Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

On the twenty-eighth day back in the Orange Islands, it was cloudy.

It’s the ninth day of the Orange Tournament, four days of qualifiers, four days of group matches, and today is the first day of the knockout rounds…

On the first day of the knockout rounds, tickets to the Citrus Stadium were hard to come by. This was true for ordinary tourists, but the families of these players were allowed to bring their children with them.

However, many trainers are backed by well-known figures, so they really don’t lack one or two tickets. There are not many tickets, so players can arrange them by themselves.

As usual today, Ukai and Atsumi acted together again, hurriedly finishing their breakfast, taking it to the Pokémon Center to visit the still unconscious Ada, and then heading to the Citrus Stadium to draw lots to decide their opponents.

There are still 256 players left, and there are still two rounds of three-on-three elimination matches to be completed. If you want to compete for the championship next, you will have to play six six-on-six all-player matches, which will be the most exciting moment.

When the two arrived at the draw venue, there was already a long queue and those who had drawn lots had already started the competition.

In fact, there is still room for maneuver in this method of matching opponents according to the draw time. You can see whether the master is in front or behind and then decide the draw time.

Of course, these operations are of no use to experts. The system will not allow gym trainers to meet each other, nor will it match famous experts together and eliminate them early. That would reduce the excitement of the game. Starting from the knockout rounds, everyone basically starts as a senior trainer.

If you really encounter this, you can only blame it on bad luck, not others, because the system will not match you with similar players. The knockout round is a test of hard power, and luck is greatly reduced, so it is useless even with system protection.

When it was Yu Hai's turn to draw, the contestants had almost finished drawing. Everyone was basically in the prize pool. Whoever drew the prize would win the jackpot.

He just pressed the draw button when a big black face appeared on the screen. The corners of his mouth twitched when he saw it. "Tsk, Ah Man has made it this far! Not bad, not bad..."

"Ahai, I've made my draw. My match time will be after yours," Atsumi looked up at Yukai's opponent and found that it was a boy he knew. This boy had a large-billed gull and had often come to the gym to hang out with Yukai some time ago, so he had some impression of him.

"Let's go then. Let's go to the Pokémon Center and wait. Our game is at one o'clock in the afternoon." Ukai and Atsumi were a little late in the draw, so they had to go back to the Pokémon Center.

When the old man heard that Ukai's match was still early, he immediately called his friends to go out for morning fishing, while Ukai and Atsumi stayed in the ward, where there was a TV. It was said that when the trainer heard about the match, his body might react and wake up.

Dunmei's mother brought in a TV, but she didn't turn up the volume very loudly, so that the sound could just barely be heard, just loud enough for everyone to hear.

As the camera turned to the battlefield, Yu Hai saw Xiao Shun appear. His opponent was the great master Xiao Dan. The corners of his mouth twitched subconsciously, and he put the orange that had just been handed to his mouth down again.

Gengar had told him before that among that group of young people, Dan and Nancy were the most dangerous to Gengar, so he asked Yu Hai to pay special attention to these two people.

From Gengar's perception, Xiao Dan is the favorite to win this time. His voice and popularity are higher than his. In addition, he is sunny and handsome, and he is single, so he has gained a large group of little fans.

He just forget about it. Ever since the last time a girl sent him flowers, Dunmei stared at her with a gloomy face and kept a dark face the whole time, which scared the girl away. Since then, no little fan girl has sent him flowers on her own initiative.

As the game began, Yu Hai saw Xiao Shun and Xiao Dan throwing out Poké Balls together. Xiao Shun started with the Quasi-King's Gyarados, which was Xiao Shun's strongest Pokémon, and Xiao Dan started with the Quasi-King's Goryeo.

Gyarados started with a storm, but Hao Li's tile-splitting skill directly split the wind, and then he kicked the stone pillar in front of him to pieces, causing the rubble to hit Gyarados.

Then, while Gyarados was distracted by the rubble and had no time to pay attention, he stomped his foot on the ground to raise a stone pillar to trap Gyarados. Then he crushed the rocky ground and quickly charged towards the trapped Gyarados, punching the stone pillar at an extremely fast speed.

The flying gravel caused secondary damage to Gyarados, but he still used double restraint and continued to hold the lightning fist in his hand, bending his knees, bulging his thigh muscles, stomping on the ground again, jumping high up, and punching Gyarados in the face.

It was this punch that stunned Gyarados. Big Daddy is Big Daddy. At the same level, if Xiao Shun didn't have time to react and couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm, he would have only been beaten.

