The showdown between the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds ended in a Greyhound victory.
For many, this is a shocking result. Before this, there were many people who thought that Greyhound was just a wild trainer without much real talent, but the result of this game undoubtedly made everyone see the truth clearly.
Many contestants also secretly increased their vigilance and began to prepare strategies to deal with this powerful enemy - or lamented that their headlines were just snatched away.
Pulling the frustrated Xiaoling out of the venue, Xiaoye turned around and looked at the blurred backs of the two contestants before walking to the door.
She always felt as if she had met Greyhound somewhere before, and the aura coming from the waveguide force had a sense of familiarity. But she couldn't remember anything, so Xiaoye had no choice but to give it up.
At noon, the four children and two adults gathered together again and had lunch as usual - "the one who was dressed particularly unsociably" ran faster today and was not caught and forced into the trenchcoat team. However, a strange thing happened during the meal.
There was a sudden power outage in the hotel.
If only this hotel had a power outage, it wouldn't be a big deal, but after going out to inquire, everyone found that the entire Quartz League player village was without power for nearly a minute, and even the Pokémon Center seemed not to be spared - it was said that there was an unlucky training The family was trapped in the elevator, and finally escaped by relying on Pokémon to generate electricity on the spot.
Even Xinghai felt that such an accident was a bit abnormal. Then I heard people say that the sudden power outage was caused by the overload of the power system in the contestants' village - but what kind of situation could cause such a large and sophisticated power system to be overloaded as a whole?
After everyone finished eating, before they had time to discuss any conclusions, their glasses fell off again as soon as they went out.
"...I repeat, there are criminals suspected of Team Rocket pretending to be staff at the Pokémon Center to defraud Pokémon. The organizer of the competition will not collect Pokémon from contestants in any name. Players are asked not to listen to rumors and stay tuned. Official announcement from the forum..."
The group of people immediately looked at each other, and when they turned on their mobile phones, they saw that the GT forum had already exploded.
It is said that Team Rocket defrauded players of their Pokémon on the pretext of "pre-match physical examination" and also claimed that those who did not participate in this examination would lose their qualifications. This was completely false at first glance. However, many players participating in the regional league are still young and have no habit of doubting others, so they hand over their Pokémon without thinking.
What is ridiculous is that, apart from the trainers who have to compete in the afternoon and are now as anxious as ants on a hot pot, there are actually many players who have been eliminated and have also handed over their Pokémon. Although they claimed that they did not hear the other party's request clearly and thought that all contestants had to hand in their Pokémon, a moment's thought revealed that... maybe they just wanted to take advantage of the free high-level physical examination in the competition.
Unexpectedly, I didn't rub it well and rubbed it on the thorn ball.
According to the victims present, two trainers chased Team Rocket all the way out of the player village and into the deserted Baiyin Mountain area. As we all know, the vast and uninhabited Silver Mountains are often haunted by extremely dangerous wild Pokémon, which are simply not something that young trainers can deal with. The police immediately issued a notice and sealed off the player village, prohibiting the players from acting rashly. At the same time, the Enforcement Department also took action quickly and immediately dispatched a large number of enforcers to cooperate with the police and go to the Silver Mountains to capture the prisoners and search for the traces of the two trainers.
Not only the GT forum, but the big screens on both sides of the road in the player village also displayed emergency announcements. The players and the audience were in an uproar, and no one even discussed the thrilling battle between the seeded players in the morning.
The golden retriever brothers and sisters all expressed their amazement at Team Rocket's recent behavior - stealing the flame for the opening ceremony and deceiving the contestants' Pokémon. It was as if they had a grudge against this Quartz League. And when they were talking about "which two trainers were so bold and dared to chase into the Silver Mountains empty-handed"... Xiaoye, who already knew the answer, had no choice but to remain silent.
And I sincerely hope that Xiaozhi and Hiro can return safely as planned by the Hand of God.
