Roar—!
The berserk Dialga and Palkia both turn their eyes on each other the very first instant.
Maybe it's all those years of bad blood.
Maybe it's just that they've always hated each other's guts deep down.
Either way, the moment they go crazy, Dialga and Palkia charge straight at each other.
Boom—!
With a deafening crash, they slam together in midair; a tidal shockwave explodes out from their collision.
Wmmm—
Time and space themselves feel like they're warping.
The shrill ringing in their ears makes both Cynthia and Caitlin frown; a powerful wave of discomfort surges up through their whole bodies from the soles of their feet.
For a split second, it even feels like Dialga and Palkia's outlines are overlapping and blurring together.
"As expected, it's still ended up like this."
Uxie's cool Telepathy seems to carry a sigh.
It already expected this might happen, but seeing it with its own eyes still leaves Uxie quietly lamenting.
"Why are they fighting each other? Is it because of that lightning just now?"
Cynthia snaps out of the dizziness and asks, puzzled.
The Red Chain has clearly shattered.
But right now Dialga and Palkia look even more insane.
Before, they were just being controlled by Charon.
Now they look like they're trying to kill each other for real.
"This is His power. A power that belongs to Him alone."
Uxie's wisdom‑filled eyes rest on that terrifying Origin Forme Giratina.
"Rage of Thunder, huh?"
Damian narrows his eyes a little.
"That's right, Damian. You really do know a lot."
Uxie gives Damian a glance.
"'Rage of Thunder'? Is that some kind of move?"
Cynthia has never heard of such a Move.
"It's not a move. It's a power unique to Giratina."
Damian shakes his head.
Yeah.
This so‑called Rage of Thunder isn't a Move.
It's one of Giratina's innate abilities.
The Plates' glyphs describe it.
Spooky Plate: "The other side of this world was given by the Original One to its raging third."
Zap Plate: "The third being raged, raining down bolts of anger."
"Giratina, which rules 'antimatter,' is one of Arceus's avatars. You can call it the 'berserk' avatar. Because of that, Giratina's nature is vicious and violent; Arceus cast it into the Distortion World and made it guard that place."
"As the 'berserk' avatar, Giratina naturally commands the power of Rage of Thunder. It can open a space‑time rift and rain down bolts of rage onto the world, infecting other beings with its fury."
Damian explains.
In Pokémon Legends, a bolt of lightning falls from a space‑time rift.
Not long after, all the "Lords" across the land go berserk.
That's Giratina's handiwork.
And in the final act, when Volo drops the act and summons Giratina, he uses Giratina's power to drive Dialga and Palkia mad, trying to use their clash to tear open a path to the "beginning between" and reach Arceus.
"This…"
Cynthia's lips press tight as she stares up at the brutal clash between Dialga and Palkia.
It's terrifying.
And she can't help feeling a bit… off inside.
No matter how you slice it, they were just under Charon's control via the Red Chain.
Now they've been driven mad by Giratina's Rage of Thunder.
Dialga and Palkia really are in a delicate spot.
They're supposed to be the Legendary Pokémon that represent the primordial forces of time and space.
So how are they this easy to "handle"?
"Damian, we can't let Dialga and Palkia keep fighting. Their battle will ripple through warped time‑space and bring catastrophe to this world."
Azelf speaks directly to Damian.
Dialga and Palkia are too special.
When they're berserk, there's no way their fight doesn't affect time and space.
If it goes on too long, the entire world will take serious damage.
On the light side, time will go out of control, space will distort and fracture, parallel worlds will bleed together.
On the heavy side, time‑space itself could collapse and shatter; time could rewind, fast‑forward, or worse.
That's the scale of Dialga and Palkia's influence.
Cyrus dreaming of creating a "new world" isn't just empty talk.
If he really did control Dialga and Palkia, and they fought at full power, they truly could use their "matter" plus the Red Chain's "soul" to forge an entirely new world.
"Yeah, I get it."
Damian flexes his fingers a bit, then shifts his gaze to Giratina, who's still just watching quietly.
Breaking Dialga and Palkia free of Rage of Thunder's influence is actually simple.
Beat them.
But that only treats the symptom, not the disease.
As long as Giratina's still around and hasn't hit its goal, it won't give up.
So the root of the problem is still Giratina.
As if it can feel Damian's stare, Origin Forme Giratina slowly turns its head.
Its cold, brutal dragon eyes lock onto him.
…!!
A chill like she's never felt before blasts up Cynthia's spine; every hair on her body stands on end.
Terrifying.
What kind of gaze is this?
Just being brushed by Giratina's eyes makes her feel like she can't breathe, like her lungs are seizing up.
This Legendary that represents "antimatter" really is far more frightening than Dialga and Palkia.
"Nice to meet you for the first time, Giratina."
