"Move! Move! Evacuate the civilians now!!"
Inside Sootopolis City, the League investigators who had just returned from the secret realm, along with Glacia, were already coordinating the evacuation.
They had all seen it—
that sky-covering tidal wave.
Fear spread rapidly through the city.
People ran in panic.
"Run! The tsunami is coming!!"
"Where are you?! Answer me!!"
"Mom! Mom!! I'm scared—!"
A little girl tripped and fell, bursting into tears amid the chaos.
A middle-aged woman rushed over, scooping her up.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid—Mom's here, I'm here!"
…
Standing atop a helicopter, Glacia looked down at the chaos and sighed softly.
Then—
she turned toward the incoming tsunami.
And smiled.
"After this, that old man better give me a raise."
"Otherwise, I'm quitting this damn Ice-type Elite Four job."
With that—
she signaled the pilot—
then jumped straight down.
Six Poké Balls flew out.
Six Pokémon appeared before her:
Froslass. Walrein. Beartic. Vanilluxe. Abomasnow. Glalie.
Even the weakest among them—
was at late Elite Four level.
She gently touched the Keystone hanging from her necklace.
"…Good thing that kid discovered Mega Evolution."
"Otherwise… there's no way I could stop this."
The moment Chen Shi revealed Mega Evolution—
the League had gone all-in searching for Mega Stones.
And Hoenn—
as the origin—
had found quite a few.
As an Elite Four member—
Glacia naturally had priority access.
Her eyes sharpened.
"Glalie—Mega Evolve!"
Brilliant light erupted.
Glalie's form transformed—
its aura skyrocketing.
When the light faded—
it had leapt from peak Elite Four—
to mid-Champion level.
"Now this is power!"
Glacia grinned.
Champion level.
She had thought it would take years to reach this.
Yet now—
it was within reach.
"Everyone—Ice Beam!! Full power!"
Six beams of freezing energy shot forward—
slamming into the incoming tsunami.
"Look! The tsunami's freezing—it's Elite Four Glacia!!"
Cheers erupted.
"We're saved!"
"With her here, we'll be fine!"
"Wait—no! The tsunami is too big! She can't cover everything!"
"What do we do?!"
"What else can we do!? If we don't want to die—HELP!!"
One by one—
trainers stepped forward.
Strong or weak—
it didn't matter.
Even Juan rushed in after stabilizing the city.
Together—
they fought back.
And finally—
the tsunami froze.
Towering icebergs formed across the sea.
Glacia let out a breath.
"…We stopped it."
But—
just as relief spread—
crack.
Cracks appeared in the ice.
"What—what's happening!?"
Glacia's expression darkened.
Because she understood—
this was only one wave.
Behind it—
more were coming.
And stronger.
Despair returned.
"We… we can't stop this…"
"Are we really going to die here…?"
"We tried so hard… why is this happening…"
The cracks spread.
Faster.
Wider.
The next wave—
was already pushing forward.
Glacia gritted her teeth.
"Enough of that nonsense!"
"As long as I'm here—no one panics!"
"All of you—Ice Beam again! Hold the line!!"
Her Pokémon pushed themselves to the limit.
The others followed.
But this time—
it wasn't enough.
The third wave crashed in—
shattering everything.
The ice broke.
Glalie dropped out of Mega Evolution.
And the tsunami surged forward—
unstoppable.
Glacia let out a bitter laugh.
"…Well, this is bad."
"That old man's going to smash another table…"
"Sorry… I really did my best."
She prepared to save as many people as she could.
She wouldn't die—
but others…
Maybe.
Then—
just as the wave was about to consume everything—
figures appeared in the sky.
Chen Shi and the others—
teleported back by Jirachi.
Seeing the situation—
Chen Shi shouted:
"You greedy cat—move it!! I'll agree to anything later, just save them!!"
Mew's eyes lit up.
It nodded.
And then—
something incredible happened.
The "Eevee" on Chen Shi's shoulder—
began to glow.
Its form shifted.
Changed.
From Eevee—
into Glaceon.
Then—
it leapt forward.
Its tiny body—
radiating overwhelming power.
In that instant—
Ice-type energy across the world surged.
The air froze.
The temperature—
plummeted to zero—
and kept dropping.
The ocean itself trembled.
Then—
the tsunami slowed.
Stopped.
Froze.
The raging sea—
became a silent sculpture of ice.
And the freezing didn't stop there—
it spread outward—
consuming everything—
locking the world in absolute frost.
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