On the day the half-wolf group arrived at the vicinity of Oukiwa, the sky was dark, and there was a heavy fog hovering over the region. It was late afternoon, and the loud thunder that split the sky in half denoted the approach of a storm.
"Let's hurry... we have to arrive at the Strogueher estate before the rain starts." Luke spoke and then snapped the horses' reins to make them go faster. Immediately a flash of lightning could be seen in the sky, and the rumble of thunder soon echoed up into the mountains.
Since the Makator was working again when they approached Oukiwa, Ayumi had already been warned that the half-wolf gang would arrive in Oukiwa that day.
In addition, the Strogueher Matriarch had warned them by a message that Oukiwa was very different from what it used to be when Luke left town more than six months ago.
However, even having been warned of the divergence, Luke was startled by the current Oukiwa.