"Today's the preliminary round, and it's single elimination. The specific rules are three 3-on-3 Single Battles first, worth one point each. After those three Single Battles, there's a 3-on-3 Team Battle worth two points. Note that if the other side shuts you out, you won't qualify for the team battle afterward," Bai Momo said. "We've drawn a new opponent today: Ningzhou University."
"We've never faced them before..." Meng Ha rubbed his chin. Magic City University had ten competitors this time. Apart from Cheng Tian and another female upperclassman, everyone was from the third-year School Team.
Everyone knew this upperclassman, too. She was the one who had used Venusaur during the first-year School Team recruitment exam. Cheng Tian only learned later that she was the team captain of the second-year squad, and her name was Cao Mengjie.
"That's normal. There are 192 universities competing this time, and this is our first time facing Ningzhou University," He Bi said, snapping his fingers. "Xiao Tu."
A boy with little presence in the corner of the group raised his head and turned the iPad in his hands toward everyone. "There are 192 schools competing this time. Calculating on the basis of one school being eliminated every two matches, we'll need to play seven matches to win the championship. If we're lucky, we can play one fewer."
"This is the data I just spent twenty minutes analyzing using big data," the upperclassman called Xiao Tu said. "Everyone else will be easy to handle. This is the only person you need to watch out for."
The iPad displayed a boy with slicked-back hair.
[Wu Jianguo]
"This person's team doesn't have a particularly prominent type. If I had to name one, most of his Pokémon have Flying as their secondary type. His ace is a Honchkrow, estimated