In the afternoon, Xiaoye and Xiaoling acted together and watched the games between Xiaojie and Xiaotian. Neither of them encountered anyone as difficult to deal with as Xiaoling's opponent Yuuto Kawamoto, nor were they unlucky enough to encounter seeded players, and smoothly won the battle to advance to the top 16.
During this period, Xiaoye took the time to check the records of other acquaintances.
Xiaozhi and Xiaoyun successfully advanced in the morning and became the sparkling top sixteen ahead of schedule - fortunately it was morning, otherwise Xiaozhi would have been deceived by Team Rocket and lost his qualifications. Yangzhen, who escaped having lunch together today, not only fought easily and effortlessly, but the video of the battle even had hundreds of thousands of reposts, making him a temporary internet celebrity during the competition; Tong, who calls himself a trainer Although Ye is unknown, he has successfully won until now; as for the boy named Xingyu Bailan, he has also never been defeated. No one can even force out his third Pokémon. His unstoppable pace is not inferior to Strong seeded players.
Looking at the back of the boy in kimono across the screen, Xiaoye had an inexplicable premonition: maybe she and Bai Lan would really fight against each other for the second time in the Quartz League as she had declared before.
After being dragged by Xiao Ling to watch all the explosive games, Xiao Ye and Xiao Ling walked out of the branch venue together, planning to go back to the Pokémon Center to join everyone. As soon as they reached the door, they were forcibly stopped by people wearing strange doll costumes.
The man looked like an adult man, and the Pikachu doll costume he was wearing was extremely tall. No wonder he could only hang out in the sun outside - even if he wanted to enter the house, he would be blocked by the door frame.
The Quartz League player village has no shortage of costumed staff wandering around to attract children, but for some reason this toy Pikachu looks weird, as if the maker has poor craftsmanship. It looks more like Pikachu than Pikachu. Like Mimikyu Q.
The weird Mimikyu, no, the Pikachu doll stuffed two cards into the two of them without any explanation, and wandered away in silence. Xiaoye and Xiaoling opened the card inexplicably and found that it was an invitation.
We sincerely invite you to attend the special banquet for the top 16 players tonight at the Thousand Needlefish Islands Hotel. The banquet time is from 6 to 10 pm. Please be sure to enjoy it... I see, because tomorrow is an off-day, so today is a special banquet. Have you prepared such an activity to let the players relax?
Xiaoye moved her gaze up and was stunned when she saw the top line, and couldn't help showing a subtle expression.
[To: Qianfan player]
Night:"……"
Before Xiaoye could figure out how she resembled Yin Changzhi, Xiaoling showed her her invitation letter with a complicated expression. The bright "To: Xingguang Player" made Xiaoye more and more speechless, and finally had to come to the conclusion:
Mr. Pikachu may be suffering from heatstroke.
Although the same hat, sunglasses and windbreaker make them look a bit like the same person... But it's not hard to tell the difference between long hair and short hair.
Regardless, it's nice to have the opportunity to have some fun before the intense round of 16 battles. At least Xiaoling, who loves to join in the fun, was very happy and immediately stopped caring about the small flaw of the staff sending the invitation letter to the wrong person. Returning to the Pokémon Center, after sitting in the rest area for a while, they were not surprised to be greeted by Xiaotian, who had the same complicated expression on his face, holding an invitation from Beidou, and Xiaojie, who was holding an invitation from May Rain.
Maybe Xiaotian is also thinking about when his hair turned purple, and Xiaojie is also wondering why he looks like a pair of ponytails.
After finally fussing over the invitation letters to the right person, Xiaoling's eyes lit up and she waved to the corner of the Pokémon Center, "Yangzhen! Have you received the invitation letter?"
"It's none of your business." The gray-haired boy said nonchalantly, "...Wait a minute! When you have something to say, just say it and don't come over here. I got it, I got it!!"
