Chapter 373: I'll Thrash You, Understand? Red Entry
Arcanine, having suffered that blow, was completely unable to stand.
Where its waist was struck by Water Pulse, a slight indentation appeared, enough to prove just how powerful that attack was.
As the commentator announced the result of the match.
Chen Chen immediately recalled her Pokémon and headed to the Pokémon Hospital.
All three of her Pokémon were seriously injured, beyond what self-healing could recover.
On the field, Watanabe Sanetake scanned his surroundings, finally letting his gaze fall upon the contestants' seating area. That look seemed to ask, "See that? This is my true strength."
The contestants in their seats, faced with his provocation, all remained silent.
Elite Four...
Just these two words pressed down on everyone like a great mountain.
At this moment, even some trainers who originally had a little confidence felt their hearts plunge into an ice cave.
Such strength...
It was simply too powerful...
With such an interlude, the next three matches held little interest.
Everyone just wanted this first round of matches to end quickly...
On December 26th, the first round of the Youth League concluded.
After a two-day rest period, the second round of matches would begin.
There were 66 contestants remaining for the second round.
December 27th.
Central Youth University.
As dawn light streamed in, Hikaru, after sending Mew off, glanced at his entry coins.
By now, his entry coins had reached [Value not specified in text].
He could already afford the [Silver Wing].
Speaking of which, these Legendary Pokémon really do like to shed feathers.
Hikaru sighed with emotion, but chose not to buy it.
Instead, he opened the system and tapped on today's Weekly Entry.
A red light flashed past.
Hikaru was slightly stunned, then somewhat disbelieving.
[Red Entry (Ability Boost) – When equipped, can bestow an additional ability that the Pokémon can possess.]
The Weekly Entry rolled red?
This was Hikaru's first thought. After reading the entry's description, his second thought was that Greninja was saved.
Having never Mega Evolved, it was incredibly envious of this method that could both increase strength and make one look cooler.
Although he had wished for an entry that would allow Greninja to Mega Evolve.
Hikaru hadn't expected it to appear in the Weekly Entry.
He had originally thought it would only appear in a Monthly Entry.
"Koga?"
The Greninja that came out was a bit dazed. It had just finished telling a story, so why was it being called out again now?
Hikaru gleefully equipped the entry onto it, "Here, a goodie for you~"
Hearing this, Greninja's eyes lit up.
When Hikaru said 'goodie', it was truly a goodie.
Greninja looked at Hikaru expectantly, "Koga!!"
Unexpectedly, Hikaru simply nodded, "Alright!"
"Koga?" (Alright?)
Greninja turned around doubtfully, looked at itself, and then sensed its own being.
Nothing had changed at all?
"Come, come, let's go try it in the training house..."
An hour later...
Hikaru emerged from the training house, slightly out of breath.
"Holy crap, this Bond Phenomenon consumes way more stamina than Mega Evolution..."
Mega Evolution required stamina. For Bond Phenomenon, Hikaru had mentally prepared himself, but he hadn't expected that Bond Phenomenon would consume twice the stamina of Mega Evolution.
Fortunately, though,
This attempt was very successful.
Greninja no longer had to be beneath Charizard.
After Bond Phenomenon, it also possessed strength nearly at the Elite Four level...
The moon was bright, and the stars were numerous...
The second round of matches followed swiftly.
The procedure hadn't changed much: all contestants were introduced first, followed by the pairings.
There were only thirty-three pairs in the second round.
So the pairing speed was very fast.
Moreover, in the first round, apart from a few unlucky individuals, the second round had basically filtered out some of the T3 level contestants.
Undoubtedly, the further the competition progressed, the stronger the contestants on both sides would become.
The matches would also become increasingly exciting.
But what surprised Hikaru was...
His opponent in this round was actually one of the three Sakura Country trainers from before!
The trainer whose Pokémon were Scizor and Arbok.
As soon as the information about the paired contestants was released.
Most contestants' gazes fell upon Hikaru.
The three Sakura Country trainers were, without a doubt, the three most prominent trainers at the moment.
And Hikaru's performance in the preliminaries had also been extremely eye-catching.
This inexplicably gave everyone a renewed sense of hope.
The other two Sakura Country trainers.
Were matched against a T3 and a T2 level trainer respectively.
As for some of Hikaru's familiar friends.
The opponents they encountered were quite interesting.
Sakura (Ye Ming Shuang) was paired against Hu Yan'er.
The two best friends had become opponents.
Ash, on the other hand, was up against Mu Wanqing.
Ye Huo faced Wutong...
This wave could only be described as Hikaru's friends "killing each other"!
As for that timid, somewhat dark-skinned girl, Lilith...
She had been defeated in the first round by North China University's seeded contestant, Zhu Yuyu...
Now she was sitting in the audience, cheering for Ash and Wutong.
Sakura was up against another T3 level contestant.
One had to say, it seemed even fate favored her.
The opponent's main Pokémon,
Was a Torterra, which was completely countered...
Four times weak to Dragon, its Special Defense and Speed weren't great either.
Perhaps Dragonite could finish it with a single Dragon Breath.
Over there, the Sakura Country trainer with Scizor shouted towards Hikaru.
Hikaru turned his head. The opponent showed a sneer, then drew a hand across his own neck and laughed contemptuously.
"Heh heh..."
Hikaru returned a light laugh...
This Sakura Country trainer seemed overly confident...
For so many days, his own country's trainers hadn't won a single match against them; Hikaru had seen it all.
To be honest, he had long wanted to clash with these guys.
After all this time,
The opponent still registered as red under his [Malicious Target].
Moreover.
Treating Pokémon as mere tools for becoming stronger.
This kind of thing,
Absolutely cannot be allowed to happen in Huaxia!
A sudden surge of emotion welled up. In front of all the contestants, Hikaru beckoned to the Sakura Country trainer over there and shouted loudly, "Hey, you contestant from Little Jap... I mean, the 'Land of a Few Good Days'!"
"Hmm?"
Watanabe Sanetake and the others looked over upon hearing this.
"I'm gonna thrash you! Understand?"
This sentence,
Hikaru said it in front of all the contestants and the audience. The arrogance in his tone, the contempt in his attitude,
Could not have been more obvious.
In an instant,
Everyone around was stunned by Hikaru's words.
On one hand,
Hikaru's statement was delivered with such extreme arrogance.
As if facing a group of opponents he could crush effortlessly!
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