Pokémon, I summon my fists to attack you

Kikuko sneered secretly.

Whether she wins the championship or not is not that important to her. After all, she has decided that Nancy will be the one to inherit her mantle.

only...

She looked towards another part of the arena, sizing up a spiky-haired boy with a pale expression.

Kikuko's expression instantly turned gloomy.

"Humph, he's just like that guy when he was young!"

Yes!

She brought people here specifically to snipe Professor Oak's grandson!

but...

Noticed Xiaozhi's little actions in private.

Kikuko relaxed her brows a little and silently gave Xiaozhi a thumbs up in her heart.

The guy who choked and elbowed Damu's grandson is quite pleasing to the eye!

"Champion... I'd say that's not certain."

Sheba suddenly interrupted.

He and the old lady Kikuko have always been at odds with each other!

She must be slapped hard in the face!

"Oh? It seems that King Sheba has chosen someone as well?"

Kikuko raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Shiba.

Xiba simply said, "He's just a young man with a little talent, but...he should have no problem defeating Nancy."

Seeing that the atmosphere was gradually becoming awkward, Fire Captain Kona quickly changed the subject.

She turned her gaze to Du, the most reliable of the four, and asked, "Does King Du have a favorite candidate as well?"

"I don't have any particular favorite candidate."

Du, who was concentrating on eating melons on the side, said casually.

Kona secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in understanding.

If these kings all have their favorite people one after another, wouldn't it make me, a person who often attends conferences, seem stupid?

"However," Du changed the subject and said slowly, "There is indeed a trainer who is quite to my liking."

"Hahaha!... Looks like this year's Quartz Conference is going to be quite exciting~"

Kikuko laughed.

Great, the more talented people the better!

Whoever sniped Oki's grandson was not a sniper!

Kikuko, Shiba, and Watari exchanged glances and then smiled.

Kona, who was sent out, said: "?"

So each of you has someone you like, and I'm the only one who's kept in the dark?

Workplace bullying?

Kona feels like he is isolated!

......

When the atmosphere among the Four Heavenly Kings was tense, the cloudless sky was suddenly pierced by a sharp and loud cry.

The sound pierced the ears of everyone present, and everyone looked up.

I saw a huge bird transformed from blazing flames, with brilliant flames burning all over its body, falling from the sky at an extremely fast speed!

Wherever it passed, heat waves rolled in.

The firebird circled the stadium, causing the audience to exclaim in surprise, and then it flew towards the beacon tower in the center of the stadium with blazing flames and unparalleled momentum!

"call!"

At the moment the firebird touched the beacon tower, a thick column of fire shot up into the sky and the blazing sacred fire was instantly ignited.

With bloodshot eyes, Dama Lanqi stood aside, watching the lighting of the sacred flame with a nervous expression.

When he saw that the sacred fire was burning steadily without any problems, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense lines on his face relaxed.

He comforted Moltres from a distance for the entire night before finally coaxing it to appear today.

I don’t know why it suddenly became like this?

He doesn't answer any questions, as if he's afraid of retaliation...

Patting his cheeks, he straightened his clothes and walked with steady steps to where the Four Heavenly Kings were.

"It's such an honor that all four Heavenly Kings are here!"

The four nodded to him.

Ok?

Why is this atmosphere so weird?

Seeing the atmosphere was a bit dull, Dama Lanqi smiled and said, "I wonder who will be the lucky winner this time?"

"Ha!" ×4

The atmosphere became even more depressing after these words were spoken.

Even Kona, who was usually easy to talk to, ignored him.

Did I say something wrong?

Dama Lanqi was a little confused.

At this slightly awkward moment, the host's lustful voice rang out again.

"I declare! The Quartz Conference officially begins!!!"

110. I want to name a Pokémon here!

The opening ceremony ended peacefully.

Xiaozhi and the other two got together again.

"I'm already fired up! I wonder who my first opponent will be!"

When I think about how Brother Xiba clearly said he had something important to do, but he still came to watch him play.

Xiaozhi couldn't hide his excitement.

He clenched his fists tightly.

We can’t let my brother down!

"The conference will first draw the competition venue and then choose the opponents."

Xiaogang explained the science seriously.

"site?"

Xiaozhi frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

He had no idea about the specific process of the game.

"The Quartz Conference has four different venues: rock, grass, water, and ice. Only those who pass all four venues are eligible to enter the main venue."

Seeing this, Xiaogang patiently explained.

Four venues?

test?

Main venue?

Is Quartz so complicated?

Seeing Xiaozhi looking confused, Xiaoxia summarized.

"That means Xiaozhi, you have to play four elimination matches first~"

"Oh~" Xiaozhi nodded, indicating that he understood this time. He looked at Xiaogang, "The art of language, Mr. Gang."

Xiaogang: "..."

"But how do you all know so much?" Xiaozhi asked puzzledly.

Misty gently raised the booklet in her hand and said helplessly, "It's clearly written in the trainer manual I gave you when you registered. You definitely didn't read it, did you?"

Xiaozhi scratched his head sheepishly and chuckled, "Oh, I was so excited that I didn't have time to look closely."

"So where do we start drawing venues?"

Xiaozhi rubbed his hands.

“It can be operated on the communication equipment.”

Flipping through the manual, Xiaogang replied.

Following Xiaogang's instructions, Xiaozhi took out the communication equipment.

I was surprised to find that there was an additional Quartz Conference app on it.

Open the app.

Find the Events column.

He took a deep breath and then decisively clicked the extract button.

【The system is extracting...】

On the screen, a virtual roulette wheel began to spin rapidly, marked with various venue logos.

As the speed of the roulette wheel gradually slowed down, it finally came to a steady stop on a water-blue grid.

Immediately afterwards, a prompt popped up on the screen: [Site extraction successful - Water Site.]

[Making matches with evenly matched opponents...]

Before Xiaozhi could recover from his shock, the roulette wheel started spinning again.

Countless avatars scrolled by.

Finally, the pointer slowly stopped on the portrait of a hedgehog-headed boy.

Wonderful!

Is the first game the Pallet Town Civil War?

Looking at this familiar face, Xiaozhi couldn't help but clench his fists.

Just as Xiaozhi was encouraging himself, the roulette wheel that seemed to be about to stop slowly moved, slowly passed Xiaomao, and the pointer pointed to a strange man with disheveled hair and an artistic air.

[Ding, match successful—opponent is Guangwu.]

【The game starts at 2:00 PM.】

"hateful!"

Xiaozhi punched the wall beside him, leaving a deep fist mark.

Just a little bit closer!

He will be able to eliminate Xiao Mao in the first game!

He put away the communicator, adjusted his mood, and spoke to the two of them.

"Let's discuss the battle strategy!"

Xiaogang and Xiaoxia looked at each other.

Strategy?

Coming from the mouth of Ash, who always likes to fight with intuition and passion, these two words always seem particularly unfamiliar.