Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

As a player, Luo Ke used the player entrance to enter the private lounge that had been prepared specifically for him.

He didn't come with Alice because Alice said she was afraid that Rocco's carefully prepared cheating methods would be accidentally discovered by her while he was playing, which is why he did that.

Rocco didn't agree with Alice's statement, but he could see that Alice was looking forward to the match.

"Alright, Ditto, give me the stuff."

After entering the lounge, Rocco reached out his hand to Ditto.

The Ditto, now in its Rocco form, nodded and gave Rocco the sports bag it was carrying, instructing Rocco to strap it to its body!

Rocco also took off the belt with the Poké Ball attached and gave it to Ditto.

At this point, their identities were officially switched.

We're just waiting for the match to start!

......

54. Is your elf legal?

In fact, such large-scale competitions have a preliminary knockout stage.

The competition itself will only have 16 selected contestants participating, and the champion will be determined within one day.

But not everyone needs to participate in the knockout stage.

If you have three or more dojo badges, or have won a top-three medal in other major competitions, you can skip the elimination rounds and become a full member directly if you meet either of these conditions.

The cheating competition is an entertainment competition, so an additional rule has been added on top of these two rules—if you are a trainer with a title, you can skip the elimination rounds!

Such rules are quite normal.

After all, very few trainers have titles. Generally speaking, in an era, only regional champions and the strongest Elite Four members are trainers who regularly have titles.

That's right, even world champions don't have titles.

Or rather, the title of World Champion is inherited from the original founder of the league, who called himself the Champion!

Other champions only had this title to distinguish them from him.

The strongest kings are qualified to challenge the regional champions, and many of them can become future champions. Therefore, in order to distinguish them from other kings, they will also have a title, just like the regional champions.

Aside from them, it's quite difficult for the other trainers to obtain a title.

For example, you might develop a tactic that is recognized by everyone, protect a city for a long time, develop a brand new way to use a Pokémon, or create something that can benefit all trainers... In short, you have to do such things first, then let other trainers know about it, and then if others spontaneously give you a widely circulated title, and the League also recognizes it, then you can be considered a trainer with a title.

Timing and human factors are both indispensable.

Therefore, such trainers often have a built-in following and some special qualities that make them memorable.

Entertainment competitions need players like this!

As for Rocco's title of "Phantom Trainer," he originally thought it was just an internet meme and didn't take it seriously at all.

But when he went to register for the knockout stage, the organizers checked and found that the title of "Phantom Trainer" was actually recognized by the League!

This left Luo Ke completely bewildered, allowing him to skip the elimination rounds and become a full-fledged player.

He asked around a bit afterward and found out that the culprit was none other than Eureka!

Because Eureka knew he would come to Hachiping City and challenge the dojo, she watched Roko and Tsuneyama's match that day after she found out there was a live stream of the Hachiping City dojo.

Some of the comments were even posted by her!

After discovering that the audience had given Luo Ke a nickname, she even went to the league to register that nickname for Luo Ke using her real name!

Luo Ke didn't know what the league was thinking, but anyway, they approved him!

This makes the title "Phantom Trainer" no longer just a meme, and also gives him the benefits that come with it.

...

"Hello everyone, I'm Li Qingtong, the host of this competition!"

Wearing a white evening gown and with her long black hair tied up, she looked exceptionally capable. The mature and beautiful woman held a microphone, exuding her unique charm.

"The format and schedule of this competition have already been introduced by the distinguished guests at the beginning, so all I need to say now is—the competition begins!"

As she spoke, special equipment around the arena shot flames high into the air, completely igniting the atmosphere of the entire arena!

Located above the arena, on a circular screen suspended by the spirits using their telekinesis, images flowed across the screen like water.

After the screen stopped rotating, the two heads slid out from the sides and eventually collided!

Those were the two contestants in the first match.

The former wore square-shaped glasses and heavy clothes, looking like someone who rarely went out.

His name is Akiyama, and his registered Pokémon is—Machamp!

The latter...

It's Luo Ke!

This wasn't Akiyama's first time participating in a cheating contest, so he was already a familiar face to the audience.

However, when the audience saw Rocco and his Ditto, they still cheered enthusiastically.

This is all the hype surrounding title trainers.

Amidst the cheers, Rocco and his trainer walked into the arena!

Victini led Ditto onto the Trainer's Platform, where everything seemed so new and exciting to Ditto.

Luo Ke walked onto the field... and he found it quite novel!

Akiyama then took out a Poké Ball, looked at the Ditto opposite him, and smiled as he pushed up his glasses.

"So you really did make Ditto look like you. What an unpredictable tactic. You truly live up to your reputation as a Phantom Trainer."

