On his first night in Luminous S, Sato was ambushed by a of Arbok and Arbok leaders.

  Fortunately, he mao get through it unharmed.

  Surprisingly, there was a be to the enter—since Arbok leaders were a dominant for the area, no other Pokémon dared to approach or unch attacks after their defeat.

  Sato felt no guilt whatsoever about eliminating the Arbok and their leaders. They had clearly treated him and his Pokémon as prey, ung a full-scale ambush with lethal i.

  Hesitation in such a situation would have meah.

  Additionally, Arbok's venom sacs had their own unique uses—in some cases, they were even more valuable than Weezing's poison sacs.

  The m, Sato packed up his belongings and released Gengar and Carvanha before venturing deeper into Luminous S.

  Will had chosen a mission for him—to capture a special Weezing.

  Half a month ago, someone had spotted a Weezing with an unusual "coloration" in Luminous S.

  When the information reached the Adventurer's Guild, a mission was immediately issued to capture the "Shiny" Weezing.

  Sihe mission target resided in a perilous location and the informant wasn't sure of Weezing's strength or if it was really a "shiny", the task was cssified as a high-level mission.

  Sato had accepted the mission uhe name of the "Brave Fights the Evil Dragon Team" a off aloo find the Shiny Weezing.

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  Traversing Luminous S required extreme caution—the first priority was to distinguish solid ground from unstable marsh.

  With Gengar and Carvanha's help, Sato mao map out a viable path, though progress was slow.

  As he ventured deeper, the number of wild Pokémon increased. Most Pokémo the sight of him, especially the Ekans that had escaped the battle st night.

  At one point, he entered a group of Marill and Azumarill. They curiously watched the outsider, but did not attack.

  Sato cautiously backed away, feeling a clear sense of hostility transmitted through his Dark Energy.

  In his previous life, Sato had long been puzzled as to why Dark Energy reacted ively to Pokémon like Marill, Snubbull, and Jigglypuff—Pokémon that had no natural type advantage against Dark-types.

  It wasn't until years ter, when the Pokémon League officially ected Kalos to ions, that they publicly revealed the existence of the eighteenth Pokémon type—Fairy-type!

  A type that could pletely e Dragon-type attacks, while also resisting Fighting, Dark, and Bug-type moves.

  The moment Fairy-types were discovered, they were immediately revered by Trainers, even knog Dragon-types off their throne as the most powerful type!

  As mions reevaluated their Pokémon, they found that some species had always been Fairy-types—Marill was one of them.

  Previously unpopur, the so-called "Water Rat" became highly sought after. With the Huge Power ability and the newfound Fairy typing, Azumarill earhe niame "Dragon Syer"!

  While the world focused on Fairy-types and Dragon-types g, Sato paid attention to another crucial detail.

  Fairy-types tered Dark-types!

  This revetion answered a lifelong question—why had he always felt an unexpinable dislike for Pokémon like Marill, Jigglypuff, and Snubbull?

  These cute, round, and seemingly harmless Pokémon—instead of just staying cute and carefree, they had chosen to fight against the so-called "forces of darkness".

  And worse—they were winning.

  As a representative of "darkness," Sato was the first to protest this injustice.

  Avoiding the Azumarill group to prevent unnecessary flict, Sato tinued forward.

  Soon, he entered a sluggish Koffing floating nearby.

  "Gengar, use Hypnosis!"

  Reddich purple hypnotic waves rippled through Koffing's eyes, turning its already dazed expression even more vat.

  After an intense mental battle, Gengar successfully took trol of Koffing, pelling it to lead the way to the "Shiny" Weezing.

  Without resistance, Koffing obediently floated fuiding Sato and Carvanha deeper into Luminous S.

  Luckily, Koffing's movement speed was naturally slow, ensuring that Sato wouldn't lose sight of it.

  After about ten minutes, a pletely ordinary Weezing appeared before them, staring at Sato with its two identical bnk faces.

  Under Hypnosis, Koffing didn't seem to uand what made the Shiny Weezing different. With its simple mind, it had mistakenly led Gengar tur Weezing.

  "ge the target." Sato instructed Gengar before climbing onto Weezing's body!

  The smell wasly pleasant, but at least he no longer had te through unstable terrain—his travel speed increased signifitly!

  With its Levitate ability, Weezing erfeoving through the s.

  Carvanha circled around Sato, ag as his bodyguard, its fighting spirit burning fiercely. Gengar also sat atop Weezing, fully focused on maintaining Hypnosis.

  With that, Weezing began searg the s for its unusual panion.

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  A mini Weezing, a giant Weezing, a Weezing that loved spewing smoke, a Weezing that fell asleep for no reason…

  Sato ended up seeing all sorts of strange Weezing—except for the Shiny one.

  By the time night fell again, Sato had no choice but to give up for now, finding a suitable campsite and releasing the hardw Weezing that had led them on this search.

  At night, Luminous S once again lit up with tless fireflies.

  It was as if their numbers never decreased—every night, the s remained just as beautiful and dreamlike.

  Sato wasn't in a hurry to plete the mission.

  The Pokémon resources in Mount Silver's inner region were endless—if he needed money, he could simply catch a few high-potential Pokémon ahem.

  Strengthening himself and enjoying life was far more important.

  "Huh?"

  As Sato sipped his hot soup, gazing across Luminous S, he suddenly noticed an enormous firefly in the distance.

  pared to ordinary fireflies, the difference was like the moon to the stars!

  It's too big!

  Wait—that's not a firefly!

  Realizing this a moment too te, Sato immediately stood up, putting on his thermal night vision goggles.

  A glowing red Weezing appeared in his view.

  A lumi Weezing!

  "Gengar, Carvanha, bring that Weezing over here!" Sato ordered excitedly.

  The only two Pokémon that could hover in the air immediately rushed forward.

  Through the thermal night vision, Sato saw Carvanha engaging in battle with Weezing.

  Since Gengar, as a Ghost-type, had no body heat, it didn't appear on the ser. But that didn't matter—soon, Weezing was brought over.

  Sato lowered his thermal goggles—he could see it clearly now.

  Just like the fireflies' soft glow, Weezing's entire body emitted a pale green light. The spots where it had been injured appeared dimmer, but the glow was slowly returning.

  Right now, Weezing was pletely immobilized by Psychic.

  Without hesitation, Sato pressed a Poké Ball against it!