Led by Mu Xuan, they followed the complex, twisted paths deeper into the world.
Following behind, Xia You took out his phone and checked it.
Sure enough, the signal and location services were gone, but thankfully, the clock was still running. Aside from being unable to make calls or go online, the phone itself was undamaged, and functions such as the camera still worked normally.
He casually snapped some pictures of their surroundings and even took a few selfies. Xia You looked perfectly relaxed, in stark contrast to the slightly guarded expressions of Ash and the others ahead.
That was the confidence his strength gave him.
With so many powerful Pokémon, he would not panic even in a space like this. In fact, as far as he was concerned, if they really missed some way of returning to the real world, beating up Giratina ought to do the trick.
Yes, it was that simple.
As long as Giratina dared to show up, his Pokémon could absolutely beat it into the ground!
So at that moment, Xia You felt relaxed and was treating the place more like somewhere to go sightseeing.
Ash and Dawn, on the other hand, were nervously scanning their surroundings, seemingly worried that Giratina might suddenly rush out.
Mu Xuan, who was leading the way at the very front, had not noticed their different reactions. As he walked, he continued without looking back, "...So I became utterly fascinated by this world and threw myself into researching it. By the time I came to my senses, five years had flown by."
"Five years? That long?"
Dawn opened her mouth, wanting to ask whether he had spent all five years living in this Inverted Space. But remembering that the man had said he knew a way to get them back