Group 1: Ash VS Cheren VS Drew!
"It's Ash!"
Serena exclaimed in the audience.
In the player preparation area, Ash saw his group, grinned with his trademark bright smile, and clenched his fists. "Cheren Hall Master! And Drew! They are all old acquaintances! Now it's interesting!"
Not far away, the gentle-tempered Cheren evoked a meaningful smile:
"Ash, we have fought before, but this time it won't be as simple as last time."
May opened his mouth. "Did you get Ash so quickly?"
Drew had a troubled expression on his face and moved the bangs in front of his forehead:
"Tsk, this grouping is not very good."
Group 2: Steven VS Volkner VS Kentaro
Seeing this grouping, the whole audience was in an uproar.
"Mr. Steven vs. Volkner Hall Master! What kind of death group is this!"
"Isn't that trainer too miserable? He will be eliminated in the first round?"
"Not sure, what if it's a dark horse?"
"Dark horse? Dark horse in front of the champion? Do you think you are writing a novel?"
In the rest area, Flint saw the grouping and gloated. "Hahaha, Volkner, you are too inferior. In the first group, you met the former champion Hoenn."
Volkner's handsome face, which was always calm and composed, could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly at this moment:
"... Shut up, Flint."
This fortune-telling is really like no one else.
Lucian also came over at some point. "If the opponent is Steven, this will indeed be a tough battle."
Steven, who was at the center of the discussion, just elegantly adjusted the cuffs of his suit, looked calmly in the direction of Volkner, and smiled slightly:
"Is Sinnoh the strongest Gym Leader? If he were his opponent, it wouldn't be boring."
As for the trainer named Kentaro, his face has turned pale and his legs are shaking.
"I just want to see the world, why would I meet a champion, you bastard!"
Mom, I want to go home...
Group 3: Alain VS Blaziken Mask VS Skyla
"Oh? This group is also very interesting!"
"Unova The owner of Mistralton City, Skyla, is not only a powerful Flying-type expert, but also a great beauty!"
"Alain? He's the trainer who performed amazingly on Lumiose Conference and finally won the top four, right? It's said that his Charizard is super powerful!"
"That one is the famous masked trainer in Lumiose City, the one who specializes in Blaziken?"
"It is said that his Blaziken is very powerful and rarely appears, but every time he appears it causes a sensation."
"Unova Region's gym leaders Skyla, Blaziken Mask? Are they the trainers from a few days ago?"
Alain remembered the battle he encountered by chance at Lumiose City not long ago. The image of wearing a mask and directing Blaziken in the battle left a deep impression on him.
Yes, he is a master.
Blaziken Mask folded his arms over his chest, and his eyes under the mask flashed with fighting intent.
Group 4: Barry VS Norman VS Wikstrom
"Holy shit, shit, shit!!! It's Qian again, Mr. Norman?!"
Barry jumped up when he saw the grouping.
He's numb. He just said yesterday that he wanted to fight against a master, so he didn't need to be so effective.
And there is Elite Four Wikstrom! What kind of magical grouping is this!!
"Bro, good luck to you."
Xiaoyun walked up to him and patted his shoulder heavily.
This grouping is packaged into boxes on the floor.
Barry:(ಥ_ಥ)
Norman smiled when he saw the grouping:
"Barry, that hot-blooded boy. And Wikstrom, they are all acquaintances."
Coincidentally, both Barry and Wikstrom have a common feature.
They all lost to Norman in the last tournament.
On the other side, the calm-tempered Wikstrom nodded slightly. "Gym Leader Norman, I won't lose this time."
Group 5: Dawn VS May VS Cameron
Dawn was stunned for a moment when he saw the grouping, and then smiled, "It's May. It looks like it will be an interesting battle."
May's eyes lit up and he waved to Dawn: "Dawn! I finally have the opportunity to officially play against you! I've been waiting for a long time!"
Regarding this result, May was greatly relieved.
Compared to encountering monsters of the same level as Steven and Diantha in the first round, fighting against Dawn, a good friend and rival, is simply a blessing!
Cameron, who was caught between the two beautiful girls, scratched his head and muttered in his heart:
"Two girls, should I be a bit more gentleman? Let's make a three-move or something at the beginning."
Group 6: Paul VS Lucian VS Roxie.
"Paul vs. Lucian? And Roxie, the gym leader, this team is pretty tough."
