Looking around, victor found himself in a space surrounded by mirror-like ice walls.
Without the interference of the mysterious blizzard, victor's Aura could be fully utilized here. He extended his Aura and determined that this space was a small cavity, no larger than his room.
Apart from the ice walls, which reflected his figure like mirrors, there was nothing else in this space.
Although Victor could have Carbink or Milotic use their abilities to help him exit through the small passage, staying put seemed like a better option for now, as the blizzard outside was still raging.
With his phone signal gone, there was no way to contact anyone. He could only hope that Dennis and the others were safe.
Victor released Carbink and Milotic from their Luxury Balls, explained the situation to them through the team channel, and prepared to rest.
He pulled out bundles of firewood from his system backpack and had Incineroar ignite them. The warmth from the firewood provided precious heat for survival.
Frowning, victor noticed that despite the flames burning, the ice floor beneath remained completely unaffected, just like the ice field in the Extreme Ice Gym. Could this also be ice left by Articuno?
For now, though, there was no point in overthinking. All he could do was wait for the blizzard to subside before heading out to look for the others.
Taking out his sleeping bag, victor settled down and drifted off to sleep, surrounded by his three Pokémon.
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This was a world filled with chaos and reversal, with broken, floating islands scattered everywhere.
Since victor himself was in this reversed world, he had not fallen into a deep sleep like the others on the surface.
Though he usually enjoyed causing trouble, without Arceus overseeing the world, he lacked the motivation to stir up chaos.
After all, he only caused trouble to draw the attention of the adults. Now, with the God of Creation at the edge of the universe, there was no time to pay attention to this blue planet.
These days, Giratina wandered around leisurely, observing humans and Pokémon on the surface through the barrier between the Reverse World and the real world. This had been his routine for hundreds of years.
Having seen so much, Giratina was no longer as irritable as he used to be.
According to what the creatures on Earth—humans—called it, this state of mind might be referred to as "Buddhism."
However, the "Buddhist" Giratina recently encountered a troubling situation.
One day, while observing through the mirror, he watched with great interest as a human man and a male Gardevoir argued in a bridal chamber about who would be on top and who on the bottom.
Just as he noticed the situation taking a peculiar turn, the barrier between a certain island nation and the Reverse World momentarily connected.
Since Arceus left, Giratina hadn't left the Reverse World in hundreds of years. Logically, even a being as powerful as Arceus wouldn't be able to open a passage from the real world to the Reverse World without Arceus' permission.
Could it be that something unclean had broken through?
At this thought, Giratina's usually calm eyes turned sharp.
Activating his power, Giratina prepared to use his signature move, Shadow Force. The black and purple energy of the Reverse World, carrying a destructive aura, surged around him.
In the blink of an eye, Giratina, who had been in Celestial of the United Alliance, crossed space and arrived at a small island in the Zephyria Kingdom Alliance, thousands of kilometers away.
In the Reverse World, Giratina is the strongest being. Any entity of equal status, like Dialga or Palkia, would be suppressed by the Reverse World itself if they entered.
The Reverse World is a 1:1 replica of the real world. No matter how far the distance, Giratina, as its ruler, can travel anywhere instantly using Shadow Sneak.
When Giratina arrived at his destination, the passage that had briefly opened was already gone. The only notable change was the presence of three Pokémon eggs lying quietly on a small floating island, their vitality fading rapidly.
Giratina understood that the Reverse World rejects all life forms from the real world, causing their vitality to deplete. Even these Pokémon eggs were no exception. Only beings recognized and blessed by Giratina could survive here.
Seeing new life for the first time in hundreds of years, Giratina's fierce demeanor softened, and a trace of compassion stirred within him.
Among the three eggs, Giratina realized that only the one in the middle could be saved, while the other two were beyond help, even with his protection. As the embodiment of reversal and destruction, Giratina lacked the power to sustain life directly.
In his memory, only four beings on the planet could save the two dying eggs:
1. Ho-Oh, the radiant phoenix capable of resurrecting the dead.
2. Xerneas, the majestic Pokémon with rainbow antlers that wields the power of life.
3. Celebi, the time-traveling Pokémon that could reverse time.
4. Dialga, the Temporal Pokémon who, despite often fighting with Palkia, could manipulate time to save them.
Recalling the appearances of the three Pokémon eggs, Giratina had an idea.
Although the Reverse World was devoid of life except for himself and the eggs, Giratina, now in his Origin Form, opened the golden, insect-like spikes around his mouth and let out a mighty roar.
As a god, Giratina could communicate telepathically, but granting protection required resonating with the Reverse World itself. Unlike some other gods, Giratina didn't need to chant or perform rituals for dramatic effect.
With his roar, accompanied by an ancient, mysterious resonance, the protection process began.
He infused part of the Reverse World's essence into the Pokémon egg in the center, granting it a fragment of his divine authority.
Next, Giratina used his reversal power to transform the two dying eggs into a translucent platinum light, merging their essence into the central egg.
The fused egg took on a brilliant appearance of white and gold, with a red wave-like pattern in the center, radiating an extraordinary beauty.
Now protected by Giratina, the Pokémon egg no longer suffered vitality loss in the Reverse World. With a fragment of divine authority, the Pokémon that would emerge from this egg was destined to be born extraordinary.