Xiao Shun had thought about counterattacking, but the initial interference from the rubble, the secondary damage from the shattered stone pillars, and the lightning fist that was so close to him, left Gyarados helpless.

“Huahuahua, huahuahua——”

Seeing Gyarados fall, there was a commotion on TV, everyone was applauding and cheering for this clean and neat battle. Atsumi couldn't help but smack his lips and said in surprise: "This is too strong..."

"Of course, your father told me in secret that among the younger generation of the four major gyms, the young master of the Xiaodan gym is the strongest," Dunmei's mother explained to her daughter. She subconsciously looked at Yu Hai, and when she saw that Yu Hai was not looking at her, she continued to explain.

"Xiao Dan is much older than you. When you reach Xiao Dan's age, you won't be too bad..."

"It's time to start the second game," Yu Hai saw the second game start, Xiao Shun took back Gyarados and released Pidgeot.

As the match began, Ukai saw Gouriki leap high into the air once again, raising his hand to chop down at Pidgeot, with a loud bang, Pidgeot fell to the ground in a cloud of dust.

Then Hao Li fell down and rushed into the smoke without hesitation. He kicked Pidgeot in the smoke and kicked him away. Pidgeot hit the wall and fainted.

"So strong, with explosive power similar to that of a breaststroke swimmer. He must have done weight-bearing and gravity training," Yu Hai realized that he had underestimated the other party. He thought Xiao Dan was only slightly stronger than him.

However, now it is just a little bit stronger, not much, this is obviously a perversion!

He defeated Pidgeot with two fighting-type moves. Even though Pidgeot was not a quasi-king, that Goryeo was too powerful. He bullied Xiaoshun so badly that he almost cried. I'm afraid he will be defeated three in a row.

Next is the third Pokémon. Xiao Shun sent out the Coconut Tree, still choosing attribute restraint, but the Coconut Tree did not have a quasi-king, so it could only be beaten when facing Hao Li, because the explosive power of that Hao Li was too strong.

Yu Hai felt that if he wanted to defeat the opponent's powerful force, he would have to at least send out the Tyrannosaurus. His Pokémons were also training their explosive power, but the Pokémons in the second tier and later were just starting out, so only the Pokémons in the first tier could unleash their explosive power.

And that Hao Li is obviously the opponent's second-tier Pokémon, which means that only your top-quality horse can replace the opponent's medium-quality horse. What's the point of winning then?

"Amazing, three in a row," Atsumi praised repeatedly and asked Yu Hai, "Ahai, can you beat him?"

"What do you think?" Yu Hai gave Dunmei a look, letting Dunmei experience it for himself. It wouldn't work based on the data analysis on paper, and it probably wouldn't work in actual combat either.

"Xiao Hai, don't be discouraged. There are competitions every year. If you can't do it this year, you can try again next year." Dunmei's mother couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw the two of them bickering. Ever since she told Dunmei not to take things too seriously, the two of them have been getting along pretty well.

Afterwards, they chatted and laughed, and the next game began. Yu Hai didn't go anywhere after that. He kept sitting in the ward watching TV. He was also preparing to understand the situation of his opponent. The trainers who could enter the knockout round were not weak.

As for Xiaoshun being killed instantly, it was not because Xiaoshun was not strong, but because Xiaodan was too strong. Even he had to fight with all his strength, let alone Xiaoshun.

After watching TV for a while, Grandpa Dunmei brought lunch. Although the old man loves fishing, he still remembers things, knows what is the most important and what is not important, and understands priorities.

While having lunch, Yu Hai saw another familiar face coming on the court. The camera also gave a close-up to Xia Bo and Xiao Ai's mother who was cheering for him.

"Hey, this old turtle," Grandpa Dunmei couldn't help but smile when he saw Xia Bo on TV. It was obvious that he knew Xia Bo.

"Grandpa, do you know Xia Bo?" Dunmei saw Yu Hai pushing her with his foot. She understood what Yu Hai wanted to say, so she asked for Yu Hai.

"Of course I know him. When I was young, I fought with this old man who was angry, and another cold old man who had a sour face every day, as if everyone owed him money. I also fought with Da Mu, Kikuko, Kikuno, and old man Long..."

"Ah? When did that happen? Professor Oak was a trainer?" When Atsumi heard this, he became interested.

"That's a long time ago, almost forty years," Grandpa Dunmei stopped eating and fell into memories, thinking carefully and slowly telling the past: "At that time, the Orange Islands was still a small place, far from being as prosperous as it is now. A few of us teenagers traveled together, wanting to venture out, and we met these interesting trainers..."

