As a Pokémon historian, Cynthia very clearly understood what the existence of Dialga and Palkia signified.
"They respectively control the powers of time and space, and are the legendary messengers of Arceus's Pokémon world. If these two Pokémon die or are captured, some bad things may occur."
Cynthia saw Axel had captured so many legendaries and was afraid Axel might on a whim capture the Twin Dragons of Time and Space as well.
"Also… when Dialga just had the chance to kill everyone in the town, he didn't choose an offensive-type move. He chose a relatively milder move, Electromagnetic Wave."
"From my guess, the reason these two gods fought is mostly due to misunderstanding."
Axel scratched his head. He was actually a bit troubled about what to do with these two.
Kill them?
Basically impossible.
Capture them?
For these two brainless troublesome brothers, Axel felt the Black & White dragons were already annoying enough.
And no matter what their purpose, the destruction they caused to Willow Town was an objective fact.
If you don't fight, you can't win people's hearts.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through Axel's mind.
Before, he had coveted opponents' supreme tags, but could never get them because the drop rates were too low.
Now he'd grabbed the red chains, and the Twin Dragons of Time and Space on the other side had just made mistakes.
Wasn't this the perfect chance to adjust them?
Through the system panel, Axel could see the tags on these two were simple but each absurdly powerful.
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— Dialga tags: Dragon King (gold), Steel King (gold), Time Domain (Supreme)]
• Dragon King, Steel King: omitted.
• Time Domain: unlocks the skill Time Roar. Can traverse time, revealing the opponent's vulnerabilities in time; or banish the opponent before oneself is injured.
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— Palkia tags: Space Shadow (Supreme), others omitted.
• Space Shadow: unlocks the skill Subspace Slash. Moves like lightning, controls teleportation power, can send the enemy to a specified location.
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When Axel first saw these two tags, he understood their power.
Not only could they unlock the Twin Dragons' exclusive skills, they could also control their tremendous traits.
The former, simply put, could make a Pokémon drain the opponent infinitely before the opponent's time power ran out, or guarantee that every attack would catch an enemy's flaw.
Another usage was to instantly trigger skills that needed time to prepare.
If given to Steelix, its exclusive move Thunder Beam could be instantly activated even without rain.
Who would still call Steelix just a Rain Commander then?
The latter was equally absurd: it greatly boosted mobility while also teleporting the opponent.
At first glance that skill looked like a field swap, but the actual battlefield uses were far more numerous.
The simplest point: the move would hit guaranteed.
No matter which Pokémon received either of these two tags, the Pokémon's strength would take a qualitative leap in a short time.
"I know how to deal with these two," Axel said to Cynthia, announcing his idea.
"First use the red chains to bind them, then let my Pokémon take turns giving them a proper scolding and lesson. When they've repented, we'll release them."
"If those two are gone, the disasters in Sinnoh probably won't be over yet."
Axel told Cynthia about meeting Regigigas and also about the plan Musashi mentioned that Giratina might also come out of the reversed world.
"What?", Hearing Axel say Giratina might also be planning to escape the inverted world, Cynthia couldn't help but feel a headache.
"I thought my power was strong enough now, but I didn't expect Sinnoh to have so many dangers…"
"It's fine, I'll face them with you."
"Really?", Hearing Axel would stay and wait for Giratina to appear, Cynthia's eyes brightened.
For her, this might be the best news.
Not only would she not have to worry about Sinnoh's safety, she'd also get to spend some rare time with Axel.
Although she was very busy most times, in this situation the other Sinnoh high-ups would surely find ways to free her up more so she could spend time with Axel, right?
Suddenly, a commotion came from Axel's side.
Somehow, under Mesprit's restraint, Cyrus had regained some of his mind and, controlling Palkia, slashed a Subspace Slash at him.
Mewtwo instantaneously teleported in front of that attack, but it was already a bit late.
While the dragon energy was blocked, the spatial power weirdly bypassed Mewtwo's body and opened a hole beside Cyrus.
Mesprit grabbed the red chain at the same time, and Cyrus's body completely broke free, stepping into that hole.
"Axel, I remember you, I will definitely come back!"
Rayquaza wanted to enter the hole to grab Cyrus, but was stopped by Axel.
"Don't. Anyway, the opponent's already defeated. If they get teleported to some strange place, it's not worth it."
Rayquaza sullenly nodded; he still wanted to kill Cyrus.
But before he could sigh, a series of strange voices suddenly came from the not-yet-closed hole.
"Who are you, why the hell did you hit me?"
"Pryce? This is all a misunderstanding!"
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[Sinnoh League]
Axel and Cynthia sat in the villa's courtyard, leaning together and confiding the experiences of this period to each other.
"So at first you ran into Team Galactic, disguised yourself as the masked men's gang, and even had Cyrus fight with you and Yveltal's people for your sake?"
Cynthia couldn't help but laugh. No wonder Cyrus's emotions were so agitated.
If it had been someone with a shorter temper, they'd probably have coughed up blood from the anger.
Having Dialga and Palkia attack the masked man across time, she was already quite calm.
"Fortunately you came. Fortunately you taught Garchomp Dragon Dance. Otherwise… I wouldn't have known what to do."
Seeing Cynthia uncharacteristically show a bit of uncertainty, Axel's gaze fell on the two high-grade arenas in the center of the courtyard.
On them, Dialga and Palkia were respectively being rubbed down by Rayquaza and Gardevoir.
Mewtwo beside them controlled the chains while continuously searching on a tablet, apparently looking for suitable cartoons for these two to watch.
Axel gently poked Mewtwo's shoulder with his psychic power.
["Is it possible to show them Pleasant Sheep so they treat Sinnoh like Yang Village and Cynthia like the mayor?"]
Mewtwo stopped swiping the tablet; her eyes lit up.
'Axel, you really are something!'
'I knew you were such a good person, you must secretly watch cartoons all the time!'
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