The First Rule of Being a Sneaky Bastard: Fish in Troubled Waters

The third day of the Selection Tournament, four in the morning.

The Sakura Nation Alliance team had chosen to face the encirclement of the remaining thirty-one Pokémon League teams on its own.

The entire battlefield lay deep within Aokigahara Forest. Tachibana Mahiru and the others knew full well that they could fight if they advanced, or retreat to the Zarude territory for help if necessary. From the very beginning, they had been in an invincible position.

The wild Pokémon driven out by Zarude could hardly be said to possess any group coordination, but under the overwhelming pressure of their sheer numbers, even the elites of other Pokémon Leagues could not gain an advantage against this beast tide. Not to mention the Late Elite Four Level Zarude following them, which was continuously using its Signature Move, Jungle Heal, to restore those wild Pokémon.

The four members of the Sakura Nation Alliance were now sitting back and watching the fishing rod.

Tachibana Mahiru even had the spare time to send her teammates to search the vicinity for traces of the missing Aoi Erina.

Meanwhile, on the front lines resisting the wild Pokémon beast tide, the remaining thirty-one Pokémon League teams were fighting at full strength.

The density of wild Pokémon was enough to inspire despair. Nearly everyone had dozens of wild Pokémon lurking around them, waiting for an opportunity to strike. These wild Pokémon ranged from Professional Level to Top Gym Level.

This forced everyone to reveal their true abilities in the face of the wild Pokémon's coordinated assault.

The four-person team from the Divine Land Alliance was among them. An Aerodactyl soared through the sky, flapping its wings to launch Rock attacks at the endless stream of approaching wild Pokémon, while Abo and Gyarados guarded Bai Linglong's side and repelled every