Whitley, Diana, and Sennogi ran quickly, and there wasn't really anyone chasing them. Because chasing them didn't really make sense.
They see Rope and Hoopa as threats, but they also don't punish those who don't pose a threat to them that harshly. Like, say, giving death.
After all, Arceus is a god, a true god in the end. He might be ruthless, but he would never actively prey on the weak either. As for Rope and the others being attacked. This was because Growlithe rules they were set up with were just that.
Rope was strong, strong enough to threaten the gods.
Whitley and the others soon felt a flash of light before their eyes. The next thing they realized was that the scene in front of them had changed. It looked like a broken valley. The ground was covered with all kinds of rocks full of angles.
And not far away. They finally saw the hut that was, smoking with cooking smoke.
Whitley frowned and took a few tentative steps towards the front.
There were no traps to be found. So she nodded to the two women behind her, signaling them to follow.
Logically the most logical thing for them to do was to stay put and wait for Rope to come and join them. But they also didn't want to stay behind Rope and be a burden to him. That would be the biggest insult to them.
Whitley walked ahead to scout the way and clutched the flaming orb in his hand.
Sennogi and Diana followed behind Whitley, carefully dodging these rocks here and there.
These rocks are full of angles and are very sharp.
While Whitley was carefully exploring the area, there was a sudden cry of alarm from behind him, Whitley turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the cry with worry in the bottom of his eyes.
Diana tightly grabbed Sennogi who was about to fall to the ground, and then forcefully changed the direction of Sennogi's fall.
Diana and Sennogi fell to the ground in unison, with the benefit of...heavy backpacks facing down.
Whitley ran over quickly as well, then pulled the two to their feet.
"You guys okay?"
Whitley asked as he wiped a handful of weak sweat from his forehead before opening his mouth. If anything really happened to Diana or Sennogi, Whitley really couldn't get over himself.
Diana wiped a handful of cold sweat from her forehead, then nodded and said, "I'm fine."
The two of them looked at Sennogi, who sat on his backpack, first shook his head to show that he was fine, then cupped his left foot and looked at it, and helplessly raised his head and said to Whitley and Diana, "The shoe was scratched. That's why I was a little flustered for a moment just now, sorry for making you guys worry."
Sennogi's pretty face was filled with a guilty look.
But Whitley and Diana let out a sigh of relief in unison, then smiled and said, "That's good, as long as nothing happened."
Saying that, Whitley also looked at Sennogi's call.
The side of the shoe had been cut open, and even the sock had been cut through, revealing Sennogi's white and tender feet.Whitley even saw a faint bloodstain. It wasn't that Whitley's eyes were so good, or how heavy the blood mark was. The main thing was... this foot was just too white... just a faint blood mark could be clearly seen.
Whitley's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of envy.
But it was quickly replaced by caution.
She and Diana looked at each other before speaking, "It seems the rocks in this area are more exaggerated than we thought. Be a little more careful as we go."
Diana nodded in return, then gently placed her backpack on the ground, pulled a pair of shoes out of it, and handed them to Sennogi.
Sennogi said thanks. Then she took off her original shoes and changed into them.
Those white and tender jade-like feet, which even had a slightly transparent feeling under the sunlight made Diana sway for a moment... and then suddenly figured out why Rope was always extraordinarily tolerant towards Sennogi...
Rope doesn't have an ounce of resistance to this stuff. AKA Cynthia Champion's is just as bad. Otherwise, even if Rope doesn't change his mind, there's always something to change a bit.
So while his heart was envious, he also felt a little emotional. If I were a man, if I were really good at this, I would never have this kind of self-control.
Sennogi also changed her shoes very quickly. When she retrieved her bag from the ground, she realized that there was a deep scratch on her backpack.
It was important to realize that their space backpacks were all special and would never break under normal circumstances.
And the rocks here actually almost caused the backpack to be scratched...
"There's something odd about the stones."
Whitley also found this out, and then her already grim countenance was taken to another level.
She suddenly felt that unlike the other villages, this village was full of malice towards them from the very beginning.
Whether it was the deer that suddenly attacked them or the rocky beach here. Neither was a reflection of anything friendly.
Diana nodded, indicating that she was aware of it as well. But just as she looked up, she suddenly saw a silhouette walking towards their side.
The direction the figure was coming from was the small village.
So she tugged on Whitley and Sennogi's sleeves, signaling them to look that way.
Sennogi and Whitley both saw the silhouette. a flash of panic flashed across Sennogi's face.
Whitley, on the other hand, said seriously, "Sister Diana, you are always ready to release the Warrior Eagle, don't fly too high, and if the situation is not right then, we will run together."
Diana also nodded, signaling that Zi knew. Although following Rope they had never really encountered any danger. But they did learn a lot about how to handle crises.
Especially at times like this, they only needed to follow the more experienced Whitley's command. It's not that they can't have their own opinions or suggestions. But because in such a critical situation, if you want to be inspired, then it is best not to involve other people in the better.
Not everyone has a protagonist's aura.
Sennogi also went into a state of vigilance, despite the fact that inside, a feeling of powerlessness could not help but rise.
The silhouette was walking in a straight line towards them, walking quickly and steadily, as if it was not dodging the rocks here at all. Whitley and the others were also surprised. But soon there was no more thinking.
For the man was already in sight.
It was a man with a white beard and hair, and a trace of gentleness could be seen in the coldness of his countenance.
"Little girls, what are you doing here?"
The old man was asking these words with a light smile, so Whitley also said with a smile, "Grandpa, we came here to explore. But our brother who was following us was suddenly attacked by a group of Pokémon. Our brother told us to run, so we ran here.
