After Diancie arrived as well, Articuno glanced at Little Lugia, who was playing wildly with Su Hao's nine Pokémon in the distance. After gathering its thoughts, it said, "That child is the Sea God's descendant, and the Sea God is Dark Lugia."
Its very first sentence was a bombshell.
For a moment, Diancie's expression showed surprise. The inherited knowledge in her mind contained detailed records of just how powerful the Sea God was.
If Lugia was willing, a single casual flap of its wings could unleash a terrifyingly widespread storm.
Any catastrophe of scorched earth stretching for thousands of miles caused by an Elite Four Level Sunny Day unleashed at full power... was like child's play in comparison.
Lugia's power could directly affect most of an entire country. It was the very embodiment of a natural disaster.
How could such a god have become like that?
Reshiram suddenly asked, "Was it... the influence of Dark Matter?"
Articuno nodded lightly. "That was part of the reason."
Su Hao fell into thought. "Part of it...?"
Articuno flapped its wings, and the icy-blue tail feather Su Hao had put away slowly floated before them. Looking at its own feather, Articuno continued, "First, let me clarify something. Su Hao, when you participated in the first Trial, Azelf deliberately intervened to keep me behind. Then it informed me about the situation in this Secret Realm and had me find Moltres and Zapdos before entering it."
Su Hao: "..."
My fist is hard!
So it was that blue mushroom-head's doing. Considering they had even managed to summon the Slate Spirit that had turned itself into a system inside him, they probably really could pull some strings and hold Articuno back!
"After learning the full details, I went to Latios and Latias. The reason I went through