"Thor?"
Huddled and trembling aboard the Golden Princess, Zou Ziming had been hoping for a miracle. The moment he saw the giant god, the name surfaced in his mind.
Had a miracle really appeared?
"ROAR!"
At the sight of Thor, Jormungandr roared. The great Serpent, prophesied to die alongside Thor, opened jaws as vast and dark as the deep sea and lunged for him. It meant to swallow its fated enemy whole, then strangle Odin—the one who had made the prophecy—with its tail.
Clank...
Thor took a step forward, his armor rattling softly. Countless Thunderbolts filled the Pacific Ocean. Unlike the Thunderbolts conjured by the Serpent's Magic Power, they shattered the heavy clouds as soon as they appeared. The tsunami Jormungandr had raised collapsed into a spray of water that crashed against the coast, while the hurricanes broke apart under the Thunderbolts' assault and scattered as gentle breezes.
"What happened? The Tsunami's gone?"
Some people had no cars, had missed the buses, and had been too slow to react. When they saw the Tsunami coming, they thought they were dead. Yet somehow, that enormous wave had vanished.
They were soaked to the skin and miserable, but it felt wonderful to be alive.
After the shock wore off, some called their families to say they were safe and burst into tears mid-conversation. Others posted online, sharing their ordeal and the joy of escaping death with strangers.
Only after sharing their stories did they realize that it wasn't just their local Tsunami that had disappeared. The Tsunamis and hurricanes threatening the entire Pacific coast were gone. People everywhere online were celebrating and wondering what had happened.
"What happened?"
"Did America use that rumored weather weapon to get rid of the hurricanes and Tsunamis?"
"Nonsense. Weather weapons were banned ages ago. Ever heard