"What did you just say... you didn't notice anything? Could all of this be something I imagined?"
Heiduo was a little excited, but he did not forget to stay calm. Everything before him might have been nothing more than his own imagination, with no connection to Arceus at all.
So, he chose to ask Darkrai.
To his surprise, the Darkrai he had placed such high hopes on was staring blankly at the Creation Ring, looking completely dumbfounded. Only after Heiduo finished speaking did it return to its usual aloof expression.
But it was too late for that.
Heiduo had already deeply etched everything he had just seen into his mind.
"...I always thought a big-browed, big-eyed guy like you would be more reliable than Salted Fish. Who would've thought..."
He questioned Darkrai with a bitter expression, suddenly recalling how this guy had forgotten the way even when he had reached their doorstep last time.
Putting the two together.
He suddenly realized that this guy might not even be as reliable as Lugia!
Faced with Heiduo's questioning, Darkrai firmly maintained an attitude of speaking only when absolutely necessary, doing its utmost to keep its azure eyes calm.
Yet from its refusal to meet Heiduo's gaze, it was not hard to tell that Heiduo had been silently screwed over.
Still, that also meant that everything before him was definitely not a comforting illusion constructed by his subconscious.
Two minutes later, the Creation Ring absorbed all the Plates, severed the black cord connecting it to Heiduo's neck, and began expanding before his eyes.
Heiduo took two steps back. As the Creation Ring grew to the size of the real one, countless Unown flew out of the ring on the ground from thin air, circling the glowing Creation Ring.
In an instant.
The light