Ten Elite Four Gather

Director Liu also realized this. He felt that saying such things put too much pressure on everyone, so he began encouraging them. "Have confidence in yourselves. The Chengdu region and Kanto region together are no worse than them."

"You can ask the students who went to the Hoenn Region as exchange students. You'll know that students from other regions are still far behind us in strength."

When everyone thought about it, that did seem to be true.

They suddenly did not feel so nervous anymore. Seeing that it had worked, Director Liu sighed in relief.

After the meeting ended, Eichi walked out of the conference room. He had not gone far when he heard someone calling him. Turning around, he saw Kaiser and Ji Ke.

Eichi asked, "Do you need something?"

Ji Ke strode up and said, "Eichi, it's nothing. We just wanted to get to know you."

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Ji Ke. I live in Charizard Valley and like using Fire-type Pokémon."

Then Kaiser stepped forward and introduced herself as well. "My name is Kaiser. I'm from Dragon Village and like using Dragon-type Pokémon."

Finally, Eichi said, "My name is Eichi. I'm from Tokiwa City in the Kanto region, and I like using Bug-type Pokémon."

Ji Ke said with a grin, "We've heard of you. Director Liu talks about you in front of us all the time."

Eichi smiled. "Really?"

Kaiser said, "All right, we know each other now. Do your best in tomorrow's Five School League. I'll be going now."

Eichi said, "You two do your best too."

With that, the two of them left. Eichi felt that the two of them had a good chance of making it into the top eight.

As for what place he himself could achieve with