Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

“Gaa! (Hey, tree-planting Scizor, there are pests here, deal with them quickly!)”

Giratina stared blankly at the "escape" of the apples, its expression becoming very serious. It had once glimpsed human farmers dealing with pests in the Distortion World. If it didn't stop them, all the apples it had worked so hard to pluck would be eaten by these bugs!

The Scizor in the distance was still diligently planting trees. Hearing Giratina's call, it pointed to itself somewhat blankly:

“Hass? Ha! (Let me deal with the pests? I am a bug!)”

Never having heard of letting a bug deal with bugs, the Scizor raised its pincers, flapped its wings to accelerate forward, and ran with heavy steps to the apples rolling around everywhere, staring intently at one of them, and used Metal Claw!

It clamped down on a fleeing apple at once! A green apple, no less!

“Kaji!”

The apple let out a panicked cry. Scizor was taken aback, and its eyes met two large eyeballs that popped out of the apple. Immediately following this, the apple parasitized by the "bug" let out a strange cry!

A faint ghost-like wave suddenly surged, startling Scizor!

“Gaa? (Move 'Astonish'?)”

Giratina was quite surprised to see the green apple it had caught use the move.

Could it be that these bugs were born under the influence of the Distortion World's power? Wasn't that a Ghost-type move just now?

“Hass?” Scizor was very unhappy with the bug that had startled it. It clamped the "tail" that the bug had revealed with its pincers, and then yanked it outwards with force!

“Kaji! Kaji!” The bug hiding in the apple was very panicked, a look of pain appearing in its eyes as it constantly shook its large eyeballs, begging Scizor not to do this! The wails of this bug hiding in the green apple attracted the other rolling apples, and soon those apples gathered around. They hopped and jumped, constantly using Astonish, making Scizor look left and right!

Hey, these bugs are going to besiege me!

Scizor raised its pincers, placing them on either side of its head. A terrifying atmosphere suddenly arose. The other "apples" that had originally come to scare Scizor were immediately counter-intimidated, scattering in all directions, some even fainting directly!

Scizor will raise its pincers with eyeball patterns to intimidate its opponents, making it look like it has three heads, and timid Pokémon are easily frightened or even faint!

“Kaka Kaji” The green apple's eyes drooped, and tears welled up in both eyes!

No, don't destroy my apple!

Scizor looked at the teary-eyed state of the green apple, and immediately lost its desire to attack.

It was acting like it was bullying the weak. It wouldn't even look at such weak Pokémon in the forest.

“Gaa” Giratina observed these "bugs" for a long time, and now it finally noticed the difference in these little things.

It seems they aren't pests, but some kind of Pokémon?

But they still ate its apples!

Giratina didn't recognize this strange Pokémon and decided to seek the help of Luminous Moss. It called out in its heart:

[What to do if pests appear on the apple trees? Those bugs look like Pokémon, but I've never seen them before. What should I do now?]

The soul echo was transmitted, and a response was received before long.

“Pokémon living in apples? Are they Applin?”

[Applin? So, they are still pests. Should I pull them out of the apples?]

“No, Applin Pokémon hide in apples from birth and spend their entire lives in the apple, eating the flesh while growing. They use body fluids to increase the strength of the apple's skin while preventing the apple from rotting. But if they lose the apple, their body's moisture will be lost, gradually weakening them, and even causing them to die.”

“Although normal pests should be effective with insecticide spray, Applin actually have some benefits for the growth of apple trees. They have an ability called 'Ripen,' which can quickly ripen the berries and double their effects.”

[That's great?!]

Hearing this, Giratina's attitude towards the little apple-eating bugs changed immediately!

“Ah, but they also have an ability called Gluttony, which is to eat the berries in advance, so it's a bit troublesome. Well, but I can deal with this ability of theirs, just feed them more Pokéblocks.”

“And they have a move called Recycle, which can quickly regenerate the berries they eat. Although Applin who have mastered this move are very rare, I have a way to make them all master this move, just use the Celebi statue!”

Giratina was very pleasantly surprised and immediately began to think. Its eyes swept around the Applin lying scattered on the ground, and the idea of letting these little bugs live here and help it plant trees popped into its mind!

“Gaa! (There's no need to deal with them, it turns out they are a special kind of Pokémon, Scizor, release the pincers!)”

“Hass...” Scizor helplessly released the pincers, and the green Applin fell to the ground with a plop.

The other Applin around immediately ran over, protecting the green apple in the apple pile, but every Applin was trembling as they looked at Scizor and Giratina!

Such big monsters, so scary!

“Gaa...”

(I am Giratina, the master of this world. This is the Distortion World, also known as the Reverse World. Why have you appeared in my planted apple trees?)

(Those apple trees are mine. You have eaten the apples without my permission, causing me trouble.)

Giratina first threw out a topic to make the Applin feel guilty and panicked, trembling as they responded:

“Kaji Kaji!?”

(We don't know! We were already on the trees when we woke up! Don't eat us!)

Ha, Pokémon born naturally?

Giratina was dumbfounded.

How could such a thing happen? The Reverse World is not the real world with Arceus taking care of it!

“Hass...” At this time, Scizor spoke, saying that the feeling of pulling the tail just now was not right.

It didn't feel like a Bug-type Pokémon!

Giratina was dumbfounded again.

Not Bug-type, could it be Grass-type?

“Applin are Grass-type and Dragon-type Pokémon.”

The Luminous Moss' soul voice echoed in Giratina's soul. Giratina now knew how these Pokémon had appeared!

Most Grass-type Pokémon have some plant-like characteristics, which means... these guys may have originally existed on the apple trees in some form, and were later stimulated by the Luminous Moss' Pokémon, and then automatically born and drilled into the apples when the apples were formed.

The reason why it felt wrong to the touch was because... these guys were actually "Dragons"?!

How could there be such a dragon! (Д`)!

“Gaa aaaaa~”

Giratina twisted its body in the air and said to the Applin:

(Since you have entered the Distortion World, then you might as well live here. I am cultivating high-quality apples, and you seem to have the power to quickly ripen apples? I want to borrow your abilities!)

(Work for me, and in exchange, I will share some of the delicious apples I grow with you! Let's build this place into an apple orchard!)

The Applin looked at each other and discussed for a while with "Kaji Kaji."

Green Apple: “Kaji (This big monster looks like a demon king, so fierce)~”

Red Apple A: “Kaji (Have we been kidnapped? I don't want to be eaten)~”

Red Apple B: “Kaji! (We have to work for this demon king! If we don't want to be eaten, we can only offer apples to it.)”

Red Apple C: “Kaji... (But the apples here taste really good. If we can eat them every day, working is okay.)”

Red Apple C's words aroused everyone's unanimous approval.

Although this beast looks very dangerous, and that three-headed humanoid monster is also terrifying, the apples here are really delicious!

They already have a rich flavor before they are ripe. Once they are ripe, the taste will definitely be even more amazing! For the sake of delicious apples, let's just agree!

Anyway, we have nowhere else to go!