Silver Conference Format, Reunion After a Long Separation

Silver Town.

This town, named after Mt. Silver, was actually quite far from the mountain's foothills. More specifically, it was beside Tohjo Falls, on the coastal stretch where Route 27 approached Route 26.

Yes, the coast.

In the anime, the terrain shown there was also by the sea, and the finals venue was even surrounded by water on two sides.

So there was no chance of wild Pokémon from Mt. Silver bothering the people of Silver Town.

It was too far away, after all.

And today, Silver Town was exceptionally lively, packed to the brim with people.

The worst areas were so congested that once you squeezed in, you might not move an inch for half a day.

Why? Did that even need asking? Of course, the biennial Silver Conference had officially begun!

The Silver Conference was a regional competition newly established in Johto after the Kanto Indigo Plateau Conference had been held once. To stagger it from the Indigo Plateau's schedule, it was deliberately set in autumn.

That prevented it from having its attention and ratings stolen away.

By now, it had grown tremendously and become a truly household-name regional event. There were even spectators and contestants who had traveled from overseas.

Of course, there was also the Champion League above it, but everyone knew what kind of goddamn state the Champion League was in now...

"There are so many people!"

Umbreon stood on Heiduo's shoulder, looking around at the passing crowds and the countless Pokémon.

Larvitar, nestled in the baby carrier on Heiduo's chest, was also stunned by the sight around him. It was his first time seeing so many humans and such oddly shaped Pokémon, and his mind failed to process it all at once.

"It is a competition with fifty thousand spectator seats, and there are