Two of the Elite Four, who are rarely seen, actually showed up today.
The audience erupted in cheers. Some of them had arrived at the Arena's perimeter the night before to try and snag tickets for today's event.
The exhibition match between the two officially began after the host gave the order.
Lance was the first to throw out his Poké Ball.
A flash of red light.
It is about 8.5 meters long, covered with red scales, with huge fins extending from its back to its tail, and wide fins on both sides like sharp blades.
A red, Flash Gyarados appeared in the Arena, its red eyes fierce and sharp, and its mouth revealing sharp fangs.
(By the way, why is Flash Magikarp Golden, but turns red after evolving into Gyarados?)
Lorelei also took out a Poké Ball, but after hesitating for two seconds, she switched to another Poké Ball.
This kind of behavior is not allowed in official competitions, but since this is just an exhibition match, it doesn't matter.
Furthermore, Lance's premature release of the Poké Ball was not in accordance with the rules.
Lorelei threw the Poké Ball in her hand.
An Abomasnow, covered in Fluffy white fur, with dark green hands, feet, and tail, and pale purple eyes with thick eyebrows, appeared opposite Gyarados in the Arena.
Since he wasn't present, the system couldn't scan the information of the two Pokémon, but Roy estimated that both Pokémon were at least High-level Elite Four.
When the Abomasnow appeared in the Arena, snow began to fall from the previously clear sky, and the previously calm air above the arena suddenly turned cold.
Tiny Ice Crystals appeared out of thin air, quickly transforming into dense Hail and large snowflakes, which fell from mid-air and struck the ground of the battlefield until the entire Arena was enveloped in howling wind and snow.
Just as the enormous Hail were about to strike the stands, a transparent energy shield appeared on the outer wall of the Arena's stands to block the Hail falling from the sky.
The Hail pelted the energy shield with a crackling sound, and the audience could even see the ripples created by the Hail hitting the transparent energy shield above.
Unexpectedly, the Abomasnow's mere appearance caused a Hail.
The audience was filled with shock; his mere appearance had changed the entire atmosphere of the Arena.
"Is this Lorelei's Elite Four? My Butterfree would probably be Pokémon if it got hit by a Hail. How can there be such a huge difference between people?"
"That's Abomasnow, a High-level Elite Four Abomasnow. Your Butterfree didn't even have a chance to leave its Poké Ball."
"You only saw Abomasnow's Hail, but why don't you see how the Hail hit Lance's Gyarados and it didn't seem to do anything?"
After they finished speaking, everyone looked at Gyarados and found that, just as the person had said, the Hail hitting Gyarados was like a light drizzle, causing no harm at all.
"I just think Lorelei will Elite Four, so what?"
"Bullshit! It's definitely Lance Elite Four who will win!"
Seeing the discussions in the audience, the event organizers certainly wouldn't let this opportunity pass them by.
A voting system immediately appeared on the large screen at the venue. The host explained that the audience members in the stands and the contestants in the preparation room could vote for their favorite Elite Four using their admission tickets for the day.
Inside the preparation room, a staff member brought out a ballot box for interaction, and each contestant present had one chance to vote.
Many contestants also lined up to vote.
Compared to the audience's vote for Lorelei, the contestants voted more for Lance, especially the contestant who had previously fought against Lance, who even helped Lance get votes on the spot.
Soon everyone had finished voting, and the staff came to Roy's side with the voting equipment.
The instrument was then brought before Roy.
Finally, it was my turn.
Does it even need to be said who we support?
Lance's performance in both the anime and manga Pokémon Adventures is outstanding. As his childhood idol, he fights Team Rocket, becomes the champion of Kanto and Johto regions, wins the Unova Region's Driftveil City Championship, and single-handedly infiltrates Team Magma...
Roy, of course, chose to support Lorelei without hesitation, because he definitely had to support the bigger one.
Of course, the tournament organizers also started a live stream and launched a poll on iQ, which immediately attracted countless people to the live stream.
"It's a pity I didn't manage to get a ticket, otherwise I wouldn't have had to watch the live stream."
"It's good enough that there's anything to watch, don't be so picky."
I really want to see Lorelei Elite Four live!
"Hey, are you trying to see Lorelei Elite Four? I'm almost embarrassed to call you out on it."
A large portion of the comments section discussed how they hadn't managed to get tickets, or how they were too far from Saffron City to witness the King of Elite Four's brilliance in person.