Chapter 494 Daisy Oak

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Qualification ended, after a three-day break.

The short rest period was for the players who had successfully progressed from the qualifiers to the group stage, so they had enough time to adjust their circumstances.

Several outstanding performances in the qualifying round made many people look forward to the start of the group stage, so the popularity did not decrease, but became more popular.

The goal of the group stage is mainly to reach the last 64 of the knockout competitions.

A total of more than 200 people passed the preliminary, and Natsu and others who survived the trial directly entered the group stage, resulting in a swelling number of people in the group stage, instantly reaching more than 500 people.

As a last resort, the team can only divide all the players who enter the group stage into 16 groups according to the form of the draw at any time, and the number of each group is around thirty-two to thirty-five.

The last four groups can advance to the knock-out competition.

The group stage format is double elimination.

That is, after the end of the first round, the winner goes into the winner's bracket, the loser goes into the loser's bracket, and if the losing team fails again, it will be eliminated, and if the winning team loses, it will go to the lower bracket.

Everyone had two chances, which greatly reduced the situation where some outstanding players in the same group met early and were eliminated.

At the same time, it also ensures that those who can qualify must ultimately be even numbered, rounding off to the top 64 of the knock-out competition.

However, to speed up progress, each player in the group stage can only use one Pokémon, and losing a fighting ability is a failure.

But the existence of a "double elimination system" also avoids the appearance of some glitches.

No wonder Natsu was annoyed twice under this format.

When the rosters of each team and the number of players were announced, Natsu said that there was an inside story!

This must be an inside story.

Lance, Steven, Shirona, Lorelei, Claire, those he knew, and the likes of Karen, Will, Flint, Lucian, none of them were in the same group.

To say that there was no insider, Natsu would not believe.

At the same time, he also looked at the place and number where he was.

Field number six, player number six.

Looking at the site number and the player number, Natsu thought he should be safe.

According to the requirements of the competition, the players in the group stage must wait in their respective arenas, so that they can go up to the stage at any time for the competition to speed up the competition process.

Judging from the number of contestants, the schedule is still quite tight.

So Natsu and the others were temporarily separated and headed to their respective places.

By the time Natsu arrived, the players had almost reached the sixth court.

"Hello, is this Field No. 6?"

After Natsu arrived, a girl in a white dress was panting, with a pale face with a smile on her face. Slightly blushing, she asked a little hastily with her knees propped up.

"Yes."

Natsu stared blankly at her.

Although he had long been used to associating with beautiful women like Shirona and Lorelei, when he saw this girl, it was inevitable that he was a little surprised.

Well, she is a girl who is not inferior to Lorelei and Shirona's temperament.

But that's it.

It's always good to appreciate beautiful things.

Natsu didn't pay much attention to her either, as he didn't have much of an impression of this woman.

It must be the unknown cannon fodder.

Natsu thought so.

The draw for the first round of the group stage ended successfully under the auspices of the referee. With the advantage of the place number and his own number, Natsu became the first contestant from the sixth place.

And the opponent was a seventeen or eighteen year old boy wearing this traditional Trainer costume, similar to the future Ash.

After going on stage, he looked very energetic and very confident.

"This game will be played by player No. 6 Natsu against No. 14 Nosuke. Please summon Pokemon for both players."

Under the referee's instructions, Natsu and Nosuke take out a Pokémon at the same time.

Although the group stage is a double elimination system, as only one Pokémon can be dispatched, Natsu's choice is more cautious. He sent Togetic.

And his opponent, Nosuke sent Feraligatr.

As Natsu had expected, Nosuke was a direct descendant of Trainers, and Pokémon were the Three Founding Families of the Johto Region Water-type, the final evolution of Totodile, Feraligatr.

"The battle begins!"

As the flag in the referee's hand fell, Natsu's "Lily of thr Valley Youth Tournament" officially opened Veilstone.

"Feraligatr, Ice Fang!"

Nosuke launched the attack first without the slightest hesitation, but he didn't underestimate Togetic's appearance, so he used a moving Ice Type move that blocked Togetic's Flying Type.

From this it can be seen that the quality of the "Lily of the Valley Youth Tournament" contestants is relatively high.

"Yawn," Natsu said calmly.

