throw out the Poké Ball of the little fire dragon again. But he held back.

"Whew!"

At this moment, somewhere in the endless darkness, there was a sudden whistling sound of the wind. Ash and Pikachu turned to that place almost at the same time.

In Ash's perception, a black orb containing ominous energy was roaring towards him and Pikachu!

"Pikachu, straight ahead, 100,000 volts!"

Ash knew that Pikachu couldn't see the attack on the other side in such a dim environment, so he simply said the direction of the attack. Out of trust in Ash, Pikachu jumped up from Ash with his arm raised in two or three steps, and the arc flashed...

"Pickup... Hill!!! ”

Golden lightning squeezed through Pikachu's cheek capsules, and with the sound of a thunderclap, it soared into the air and streaked through the air!

With the help of a flash of light, Ash, who has a strong instantaneous memory because of the transformation of the body by the power of the waveguide, saw a dark sphere, and a flashing blue-gray figure...

That's just... Looks like a dream demon?

Ash was stunned for a moment, then took two steps forward with the help of Pikachu falling from the sky, and the power of the waveguide spread, and the blue world in Ash's mind that gently closed his eyes slowly built around him.

The ground, the trees, the bikes, the vines...

"Boom!"

The collision of 100,000 volts with the shadow ball caused an explosion of energy, and the shock wave set off a violent wind, rustling the leaves around the trees. In the end, Ash caught the fleeting figure, and the illustrated book in his hand was a little in that direction, and the infrared light quickly swept by.

"Drop, find Pokémon, Dream Demon."

"A ghost-type Pokémon that likes to scare passers-by or their own trainers to gain energy. Feeding on Pokémon and people's fears, and possessing the ability to sing songs of destruction, it is one of the most mysterious and difficult ghost-based Pokémon currently found in the world. The meaning of the red beads is unknown. ”

Ash's face looked a little terrifying under the flickering white light of the illustrated book, he looked at the dream demon who had drifted in front of him for some time, and the beam of light with a fantasy color in his mouth sprayed straight towards Ash.

Why is this dream demon attacking me?

"Pikachu, light, 100,000 volts!"

Ash pointed at the speeding beam, but apparently even if he didn't say it, Pikachu knew what to do, and as soon as Ash's command was blurted out, the scorching lightning had already broken through the air and collided with the beam.

Ash runs to the side of the bike, leaving room for Pikachu and Yumere to fight, hoping that the fight won't spill over into the expensive bike.

The energy released by the shattering of light and the collapse of lightning caused an explosion once again. Because of the speed of the light's attack, it was very close to Pikachu's position when it exploded, causing it to be swept away by the aftermath of the explosion and fly out.

"Electromagnetic waves! Straight ahead! ”

Pikachu quickly adjusted his posture and landed on the ground. Although it couldn't see clearly in the dark, the Pokémon's fighting consciousness told it that the Pokémon that it hadn't seen yet should not let go of this good opportunity, so when it heard Ash's order, it immediately executed the order.

The dark blue electromagnetic wave quietly left his body and spread out in all directions. With a short thud, when the aftermath of the explosion energy dissipated, the arc of electricity flashed on the dream demon's body.

"Pikachu, don't look at its eyes!"

Xiao Zhi, who was originally planning to defeat the Dream Demon in one go, suddenly remembered something, and just wanted to remind Pikachu, when he saw the Dream Demon's eyes suddenly widen in the blue world.

Intimidate!

"Pikachu, 100,000 volts!"

Ash wanted to try his luck, but it was obvious that his order didn't reach Pikachu's ears, and Pikachu should have fallen into a state of panic.

Dr. Ohki once said that at night... The ghost-based intimidation skill is a special skill that has a bonus based on the brightness of the surrounding area.

Especially for Pokémon with a visual system that is not much different from that of humans, they have a special skill that doubles the chance of falling into terror.

Pikachu, who was no longer able to respond to external stimuli, stiffened his muscles and lay there with his tail erect. Ash was just about to take out the Poke Ball, but the Dream Demon seemed to adjust the direction of the attack, and with a mouth, a shadow ball quietly generated and smashed in the direction of Ash.