"What the hell is this?"
In front of a massive swamp, Damian looked around with a creepy expression, scanning the area.
Weren't we just sitting on Yveltal, joining the "legend" wild celebration?
I even wrote out the formula for victory.
How did I blink and get dropped from a desert into a swamp?
Damian was totally stunned.
"Ultra Balls can still be used… in a wetland, and…"
Damian calmed down.
First, he took out an Ultra Ball.
Tapu Fini appeared beside him, yawning.
The Ultra Ball could still be used normally.
His current location was unknown.
His phone could still be used too.
But there was literally no signal—no network.
And there was nobody in sight where Damian currently was.
Damian looked at the swamp.
Then he looked at the ground under his feet.
Finally, he stared at the distance ahead.
Damian's expression was extremely weird.
"Time-space travel? Terapagos's ability?
But this… doesn't make sense."
As for why Damian was so certain it was time-space travel—
it was because, not far in front of him,
there was a heavily built, massive gray-brown bear Pokémon right now, crawling on the ground like it was resting.
Its whole body was incredibly strong and burly.
On its forehead there was a yellow circle—shaped like the "cloud covering the moon" print—matching the gray eyebrows.
This motherf— isn't that Ursaluna?!
Damian raised a brow and stared at the Ursaluna currently dozing.
"Why did it end up in Hisui?
Even if it was Terapagos's ability, it shouldn't be Hisui, right?"
Damian was completely puzzled.
Terapagos did have time-space travel.
That part was already confirmed.
But the exact trigger conditions were still unclear.
However, in the plot of " Pokémon Scarlet/Violet ", Terapagos's time-space travel ability had already been fully shown.
But in normal logic—
even if on that battlefield, Stellar Form Terapagos activated its ability and sent Damian through time-space…
it still shouldn't have sent him to Hisui.
Why?
Because Damian was originally in Kalos.
And Hisui was the Sinnoh region from ancient times.
Those two regions were very far apart.
But then again, that kind of thing wasn't certain either.
Maybe Terapagos just randomly dumped him somewhere.
Or maybe there was "someone" interfering in the middle.
Sending Damian specifically to the Hisui era might be part of it too.
Anyway, Ursaluna was a Pokémon that only appeared in Hisui's special environment.
So this had to be Hisui. There was no doubt.
Besides…
Damian was also pretty sure his current location was likely Crimson Mirelands.
"Fini, take it down."
After thinking for a long time and still not figuring it out,
Damian stopped worrying about it and didn't think about it anymore.
Terapagos's time-space transmission seemed to have a time limit.
Since the luck was that good—
it just so happened to land him in Hisui.
If he didn't take a little "local product" back now, what was even the point?
He'd already come.
This was a Hisui-exclusive Pokémon.
Even though he'd been "teleported" away,
Damian wasn't that worried about the battlefield back there.
With Dragon Kyurem and the others, they couldn't lose.
Tapu Fini snapped into focus.
It floated over toward Ursaluna.
And then a Hydro Pump blasted straight at Ursaluna.
The Hydro Pump slammed directly into the defenseless Ursaluna.
Ursaluna got blasted flying.
It baring its teeth with pain and, after barely managing to, it finally stood back up.
吼!!
Ursaluna roared at Tapu Fini.
An ambush?!
"qiqi?"
Tapu Fini had absolutely zero guilty feeling.
Why was this an ambush?
I'm flying toward you so obviously—how is that ambush?!
It was clearly your own situational awareness that was too trash, okay?!
Tapu Fini didn't waste time talking to this bear.
It fired another Hydro Pump at Ursaluna.
And the enraged Ursaluna was fearless.
It charged at Tapu Fini with a wild, frenzied rush.
Then…
"Looks like my luck's pretty good.
The first Ursaluna I catch has really great potential."
Damian played with the Ultra Ball in his hand.
Inside was the Ursaluna from just now.
It tanked Tapu Fini's Hydro Pump without immediately collapsing.
That was enough to prove this wild Ursaluna's level.
Hmm.
Let's see if there are any even better ones after.
If not, this one would stay and let it train.
Damian genuinely liked Ursaluna.
"Speaking of which… I really should thank that Terapagos.
Hisui is such a great place."
Damian took in the whole area around him.
In the distance, it seemed there were two more Ursaluna rolling around on the ground.
Perfect.
He could take them all together.
For Damian, Hisui was truly a very good place.
Ursaluna, Kleavor, Sneasler, Basculegion, Hisui Arcanine…
These Hisui "specialty" Pokémon weren't even around in modern times.
So Damian had always wanted to come to Hisui.
Even if this time's chance coincidence hadn't happened—
if he got another opportunity later, he was going to ask Dialga to "open the door."
Of course.
Even if he'd already been here once now, he still planned to do the same later.
Since Hisui was a place where making extra trips wasn't a bad thing.
In this swamp wetland area, Damian caught quite a few Ursaluna with pretty solid potential.
Then he just picked a direction and kept moving.
Hisui's environment was excellent.
Compared to modern industrial growth, Hisui's era kept far more of the natural, original flavor.
An endless plain with no end in sight.
You couldn't see the end anywhere.
Cities?
No cities.
Because in this era, there were only villages.
No such thing as cities yet.
Still, Damian wasn't in a hurry.
Even though Shadow Mewtwo and other legends were still out there fighting on the desert battlefield of Kalos…
he wasn't without his own high-tier legends either.
"Damian, where are we?"
After using a mini Sacred Ash to restore most of little Rayquaza's stamina,
little Rayquaza looked completely lost and puzzled.
Weren't we just fighting?
How did we end up somewhere else in the blink of an eye?
"Who knows, Rayquaza.
