Hammerlocke Stadium.
After Red made his silent entrance,
the result came as no surprise. Red swept his opponent with Pikachu and advanced to the top 64.
"That concludes today's matches. Let's look forward to tomorrow's knockout rounds!"
With a full 64 matches in the first knockout round, it would take two days to finish.
And that was with all three venues at Hammerlocke Stadium operating at once.
Unsurprisingly, everyone from the Chat Group who had competed so far had advanced.
Erika, Sabrina, Wallace, Bruno, Diantha, and Akin would have their matches tomorrow.
If anyone was likely to be the first eliminated, it was naturally Akin.
After all, on paper, his opponent was the strongest of anyone they were facing.
Raihan was Galar's strongest Gym Leader, someone with the strength of a Champion in any other region.
If it were a no-holds-barred fight, especially outside the Galar Region,
Li Wei could guarantee that Akin would beat Raihan ten times out of ten.
Unfortunately, this was an official match. Attacking the Trainer was off-limits.
Otherwise, with his Billiards Cue in hand, Akin would make full use of his reach advantage.
In a no-holds-barred fight, Akin could even knock down Arceus's avatar.
Unfortunately, this was an official match.
In short, tomorrow was definitely going to be dangerous for Akin.
"Good luck."
"I'd better head back. I need to study my opponent properly!"
Akin certainly had plenty to study.
Barring any surprises, Raihan would probably use a Dynamax Duraludon.
With Goodra, Torkoal, Flygon, and Turtonator rounding out his team, Raihan had plenty of flexibility, particularly when it came to weather.
Raihan could rotate through at least three weather conditions: Drought, rain, and sandstorms.
They left Akin to worry about his match.
As for Li Wei and the others who had already advanced, they simply