I got the Pokémon

In this qualifying match, Xiaozhi naturally played with his most trusted partner - Pikachu.

The one fighting against him was a man wearing a white judo uniform and a red ribbon on his head. When you see someone dressed like this, you don’t even need to guess, just from their attire you can tell that their Pokémon must be fighting-type!

Sure enough, when he looked a little further forward, he saw his Pokémon, which was a Flying Legsman!

But judging from the attributes, Xiaozhi made the right bet and did not encounter an opponent who could restrain him. However, even if he did, he probably would not care given his personality.

The master of reverse attributes is not called that for nothing!

Because they arrived early, they arrived just in time for the battle to begin. They could see that as soon as the match started, Flying Legs ran towards Pikachu at an extremely fast speed, trying to engage it in close combat.

But Xiaozhi's Pikachu was naturally not afraid of it. When Flying Legs swept his kick, Pikachu jumped high and then used Iron Tail to hit Flying Legs' big round head, knocking it to the ground!

Sit down!

Even though it was just a single battle, allowing Pikachu to achieve victory first meant that this match shouldn't be a difficult one for Ash.

And just as Xia You thought, after Flying Legs got up, it used its Flying Knee Kick to attack Pikachu again, but it was easily resolved by Pikachu's flash of lightning, and was knocked to the ground by the next Iron Tail, losing its ability to fight!

Throughout the entire game, Pikachu didn't even use any electric-type moves!

It can also be seen from this that Xiaozhi has indeed grown a lot.

It also made Xia You realize clearly that he could no longer treat him as the careless and sloppy kid he was when he first started traveling...

Xiaozhi, he has become a tough opponent!

After Xiaozhi left the stage, several people met outside the contestant channel. After their introductions, Xia You finally knew who the two extra people around them were.

One of them is a chubby boy with orange hair tied into a ponytail. He wears traditional clothes and often refers to himself as "I". He looks a bit fierce, but is actually a rather careless person.

Through the introduction, Xia You also learned that the big boy's name was Zhengzong.

He was someone that Xiaozhi met when he was traveling not long ago. He was very similar to Xiaozhi. Both of them were trainers who won by courage and had the same character of not admitting defeat. So the two of them had to compete with each other in all aspects, which made them both friends and competitors.

But in fact, even if Xiaozhi and the others didn't introduce Masamune, Xia You still had a certain understanding of him.

Masamune can be considered a strong rival of Satoshi in Hoenn. Although he is quite strong, he cannot escape the fate of a destiny-like duel. He was grouped together with Satoshi in the conference, and eventually lost to him, stopping in the round of 16.

Taking his eyes off Zheng Zong, Xia You looked at another person.

This is also a man, but compared to Masamune, he is a little older, and even looks two or three years older than Xia You. And this man's performance at the Caiyou Conference is undoubtedly more dazzling than anyone else!

He was the man who had met Xiaoyao and the others at the ramen restaurant, and who was the torchbearer with a meowing hat during the torch relay - Tetsuya!

The reason why he is dazzling is not because of anything else, but because in the anime, he finally won the championship of this Caiyou Conference!

From this point of view, this will also be his biggest enemy in the Caiyou Conference.

Because they were not familiar with each other, Xia You just nodded to the two of them politely as a greeting.

Today's preliminaries took only one morning and afternoon, and all 256 people who advanced to the next round were decided. But that's not the end. When the sun set, all those who advanced gathered in the main arena to participate in the opening ceremony of the Caiyou Conference.

Witnessed by the contestants and spectators, the Olympic flame was passed to the platform and lit.

And only at this point, the Caiyou Conference has truly begun!

After a day's rest, the qualifying tournament will be held as scheduled, but the group list must be announced before the start.

All the contestants gathered in the hall, and Xia You also saw his potential opponents for the first time.

It's no wonder that, in addition to Masamune and Tetsuya, he actually saw many familiar faces. These were some people he had met during his previous travels, and he didn't expect to meet them again here.

256 contestants filled the entire hall, and even if everyone was just whispering, it made the place seem noisy.

Fortunately, nearly four hundred contestants were eliminated. If those people were included, they would all be crowded into one place, with nothing to do. Even if they were not squeezed to death, they would probably be killed by the heat.

Miss Joy explained the rules of the game again at this moment.

Compared to the qualifiers, the rules of the qualifying tournament have changed. Each player needs to participate in three doubles matches. Only those who win all of them can advance to the finals. If they lose one match, they will be eliminated directly.

The 32 players who win the qualifying tournament will enter the final tournament and decide the final champion through a six-on-six battle.

Although most people knew the rules from the guide book released by the conference, there were still a few who, for various reasons, did not know the process until this moment. But no matter who they were, since they had made it here, they were all looking forward to the upcoming competition.

As people watched, the grouping situation was displayed on the big screen.

The screen flashed, and everyone's avatars appeared on the screen at the same time.

Xia You looked up to find his group, but before he could find it, Xiaozhi beside him shouted, "I see, my competition is in the afternoon at Arena C!"

Masamune seemed to be competing with Xiaozhi for who could speak louder, and not to be outdone, he said, "I found it too! I'm the morning of E Arena!"

It seemed like these two people were completely competing with each other. I didn't know why they were shouting so loudly when it was just a group.

Shaking his head, Xia You focused his eyes on the screen again.

After a careful scan, he finally found his avatar in the lower right corner of the screen, and his game was the fourth game of the afternoon at the F Arena!

It is indeed good news that I am not in the same group with Xiaozhi.

Of course, he was not afraid of Xiaozhi, he just didn't want Xiaozhi to leave the stage early because of meeting him.

As for whether Xiaozhi will defeat himself?

Ha ha.

Retracting his thoughts, Xia You looked at his opponent again, and unexpectedly, he was also an acquaintance!

