Based on the direction of Mt. Coronet and the vaguely similar surrounding terrain, Xia Yan roughly determined that he was still within the foothills of Mt. Coronet.
He was not too far from Celestic Town.
Celestic Town was actually the former site of Cynthia's hometown, Celestic Town, where ancient Sinnoh people had once lived.
However, for unknown reasons, those ancient Sinnoh people had vanished, and this place gradually became ruins.
The people now living in the Sinnoh Region could not, in theory, be considered true Sinnoh people.
After the Pokémon League was established and the Sinnoh League came to rule the entire Sinnoh Region, most of the people living in Sinnoh were their descendants and had little connection to the ancient Sinnoh people.
After confirming his location, Xia Yan had no intention of going to the Celestic ruins.
He felt that he should first find signs of human activity and learn about the current situation in the Hisui region from them.
"If Arceus didn't fool me, and the period it sent me to is the Hisui region I remember, then the largest human settlement in Hisui should be Jubilife Village."
Latios and Infernape followed at Xia Yan's side.
He analyzed the situation as he made his plans.
Since Arceus had sent him here to resolve Dialga and Palkia's rampage in ancient times, he first needed to determine the time period and get a general grasp of the situation.
He also needed to find an organization first.
After all.
In Hisui.
The predecessor of Sinnoh, separated from modern Sinnoh by several hundred years.
During this period, the relationship between humans and Pokémon was at its worst.
Wild Pokémon were exceptionally violent and regarded humans as food.
Humans also lacked the means to tame wild Pokémon.
Though Poké Balls seemed to already