What is the first step to creating a new Legendary giant?
In the past, even Regigigas himself couldn't really say.
Wasn't it just shaping a Legendary giant? Designing a form based on its own research and stuffing some things inside?
But now things were different. The first thing it needed to do was study references.
The performance of Regirock and Registeel had left Regigigas very dissatisfied, so it decided to melt them down and remake them.
Regigigas was getting closer and closer to Onigashima, and its body was also shrinking.
By the time it returned to Onigashima, its body had already returned to its normal size.
A height of three meters was not small for an ordinary person, but in this sea it counted as a normal size.
However, it suddenly stopped.
Regigigas did not continue toward Onigashima to find Arceus. Instead, it turned and walked in the direction of Kuri.
It decided to first learn from existing experience.
Although it had been born later than Regice, Regigigas had learned from Arceus about the circumstances of Regice's creation.
Even though Regice had been personally created by Arceus, it could not change the fact that the origin of the Legendary giant family was Regigigas.
The Regice created by Arceus might be stronger, but that did not negate Regigigas's understanding of Regice.
Regigigas walked steadily across the land of Onigashima, showing complete indifference toward the humans around it.
No matter what these people were doing, it had no effect on Regigigas.
The midday sun shone on Regigigas's shoulders, where some emerald-green plants glimmered. These were plants that had grown when it was transporting the New Fishman Island earlier.
Strange storms on the sea had swept a large amount of soil onto Regigigas's shoulders, and seeds of fast-growing plants had also fallen there along with the flight of birds.
Under normal circumstances, seeds could not grow so quickly.
But this sea was different; its fast-growing forests were truly fast-growing.
From seed to sprout to a fully grown plant took less than a year. In as many as a few days, or as few as several seconds, they could grow into a dense forest.
Previously, Regigigas had been hundreds of meters tall and had not paid attention to the bit of dust and plants on its shoulders.
But as its body shrank, the plants growing on its shoulders became quite troublesome. Long vines dragged like long hair on the ground, greatly hindering its steps.
After tearing off the vines in one pull, Regigigas scraped the soil off its body like removing barnacles, and only then walked toward Kuri.
At this moment, Zeraora's house was empty. Only a few Farfetch'd could be seen passing by.
Ludicolo was quietly soaking in the pool, with only the lily pad on its head visible above the water.
Meowna and Wolff had not returned yet. Setsuna was currently on Zou Island, and Zeraora naturally was not staying at home alone either, having gone elsewhere.
With the arrival of Regigigas, the Pokémon in the courtyard all raised their heads.
Looking at the various Pokémon, Regigigas remained indifferent. But compared to when it saw humans before, it was already much more "enthusiastic."
Soon, Regigigas arrived in front of Regice.
Tap, tap.
Like knocking on a door, Regigigas tapped on Regice's face, waking up the one who had been lazily sleeping and serving as a living refrigerator in Zeraora's home.
"Regi…"
The light points on Regice's face flickered for a moment. It was the earliest-born individual of the Legendary giant family.
If ranked by creation time—
Even Regigigas would have to call it big brother.
But Regigigas was the King of the Legendary giants. It was the ruler of the "toilet family."
Although Regice had been born earlier, Regigigas could still command it.
After all, controlling the other Legendary giants was Regigigas's authority. It possessed that ability, and even Regice, who had been created by Arceus, was no exception.
Of course, this only applied to Pokémon of the Legendary giant category. Regigigas had no such control over other Pokémon.
Ordinary Pokémon might obey it because of its strength, but Mythical Pokémon, such as Zeraora, would not be affected.
Rayquaza even less so. In Rayquaza's eyes, Regigigas was nothing more than a giant toilet.
"Move your hands."
"Move your feet."
Regigigas gave a series of commands that Regice didn't quite understand, but Regice still carried them out.
Regice moved like a model, constantly waving its arms and lower legs. Its unusual body structure made the scene look somewhat comical.
Regigigas continued issuing various commands.
Under the effect of Magnet Rise, Regice even floated into the air.
This made Regigigas somewhat dissatisfied, because the two Legendary giants it had created earlier didn't even know Magnet Rise.
In terms of materials, Regice wasn't that different from Regirock and Registeel.
All of them were made from materials commonly found in nature. After observing for a while, Regigigas finally found the problem.
Part of it was the rushed construction. More importantly, it was missing something crucial, a Plate.
The special power within Regice, created through the Icicle Plate, was something Regirock and Registeel simply did not have.
After all, Regigigas couldn't mobilize the power of the Plates itself. Once it figured this out, it left and headed back toward Onigashima.
Regice, who had been awakened by it, was left in a state of confusion.
Regigigas hadn't issued any commands before leaving.
After thinking for a moment, Regice looked at the place where it had originally been crouching, then crouched back down and returned to his refrigerator state.
However, halfway along the way, Regigigas once again changed direction.
It didn't go to Onigashima, but instead walked toward Mt. Fuji.
Mt. Fuji was a dormant volcano, with a massive amount of magma stored beneath it.
There, both the rocks needed by Regirock and the magma needed by Registeel existed in enormous reserves.
Although Regigigas understood that what its creations lacked was a Plate, it had no intention of borrowing one from Arceus.
Plates were not items that couldn't be lent out. As long as Arceus permitted it, he wouldn't mind lending his Plates to others.
The only condition was that they had to be returned.
But this situation was different.
If Regigigas went to Arceus and said, "I want to borrow your Plates to create other toilets," then the issue would be far more than just borrowing.
Creation was Arceus's authority.
The Plates were Arceus's property.
Borrowing Arceus's Plates to create other Pokémon would be like telling an emperor, "Lend me your imperial seal so I can write an imperial decree."
The King of the Legendary giants Ability itself is Slow Start. It didn't want something like this to cause that Ability to become permanently unusable.
As for how it came to be, if it really ended up with an Ability that couldn't start at all, then the rumor that Slow Start had been beaten into it would no longer just be a rumor.
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