Not long before, at the Mt. Coronet Foothills.
The Pokémon rampage on Mt. Coronet quickly subsided under the efforts of Cynthia, Lucian, Flint, and the others.
Flint stared up at the sky in astonishment.
"What is that?!"
An enormous Flying Battleship lay hidden amid the thick clouds and mist.
Cynthia frowned. Why had the Pokémon League received no intelligence whatsoever about such a massive Flying Battleship?
More importantly, they were all right here. How had this Flying Battleship stayed invisible?
The Pokémon world's technology was simply too advanced.
So advanced that, had she not seen it with her own eyes, Cynthia would never have believed such an enormous battleship was hidden on Mt. Coronet.
This was also because Mt. Coronet was so vast. After all, it stretched across the Sinnoh Region from north to south.
If something hid deep enough within it, it really would be difficult to notice.
That space rift was far too distant. Cynthia and the others could never reach it in time.
The good news, however, was that it helped them pinpoint the space rift's location.
Meanwhile...
In the Distortion World.
Ghetsis slowly swept his golden eyes across the Distortion World.
"Such a beautiful, pure world..."
Ghetsis had once been Doctor Mu Xuan's assistant, studying the Distortion World alongside him. They had gotten along wonderfully.
But one turning point had sent the two down different paths.
Doctor Mu Xuan, who had studied the Distortion World and Giratina extensively, had invented a machine capable of copying Giratina's abilities!
But copying Giratina's abilities would inevitably cost Giratina its life.
That was not what Doctor Mu Xuan wanted.
He simply loved the Distortion World and Giratina. He had no desire whatsoever to take Giratina's life.
There was another reason, too.
Could this really be done?
Their opponent was the