Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Reserve Competition
"I say, what's the situation with today's game?"
On the morning of the preliminaries of the Ever Grande Conference, Rosa, who was eating breakfast, suddenly remembered that today was the preliminaries, but she didn't know the details yet, so she stopped what she was doing and asked Gary and Hilda.
"Rosa, didn't you read the guidebook of the Ever Grande Conference?" Hearing this, Hilda also stopped what she was doing and looked at Rosa.
"Hehe, that book has too many words, I didn't read it." At this point, Rosa smiled embarrassedly, showing a little embarrassed but polite smile.
"I expected you to do this." Hilda had anticipated Rosa's behavior a long time ago, so she was not surprised.
"Then tell me, Hilda." After saying that, Rosa begged Hilda.
"You should ask Gary." After Hilda said that, she continued to eat her breakfast.
"Gary." After seeing that Hilda ignored her, Rosa had to look at Gary with a pleading look.
"You." Gary looked at Rosa lovingly, then put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand and began to explain to her.
"The so-called preliminaries are to select 256 from the more than 600 participants of the Ever Grande Conference to participate in the official competition. Each trainer will have a one-on-one battle. The winner will be promoted to the next round of the conference, which is the preliminary championship. As for those who lose, they will be eliminated and miss the next game."
"Is that so!" Rosa understood it instantly after listening to Gary's explanation.
"Rosa, next time you must know some information in advance, understand?" Gary persuaded her earnestly after explaining.
"I understand." Rosa was silent for a while after this incident, then nodded and solemnly agreed.
"Well, let's finish breakfast quickly and go to the next preliminaries." Gary smiled and said after seeing that Rosa's words did not seem perfunctory.
"Okay."
After Rosa agreed, they continued to enjoy their food.
In the next preliminaries, Rosa, Hilda, Ash, Morrison, Tyson, and others all passed the one-on-one battles, defeated their opponents, and successfully obtained the list for the preliminaries.
As for Gary himself, because he was ranked at the back, it was not his turn after Rosa and the others successfully advanced.
However, it didn't take long to have a one-on-one Pokémon battle, so it was Gary who was waiting.
Gary followed the instructions of the on-site staff and passed the player channel to the battle site.
At the same time, Gary's opponent, a yellow-haired trainer, also appeared opposite him.
"Boy, if you know what's best for you, just surrender. After all, losing to me is not a bad thing."
Before the referee announced the rules, the yellow-haired trainer said to Gary in a very arrogant manner.
"Oh, this depends on your strength, whether it is as powerful as your attitude." Looking at the arrogant yellow-haired trainer on the opposite side, Gary didn't care, just raised his non-existent glasses and said indifferently.
"Okay, I see you don't want to drink the wine, then don't blame me for being rude."
The yellow-haired trainer was also very angry about Gary's look of looking down on him.
"Now it's Gary from Pallet Town and An from Violet City. The number of Pokémon used by both sides is one. When the Pokémon of one side loses its combat ability, the battle ends."
The referee first announced the rules of the game, and then cast his eyes on Gary and the yellow-haired An.
"Send out your Pokémon now."
"Go ahead, Electrike, show the other party some color!"
Perhaps out of confidence in his own strength, the yellow-haired An took the lead to send out his own Pokémon, an Electrike of only level 41.
"It's just a small matter, go ahead, Aggron!" Gary, after reading the data of the opponent's Electrike, showed a disdainful smile.
Soon, a figure like a heavy tank appeared opposite Electrike, it was Gary's Aggron.
"This time, that An is finished." After seeing Gary send out Aggron, Rosa immediately shook her head and said.
"Who asked him to provoke Gary, his result is already doomed." Hilda also smiled gently.
Obviously, whether it is Gary, Rosa, or Hilda, they are very confident about this battle.
"The game begins!"
Accompanied by the referee's order, the yellow-haired An on the opposite side immediately launched an attack.
"Electrike, use Thunderbolt!"
Just like that, a golden thunderbolt came out from Electrike and hit the motionless Aggron.
"Your strength is..." Looking at Aggron who was hit directly without moving at all, the yellow-haired An was about to laugh at him, but the next scene shocked him.
When Electrike's Thunderbolt was completely over, the situation of Aggron, who was originally surrounded by golden lightning, also appeared.
I saw that Aggron had no scars on his body, and he was still staring at the opposite Electrike very calmly as at the beginning.
"This... How is this possible?" Seeing Aggron who was not injured at all, the yellow-haired An was a little difficult to accept for a while.
"This is unbearable." Looking at the somewhat broken-down yellow-haired An, Gary curled his lips and said disdainfully, "You are really bad!"
After seeing that the opponent was somewhat broken, Gary did not continue to play around, so he waved his hand and shouted to Aggron.
"Aggron, Flash Cannon!"
As soon as Gary finished speaking, a Flash Cannon was fired directly from Aggron, directly hitting the Electrike who was timid and unable to move because of Aggron's pressure.
The final result was also very obvious. The Electrike hit by Aggron's Flash Cannon was knocked out on the spot and finally fell to the ground. One hit made it lose its combat ability.
"Electrike loses its combat ability, Aggron wins!" The referee took a look at the fainted Electrike and announced the result.
After seeing this situation, the yellow-haired An couldn't accept it for a while and could only collapse to the ground.
"The slogans are loud and clear, but unfortunately, the strength is not matched."
Gary left a word, took back Aggron, and then turned around and left the battlefield.
"Is this Gary's strength now?"
At this time, Ash, Morrison, Tyson, and others in the audience were silent for a while after watching Gary defeat his opponent so neatly.
After Gary's battle ended, Gary, Rosa, Hilda, Ash, Tyson, and Morrison all passed the first round of the preliminaries and entered the second round.