Chen Shi had decided from the start that he would refuse to help the people here.
Because if the people here learned that he had no fear of Dark Matter, and could even purify it...
They would most likely pin all their hopes on him.
By then, the miracle Cogita and Chen Shi hoped for would probably never have a chance to emerge.
That was something neither Cogita nor Chen Shi could accept.
From his conversation with Cogita before coming here, Chen Shi understood that the forces of darkness might be far greater than he had imagined.
This might not be the only world that had fallen completely.
Faced with that possibility, even with those four Orbs, he could not save so many people and Pokémon.
Cogita-or rather, Arceus-surely understood that problem too.
That was why he had been sent to this world.
To search.
To search for a miracle.
To search for a way for everyone to save themselves.
"..."
After the meal, Diantha and the others leaned back in their chairs, looking thoroughly satisfied.
"It's been so long since I ate my fill like this," Steven said with a sigh, holding his stomach.
He had never been particularly fond of spicy food like hot pot.
But now, he could only admit that it was delicious.
"Miracle, I still have an empty room at my place. Why don't you stay next door to me?" Steven suddenly remembered something and extended an invitation to Chen Shi.
"No," Chen Shi declined. "I still have a few friends outside. I need to stay with them."
"But it's dangerous outside," Diantha urged.
"Those friends of yours aren't Shadow Creatures, are they?"
"As long as they aren't Shadow Creatures, you can actually bring them here with you."
"This is practically the apocalypse. We won't