Before his thoughts could catch up, Yong blinked and found himself in a strange space!
Blue currents and bubbles surrounded him. They gathered from every direction, then flowed past him like streams.
As far as he could see, there were no boundaries, no sense of scale.
Yong looked down beneath his feet, unable to tell what was real and what was illusory.
Then a brilliant light suddenly shone ahead, and Dialga's figure slowly emerged!
Dialga watched Yong silently, recollection, surprise, and a hint of doubt flickering through its crimson eyes.
Yong was even more bewildered...
But with Riley and Adaman nowhere in sight, he simply stopped pretending to be a boy. He looked straight at Dialga, recalled the memories of his previous life, and asked softly,
"Is this your mental space, Dialga?"
A brief silence passed as they stared at each other...
"Roar!!!"
Dialga gave a low roar, blue light shining in its eyes before enveloping Yong's body!
White, silk-like energy stretched out once more. Yong's expression froze, and his eyes went blank...
The stretching darkness was deep and endless.
Gradually, images began appearing in his awareness...
In an ordinary room, a boy of about ten was reading a manga. On the open page were a Pikachu wearing a cap and a Charizard...
In a classroom, the boy stood with his classmates, holding cards printed with Pokémon pictures, a smile on his face...
On a playground, he drew a Voltorb in the sandy ground...
He seemed to have grown older. The young man held a phone, watching the Pokémon anime. On the screen was a boy wearing a cap, with a Pikachu perched on his shoulder...
A Pokémon movie played on a computer...
When the car accident struck, the dying young man dimly heard a voice,
"Ideals... or... reality..."
"Protect