Cultists Across Tokyo

"He was using wild Pokémon as lackeys, attacking other teams to seize their point bracelets...?" one of the many team leaders watching the stage closely murmured.

In the live feed, the Georgia Alliance team appeared to have simply been unlucky and attacked by wild Pokémon.

But these team leaders, who had something close to a god's-eye view, knew full well that those Grass-type Pokémon had most likely all been orchestrated by the captain of the Divine Land Alliance team!

After all, they had watched him spend an entire day gathering wild Pokémon throughout Aokigahara Forest as if it were his own backyard.

"He even deliberately left Captain Mara's point bracelet behind so the Georgia Alliance team wouldn't be eliminated immediately. What is he trying to do...?"

"Normally, wouldn't it be best to eliminate the Georgia Alliance team outright in order to keep this information from leaking and maintain his advantage?"

Unlike the other team leaders, who were enthusiastically analyzing the situation, the Georgia Alliance leader's face alternated between green and white, making for quite a spectacle.

Anyone who watched the team they led get crushed so thoroughly through an opponent's outside assistance would probably look just as bad as he did—if not worse.

"Tokiwa Power... So it can be used like that, too."

Liao Xingchen raised an interested brow. So the Tokiwa Power, which was so mysterious and possessed by only a very few people, could actually accomplish something like this.

It seemed rather unnecessary for him to have Marshadow temporarily hide in Su Hao's shadow as his guard.

With his own abilities alone, Su Hao could lead his team to stand out in the Selection Tournament.

Setting aside his thoughts, Liao Xingchen looked toward an open area not far away.

It had been quite a while since Ito Ryuzaki,