Pokemon: Release? Nonexistent

Chapter 654 Rival

(Second update!! Please collect and send flowers!!)

Gary remembers that it was the first time the two competed, and it ended in a tie.

Although he didn't say it, Gary already regarded that time as a victory or defeat, and collected the other half of the Poké Ball.

He also told himself that one day he would defeat Ash and get the other half back.

But now he got his other half back, not in the way he wanted, but Ash was already far ahead of him and no longer regarded him as a rival.

Watching Ash's leaving figure, Gary unconsciously clenched half of the Poké Ball in his hand. He was silent for a long time, thinking about Ash's words, and after a moment his eyes became firm again.

"Ash! I won't let you look down upon me. The victory between you and me is not over yet!"

After separating from Gary, Ash went directly back to the Pokémon Center. He had grown up with Arnold, so it was impossible to say that he had a falling out because of this matter.

02 Ash did this just to stimulate Gary. In fact, Ash also knew in his heart that Gary would not be defeated so easily.

When we returned to the center, it was already very late. Ash returned to the dormitory. Xiaogang and the others were already back. Ash didn't say much, changed his clothes and went to bed to rest.

"Ash, are you...going to find Gary?" The three of them looked at each other, and finally Misty couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah!" Ash just responded softly as he lay on his side facing the wall with his eyes closed.

"So... how is Gary now? Is he okay?"

A few of them knew Gary well. Although Gary was usually a bit proud, he wasn't a bad person and they were still quite concerned about him.

"What does it matter??" After hearing this, Ash only responded with a pique.

"..." The three of them looked at each other again after listening to Ash's words, and then sighed helplessly and spread their hands.

In fact, they know that Ash should be the one who cares about Gary the most, but that's just the way they are, despite Gary's tendency to ridicule Ash.

But if Ash loses, I'm afraid the one who cares about Ash the most now is Gary, but even if they care, neither of them will say it out loud.

The three of them stopped disturbing Ash, tidied up, and lay on the bed to rest.

A night of silence

Early the next morning, Ash still got up early. Although there was no competition today, many Trainers still got up early, and many of them went to the archives to check player information.

Although Rival has not yet been confirmed, many players are also confirming some noteworthy trainers.

In the morning, Ash took Delia to walk around the facilities. There are many places to visit in the entire Indigo Plateau, and there are also many popular souvenir shops.

At noon, after returning to the Pokémon Center for lunch, the time was almost up and the announcement came again.

After hearing the announcement, all the Trainers in the Pokémon Center gathered in the lobby, and the Trainers outside also rushed back to the Pokémon Center.

This Contest Category area has been completely separated, but it is different from the previous Contest Category mechanism.

This time, the entire area is filled with huge fish tanks, filled with water, and you can see some Magikarp swimming in the water.

Behind each fish tank stands a Nurse Joy and behind it is a display screen.

"What's going on?" It wasn't like this before, Xiaoshi and others asked a little confused.

"This is the Contest Category method of promotion!" Ash said while looking at the scene in front of him.

"Contest Category way?"

Because they have never participated in the competition, Misty and the others don't know much about it. Although Ash has never participated in the competition, he has learned about it in advance.

"Yeah! Each category is written on the Magikarp in the water. After catching the Magikarp by fishing, the number on the Magikarp will be Contest Category!"

Ash pointed at the water tanks and explained the situation to Misty and others. Xiao Huang and Misty's eyes lit up when they saw this, and they came forward to take a look. This method was indeed very new.

If you look carefully, you can see that the Magikarp does have a number on it, and in this case, it is indeed completely random, because there is no way to know which Magikarp will be caught.

"So that's it! It's true that Magikarp has a number on his body!" The two women came to the side of the water tank and spoke.

"Hello, I'm Ash from Pallet Town!" Ash stepped forward and spoke to Nurse Joy.

"Okay, Ash from Pallet Town, please wait!"

After hearing the sound, Nurse Joy operated the computer, quickly called up Ash's information, and then took out a special small fishing rod.

"Okay Ash, you can start!"

Ash nodded slightly as he listened, and then threw the fishhook into the water tank. Because it was a special fishing rod with Magikarp's favorite bait on it, it was easy to attract Magikarp, so he didn't need to wait too long.

Soon Ash's fishing rod was hooked. Seeing this, Ash pulled the fishing rod up, and a Magikarp also escaped from the fish tank.

Magikarp bit the fishing rod and swung his body 280 degrees. Misty and others couldn't wait to come forward to check.

"Let me take a look, Ash, you are in group A3!" Nurse Joy took one look and then said.

There are four groups in the promotion round, A, B, C, D. Number 3 represents the third group of Group A.

"Then enter the information immediately!"

Nurse Joy said, inputting Ash's number, and then anywhere else, as long as someone draws a Magikarp with the same number, it will naturally become Ash's Rival.

"Just wait a moment now!" Nurse Joy said at the same time after entering the information.

Soon, a sound came from the big screen, Ash's profile picture was displayed on one side, and another profile picture gradually emerged on the other side.

When they saw the figure on the screen clearly, Misty and others suddenly showed surprised expressions.

"Ritchie?!"

Ash also noticed that someone was looking here. When he turned around to look, in front of the fish tank on the other side, Ritchie was holding a fishing rod and looking at a few people.

PS: In the anime, there are 5 preliminaries, that is, 3V3. Ash’s last one was when he met Ritchie and was eliminated. In other words, Ash did not reach the 6V6 level for the first time. We have made slight modifications here to make the 6V6 plot more interesting. a bit more. .