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"Alright, the matter is settled."
Yveltal landed, and Reshiram landed behind Yveltal, looking at Yveltal's back with a resentful gaze.
Damn black bird! Mammon's mount should clearly be me, the White Dragon!
Curse it!
Mammon naturally didn't know what his True Dragon was thinking at the moment, and he smiled as he spoke to Baraz and the others.
Caitlin wore a faint smile, Platinum's eyes sparkled with excitement and admiration, and Serena was also very excited, "Mammon!!"
"Hehe Baraz, Meray, I'm back"
Hoopa floated cheerfully in front of the two, grinning widely and brightly.
"Welcome back, and congratulations on regaining your power, Hoopa."
Baraz showed a genuine smile and said to Hoopa with a smile.
"Thank you, Mammon, for all the trouble."
Then Baraz expressed his gratitude to Mammon.
"Thank you so much, Mammon."
Meray hugged Hoopa tightly, wiping her slightly red eyes as she spoke to Mammon.
During the battle, she was several times so frightened by the dangerous situations that she couldn't breathe.
"Don't mention it, we're all friends." Mammon chuckled, "And how should I put it, it's also thanks to Hoopa today, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to enjoy such a grand spectacle."
"But there's something strange."
Mammon turned and looked at the battlefield from earlier, a puzzled expression on his face.
"What's wrong, Mammon?" Baraz asked, confused.
"Such a large-scale battle of top Legendary Pokémon just now, logically, this space should not be able to withstand it and would collapse, but now there is no such sign at all."
Mammon voiced his thoughts.
"Is it because Origin Palkia was there at the time?"
Even the 'small skirmishes' in the original movie caused spatial collapse, let alone the intense battle between two-digit top Legendary Pokémon just now.
Logically, this space should have started to collapse long ago.
Is it because of Palkia's Origin Forme, which amplifies the solidity and stability of space?
But it doesn't seem right.
"How is that possible? That has nothing to do with Palkia." Hoopa pouted.
"Oh?" Mammon raised an eyebrow.
"Palkia's birth did bring about the concept of 'space,' that's true, but it's only responsible for the stability of the world's overall space afterward. The fact that this space could withstand the pressure of the battle without collapsing has absolutely nothing to do with Palkia."
Hoopa spoke with certainty, very sure of himself.
"And I'm not slandering Palkia, but if this space collapsed, it probably wouldn't even be able to stop it."
"If you ask me, its use of space in some aspects is not as good as Hoopa's."
Hoopa clearly harbored doubts about Palkia's spatial power.
After all, as the Dragon of 'space,' Palkia couldn't counter Hoopa's spatial rings, so it's no wonder Hoopa underestimated Palkia's spatial power.
"Then do you know why this space didn't collapse?" Mammon asked Hoopa.
Hoopa answered with complete righteousness.
"Of course, I don't know."
Mammon rolled his eyes at the remark, but it was just such a casual glance.
Above the clouds in the sky, a golden light flashed, and a white figure disappeared behind the clouds.
If it was it, then it wouldn't be strange at all.
Mammon tutted. He knew it, with such a grand spectacle, how could Arceus not come to watch?
"Alright, let's go back and have some water first. This place isn't suitable for chatting."
Genesis Valley.
Mammon and the others returned here, and Meray enthusiastically brought out her treasured fruit wine.
"Come, have some. This was brewed by my grandma, and it's delicious."
Meray poured a glass for everyone, not even leaving out Hoopa and Terapagos.
After all, she was in a very good mood today.
"A little sweet, emmm… and a little tart. It's good."
Platinum took a sip and found it surprisingly pleasant to drink.
This was her first time drinking alcohol.
"Right? The alcohol content isn't high, so even someone who's never drunk before won't get drunk from one glass." Meray said happily.
"It is indeed very good. By the way, Baraz, you should encourage Hoopa to try breaking through the punishment more often later."
Mammon glanced over and couldn't help but smile, seeing Hoopa using its Psychic power to control a large bowl, clinking it with Terapagos and Jirachi.
"Although it has regained its power, the effect of the punishment is still there. It cannot pass through the golden rings itself."
That's right, even though it could now freely transform into its forces of nature, Hoopa was still being punished. It had only regained its power, but had not yet broken through the punishment.
But this was only a matter of time. After all, Hoopa's temperament was no longer an issue. As long as it tried more, it would eventually break through the punishment.
Only then, when Hoopa could freely pass through its own golden rings, would it truly gain freedom.
"Yes, we will supervise it." Baraz replied with a smile. He also sincerely hoped that Hoopa would break the punishment soon.
After all, this would truly achieve his great-grandfather's original goal.
They chatted and drank, and Meray even went to stir-fry a few dishes.
It's worth mentioning that…
"You rascals! I told you to drink a little, not to finish all the wine!!"
Meray's scream startled the slightly tipsy Platinum and Serena, who turned to look.
They saw Meray pinching Hoopa's ear, her heart aching as she looked at the less than ten percent of fruit wine left in the barrel, wanting to cry.
"Ow, ow, ow, hiccup~ Meray, don't be angry."
Hoopa pouted, hiccuped, and giggled foolishly.
"I specifically left some for you."
"Am I supposed to thank you, Hoopa?!"
