Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 654: Quarterfinals, vs. Du? Adu's new lineup!

Seeing that Windy Hound was defeated easily, Daye felt numb all over.

"This guy..." Daye's face was blank. After a brief moment of shock, he quickly recovered.

No!

He just didn't believe that his three Pokémon couldn't hurt Giratina!
"Come again!" The fire of indomitable will in Daye was already burning fiercely.

He threw out his Poké Ball decisively.

A white light flashed, and a strong and sturdy Flame Monkey suddenly appeared on the field.

"The third match officially begins!" Deng Pei blew the whistle in his hand.

Daye waved his hand: "Flame Monkey, Shadow Clone!"

As soon as the words fell, the Flame Monkey on the field moved.

It began to run quickly towards Giratina, and in the process, shadow clones emerged from its body and surrounded Giratina.

Giratina narrowed his eyes as he took in the scene.

"Now! Thunder and lightning fist!" Daye shouted.

In an instant, dozens of "Infernapes" brandished their lightning fists and rushed towards Giratina in the middle.

Faced with this scene, Giratina exhaled dragon breath, and the breath swept across. Accompanied by the sound of "puff puff puff", the shadow clones created by Infernape dissipated one after another.

Infernape at the back was keenly aware of the problem, and quickened its pace. When the dragon's breath approached, it exerted force with its legs and jumped high into the air. It clenched its right fist, and lightning surged, bombarding Giratina.

Hit!
Goal achieved! Daye clenched his fists excitedly and shouted "Yes!" in his heart.

However, the next second, a huge dragon claw slapped the Flame Monkey away.

"Let's end it!" Naoki said.

Giratina's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

Before Flame Monkey could react, the huge body quietly emerged from the void and violently knocked Flame Monkey away.

Infernape fell heavily onto the energy shield at the edge of the arena, then rolled to the ground, his eyes rolled back, and he no longer had the strength to stand up.

"Infernape has lost his ability to fight, and Naoki has won this Eight Masters Replacement Battle!" Deng Pei quickly announced the result of the match: "Let us congratulate Naoki for successfully advancing to the ranks of the Eight Masters!"

"This World Championship has come to a successful conclusion! Three days later, the final battle for the title will be held here! The opponents of the eight trainers will be decided by drawing lots later!"

There was a thunderous roar from the audience.

Giratina slowly landed in front of Naoki, its scarlet eyes looked around the audience seats, and a hideous smile appeared on its face.

This means that Giratina is extremely happy at the moment.

Seeing this scene, Naoki sighed helplessly.

He feels that Giratina might as well just debut as an idol!
At this time, Daye walked towards this side.

Even though he lost the game, there was no sadness on his face. Instead, he looked very happy.

"I have done what other trainers cannot do!" Daye said loudly.

Naoki was stunned: "What?"

"My Infernape successfully hit Giratina!" Daye was extremely proud.

Naoki: "...Mr. Daye is really humorous and funny!"

What will happen next is the drawing ceremony of the eight masters.

Naoki put Giratina back into the Poké Ball and returned to the contestant backstage with Daye.

Daye is a very enthusiastic young man, just like a fire-attribute Pokémon. After a short while, the two became familiar with each other.

As soon as Naoki returned to the backstage of the contestants, the master battle among the eight masters began.

"Now, please invite Mr. Roz, the president of the Marrokomon Group and the president of the Padilla Alliance, to start drawing the opponents for the eight master-level players in the master battle!" the commentator introduced solemnly.

As a spotlight fell, a man in a suit, a bow tie, and his hair combed neatly walked out slowly at an entrance.

His face was friendly and kind, and he waved to the audience in the auditorium as he walked forward.

The commentator quickly handed over the microphone.

Roz took the microphone and began, "Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to our Galar region. I am the president of the alliance, Roz."

“I won’t introduce myself here any further. To all the guests present here… and to all the friends watching on TV, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting! The Grand Masters Tournament, a grand event in the Galar region, is about to begin!”

"Now, I will hold a draw ceremony for the eight trainers standing at the top of the world to proceed to the quarterfinals!"

As soon as he finished speaking, photos of eight trainers popped up on the big screen above the arena.

