A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
To assimilate the source of Terastal energy and take part in the next Pokémon World Championships open tournament, Mingyou flew to the Paldea Region with Penny, who was returning to Naranja Academy to prepare for her graduation exams.
After they landed in Levincia, Penny seemed to remember something. "Oh, right, boss. You're from Paldea too, aren't you?"
"Yeah. It's been a long time since I came back home. This brings back memories."
Mingyou breathed in the familiar air. He had lived here for more than ten years. Before heading home after he finished his business, he would visit the place where he used to live. For now, though, Naranja Academy came first.
They boarded a Flying Taxi. Penny messaged Uva and the others to say they were almost there, while Mingyou looked through the window toward the Great Crater of Paldea. Terapagos poked its head out of his bag too.
"Pagoh~"
"What a sight. No matter how many times I see it, it's incredible. It's hard to imagine something this magnificent formed naturally through movements of the Earth's crust."
Mingyou sighed softly. Those very movements had nearly wiped out the Terapagos living deep underground. Now only one Terapagos remained in the world, so Regigigas bore the blame.
But Terastal power was terrifying in its own right. It had come into being alongside the planet and encompassed every type. That made it hard not to think of another being with the power of every type.
Even Akari, who knew Sinnoh Almighty better than anyone, couldn't say for certain whether Terastal power was connected to it. Terapagos showed no resonance with the Plates, either. One thing was certain, though: Sinnoh Almighty had built this Universe using the power of the giants contained