This red-haired boy was quite strong. In the previous round, he had directly eliminated Xue Jia, who ranked second in 6th grade.
When Kong Fei and the others saw that Eichi's opponent was him, they looked at Eichi with a hint of schadenfreude.
They had failed to advance, but they did not want to see Eichi advance either, especially since he was the Eichi they disliked.
Meanwhile, the red-haired boy from the Hoenn Region was not from Sinnoh Academy. He was an outside ringer recruited by the academy and clearly did not know Eichi.
When he saw that his opponent was Eichi, he smiled casually. In his eyes, Eichi was a lucky guy who had slipped through the cracks; his opponents in the previous two rounds had both been especially weak.
He believed Eichi was the weakest among the thirty-two contestants, so he thought himself rather fortunate.
"My luck is really good. The next match is in the bag," he told his friends.
Mina frowned when she heard that and reminded him, "Be careful. Don't let your guard down."
Thinking she meant he was looking down on his opponent, the red-haired boy grinned and said, "Don't worry, I won't let my guard down."
Little did he know that Mina was warning him to be careful of Eichi.
Mina knew Eichi somewhat well. After all, she had seen Flygon. Who would have thought that someone could capture an Elite Four level Flygon from the desert?
The host on the VIP Stand continued, "Everyone, go back and rest first. The third round will begin this afternoon."
After he spoke, everyone began leaving Indigo Gymnasium in an orderly manner.
However, only four members of the Elite Four had come today. No one knew where the others had gone.
Not many people noticed this.