Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

"Celestic Town."

Kotake's answer made Giratina's dragon eyes slightly widen and contract. After staring at each other for a long while, it let out a deep voice:

"The call of Celestic Town... Do you know where this is?"

Without waiting for Kotake to answer, Giratina immediately answered itself: "This is the Distortion World, the reverse side that supports the real world, and also my place of exile. And the crest on your hand proves your identity."

"I am the ruler of the Distortion World, the shadow beneath the strong light, the Renegade Pokémon, Giratina!"

"I never expected that after a thousand years, I would still see a descendant of the Celestic people! However, you shouldn't be here."

The Celestic people, who migrated from ancient Sinnoh, established the first halls of the gods. Long before that hero of ancient legend led ten Pokémon to challenge Arceus, there were already sculptures of the creation gods on the ancient Celestic Trail. That place was called Celestic Temple, and it has already become a ruin in the Hisui era. One of the three giant sculptures has also been completely destroyed.

In Giratina's eyes, the violent color rare faded!

Back then, when it failed to cause trouble in the Hisui era, it was beaten up by someone. Because it couldn't defeat the opponent, it could only decide to protect the world. However, these hundred years of meditation did not mean that its temper had improved. Those creatures living in the real world and enjoying the beautiful life were still the objects it hated, but there was only one group of people who were an exception.

A long time ago, the Celestic people built sculptures for it, placing them with the sculptures of Dialga and Palkia for joint worship. Even when they migrated to Celestic Town, they did not forget its image, and still left a place for it on the stage of light.

Even if the god who created the world disliked it and exiled it, there were still some people willing to erect statues for it, never forgetting it. This was enough to make Giratina feel touched!

Apart from the Celestic people, the only ones who still remembered it were the Michina people, but it was not convenient for it to comment on that group of people.

Giratina thought of the attack it had just launched on Kotake, and couldn't help but feel a little regret!

It was careless. It should have asked about the other party's origins before attacking!

Kotake was quite surprised by Giratina's attitude!

That Giratina, who was constantly in a state of rage and anger, could only have its anger calmed by the protagonist in the game. I didn't expect that I could do it too... Oh, theoretically speaking, the protagonist is a descendant of 'Akari/Rei', so it should be afraid of that face.

"Your soul seems to be thinking about things related to me."

Giratina suddenly spoke, looking at Kotake's bewildered expression, and gave an appropriate explanation:

"Your soul has a connection with me, so I can vaguely perceive some of the thoughts in your soul... You came here, what do you want?"

Kotake: "What do I want... I don't know, you just attacked me."

Giratina immediately denied: "That was just a conditioned reflex, just pretend it didn't happen!"

"You humans should also know that as powerful creatures or gods, we have a strong desire to control our territory. You invaded my domain, so I attacked you. In short, it's all your fault! But for the sake of your Celestic identity, I won't bother with you. Forget about it quickly!"

Kotake: "."

Giratina: "Anyway, you weren't injured, so just pretend nothing happened!"

It finished speaking and looked around again, paused slightly:

"In short, although I really want to reminisce with the descendants of Celestic, there really isn't anything to entertain you with in the Distortion World."

Kotake was completely speechless.

Giratina was planning to entertain me?

Is the power of this crest so great!

You're going to entertain me with ghost fire...

"Uh, forget it!" Since Giratina was planning to forcibly cover up its previous attack, Kotake couldn't continue to argue with it: "I learned some knowledge about souls and accidentally entered here. Actually, I didn't expect to establish a connection with you... After all, you are a legendary Pokémon."

Kotake looked around: "Did my soul enter here, or did my body come in?"

"Soul." A dark light flashed in Giratina's dragon eyes: "If you leave your body for too long, your soul will become a wandering spirit with nowhere to go, even for a psychic."

Its voice paused for a moment, then its huge body approached Kotake:

"That's right! Descendant of Celestic... Now that you've come here, I have a request!"

Giratina had a request?

This grumpy old guy would actually ask for help?

The request from a legendary Pokémon should theoretically not be refused, after all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to befriend it. Once we're familiar, I can come to this world to scavenge some materials...

"Please speak, I am a craftsman. If you need something made, I can help you."

"You are a craftsman? That's great!" Giratina was very happy to hear Kotake's identity! A feeling called excitement appeared in its red dragon eyes. It hadn't felt this way in a long, long time!

"Do you know Celestic Temple?"

Kotake nodded: "I know, but that ruin should no longer exist?"

