The biggest news on the opening day of the World Pokémon Academy Tournament.
Was undoubtedly Xia Chi's stunning upset victory over Ruby!
The clash between eighth and sixty-first on the championship odds board had actually ended in victory for the latter.
That alone would have been fine, really. Poké Balls were round, after all. Anything could happen.
But the way the match unfolded left countless jaws on the floor-
Xia Chi had beaten Ruby 3-0, using only Floragato!
In short, a one-Pokémon sweep!
The five-star netizens offered their verdicts.
[Holy shit, holy shit! This has to be the first one-Pokémon sweep in World Pokémon Academy Tournament history, right? And a Floragato pulled it off?]
[My kitty baby is so cool! Mommy loves you!]
[This is ridiculous. A Floragato beat Milotic, Gardevoir, and Swampert back-to-back? Ruby, you match-fixing bastard, give me back my hard-earned money!]
[That's how gambling addicts see the world. Anything that doesn't go their way must be fake. So Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times because he bet on over 6.5, huh?]
[Don't try reasoning with gambling addicts. Say this instead: "You lose nine times out of ten when you gamble, and you've already lost nine in a row. You get what I mean, right?"]
[Bro, you only need one kidney to live, but heaven gave you two. Why do you think that is?]
[There really are plenty of kind people in this world!]
[I'm halfway convinced. I admit Xia Chi is strong, but I won't give him a chance to beat me head-on!]
[In a corner nobody noticed, Ruby, who got swept by a single Pokémon, secretly wiped away tears during his post-match interview.]
[So what if our washed-up champ is sixty-first on the championship odds board? March north! March north!]
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Even with video footage,