The gathered Pokémon looked at one another.
Just moments ago, they had crossed over, intending to bring Grey back to the original timeline.
And yet, Palkia, the god of space who held authority over space itself, had just been grabbed by the local Hoopa and carried off.
"Dialga, you probably wouldn't be affected by Celebi reversing time, right?"
The Pokémon all turned their eyes toward Dialga at the same time.
A god of space with the same level of authority had been scooped away by the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa.
In that case, surely the god of time, Dialga, would not be affected by Celebi, right?
They did not want to fall into a time loop someday.
"You can all relax on that point. I'm not an idiot like Palkia, who can't even keep control of its own space."
Dialga bared its teeth in a grin.
It knew Celebi very well.
Every time Celebi wanted to travel through time, it had to get Dialga's approval.
Meanwhile, Palkia had been directly dragged away.
When they met up later, Dialga was absolutely going to mock it properly.
Mew: "…"
Seeing its capable helper Palkia captured by Hoopa and turned into free labor, the corner of Mew's eye could not help twitching a few times.
That guy…
Was way too weak, wasn't it?!
"What do we do now?"
Mewtwo turned its gaze toward Mew.
"What else can we do? We find Palkia first, then have it scoop Grey over. Though I have no idea why Hoopa took Palkia away. I have a bad feeling about this."
Mew's tone sank slightly as it looked at Dialga. "Can you find Palkia's location?"
"Of course."
After saying that, Dialga directly locked onto Palkia's position.
"According to the current human map, Palkia is in Dahara City in the Kalos region. Hm? Yveltal, Xerneas, and Zygarde are all there?! Wait, what are Regigigas and Giratina doing there too?"
As one of the most ancient Legendary Pokémon, Dialga had lived for a very long time.
It knew the legends of every region.
It also knew the relationship between Yveltal and Xerneas.
Generally speaking, whenever those two appeared together, it meant the entire region was about to be torn up and remade from scratch.
If this were a high fantasy novel, would the phrase be reincarnation? Starting life over?
Dialga could not describe it exactly. In any case, it was not a good thing.
And that was before even mentioning that Zygarde and Giratina were there too!
Although it had no idea why Regigigas was there just to fill the numbers, anyone could tell from the situation that the Kalos region was in grave danger.
More importantly, if Giratina was there, then Palkia was definitely going to be the first one to suffer.
They were still waiting for Palkia to bring Grey back!
Thinking of that, the group of Legendary Pokémon immediately had the urge to set out and rescue the dragon.
It was time for everyone to show what they could do.
They had a whole crowd of Pokémon here. There was no way they could not beat the other side.
Just as they were about to act…
"Hoopa~ Scoop-scoop~"
Hoopa's golden ring appeared again.
When the other Legendary Pokémon saw it, they seized the opportunity and charged straight into the ring.
There was a ready-made high-speed passage right there. It would be a waste not to use it.
Kalos region, Dahara City.
Normally speaking, this was the movie timeline.
Clearly, it was now as well.
At this point, Ash had already traveled here.
Just as in the movie, all kinds of events had occurred.
In the end, they had started a major battle against Hoopa Unbound.
However…
"Giratina! I'm Palkia from another parallel world! I have nothing to do with the one from your world! Stop hitting me!"
Palkia had only just been scooped over by Hoopa when it was beaten up by the five Legendary Pokémon summoned by Hoopa Unbound at the same time.
Giratina hit it the hardest.
Even though its mind had been affected by Hoopa Unbound, its subconscious made it especially eager to beat up the Palkia in front of it.
Even if it was not the one it knew.
Just as Palkia felt its life hanging by a thread…
"Who dares hurt my ally?!"
A furious roar from Dialga rang out from within a flash of golden light.
In the past, even if Dialga had been given a hundred doses of courage, it would never have dared to say something like that to Giratina.
But now was different.
It had a massive group of Legendary Pokémon backing it up.
Even the weakest among them was at least around the level of a lesser first-tier Legendary.
And on their side, they held both the numerical advantage and the quality advantage.
Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Palkia, Dialga, Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem.
On average, every one of them was at the level of a first-tier Legendary.
Twelve in total!
On the other hand, Hoopa Unbound's side only had Yveltal, Xerneas, Zygarde, Regigigas, and Giratina.
Even counting Hoopa Unbound itself, their average strength was only barely at the first-tier Legendary level.
