Chapter 501 Elites

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The second day of the knock-out competition.

The list of the top 32 was announced at the end of yesterday's knock-out competition.

The opponents of their respective battles were also ranked one hour after the list came out.

Gives all players time to gather information about opponents, formulate and prepare their own tactics, and find ways to solve the tactics of opponents and Pokémon.

Obvious.

The aim of the competition is not only to make the game look more exciting, but also to take into account the quality and overall abilities of the players.

After all, the younger generation that the Alliance needs is not only required to have a certain combat ability, but also the ability in all aspects must not be lower than average.

Due to Daisy's abstention, there was one person missing from the top 32, so there would be a very lucky person who made it straight into the last 16 without a game.

This kind of good thing, of course, had nothing to do with Natsu.

But looking at the list of the top 32 players, Natsu only wanted to say one thing.

Luxurious!

Most of those he knew and were famous for, were all future pillars of every Region and every Alliance.

For example,

Lance, Lorelei from Kanto Region,

Will, Karen, Claire from Johto Region,

Steven, Phoebe, Wallace from Hoenn Region,

Shirona, Flint, Lucian, Aaron, Volkner from the Sinnoh Region,

Cattleya, Shauntal, Grimsley from Unova region,

Malva, Siebold, Diantha from Kalos Region.

Which of them will not be the most prominent figure in their respective Regions in the future.

Natsu even wonders what the Alliance will look like in the next ten or even twenty years if someone runs out at this time and takes over the entire arena.

But just think about it.

Look at the people sitting in this arena.

Kanto Alliance Ghost Type Elite Agatha,

Hoenn Alliance Dragon Type Elite Drake,

Sinnoh Ground Type Elite Bertha,

Unova Alliance Elite Alder,

Kalos Alliance Dragon Type Elite Drasna.

Word of mouth here.

Elite Alder Unova Alliance was originally the champion, but due to the unexpected death of one of his Pokemon, he became a little decadent and no longer managed the affairs of the Unova Alliance, thus temporarily retreating to the Elite Four position, this time he came to Lily from the Island. Valley because his friends persuaded him to watch the young man's battle more.

The position of champion of the Unova Alliance is still vacant until now.

So, actually, there are four Elites and one champion here.

This kind of power, even if Team Rocket comes out in full force, may not be able to shake it.

It could be seen that the Alliance was still Absorbed by Team Magma's sneak attack in the last trial.

In the private room at the top of the Lily of the Valley arena, sitting here was the real boss of the entire Alliance today.

Agatha sat leisurely in the corner of the sofa, with a beautiful plate of fruit on the table in front of her, she held a stick in one hand, and she would not shy away from taking one grape after another into her mouth.

Got things done with Natsu, and she's been in a good mood these past few days.

As the current Chief Investigator of the Kanto Region, Agatha knew more than anyone else about the darkness behind the sun in this world.

Agatha was also a vengeful person, and the fact that the Hunter's Guild had contacted her for a long time had made her remember her for a long time.

This time, the combined forces of Hoenn, Sinnoh, Johto three Regions are ready to suppress the rampant Hunter's Guild, and she is also the main Chief Responsible Officer.

Drake was standing in front of a large floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the bustling place without noticing the change in his mood.

Team Magma was an underground force from their Hoenn Region, and the accident happened in the last trial, he spent more time thinking about his next countermeasures.

Bertha was also sitting on the sofa, but she was concentrating on the thread in her hands. The weather had started to get warmer recently, and she needed to knit back a light scarf for herself. This one is also a bit hot.

Alder sat lazily on the chair with his hands drooping on the back of the chair, looking listless, and if it weren't for his friends' persuasion, he wouldn't have come to represent the Unova Alliance to watch this match.

In all the private rooms, only Drasna looked at the venue with a smile, waiting for the second round of the knock-out competition to start soon.

Her hometown is Celestic Town, Sinnoh Region, but she spends most of her time in Kalos Region once she can remember it. Now she returned to the Sinnoh Region with some feelings.

Especially for Shirona, also from Celestic Town.

She also knew Shirona, they were even related by blood, but so as not to disturb Shirona from concentrating on the game, she didn't take the initiative to look for Shirona to catch up.

While the Elites were waiting for the match to start, the door of the private room was pushed open.

A man with white hair but neatly combed, wearing a large brown raincoat, with a shiny wand in his hand, which was certainly far stranger than Agatha's crutches, with a full smile on his face.

And his sudden appearance naturally caught the attention of several people in the private room. Except for Alder, they all turned their attention there.

"hehe—that old man came uninvited, not interfering with the work of your comrades."

Seeing the person coming, Agatha pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice. After "old without the skin", continue with the fruit plate in front of you.

Pryce voluntarily resigned. If he hadn't repeatedly requested from the Kanto Alliance, he might have resigned. For an old man who was much older than him, he was shameless and shameless in the Elite Four position. Those who refused to come down didn't have a good feeling at all.

Both Drake and Drasna gave friendly smiles as polite compliments.

But Bertha was a little surprised, "Ryuichi Elite, why are you here?"

The person here was a Rock Type Elite, one of the Sinnoh Alliance Elite Four, and the former Elite Ground Type, Ryuichi Hoshino.

It was Ryuzaki's Elite Four grandfather that Natsu finished in a different space.

Obviously, Ryuichi was more worried about Ryuzaki's death. He came this time to see the person who killed his grandson, who was not among those participating in the competition this time.

He didn't think that the person who could finish his grandson would not be able to enter the knock-out competition. He was still confident in the Sandstorm team he had prepared for his grandson. In addition, he specifically awarded the quasi-Elite Barbaracle for the hole cards.

So it's not too late for a 32-to-16 game.

Bertha slowly looked through the knitting, understanding Ryuichi's purpose, and said in a slightly heavy tone: "Ryuichi Elite, I said it at the last meeting, we are sorry about your grandson, But that's what Team Magma does."

As Bertha who replaced Ryuichi from her original Ground-Type Elite position, Bertha had respect for the Alliance's true veteran Elites, although some of his practices could not help but be criticized, but his contribution to the Sinnoh Alliance could not be ignored.

"Of course, of course, the old man just wants to see the vitality of the young." Ryuichi couldn't deny this, pulled up a chair and sat in front of the big screen TV in the box.

However, after he sat down, a chill flashed across his eyes which was inadvertently lowered with a hand on a stick.

Magma Team?

He was sure it wasn't Team Magma that did it.

And he firmly believed, of course, he had a reason.

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(end of this chapter)