A Rich Lady: Count Me In!

The first round was between two Trainers he didn't know.

One male and one female, neither particularly young. The guy looked about seventeen or eighteen, high school age. The woman was more extreme—she looked like an office worker and was probably twenty-three or twenty-four, with heavy makeup on her face.

Realistically speaking.

There was only Red among those Champions who were eleven or twelve.

Normally, most were still in their teens, around high school age.

There were people in their twenties too. After all, there was no entry threshold. Even if you were thirty or forty, you could participate as long as you had eight Gym Badges.

Wasn't Longxing exactly like that? This girl was college age and had come to bully children.

From the commentator, Heiduo learned their backgrounds.

A-Xin from Sandgem Town in Sinnoh.

And Ma from Red Rock Island in the Whirl Islands.

The referee quickly began reading out the rules.

Then, large screens on both sides displayed their portraits. Beneath each portrait were six empty slots, while between them was a circular disc divided into four sections.

Each section bore the symbol of a different Battlefield!

Light revolved among the four symbols. Before long, the symbol representing the Water Battlefield lit up!

"It's a Water Battlefield!"

Mechanisms clattered into motion!

The Normal Battlefield between the two contestants abruptly sank down and swiftly vanished from everyone's sight. Three or four seconds later, a field with four or five protruding reefs rose up. It did not rise all the way, instead stopping halfway, as huge amounts of clear water surged in from all sides and quickly filled the entire field!

Three or four round platforms, like chopping boards, emerged from the water alongside the reefs!

A Water Battlefield! A battlefield extremely unfriendly to many Pokémon!

Some water-fearing Pokémon