Giratina did not give an answer to Damian's doubt.
How would it know how Shadow Lugia was affected like this by the Dread Plate? Besides, it did not care about that.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter."
Damian could not think of an answer, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Right now, the most important thing was to take down Shadow Lugia first.
"Screee!"
Coincidentally, Shadow Lugia finally could not hold back anymore. Its huge dark-purple wings flapped heavily.
Shadow Lugia used Shadow Storm!
A black gale whistled out and swept toward them.
The black wind roared across the sky. It sounded like the wailing of ghosts, which was terrifying. It covered the entire sky.
However, this kind of move was useless against Origin Forme Giratina.
"Shadow Force."
Giratina's dragon eyes were cold and violent. Its huge body slithered forward. Its entire dragon body shifted between being solid and intangible.
The moment the Shadow Storm hit, Giratina had already become completely intangible.
All the black wind passed entirely through Giratina's "body." It did not affect Giratina at all.
No matter how strong a move is, if it doesn't hit, it is an invalid attack.
Giratina's Shadow Force was exactly that kind of broken move.
Giratina, in its Shadow Force state, quickly approached Shadow Lugia and became solid.
Shadow Lugia gave an angry, sharp cry. Black energy condensed and pulsed in front of its mouth.
Shadow Lugia used Dark Pulse!
The black waves shot toward the Giratina it saw. However, just as the Dark Pulse was about to hit Giratina...
The Dark Pulse passed through Giratina's intangible body again.
Bang!
In the next moment, Giratina slammed hard into Shadow Lugia's chest. This knocked Shadow Lugia back a short distance.
The Ghost-type Shadow Force!
Shadow Lugia let out a cry of pain. Origin Forme Giratina's attack was very strong. Although the Ghost-type Shadow Force was not very effective against Shadow Lugia, it still hurt.
Shadow Lugia stabilized its body. Because of the pain, the anger and madness in its blood-red eyes grew even stronger. Its huge right wing lit up with a black glow, and it swung it hard at Giratina.
Shadow Lugia used Payback!
However, after the hit landed, Giratina's dragon body slithered again. Like a ghost, it moved toward the left side.
Shadow Lugia's Payback counterattack was very fast, but Giratina's body became semi-transparent again.
Payback hit the air once more!
"Thunder!"
A second later, Giratina returned to its solid form. Golden lightning sparked and shone on its body.
Boom!
A bolt of lightning shot out and slammed heavily into Shadow Lugia's body.
Shadow Lugia let out a painful, sharp cry. The lightning kept crackling and eating away at its body. It was very painful.
"Looking at this reaction, it seems it is Flying and Dark type." Damian narrowed his eyes slightly.
Obviously, this Thunder attack did a lot of damage to Shadow Lugia. This meant it was a super-effective attack.
A Flying and Dark type combination, just like Yveltal.
The Thunder attack exploded heavily. The intense air currents shook the area.
"Screee!!"
But Shadow Lugia's even sharper cry rang out in the next second. Black air currents spun madly. A beam of light sliced toward Giratina.
Shadow Lugia used Shadow Blast!
But it was still useless.
Giratina didn't even plan to dodge. It charged directly toward the Shadow Blast.
The Shadow Blast passed through the Shadow Force-state Giratina again. When Giratina got close to Shadow Lugia, it turned from intangible to solid and slammed hard into Shadow Lugia.
The rest of the battle was basically a cycle of this.
Shadow Lugia was going crazy! Its crimson eyes were full of resentment and anger.
Can't hit! Can't hit!! Still can't hit!!!
How was it supposed to fight this?!
"Giratina's move is truly too underhanded."
Primal Kyogre, who was also watching the battle, commented like this.
It only allowed itself to hit others, but did not allow others to hit it. Wasn't that exactly how it was?
Primal Kyogre imagined putting itself in Shadow Lugia's position. If it could not hit no matter how it attacked, and yet had no way to fix it, wouldn't it truly explode with anger?
"But it's quite interesting, isn't it?" Damian's face could not hide his smile at all.
He was very satisfied with Giratina's performance.
In reality, Shadow Lugia was very strong. However, Origin Forme Giratina was stronger. Plus, Giratina had a broken move like Shadow Force.
It became intangible whenever it wanted, approaching your side without any pressure.
Actually, there were ways to counter it, but the current Shadow Lugia, whose brain was already affected by malice, could never think of them.
It could not calm down at all. It could even be said it was completely insane.
The black storm vented toward the surroundings without stopping. It was releasing the anger and rage in its heart.
Luckily, they were in the air now, and there was the ocean below. Otherwise, this region would definitely be ruined.
Seeing Shadow Lugia's crazed state, Giratina was in no hurry to attack. Instead, it just quietly watched Shadow Lugia act like a maniac.
When Shadow Lugia's episode ended, a Thunder attack was sent straight over. It hit Shadow Lugia perfectly.
Shadow Lugia finally could not hold on anymore. Its body fell uncontrollably and dropped into the sea.
Constantly being hit without fighting back, even with a great constitution, it would eventually fail to hold on.
Damian, who was commanding Giratina in battle for the first time, could not help but start thinking.
How should he put it? It felt very interesting, but also strangely a bit boring?
Giratina's strength was very high, and it had a broken move. This caused the entire battle to have no pressure.
