As Julian headed toward the dire the Slowpokes had previously been looking, the situation at the coastal area took a sharp turn.

  At the site of the closing ba for the Hundred Schools League, partits began notig something unusual.

  "What's going on?"

  Wade abruptly stood up from his seat, his expression a mix of fusion and seriousness as he observed tless Water-type Pokémon surfag from the sea. Their numbers were growing by the sed.

  Everywhere he looked, there were Water-types, and they were all steadily moving toward the shore.

  The partits and teachers leading the Hundred Schools League quickly realized something was wrong and began releasing their Pokémon.

  "Should we push them back?"

  Yuna released her Bzikee being a Fire-type Trainer with a disadvantage against Water-types, she hat most of these Pokémon were low-level, likely below Advanced rank.

  "Wait, let's find teacher Wade first," Max quickly interjected.

  Though the Water-types were advang toward them, they showed no signs of hostility. Attag them first might provoke a terattack.

  "Their numbers are increasing!"

  By now, nearly ten thousand Water-types were visible, and as they tie toward the shore, more Pokémon joined from the rear.

  "Those with Light S moves, set up barriers to hold them back," ordered Oliver, a representative of the First Military Academy.

  As a general, Oliver was well-versed in handling rge-scale battles.

  If it weren't for the uain i of these Water-types, Oliver might have already resorted to force. For now, the priority was to create a barrier to block them.

  "tact Haitian City officials immediately and find out what's happening!" Oliver barked.

  The sheer number of Pokémon—at least ten thousand—moving toward Haitian City indicated that something was drawing them in.

  "Report: The Haitian City Trainers' Association is also in the dark about this. However, wild Slowpokes withiy suddenly began moving in one dire earlier, causing chaos. The Slowpokes have siopped moving"

  Oliver's subordinate reported after tag the Trainers' Association.

  At that moment, the Trainers' Association itself was in turmoil. The on-duty Trainers at the association had all been killed.

  "Where are the people from the monit station? Are they utterly useless? How could they miss this many Pokémon making ndfall?" Oliver shouted furiously.

  The staff at the monit station had their own frustrations. They had already reported the mass Pokémon movement to the Trainers' Associatiohe radar first detected the surge.

  The Trainers' Association had assured they would send people to iigate the matter.

  However, an uling question arose: if the staff in the association were all dead, then who had answered the calls they'd made earlier to that station?

  Although the Light S moves had temporarily held back the Water-types attempting to nd, Haitian City's coastline spanned over 100 kilometers, with the current barrier c only a tiny portion.

  "Ring... ring..."

  Suddenly, the phones of both Wade and Oliver began ringing simultaneously.

  As the two answered, the phones of other Uy representatives also started ringing oer another.

  A mier, Wade and Oliver hung up, their expressions grim.

  The information they received firmed their worst fears: Haitian City was now surrounded by tless Water-type Pokémon. While the group in front of them numbered over 10,000, even rger numbers had already nded elsewhere along the coastline.

  sidering the eretch of the 100-kilometer coastlihe total number of Pokémon making ndfall might exceed a million.

  Meanwhile, the Water-types blocked by the Light S began to grow impatient. They started ung attacks against the barriers.

  While individually weak, mostly below Advanced-level, their sheer numbers overwhelmed the defending Pokémon. Furthermore, the Pokémon deploying the Light S barriers varied widely in strength themselves.

  Sooions of the Light S crumbled, allowing some Water-types to break through and reach the shore.

  "We o split up. Wade, you take 30 uy teams and stay here," Oliver anded.

  "Shu uy's lead teacher, you take another 30 teams and head east."

  "The rest will e with me to the south."

  Their current position was at the northern coast of Haitian City, the city was surrounded by water on its northerern, and southern sides.

  The southern coast had the lo stretch, so Oliver assigned himself the rgest group.

  The ba had brought together nearly all partits and staff from the Hundred Schools League. Including reserves, there were around 1,000 people present.

  Among them, every partit was at least Advanced-level, and top uies fielded pseudo-Elite-level students.

  All the teachers leading teams were peak pseudo-Elite or above, with seven Trainers at the Elite level. Among them there were peak Elites like Wade and Oliver.

  After Oliver and the teacher from Shu uy led their groups to the south a, Wade remained in charge of the northerion, overseeing the students and staff from Imperial Uy and 30 other colleges.

  The Water-types had started nding in rge numbers, and the Light S barriers were no longer enough to hold them back.

  Although their motives for entering Haitian City remained unclear, one faed rge: the city was home to over 8 million residents. If these wild Pokémon infiltrated the city, the devastation would be catastrophic.

  "Stop them at all costs!"

  Wade ordered, issuing the and to attack.

  Until they uncovered the cause of this mass migration, there was no way to resolve the situation peacefully.

  Over 300 Trainers stood ready, each carrying at least six Pokémon. While not everyone had deployed their eeams, the battlefield was already packed with nearly 1,000 Pokémon.

  Under a barrage of moves, most of the Water-types below Advanced level colpsed almost instantly, uo withstand the sheer force of the coorditacks.

  "Notify Julian to get here, now!" Wade anded.

  Although the devastating assault cleared a rge portion of the area, within moments, more Water-types surged from the o to the shore.

  Even Magikarp flopped onto the beach with Spsh, joining the relentless push.

  This desperate and uing march toward Haitian City deepened Wade's unease.

  Worse still, he noticed that the new wave of Water-types was stroha, resembling a fearless advance of soldiers ready to sacrifice everything. The tide showed no signs of slowing.

  "We've already informed him," Max replied quickly.

  Meanwhile, Julian eeding toward the dire where the Slowpokes had previously gazed. He had flown nearly 200 kilometers onite, almost reag the outskirts of Haitian City, yet he found nothing out of the ordinary.

  Just then, Max's call came through.

  "Uood. I'll head there right away"

  "Dragonite, ge course! Fly toward the awards ceremony site!"

  From Max's description, tless Water-type Pokémon were emerging from the sea, moving toward Haitian City in an unending stream.

  The cause remained unknown.

  But given the earlier behavior of the Slowpokes, it was likely that these Water-types, like the Slowpokes, were driven by a shared instinct to proteething.