The first to catch Zhang Cheng's attention were the two girls on the right. According to rumors, they were Trainers from Imperial Capital No. 1 High School, and they were exceptionally strong.
The two girls were sisters. The older sister was named Li Wei, and the younger one was Li Xue.
The crowd erupted with excitement as soon as the sisters appeared. Who wouldn't like a pair of genius girls whose strength had already been proven?
Their opponents were young Trainers from Magnolia Town. They weren't particularly strong and had only made it to the semifinals thanks to a favorable bracket.
Once both sides were ready, the referee blew his whistle, and the match began.
The sisters' first Pokémon were Wartortle and Dewott, respectively, both Water-type starter Pokémon.
The two young Trainers on the other side sent out Onix and Kingler.
Judging by their opening Pokémon, Li Wei and Li Xue clearly had the advantage. Onix had virtually no room to make an impact.
After a brief exchange, Onix suffered severe injuries, just as expected.
Seeing that Onix was in bad shape, the young man switched him out and sent in his second Pokémon, Hitmonchan.
After taking the field, Hitmonchan used powerful Fighting-type moves to whittle down both opposing Pokémon's health considerably.
However, the opposing Dewott also knew Rain Dance. Once she brought on the rain, she and Wartortle used the weather advantage to defeat Hitmonchan quickly.
Zhang Cheng was a little surprised as he watched the rain falling over the field. From the way things were going, the final would likely be a showdown between rain teams.
Zhang Cheng had a feeling tomorrow's match would be exciting—and put him under plenty of pressure.
At this point, Zhang Cheng could pretty much predict the outcome of the match.
With Hitmonchan