Grandpa Atsumi spoke slowly, and Ukai and the other two listened carefully, their eyes still fixed on the game on TV, recalling some unforgettable memories.

"This little girl's superpowers are amazing. They remind me of the girl I met before. She has the same superpowers and can also use them to evolve and degenerate elves. What's her name?"

"Her name is Nazi," Dunmei explained to her grandfather, and was also curious about what happened next, what happened to the girl.

"No wonder, it must be her grandmother," Dunmei's grandfather smiled bitterly and shook his head, not wanting to say more about this matter.

"What happened next?" Dunmei's interest was piqued, so of course she had to ask.

"Later I heard that she went home to get married and stopped being a trainer. Then there was no more contact and we lost contact..."

Seeing that something was not right, Ukai immediately shook his head at Atsumi and told her not to ask any more questions. He had already suspected why King Slow was so strange.

Although it is a water-based gym, it has the superpower inheritance of Slowking, which allows every Slowking to learn telepathy. This should be the source.

Wow, it turns out that when the old man was young, he was also a handsome and suave guy. He was able to flirt with girls and even got a date with Grandma Nazi, and inherited super powers from Grandma Nazi.

It seems like this is another ill-fated relationship. You don't need to listen to know that they must have been broken up. One loves but cannot get it, and the other desires but cannot get it.

Hua Hua Hua, Hua Hua Hua——

As the noise came from the TV, Yu Hai and others looked at the TV again, only to see Nancy disappearing in the contestant channel and the host's excited shouting. It turned out that Nancy won.

Yu Hai was not surprised by this result. Xiao Ai is still in her growth stage, and her future achievements will definitely not be inferior to Nazhi. But Xiao Ai is too young, not even ten years old now. It is unknown how long it will take for Xiao Ai to grow up.

After lunch, it was almost half past twelve, and Yu Hai and Atsumi were about to say goodbye and leave. It was almost time for their game, and they appeared on the player queue list for the next game.

After being sent to the door of the Pokémon Center by Dunmei's mother, the two of them took more than ten minutes to walk to the Citrus Sports Field. They were still watching the players' competition in the lounge when the broadcast notified Yu Hai to go on stage.

"Let's go," Yu Hai called Atsumi, stood up and left the lounge, and came to the athlete channel of the Citrus Stadium. As soon as he went out, he was shocked by the shouts of the huge crowd, which almost made his ears unbearable, but he still kept smiling and waving, after all, they were all lovely fans.

When he came to the contestant stage and saw Ah Man grinning foolishly across from him, he didn't say much. After all, they couldn't recognize each other, so they just treated each other as strangers.

"The player who is coming up now is Ukai from the green team. He has won the Quartz Championship before and is also the favorite to win this tournament. Ukai is highly favored to win the championship. I look forward to Ukai showing us a different and exciting battle..."

"The next player to appear is the red team's Aman, a trainer from Xiagan Island. This player has a simple, honest, warm and friendly personality, which has left a deep impression on every opponent. We also look forward to Aman showing the unique fighting style of the Orange Islands..."

"The venue for the knockout round needs to be drawn, please wait patiently..."

As the cursor on the big screen began to move, four venues appeared on the big screen. These were the four venues from the previous group stage, which became random venues here.

Until the cursor stopped on the grass field and waited for the field to be ready, Yu Hai and A Man threw the Poké Balls in their hands together after the referee raised the small flag.

"Go, big-billed gull..."

"Go ahead, Pidgeot..."

"It's Owl and Pidgeot, two flying Pokémon. What kind of fierce aerial battle will they show us?"

"A'man, ah A'man, you use the strongest Pokémon right at the start," Yu Hai knew this silly boy. He knew that if he met him, he would definitely use the strongest Pokémon right at the start. And A'man's strongest Pokémon was the Toucan, which was about to break through to the King level.

And his Pidgeot is only level 49 now...

【Bi Diao】

[Attribute: General + Flying]

[Gender: Female]

[Potential: 76.21%]

[Level: 49.81%]

[Features: Sharp Eyes/45.43%]

[Master the moves...]

The reason why he sent out Pidgeot was that if he didn't send out Pidgeot, Pidgeot would have no chance to play. The intensity of the following battles would become more and more intense. If Pidgeot met an opponent like Xiao Dan, he would definitely be killed instantly as soon as he played.

In order to let the little ones experience the atmosphere of the competition, regardless of winning or losing, as long as everyone participates, he has fulfilled his promise made during training.