Elf: This little Mao is very different.

"Excuse me, the three of you, are you also going to sign up for the doubles match later?"

Just as Xiao Mao, Mei, and Toru were chatting about the upcoming doubles match in Kuji Town in the lobby of the Pokémon Center, a strange voice appeared behind them.

Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Xiao Mao and the other two turned around and saw a brown-haired man in a dark green jacket talking to them.

"I heard you guys talking about the upcoming doubles match, so I took the liberty to come over and interrupt you."

"We have already signed up for the competition." Although he didn't know who the visitor was or what the matter was, Xiao Mao still gave him a positive answer.

"But who are you?" After answering, Xiao Mao asked about the identity of the visitor.

"I'm so sorry, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Tetsuya, I'm from Violet City in the Hoenn region, and I'm currently on a journey to challenge the Hoenn Alliance."

After hearing Xiao Mao's question, Zhe touched his head and introduced himself embarrassedly.

After hearing the visitor introduce himself as Zheya, a figure appeared in Xiaomao's mind.

If Xiao Mao guessed correctly, the trainer in front of him named Tetsuya was the one who had a cat wearing leather boots and defeated Xiaozhi in the Hoenn League Saiyu Conference.

"Hello, Tetsuya, my name is Xiao Mao, I am from Pallet Town in the Kanto region, and I am currently challenging the Hoenn League as well."

Since Zhe has already introduced himself, Xiao Mao also briefly introduced himself.

"I'm Mei/Toruko from the Unova region, please give me your guidance!"

After Mei and Toruko met the backbone of the team, Xiaomao, and gave a brief introduction, they followed suit and introduced themselves.

"Hello, nice to meet you!"

After listening to Xiaomao and the other two’s self-introductions, Zhe also greeted them with a smile.

"Zheya, what do you want from us?"

After a brief chat, Xiao Mao and the other two got to know Tetsuya, so Mei asked him why Tetsuya approached them.

"I heard you guys talking about participating in a doubles match, so I came over to ask. Maybe we'll become rivals in the future."

When asked by Mei, Tetsuya explained with a smile.

"So, Tetsuya, you have also signed up for this competition?"

After hearing what Tetsuya said, Xiao Mao turned his gaze to Tetsuya.

"Yes," Zheye nodded, and then continued, "When I passed by the town of Kuji, I happened to hear that there was going to be a competition in the town, and it was a doubles competition. I was quite interested in it, so I signed up to participate."

"Zheya's situation is the same as ours!"

After hearing what Tetsuya said, Toruko also shouted in surprise.

"Under such circumstances, I think this competition should be very famous in the area!"

Needless to say, Xiao Mao also knew that it was because this doubles match was very famous that it was spread a lot.

"That's true. Just the fact that we have to earn two fewer gym badges in this competition has already created a lot of hype."

After listening to Xiaomao's explanation, Touzi immediately reacted.

In the following time, Xiao Mao and the other two gradually became closer to the enthusiastic and steady Zhe Ye. In addition to talking about this battle, the two sides also talked about the interesting things that happened during their journey.

In this situation, Xiao Mao and the other two chatted with Zheya for a long time, which lasted for an hour or two before they reluctantly parted.

After a simple day's rest in Coogee, it was time for the doubles match.

On this morning, Xiao Mao finished breakfast early, took his girlfriend Mei and Toruko, and followed the signs in the town to rush to the venue of the competition, which was a small stadium in the center of the town.

After Xiao Mao and his friends arrived here, in addition to the many trainers who came to participate, the largest number of people came to watch the game, including residents of Coogee Town and other nearby towns, as well as some trainers passing by.

"You are finally here!"

After Xiao Mao and the other two walked into the venue, they met Zheya who was standing among the contestants, and Zheya smiled and waved to them.

"You are almost late." After looking at the time, Zhe said to Xiao Mao and the other two who had just come to him.

"Well, something delayed me this morning."

Having said that, Mei suddenly felt embarrassed. After all, she was the one who stayed in bed that morning. If it weren't for Xiao Mao and Touzi's support, she might still be trapped in the quilt at this moment.

"Is that so?" Smart Tetsuya, looking at Mei's performance, roughly guessed the result, but he still didn't say it out loud.

"Okay, time's up, the game is about to begin!"

Just when Mei was about to say something, the game officially started, so she whispered a reminder from the side.

"it is good!"

After hearing Xiaomao's reminder, Mei immediately closed her mouth and focused on the next game.

In the following period of time, the mayor of Kuji Town came out, stood on the podium, and gave an opening speech for the doubles match.

After some boring pre-match briefing, the doubles match held in Coogee Town officially began.

Because the scale of this competition was not very large, Xiaomao calculated that there were a total of sixty-four contestants participating in the competition.

All the contestants were divided into four groups, with sixteen players in each group. The final winner of each group would enter the semi-finals and compete again. The final winning trainer would be the champion of this competition.

Xiao Mao, Mei, Toruko and Tetsuya, who they just met, might have been lucky, or it might have been intentional by the organizers of the competition. The four of them were not divided into the same group. Instead, they were divided into four separate groups. In other words, except for the semi-finals, they will not meet.

After the grouping was completed, the competition officially began. Xiao Mao and other players also carried out their respective competitions one by one under the arrangement of the competition.

"Shakiras, use sharp stone attack!"

In the last round of the group stage, Xiao Mao commanded his Shakiras efficiently and effectively, defeated the opponent's elves, and won the victory of his own group.

Similarly, except for Xiao Mao, Mei, Toruko and Tetsuya all won the group stage and entered the semi-finals.

The top four in the doubles competition are Komo, Mei, Toruko and Tetsuya.

After the group stage, the semi-finals are about to begin.

What had to be done in advance was the grouping of the competition. After some operations of the system, the grouping of Xiaomao and other three appeared on the big screen in the center of the venue.

"this is……"

After seeing the competition groups, Xiao Mao, Mei, Toruko, and Tetsuya all widened their eyes with expressions of disbelief.