Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 532, Torchbearer
"The hat boy Xiaozhi, this guy has no rules in battle, he likes to adapt to circumstances, he is a very casual trainer..."

"Red-haired boy Hiro, their Pokémons are mostly unevolved, so we won't have to worry if we run into them in the group stage..."

"The brown-haired boy Xiao Mao is the grandson of Professor Oak. He is considered a potential stock among these rookies. I don't need to introduce how famous Professor Oak is. You know..."

"The blue-haired girl, Lily, is also a potential stock among these rookies. The trump card is an armored Tyrannosaurus Rex, which is very powerful. You will know when you meet it..."

"In addition to these trainers, there are two more rookies. Unlike the potential rookies just mentioned, they are both favorites to win the championship. They are..."

"The Shion Gym Leader, a disciple of the Four Heavenly Kings Kikuko, is called Xiaoqian. Their trump card is a Gengar. I really don't know why these gym leaders and disciples are participating in the Quartz Tournament. They come here to bully us civilian trainers..."

"The other one is a disciple of Xiba, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. I heard that he is a disciple that Xiba Heavenly King just accepted recently. His name is Xiaoying. His trump card is a mosquito-repellent frog. I just saw that mosquito-repellent frog yesterday. It has strong explosive power. It is one of those explosive players..."

“Ahem,” Ukai heard these names. Except for Kaixiong, Yusheng, Yoshiki, Lily, and Hiro, the remaining popular contestants were basically old acquaintances. Now there was something exciting to watch…

However, Xiaoying actually became Xiba's disciple. Isn't this change too big? He remembered that he had just met Xiba and Xiaoying a few days ago, but he didn't expect that she would become Xiba's disciple. He could ask her when he has time another day.

"Speaking of that mosquito-repellent frog, don't you have one too?" Xiao Ming thought about it, and suddenly realized something. He whispered, "You seem to have all of these popular players, veterans, rookies, and potential ace elves, and they are all very strong..."

"From this perspective, you, who are not well-known, are the biggest dark horse of this Quartz Conference..."

"Well, you can't say that. Aren't you also a dark horse? You will have no problem making it to the knockout rounds," Yu Hai felt a little embarrassed when Xiao Ming stared at him. Family members know their own business.

He can just use the auxiliary elves in the group stage and barely squeeze into the knockout stage. He doesn't ask for being outstanding, as long as he is not too outstanding.

"Hey, my trump card is Sandslash, but it was still killed in seconds by your Giant Crab. What's more, Giant Crab is not your trump card. Maybe you are also the favorite to win the championship," Xiao Ming smiled embarrassedly.

He had fought a skirmish with Ukai at Mt. Tsukimi, and he knew very well how strong Ukai was. He had at least eight senior-level elves.

He couldn't see the mosquito frog, and it didn't perform well in that battle. It basically just stood there to support.

The Toucan should be a supporting Pokémon, but it should not be underestimated. It was also there to support the team in that battle.

There is no need to say much about the giant crab. It is a front-row meat shield when charging. Its huge crab shell and large crab claws are impossible to break through. A random hit can cause the earth to shake.

There is also the Metal Tyrannosaurus, which has stronger defense than the Giant Crab and is a large-tonnage, high-burst Pokémon. There is also the Foretos, which has even stronger defense than the Metal Tyrannosaurus, a Foretos of a different color that is resistant to fire, and he wants it too.

In that battle, Scythe showed great speed. Its sickle moved like cutting grass, and the harvest was very precise.

There is also the gigantic Gyarados, which can actually fire destructive death rays continuously without any stiff state. Each one is more terrifying than the other.

There are also the Agile Bugs, an elf he has never seen before. His description of this elf can be summed up in one word: fast. Very fast, it can leave an afterimage as soon as it starts running, a speed that many elves do not have.

With so many powerful elves, it would be hard not to win the championship, and it would be easy to defeat myself.

The reason why he wanted the other party to defeat him in the Quartz Conference was nothing more than to save his ridiculous self-esteem. It was not shameful to work under the other party if he was not as skilled as him.

"Okay, after lunch, let's find a place to get some fresh air and let your Rumble Stone teach Forritos how to do the round moves..."

After lunch, Yu Hai left the cafeteria, and Xiao Ming followed closely behind.

Yu Hai didn't know that after he left, the gaze he was looking at was retracted. While he was observing others, others were also observing him.

Xiaozhi, Xiaogang, Xiaoxia and the other two were whispering about him while having lunch.

"Xiaozhi, your opponents this time are all very strong, especially that guy. I've heard from my father that he's as strong as your father's Onix. It's hard for you to see any hope of winning..."

"Who cares? I don't know if the mysterious trainer that night was him," Xiaozhi muttered. He looked nonchalant, but he was actually under a lot of pressure. After all, he had already seen how powerful Ukai was.

Whether it was the battle at the reservoir, where he overwhelmed Xiao Mao without any chance of fighting back, or he led Miss Joy to escape from the pursuit of the King, and finally he dared to attack the King directly, all of these showed how powerful Yu Hai is at this stage.

"Haha, someone may say he doesn't care, but he's probably nervous as hell," Xiaoxia felt a little gloating. After all, she wasn't the one facing such a strong enemy, so she didn't feel any psychological pressure.

"Damn you, Xiaoxia, who are you helping?" Xiaozhi was angry. They had been traveling together for so long, how could Xiaoxia help an outsider? He was a little angry.

"Okay, both of you, stop arguing and pay attention to the occasion," Xiao Gang held his forehead helplessly and quickly raised his hand to push the two away. If they continued arguing, others would look over.

