February 9, noon.
Registration for the Master League had officially closed the day before yesterday.
Red, Blue, and Akin, who wanted to join them, had successfully registered before the deadline.
Although they often teased Akin about his poor performances in the main event,
there was no question that his team's overall strength was enough to compete in the Master League.
Akin's team was simply too easy to counter, which might put him at a disadvantage in a tournament with such a long schedule.
Still, Akin had entered with the championship in mind to begin with.
What Akin really valued was that the Master League covered hotels and airfare... that meant he could travel on someone else's dime.
Although most of Akin's matches would take place in the Kanto Region, he would still visit other regions once or twice a month.
Red and Blue had registered at the last minute because they did not want too many people finding out ahead of time.
Someone like Li Wei, who had registered on the first day, had already been listed on the Master League's official website.
But that was also because the news that Li Wei would enter the Master League had leaked long ago, so there was little point in hiding it.
As such, Li Wei's participation in the Master League had not caused a tremendous stir.
At most, people discussed how well Li Wei would perform in his first tournament of this kind.
"Li Wei... is that the Li Wei who appeared at the Lily of the Valley Conference and in all those incidents involving Legendary Pokémon?
He's finally entering an official world-class tournament?!"
Li Wei's participation was seen as the strongest challenge from a new force against the old order.
In the past, Li Wei had mostly been known by