Chapter 309: The Passage to a Parallel World
Night fell.
Will originally planned to sleep in Carmela's room.
Because when he lived here before, it was always like that; he was used to it.
But when Carmela threw him into Cynthia's room, he remembered that this Carmela wasn't the one he knew.
So.
Cynthia happily fell asleep hugging the puppy and the little shark.
This was simply the most peaceful and comfortable night she had slept in a month.
The next day.
After learning about the general situation of this world.
Will intended to ask Carmela to send him back immediately.
But.
During breakfast.
He heard from Carmela and Cynthia's chat.
Cynthia's birthday was in a few days.
And Cynthia warmly invited Will to celebrate her birthday with her.
Therefore.
Will decided to delay his departure for a few days.
Also.
He was certain that Wolf Mom was definitely not on the Wolf Mountain anymore.
Croagunk and Buizel must have told Wolf Mom about the incident.
Wolf Mom most likely had left the mountain to look for him.
It was best for him to stay put and not move around randomly.
Will estimated that Wolf Mom could track his scent and find him within three to five days.
If not, he would have to ask Carmela to help him find Wolf Mom.
After the meal.
The three little ones played tag around the sofa.
"We're heading out~"
Carmela glanced at them, then turned and led Lucario outside.
After leaving the door, they suddenly quickened their pace.
"Recently, a Mightyena clan suddenly ran out of Mt. Silver and is heading north continuously. The reason is unknown, but Professor Rowan said it shouldn't be migration; Mightyena don't like cold environments."
"Woof?"
"No need to deal with it specifically. The Mightyena clan bypassed human cities and didn't hurt people or other Pokémon on the way. The League's intention is to leave them alone for now."
"Woof."
In the afternoon.
Cynthia wanted to take Gible and Will on an adventure.
The location wasn't far.
Just the forest in the innermost part of Celestic Town.
The forest wasn't large, and there were no Pokémon clans. Most inhabitants were Pokémon belonging to past residents of Celestic Town.
Friendly to humans, extremely low danger level.
This place was very suitable for quasi-rookie trainers under ten to enter.
Consider it accumulating experience for future travel.
"Gible and I train in this forest regularly~"
Cynthia introduced it to Will.
"There are many types of berries in this forest? Doesn't look natural."
Will looked up and observed.
At a glance, he saw at least a dozen types of berries.
So many different types of berries growing in the same area was clearly an unreasonable phenomenon.
Especially berries like Qualot, Wiki, Pinap...
These were basically berries growing in subtropical or tropical regions.
Generally, only regions like Hoenn, the Orange Islands, Galar, and Alola had them.
"These were specially cultivated by the uncles and aunts in Celestic Town; they take care of them very carefully every day."
"For profit? Isn't the yield a bit low?"
"Not for money, just a hobby. It's best if wild Pokémon eat them; otherwise, the fruits rot on the ground. I occasionally pick some to make Pokéblocks."
Cynthia led the two Pokémon deeper into the forest.
Gible seemed to know where they were going.
Will just followed, confused.
After walking for a while.
They arrived at a cliff face.
In front of them was a cave that didn't look very deep.
"This is?"
"This is the most valuable thing in Celestic Town!"
Cynthia smiled mysteriously.
After entering the cave, Will understood what Cynthia meant.
The Celestic Ruins murals.
More precisely...
The Hisui murals.
Carmela had shown him this in his last life.
It was just people from a long time ago recording events that happened in the Hisui region.
Wars between humans and Pokémon.
The world destroyed by Legendary Pokémon.
Several Pokémon creating the world.
Just these things.
However.
In the Hisui murals of that world, Liz's figure appeared quite often.
This world probably didn't have her.
Will was observing these murals intently, while Cynthia excitedly explained them to him, like recommending her favorite thing to a best friend.
Basically no difference from his previous life.
"Hm?"
Will suddenly frowned.
His gaze fixed on a certain mural, standing still for a while.
"What's wrong?"
Cynthia leaned in.
"Is this a different scene?"
Will pointed in front of him.
There were two Giratina facing each other. One in Altered Forme was roaring at another in Origin Forme.
But.
A single world wouldn't have two Giratinas.
So the content recorded in this mural was inherently unreasonable.
"Emmm, looks like a painting."
Cynthia observed.
She couldn't understand why Will asked this.
Because ordinary humans wouldn't know that a world would have at most one Giratina.