It was the trainer he had met before, Anthony, who opened a private gym and claimed to have the strongest Pokémon in the world, but was actually a Toucan holding a few Poké Balls!

It turned out to be him!

I didn’t expect that he would also attend the Caiyou Conference. What a coincidence!

On the other side of the hall, Anthony naturally also saw his opponent, the man who had defeated him before, and he also felt surprised.

However, he had no intention of backing down. Instead, he clenched his fists, looking eager to try.

"Just wait, I will let you see how much I have grown over this period of time! I will definitely avenge my last failure!"

As the saying goes, enemies become jealous of each other when they meet. Although he and Xia You are not enemies, he had defeated him after all. Now that the opportunity is in front of him, he naturally hopes to get back at him.

The most important thing is that only by defeating this man can I proceed to the second match, so no matter from which angle, both publicly and privately, I must defeat him!

After leaving the hall, the group headed straight to the restaurant.

However, on the road, Xia You had only taken a few steps when he was blocked by a woman.

At first Xia You was a little surprised, but after seeing who the woman was, he was left with helplessness.

And this person is none other than Pansy, who had been interviewed at both the Quartz Conference and the Silver Conference!

Pansy was still dressed as a reporter, and beside her was the goat carrying equipment and acting as her assistant.

"Nice to meet you again." With a faint smile on her face, Pansy said to Xia You, "I came here early just to get a first-hand interview with you!"

Hearing this, Xia You smiled bitterly: "Miss Pansy, it's been a long time since we last met. I can only say that you really think highly of me. I won't run away, so why make such a fuss?"

Pansy put one hand on her waist and shook her head. "You are a very popular figure. People in the Hoenn region don't know you yet because they don't know how powerful you are. When you advance to the next round, they will realize who you are. Then people who want to interview you will flock to you. I don't want to be behind them!"

While the two were talking, Xiaoyao, Xiaosheng, Tetsuya and Masamune were all surprised to see Pansy dressed like a reporter.

Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng were fine, after all, they all knew that Xia You had won the championship in two regions before. However, they didn't expect that there would be reporters who would come to Hoenn specifically to find him!

Tetsuya and Masamune were undoubtedly extremely shocked.

The two didn't know Xia You before. Not only had they never heard of his name, this was also the first time they met each other. They really didn't understand. They had just passed the preliminaries and hadn't even played in the preliminaries tournament, so how come there were reporters coming to interview them?

How come they didn’t!?

Especially Tetsuya, he is also a well-known trainer in the Hoenn region, and he even became a Holy Flame Runner before. No matter how you think about it, he should be more worthy of an interview than this man, right?

To be honest, they were envious. The two of them carefully fixed their appearance and wanted to make themselves look more eye-catching, but they didn't expect that the beautiful reporter didn't even look at them the whole time!

Just keep your attention on this man!

This also made them feel a little discouraged and frustrated. They didn't understand why they couldn't get the same treatment when they had also passed the qualifiers.

Just then, hurried footsteps were heard in the distance, and a woman and a man, carrying a camera and holding a microphone, ran here breathlessly.

I'm coming!!!

Someone finally wants to interview them! ?

The two men were delighted, thinking that the man and woman were here to interview them. Smiles appeared on their faces. When they saw the two people getting closer and closer, they were about to say something, but they saw that the man and woman actually passed by them and ran to the man next to them!

what! ?

Now they were completely confused.

Looking at this scene in front of me in disbelief, I really can't understand why all the reporters went to look for that man!

Isn’t this man just taller than them, more handsome than them, and has a better figure than them?

What else is different?!

Unlike these two people, Xia You, who was the focus, was a little surprised as to why the man and woman were here, but he immediately recognized their identities.

It was the reporter from Zijin TV and her assistant whom I met in Zijin City Park!

"You...are Miss Emma and Mr. Ida, right?"

Mary and Day stood there awkwardly, and smiled, "It's Mary and Day."

"Ah?" Xia You was also a little embarrassed. She didn't expect that she remembered their names wrong! "Sorry..."

"It's okay, it's okay." Mary waved her hand, and first looked warily at Pansy who was looking at her with curiosity, and then asked tentatively, "Mr. Xia You, do you still remember the interview you promised me?"

this……

Xia You thought about it carefully and remembered that when he met them at the beginning, he couldn't stand their entanglement, so he pushed the matter to the Caiyou Conference. He didn't expect that they actually remembered it and actually came!

Some things are difficult to handle...

Glancing at the pansy next to him, Xia You didn't expect that they would appear here together. Now both sides want to interview him, so who should he agree to?

At this moment, Pansy also understood Mary's purpose, and her face suddenly became much heavier.

Fortunately, she arrived here one step ahead of time. Unexpectedly, what she predicted came true. Some reporters in the Hoenn region have begun to notice Xia You!

Just as Xia You was in a dilemma, Zheng Zong, who was standing by, was really confused. He turned his head to Xiao Zhi and asked quietly: "Xiao Zhi, who is this person? Why do so many reporters want to interview him?"

Even Zhe pricked up his ears quietly, wanting to hear what this man's background was!

"He..." Xiaozhi looked up at the sky, his tone seemed to have a complex emotion, "His name is Brother Xia You, and he is the goal I want to surpass in my life."

After hearing Xiaozhi's answer, Masamune and Tetsuya were even more confused.

Because they have known each other for quite some time, they also know what kind of personality Xiaozhi has.

I didn't expect that Xiaozhi, who is usually straightforward and outspoken, would actually play a riddle at this moment!

After all the fuss, the two still knew nothing about the man except that his name was Xia You!

But one thing is certain.

The fact that he was being chased by reporters for interviews and Xiaozhi was like this shows that this man must be very powerful!

This also made the two of them look at Xia You seriously for the first time!