In order to deal with various situations when he went out this time, Luther put almost all the elves in his home into his backpack.
When rushing to the site of the wildfire, he finally didn't have to hang on Darkrai, or sit on the Chinese Valentine's Day Bluebird and stare blankly at the lush leaves in the sky.
When leaving, Ayi told Luther that the children in the nursing home were looking forward to seeing him and hoped that he would not leave directly after handling the matter.
"Allow a little time for these children. It doesn't need to be too much. Maybe an hour or two is enough."
For these children who have been abandoned by their families for various reasons since childhood, Luther is their spiritual support.
The fact that he was able to walk out of this nursing home greatly inspired these children and allowed them to grow up believing that they could do it too.
Ayi's words reminded Luther of himself who came into this world at a loss, had no goals, and was drifting with the flow.
These children today are exactly the same as myself back then.
Without any reason to refuse, Luther agreed to A-yi's request.
Sitting on the Wind Speed Dog and shuttling through the woods, Luther's brows furrowed into the Chinese character "Chuan".
The island is far away from the mainland of Sinnoh, similar to Suzuran Island, Steel, Crescent and other islands, and has not been affected by this famine.
Therefore, until he finished talking to Ayi, he still had no real understanding of the famine.
But the sights along the way shocked Luther.
There was not much in the area near Shuangye Town. As Luther went deeper, the vegetation in the forest became more and more barren. Several places where the wind speed dog passed were bare and devoid of any greenery.
Although it is winter now, due to the unusual weather this year, the vegetation in many places is still lush and green at this time, as is the case in Qidao.
But here...
The bark of the trees was riddled with holes, the trunks and branches were missing, and the tree that should have been as dense as an umbrella was left with only a body left with countless horrific scars.
Because it is far away from the water source and it is still open, with nothing to block the sun, the ground in this area is cracked everywhere.
Luther jumped off the Wind Speed Dog and touched a handful of dirt on the ground.
It couldn't be called soil. Such dry sand flowed from Luther's palm to the ground like water with just a slight squeeze.
Luther's back collar tightened, and his neck was also strangled by the collar. The wind speed dog suddenly bit Luther and jumped back.
Luther, who was in the air, couldn't even react to what happened, but he saw Darkrai blocking him in an instant.
There was a muffled roar, and a large area of the place where Luther was standing collapsed, bringing with it the dead wood, sand and gravel above.
Looking at the landslide site not far away, Luther's mind went blank. He wanted to step forward to check, but he didn't dare to look at the scarred ground under his feet.
Luther had no choice but to hang on Darkrai and float above the collapse site to look down.
In the sand and gravel, groups of gophers, three gophers and pangolins were struggling to dig holes.
As if they were aware of Luther, the nervous and busy elves stopped their movements, raised their heads, and stared at Luther with numb and wary eyes.
After Darkrai expressed his intention to come, the gophers and pangolins remained silent. Their eyes were focused on Luther, and many elves in Luther's backpack showed longing expressions.
"Get out of here, it's very dangerous ahead."
A three-gopher sent a warning to Luther.
"May I know what you are doing?"
"Take refuge and find underground water." After the three gophers answered, they warned again, "The underground in front has been hollowed out by many elves. Two of the three local overlord elves have also escaped. Please be careful."
When asked again, the three gophers and the gophers no longer answered, but continued their digging.
Luther looked at it for a while, sighed, returned to the Wind Speed Dog, and continued to move forward.
Along the way, Luther saw what the three gophers said was the hollowed-out ground. There were three or four large pits in an open space where there might have been many trees before. They were dark and bottomless.
Luther's heart was sinking, things were much more serious than he thought.
It's no wonder that the elves are panicking on a large scale because of the "divine punishment". The successive bad celestial phenomena really make the elves unable to help but think about it.
Darkrai, who was flying with the Wind Speed Dog beside Luther, suddenly spoke and asked: "Why don't you tell Sirona?"
Luther was stunned for a while before he asked the Wind Speed Dog to stop.
The sound of wind echoing in his ears disappeared, and Luther stared at Darkrai.
Darkrai asked again: "Why didn't you tell Sirona and the others?"
In my memory, this is the first time that Darkrai has expressed his opinion on his own arrangements. In the past, he always silently followed Luther's every decision.
"After thinking about it, this seems to be the first time. What made you take the initiative to ask these questions?"
