"Ahui's Ursaring is down! Absolutely incredible! Xia You's Tyranitar demonstrated its top-tier strength, easily defeating its opponent in this contest of power!"
The announcer's booming voice echoed over Group A's battlefield, but even that could not drown out the deafening waves of cheers from the spectators.
Seeing the referee raise the flag, the announcer could not help exclaiming, "Another clean three-to-zero victory! Xia You has demonstrated truly remarkable strength, overwhelming his opponent to successfully advance to the Round of 16!"
On the field, Xia You took out a Poké Ball without expression and recalled his Tyranitar. He glanced at the dejected female competitor opposite him, waved to the surrounding spectators, then turned and left.
In the battle just concluded, he had easily defeated Ahui with a powerful lineup of Blastoise, Dragonite, and Tyranitar, maintaining a pace that gave her no chance to catch her breath.
All he could say was that Ahui's strength was on par with Kimura's earlier, and she had likewise caused him no trouble.
After leaving the arena, Xia You and Erika returned to the ground-floor lobby of the dormitory. They had barely sat down before their friends began returning one after another, bringing them the results of today's preliminaries.
First came Kenta and Marina. These childhood friends from New Bark Town had each defeated their opponents, advancing to the next round together with two consecutive wins apiece.
Gary returned next. As before, he remained cool, with a faint, enigmatic smile on his face. From the look of things, he had once again won with ease.
Then came Koji and Nana. Both had also defeated their opponents today. Although the process had been somewhat rocky, the results, fortunately, were good.
Ash was the last to return. He had performed brilliantly in today's battle against Jackson. After losing