Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

no way.

This event covered too many regions and had too many participants; the preliminary rounds lasted for four full days before officially ending.

A total of 128 people were selected to participate in the main competition.

The players' venue was finally moved from the qualifying rounds to the main competition venue at the Manaro Arena.

The organizers divided the entire venue into four different match arenas, allowing four matches to be played simultaneously.

The audience was finally able to watch their idols battle up close.

The popularity of the entire competition exploded at this time.

Amidst cheers and shouts like a tsunami.

Amidst the host's impassioned speech.

Amid the players' excited interest.

The main competition of the "Islands Tournament" has officially begun.

The players' seating area.

"Alola is so unfair."

Looking at Mordan, who was standing on the rocky ground with a dejected and lazy expression, Xia Yan couldn't help but click his tongue and sigh.

It's unclear how Lusamine of the Ether Foundation managed to persuade the island kings to participate.

It's one thing for others, but even the laziest guy, Merdan, went to "fry fish".

That's really a bit unreasonable.

"But you know what, I really want to fight them." Du, sitting next to Xia Yan, seemed a little excited.

Xia Yan glanced at him sideways.

You'll meet them eventually.

Du grinned and rubbed his hands together.

"No matter what the final outcome is, being able to fight them is enough."

Fighting against a trainer at the level of the Elite Four is not something you can encounter every day.

Moreover, these are the Four Heavenly Kings whose strength has been suppressed to the level of Quasi-Heavenly King. If we can learn even a little bit from them, we will benefit greatly.

just.

Xia Yan glanced at Merdan on the field again, at his clean and decisive three-man run...

"Then you go fight, we don't want to run into them for now..." Xia Yan thought to himself.

in fact.

By the time the competition narrowed down from 128 to 64, there were already many familiar faces, some of whom Xia Yan even knew.

Don't think that being among the top 128 means you're not strong.

If you randomly pick any one of these 128 people and throw them into a major competition in their respective regions, they would be at least in the top 16.

During the "Lily of the Valley Youth Tournament", a Gym Leader-level Pokémon was considered an Ace Pokémon.

But now.

Without a few near-Elite tier Pokémon, you definitely won't make it into the top 32, let alone anything else.

As Xia Yan and his friends chatted casually, the first round of four matches quickly came to an end.

Four were eliminated, and four advanced to the top 64.

second round.

According to the draw, Xia Yan will be the one to play.

"Good luck," Cynthia said.

"Go easy on me." That was Watari's advice.

This remark greatly displeased Kona, who was standing nearby.

"You tell others to go easy on you, but why have you never considered going easy on them?"

Faced with Kona's rather "resentful" gaze, Watari was defeated.

Xia Yan was also assigned to the rocky terrain, so he didn't have to fight in the water anymore.

As Xia Yan walked toward the venue, he ran into the lazy Merdan, who was wearing a police uniform, hands in his pockets, and shuffling around in slippers.

"Mr. Merdan."

Since they happened to run into each other, Xia Yan, being a senior Interpol officer, greeted him.

Merdan glanced at Xia Yan with his drooping eyes and nodded silently in return.

As he walked past Xia Yan, Mo Dan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Xia Yan." Modan suddenly said.

Xia Yan's expression remained unchanged as he smiled and said, "It's me."

"Is Lila alright?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Yan paused for a moment, "If Mr. Merdan cares about Minister Lila, why doesn't he go and ask her himself?"

But then he saw Merdan wave his hand.

"Forget it, it's too much trouble. She's already got a lot to do as the head of the 'UB Countermeasures Department'."

Xia Yan nodded.

He didn't know why Merdan wanted to leave Interpol.

Perhaps most people think it's because Merdan was bored, or because of his lazy nature.

But Xia Yan felt that this was the root cause.

"Your article is good, I've read it. It's good." He said this as he slowly walked towards the end of the contestant's passage.

But just as Mo Dan was about to disappear from Xia Yan's sight, he suddenly turned around and asked a question.

"By the way, haven't we met somewhere before?"

"Mr. Merdan is joking."

"Yeah, that's right. Good luck."

After saying this, Merdan completely disappeared into the players' tunnel.

Xia Yan also silently walked towards the arena, his expression unchanged.

But my heart was not at peace.

They had certainly met before.

When Natsuhiko arrived in the Alola region as a hunter.

Is this the intuition that truly top-tier Interpol agents possess...? Xia Yan thought to himself, secretly on guard.

...

Meanwhile, Merdan returned to the Alora player lounge.

We entered the private lounge of the island kings and queens.

Hala, with a full head of white hair, sat in a chair drinking tea.

The tall and curvaceous Li Zi was playing with her phone, logging into a dating website, where she was looking at a series of men who were also looking for partners. She was quite engrossed in the conversation.

The youngest, Hapuu, listlessly munched on the carrot in his hand.

He seemed distracted.

Merdan paused at the doorway for a moment.

He rummaged through his pockets and took out his favorite kendama.

He fiddled with it with it, making a "thump-thump" sound, and sat down next to Hapuu.

"Mr. Merdan."

It was only then that Hapuu saw Merdan.

Merdan didn't look at her, but stared at the sword in his hand.

"Grandpa Sofwu should rest. Since he chose you, you should show him your spirit in this competition. Don't look so worried at such a young age. Show your vitality to the old man on his sickbed."

Although his tone was languid, Hapuu could hear the comfort in his voice.

Thinking of his grandfather, who was still in a hospital bed at the Ether Foundation Special Hospital, and recalling the scene of his grandfather teaching him, Hapuu nodded heavily.

"Ok!"

His eyes regained some of their sparkle.

Look at the screen.

"Huh? The second round of the competition has already started, Mr. Merdan, why are you only coming back now?" Hapuu suddenly realized.

Merdan glanced at the screen and muttered to himself in a very low, almost whispered voice:

"It's nothing, just a little warning to the little guy."

...

...

"Little Chrysanthemum—!!"

"Miss Little Chrysanthemum—!!"

"So beautiful!"

Hearing the cheers from the audience, Xiaojuer, the model riding sideways on the lightning zebra, took off her fluffy coat.

Her tall figure, revealed in a bikini, drew a chorus of "wolf howls".

The Alora region has a warm climate.