Can you sense your parents?"
"Too far away, but… it feels like there is.
At least, maybe?"
little Rayquaza wasn't sure.
It had a bond through bloodline connection, sure—
but the distance was just too far.
It couldn't confirm.
Still, it could faintly sense the aura of its own kind.
But, well…
it was just a little weird.
"Alright.
I get it, roughly."
Damian nodded.
Then he recalled little Rayquaza.
"Terapagos's time-space transmission should be time-limited.
Or it might send me back again."
Damian thought while rushing toward an unknown direction.
He wasn't worried he wouldn't be able to return to the modern era.
Someone like him—an outsider who didn't belong to this era—
Dialga wouldn't allow him to stay for long.
And according to the game's plot,
Terapagos's time-space transmission also had a time limit.
And just like that—
"Whoa~ Look at what I found.
A lost traveler, yo~"
Suddenly, a young man's voice came from not too far away.
Damian looked up.
His eyes carried a bit of weirdness.
It was a gold-haired young man who looked extremely handsome.
He had a backpack.
He wore a blue merchant guild uniform.
And on his head, he even had a hat.
That instantly gave Damian an impression.
It was Volo of the Ginkgo Guild.
Volo!
In other words, the final villain in " Pokémon Legends "—
the chosen human host by Giratina,
and also Cynthia's ancestor.
Volo was walking toward Damian right now.
His face had a friendly smile.
But somehow…
Damian just felt something was off.
Because Volo's face was really similar to Cynthia's.
Only—
since Volo was a man,
his facial contours were much sharper and more rigid.
To sum it up—
Volo looked like Cynthia's twin brother.
"Hi.
I'm Volo, a member of the Ginkgo Guild.
Traveler!
Do you need help?"
Volo greeted Damian with a smile.
Inherited with ancient Sinnoh region blood,
Volo had the ambition to meet Arceus and control Arceus.
But in normal times, Volo was actually pretty trustworthy.
"I'm Damian.
Mr. Volo.
You look really, really similar to one of my friends.
I'm even starting to wonder if you're her brother's brother."
Damian also showed a sunny smile and spoke to Volo.
"Oh?
Is that so?"
Volo froze when he heard it.
"But unfortunately, I don't have any little brother or little sister."
Then Volo let out a small laugh.
"Maybe you won't believe it, but take a look at this."
Damian took out his phone.
He opened the photo he had taken of himself with Cynthia.
He showed it to Volo.
Volo glanced at it out of curiosity.
His expression turned extremely creepy.
His face almost twisted into a whole tangled mess.
"Ehh…
Could it be that my parents left a kid of me somewhere outside?"
Volo stared at the blonde woman in the photo and fell into thought.
Nothing else.
Because the woman in the photo was—
really too similar to him.
That made Volo suspect whether his parents were hiding from him that they had an extra daughter somewhere outside.
Or—
was it that his dad, or his mom—
was having an affair?
"Ha~
Mr. Volo, don't overthink it.
The world's so big.
People with similar looks aren't that rare.
But yeah, it really is just… too coincidental."
"Mr. Volo, could you take a Photo with me?"
"Photo?"
"Yes.
Just like that, Mr. Volo.
Come a bit closer to me—
Crack~"
Damian carefully saved the photo of himself with Volo.
After he returned to the modern era, he could show it to Cynthia.
"That's such a magical item…
Mr. Damian.
Your thing is called a phone, right?"
"Yep, Mr. Volo.
Do you know?"
Damian raised a brow after hearing that and looked at Volo.
There was no way phones existed in the Hisui era.
But that wasn't actually completely impossible!
"Ah—
I know a kid who also has a phone.
But hers looks… really different from yours."
Volo's eyes shimmered slightly as he spoke to Damian.
That kid had fallen out of a time-space rift.
But what about this Volo in front of him?
"Could you take me to meet her?
She might be my teammate."
So this era really did have someone like Akari or Rei.
"Okay.
I'm also heading there anyway.
Mr. Damian, would you like to travel with me?"
"Please."
Damian naturally had to go with him.
And Volo was also very happy to.
He was curious too—whether this boy was the same as that girl.
On the way, the two chatted as they walked.
About an hour and change later, the two arrived in front of a small house.
This was Ancient Retreat.
"This is a friend of mine's home.
That kid had some trouble because of something earlier, so I brought her here and introduced her."
That was what Volo said.
"Huh?
Mr. Volo, you're here."
A crisp voice suddenly came from behind the two.
Damian turned around.
His eyes shimmered slightly.
It was a refined girl with blue-black hair and bright, sharp eyes.
She wore a white headscarf.
She was dressed in a blue cotton coat.
Her lower half was cotton pants.
And around her neck, she wore a red scarf.
"Dawn?
No—wait.
Akari!"
Damian stared at the girl in front of him.
She was almost 95% identical to Dawn.
If he had to say what was different—
Dawn's hair color was blue.
But the girl's hair here was blue-black.
Much darker.
"Ah~
Akari.
Is Cogita here?"
Volo asked with a kind smile.
But then he suddenly noticed something wrong with Akari's expression.
The girl named Akari looked at Damian with huge surprise.
Damian blinked.
He was about to return a gentle smile.
But the next moment, a blue silhouette flashed.
When he reacted—
Damian's expression went stiff.
He raised both hands.
Looking helplessly at Akari, who suddenly had dashed into his arms and was clinging tightly to him.
Volo was also completely stunned.
But what shocked Volo and Damian even more was—
"Dad—
why are you here?!"
Akari looked up at Damian in complete shock, at close range.
You could clearly feel her joy and excitement.
Damian was stunned.
"Huh?"
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