Dawn of Pokémon

June 28, early morning.

"Welcome everyone to the Quartz Stadium. There are still 10 minutes left before the start of the quarterfinals. First, let me introduce the special guests of this Quartz League!" As the commentator finished his words, the camera turned to him. .When the smiling face of the red-haired young man appeared on the big screen, the cheers almost overturned the stadium.

"——Long Tianwang, cross!"

According to the practice of the Quartz League, the organizer will invite one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto as a special commentator during every quarterfinals. Last year, Ice King Kona made an appearance, and this year it is the most popular Ryūten King of Kanto.

Although people in Kanto are used to referring to Watari as the "King of Heaven", in fact, Watari also participated in the Ranking Tournament of the Heavenly King in the Johto region and won the title of champion.This stunningly talented Dragon Messenger is sought after by countless young people, and some viewers even spent a lot of money to buy tickets to the quarter-finals just to see him once.

Watari smiled and said hello to the camera, which unsurprisingly elicited another howl.The commentator next to him finally managed to calm down the audience and teased in a very cooperative manner, "It seems that everyone wants to hear the voice of the Dragon King more than me, right? So Mr. Du, today I am going to be honest and lazy. Could you please say a few more words?"

The red-haired young man took the words knowingly and said with a smile, "I am honored to come to the Quartz League as a commentator for the second time. I look forward to the outstanding performance of the players. As for the proposal you just made, senior," Watanabe looked at the person next to him. A middle-aged man who often serves as commentator for important games made a little joke, "I will seriously consider it - if the organizer agrees to calculate my salary based on the number of words."

Amid the roars of laughter from the audience, the commentator added, "The top three in this league competition will still receive three mysterious prizes personally selected by the special guest Mr. Du. I hope all the players will work hard and win with honor." Let’s sprint for the prize!”

Due to the commentator's "honest laziness", a few minutes later, Long Tianwangdu had to announce in person that "the quarter-finals have officially begun, and the players are invited to enter."Xiao Ye walked up to the conductor's seat with cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami. She felt that if the audience continued to maintain this volume, she might not even be able to hear her opponent's instructions.

Different from the round of [-], since there is no off-day to adjust the state and arrange tactics, the players can only seize the time to train at night and before the next day's game.Therefore, most of the players who were neatly sitting in the audience watching the game yesterday were making final adjustments at the training ground.Only Xiaojie, who had already been eliminated early, took Yangzhen and sat in the front row, preparing to enjoy the game wholeheartedly with Xinghai and Yuanzheng, two idle adults.

As for why she went out to fight at eight o'clock in the morning again...

Xiao Ye has given up thinking.

It was rainy in Mihara City today, but with the deliberate intervention of the organizer's weather controller, the weather around the Quartz Stadium was still sunny and good.Through the scorching sunlight of midsummer, Xiaoye saw her opponent also stepping onto the field.

The boy with short blue hair was still wearing a neat white kimono, as if he didn't feel the summer heat at all.His expression was serious and solemn, like a warrior about to fight on the battlefield. Anyone who looked at those golden eyes could feel the young man's awe-inspiring fighting spirit.

Watanabe and the commentator introduced the basic information of the two players on the red and green sides one by one. The two people standing on the command seat had completely eliminated the interference from the outside noise and poured all their attention into the four cores. In the arena enclosed by white lines.

The first attack wheel/disk slowly rotated, pointing in the direction of Xiaoye.

"The tyrannical carp dragon."

As early as last night, Xiaoye and the Pokémon decided on the first person to take the lead in the first attack.The light flashed, and the dark blue water dragon roared loudly, obviously unable to restrain its desire to fight to its heart's content.

On the other side, Bai Lan also quickly sent out his own vanguard.The Pokémon wearing a steel helmet showed its gleaming blade, and locked Gyarados with its bloodshot eyes.

That was the Commander Bailan who had used it in the first round of the battle.Xiaoye was particularly impressed by the match between Bai Lan and Xia Yang Takuma. She knew that the Knife Commander with a damaged blade on its head seemed to be not very clear-headed and could use only a few moves, but its attack power was still powerful. It is as terrifying as an extremely sharp steel knife.

Obviously, for a rampaging guy like Commander Cleaver, a large Pokémon is easier to deal with than a small and agile one.Realizing that Gyarados had no advantage in terms of attributes or fighting style, Xiaoye turned her attention to Gyarados while thinking.

The signal to start the game is given.When the referee waved the colorful flag, Xiaoye was suddenly stunned.

She noticed something was wrong with Gyarados's state.

Gyarados has always been a full-fledged militant. The ferocious temperament in its bones makes it more enthusiastic about fighting than Charizard. Whenever it is sent out in a battle, it will eagerly lean forward, as if it must be ready before the trainer gives instructions at any time. Just like jumping on it.However, now its appearance is as stiff as if it has been hit by electromagnetic waves, and its wide-open, ferocious eyes are full of surprise mixed with anger, and...

sad?

After Bai Lan's brief attack command, Commander Zhan rushed towards him like a bloodthirsty beast.Xiaoye had no time to discern the expression of Gyarados and immediately gave the instruction to "surf".

When the voice fell, Gyarados showed no reaction.