There was no news about the Celestic Temple ruins in the Sinnoh region. It may have been developed and protected, or it may have completely collapsed in the past hundred years.

"Indeed, the ruins of that temple have completely disappeared, and the descendants of Sinnoh no longer remember it. Therefore, I hope you can help me carve a statue..."

Giratina made a request!

It was very concerned about the fact that its sculpture had been destroyed and removed from the three-gods worship area, so much so that only a guy named Volo had pity and sympathy for its sculpture, which was why it joined forces with him back then.

Huh?

As Giratina spoke, it suddenly felt that something was not quite right. It stared at Kotake, feeling that Kotake looked somewhat familiar, as if it had seen him a long time ago, but it couldn't remember. Giratina had heard of this kind of thing, and was immediately slightly shocked.

Both familiar and unfamiliar, once this kind of thing happens, it means that the 'past has been rewritten', but the current point in time has not yet reached the moment of rewriting, so it can't remember the person in front of it.

Could it be...

Kotake didn't notice Giratina's abnormality: "Oh, a sculpture, no problem! I'm best at sculpting. Do you have any requirements for the carving materials?"

"...Gratitude Stone."

Giratina stated the requirement: "If you can't find this kind of stone, ordinary stone will also do."

"In exchange, I will give you this."

Giratina opened its mouth and spat out a golden, irregular bead!

Although it was a bit far away, Kotake thought that it should be the 'Griseous Orb'!

"You are currently in soul form and cannot take this orb away. When you complete the sculpture and place it next to my sculpture using a mirror, I will give you this orb."

"Remember to look at the mirror more!"

Giratina would peek into the real world from the mirror. The mirror, or rather the 'mirror surface', is a passage connecting the two worlds. Kotake suddenly thought, is this also related to space?

And the Griseous Orb, uh, it is indeed a precious material, but I don't know what the Griseous Orb can do. This is Giratina's exclusive item...

Watching Giratina spit out the bead and then swallow it back, Kotake nodded, and immediately began to observe the soil on the ground, as well as the nearby water flow.

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『Rare Material: Distortion Dirt.』

『Description: Dirt found in the Distortion World, which is different from ordinary dirt and can be used as a material for Distortion Craft.』

『Rare Material: Reverse Water.』

『Description: Water found in the Distortion World, which is different from ordinary water and can be used as a material for Distortion Craft.』

『Obtain Craft: Reverse Craft (B+)!』

『Description: Can create items from the Distortion World that do not conform to the conventional logic of the normal world. Its effect is opposite to the effect of the real world. By obtaining the Griseous Orb, you can obtain 'Distorted Craft', which can create 'Distorted Blocks'.』

Distorted blocks?

Crackling——

Kotake suddenly saw a cloud of black smoke appearing on the side.

"This world is responsible for adjustment. When distortions occur in the real world, this kind of black cloud will appear here..." Giratina reminded Kotake: "For creatures with bodies, it is poisonous, but you don't have to be afraid as a soul!"

Kotake also remembered.

In the movie *Giratina and the Sky Warrior*, a researcher of the Distortion World explained the cause of the formation of this black cloud. Although it is poisonous, as long as you don't inhale it, there is no problem with just touching it.

Kotake touched the black clouds in soul form, and the next moment, space-time distortion ripples appeared around the black clouds, just like when it appeared like lightning, it quickly disappeared!

『Precious Material: Black Cloud!』

『Description: A black cloud produced in the Distortion World after the real world is distorted. It is a materialized substance produced after space-time distortion! It is a pollutant for the Distortion World and can be used as a material for Distortion Craft. It is also an excellent item for cultivating Ghost, Poison, and Dark-type Pokémon!』

『Obtain Knowledge: Space-Time Collector - Can store materials related to space-time in a special dimensional space!』

Kotake was shocked!

What is this knowledge? A portable space?!

At this time, Giratina looked at the disappearing black cloud, its eyes widened!

Hey, where did that pollutant go?

"Aren't you a sculptor? Are you also a cleaner?"

"I--" Kotake was about to answer when he suddenly felt a throbbing in his soul, as if someone was calling him. The figure in the Distortion World gradually became dim, and finally disappeared directly at the entrance of the Distortion Workshop as if it had disintegrated!

Real world!

"Wahaha!" Kotake shouted and woke up. Something hit him, and he tried hard to look over and found that it was Lilligant's leaves!

"Lilligant!!!"

He didn't know when he had been dragged out of the workshop and was being rescued by the Pokémon. Just now, that was CPR with chest compressions!

Lilligant used Close Combat on him!

It was super effective!