All Eyes on Him! No Regrets!

Eight o'clock at night.

Heiduo came to the Pokémon Center's big screen to look at his photo and nodded in satisfaction.

If four straight wins still weren't enough to guarantee advancement, then something was seriously wrong!

What disappointed him somewhat was that Yuan Hao, the big blondie, hadn't made the cut. He wouldn't get to see the blondie's new tricks.

The good news was that Fred had successfully advanced, landing among the last five names on the list.

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He had probably scraped through.

Heiduo wasn't surprised by that result. Fred was stronger than Yuan Hao to begin with. If the Pokémon Association staff had eyes, there was no way they would pick Yuan Hao over Fred.

But he was really curious why Yuan Hao had one Magcargo and one Slugma.

"Longxing is ranked so high... Huh! Isn't that—"

As he scanned the screen, Heiduo's face showed surprise when he spotted someone familiar.

Wasn't that the delicate-looking boy he'd met while taking the Elite Trainer Certificate exam?

What was his name again?

Hesu!

Right, Hesu!

He had actually made it into the Qualifying Round?

Heiduo raised his brows in surprise. He hadn't expected that offhand remark from before to have truly stayed with him.

I'm looking forward to meeting you in the Round of Sixteen or the Qualifying Round!

Heiduo withdrew his gaze, turned around, and went to rest.

The next day.

There were no matches today, because they had to put on a show.

For example, waiting for the Sacred Fire to be relayed over from Ho-Oh Institute, and having all forty-eight contestants make their entrance.

There was even a speech from the Pokémon Association chairman.

Unlike the white-bearded old man named Damaranchi from the anime, the chairman of the Johto Pokémon Association in Pokémon Adventures