A brief silence fell over the battlefield after the boy finished speaking.
Giratina simply watched him calmly, until...
"Human... you cannot fall into the Ruined Land..."
A deep voice sounded in Yong's mind, cold yet filled with authority.
Giratina turned toward Reshiram, a dark purple gleam bursting from its eyes. Reshiram watched it warily. Suddenly, as though answering Giratina's summons, several wisps of black mist emerged from Reshiram's white body, starkly visible, then slowly took the shape of chains!
Yong hurriedly shouted,
"Giratina! Reshiram is..."
Crack!
Before he could finish, the misty chains shattered in an instant, dissolving into the world around them!
The Mirage Tower, which had remained within a gap in space, also seemed to have fulfilled its purpose. Its outline wavered, flickering between illusion and reality, before... vanishing as though erased out of thin air, leaving not a single trace.
Giratina looked back at Yong once more. After giving him a meaningful look, a circular, dark purple spatial node quietly appeared above its head, spilling forth ruin, deathly stillness, disorientation, and other sinister sensations.
"Graaah!"
With a low roar and a beat of its wings, Giratina plunged into the opening. Ripples spread like waves across water as space twisted, then settled back into calm.
Whew...
Yong relaxed on Aerodactyl's back, a faint smile appearing on his face.
Giratina had gone back, returning to the Distortion World.
That also meant that, now that he had fully become part of the Pokémon World, he had earned the recognition of most Legendary Pokémon. From now on, he would truly walk his path as a member of this world...
"Dialga! Palkia! Reshiram! Zekrom! Thank you! Thank you for your help!"
"Roar..."
"Hah!"
The Space-Time Dragons gave low cries and nodded to Yong, then circled in the air, their gazes turning toward