Rest One Night, Then Come Back

That afternoon, Fred and the other two returned to their group at their supervising teacher's summons, while Heiduo headed to the Competitors' Village alone.

According to the information Fred had revealed over lunch,

nearly three hundred contestants were participating in this year's Silver Conference, making it the event's second-largest turnout in history.

Accordingly, the competition had become extremely fierce. To guarantee advancement, winning all three matches was essential. If too many contestants qualified, a fourth match might even be necessary.

Cases like before, where winning two and losing one was enough to advance, would most likely become far less common.

But that was not something Heiduo needed to consider. If he could not even win all three matches, then there was no point dreaming about winning the Silver Conference. It was unrealistic.

After presenting, verifying, and registering his Trainer Card, he entered the Competitors' Village.

Before him stood a vast stretch of long buildings resembling university dormitories. However, unlike the cramped campus layout where dormitories stood right next to one another, the contestants' dorm buildings were spaced far apart.

The innermost building was even on a hillside, and it took more than ten minutes to walk there.

Fortunately, free shuttle carts were available inside. Contestants could take carts with different numbers to reach the corresponding dormitory buildings.

The surroundings were unexpectedly nice.

Umbreon and Larvitar followed behind Heiduo, looking around curiously.

The cute and rare Larvitar attracted quite a few stares.

"Dining hall, gym, recreation area, Pokémon Center... no wonder this place needs to be so big." Heiduo looked at the roadside sign, which listed the facilities inside the contestants' dormitories.

The Competitors' Village was not restricted to contestants alone. Their relatives, accompanying coaches and teachers, and even their friends could stay there as well.

As long as they were