They are:
The first place is Dandi,

The second place is Adu,

The third place is Daigo,

The fourth place is Girona,

Fifth place: Kaluni,

Chibana ranked sixth.

Doracena ranked seventh.

And Naoki who just advanced to eighth place.

"Alas!" Daye at the side sighed helplessly: "I thought I would have a chance to participate in the quarterfinals this year! But I didn't expect two beast masters to show up halfway."

Daye has seen through it. Even if Naoki doesn't win, he will be squeezed out by Dakoto.

Alas, just thinking about it makes me feel melancholy.

Naoki: "..."

Daye was secretly sad, and at this moment, a worker holding a glass ball came forward.

There is a hole above the sphere, with many small notes placed inside.

In front of everyone, Roz reached into it and pulled out a note.

He opened the note, and Rotom stepped forward and pointed the camera at the note. The next second, Shirona's name appeared on the screen.

And Sirona's avatar also appeared in the first place in the quarterfinals.

Next, it was her opponent to be drawn.

President Roz continued the lottery.

He took out the second piece of paper from the ball, and soon, the name of the second contestant appeared in the eyes of the audience.

Doracena.

The first battle of the quarterfinals will be between Sirona and Doracena.

Roz did not stop his actions, and as he pulled out pieces of paper one by one, the list of players for the quarterfinals gradually came to light and was presented to everyone.

They are:
Sirona vs Doracena.

Dante vs Chibana

Daigo vs Kalune

Naoki vs Adu
At this point, the list of teams for the quarterfinals has been finalized.

The four winners will advance to the semi-finals and compete in the next round.

"One match in the quarterfinals, one match in the semifinals, and one match in the final. If everything goes well, there will be three more matches," Naoki murmured.

However, what he didn't expect was that he would meet Du in the first round. Daye was very surprised by the result of the draw.

"You go ferry!" he said.

Naoki came back to his senses and asked in confusion, "What happened to Watari?"

"Adu is very strong this year. There weren't many dragon-attribute Pokémon in the Kanto region before, so Adu's lineup was very random."

"But I heard that in recent years, Adu has traveled to many areas, captured many dragon Pokémon, and has formed a true dragon army!" Daye explained.

Naoki: "..."

Has the reputation of Duana, the King of Flying, spread to the Sinnoh region?
The quarterfinals will be held in three days, with only one match per day, which means that his match with Du will not start until a week later.

There was nothing to do here at the moment, so Naoki said goodbye to Daye and then rode Gulden back to the ranch.

The first thing I did when I got home was to release Giratina from the Poké Ball.

Giratina didn't stay in the ranch for long. While Naoki was picking up the child, its huge body leaned over and rushed into the lake, entering the reversed world.

Giratina landed on his own Flower Sky Island and immediately called his Rotom cell phone, and excitedly asked it to read out the netizens' words of praise for him.

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Rotom: "A netizen named [Budcrest Horse] said: Giratina is really strong! It defeated Daye's three Pokémon without any damage! I wonder who is stronger between it and Budcrest..."

"A netizen named [Shadow Messenger] said: +1, I also want to know, but I feel."

After listening to just two of them, Giratina couldn't listen any more.

Giratina was immediately furious. Why do these humans love to compete with each other in combat power?!
What’s even more infuriating is that it really can’t beat the Bud Crown King!
Giratina asked Rotom to check the increase in his followers, and found that no matter how hard he tried, he could not catch up with the natural growth of Crest of the Lotus.

A flame of anger burned fiercely in Giratina's heart. It was so angry and depressed that it almost fainted.

Seeing Giratina like this, Rotom quickly read out a few positive reviews from netizens.

Giratina's emotions gradually calmed down, and he couldn't help but think: These humans seem to be quite sensible!
Seeing this, Rotom gradually figured out the meaning behind it. If it reads Flowercrest's comments to Giratina, Giratina will be very angry.

In that case, wouldn't it be better if it didn't read those comments, and only read the comments from humans praising Giratina?

When necessary, it can also make up its own.

Anyway, Giratina can't recognize human words, Rotom thought secretly.

As long as it makes Giratina happy, that's enough.

*
In Gongmen City, Emperor Dan and President Ross stood in the stands of the Gongmen Arena, overlooking the crowd below.

