Time passed by little by little.
8:59!
9:00!
As the time in the upper left corner of the screen turned to 9:00, the picture on the screen suddenly changed.
"The official list of Silver Conference contestants is released below."
After the words fell, the photos of the contestants appeared on the screen.
All the contestants held their breath at this moment, staring at the screen nervously, looking for their own photos.
Gary did the same and soon found his photo in the first row, and he was relieved.
If he was not selected, it could only be said that there must be something fishy about the Silver Conference.
Ash and the other two were also very nervous, fearing that they would not be selected. After watching carefully, the three of them also saw their own photos.
"Great, I was selected, I am really good," Vincent said excitedly.
"I was selected too."
"Me too!"
Jimmy and Ash also found their own photos, and suddenly, the nervousness disappeared without a trace.
However, some were happy and some were worried. After all, only 48 people would be selected, and there were more than 200 players participating in the Silver Conference. Most of them looked gloomy and lowered their heads in frustration.
"Congratulations, you have all been selected, so you should pray that you will not be arranged to meet me, but if you meet me in advance, you will be eliminated," Gary said frivolously, without giving Ash and the other two a chance to speak, and turned and left.
Although Ash and the other two were full of resentment, they were defeated by Gary after all. It would be a bit embarrassing to say too many harsh words, so let's see the truth.
The official competition of the Silver Conference is divided into two games: a preliminary league and a decisive tournament.
The preliminary league competition system is a 3-on-3 format, and there will be a three-person round-robin competition. For example, Ash, Vincent, and Jimmy are divided into a group, and they will play against each other, with each person playing a game with the other two.
The competition adopts a points system, with the winner getting 3 points, the loser getting 0 points, and a tie getting 1 point.
After the round-robin competition, the player with the highest score will advance to the final tournament.
If there are players with the same score, there will be a one-on-one elimination match.
The list of 48 players has been released, and the opening ceremony of the Silver Conference will be held in the evening.
Every player must participate in the opening ceremony.
In the afternoon, the torch relay began to run.
At 7:30 pm, it will run into the Silver Conference and officially start the opening ceremony of the Silver Conference.
Because the Silver Conference will be held at 7:30 pm, the players will naturally eat in the restaurant in advance and go to the venue to wait before the opening ceremony.
At that time, they need to enter together.
After dinner, Gary came to the venue to line up.
He glanced and saw Jimmy and Vincent in the front.
Jimmy and Vincent just became Rookie Trainers this year.
They are naturally very excited to participate in the Silver Conference, so they arrived early. "Has it started?"
It was almost 7:30 when Ash came late and lined up at the end.
Gary shook his head helplessly.
Although Ash changed a little under Gary's influence, he still had the habit of being late. He was the last one to receive the Pokémon and the last one to attend the opening ceremony. I felt so anxious for him.
After a while, the door was pushed open again, and two people in work uniforms walked in, but their hairstyles were red and blue, which was very conspicuous.
"Team Rocket..." Gary recognized the other party as the three members of Team Rocket at a glance. The hair was too obvious, but Ash didn't recognize them at all.
"This is the Pokémon footprint board used for landing to commemorate the Silver Conference. Have you applied for it?" James asked.
"No, I haven't applied for it," Ash said with a puzzled look.
"Really? If you delay any more, you might be disqualified," Jessie said.
"Oh! Really?" Ash was a little panicked.
"So please go there and apply for it immediately," James said.
"Okay, I understand," Ash nodded to show that he understood, and he didn't doubt that the two staff members in front of him had any questions.
"Gengar, hypnotize those two people," Gary said.
A black shadow separated from Gary's shadow, rushed towards Ash quickly, and appeared in front of Ash.
"Gengar!" Ash was shocked, not knowing what happened to Gengar who suddenly appeared.
Jessie and James hadn't reacted to what was going on. Gengar directly released Hypnosis on the two of them, and in an instant, the two fell asleep.
Ash was confused, and he didn't know what happened until now. He just went to apply for registration, how did it suddenly become like this?
"You are really slow. These two people are Team Rocket. Didn't you recognize them? Or are you color blind and can't tell red from blue?" Gary came over and complained.
"What! Team Rocket..." Ash was startled and looked carefully at the sleeping Jessie and James. Looking closely, they really looked like the three members of Team Rocket, except that there was one Meowth missing.
Meowth, hiding in the corner at the moment, was trembling and looking at this side.
"Too scary, meow! It's better not to act when there are little furry guys. It's better to take advantage of the Silver Conference to work hard and make money, meow!" Meowth sighed.
Meowth didn't plan to rescue Jessie, James, and others from Gary, and quietly ran away.
Gary also looked around, trying to find Meowth. This Meowth is not normal. Although it is not strong, its talent in mechanical manufacturing is definitely top-notch, and it can create a robot at any time.
Ash's growth along the way, his Pokémon can improve so fast, in addition to Ash himself being a wave guide, is thanks to the special training of the Rocket trio.
Seeing that Meowth could not be found and the opening ceremony was about to begin, Gary directly contacted the staff of the Silver Conference and handed Jessie and James to them for handling, continuing to attend the opening ceremony with Ash.
As for Jessie and James, Gary was too lazy to care about them. These guys are more trouble than help.
Anyway, they will escape sooner or later after being put in prison. Let them develop freely as long as they do not interfere with the progress of the Silver Conference.
The Silver Conference was held as usual, and everything went very smoothly. Until the end of the opening ceremony, the Rocket trio did not appear again.
After the opening ceremony, the list of preliminary alliances will be released the next morning, and players can go to the Pokémon Center to check who their two rivals are.
The preliminary alliance will have four days of competitions, held simultaneously in four stadiums. Anyway, as long as you win two games in a row, you don't have to worry about being eliminated.
After one night.
The next day, Gary came to the Pokémon Center in the player village to check his competition category.