"Let me guess...it's a tragic scene caused by a natural disaster?"
Darkrai nodded.
"I don't know how powerful Arceus is. I have never been able to understand it, but now I feel it."
"If it's so scary that he's just waking up, what will happen when he wakes up?"
Wind Speed Dog crawled gently on the ground, tested the thickness of the ground under his feet, and then signaled Luther to get out of the car.
Luther jumped down, walked to Darkrai, stretched out his hand and put it on Darkrai's head.
Gardevoir suddenly emerged from Luther's elf ball. As soon as she sensed the information from the outside world, she accused Darkrai of being cowardly.
Darkrai responded to Gardevoir's accusation in a deep voice: "You are not the only one who loves Luther, I can also give everything for him."
"I said before that as long as Luther wants to fight Arceus, I will accompany him until the last moment... Now I just want to understand why he doesn't increase his chances of winning."
"If possible, I don't want him to take risks even more than you do."
Gardevoir was dumbfounded for a moment. Understanding the weight of Darkrai's words, she turned to look at Luther, her eyes blurred.
"Fighting against God is easy to say. If you can, who would want to be his enemy?"
"If possible, I hope this option never becomes the one I have to choose."
"Darkrai, your way of thinking now is getting closer and closer to humans, but..."
Luther looked up at the sky: "In an extreme situation where the interests of humans and the interests of the elves can only be chosen one or the other, many things will change."
"If I tell them, then on the day Arceus comes, the plan to eliminate Arceus may become the first choice of all major alliances. Do you believe it or not?"
"They have realized the terror of Arceus. Do you think they will press the fire button, or give Arceus the power to decide life and death?"
"To say the least, even if the entire island is airtight, facing the unprecedented unification of Arceus, they will all follow me to Midina..."
"But Darkrai...they are my friends."
Luther caressed Darkrai's face: "If possible, I hope that all risks in this matter will be borne by me."
"Since I predicted all this, I should be responsible for it. This is the obligation of a pioneer."
"After this incident, I may find a way to force Arceus to wake up."
"I know this might be crazy, but I have to do something..."
"The longer this famine lasts, the more people and spirits will suffer!"
After listening, Darkrai and Gardevoir stepped forward and hugged Luther gently.
This kind of hugging feeling was somewhat unexpected to Luther, but he was very satisfied.
There were still some thoughts that Luther did not express.
Although he has changed too many things, history has long ceased to proceed according to the plot of the animation.
But when he went to Midina, he discovered that the process of Arceus' arrival was not much different from the original process. It was just that the movement of Arceus when he woke up became louder.
Under this situation, Luther decided to try his best to control the overall situation by himself and strive to make everything proceed within a scope that he could understand.
Only in this way can he properly deal with various situations when Arceus comes.
Sirona and others were naturally excluded by Luther as uncertain factors.
I don’t want Arceus’ conflict with humans to deepen.
I don't want to fight Arceus to the death.
We don't want things to spread and lead to humans taking up arms, making the elimination of Arceus and the preservation of humanity the only feasible solution.
You don’t want people you know well to take the greatest risk.
It is convenient for you to control all processes and adapt to changes.
After careful consideration, Luther decided to take the risk himself.
Even if there is a helper, it is still Xiaozhi.
It's a pity that Xiaozhi was in Kalos at this time after contacting him before. Luther can't forcefully interrupt his fight for Kalos and keep him in Sinnoh, right?
If Arceus doesn't wake up, Luther will hold Ash down and not leave?
That's ridiculous.
Luther didn't want to be a lone hero, but everything seemed to force him to become the only pioneer.
Is it dangerous?
Very dangerous.
When Arceus is rational, he is definitely a kind and talkative good man.
But now he was deceived, scarred and forced to enter a dormant state.
The awakened Arceus is in a state of lack of sanity, and facing him in this state requires more than just courage.
Only by truly feeling this depressing atmosphere can we understand what a brave move Ash made when he let the Skin God Arceus.
At that moment, Xiaozhi did all this regardless of the risk that he might be missed by God.
Maybe he didn't think about the consequences at all, but he also accomplished things that countless people couldn't achieve.
But... Luther watched everyone on Qidao having fun and laughing every day.
The elves on the island chattered around him and gave him strange gifts as if they were offering treasures.
Her fingers caressed Mai's belly, feeling the evidence of the existence of another life...