"Compared to the previous two years, there are more and more tourists coming to watch the World Championships this year!" President Roz said with emotion.

Over the past few months, those tourists have driven consumption and economic growth, allowing the cities in the Galar region to achieve considerable development.

Seeing his hometown become lively, Dandi was also very happy: "Yes!"

President Roz wanted to say something else, but at this moment, a phone call suddenly came in.

President Roz took a look and then answered the call, sounding as if there was something urgent.

"Something happened at the underground energy factory. Dan Di, I'll leave this to you. I need to go over there to deal with it."

Dan Di became suspicious, because according to his investigation, Wuji Taina, who caused the Dark Night, was most likely sealed in the underground energy factory in Quanguan City.

But he didn't say anything, just nodded without changing his expression.

President Roz left in a hurry.

And at the same time.

Quanguan City, underground energy factory.

Sonia, who was wearing a staff uniform, looked nervously at Olivia, who had a bad face in front of her.

"I was wondering, I've always felt like something was sneaking up on me lately, it turns out to be you."

Oliver narrowed her eyes, and a hint of coldness appeared in her tone:
"Oh? Miss Sonia, are you trying to tell me that you sneaked in here to take a walk?"

Looking at the people from the Marokomon Group who surrounded her, a drop of cold sweat appeared on Sonia's forehead.

But faced with this situation, she didn't intend to pretend, but said directly:
"The Infinite is very dangerous. It will destroy the entire Galar region!"

"You really do know." Oliver's face was full of disdain, and her tone gradually became colder: "Although I don't know where you got the information from, I absolutely cannot let you ruin President Roz's plan!"

Olive waved.

The uniformed people around came forward and controlled Sonia, snatched away her Poké Ball and Rotom phone, and locked her in a small room.

Sonia was extremely panicked.

Because she discovered that President Ross was actually using the energy from the wishing star to feed Wuji Taina!

This behavior is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger.

She couldn't imagine what would happen in the Galar region when the Promise accumulated enough energy.

The darkness that nearly destroyed the Galar region thousands of years ago may come to the Galar region again!
It was pitch dark in the small room underground.

Sonia wanted to tell Dandi the news, but there was nothing she could do.

She didn't know how long she waited before the door of the room opened.

President Roz walked in from outside.

Sonia looked at him warily.

President Luo Zi took the initiative to greet her:

"Long time no see, Sonia. By the way, how is Dr. Mulan these days?"

Sonia said nothing.

President Roz didn't care at all.

He said to himself:
"Speaking of which, I should thank Professor Mulan. Thanks to her research, we can use the energy contained in the wishing star to make the Gigantamax wristband that makes Pokémon grow huge, so that the Galar region has achieved the development it has today. Don't you see, so many people have come to the Galar region? That scene is really unprecedentedly lively!"

At this point, President Los suddenly changed the subject.

"However, this kind of scene will no longer exist in a thousand years. By that time, there will be no one left in the Galar region. In order to resolve that crisis, we must rely on the power of the Infinite."

"Perhaps you can't understand my feelings at the moment, but it doesn't matter. I don't need your understanding. Everything I do is for the Galar region!"

President Roz looked at Sonia with indifference on his face.

"I don't know what you have investigated, but you should stay here until the World Championship is over!"

After saying that, President Roz walked out of the room and closed the door.

Oliver stepped forward and asked, "President Roz, what should we do now?"

Roz pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many wishing stars have you collected?"

Oliver: "If all of them were put to use, that energy would be enough to wake up Mujitaina!"

"In that case, let's move the plan forward!" said Roz.

There are many talented people in this World Championship. With them, together with Dan Di, they can definitely help him conquer and control Wuji Taina, and then use him for his own purposes.

A savior who can save the future of the Galar region... As long as it exists, the resources of the Galar region can last for another thousand years.

Maybe people cannot understand his behavior at this moment, but I believe that in a thousand years, everything he has done will be proven.

Hearing this, Oliver was slightly startled.

"If we do this, I'm afraid that this will lead to a large number of Gigantamax Pokémon rioting out of control in the Galar region in the near future..."

"This is a necessary test towards the future." Roz looked at Oliver and said to her, "Sometimes, some sacrifices are unavoidable."

Oliver was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "Yes, I understand!"

(End of this chapter)