"Cha—"

Looking at the ruthless Feraligatr, the bloody mouth that opened wide like a sacrificial bowl was covered with a layer of thick ice crystals. moving towards himself, Togetic remained motionless, tears leaked from the corners of her eyes, and she yawned.

Bo~~

A small transparent bubble flew out from the tip of Togetic's nose, hitting the incoming Feraligatr directly.

By the time Yawn's bubble burst, Feraligatr staggered under his feet, his footsteps futile, and his eyelids tended to slowly close.

"Feraligatr!"

However, Nosuke was born a Trainer as a direct descendant of the Alliance, and he seemed to have learned the essence of Alliance Trainer combat.

The output basically depends on the scream, and the state basically depends on the scream.

But Natsu had to say, it was still useful.

Feraligatr shook his head, recovering from his dizzy state.

Sadly.

That kind of recovery time allows Togetic to do a lot.

Nasty Plot Togetic kicked When Feraligatr fell unconscious, followed by moving her arm, and a long strand of Magical Leaf wrapped in magical energy swayed with her arm, hitting Feraligatr.

The restraining effect brought by the Grass Type move dealt a decent amount of damage.

At the same time, the additional effect of "Razor Fang" was triggered.

As soon as Feraligatr came out of his stupor, he immediately fell into a "Flinch" state.

And this time, Natsu and Togetic didn't give the opponent another chance, and the neat Magical Leaf shot twice, sending Feraligatr away, and sending the stunned Nosuke Alliance child.

From start to finish, Feraligatr never touched Togetic's hair.

This includes the destruction of hard power.

Togetic is simply stronger than the opponent.

what's more, Togetic

is the controller.

"The winner is Natsu No. 6!" The referee raised the flag representing Natsu while shouting, "Please get ready for the next group."

"You Togetic, so cute."

As Natsu walked out of the venue, the girl who asked for the venue number looked enthusiastically at Togetic who was hugging Natsu.

"But I have to go to the competition first."

When you're done talking, run off to the opposite field.

"Uh" looking at her back, Natsu rubbed his chin.

"The next group will be played against player No. 2 Daisy Oak and No. 21 Matsui, please both sides"

Hearing this, Natsu's attention was no longer on the match referee who said it.

Daisy Oak?

Professor Oak's grandchild?

Professor Oak, who grew up like that, can have such a beautiful grandchild?

Who could have imagined this.

But when it comes to Professor Oak's grandchild, Natsu is a little impressed.

He remembered that in the Pokemon special, Professor Oak had a granddaughter named Daisy Oak, and a grandson named Blue Oak, who was dragged away after being the Champion for five minutes.

He just didn't know if this world's Professor Oak's grandson was Blue or Gary, or in fact, the two could be considered the same person.

After recognizing the girl's identity, Natsu, who wasn't very interested at first, paid more attention to the game.

The Pokémon sent by Daisy is Chansey.

Seeing this Chansey, Natsu's first impression was… stunned.

Because this Chansey was a little too strong, it gave him such a feeling.

Quasi-Elite!

Even if it has to be the first time.

But Natsu almost cursed when he came to this conclusion.

This is a bit too much.

At the youth tournament, he thought that the Gym Leader level was already the best, but didn't expect that a quasi-Elite level Pokémon had appeared, and it was still in his own group.

However, as he observed, he gradually understood.

Although this Chansey is well trained, Daisy's true combat commando abilities are lacking. Some where it doesn't make sense is that Chansey's strength is relatively strong, otherwise she might have been defeated.

Daisy's graceful posture leading the battle didn't look like she was participating in a Pokémon battle, but a bit like she was in a Contest tournament.

And, most importantly, this Chansey is not Daisy's Pokémon, and although Chansey has done her best to match Daisy, the estrangement between them is also evident.

Natsu remembers that Daisy Oak, Professor Oak's grandchild, is not a traditional trainer. Her main achievement is winning the Contest tournament and living a peaceful life.

One of the main Pokémon has Clefairy, and this Chansey is supposed to be one of the experiences Professor Oak has. To support her grandchild, let Chansey help her take care of some of the injured Pokémon.

So, this Chansey is from Professor Oak, which gives Natsu a rusty feel to him.