And there were only six of them.
Under these circumstances, on what grounds could Hoopa Unbound fight them?
Outside the battlefield, the Kalos-version Ash, who was holding Hoopa, stared wide-eyed at his other companions.
How could Hoopa pull over this many Pokémon?
"Although Hoopa has no idea what's going on right now, so many first-tier Legendary bosses are actually willing to fight for Hoopa…
"Boo-hoo, Hoopa is really touched!"
Hoopa Confined wiped its tears.
It had thought that with its three golden rings, it could at most bring over three Pokémon.
It had even been considering whether it should call over Boss Black Rayquaza to fight one against six.
But somehow, this had happened instead!
The first-tier Legendary army on Hoopa Unbound's side looked at one another.
Although they were being controlled, they still had the danger sense they ought to have.
Thinking of that, they hurriedly backed away and kept a safe distance.
In contrast, the Legendary squad on Grey's side looked as relaxed as if they had come out shopping.
"Groudon, out of all these Pokémon, there are two that can't fly. Want to guess who they are?"
Kyogre laughed wildly.
After hearing that, Groudon looked toward Regigigas and Xerneas in the distance.
The meaning was obvious.
Noticing Groudon's gaze, Xerneas instinctively wrapped itself in Psychic.
Then, it floated up into the air.
Groudon: "…"
It had not expected to be dragged over here only to get jumped again over the fact that it could not fly.
This made Groudon furious. It immediately unleashed Precipice Blades to scatter the herd.
"I can't take this. Not being able to fly is one thing, but your moves can't even hit the opposing Pokémon."
Kyogre burst into loud laughter.
Groudon could not refute it, so it turned straight toward Palkia behind them and said, "Hurry up and bring Grey over!
"I don't want to stay in this lousy place for even one more second!"
Palkia, who had just recovered after getting beaten up, heard Groudon's words and immediately had Reshiram approach it so Reshiram could share its sense of Grey's location.
The Paldea region and Kalos region were extremely close to each other.
With that sense, Palkia quickly found the place where Grey was.
Levincia.
At this very moment, Grey had just finished dinner.
He was about to return to his hotel and sleep.
Then, he sensed an invisible force trying to tug at him.
Whoosh!
Grey dodged sideways.
Everywhere his gaze passed, pink light flickered.
The surrounding space seemed faintly on the verge of shattering.
Grey immediately felt dizzy.
By the time he recovered, he noticed all kinds of powerful yet familiar auras nearby.
"Grey!"
Mew threw itself into Grey's arms, tears shining in its eyes. "Ever since you disappeared, even barbecue hasn't tasted good anymore."
Grey sniffed, feeling somewhat moved as well.
He had not expected Mew to miss him this much.
Then Mew thought for a moment and added, "Hehe. Mainly because nobody was there to grill meat for me."
Grey: "…"
Heh.
Even so, Grey knew that Mew had definitely played an indispensable role in this.
Of course, the group of Legendary Pokémon that had come with it was also indispensable.
"When can we leave? I don't want to stay in this place anymore!"
Groudon gnashed its teeth.
There were so many Pokémon here that could fly.
And yet, it was actually one of only two that could not.
The other one that absolutely could not fly was Regigigas, the king of the Regis, who had been beaten into that state by Lord Arceus long ago.
By that logic, Regigigas could be counted as an "offender."
And Groudon was the same as that offender. Neither of them could fly.
Damn it. No matter how it looked at it, it felt like the two of them were tragic brothers in misfortune!
"Not yet. Let's deal with the situation here first."
Grey narrowed his eyes.
Whether it was Hoopa Unbound or the matters in the Paldea region, he wanted to handle them before leaving.
He could not just leave a pile of trouble behind for the local people, could he?
Grey would not do something like that.
So, before leaving this world, he had to clean up everything that needed handling.
Once he got back, he would more or less make a trip to the Alola region.
This time, he would definitely collect all the evidence against Giovanni!
Then, he would arrest Giovanni and send him to prison!
He had to be the one to personally put Giovanni away!
Thinking of that, Grey rubbed his hands together. "Partners, it's about time!"
"No problem. Leave Giratina to Palkia and me."
Dialga charged first. The flow of time around Giratina twisted into chaos, and countless clocks appeared around it.
The next instant, energy beams from countless timelines surged in from every direction, piercing through Giratina's body!
