The first day of the qualifiers has ended.
Roy, Steven, and Wallace met up outside the Arena, and as expected, Steven and Wallace successfully passed the first day of the preliminary rounds.
It would be a miracle if they couldn't even get through the preliminaries. Moreover, all three of them have a perfect record. As long as they pass the second round of the preliminary rounds tomorrow, they can officially advance to the preliminary rounds of the main competition.
Interestingly, in his first match, Wallace faced Winona from Fortree City. Wallace easily defeated Winona's Altaria using Starmie.
He proved himself to be the strongest Gym leader.
Winona?
Deputy curator of Fortree City.
Roy vaguely remembered that the two were a couple in the manga, but after Wallace became the champion Wallace, Winona left Wallace because she felt too much pressure being around him.
That reason sounds pretty far-fetched.
But Roy knew never to offend a woman, especially a woman as capable as Winona.
Just as Wallace was showing off, a fair-skinned woman wearing a winged helmet walked out of the battlefield; it was Winona.
As he passed the three of them, he gave Wallace a heavy, cold snort.
This left Roy and Steven somewhat embarrassed.
Only Wallace remained unconcerned, seeing him as a defeated opponent, not worth fearing.
Soon after the first day's matches concluded, the match reports appeared on the official website, listing the teams that had advanced from this round of qualifiers.
The two Psychic type siblings from Mossdeep City also successfully passed the first day of the preliminary rounds. Their Psychic type are said to be close to the level of Advanced Psychic.
Several highly skilled individuals, including those Steven had investigated before his arrival, had all passed the preliminary rounds.
Especially that Meteor People, Cade, whose opponent finished the entire match with a single Garchomp and even demanded a tiebreaker, but Officer Jenny refused.
Along with the list of those who advanced, a bombshell announcement was made: someone had used Legendary Pokémon during the qualifiers.
It was Tobias who used Darkrai in the Sixth Arena.
In the video, a Beginner King level Darkrai takes down Gym Leader level Pidgeot with a single Charge Beam, and later defeats Gym Leader level Sandslash with a single Sucker Punch.
The Pokémon League has now launched an investigation, but the results show that Darkrai, player number Tobias, is not at fault.
Although his Darkrai is Legendary Pokémon, it is only Pokémon within the Legendary Pokémon group, and can participate in competitions.
As for the Pokémon was not revealed much, as this is a matter of the contestant's privacy. In addition, the opponent's age was exactly 18 years old, which is the upper limit for the registration age.
However, the official explanation failed to convince people, and the question of whether mythical Legendary Pokémon could participate in the competition remained a topic of discussion.
Some even called for Tobias to reveal how it was Darkrai.
Roy said that this was nothing, as the opponent still had a Latios and four other unknown Pokémon hadn't even appeared yet, and it wouldn't be too late to reveal them later.
Looking at the familiar figure on the battle report in his hand, Steven finally understood why Roy had said that person was very strong.
Steven immediately blamed Wallace's bad luck, and after seeing the battle report Wallace's tone was filled with surprise, "No way? There really is Legendary Pokémon?"
Before they could fully process the news about the Legendary Pokémon, a hoarse voice rang in their ears:
"Young people, you seem to be in good spirits."
The three of them turned around together, but could only hear voices and not see anyone.
"Look down, how come all the kids these days are so tall?"
The three of them looked down at the same time and saw an old man who was only waist-high, with a white beard and wearing a blue hat.
"Are you President Damaranch?"
Steven instantly recognized the person in front of him; he had seen that person at many major tournaments in the Main Pokémon League.
Roy also recognized Damaranch. In the anime, Damaranchi was always present at both the Silver Conference and the Ever Grande Conference, and he was always the one in the center presenting the award to the champion.
However, in reality, each regional Pokémon League exists independently, and Damaranch only appears when the event is held, and is only responsible for managing the Sacred Fire relay and the final award ceremony of the Pokémon League tournament.
Damaranch had only come here to see the Arena for this year's Edge Cup. After greeting the three, he hunched over and made way for them. The three then bid farewell to President Damaranch.
Watching the three figures leave, President Damaranch turned back to look at the various Arena on the lake. This year's Edge Cup seemed even more intense than the previous three years; the young people these days are truly remarkable.