The Creation Trio were Arceus's direct children.
They were different from Lugia.
It was normal for Lugia to have children and families.
But the Creation Trio couldn't have children, nor kin.
If there were.
They would definitely go to war.
Until one died, and the time/space/Distortion World of this world was left with only one.
"Is that so."
Will narrowed his eyes.
The authenticity of murals passed down from ancient times couldn't be guaranteed.
But he also felt that the content recorded in this painting might not have been drawn blindly by people of that time.
Maybe in the history of this world...
Two Giratinas really appeared.
The Altered Forme one roaring might be the original Giratina of this world.
And the other, calmer-looking Origin Forme one...
"Maybe a Giratina from another world."
Will's pupils reflected a faint light in the dark cave.
Thinking this way.
The scene in this mural wasn't hard to understand.
The original Giratina was very angry at another of its kind suddenly intruding into its territory, so it issued a threatening roar, which was also a signal for war.
Who survived among these two Giratinas.
Will didn't care.
Only one point remained in his mind now.
A space-time passage leading to another parallel world, similar to a wormhole, once appeared in this world, causing a Giratina from another world to come here.
Knowing this, Will wasn't too excited.
Because he could confirm another point.
That is, the other world connected by this space-time passage wasn't the world from his previous life.
The Giratina over there was still in the Distortion World.
Will had fought it many times.
This meant Meowscarada couldn't have come to this world through this passage.
"But, does the appearance of such a wormhole in this world mean the space-time here is unstable? Is it possible that other wormholes appeared at other time nodes in history?"
Will muttered in his heart.
Actually.
There was another passage across space-time.
Ultra Wormholes.
Ultra Wormholes were actually passages through space-time; entering an Ultra Wormhole could also lead to another "parallel world."
However.
This "parallel world" wasn't a parallel world in the true sense, but another side of the original world, basically the Distortion World (or Ultra Space).
Moreover.
Leaving aside that opening an Ultra Wormhole required the power of Alola's Sun/Moon legendaries (Solgaleo/Lunala/Necrozma), even if opened, it wasn't guaranteed to lead safely to the Distortion World.
It could also lead to Ultra Space filled with Ultra Beasts, with a deadly danger level!
That was why Will didn't choose the Ultra Wormhole path in his previous life, but waited ten years for Giratina's revenge on Dialga to enter the Distortion World.
For the rest of the way.
Will was basically pondering this matter, not caring much about the content of other murals.
He didn't expect.
Coming out with Cynthia today would yield such an unexpected harvest.
Evening.
The three little ones walked out of the forest.
"Let's stroll around the town. Mom will come back late today anyway."
Cynthia had an idea.
Having a new partner in the team made Cynthia very excited recently.
Although it was a place she had visited many times, going again with a new companion would bring different feelings.
Celestic Town also had many good things Cynthia liked and wanted to share with Will.
The "town" Cynthia referred to.
Was the part of Celestic Town accessible to outsiders.
It was some distance from the land where Cynthia lived, but could be reached within half an hour on foot.
Celestic Town in the evening was quite lively.
Especially in midsummer.
The evening temperature was very comfortable; many locals would come out for walks or visit the night market.
Despite Cynthia's extraordinary family background.
Parents being top League trainers, grandmother being a Pokémon Professor and curator of the Celestic Town Historical Research Center.
Actually, Cynthia lived a life not much different from ordinary children.
Just like right now.
The three little ones squatted in front of a street stall.
Cynthia stroked her chin, frowning, her small face full of hesitation.
She was struggling with which hair accessory to buy.
"Mom likes white ones, but I think this gold one would suit her better."
Cynthia sighed, not knowing what to do.
She wanted to buy a hair accessory for Carmela.
If she were an ordinary rich girl, she might wave her hand and buy both, or disdain these street stall goods from the start.
But Cynthia couldn't.
Her pocket money wasn't that much.
Before Cynthia set off on her journey, Carmela didn't advocate giving Cynthia too much pocket money, unless it was necessary spending for raising Pokémon.
Gible squatted by the roadside, already starting to doze off.
Will was examining a black and gold ribbon hair accessory on the stall.
Whenever the adult Cynthia appeared, she basically always had a beautiful black and gold ribbon (hair clips looking like Lucario's sensors/ears, actually) on her head.
To exaggerate a bit.
Cynthia without the black and gold ribbon had no soul.
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