"You were enjoying beating me up just now, weren't you?!"
Seeing Giratina frozen in place, Palkia aimed at Giratina's weak point, raised its hand, and fired a Spacial Rend!
A seemingly ordinary pink blade of light stretched out, then shot forward along Palkia's arm.
The surrounding space shattered like a spiderweb. The two moves supported each other, carrying the might of time and space as they struck Giratina head-on!
"Gah!!!"
Even though Giratina was tough and thick-skinned, there was no way it could remain unaffected by such terrifying power.
Not to mention, these were essentially moves derived from the laws of reality, making them especially effective against it.
In the blink of an eye, Giratina sank into the surrounding shadows.
Seeing that, Palkia fired another Spacial Rend, attempting to use the power of space to drag Giratina out.
But…
In a certain sense, among Pokémon related to space, Palkia's control over space was actually the weakest.
After that Spacial Rend went out, it did not even touch Giratina's shadow.
Clearly, Giratina had used Shadow Force and directly entered the Reverse World.
And while it was inside the Reverse World, that was not a place Palkia could casually reach into and influence.
"Palkia, you really are useless."
Dialga glanced at Palkia resentfully.
"Th-That's not the same thing!"
Palkia curled its lip and retorted, "If it weren't for the fact that you're forced to stiffen up for a while after using Roar of Time, how could my Spacial Rend possibly have missed?!"
"Sure, sure. The god of space can't affect space. The god of space gets captured through space by someone else. The god of space…"
"Stop, stop, stop. I get it, okay?"
After being mocked by Dialga like this, Palkia knew it was going to be stuck carrying the shameful title of "disgrace of space" for a long time.
Immediately, Palkia glared viciously at Hoopa Confined behind them.
"Hoopa surrenders! Don't hit Hoopa!"
Hoopa Confined raised both hands high and forced a smile at Palkia. "Hehe. If it weren't for Mr. Palkia being so broad-minded and willing to help Hoopa, Hoopa wouldn't have been able to bring Mr. Palkia over to fight for Hoopa, right?"
"Mm, that's exactly how it was."
Palkia found Hoopa's words very satisfying.
It stubbornly said to Dialga, "Dialga, did you hear that? If I hadn't agreed, this little guy would probably still be pulling Pokémon all over the place."
Dialga only smiled without saying anything.
Then…
Slash!
A pair of ghostly claws reached out. Giratina, now in its Origin Forme, directly tore the surrounding space into countless pieces. Carrying an unprecedentedly dense surge of Ghost-type energy, it blasted straight into Palkia!
"Giratina! I'm going to beat you to death!"
Palkia roared at once and directly sealed the surrounding space. Then it suddenly shouted to Dialga beside it, "Dialga, hurry up!"
Dialga knew the opportunity was rare. With the same furious roar, it unleashed a beam like a galaxy that suddenly pierced through Giratina's body!
Yes, pierced through it.
It pierced through without dealing any damage at all.
"Heh. Lizards of time and space from another world, don't tell me you thought you could defeat me like this?"
Giratina laughed coldly again and again. In its Origin Forme, it was connected to the Reverse World.
In other words, Palkia's so-called spatial seal had no effect on it whatsoever!
It was nothing but decoration!
Giratina directly broke through the spatial power Palkia had laid down. A Shadow Claw condensed from Ghost-type energy instantly chopped down from the side, about to slash heavily into Palkia!
At the critical moment…
"Hoopa won't let you bully Mr. Palkia!"
Hoopa Confined threw out two rings of light.
Golden light flashed as the rings gradually expanded.
Bang!
The Shadow Claw missed on the spot. But in the next instant, through the other ring of light, it directly slashed into Giratina's back!
It had hit itself!
Giratina's attack was not weak at all.
It even smashed itself into the ground, causing the nearby buildings to collapse.
At that sight, every Pokémon present fell silent.
The god of space had been controlled through space by someone else and could not dodge. Then someone else had to use space to save it from taking any damage.
No matter how you looked at it, something felt off.
"Palkia, why don't you step aside and let Hoopa take over as the god of space?"
Grey transmitted his voice to Palkia through the power of Aura.
He had thought this would be another story of Groudon suffering.
In the end, the one whose reputation had collapsed was Palkia instead.
Palkia: "…"
Damn it!
At this very moment, Palkia had a very rude comment in mind and did not know whether it should say it.
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