Inside the Grand Arena, the audience's cheers were like thunder.
The drawing of lots arrived as scheduled. The seventy-eight contestants walked to the center of the arena and were divided into two groups. They drew slips of paper with corresponding numbers from two transparent glass boxes. The two people who drew the same number would be opponents.
Under the expectant gazes of countless spectators, the seventy-eight people began to draw their numbers from the glass boxes in order.
"Oh? I'm number 28?" Koharu looked at her number plate, quite surprised.
She hurriedly looked around, trying to find the opponent with the same number.
Soon, she found her target.
It was a man wearing a black tuxedo who looked like quite the gentleman.
"Hello, beautiful lady, my name is Warren. It's a pleasure to meet you!" The man walked up to Koharu, took off his top hat, and gave her an elegant bow.
"Wow!" Koharu felt a bit flattered; this Mr. Warren was truly such a gentleman!
However, gentleman or not, she would absolutely show no mercy in the upcoming battle!
Koharu's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.
On the other side, Derick looked at the number plate in his hand with '1' written on it, his expression calm.
"Oh ho ho, little handsome guy, it looks like you're my opponent~" A big sister with a sexy figure stepped forward with a chuckle.
She threw a wink at Derick, her tone full of seduction: "Little handsome guy, in the upcoming battle, you have to go easy on big sister Otherwise, big sister will be very sad"
Derick: "..."
If it were any other time, he might have shown some mercy.
But Derick's purpose for participating in this tournament was to give his mother a better life.
He looked calmly at the woman in front of him, while his mind began to ponder what tactics he should use to defeat his opponent.
Soon, Derick had an answer in his heart.
He wanted to prove his strength to the world; therefore, for his first battle, he prepared to send out the most powerful Pokémon by his side, Hydreigon.
On the other side of the Grand Arena.
Alex, the Gym Leader of the Castelia Gym, was looking at the number plate in his hand with a face full of despair.
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, then looked up again at the girl with the bright smile in front of him.
Alex said with a pitiful face, "Hey, Sister Anna, don't be like this!"
"Hehe, Little Alex, we really do have a lot of fate between us!"
Anna placed her hand on Alex's shoulder.
Alex already felt like covering his face and crying.
Aaaaaah! Why was his opponent for the first battle Sister Anna?
Wasn't he finished now?
Alex had originally thought that making it to the top eight would be a success, but looking at it now, was he going to stop at the preliminaries?
He didn't want something like that to happen!
"Hehe, Alex, show me your full strength!" Anna encouraged him.
Alex's face was full of collapse.
"It seems these Trainers have successfully found their opponents for the preliminaries!" The President of the Trainer Association looked at the group of young people with a smile: "Now, I announce that the first League Conference in the history of the Unova Kingdom has officially begun!"
"The first round of the preliminaries will officially start at 2 PM. Everyone, we'll see you then!"
"Aaaaaah!"
The people in the audience shouted and cheered enthusiastically.
Under the promotion of Pokémon Daily, news of this tournament had already spread across the country, receiving the pursuit and expectation of countless people.
The final winner would become the first Champion Trainer in the kingdom's history and would be personally knighted by His Majesty Draconis, truly a meteoric rise.
Countless Trainers looked forward to standing at the peak of the kingdom with their Pokémon, achieving a leap in social class.
Precisely because of this, the tournament required very little promotion before it quickly spread among the Commoners.
Countless people wanted to witness the arrival of that moment, to witness the birth of the strongest.
The opening ceremony of the tournament came to a close.
Anna secretly left the venue and headed toward the castle.
The guards at the door made way when they saw it was Anna.
Anna originally wanted to enter the castle quietly, see her teacher, and then sneak away.
As a result, as soon as she entered the door, she heard a familiar voice from behind her.
"What? You've been back for so long, and only now did you think to come see me?"
Anna instantly shuddered and hurriedly turned around, only to see her teacher standing not far away with a smile, looking at her.
"Teacher!"
"Sneaking around like that, what is that supposed to look like?" Draconis was quite speechless.
Anna grinned and said, "I originally wanted to give you a surprise, Teacher, and let you see the growth of Zoroark and me at the match venue."
Hearing this, Draconis straightened his expression and then asked, "Do you have confidence?"
Anna naturally knew what her teacher was asking about. She immediately puffed out her chest and guaranteed with conviction, "I do!"
"Very good. A student personally taught by me, Draconis, cannot be outperformed by other Trainers." Draconis encouraged her with a smile, "Don't disappoint me, Anna."
"We can definitely do it!" Anna clenched her fist, her tone firm. This Champion title would belong to no one but her!
She wanted to stand in that position to do more for His Majesty Draconis and for her teacher, helping her teacher promote Pokémon and Trainer culture so that the people living on this land could live together with Pokémon!
This was the reason Anna had been working hard until now.
Because His Majesty Draconis was there, she and her mother could live the life they had today.
Back on that snowy night when the snow was flying, Anna had already made up her mind to follow and protect His Majesty Draconis to the death in this life.
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At 2 PM, the first round of the preliminaries officially began!
The Grand Arena in Nimbasa City was a sea of people, with almost no empty seats.
Accompanied by the cheers and shouts of the audience.
Derick and Minako walked into the battlefield from the tunnel.
"Oh ho ho~ young man, you really are full of energy!" Looking at Derick across from her, Minako covered her mouth and chuckled, a charming expression appearing on her face: "Next, let big sister show you how powerful I am!"
Derick remained silent.
The referee walked to the middle of the field, raised a flag, and introduced them:
"The first match of the preliminaries is between contestant Derick from Castelia City and contestant Minako from Undella Town!"
"In this battle, both sides are limited to using two Pokémon. The match will only end when all of one side's Pokémon have lost the ability to fight!"
"The first battle, officially begins! Will both contestants please send out their Pokémon!"
Accompanied by the sound of a whistle, the referee waved the flag in his hand.
"Go, my little sweetheart, let the little brother opposite see your sexy and hot kiss!"
Minako and Derick threw their Poké Balls at the same time.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Accompanied by two flashes of white light, two completely different Pokémon appeared before their eyes.
On the left was a flying dragon Pokémon with three heads and a ferocious, terrifying appearance—Hydreigon!
And on the right was a Pokémon with thick, sexy lips, wearing a long red dress and having long blonde hair—Jynx!
The first match: Hydreigon vs Jynx!
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