Boom!
The torrent surged forward and spread in both directions to either side.
"It's flooding!"
"The groundwater's bursting out again!"
"Idiot! That's Aggron's Surf!"
The crowd scrambled back from the water, bickering all the while.
In recent years, the two events that had stuck most firmly in the minds of Silicon Beryllium City's residents were the Rescue Organization's defeat of the Third-Generation Shadow Team and the sudden eruption of groundwater.
That bizarre phenomenon, utterly outside the experience of oasis dwellers, had flooded three whole streets before receding.
Many people had said a terrifying jet-black bird flew overhead just before the groundwater erupted, but few had paid them any mind.
Wild creatures other than humans in Orre were doubtful enough. A black bird the size of a house?
They must have been seeing things!
In any case, Mega Aggron's Surf brought back that day with startling clarity: the tide of murky water swallowing everything in its path.
Zhengyi was startled too.
What, is your Aggron a Water type? You didn't even draw on the canal!
"Dig!"
"Sand!"
Before his trainer could give the order, the water-fearing Sandslash had already burrowed underground, digging a tunnel as winding as possible to keep the water from engulfing it.
After taking an Ice Beam, it still bore traces of frost on its back and was nowhere near full strength. Even unharmed, it would never have dared face a wave like that head-on!
Having once traveled to Gateon Port with its trainer, Sandslash was reminded of the roaring surf. It could never forget how it had trembled before the vast ocean—or how its companions had laughed at it afterward.
Sensing water pouring in behind it, Sandslash frantically dug onward.
It meant to attack the fearsome opponent from the side.
But before it had dug far, its