The crisp collision sound of gold and iron was heard, and Commander Cleaver's unreserved thrust was poured out on the Gyarados. Cracks immediately appeared on the hard scales, and dark red blood seeped out from them.Gyarados howled as if he had just come to his senses, and the slowed-down surf spread out in an unorganized manner, flooding half of the venue.

Commander Pi Zhan suddenly landed on the ground, and the water waves immediately submerged most of its body.But this did not stop it at all. The Pokémon wearing a steel helmet still moved like thunder. The sharp blade on its head cut through the water waves and hit the dark blue water dragon's torso head-on again.

The scales on Gyarados' abdomen were far softer than other parts, and the heartbreaking pain came, awakening the memories buried in its mind many years ago.

When it realized that it had been beaten badly by the familiar Pokémon, Gyarados seemed to have turned back into the weak Magikarp that had not yet evolved.Panic surged through its heart like a tide, causing it to even forget about its powerful enemy and turn around subconsciously.

In a daze, Gyarados thought he would see the back of a trainer who turned his back to the battle field and held his head, "abandoning" it alone on the battlefield.However, when the dark phantom in the memory became reality, it first met the familiar eyes behind the sunglasses.

Only ten seconds after the battle started, the enemy was unscathed and was chasing the injured Gyarados.In such a one-sided situation, the young girl remained as calm as ever. When she noticed that Gyarados was looking over, she even smiled at it.

That overly calm smile gave Gyarados a jolt. The mixed emotions of anger and fear faded away like extinguished flames, and his brain suddenly became clear.

Yup……

She is not him.

The trainer and Pokémon's eyes only met for a brief moment.Bai Lan seemed to notice something strange about his opponent, but he just raised his eyebrows and had no intention of holding back.The commander slashed his body like an arrow, and the third slash was about to land on Gyarados.

Looking at Gyarados' clear eyes, Xiaoye put down her hand on the Poké Ball around her waist and said with a smile, "Shadow Clone."

As soon as the first word of Xiaoye's instructions was spoken, Gyarados moved.Countless lights and shadows flew out from its body, turning into a dazzling dark blue water dragon.Bai Lan reacted very quickly and immediately ordered Commander Pi Zhan to "make a wave of water." The water that had retreated below the knees flew up with Commander Pi Zhan's rapid spinning movements. The scale of the waves was not large, but it perfectly combined all the true and false. Gyarados is covered in it.

The false shadow disappeared instantly, leaving only the only real Gyarados.Commander Cleaver rushed towards his opponent again, and the shadow clone couldn't even hold it back for five seconds - if you don't take into account the suddenly widened distance between the two.

When the water wave shattered the shadow clone, Xiaoye's instructions also arrived.

"Surf, storm."

If there were no accidents at the beginning of the game, this should have been the first order prepared by Xiao Ye - Gyarados roared loudly, and the water waves that covered the sky were like natural disasters, with Gyarados at the center. It spread unreasonably and explosively to the surroundings, instantly turning the entire battlefield into a swamp.At the same time, violent storms stirred the sea water, and countless disorderly large and small whirlpools filled every corner of the field of vision.

Whether it is the forward surf or the spinning tidal wave, it is completely different from what you see in front of you.The water covering the entire site was thrown into chaos by the storm. The rapid currents and overlapping whirlpools were entangled together, and extremely dangerous waves sounded like the sea in a storm.

The resistance caused by ordinary water waves cannot stop Commander Cleaver's charge.But when Gyarados launched the "Sea of ​​Storms", the running Commander Slash suddenly swayed and fell to the ground.

After watching the battle video between Bai Lan and Takuma, Xiaoye thought about how to deal with this splitting commander.Its physical fitness is almost overwhelmingly stronger than all of Saya's Pokémon, and it can cause huge damage with just its physical strength.Resistance in one direction has little effect on Commander Cleaver. Even the several meters deep pool in the water battle venue cannot stop Commander Cleaver from jumping with all his strength.

While it is good at rampaging, its flexibility and maneuverability are naturally much weaker.So, what if the resistance is not in one direction, but changes direction all the time, making it so complex that it is difficult for anyone to predict?

With the ability to control water flow and storm moves gained from practicing in the sea, Gyarados fulfilled Xiaoye's request.

The huge waves driven by the surfing moves still slowly rotate around Gyarados, while the unruly storm stirs the water into chaos, and even Gyarados himself doesn't know where they will surge at the next moment.

The moment Commander Zhan fell unexpectedly, the firepower of the storm enveloped him head and face.Commander Pi Zhan, who was located in the "eye of the typhoon", had not had time to feel the blow of the wind, but the water flow had already been swept up, spinning Commander Pi Zhan and flying into the air.

The figure of Gyarados suddenly submerged into the water.It flew quickly among the tumbling deep blue waves, like a giant dragon swimming freely in the sea of ​​storms, and its hard big horn slammed into the commander who was entangled in the waterspout.

The next moment, the powerful dragon's tail was swung down, and the deafening impact echoed throughout the audience.The Pokémon wearing a steel helmet went dark before its heavy body was knocked into the water, and the dark red color of the steel quickly disappeared into the snow-white droplets.