After returning home, Mingyou searched online for information about the Pokémon World Championships. The tournament wasn't held at a fixed time each year; it was scheduled six months apart from the Junior Cup. This year's would be the fifth.
"I can't find anything about invitation letters. Is this really the first year they've used them? It feels a little unfair..."
Mingyou looked at the email on his Rotom Phone. He had the strange feeling that the invitation had been sent specifically to lure him into the tournament. But it was just a competition. Why would anyone go that far?
He wasn't a League Champion. Even if he was fairly well-known now, the Pokémon World Championships was the biggest tournament in the world and hardly needed publicity. It seemed unlikely that anyone was trying to lure him in. Perhaps it really was a new rule this year.
After thinking it over for a while, he put the question aside.
He followed the link in the email to the Pokémon World Championships website and registered, submitting his personal information and the link from his invitation. A confirmation arrived soon after.
If his registration had gone through, there shouldn't be a problem. The Pokémon World Championships would begin in early February and run through August. A six-month season made sense; it couldn't take over the schedules of other competitions.
"So I just wait for it to start? Is there anything else I should know?"
Mingyou had no experience with the tournament, so he could only prepare in advance. Fortunately, the website explained everything in detail. Every tier except Master Ball used a points system: wins earned points, losses cost points, and rankings were determined by the total.
At the end of each season, a portion of points was deducted according to tier, but