But that doesn't make sense, right?

Among the people present, there should be quite a number of juniors like (elite), Gym Leader, etc. If these people were like Daisy with the Pokemon given to them by their parents, Natsu felt that he would retire early.

However, Daisy was clearly coming off the qualifiers, and she wasn't stopped by the team along the way. It can only be said that even if Daisy leads this Chansey, her ability is really not enough, and does not have a big impact on the game as a whole.

Otherwise, Daisy should be immediately warned by the competition.

This is Daisy's current pitiful opponent.

In terms of combat command and combat ability alone, she has more advantages than Daisy, and her cooperation with Pokémon is also more prominent, but no matter what other people have, Chansey's strength has made a run for it, No matter how much advantage she has, she couldn't make up for the gap in hard power.

The end result is also clear.

Daisy managed to win.

Natsu was also slightly silent when he saw Daisy who was wiping the soft sweat on her forehead, sighed, and looked relieved as she walked out of the battlefield.

"That is dangerous." Daisy noticed Natsu's gaze and said with a smile.

Natsu pursed his lips.

'Perhaps if you don't give orders directly to Chansey, it can win sooner.'

But not without benefits, it could at least speed up their tacit understanding.

"It's very difficult to deal with."

Natsu said something.

That didn't go against his intentions, he said that Chansey was very difficult to deal with, not that Daisy was very difficult to deal with, but that sounded very comfortable.

This is the art of speaking.

"Is it right?" Daisy looked at him with a surprised expression, her eyes twinkling and her face full of anticipation.

It seemed that he wanted to be recognized by others.

"En." Natsup nodded.

"Hi, my name is Daisy Oak, I'm from uh, don't say." Daisy reached out to Natsu with a smile.

The surname Oak wasn't too small, not too much, but if it was accompanied by the words "Pallet City", it would be very recognizable.

Natsu pretended not to recognize her, and reached out to shake her lightly.

"Natsu."

"Natsu, you are very difficult to deal with. Togetic won without letting Feraligatr touch her at all." Daisy sighed sincerely. The sentence, "And the relationship between Togetic and you is quite close."

Daisy has a special ability to feel the intimacy of the relationship between a Trainer and a Pokémon, although it's not quite right, but the general feeling won't go wrong.

That's why she showed familiarity with Natsu.

According to her, someone who has a close relationship with Pokémon and is very close is unlikely to be a bad person.

Besides, Togetic is a happy Pokémon, and this assessment makes her even more convinced that Natsu is a "good guy".

"Cha Ke—"

Togetic raised her head like a victorious rooster when she heard Daisy's praise.

"So cute!"

And Daisy was conquered by Togetic's "proud" expression in an instant.

"She's a naughty little fellow." Natsu rubbed Togetic's head helplessly.

Immunity to kind words is almost zero.

"But you and your Chansey are strong too, very strong," said Natsu.

"Really? I thought so too. But my cooperation with Geely wasn't good enough. This is grandpa. This is the Pokémon of my elders, and it is now entrusted to me." Daisy said kindly.

"The understanding of talent needs to be training slowly, not rushed."

"En." Daisy nodded in agreement.

Suddenly she picked it up and looked at Natsu "Natsu, you are very strong, can you teach me how to fight?"

Natsu was taken aback.

Immediately said slowly: "This is a Pokémon that was entrusted to you by your elders. I don't think anyone knows that better than your elders."

Daisy's lips curled up beautifully "He was too busy to teach me so I slipped out for this competition"

Hearing this, Natsu was dumbfounded.

Why hadn't he heard the news that Professor Oak was coming to Lily of the Valley Island, had sneaked out instead.

Slightly pondering for a while said: "Alright, when the group stage is over, we can discuss it together."

Speaking of Chansey.

Natsu does have a lot of good tactics. If Daisy could learn a thing or two from it, it wasn't without the possibility that she could get a good rank with this Chansey.

After all, they were in the same group now. According to the competition system, they would never meet before the semifinals.

Give someone a headache.

As for Daisy's entry to the semifinals?

Then Natsu could look down on Lance, Shirona, and the others.

"Hmmm." Daisy's beautiful head is like pounding garlic.

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(End of this chapter)