For the sake of the two elders, Su Bai stalled as long as he could instead of leaving the Distortion World right away.
But Cynthia's condition had clearly worsened again, and it broke Su Bai's heart to see her like that.
Su Bai hurriedly took Cynthia out of Reincarnation Town.
Once they emerged from the Distortion World, Cynthia was baffled. For the first time, her beautiful, valiant face wore the bewildered expression of a child.
"Where are we?"
It was hardly surprising that Cynthia didn't recognize the place. This was the entrance to the Extreme Corridor, deep in the Ten Directions Mountains.
Cynthia remembered that the entrance she'd used to enter the Distortion World had been out at sea. How had it turned into a mountain?
Su Bai told Cynthia how he'd treated Giratina, and how Giratina had thanked him by granting him the ability to move freely through the Distortion World.
Naturally, he left certain things out.
"Cynthia, wait here. I'll go bring Uncle Qi and the others back."
"No, Su Bai. I'm going with you."
Cynthia was worried about him.
Su Bai appealed to both her reason and her feelings, explaining that with Giratina looking out for him, nothing would happen to him in the Distortion World. Only then did Cynthia reluctantly nod and stay where she was to wait for him.
Watching Su Bai disappear into the stone tablet again left Cynthia feeling uncomfortable.
Cynthia wasn't an unreasonable girl, but as the Sinnoh Champion, she considered herself second to none. She had always led the charge and been ahead of everyone in everything-except gaining weight.
Yet this time, she'd been left behind, with nothing to do but wait anxiously for Su Bai to return.
It wasn't a feeling she absolutely couldn't accept, but it certainly put her