Earth in the age of elves

The lottery venue, which used to be noisy and bustling in the past, now seemed a little deserted.

After all, as the competition progresses, the number of people it serves is getting smaller and smaller. The current lottery venue is only prepared for the top [-] players, including Xu Yi.

And after tomorrow's game, this venue at Nuovo University will be opened only to the winning eight-person team that successfully breaks through.

There were no contestants at all in the lottery venue at the moment. It only provided a full day for sixteen people to draw. Unless the top sixteen came together, it would be difficult for them to meet another one by chance. of.

But at this moment, there were actually no outsiders in the lottery venue.

Unlike the paparazzi outside, as a kind of hidden privileges and benefits, several popular regional TV stations in Eastern Xia and some powerful media can carry out interviews on the top [-] contestants who came to the drawing venue. access.

Therefore, the people who now fill the lottery venue are reporters from various TV stations who are gearing up.

When Xu Yi walked into the lottery venue, dozens of eyes immediately stared at him.

Just like hungry beasts selecting prey that they have coveted for a long time, the reporters who recognized Xu Yi's identity immediately suppressed their impulse to rush forward to "capture" Xu Yi and waited for him to finish. Draw.

Although I really wanted to catch Xu Yi and ask him, after all, the selection of the players was more important. Before the players completed the selection, the reporters would not disturb him no matter how anxious they were.

After glancing around coldly, Xu Yi successfully used his intimidating gaze to drive away the reporters whose eyes seemed to be capable of emitting heat.

Although there was no significant effect on a certain female reporter - it seemed that she received a more intense gaze from the other party? ——But Xu Yi didn’t care either.

With a deliberately straight face, Xu Yi walked to the center of the venue where the top sixteen were selected.

There stood a hanging screen that looked like it had just been built. The large flat surface displayed a promotion map of the top [-] players. Half of the sixteen empty seats in the bottom row were filled with busts of the players. occupied.

According to this promotion map, the top [-] who have passed the fourth round will be divided into two groups AB to fight in turns.Each group is divided into four groups, and the two players in the group will become each other's opponents tomorrow.

"Xu Yi, look here."

Susu pointed at the panel and said to him: "It's the person who ranks first on the Internet."

Xu Yi followed the direction Su Su pointed and quickly scanned the last row of portraits. In the first position in Group A, he saw a white face - David Fortes.

As the number one trainer, he was placed in Group A1 and already had an opponent, an inconspicuous middle-aged white man wearing a hat.

In Xu Yi's memory, that guy seemed to be the trainer of Erlos, named So-Ski.

Next, Xu Yi saw some familiar faces below, but he only saw their faces and couldn't even talk to them.

After a cursory glance, Xu Yi had an idea, and then he stepped forward and walked under the big screen.

Only then did he notice that there was a large square pool under the big screen.And there was a pile of fishing rods piled randomly next to the pool.

"...Does it have to..."

A picture flashed through Xu Yi's mind, and he suddenly had a glimmer of understanding.

"Contestant Xu Yi, please come forward and draw lots." The beautiful lady who was responsible for guiding the top [-] contestants to complete the drawing interrupted Xu Yi's fantasy with a sweet voice, "Please catch a carp and come up."

really!

The corner of his mouth twitched a few times, and with Su Su's speechless expression, Xu Yi silently walked to the pool and glanced at the shallow pool silently.

The water in this square pool is not clear, but has a turbid color similar to milky white.

Perhaps because of the self-circulation system, the entire pool was surging with waves and waves hitting everywhere, making the already turbid water even more mixed.

But through the water, it seems that you can still vaguely see several red fish-shaped figures being pushed around in the flowing water.

"What kind of selection method is this..."

Su Su covered her forehead, unable to believe that her top 16 opponents were selected in such a childish way.

If Xu Yi remembers correctly, there seems to be this method in the original anime. God knows who suggested fishing for Magikarp!

"But it's actually quite fun, isn't it?"

Xu Yi smiled, casually grabbed a tattered fishing rod, and nonchalantly threw it into the pool, waiting for Carp King to take the bait.

Even though he didn't have much fishing experience at all, Xu Yi knew that Carp King was a fish spirit that was particularly easy to catch.

Even without bait, you can fish them out of the water just by lowering the hook.

Therefore, fishing for Magikarp can be said to be the most unskilled job. Generally, only children who have not been able to obtain elves will be interested in this kind of game.

But when fishing in the wild, always catching Magikarp is a thing that is enough to make people collapse.

He baited again and again and took the bait again and again, but what he caught was a stupid fish that had very little food value.

This result is really enough to destroy the average person's continued attempts at fishing.

Not even a minute after he threw the fishing rod in, Xu Yi felt a downward pull on the fishhook that was not hung with bait, and then the fishing line tightened - and Carp King took the bait.

With a strong movement of his right hand, Xu Yi directly lifted the fishing rod. Following his movement, the King Carp, which was flicking its tail in vain with dead eyes staring at the fish, bit the hook and was dragged out of the water by Xu Yi.

The sharp-eyed Xu Yi saw the unusual thing about this Magikarp at a glance, that is, there were letters and numbers - B4 - traced on both sides of its back.

The Carp King that was forcibly pulled out of the water gradually moved away from the pool as Xu Yi raised his arm backwards. It wasn't until Xu Yi pulled it out of the pool and released the fishing rod that the big guy still clung to the fishing hook and landed on the ground. , and then began to thrash around hard, with water splashing all around.

"This is Group B4. Contestant Xu Yi is assigned to Group B4. Your opponent tomorrow will be Contestant Yanagi Kawada." The service lady with a sweet voice and even sweeter appearance told Xu Yi some formulaic precautions:

"Please log in and arrive at the main venue before nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Since the specific battle time will be very flexible, please wait in the lounge of the main venue tomorrow..."

After the introduction to Xu Yi, the service lady made a gesture to the reporters who had gradually gathered behind her, seeming to indicate that they could start free interviews.

At this moment, Xu Yi suddenly threw a Poké Ball. In the surprised eyes of the reporters, Qi Lulian appeared next to them, and then disappeared with a blue light.