The moment Dragonair fell to the ground, revealing his circumference, the entire audience fell silent.
There was no sound, and no one could believe that a Ghost type Pokémon Trainer had defeated a Dragon Tamer using a Fighting type Pokémon.
Roy was also stunned, but his focus was no longer on his victory, but on the Popularity Points in the system, which had soared from 6,000 points to 12,000 points.
In that brief moment, a single battle garnered him 6,000 Popularity Points, largely thanks to the opposing Dragon Tamer and their fans.
But when did Primeape learn the Lock Technique? How come he didn't know?
Having hosted hundreds of matches and seen all sorts of situations, the commentator arrived at the center of the battlefield in a flying vehicle and announced the result of the match while looking at Dragonair lying on the field.
"What a fantastic match! Congratulations to our player Roy for successfully ending Alai's nineteenth winning streak."
Let's look forward to seeing what kind of results this Pokémon Trainer will bring us next!
Only after the host finished speaking did the audience realize what was happening, and Alai's light sticks in the audience went dark.
Everyone started discussing Roy's Primeape.
"Is that really Primeape? It looks completely different from the Primeape my brother used to have."
There's a group of these Primeape near my house; I'll go catch one someday.
"Where's the person who said they were going to capture a Primeape in the wild? Did they already go and capture one?"
It's fair to say that the punching skills, movement techniques, and even the move of locking Dragonair's neck that Primeape just displayed left the audience stunned.
The Primeape on the field was nothing like the Primeape they remembered, which was prone to Rage at the Pokémon.
Moreover, compared to skill-based exchanges, people prefer the more visceral, hand-to-hand combat style between Fighting type Pokémon.
The way Primeape fought just now completely satisfied their wishes.
When Roy returned to the preparation room, he ran into Alai, but nothing like the scene where a defeated supporting character came to Taunt occurred.
One of the rules of Dragon Tamer is to be willing to accept defeat. Roy's Primeape defeated Dragonair fairly and squarely. He had nothing to say; he would just win next time.
Alai wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything.
A moment later, the staff member brought over a black card containing 2,000 Poké Dollars for Roy's first victory, plus an extra 25,000 Poké Dollars as a reward for successfully intercepting Alai's twentieth winning streak.
Roy casually took it and put it into his space. Just as he was preparing to pack up and leave the giant dome battlefield, a Chikorita ran into the preparation room and gently patted Roy's calf with Vine Whip.
"Chikorita?"
This is Erika's Chikorita.
"Chikorita, wait for me!"
Hearing a familiar voice, Roy peeked out and saw Erika, the owner of the Chikorita.
"Erika?"
When Erika heard someone call her name, she instinctively looked towards the source of the sound, and Roy appeared before her.
She hadn't expected Roy to be here.
This is also Roy's problem.
Erika's Chikorita are only level 15; she shouldn't even be able to enter the most basic battleground.
"Roy!"
Before Roy could figure it out, Erika ran over and took the Chikorita from Roy's arms.
"So, Chikorita, you smelled Roy's scent. No wonder you weren't behaving yourself earlier."
"Chrysanthemum!"
"Candle!"
The Litwick also popped out from Roy's shoulder and greeted Erika, its Ember burning into a thumbs-up.
"Litwick! Long time no see."
"Erika, what are you doing... here?"
Roy also asked her own question. This was the athletes' preparation room, not a place for her. What if those staff members found out...?
Before she could finish speaking, the person in charge who had just apologized to Agatha walked over, looking around as if searching for someone.
Upon seeing Erika next to Roy, she rushed over and said anxiously:
"Miss, you didn't even tell us you were coming, we..."
Facing the person in charge, Erika's shy expression vanished. She waved her hand and said, "I need to talk to Roy for a bit, I'll be back soon. You can go now!"
Roy? Brother?
The person in charge looked at Roy with a puzzled expression. Wasn't this Agatha's apprentice? It seemed that Erika knew Roy, and their relationship seemed to be quite good.
However, since Erika had already spoken, he could only retreat ten meters away and wait for Erika and Roy to finish speaking.
After the person in charge left, Erika turned around and saw Roy looking at her with a ghostly expression. Her face slowly turned red, and she explained in a low voice:
"This is the Arena my grandfather owned."
"Your grandfather?"
"You mean this Dome Arena is owned by your family?"
"Yes!"
Erika looked at Roy with her big, innocent eyes, blinking as if she didn't understand why Roy was so surprised.
S~
Roy had suspected from the very beginning of the Rookie Cup that Erika's identity was not simple, but now he realized he hadn't thought things through.
Can you call that not simple?
The Giant Dome Battle Arena hosts hundreds of battles every day. If a battle arena can accommodate 10,000 spectators, even the cheapest Beginner Division tickets can sell for 500,000.
Not to mention that a single ticket for Advanced Division costs 1,000 Poké Dollars, and every session is packed.
Moreover, ticket sales are not the main source of revenue for the Arena; the betting within the arena... and various ancillary industries make it a goose that lays golden eggs.
Must one have... a lot of money every day?
Forgive Roy for being bad at math; he has to count on his fingers to do calculations above 100. Anyway, Erika is definitely rich! A little rich girl!
Roy was surprised that Erika, who ran Battle Arena at home, would like the Pokémon Contest.
Erika excitedly told Roy about the results of her hard work over the past few days, and took out her five-fold Communicator to show Roy the photos of the Litwick battle that she had posted on IQ.
Now, Erika has opened a fan thread and already has more than 80 followers. Roy never expected that this little rich girl would be so amazing.
It's a bit of a pity that Erika still didn't get a Litwick. It wasn't that she couldn't buy one this time, but there was a rumor that Litwick would drain human life force, and her family was worried, so they didn't buy Erika.
After playing with Erika for Litwick, Roy said goodbye to Erika as it got late.
Erika was initially very reluctant to part ways.
But when she learned that Roy would be coming to the Dome Arena to battle every day, she immediately put on a smiling face and said that she would come to the Beginner Division tomorrow to cheer for Roy.