"Runerigus is unable to battle. Contestant, please switch Pokémon!"
"Excadrill, Dig!"
A Cun shouted the moment he threw his second Poké Ball.
It was an Excadrill in the late Totem Level, around the same level as Runerigus.
Excadrill seemed to have received specialized Dig training. It burrowed astonishingly fast.
In the blink of an eye, the dark-brown Excadrill vanished, leaving only a pitch-black hole.
Inside Northwest University's lounge.
"Great! A Cun did it!"
"Golisopod got hit with Curse, and Dig will buy time. It's done for!"
"What if Golisopod uses Waterfall again?"
"It'll be fine. A Cun trained Excadrill to lay out proper drainage tunnels. Besides, the Magic City International Battle Arena drains water incredibly fast. Even a massive Water Type move like that last one shouldn't have much effect."
"Will it really go that smoothly...?"
The last speaker was Tian Yao.
Mu Yun had shown neither surprise nor panic when A Cun's Runerigus used Curse.
Could he be confident of winning even after being hit by Curse?
As for the possibility that he didn't understand what Curse did?
Someone like that probably couldn't have gotten into Black River University.
Villa No. 205 at Black River University.
Chi Duoduo rubbed the tip of her itchy nose as she watched the match broadcast.
For a moment, she had felt as though she was about to sneeze.
"What's wrong?" Lü Jiayi asked beside her.
"Nothing. Oh, Sister Jiayi, what move did that Pokémon use just now? It already lost, so why is its trainer still so happy?"
Chi Duoduo pointed at the television.
Normally, the first two rounds of the Black Dragon Cup weren't broadcast, but just because the organizers didn't do it didn't mean the schools couldn't.
Every year, the schools arranged their own broadcasts for their students.
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