Xiaoyun touched his chin.
Working overtime Elite Four Lucian, Paul who is not inferior to Elite Four, plus Virbank the hall owner Roxie.
What's interesting is that it's here in a matter of minutes?
When Paul saw the group, his expression was still cold, but his eyes were a bit sharper.
Lucian closed the book in his hand and pushed up his glasses. "Paul, a trainer who pursues extreme power. There is also Poison-type, an expert from Unova. This group is not easy to fight."
Roxie snapped his fingers excitedly:
"Lucian Elite Four! And that cool-looking Paul! That's great! This time we will definitely have the most rockin' battle!"
Group 7: Diantha VS Flint VS Aci
"It's the championship match again Elite Four! This group is so hot!"
"Flint Elite Four is also very strong, but if the opponent is Miss Diantha..."
"That trainer named Aci is so miserable. You can already book a return ticket."
"Hey, Flint, it seems you are not much luckier than me."
Volkner, who had just been ridiculed, calmly responded to Flint.
Flint's expression froze. "No, let's just ask if it's such a coincidence."
On the rostrum, Diantha kept an elegant smile, glanced at Flint in the player area, and whispered to himself, "Fire-type Elite Four Flint? He is a trainer full of explosive power. He should be able to give a good battle performance."
As for the trainer named Aci, sorry, the champion has not noticed him for the time being.
And the unfortunate Mr. Aci was already slumped on the chair in the contestants' box, staring at the ceiling with his eyes blankly:
He didn't understand why everyone was discussing the direction of this battle, as if the outcome was destined to be a disaster for him.
Obviously when I first entered the city, the scene of vitality and all things competing was still before my eyes.
No matter how you put it, the advantage... is definitely not with him!
The grouping continues to be displayed.
Group 7...
Group 8...
It wasn't until the eleventh group that a familiar name finally appeared again.
Tobias VS Miura VS Yumi.
"Tobias? He's here too."
Xiaoyun stared at an inconspicuous corner of the player area.
There, Tobias, dressed in pitch black and with a gloomy temperament, was standing quietly, as if isolated from the hustle and bustle around him.
"Huh? Isn't this the Legendary Pokémon Man?" Dawn also noticed it and whispered.
"Legendary Pokémon Man?" Serena beside him tilted his head curiously.
Dawn lowered his voice and explained, "He is the trainer who competed in our Sinnoh's Lily of the Valley Conference using Legendary Pokémon in the past two years."
"I remember that he used Latios, Latias, Darkrai... several Legendary Pokémon!"
Serena was shocked. "So many Legendary Pokémon? Then... isn't that very foul?"
"Well, I can't say it's a foul..."
Dawn smiled awkwardly and glanced at Xiaoyun secretly, "It is the trainer's freedom to use Pokémon as long as the rules allow it."
She was embarrassed to say that in that conference finals, the Pokémon lineup sent by Xiaoyun... well, in a sense, it was even more exaggerated than Tobias.
Serena seemed to have remembered something, and his eyes turned on Xiaoyun.
Strictly speaking, the person next to me is also "Legendary Pokémon Man".
In the corner of the player area, Tobias seemed to feel the line of sight coming from the direction of Xiaoyun. He turned his head slightly, and his indifferent eyes briefly met Xiaoyun in the air.
He thought silently in his mind:
This time, I am not here to prove how powerful I am. I want to tell everyone that I will definitely get back what I lost!
And his two opponents were already ashen-faced.
Legendary Pokémon, this is no different from meeting a champion...
Grouping continues.
Xiaoyun's eyes quickly swept across the screen, looking for his name.
Finally, in the fifteenth group, he saw it.
Group 15: Xiaoyun VS Feng, Nan VS Gardenia.
"Huh?"
Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment. Wait, there is a melee between three people, why are there four names?
He rubbed his eyes and looked again.
Yes, it is indeed four names.
Xiaoyun, maple, nan, Gardenia.
Four people, a system error?
Dawn also noticed, "Xiaoyun, why are there four people in your group?"
"System bug?" Barry came over.
"Beep! Relevant information Rotom retrieved!"
Rotom Pokédex of Xiaoyun floated out automatically, and the information was displayed on the screen:
"Feng and Nan, twin siblings, are the gym leaders of Hoenn Region Mossdeep City. They are inseparable and jointly run the gym. According to the rules of the tournament, they are regarded as a participating unit to compete Rotom!"
