Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

The halls were packed, and even more so the playing fields.

A huge crowd of people filled the circular stadium, and in the center, a professional device, like a large screen at the Super Bowl venue, was playing the speech of the white-haired young man.

"…Well, it seems like the reactions aren't very concerned."

He smiled helplessly, which actually made the audience a little more lively:

"I'm really not that popular... Then don't wait, the next ones to appear are Wen Que, the leader of the city's General-type gym, and Lin Sanjiu from the Grass-type gym in Hezhou Province!"

“Let’s welcome them with warm applause and bring them a wonderful opening exhibition match!”

Several salutes filled with colorful strips were fired into the sky, and along with the birth of daytime fireworks, dozens of beautiful flowers took small steps and rushed towards the center of the stadium.

Until everyone has stood firm, graceful dance begins to unfold following the strong drum beats of the music.

Seeing this scene, the waves in the audience finally surged.

"call--"

The lively atmosphere reached its peak.

With this kind of momentum, the doors on both diagonals burst open, and two figures slowly appeared in everyone's sight.

"Master Wen? Master Wen!"

"Sister Que will win! Sister Que is mighty!"

"Brother Flower Seller, show off your state's might. The Grass type should finally stand up!"

“Jiujiujiu, just accept it! Jiujiujiu, accept it and you will win!”

Amid the noisy voices, there are always two or three sentences that are extremely clear.

So, like Wen Que, he slowly moved towards the center of the sports field. The middle-aged man wearing a conical hat and rattan glasses looked somewhat helpless.

It's not that he likes to be on the receiving team, but he just happens to have a few suitable Pokémon.

This is truly God’s will!

"Then, let's not talk too much."

Fat Brother took back the role of host, quickly glanced at the schedule, and immediately said:

"Both sides have taken their positions, referee is ready, backstage is ready... all units are ready!"

Wow!

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the volume in the audience dropped several times.

The woman and the middle-aged man stood in the standard player positions in a large venue, facing each other.

Both sides were invited, and in theory this was just an exhibition match paid for by the organizer.

But looking at the way they acted, it was clear that neither of them really regarded this as an exhibition match.

Because the two sides are very close in the national gym rankings -

The Chagao Gym ranked 18th and the Morimu Gym ranked 16th.

They are all poor students in the gym.

It would be fine if it was someone else participating, but it had to be the two gym leaders with similar rankings... It's really unacceptable that we shouldn't fight properly.

"Snorlax, spell!"

"Nut dumbbells, parasitic seeds!"

...

This morning was mainly an opening ceremony, so the cameras of major media outlets were mostly focused on the Pokémon fighting back and forth in the arena and the leaders who appeared in the audience.

Director of the Zhongyu Pokémon League...

Representatives of the Central Henan Provincial Government...

Yun En Group Board Members...

Local and state key university delegations...

Every leader showed up, and everyone who showed up had a smile on their face, as if they had all left the factory.

Fortunately, no one went on stage to speak one by one, otherwise who could stand it?

Besides.

There was also a small group of reporters wandering around the lounge where the players were.

They captured the seeded players that they had been notified of in advance by the organizers and prepared to publish them in the news in the evening.

Looking at these reporters carrying guns and cannons walking around the hall, Yang Xiao lowered his eyebrows slightly, and then pulled up his mask.

His eyes were fixed on the screen in his hand, on which a series of numbers were displayed: A-2-005.

This refers to the second match No. 5 venue in Zone A.

Area A is the sports field where Wen Que and Lin Sanjiu competed.

Don’t think it is a whole now, that’s because there is an exhibition match between the two museum owners at the opening ceremony.

When the preliminaries officially begin, it will be quickly divided into ten large battle venues by the hidden machine below to provide players with opportunities for battle.

In addition, the various rooms from Area B to Area Z of the Zhongyu Olympic Arena are now filled with tourists who have bought tickets.

I guess they are probably watching the exhibition match on the big screen right now, waiting for the players in their respective battle rooms to arrive, right?

"Area A?"

Qi Xu next to him leaned over to take a look, and smiled as if he had expected it: "It seems that we are both popular candidates."

The battle venue displayed on his mobile phone screen was also Area A.

"Isn't this normal?"

Yang Xiao didn't even look up, but said calmly: "As the popular seeded players, we have to appear in the home court and be exposed to the media cameras to attract attention..."

"…The less popular ones will be divided into indoor battles in Zone B and Zone Z."

"makes sense."

Qi Xu continued to smile indifferently and said, "It's a pity that you are in the second game, and it won't be long before you can appear on the stage, but I have to wait until the fourth game... I don't know how long that will take."

"Within four or five hours, you will be able to appear on stage."

Putting the locked phone in his pocket, Yang Xiao looked around calmly and said slowly:

"Luckily we weren't scheduled to compete in the team competition today, otherwise my leap would have taken so long... I might have had to stay here all day."

As soon as these words came out.

Qi Xu smiled slightly at first, then was stunned for a moment, and his smile gradually faded: "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that after my competition is over, I will leave first."

Yang Xiao turned around and patted Qi Xu's shoulder, saying lightly: "There are still many things waiting for me, so I won't accompany you here to suffer."

Qi Xu curled his lips but didn't say anything.

With the help of his burning worm, his elf egg may hatch within this week.

At the same time, the express delivery he sent from the North was also arriving, and inside it was the power amplifier necessary for the evolution of Electabuzz.

In addition, there are also exchange moves to do.

Although the boy looked calm and composed, he obviously knew that his current "disadvantage" was the number of Pokémon.

The preliminaries don’t matter, this is the rule of Ace 1v1. Qi Xu believes that Yang Xiao’s martial arts master Xiong can make it from the morning market to the South Heavenly Gate, but what about the main competition later?

3v6 from start to finish is not as easy as it sounds... Each of these three Pokémon bears a lot of pressure.

In his eyes, if one of them was seriously injured, Yang Xiao's future would not be easy.

Therefore, reinforcement is imminent.

With his talents in those Pokémon, mastering the moves is not a difficult task.

It is ultimately beneficial to expand your arsenal of moves before the upcoming main competition.

"Gonna win!"

"Ah, it's just that we haven't won yet, okay? Speaking of which, Lin Sanjiu really can't afford to play. It's just a 1v1 exhibition match. What kind of completely defensive Pokémon is this?"

"What are you talking about? What's wrong with an exhibition match? Master Lin just likes to participate in the main competition. Is there something wrong with that?"

The exhibition match is coming to an end, and along with it comes the sound of discussion.

Yang Xiao looked up and glanced at the screen, looking at the woman who was obviously dejected but was holding on in front of the camera.

The result was pretty much what he predicted.

Wen Que’s failure was half due to his attributes and half to his nemesis.

If Lin Sanjiu had appeared as an attack-type Pokémon instead of Nut Dumbbell, the result might have been different.

The defensive scene was indeed not a good look, and it was not worthy of the meaning of the three words "exhibition match", but there was nothing wrong with Lin Sanjiu's approach.