Meeting a Classmate Far from Home

The fourth match!

Fang Yuan's fourth opponent in the preliminaries was only average in strength, with nothing particularly outstanding about them.

Eevee still easily defeated them using only Quick Attack and Sand Attack.

With that, the second day of the preliminaries came to an end.

By this point, the Main Competition contestants had more or less been selected, with fewer than two hundred competitors remaining.

The referees from each area also began reporting the battles in their respective zones to the organizers.

After discussion, the organizers selected a total of sixteen Seed Players from among them and assigned those sixteen contestants to different groups in the Main Competition.

These sixteen contestants had all been nominated by the referees in their respective areas. Initially, there had been more than sixteen nominees, but due to the group arrangements, only sixteen Seed Players could be chosen in the end.

Therefore, the organizers had no choice but to make their decisions based on the nominated contestants' Pokémon types, schools, and backgrounds, carefully selecting sixteen people.

"Lucky! I got a bye and advanced directly!"

Lying on the hotel's soft bed and playing on his phone, Fang Yuan let out a cheerful "Yeah!"

Other than a small number of unlucky contestants, most had advanced directly to the Main Competition and would not need to participate in the third day of preliminaries.

In other words, he and Eevee would have the entire day tomorrow for special training.

After confirming that he had entered the Main Competition, Fang Yuan once again shared the good news with his parents, Liu Le, and the others from the Psychology Club.

Then he put down his phone and sank into a deep contemplation about life.

"Should I make a post on Moments?"

"No, I should wait until I reach the Top Sixteen."

"Wait! Wouldn't showing off the trophy after winning the championship be even more impactful?"

Fang Yuan nodded. There was no need to rush for now.

But when he opened his phone again, he was startled.

The class group chat was discussing the Little Phoenix King Cup.

"No way, was I exposed that quickly?"

Fang Yuan tapped into the chat in despair, only to discover that his classmates were not talking about him, but someone else.

Class Monitor: I never expected it, Lin Jing. You actually entered the Little Phoenix King Cup and even made it into the Main Competition. Impressive.

Li Mu: Nice, nice. Keep it up. Once you reach the Top Sixteen, you'll show up on the Live Platform. There'll be several million views afterward.

Lin Jing: Ah... don't expect too much. I don't think the chances are very high.

Zhang Jiale: Don't give up. If you make the Top Sixteen, we'll get to bask in your glory too. Hurry up and have your dad give you some emergency special training!

Lin Jing: When would he have the time! Besides... he was the one who made me come. Otherwise, I wouldn't have wanted to participate at all.

Fang Yuan opened Moments and found a post from Lin Jing.

The image in the group chat had come from here.

Lin Jing: I spent the entire summer undergoing special training with Growlithe. I'm exhausted, and now Dad has chased me off to Magic City to take part in this Little Phoenix King Cup... Good thing I made it into the Main Competition, or I definitely would've gotten scolded again when I went back. (skull emoji)

"Damn." Fang Yuan was shocked.

He had actually run into a classmate, and she had made it into the Main Competition too.

"I almost forgot. Uncle Lin is also a Professional Trainer, and he's always raised Lin Jing as if she were going to become a police officer. It makes sense for him to send her here for experience... Does that mean we might become opponents next?"

While marveling at how small the world was, Fang Yuan sent Lin Jing a message.

Fang Yuan: Which group were you assigned to?

Lin Jing: Group F... Wait, why are you asking that?

Fang Yuan: That's good.

Lin Jing: That's good?

Fang Yuan: Because I'm in Group D.

Lin Jing: ...

Lin Jing: You... you... you came too? (shocked emoji)

Fang Yuan: Image (battle information screenshot)

Lin Jing: ...So imposing. As expected of the man who came out of the Secret Realm alive!

Fang Yuan: You flatter me.

Lin Jing: Let me calm down first... By the way, did you check the forum?

Fang Yuan: What happened?

Lin Jing: The information on the Seed Players in every group was leaked. I took a look, and the Seed Player in your Group D is a trainer with an Ivysaur. Apparently, he's a top student from Moda Affiliated High School. Are you and Eevee confident?

Moda Affiliated High School... Ivysaur...

After seeing Lin Jing's message, Fang Yuan's gaze sharpened. He opened the Little Phoenix King Cup forum and, sure enough, found a newly appeared post marked with the character for "hot."

Group D Seed Player: Lin Sen, Moda Affiliated High School, Beginner Pokémon: Ivysaur.

"Eevee." Fang Yuan called over Eevee, who was watching TV.

Then the two of them stared seriously at the information.

"Are you angry?"

"Vee!"

"We're actually not Seed Players."

"How exactly did they rank us?"

"Vee!" Eevee was angry.

"Next, we need to show them what we're made of and make them regret not making us Seed Players." Fang Yuan said, "If we can't be seeds, then we'll be dark horses!"

Eevee thought that was okay.

"So, since we don't have to compete tomorrow anyway, how about I take you for some emergency intensive training?"

Eevee: ???

Then Eevee sighed and nodded. Fine, fine. Once it endured these few days, the good times would come.

After learning the Seed Players' information, Fang Yuan no longer had the mood to keep chatting with Lin Jing. After encouraging each other, Fang Yuan went to study his opponents' information.

"This Lin Sen and Ivysaur should be the toughest in Group D, right? He evolved Bulbasaur in less than two months. Did he feed it Jin Kela or something?"

Fang Yuan shook his head and began looking through the information on the other fifteen Seed Players.

Scyther, Snorunt, Onix, Misdreavus, Abra... They all seemed familiar.

At that moment, Fang Yuan fell into a deep contemplation about life for the second time. Sure enough, it was this group of people.

They were all Rookie Trainers, so why were they all so outstanding?

"See you on the battlefield."

Fang Yuan was full of fighting spirit. A few pieces of information alone could never scare him off. Who would make it to the end could only be determined by fighting.

He and Eevee had worked hard together for two months. Their goal had always been clear: the championship.

Out of caution, Fang Yuan spent the time before bed studying the information on the known contestants in Group D and the Seed Players. As for Eevee, although it was watching TV, it was distracted, with more of its attention focused on the Red Star Erguotou glass bottle in front of it.

Yes, Fang Yuan had given the bottle a buff, turning the plastic bottle into a tougher glass bottle, so Eevee would not have to keep replacing bottles and wasting them.

On the third day, the sun rose as usual, and the alarm woke Fang Yuan and Eevee.

Fang Yuan quickly washed up, took Eevee outside for breakfast, and then they began their emergency special training before the Main Competition.

Bite, Double Team, Counter Shield...

As long as they had not been eliminated, Fang Yuan and Eevee had no intention of giving up any time they could seize, constantly practicing these moves and techniques.

Pokémon Master Source: (End of Chapter)