Hearing him say that, Ditto tilted its head slightly. If Victini, who was beside it, hadn't pulled it back, it would have almost grinned like an idiot!

This scene made Luo Ke break out in a cold sweat.

Go for it, Victini!

My image depends on you to protect it!

That's how they are, and Qiushan didn't think anything of it when Luo Ke didn't speak.

After all, once the title of Mythical Trainer was recognized by the League, in addition to his Mythical Tactics, another thing that Roco was widely discussed for was his 'taciturnity'!

Under these circumstances, Akiyama naturally didn't say anything more and immediately unleashed his mighty power!

Seeing this, Luo Ke also looked toward the direction where the red light landed.

This is a cheating contest, not a legitimate competition.

If the opponent brings out some special Pokémon, Roco can make some connections, but with Machoke, where can it cheat?

Just as Luo Ke was thinking this, the red light dissipated, and what appeared in front of him was... a mecha!

Special alloys are pieced together to create an industrial power that covers the entire body; Akiyama's might is hidden inside this mecha!

And after the mecha entered the arena, Luo Ke saw some colorful powder spraying out like steam from one of the openings in the mecha!

At this moment, Luo Ke's eyes ignited with a ghostly blue flame.

That was a sign that he had established a mental connection with Victini!

During a normal match, Rocco wouldn't let Victini connect with the Pokémon he was using, because that would be equivalent to two against one. Even if he made Ditto look like a beady-eyed Pokémon, Victini's Mythical Pokémon's Psychic Power wouldn't be detectable by others, but Rocco still wouldn't cheat casually.

But this competition has already been called a cheating competition. It's just a matter of off-site assistance. The rules don't explicitly state that it's allowed!

Therefore, Bictini's mental energy quickly completed the analysis of the powder.

Um...

Poison powder, paralyzing powder, sleeping powder!

It's a mixture of these three types of dust!

Luo Ke had been curious before about how advanced a mecha would be needed to achieve the same effect as the power of the Mauser Crimson, especially after it had freed its belt limiter.

So that's what it was used to store these things!

That's incredibly polite!

However, if that were all, it wouldn't be anything special for this cheating competition...

'Tinnitini!'

Bictini's reminder reached Rocco's mind.

It told Rocco that while the mech suit the other party was wearing had the effect of blocking mental detection, this effect only applied to that particular mech suit. So, Victini had just discovered that the spirit hidden inside the mech had just used mental energy to unleash a powerful attack on Rocco, which it intercepted with its own mental energy!

It's hypnosis!

This news made Luo Ke purse his lips, almost unable to hold back his emotions.

Haoli, who can hypnotize?

Is your Haoli legal?

Just kidding... what you have inside isn't even Haoli!

No wonder he's a formal contestant in the cheating competition, he's so despicable!

......

55. Eureka is the most clear-headed one.

"Despicable" is used as a compliment here.

This is a sentence that Luo Ke saw on a sign hung at the entrance by the organizers before entering the Tianjing competition venue.

That's also the theme of this cheating competition.

So after Luo Ke praised Qiu Shan in his heart, he looked at the mixed dust that was about to spread to his body and clenched his fists tightly!

Standing on the high platform, Ditto looked down at the arena below. The view from here was completely different from the view inside the arena.

If I had to put it in words, it's like when you usually play first-person 3D games, you'll feel a wider field of vision when you occasionally play third-person 3D games.

Now you've suddenly been given a top-down perspective game!

It's located at an extremely high vantage point!

Standing here to think about problems opened up many of Ditto's ideas.

For it, this is a good thing.

Because when it's competing in the arena, Luo Ke rarely gives it any instructions; most of the time, it decides how to play on its own!

Luo Ke will respect and trust all its choices, only speaking up to remind it when it is crucial or when it doesn't understand something.

This is their command structure.

They don't seem like trainers and Pokémon, they're more like coaches and players.

So, with a wider field of vision, Ditto was also watching Loko's battle!

It needs to carefully observe Roco's solutions to various situations in order to better utilize the power of Roco's form!

...

Rocco was unaware of Ditto's thoughts.

Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't know how to teach Ditto.

For him, there is a universal solution that he can use without having to think about most situations!

That is...

Punch!

Luo Ke slammed his foot into the ground, kicking up dust and air currents that dispersed the surrounding dust. Then he twisted his waist, pressing his upper body back with his clenched right fist. Once he had fully squeezed the power into his muscles like pressing a spring, he exploded!

With the front leg firmly planted, the knee bends, and the waist follows the forward shift of the center of gravity, simultaneously igniting the entire body!

The force of twisting his waist pulled his entire upper body forward, and as his shoulders pressed forward, his fist, which had been poised to strike, launched forward with the weight of his entire body!

boom--!