Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

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Ula Ula Island, at the foot of Mount Ranakira.

To host the first "Island Tournament" in the Alola region, the Alola League invested heavily in building a brand new stadium and playground at the foot of Mount Ranakira.

The arena-shaped stadium stands in the center of the park, with snowflakes falling from Mount Ranakira scattered on its bee-shaped glass dome, making the entire stadium look even more spectacular and novel.

The newly paved brick paths extend in all directions, leading to various facilities built around the stadium, including the Pokémon Center, the Friends Shop, the Food Street, the Gift Street, and more.

On both sides of the street, identical propaganda posters and flags were planted everywhere.

among them.

The figures of Xia Yan and Shirona are depicted on the image with the largest amount of text.

Sinnoh Elite Four member Natsuhiko and Cynthia will participate in this tournament as special guests and present a spectacular opening exhibition match!

"Make money! Make money, meow!"

On the gift street, the Rockets trio set up their familiar little stall again.

This time.

What they were selling were all kinds of commemorative T-shirts.

"Speaking of which, we always make a lot of money every time Xia Yan comes here," Kojiro muttered to himself while busy printing the T-shirt designs.

"Forget about Xia Yantian and the PhD, let's focus on securing funding! Let's steal all of Zaobo's technology as soon as possible!"

Musashi, with bold and decisive actions, busied himself selling T-shirts while revealing his "ambition."

You know what?

They really have a business mind.

Although the stall looked very rudimentary, and even the prints on the clothes they sold were quite unreliable.

But people still buy them.

And it's incredibly popular.

"I want ten T-shirts of King Xia Yan!!" A girl looked at Xia Yan's poster with great enthusiasm.

"Give me the largest size of Cynthia's T-shirt, hehe..."

"One hundred T-shirts featuring Xia Yantian!"

"..."

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"teacher."

Gladion and Lillie also found Xia Yan and Cynthia in the garden.

"You each take one of these two Poké Balls, and give the last one back to your mother."

Xia Yan handed Gladion and Lillie three Poké Balls containing three different types of Pokémon: empty.

Silvally is pretty good; its ability to change attributes is also very strong.

But for Xia Yan, there really wasn't much need to train him.

He doesn't have that much energy.

It would be great if you could just raise all the Pokémon around you well.

Moreover, the technology for the Silent Companion attribute discs belongs to the Ether Foundation, and Xia Yan didn't intend to strain his relationship with them too much.

"Is it alright, teacher?" Gladio asked hesitantly.

That day.

He had also witnessed the attribute: empty strength.

The teacher said that this is far from their true power.

"Attribute: Empty Shackles. It requires a deep enough bond between it and its trainer to be broken. Consider this a test from your teacher," Xia Yan said casually.

Upon hearing this...

Gladgio's expression turned serious.

He solemnly replied, "Teacher, I will definitely not let you down!"

Lillie is relatively timid and shy, and not quite sure if she can meet Xia Yan's requirements.

Cynthia seemed to sense Lillie's hesitation and patted her head to comfort her, "Don't worry, when you treat elves sincerely, they can feel it and will reciprocate with sincerity."

"Uh-huh!"

Seeing Cynthia's encouraging gaze, Lillie pursed her lips and nodded vigorously.

The group walked towards the main venue.

A girl with long purple hair, dressed in seemingly tattered clothes, with a somewhat shy expression and a gold armband on her arm, walked towards them.

A Mimikyu floated beside her, like a ghost.

"Sister Acerola."

When Lillie saw the person who had arrived, her face lit up with joy, and she quickly greeted them.

"It's Lillie."

When Acerola saw the polite Lillie, she immediately showed a warm smile.

Acerola often went to the House of Ethers to play with the children and elves there.

Lillie, who also loves elves, has known Acerola for a long time.

"King Xia Yan, King Sirona."

After greeting Lillie, Acerola also bowed slightly to Xia Yan and Cynthia very politely.

In fact, Xia Yan had communicated with Acerola a long time ago, but he wasn't using his current identity back then.

"Elite Four member Xia Yan and Elite Four member Cynthia, I must thank you again for your help to Alola. Please allow me to express my gratitude on behalf of Alola!"

In front of Gladio and Lillie, Acerola bowed again.

She has accepted the position of one of the Four Heavenly Kings after being persuaded by both Modan and Kukui.

As the future Elite Four of the Alola region, she also subjectively assumed the identity and responsibilities of the Elite Four.

Therefore, it can represent the Alola region and the league.

But even for an ordinary Aonora resident, there's nothing wrong with expressing gratitude in this way.

"It's what we should do, right?"

Cynthia smiled and glanced at Xia Yan.

"Yes, yes." Xia Yan nodded with a smile.

He was searching for Ono, and that led to all these other things.

but.

Xia Yan didn't come away empty-handed.

At least, they obtained some information about Akromma and that group of people.

Of course, we won't go into the relationships he built with the various mythical beasts.

"Wait a moment, I hope Heavenly King Xia Yan will give me your guidance!"

Acerola looked serious and earnest.

She felt a lot of pressure from Xia Yan.

"Relax, it's just an exhibition match."

Xia Yan couldn't help but pat her shoulder to comfort her.

"Uh-huh!"

Acerola nodded vigorously.

...

The deafening roar of voices echoed through the stadium.

The spectators, holding up banners, flags, and posters, kept shouting, and the contestants sitting in the stands were also very excited and thrilled.

In the center of the venue, on the rising platform, four figures slowly came into view.

The spotlight shone brightly.

The cheers from the audience grew even louder.

Especially for Xia Yan and Shirona.

Because of Kukui's effective promotion, many people came specifically for Xia Yan and Cynthia.

The exhibition matches between Xia Yan and Acerola, and between Cynthia and Kashiri, were not only the opening ceremony of this tournament, but also an exhibition match marking the two of them taking over the title of the Elite Four.

"It really is Xia Yan, the Heavenly King!"

The contestants in the stands were incredibly excited when they saw Xia Yan.

As an ordinary commoner, Xia Yan's achievements have made him an idol to countless trainers of ordinary and mediocre birth.

"This is the first time that King Xia Yan has been invited as a guest to participate in a competition held in a region."

"This only shows that Elite Four member Xia Yan has a very good relationship with our Alola League."

"Hehe, King Xia Yan, my King Xia Yan..."

Since it was an exhibition match, there were no referees.

However, in order to liven up the atmosphere, Dr. Kukui, the masked royal champion of the Alola League, took over the role of host and announcer of the proceedings.

"Friends! Let's jump straight to today's climax! The exhibition match between Mr. Xia Yan, one of the Elite Four from the Sinnoh region, and Ms. Acerola, one of the young Elite Four from our Alola region!"

wow——

Acerola is one of the Alola Elite Four?!