Of course, a very important factor was that this Shadow Lugia, whose brain was ruined by malice, could not calm down.
Otherwise, the battle process could not have been so smooth.
In Damian's view, the result would not have changed. Origin Forme Giratina was definitely stronger than Shadow Lugia, especially with his commands.
The battle ended. Damian released Reshiram again and jumped onto Reshiram's back.
"Kyogre, go and fish Lugia up."
Primal Kyogre dove into the sea with a heavy splash.
There was no other way. Shadow Lugia fell into the sea. He could not just let it go, right?
That was not going to happen. He came to the Whirl Islands specifically for Shadow Lugia.
Soon, Primal Kyogre controlled the seawater to wash the unconscious Shadow Lugia onto the nearest island.
Damian sat on Reshiram and looked at the Shadow Lugia below. For a moment, he did not know if he should throw a Poké Ball now.
"You want to catch it?"
Giratina's low, raspy telepathy came through.
"That's right. I quite like it."
"This is not a good choice. It is too seriously affected by the power of the Plate. It has even changed its nature."
Giratina's red dragon eyes stared at Shadow Lugia. The power of the Dread Plate had completely soaked into this Lugia's entire body.
"If it cannot recover its own consciousness, I suggest you give up on it."
The implication was that if Shadow Lugia could recover its consciousness, then it could still be caught.
But if not, its consciousness had already completely disappeared due to the Dread Plate's influence. There was a high chance it could not recover.
The power of the Plates was just that domineering.
"I know." Damian nodded. Of course, he would not treat his own life and safety as a joke.
Damian was in no hurry to throw a Poké Ball. Instead, he waited for a while.
Before long, Shadow Lugia woke up. Its eyes were still completely blood-red, but this time, that spine-chilling glow was gone.
Noticing this, Damian felt it was good news.
Shadow Lugia struggled to lift its head. What entered its sight were Giratina, Kyogre, and Reshiram, as well as Damian on Reshiram's back.
A hint of confusion appeared in Shadow Lugia's blood-red eyes.
"You've finally woken up."
Damian spoke to Shadow Lugia first.
Shadow Lugia wanted to get up, but its weak body clearly made it unable to do so right now.
What happened to me?
"The injuries on your body were caused by us. You just went into a frenzy. Do you still remember?" Damian said very directly.
"..."
Shadow Lugia was silent. It tried its best to recall its memories from this period. Scattered memory fragments allowed it to roughly remember.
"Thank you, human."
Shadow Lugia's low, raspy telepathy sounded a bit weak.
"It seems you've regained your sanity. Getting a beating was actually useful." Damian joked after hearing this.
"..." Shadow Lugia gave a bitter laugh.
"How did you become like this?"
"Back then, I dove under the Great Waterfall to sleep. During that time, a force kept entering my body. By the time I noticed, it was already too late," Shadow Lugia replied.
"That power gradually changed my body. It even affected my consciousness and thoughts. I could only seal myself to resist it, but it was still useless."
Shadow Lugia sighed. It did not know what to do now.
Although its sanity had returned because it was seriously injured in the battle just now, who knew if it would continue to be affected later?
"I see." Damian was thinking.
"Then, how about you follow me for now? Your current state is quite special. You can help me fight when I need you, and I can stop you when your consciousness is about to go out of control."
Damian made this suggestion. This was undoubtedly a win-win situation.
"This..." Shadow Lugia hesitated for a moment.
"Then I will trouble you, human."
Shadow Lugia still agreed. After all, it did not want to just give up like this. It still had its mate and children.
"Yeah. Let's observe for a while first. If your situation shows signs of getting worse, I will find a way to help you later."
Damian said to Shadow Lugia.
And the "way" he mentioned was, of course, to go find Arceus.
Fundamentally, Shadow Lugia had a problem because of the Dread Plate. So, looking for the Llama was the right thing to do.
"Also, my name is Damian."
"Okay, Damian. Thank you."
Shadow Lugia was very grateful. This human... was very good!
Damian looked at Shadow Lugia and could not help but show a sunny smile. He got Shadow Lugia!
It was unexpectedly easy. Not just the battle, but also the process of convincing it.
One could only say that for Legendary Pokémon like Shadow Lugia with special circumstances, as long as you can defeat them, it is really easy to get them to follow you.
"Actually, there's no need to be polite. Your children are currently with my friends."
Damian said with a smile.
"Ah?" Shadow Lugia was stunned.
"Actually, I came here a few months ago. I met your mate back then, and then..."
Damian took out a small Sacred Ash and used it to restore Shadow Lugia's energy. He explained the situation from back then.
Shadow Lugia sighed again after hearing this. In its current ugly state, it did not know how to face the Lugia mother and the children.
Well, in Shadow Lugia's eyes, its current appearance was very ugly.
Shadow Lugia was very depressed.
Damian naturally did not know what Shadow Lugia was thinking. Right now, his mind was full of only one thing.
The Dread Plate!!
The Dread Plate was different from the Jewel of Life. The Jewel of Life was something Arceus left for Michina, so it wasn't easy for Damian to take. Otherwise, the Llama would have a reason to find trouble with him.
But the Dread Plate was different. Although he did not know why this Plate was here, Damian did not care much about that.
He only knew one thing.
I found this!
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