The alternate dimension resembled a boundless universe.
Countless rocks, large and small, floated in midair around the roaring Dialga and Palkia.
Below them, brilliant crystals lit the faces of six people at the bottom of a jagged canyon.
"What's happening?"
As Ash cried out, the prismatic crystal in Baimu's arms, fused to the Space-Time Wristband, began to grow. Four legs, a head, and a tail emerged.
"Ba~ga~"
Terapagos had awakened again.
With the Space-Time Wristband atop its head, it looked up at the Time-Space Twin Dragons, bound by the Red Chain and a giant Space-Time Wristband.
"Ba! Ga!"
Why did that sound like it was cursing them out?
Everyone exchanged looks.
Dawn tilted her head curiously. "Baimu, is that your Pokémon?"
"Not exactly."
Baimu had yet to catch Terapagos in a Poké Ball. He crouched and tried to pick it up.
Terapagos did not resist. It kept staring at the sky.
It seemed to be waiting for something.
"It's called Terapagos. It's a Pokémon from the Paldea Region, and legend says it's the source of Terastallization," Baimu explained briefly.
Ash immediately grew excited. "The Paldea Region! The origin of Terastallization!"
Thanks to a certain someone, he had encountered a ninth-generation mechanic early in his eighth-generation travels. Naturally, the mysterious Paldea Region fired his imagination.
Especially after the Battle Festival a few months ago.
Baimu's Tera Dragon Regidrago had left a deep impression on him.
Ash had already made up his mind. Once the World Championships were over, he would travel to Paldea and meet the Pokémon of that unfamiliar land.
As they talked, Chloe, holding Armored Eevee, spoke up. "Everyone! Shouldn't we focus on what's happening to Dialga and Palkia?"
Ash and Dawn snapped back to the matter at hand and scratched their heads sheepishly.
"Sorry, sorry."
"Right! There's something