Meray gritted her teeth, glancing at Jirachi, Victini, and Mesprit, who were lying on their backs, drunk, and Terapagos, who was on the other side, head held high, stumbling drunkenly but exceptionally excited.
Meray was on the verge of tears.
These drunkards! This was fruit wine left by her grandmother, and this was the last barrel.
Presumably, having all drunk a bit too much, Caitlin and the others went back to sleep in the rooms Baraz had prepared for Mammon and him.
Mammon himself, carrying the slightly tipsy Terapagos, came to a grassy area and sat down.
"Little turtle, you used your ability to send me back earlier, right?"
Mammon asked Terapagos.
"Did I? Oh, I think I did."
Terapagos's clear telepathy carried a hint of confusion, then it confirmed.
"Can you still activate that ability now?"
"Probably…"
"What do you mean, 'probably'?"
Mammon was stunned.
If it can, it can. If it can't, it can't. What's with 'probably'?
Could this little turtle be drunk and confused?
"I'm not sure, Mammon. My ability isn't something I can control at will, and I can only send you to a past or future related to you."
"What do you mean?" Mammon pondered, but still wasn't quite sure.
"I can't send you to a specific timeline. I can only send you to a past or future time node that you are destined to experience."
Terapagos tilted its small head, thought for a moment, and then replied.
But how should one put it?
These words actually sounded very confusing.
Seemingly realizing that what it said wasn't clear, Terapagos spun around in distress, thinking about how to explain it clearly.
"Oh, right, Mammon, when I sent you back to the past, did you meet someone you knew?"
Terapagos suddenly thought of something.
"…" Mammon seemed to understand all of a sudden.
"You mean, you can only send me to a timeline of people I'm destined to interact with?"
"That's right, and they must be people with causality, because only with the 'cause' of the past or future can there be the 'effect' of the present or future."
Terapagos's eyes lit up, and it nodded vigorously.
"If that's the case, your time travel indeed has many limitations."
Mammon thought, in this light, Terapagos's time travel is more like a cycle of cause and effect.
However, recalling the plot of Scarlet and Violet, Terapagos's influence was indeed 'greatly meritorious.'
The Paldea Great Crater has been extremely mysterious since ancient times. Before modern times, only the Area Zero observation team two hundred years ago reached the deepest part of Area Zero.
And the explorer Heath wrote the exploration logs "Scarlet Book" and "Violet Book" from this, which were books recording the bizarre events encountered by the expedition team along the way, and were passed down to later generations.
However, most modern people believed the contents of the "Scarlet and Violet Books" were too bizarre and their authenticity could not be verified, so no one believed them.
But the professors, Sada and Turo, who had read the "Scarlet and Violet Books," believed them deeply. Why?
Because they had truly experienced a mystical encounter; they had seen the Pokémon described in the book, and because they had read the "Scarlet and Violet Books" since childhood, their hearts had long been captivated by the Pokémon recorded in the book.
And in order to see these ancient and future Pokémon again, they both did their best to conduct experiments in Area Zero, and finally succeeded in creating a time machine!
The time machine could indeed transport ancient and future Pokémon, which are Paradox Pokémon, to the present!
Professors Sada and Turo truly succeeded.
But why were Professors Sada and Turo able to confirm the authenticity of the "Scarlet and Violet Books"?
That's because in the future, the protagonist, Little Qing, captured Terapagos, and Terapagos activated its time travel ability in the Crystal Pool, transporting Professors Sada and Turo, who had not yet built the time machine, to the future.
Professors Sada and Turo saw Koraidon (Miraidon) in the 'future,' which further confirmed the authenticity of the "Scarlet and Violet Books," leading them to build the time machine.
In reality, Heath's expedition team had seen various Paradox Pokémon in Area Zero two hundred years ago. So why didn't Professors Sada and Turo see a single Paradox Pokémon when they entered Area Zero?
It's highly likely that Heath's expedition team from two hundred years ago was transported by Terapagos to the era two hundred years later when Professors Sada and Turo had already built the time machine, which is why they saw various Paradox Pokémon and wrote their exploration logs.
Paradox, paradox, what's paradoxical is not just the ancient and future species appearing in the present. The plot of Area Zero in the game is actually full of paradoxes.
In this segment of the story, who is the true 'cause'? Who is the true 'effect'?
Cause before effect, reversing cause and effect.
Terapagos's ability is truly quite profound, but no matter what, Mammon only needed to confirm whether it could still send him back to Hisui.
"Then can you still send me back to Hisui? Preferably send me and Platinum together."
Mammon clicked his tongue, he only cared about this one point.
"What Hisui?"
Terapagos was quite confused.
"?" Mammon was stunned.
"Emmm… I actually wanted to send you back three thousand years ago, because the 'line' of your past, Mammon, could be traced back to three thousand years ago at its longest."
"I thought at the time that sending you as far back as possible would make it easier to deal with Hoopa when you weren't around."
Terapagos said, tilting its head.
"But I didn't go back three thousand years."
Mammon replied with a strange expression. The little turtle's meaning was easy to understand.
And Mammon probably knew that the 'line' from three thousand years ago must be Az and Eternal Flower Floette, since Az was a person from three thousand years ago.
"That's right, my mind wasn't right at the time. Now that I think about it, some other power changed my ability and sent you off course. Even I don't know where I sent you."
Terapagos was utterly innocent and pure.
"…"