A few days later, the main structure of the laboratory was complete. All that remained was to move in the various pieces of experimental equipment and roughly divide up the research areas.
Once Dian saw that everything was ready, he said his goodbyes and set off for the Hoenn Region—
The Ghost Elite Pheobe had finished her annual training on Mt. Pyre and appeared in public again.
It had been a long wait. Apparently, after securing her Elite Position, she had gone straight up Mt. Pyre, leaving all those hoping to seek her advice or challenge her with nowhere to turn.
What sort of place was Mt. Pyre?
Much like Pokémon Tower in the Kanto Region, the Lost Tower in the Sinnoh Region, and the Celestial Tower in the Unova Region, Mt. Pyre was a place where the souls of deceased Pokémon were laid to rest.
In other words, your Pokémon's ancestors might well be sleeping up there, their souls drifting around with their coffin lids long since pried open.
Even if you wanted to go up there and fight, you would first have to see whether your Pokémon agreed.
It was like two people deciding to duel in a graveyard for no reason, only to start trembling before the fight even began because the spectators around them were far too unsettling.
Honestly, this was Dian's first visit to a place like Mt. Pyre.
It was said to be the place closest to the Spirit World.
There were even rumors that the Spirit World was where Elite Pheobe truly trained.
Parting in life and death still seemed like a distant concept to him.
And parting in death...
"If someone loves only Pokémon, then once their Pokémon dies, what gives them the strength to keep living?" Dian stood atop a Mantine