He knows Pokémon better than me.

"So, did you go back to your village to check afterwards?"

Faced with Ash's probing question, Ma Jiamu froze on the spot, his expression solid.

The village's disaster was a lifelong source of pain for him, and he rarely spoke of it.

Even after the Galaxy Team received many people from the Johto region, Ma Jiamu subconsciously chose to avoid them out of fear of his hometown and never learned about the true situation in the Johto region.

Could it be that the flames of the God of Gold are truly not a calamity?!
"Are you sure you saw anyone die in the fire?"

Xingyue pressed her questions more cautiously, stroking her chin as she carefully considered the matter.

Flames can be reborn—

She had never heard of it.

But Xiao Guang had already told her that this boy named "Xiao Zhi" was her best friend, and that he was far superior to her in both knowledge and Pokémon battle skills.

Xingyue had to seriously consider this possibility.

Ma Jiamu snapped out of his daze and tried to recall that painful scene.

Golden flames engulfed the village, their light casting a terrifying and eerie glow in the darkness, and screams seemed to echo in one's ears.
But upon closer reflection, it does seem somewhat different from normal screams of pain.

"Wait a minute, you mean those villagers, and my wife, might still be alive?!"

Ma Jiamu shuddered suddenly, realizing what was happening.

Ash nodded. Although Ho-Oh's temper has never been very friendly, it probably wouldn't burn or execute humans indiscriminately.

Even later, when they became completely disillusioned with humanity and formally severed diplomatic ties.

Ho-Oh only burned down one tower, causing the three unlucky Eevee inside to suffer.

They also did not massacre Enju Town.

The sea of ​​fire is actually a blessing of rebirth, and Ash is more than 95% sure of it.

Ma Jiamu was struck dumb, his knees buckled and he collapsed to his knees, his voice trembling with shock and remorse:
"So... what have I done?"

If even the initial cause was wrong, then all his subsequent actions and purposes were even more questionable.

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The ninja Shi Yue stood quietly by his side, his expression complex, without uttering a word.

After a long while, Xingyue sighed and walked to Ma Jiamu's side, patting the latter on the shoulder.

"Fortunately, Boss Ma Jiamu, you haven't done anything irreversible yet."

The only area affected and damaged so far is the vicinity of the Pillar of Guns.

As for Pokémon, there's only the three lake gods and Team Pearl's worship of Sinnoh.

Xingyue calmly and meticulously analyzed:

"What you need to do now is to find out about your family's situation. I remember that Camellia is the last Johto member to join Team Galactic. It would be best to confirm the situation with her as soon as possible."

Hikari then explained to Ash from the side:

"Miss Camellia is the leader of the construction team, and she looks a lot like Miss Rinka from the future Johto Four Heavenly Kings."

Xiao Zhi nodded. These "ancestors" of the Xicui region really do have descendants scattered all over the country.

Compared to the group whose atmosphere was gradually becoming more harmonious—

Standing behind the pillar of spears, Wang Luo's expression gradually turned annoyed.

"hateful.!"

He slammed his fist on the ground. The chaotic situation had suddenly calmed down!
Hunter J was controlled and turned into an immobile statue, while the leader of Team Galactic knelt on the ground, looking like he wanted to clear his name on the spot, filled with remorse.

This is not the scene he wanted to see!
The same emotion also appeared in Giratina, who was in the vortex above.

What he wanted was for Palkia and Dialga to keep fighting, with Roar of Time and Void Slash constantly clashing, to destroy this real world.
Suddenly, they all stalled?! Palukia lay there half-dead.

Dialga stood still, showing no intention of attacking.

In mid-air, the energy vortex slowly rotated, and Giratina revealed a sinister expression.

"Since that's the case, I'll add fuel to the fire!"

rumble!

Just then, a muffled thunderclap suddenly came from above. While the others didn't feel anything, Ash and Dawn felt a chill run down their spines.

So familiar!

When the two first met at the Emerald Washing World, they heard this continuous rumble of thunder, and then...
Boom——! !

The next instant, several black lightning bolts fell from the sky, engulfing everyone.

"It's Pikachu again!"

Ash quickly raised his hand to defend himself. Once struck by this black lightning, both Pokémon and humans would go berserk.

Of course, it was of no use to him or Xiao Guang.

"Is this it?!"

The group of people from Zhubei Gangshi were late to the party; they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, but they had heard reports from farm managers in various places about the specific scenes of the black lightning.

"Pikachu!"

This wasn't the first time Pikachu had encountered this, and it leaped up and unleashed a powerful electric shock in return, clashing head-on with it!
Golden lightning and black lightning collided in mid-air, evenly matched, and finally dissipated together in mid-air.

Xingyue and the others were once again shocked by Pikachu's power.

Pikachu only managed to neutralize the black lightning strikes aimed at a few humans.

Two more lightning strikes hit Palkia and Dialga respectively.

"Emperor's Roar—!"

Although it was the first time they had met, Dialga, now at full strength, let out a loud roar, and the diamond on his chest gleamed.

Like a movie playing in reverse, the black lightning bolt returned to the sky, and the attack vanished without a trace.

This is the unique power of the God of Time!

However, Palukia was in trouble.

He had no strength left to raise his arm and cleave a spatial rift to block the black lightning; his entire body was struck head-on.

Zizzi——!
Black light burst forth and surged around him, and moments later, the red cross skeleton wrapped around his waist shattered like glass.

boom!
The red gem that Ash was holding also shattered, and he lost control of it.

Freed from the red chains, Palkia instantly recovered much of its strength and managed to stand up.

However, when it reopened its eyes, they had completely turned into red pupils, and it kept emitting furious low growls.

Palkia has gone berserk!

"Great Master Sinnoh!"

Zhubei exclaimed in surprise and instinctively tried to step forward, but Xiaozhi immediately pulled her back.

Without the red chains binding it, Palkia is now extremely dangerous.
"Tsk, I almost forgot about Giratina!"

Ash looked up at the sky and cursed under his breath. The pair of horrifying ghost eyes in the vortex even curved up, looking quite smug.

In the inverted world, Giratina even wagged its tail.
As the third god, and in its more powerful Origin form, Giratina is confident that it can take on two opponents at once with the help of the power of the Distortion World!
That's how it should be—fight fiercely to the very last moment and lure Arceus over! (End of Chapter)