"Two people count as one person? Isn't this bullying an honest person?"
Dawn takes the injustice on behalf of Xiaoyun.
Zoey, who traveled on Hoenn Region explained:
"Mossdeep Gym is the standard Double Battle gym. The siblings have always fought together. They have a very good tacit understanding, and the competition system doesn't seem to say it won't work."
"I just don't know how many Pokémon they will use in this kind of melee."
"So, this is one versus three? Have you experienced four-person melee in advance?"
Xiaoyun raised his eyebrows, instead of being worried, he showed an interesting smile.
Okay, okay, let's play like this, right? Two of us go together... then don't blame me for being flexible in tactics.
Not far away, in the Hoenn representative team area, a pair of similarly dressed siblings also saw the group.
Feng's expression was serious. "Brother, our opponent is the champion of the last championship. He is very strong."
Nan looked excited. "Sister, our opponent is very strong! But we are not weak either! Let him see how powerful Mossdeep Twin Stars is!"
And another contestant in this group, Eterna City Hallmaster Gardenia, is currently staring with her bright eyes at Xiaoyun...Poké Ball around her waist.
"Ah, I feel it, the rich natural smell, and the smell of vigorous life..."
Gardenia seems to have fallen into some kind of intoxication, with slightly red cheeks:
"It can't be wrong, it must be that Sceptile. I really want to see it up close!!!"
All groups are displayed.
Fifty-four people, eighteen groups, each group has three people (or four people in special circumstances).
Each group will be promoted, cruel, but efficient.
"Group completed!"
Diantha announced:
"The first round of competition will start in thirty minutes! All players, please go to the designated battle station and get ready!"
"Boom!!!"
The whole audience cheered, and the sound almost broke the roof.
The first group's battle was arranged on the largest central battle stage in the main venue.
A huge holographic projection clearly projected the figures of the three players in the air.
Ash, Cheren, and Drew are standing in the triangle of the battle platform.
The referee loudly announced the rules, "In the first round of three-person melee, one Pokémon can be used! The last trainer standing on the field advances!"
"Game--begin!"
"The decision is yours! Pikachu!" Ash didn't hesitate at all.
"Pika-chu!"
The electric mouse jumped onto the field, and the electric bags on its cheeks jumped with golden electric Ember, showing high fighting spirit.
Drew raised his hand gracefully, and Poké Ball drew a beautiful arc in the air:
"Bloom, Roserade!"
The light flashed, and Roserade, holding a bouquet of red and blue flowers and as elegant as a dancer, landed lightly on the ground. The red flowers exuded a faint sweet fragrance.
Cheren looked much calmer. "Stoutland, please."
"Woof!"
The tall, extremely hairy Stoutland appeared on the scene, letting out a steady bark and scanning the other two Pokémon sharply.
A melee between three people changes rapidly! There is a lot of room for maneuver here.
Theoretically, temporarily joining forces to attack the strongest, or sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight are both feasible strategies.
However, Drew and Cheren do not know each other and lack tacit understanding, let alone trust.
Although Ash is acquainted with both of them, his head-on toughness and Covet's pure character of fighting everyone with all his might have destined him to be unable to play with He Zong Lian Heng's complex set of ideas.
As a result, a very "Ash-style" opening appeared on the scene.
"Pikachu, use Quick Attack on Roserade!"
"Roserade, Petal Blizzard attack!"
"Stoutland, rush over and use Crunch!"
The three of them ordered almost at the same time!
Pikachu turned into a swift white Spark and rushed straight towards Roserade.
Roserade rotates gracefully, the bouquet dances in its hand, and countless sharp leaves shining with light green light shoot out.
And Stoutland roared, condensed the energy of Dark-type in his mouth, and pounced towards...Pikachu!
Yes, it chose to attack Pikachu, which was sprinting and seemed to have greater flaws!
"Pikachu, be careful!" Ash shouted hurriedly.
Pikachu reacted extremely quickly. During the sprint, Sheer Force twisted his body and narrowly avoided the bite of Stoutland, but his speed also slowed down.
Roserade's Petal Blizzard took the opportunity to attack!
Boom boom boom!
"Pickup!"
Petal Blizzard exploded on Pikachu's body, suffering some minor injuries, and his expression suddenly became aggrieved.
I'm just an ordinary electric mouse, why are you all trying to beat me up?