Xiaojie looked at the old scene of chasing and escaping again in the hall, and was too lazy to stop his sister from bullying. Instead, he looked at the invitation letter with the correct name in his hand, "Sure enough, all the top 16 contestants accepted it. Are you invited? It’s strange, there seems to be no such event in the previous Quartz Alliance.”
"This shows that we are lucky and we are just in time for the first time." Xiaoling finally stopped running and answered with a smile.
Just as he was talking, the door of the Pokémon Center was pushed open, and the much-anticipated No. 1 seed contestant and a boy with long dark green hair walked into the room side by side. Perhaps it was because the four windbreakers attracted too much attention when they were stuck together. The boy walking next to Jingji saw them at a glance and immediately waved to say hello to everyone.
"Tongye!" Xiaoling quickly recognized a familiar face from the crowd, "Long time no see. Why didn't you come to play with us after we arrived at the contestants' village?"
The golden retriever brother and sister and Tongye have not known each other for a long time, but the unfortunate experience of exploring urban legends and being pinned to the ground by nightmares gave birth to a high-density revolutionary friendship, which made them familiar with each other. The forest-colored boy was dumbfounded by the question - the Quartz League's schedule is very tight, and the players are busy with pre-match training and intelligence research even in their free time. Where is the time for fun?
Before he could answer, his attention was attracted by the familiar cards in the hands of the windbreakers, "Ah, have you received the invitation too?"
"Yeah, I didn't expect this competition to be so interesting. They even held a dinner specially for us!"
While chatting, Xiaojie and Xiaoling looked at the chestnut-haired boy next to Tongye with curiosity. Although they had seen him many times on the screen, this was the first time they had seen him in person.
Kyoji Kusama nodded politely to the two of them, and immediately received a double smile with toothy teeth in response. The noble boy was stunned for a moment and began to think hard about whether he should smile back.
Seeing that the start time of the dinner party written on the invitation letter was approaching, the large team of seven people naturally left the Pokémon Center together and headed towards the westernmost destination of the contestant village.
Just as they walked out of the door, a figure suddenly passed by everyone's eyes, bringing with them a gust of cool breeze. The man wearing a cloak that is usually inconspicuous, but is very recognizable in today's player village, is the second seed Greyhound.
There seems to be a person following the gray dog, wearing the same style but different color cloak, and being much shorter than the gray dog. Xiaoye turned around, her eyes inadvertently connected with the shorter cloaked man, and saw a pair of clear brown eyes seemingly exposed under the brim of the hat.
Xiao Ye shook her head.
That person...it seemed like I had seen him somewhere not long ago?
"Is that the opposite direction?" Xiaojie muttered in confusion as he watched the two men in cloaks disappear.
However, Greyhound's own temperament was indeed incompatible with the dinner party, and no one paid much attention to him. It would be surprising if he actually attended.
After passing through the avenue next to the Quartz Stadium and entering the west area of the Athletes Village, brightly lit Western-style buildings come into view. In the increasingly darkening sky, the warm tones of brilliance exuding from the floor-to-ceiling windows make people think of their long-lost hometown.
This is where the dinner was held, Thousand Needlefish Islands Hotel.
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small theater:
System prompt: The side plot [Night of Hidden Murder] has been started. The mission level is difficult. The mission goal is to prevent the conspiracy of unknown enemies and protect the player village to ensure the normal progress of the Quartz Alliance. Failure in this mission will cause immeasurable consequences. Players are advised to proceed with caution and make good use of archives.
Xiaoye: Wait...Is something big going to happen? However, the Quartz Alliance is also the main line of the original animation. Apart from the Rockets' troubles, I didn't see anything happening that might affect the normal progress of the game...
System prompt: Dear players, the plot of the animation always revolves around the protagonist Xiaozhi, so you will not know what happened in the contestant village tonight.
Xiaoye: Huh?
System prompt: Because the animation footage is not in the contestant village, it only records how the protagonist Ash and his good friend Hiro lay side by side on the ground counting stars after chasing Team Rocket into the Silver Mountains.
Night:……