The old man raised his eyebrows as if he knew something interesting, then nodded, "Are you guys injured?"
Sennogi, who was being supported by Diana, opened her mouth curiously and asked.
Whitley didn't have the intention to hide it, and with some fear on his face, he said, "Yeah! We didn't expect the rocks here to actually be so scary, Xiao Qian she broke her foot and then almost fell to her death on the rocks."
The old man shook his head and said somewhat helplessly, "You children are just too careless. The rocky beach here is very dangerous. The key is that the rocks are sharp. If you don't get it right, you'll get your shoes cut and hurt your feet."
Then the old man once again sized up the three of them and spoke, "If you don't mind, follow me first and let's go to the village together to wait for your brother."
Whitley's face showed a leaping expression, "Really! Thank you so much, grandpa!"
"Hahaha, you're welcome, speaking of which, no one has come to this village for many years, but quite a few people have come in the past few months. I don't know what's going on either."
The old man smiled and turned around to lead the way while chatting with Whitley and the girls.
Diana tugged at Whitley's sleeve, then pointed to the old man's foot.
Whitley didn't say anything, just nodded.
She had already seen that on the old man's feet, there were no shoes.
"Grandpa, this stone is so sharp, why don't you wear shoes!"
Whitley suddenly opened her mouth to ask with some surprise.
The surprise was certainly real. Whitley didn't know if the Heba Heavenly King could do such a thing. But she did feel that such a thing was outrageous in itself.
Who can withstand walking on stones that can even cut special shoes with your feet?
This man, there's something wrong...
This was a thought that instantly rose in the minds of the three men.
But they didn't dare to show anything else. After all, to them, the guy in front of them was simply not something they could resist.
Instead of clashing with the other party right now, it would really be better to stabilize the other party right now and wait for Rope's rescue. Although I don't know what's going on with such a guy. But I guess it's not a shame to commit to a falsehood in front of such a monster.
The old man smiled and answered Whitley's question, ''This rocky beach is also just dangerous to look at. Someone like me who lives here is certainly still able to figure out a suitable path."
"By following the path I chose, you certainly won't be stumbling into the kind of situation you were in before."
"Oh! It's like this! Thank you grandpa!"
Whitley was incomparably happy and earnest as he gave his thanks. It was as if she was sincerely thanking the old man for saving them from the fire.
Of course, such a mood couldn't be said to be completely false.
Under the old man's leadership, they would soon be walking out of this rocky beach.
"Thank you grandpa!"
So the three girls happily said to the old man.
The old man stroked his white beard. Then he smiled and said, "You guys don't have to be polite either. It looks like it will still take some time for your brothers to break out, so why don't you come to my home and rest for a while first?"
As soon as the old man said this, Whitley and the girls looked at each other and then said to the old man with apologies.
"I'm sorry grandpa, actually brother instructed us not to follow others easily. Now we've already made him angry. Don't want to make him angry again. So let's just take a place where he can see us."
Such words were actually politely refusing the old man's invitation, and the old man was no fool. This kind of words of course also still hear out. The old man also smiled bashfully, then smiled rather calmly and said, "Good, then you guys will wait here for a while."
With that, the old man went to one side to find his shoes, then silently prepared to leave.
The corners of Whitley's mouth twitched. After all, the old man hadn't worn shoes, apparently because he was afraid that his shoes would be scratched by the rocks here. If he was really as confident as he said he was, he probably wouldn't have gone without shoes.
Or did the old man actually have something else to hide by walking around the messy stall without shoes?
Whitley wasn't sure, but she didn't ask, it was better to wait and see when Rope got here. As for Rope having an accident that prevented them from coming...don't be ridiculous. how could Rope have been injured? The only thing that could have happened is if Rope had cleaned up the other side.
And just as Whitley thought, Rope was now choking the back of Growlithe's fateful neck, and then spoke, "Come on, come on, tell me about all those rules and legends you guys are talking about. I can talk to you as well."
"Woof!"
Also Rope looked at Rotom, Rotom flinched for a moment, then spoke in embarrassment, "This is in the literary language, I can't translate..."
Rope first flinched, opened his mouth, then shook his head rather helplessly, then looked at Hoopa on the other side. Hoopa shrugged, then spoke, "Just now he said, let's give him a hard time, he won't betray the Exalted God!"
Rope was also helpless, so his image had crumbled like this?
"This is not good!"
Rope spoke in pain.
"We're not bad people."
Hoopa's mouth also twitched slightly when he heard Rope's words. It wasn't convincing at all because Rope was carrying Growlithe right in front of his eyes to say it, and behind Rope Bi's background was stacked mountains of creepy antlered deer herds.
Rope laughed softly as Growlithe shivered in a cold sweat in the heat of the day.
But Growlithe still refused to say a word more.
Rope had no choice but to throw him to Hoopa behind him, who imprisoned him and then watched Rope walk straight ahead without saying a word, but was rather helpless.
Then he followed Rope, they had to go to Whitley and the girls now, or else Rope would regret it for the rest of his life if anything really happened to Whitley and the girls.
So involuntarily, both of them quickened their pace.
Rope walked to the rocky beach soon, Rope looked at the sharp stones and frowned. He wondered why Whitley walked past them.
He could see that there was a kind of sharp energy attached to these stones in front of him. Rope was also not sure where these energies came from. Rope wasn't sure where the energy came from, but it looked like it was expendable. As long as the footprints of someone walking in front of them, the energy would be mostly consumed and would no longer cause harm.
And it wasn't evenly distributed, some places would have such an unusually sharp one, while others wouldn't.
Rope saw Whitley waving towards him from a distance and shook his head before heading straight across the street.