Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 284 The Colorful Tournament, Wartortle defeats six opponents in one go.

When he returned fully charged, Ralts was already very affectionate towards him.

"See? The first step wasn't actually that hard. You were just too scared, which is why it took you so long."

Seeing this, Su Yu smiled and said.

After successfully completing its mission, the Styracosaurus quietly returned to the back mountain, as if it had accomplished its task and left without a word.

"By the way, Manchong, how about... you don't move yet? The Ayaka Tournament is about to start, so why don't you stay with me for a while?"

"I'll take you to watch the game live."

Upon hearing this, Xiao You seemed very excited. He asked:

"What about me, Su Yu? My dad's always observing Pokémon, so there's no way I could go if I wanted to."

Su Yu: "Then I'll ask the doctor for you. If he agrees, I'll take you there."

"Yay!" Xiaoyou cheered.

And when the time came to July 5th...

Saiyu City is located on an island in the easternmost part of the Hoenn sea.

There were still quite a few trainers who came to register. This is because these kinds of tournaments allow multiple registrations.

"Brother Su Yu, there are so many trainers here!" Xiao You exclaimed in amazement upon seeing the huge crowd.

"That's true. According to online sources, the number of participants in the annual Ayame Tournament is at least six hundred."

After handing his identification to Miss Joey, Su Yu completed the registration process for the competition.

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat the very famous strawberry mille-feuille here."

As he spoke, Su Yu walked into the venue.

When he arrived at the cake shop, a short-haired, imposing man was standing right at the entrance.

"The owner of the Thousand Mile Pavilion?"

Su Yu was quite surprised to see this person.

The other party happened to know Su Yu; Su Yu had visited him when he went to Orange City before.

Qianli nodded to Su Yu. At that moment, two children, one tall and one short, walked out from beside him.

Clearly, these are Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng.

"Dad, who is this?" Xiao Yao asked in confusion upon seeing Su Yu.

"A very skilled trainer," Qianli said succinctly as he walked away into the distance.

"Are you even better than me? Then why did you come to the conference?"

Su Yu: ...

Sure enough, someone this strong still dares to attack the baby; one has to be thick-skinned to do that.

Sorry, new trainers in Hoenn. I have a reason why I absolutely have to play this Pokémon.

……

They led Xiaoyou and the others to the audience seats.

"You sit here, and your little sheep mounts will keep you company," Su Yu instructed before leaving.

He then headed to the preliminary round venue.

The preliminary rounds of the Saiyu Tournament use a 1v1 format, and after advancing, there are three 2v2 matches.

Only by passing these two rounds can one enter the final 6v6 all-out battle.

"If you can handle the first two rounds, there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

After releasing Squirtle from the Poké Ball, Su Yu asked.

"Jenny, Jenny~!"

Upon hearing this, Squirtle adjusted his sunglasses to reassure Su Yu.

The opponents in the first two rounds were mostly not very strong. Squirtle easily won the game by itself.

Soon, Su Yu advanced to the third round of the 6v6 competition.

The host from Zijing TV explained:

"Those who made it this far are the top 32 contestants selected from nearly a thousand participants in this competition. Keep in mind, these nearly a thousand are all elite trainers who can earn eight badges!"

"This makes me really look forward to the upcoming matches. However, most of the contestants haven't revealed their full potential yet. I've heard there's even a contestant who's been advancing all the way with just Squirtle. And coincidentally, there's one of his matches coming up right now."

The camera cut to the scene.

Su Yu once again sent out Squirtle, as this was the stage it had always wanted to showcase itself on. Therefore, it was again sent out first.

"If you feel like you're running out of energy, don't push yourself. Arcanine and the others are all ready in their Poké Balls!"

Su Yu gave instructions.

On the other side, they sent out a Scizor.

Faced with a full 6v6 format, even the consistently excellent Squirtle became exhausted after defeating four opponents.

The trainer on the other side was covered in sweat. He had just encountered a formidable opponent who had defeated four opponents in a row. How could he possibly fight back?

It seems that this year's Ayame Tournament is over for him.

"No matter what, we have to defeat that Squirtle and see his second Pokémon..."

The trainer on the other side thought so.

Even Su Yu was thinking of taking Squirtle down. But to his surprise, Squirtle was prepared.

Facing the television cameras, it directly removed the two Everstones it always wore. Then, a white light shone from its body.

"what?"

"Squirtle... it chose to evolve on the spot! It turns out it had already reached the threshold for evolution, but had suppressed it by wearing an Everstone. It did this, very likely, for this very moment!"

The host exclaimed in amazement as he explained.

Even Su Yu was taken aback by this scene. Although he had considered similar possibilities, he had never discussed them with Squirtle and put them into practice.

Seeing this, Manchong in the stands asked in confusion, "Brother Su Yu seems quite surprised? Could this be a surprise that Squirtle secretly prepared?"

Xiao You: "How could that be! This must have been planned by Brother Su Yu long ago. He's just playing along."

And after the white light dissipated...

White light emanated from Wartortle's body again. Upon seeing this, Wartortle hurriedly put both Everstones on its body, which finally suppressed the white light completely.

"Click!"

Revealing a reliable silhouette, Wartortle turned around and gave Su Yu a thumbs up. Its injuries had mostly healed with evolution.

In the end, unsurprisingly, the opponent was defeated in a 1v6 sweep.

The video of Squirtle evolving on the spot after this battle went viral online. It even spawned a meme among netizens: "Boss Second Stage."

"You think beating Squirtle is enough? Look, you'll have to face me, Wartortle, next!"

"If you deplete Squirtle's health bar, it will evolve. If you don't deplete its health bar, Squirtle will sweep through six of your team. If I were on the other side, I'd already be thinking about how to surrender at 15 minutes."

"I'm a prophet! I predict Wartortle will evolve again in the upcoming matches!"

"Doesn't that count as three stages? Wow, completing two stages of evolution in just one Saiyo tournament? I've never seen anything so outrageous."

Seeing the popular comments from netizens while eating strawberry mille-feuille, Su Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

After watching the promotional video on TV, Su Yu discovered that this year's Alliance Conference seemed to have a very formidable opponent.

"The Meteor Dwellers... Higana?"

Watching the video of the short-haired woman commanding her Salamence to fiercely defeat her opponent, one can see that she also wears an anklet inlaid with a keystone, which she makes no attempt to conceal.

Moreover, it seems to be a fully evolved Higanbana. This team's level is higher than some of the Hoenn Gym Leaders...

(End of this chapter)