Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

Hikari Tane hadn't expected Giratina to use Aura Sphere, but Giratina mentioned that all three dragons of the Sinnoh region could use this move, something Hikari Tane hadn't noticed in previous games.

One thing was certain: neither Honedge, Doublade, nor Aegislash could learn Aura or Pulse-based moves, which was quite strange, considering Aegislash's description explicitly stated, "It controls people's minds using its powerful spiritual energy."

Perhaps its mind control stemmed from psychic abilities rather than pure mental power, which is why it wasn't given Aura-based moves.

“Youwu~!” Doublade was excited, not expecting to learn fighting moves using this special mental power. Following Giratina's instructions, it sensed Aura, emitting a faint blue light around itself.

Hikari Tane mused, “If it really learns Aura Sphere, that's a completely illegal move... But it's not impossible in the real Pokémon world. Maybe it'll become a special individual through training.”

Special individuals are unique Pokémon that differ from their regular counterparts, often mastering moves considered "illegal" or having different appearances than their kin. For example, Bloodmoon Ursaluna is a powerful individual that evolved from its species, with drastically changed stat distribution.

“Doreli?” Lilligant pointed at herself, sensing the power of Aura and expressing her desire to learn.

Of course, theoretically, she couldn't learn Aura Sphere either.

“Even if you can't learn Aura Sphere, mastering some of the power of Aura will benefit your growth.”

Hisuian Lilligant already had a Fighting type, so mastering Aura should be faster than Doublade, right?

Thus, Doublade and Lilligant began trying to master Aura, while Turtwig and Regirock were uninterested, looking around the abandoned factory for usable rare materials.

Turtwig circled the strange plants around the abandoned factory, plants unique to the Distortion World. However, they didn't seem particularly useful, just ordinary plants.

Regirock resumed his old job—digging up and identifying stones.

Unown E, taking advantage of its ability to fly, floated to the floating island with the maze and began fantasizing.

It thought that many Unown liked to live in ruins, but the distribution of ruins wasn't even, and some ruins had ominous curses. But if it created a maze full of ruins without curses, wouldn't it be like paradise for other Unown!

Hikari Tane began crafting ghost-related items.

『Crafting complete!』

『Crafted item: Purple Chiffon (Spirit)!』

『Description: A tool made using Pokémon materials, Old Cloth, Spirit Cloth, and ghost crafting techniques, imbued with powerful spiritual energy.』

『Effect: When held by a Ghost-type Pokémon, it increases attack and defense by one level and enhances Ghost-type energy. Using it to train Ghost-type Pokémon will make them grow more easily.』

Later, he got clues about new materials, the Cursed Cloth from Mismagius, which wasn't as good as Spirit Cloth in terms of spiritual level but sometimes had strange spells attached, capable of causing bad or good luck, and could be used to make Spell Hats.

“Purple Chiffon, Eerie Ring, Wraith Shawl”—these eerie Ghost-type items came from the maze world, each with different effects, some only effective when held by the corresponding Pokémon.

“Ghost-type trainers should like these things; these things should sell well.”

After crafting for an unknown amount of time, Hikari Tane felt tired, and Giratina noticed the change, promptly reminding him:

【Your soul power is being consumed excessively.】

At the same time, Giratina stared at the ghost items, noticing their extraordinary nature. Each one had powerful spiritual energy attached, something ordinary psychics couldn't create.

Indeed, this human obtained something from the last trade with the spirit world, or rather, this person was connected to the spirit world from the start.

The Spiritomb's warning might need to be taken seriously!

Giratina thought, it couldn't let the spirit world snatch away its helper. Moreover, was the spirit world a place for the living to go?

Receiving Giratina's reminder, Hikari Tane also felt it was time to stop. Although there was abundant ghost power in the ruined world, creating these unique "spiritual objects" seemed different from creating ordinary ghost items. The consumption for creating one item wasn't much, but it added up.

“Let's go back, everyone!”

Hikari Tane summoned the Pokémon. Doublade and Lilligant also stopped practicing Aura. From the faint blue waves emanating from them, it seemed they had indeed made some progress!

“Doreli.”

Lilligant placed a leaf on Hikari Tane, and wisps of Aura power permeated Hikari Tane's body, gradually dispelling the fatigue in his soul.

【Aura is the energy of the heart, and so is the soul, so Aura can replenish damage to the soul, but overuse of Aura will also harm the Aura user, which needs to be remembered.】

Giratina swayed its body. Its Aura was even more powerful, instantly restoring the fatigue in Hikari Tane's soul, but even so, the consumed power couldn't be replenished, so rest was still necessary.

【You should rest well. The time in the real world is approaching midnight. I also need to patrol the ruined world to re-experience this abandoned world properly.】

Saying goodbye to Giratina, watching it disappear into the ruined world, Hikari Tane and the Pokémon passed through the water mirror membrane and returned to the workshop in the real world. Although they still retained a trace of excitement, soon, after piling the ghost-type items in Room Four, the Pokémon also began to feel tired.

Lilligant hugged Turtwig and slept on the side of the room where the flower pots were placed, Doublade ran back to its favorite corner, and Regirock stood at the back door of the forge, the H character on its face gradually losing its light.

Unown E returned last, floating behind the old clock.

The workshop, which had been lively all day, finally quieted down, and Hikari Tane returned to bed and closed his eyes.

The dream began to turn pink.

Hikari Tane opened his eyes and found himself waking up in the dream world's cottage.

Just leaving the ruined world, and now coming to the dream world in a dream!

“Ah, it really doesn't let me rest...” Hikari Tane rubbed his head, feeling somewhat helpless.

Walking Wake wasn't in the house, probably out scavenging?

Turning to look at the items in the dream world cottage, the Light Stone was still in place and hadn't moved. However, soon, Hikari Tane's eyes froze.

Next to the Light Stone was a pitch-black stone with bite marks. Needless to say, this must also be a "trophy" that Walking Wake picked up!

【Crafted Item (?): Dark Stone (Cannot be taken out)】

【Description 1: The form Zekrom takes after its body is destroyed. It is said to be waiting for the arrival of a hero.】

【Description 2: Covered in scars, the Dark Stone in the dream is still repeating the dream of destruction from 2500 years ago.】

【Crafted Item Effect: Perhaps it can be used as a power source for electricity.】