Yeah.
It was almost time for the League Conference.
Baimu recalled the documents Shan Ren had sent him about the second Orre Tournament.
Since there had been no Pokémon Gyms last time, the selection process had relied on him sending out the Legendary Giants to attract outsiders.
This year...
Unfortunately, not many people had entered. So far, only a little over sixty had successfully qualified, and they might not even surpass a hundred by the end of the year.
Shan Ren was quite distressed about this.
Although this year's tournament would not begin calling challengers until the end of the year, he had figured there would be at least two or three hundred people, right?
After all, anyone who signed up and defeated a Pokémon Gym Leader would receive a Mega Evolution Bracelet.
How often did an opportunity like that come along?
But awkwardly, the Mega Evolution Bracelet had relatively strict restrictions—it could only be used inside an Arena—so it was far less appealing to outsiders than the World Championships.
Furthermore, the number of World Championships registrants had already surpassed the combined number of League Conference participants from all the major regions.
This had also given the League Conference organizers an unprecedented sense of crisis.
After all, while everyone was a Pokémon League employee, they did not belong to the same department. Even if neither side sabotaged the other, they were still competitors.
Just like the Sinnoh League and Cynthia, Shan Ren had also arranged a publicity month for Baimu, though it would come a little later.
He was worried it would affect Baimu's performance in the Masters Eight.
Still, setting the publicity month aside for now, Baimu suddenly remembered something that was fast approaching—
The Champion League Division Event!
Since the Main Event had only been scheduled by midyear,