Damian steps calmly forward two paces.
He doesn't look fazed at all as he gives Giratina a relaxed smile.
It's not that he's numb inside.
Damian's always had iron nerves.
Giratina's pressure is indeed the heaviest he's ever felt from any Pokémon so far.
But he's already received the Lake Guardians' prayer.
Azelf's blessing for him was: "May your conviction stand forever, may you never waver, and may courage always walk at your side."
As one of the Six Spirits, Azelf represents "Willpower."
You could say Damian is now the person with the strongest will in this world.
Not to mention, even without Azelf's prayer, Damian's already carrying a whole pile of legendary blessings and the power of Viridian, and he's always been a hard‑headed, iron‑willed type.
He's not going to buckle under Giratina's "pressure."
Origin Forme Giratina's dragon eyes stay flat and cold as it stares at Damian.
It doesn't show the slightest ripple.
"Doesn't seem like much of a talker."
Seeing Giratina offer not even a hint of a response, Damian chuckles softly.
It's not exactly surprising.
"I don't get it."
Cynthia looks at Damian's back, then at that terrifying Origin Forme Giratina.
"Uxie, since Giratina was created by Arceus just like you, why is it attacking Dialga and Palkia? And it kind of sounds like you'd already predicted this?"
"Because He wants to rebel against Arceus."
Uxie answers quietly.
"He's not like us, or Dialga and Palkia. From the moment He was created, Arceus threw Him into the Distortion World. To Him, that fate is something He refuses to accept."
Uxie's ever‑calm eyes are fixed on Giratina's silhouette, and for the first time, faint ripples cross them.
Yeah.
Why resist Arceus?
Maybe it's not really about "rebellion."
Maybe He just wants to challenge the fate that was forced on Him.
Cynthia falls silent.
Another deep, rasping draconic bellow echoes; Origin Forme Giratina slowly coils its massive body and rises.
Its dragon eyes glow with a cold red light that makes your skin crawl.
The pressure gets even worse.
"So you want me to stay out of this, huh? Sorry. Can't do that."
Damian lets out a helpless little shrug.
"Uxie and the others put a lot on the line. They sincerely begged me to stop you."
"And if those two big guys keep going like this, the fallout's gonna be nasty. And this world…"
Damian's smile slowly sharpens.
A thick, black malice shows on his face.
"Belongs to me."
Yeah.
As far as Damian's concerned, this world will be his sooner or later.
If Dialga and Palkia keep tearing it up like this, they're just breaking his property.
And he is not okay with that.
He also has zero interest in ending up like Ash did in the original, getting hit by Dialga and Palkia's time‑space distortion and turning into a little kid again.
That would be a nightmare.
At Damian's words, Giratina's eyes flicker with a blade‑cold light.
It glances once at Uxie and the other two.
Gulp—
Just that one look makes Uxie and Azelf force themselves to stay still, but Mesprit's knees go weak on the spot.
It swallows hard and ducks behind Uxie and Azelf, shaking like a leaf.
"You're never going to beat Arceus. Why not give up on that idea? You know that as well as I do."
Damian actually tries to talk Giratina down.
As one of the Six Spirits, there's no way Giratina doesn't understand how overwhelmingly strong Arceus is.
The instant those words leave his mouth, Giratina's eyes go glacial.
Its massive body begins to glide forward.
"Guess I hit a nerve."
Damian's brows lift.
"Mewtwo, Dark Pulse."
Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y raises its left arm.
Black ripples jump and build—then Dark Pulse blasts out straight at the oncoming Origin Forme Giratina.
As a Dark‑type move, Dark Pulse should be perfect for hitting Giratina.
But Giratina doesn't dodge.
It speeds up.
Right before Dark Pulse hits, Giratina's body suddenly turns ghostly and insubstantial.
Dark Pulse passes straight through Giratina's torso.
That trick again?
Damian licks his lips.
The moment Dark Pulse "fails," Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y stops its offense.
A purple‑black psychic wall snaps into place in a flash.
Boom!
The next instant, Giratina turns solid again.
Its whole body wreathed in eerie light, it slams into Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's psychic wall with bone‑shaking force.
Shadow Force.
Giratina's signature move.
Light flares in Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's eyes.
It can feel just how hard that impact hits the barrier.
It's heavy.
Very heavy.
Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y pours Psychic power into the wall in a frenzy just to barely hold Giratina back.
Another deep, rasping bellow rings out.
Giratina's giant body coils and rises once more.
Its huge form flickers constantly between solid and phantom in the air, creepy and almost silent.
It slowly climbs to the very top of the sky.
Its cold, brutal dragon eyes gaze down from above at Primal Kyogre and Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y.
The master of the Reverse World—Origin Forme Giratina—has come to issue its challenge.
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