Beaten Senseless

Eichi's opponent stood there completely dumbfounded, looking utterly bewildered, as if the words Who am I? What am I doing? What happened? were written across his forehead.

So little time had passed, yet he had already lost. It had happened so suddenly that he had not even prepared himself mentally.

In a daze, he returned to the spectator stands.

"What happened? How did you lose so quickly?"

His friends questioned him, and he said aggrievedly, "I don't know either. I was completely confused. How is this guy so strong?" He could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

After returning to his seat, Eichi sat down and said, "Unova Region's strength might not be as great as you imagined."

"Maybe they were just lucky before."

The others' eyes lit up when they heard that. Didn't that mean they had a chance too? The weaker the enemy, the greater their chances of advancing.

Eichi's assessment was quite accurate. His opponent seemed to have drawn back the curtain, and in the following matches, the Unova Region competitors were not nearly as strong as expected.

There were both wins and losses, but the losses came a little too frequently.

Even the people in Unova Region's spectator section felt that something was off. Things were somewhat different from what they had imagined. Their strength might possibly not have been as great as they had thought.

They had overestimated themselves a little.

That afternoon, Kona also went up for a match. Her opponent was also a competitor from Unova Region.

Kona easily defeated her opponent as well.

For those fighting in the matches, time passed very quickly.

But for those in the spectator stands, it felt rather long.

Eichi did not feel tired at all. Instead, he watched with great interest.

Normally,