Pokémon: I'm a detective, not the sixth one.

Late at night on September 9, Kanto Alliance Headquarters.

Lu Yi and the other two stood in the middle of the hall. Seeing the lively crowd around them, they couldn't help but feel emotional.

"Ah! There are so many people! Are they all here to participate in the competition?"

Lina blinked in curiosity. She thought it was already very late and most of the contestants should have checked in. However, she never expected that the three of them would still have to queue.

"Probably not all of them." Lu Yi analyzed.

"The reason why it's so lively here is probably because many trainers are so excited that they can't sleep at night, so they just challenge each other to battle in the lobby or discuss their training experiences."

Upon hearing this, Yinchuan nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, I want to join them..."

Lu Yi rolled his eyes at him and thought to himself, this kid is really a fighting maniac!

"It's better not to join in the fun. Regain your strength and don't forget the ominous premonition I told you about."

"All right……"

Yinchuan sighed in disappointment, and his shoulders sank. He looked at the group of contestants with envy. Some of them had already taken the elevator to other floors in groups of three or five.

"Brother Yi, did they go to the 55th floor?"

"Probably not?"

Lu Yi thought for a moment and analyzed: "When we were working in the police force before, Miss Junsha said that the 55th floor is a super large professional battle field, and it can even achieve the Dynamax of elves.

The level and importance of that place are self-evident. It is impossible for the contestants to use it casually. Even in the first few rounds of the Alliance Conference, I am afraid they are not qualified to use this venue. "

"That makes sense." Yinchuan nodded, and then sighed again.

"Speaking of which, we have been struggling for so long, and now when we look up, we are back to this familiar building. It really fits the saying: This is the starting point, and also the end point..."

After Yinchuan finished speaking, Lu Yi and Lina looked at him in surprise.

Lina: "Yinchuan, why are you acting like a middle-aged uncle? Are you suddenly lamenting about life?"

Lu Yi: "What the hell? How come you seem to have become more cultured after your trip to Alola? Didn't you go there to learn dancing? Do the locals teach you other things?"

Hearing his friends' complaints, Yinchuan pouted and glanced at them, thinking, "Can't I occasionally say a few cultural words? What impression do you have of me?"

Just as the three of them were chatting animatedly and the check-in line showed no sign of shortening, a greeting suddenly came from behind Lu Yi.

"Brother Lu?"

Hearing someone calling his name, Lu Yi turned around and found that it was A Lei standing at the entrance of the hall.

"It's really you!!"

A Lei was sure that he was not mistaken, and he was instantly very happy. He pulled his good friend Guangzhi and ran over.

"long time no see!"

"Well, long time no see!"

A Lei excitedly came up to the three of them, and Lu Yi responded to his greeting.

In fact, every time Lu Yi dealt with him before, there were unexpected "accidents". The two first met because Lei was a mysophobe and angrily hid the key to the Dead Leaf Gym. Lu Yi acted as a middleman to track him down and persuade him.

Later, A Lei experienced various terrorist cases one after another, and was already labeled as a "unlucky guy" by Lu Yi...

"Have you two just arrived as well?"

Hearing Lu Yi's question, A Lei shook his head.

"No, we arrived during the day. After registering the players' information, we returned to the Champions Road for some special training. Now we are preparing to go back to the room to rest."

After Alei finished speaking, Guangzhi next to him also came over. He looked at Lu Yi seriously and couldn't wait to greet the latter. After all, Lu Yi saved his life in the Snorlax incident!

"Brother Lu, I'm Lei's colleague, Guangzhi. I've always wanted to thank you in person, and today I finally get to meet you in person!"

Hearing this, Lu Yi smiled and signaled that there was no need to be so serious.

"You're welcome. Thanks to Alei for the clues he provided, it would have been very difficult to find the crevice where you fell. So, you should thank Alei! Thanks to his carefulness, we didn't miss the best time for rescue!"

"Well! I am indeed very grateful to him!"

Guangzhi nodded heavily, making Alei feel embarrassed. The latter quickly changed the subject and said, "Brother Lu, after you check in, are you free? I heard that the battle venues on the 51st and 52nd floors will be fully open in the next few days. I would like to invite you to compete with me!"

"Full disclosure?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi looked at Yinchuan in surprise, and the latter also had a confused expression.

The two floors that A-lei mentioned were where the police force used to train! Could it be that in order to hold the alliance conference, the police force temporarily opened part of the training grounds to the public?

Seeing that Lu Yi was a little dazed, the attentive Lina hurried forward to talk to him and helped him politely reject A Lei.

"If you want to spar with each other, why not wait until the official competition starts! Or, if you don't meet in the competition, then invite each other separately after the competition!

Brother Lu Yi has been traveling all day. After checking in, he needs to rest as soon as possible! Otherwise, it may affect his condition for tomorrow's game! ~"

After hearing what Lina said, Lei immediately changed his mind.

"Is that so? Then you really need to rest well. However, it is said that more than 500 people came to this conference, which is much more than the previous one! Tomorrow morning, there will be a round of screening, and 256 seats will enter the final!"

"More than 500 people!?"

Lina was shocked by the number. No wonder there were always long queues in the alliance hall. There were so many contestants!

However, Reina has lived in Crimson Island for a long time after all, and she knows how strict Senior Xia Bo's gym rules are. She also knows that there are only a few trainers who have actually obtained the Crimson Badge this year.

It seems that most of the contestants have avoided the travel route to Honglian Island, so their combat strength should not be particularly outstanding.

"More than 500 people, that's actually quite normal."

Lu Yi expressed his opinion on the side. He understood this world better than the people around him.

In the main storyline of the TV anime, the first Kanto Tournament that Xiaozhi participated in had 256 contestants; by the time of the Hoenn Tournament, the number of contestants had skyrocketed to more than 600, which was even larger than the one that Rikuichi participated in.

"As the times develop and the alliance promotes, the enthusiasm of the people is naturally increasing, so more than 500 people is normal."

When everyone heard this, they felt it made sense and nodded in agreement.

While they were chatting, the check-in line had unknowingly moved forward a lot, and the staff even began to urge them.

"Five contestants over there, please take a few steps forward and don't affect the queue of contestants behind you!"

"I'm coming!"

Lina quickly pulled everyone forward.

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