After Xiaogang's persuasion, Xiaozhi and Xiaoxia stopped fighting and returned to their seats to eat lunch.

Xiaozhi went back to eat in silence and glanced at Xiaomao who was surrounded by a group of beautiful girls. He didn't look nervous at all.

In fact, Xiaozhi was wrong. Xiaomao seemed not to care, and his attention was always on Yukai. He had been paying attention to Yukai since Yukai entered the cafeteria.

He has been collecting information about Yu Kai and has basically read all of Yu Kai's gym challenge records. With his grandfather's relationship, it is easy for him to collect some information about the opponent.

Ever since he suffered two crushing defeats at the hands of Ukai, he has regarded Ukai as an imaginary enemy on his road to becoming a trainer, and he doesn't take anyone else seriously, including the favorite to win the championship, Reiji.

Apart from Satoshi and his three friends and Shigeki, the only trainers still discussing Ukai were the brothers Raiji and Shinji, who knew Ukai.

"Brother, he's here," Shinji glanced at Ukai who was leaving. This man had caused his eldest brother to suffer a crushing defeat, and he didn't know if his eldest brother could defeat him in the competition.

In order to defeat the opponent, they did not even go to the destination of this trip, the Battle Pyramid of the Age of Gods. They came to the Quartz Conference to fight back against the disastrous defeat in the City of Crimson.

"I will try my best to defeat him," Shinji saw Ukai leaving. He found that he had developed a ridiculous bond with the elves because of an opponent. What was even more ridiculous was that he would be defeated by a bond that he despised.

In fact, it wasn't that he had developed a bond with the elves, but that he had always had a bond with the elves, but he had never realized it before. He thought the elves' strength was due to his special training and orders.

It was not until the last disastrous defeat that he realized, after being reminded by his opponent, that he had a bond with the elves. He would also shout at the elves to hold on and cheer up, and other passionate and childish shouts...

Even though he didn't want to admit it, that was the fact. However, this would make his image in front of his younger brother Shinji unbearable. Was the bond really that strong?
He didn't believe that his powerful elves would lose to such a ridiculous thing as bond again, unless they were defeated by the opponent again, which was impossible. They were too powerful to lose to bond. His quasi-god Sharptooth Land Shark had evolved and could not lose again...

……

After leaving the cafeteria, Yu Hai and Xiao Ming came to an open space near the forest. This place was far away from the commercial street and residential area, and basically no one came here. Only trainers who needed to prepare for the competition would come here.

When they arrived here, Yu Hai released Buggy and Forritos, and let Forritos learn to become round from Xiao Ming's Rumble Stone, and Buggy learn to pray for rain from the Toucan.

The remaining elves were busy with their own training, either sparring or practicing their proficiency in their moves.

Xiao Ming did the same thing and released all the Pokémon. In addition to the six main Pokémons, Xiao Ming also had several Pokémons for auxiliary training, such as Beedrill, Rattata, Pidgeot, and other common Pokémons...

In Xiao Ming's words, these elves can be released at any time and have no value in cultivation. He will only give them food and will not spend any more time on them.

Yu Hai didn't say anything about this. After all, she was not his elf and had her own way of doing things. He couldn't interfere with her.

After he had the elves trained, he lay on the grass, resting his hands on the back of his head, looking at the white clouds in the sky floating over his head.

Xiao Ming was lying next to him. The elves were already proficient in training and did not need their supervision, so it was time for him to relax.

"The torch relay is going on at the Quartz Stadium. I heard it's the flame of the Moltres that never goes out. Do you want to go and watch?"

"No," Yu Hai waved his hand to indicate that he would not go. He had seen the torchbearers in his previous life too many times in the Olympics and it was a bit boring.

Even if it was the Holy Flame Relay of the Spirit World, it probably wouldn't be that interesting. After all, it was just a bunch of Moltres' flames, not Moltres itself. What was there to see...

"What a pity, I haven't seen it yet," Xiao Ming wanted to see the torch relay, after all, it was his first time attending the Quartz Conference. "It's up to you, leave the Rumble Stone here, I'll help you look after it and return it to you in the evening," Yu Hai picked up the stone and threw it into the lake. As the stone fell into the lake, the ripples it created were like his mood, with ups and downs, but overall the lake was calm, unaffected by the outside world.

The two of them chatted awkwardly for more than an hour, and then Xiao Ming took back the elves and left, leaving only the Rumble Stone for Yu Hai and teaching Foretos the round-shaped move.

Yu Hai didn't care about Xiao Ming's departure. The elves were still training. When he was bored, he would take out his small notebook and make tactical plans for the elves. He planned every tactic to be used in the battle.

For example, Scyther's critical strike, Hanhan's rock armor burst, Gyarados's dirty routine and other tactics...

He must know clearly in his mind what tactics to use against what kind of opponent. Each elf has not just one set of tactics, but several sets of tactics, and each elf has at least three sets of tactics.

He would also simulate the battle and go over the tactics in his mind. If there was anything wrong with the tactics or if there was anything that needed to be improved, he would re-simulate it. If he had Darkrai's nightmare world, it would be much easier...

It doesn’t matter if Darkrai is not here. He has many characteristics and moves of elves in his mind. He has played games in his previous life. Even if there are some mistakes, he can make up for them at any time.

While he was arranging the tactics, Xiao Ming had already arrived at the route of the Olympic flame relay. Xiao Zhi, just like in the animation, forced the torchbearers and vehicles that were relaying the Olympic flame to stop. He wanted to become the torchbearer of this Quartz Conference, so he ran on the road to the Quartz Stadium. There were welcoming crowds on both sides of the road.

If nothing unexpected happens, the three members of Team Rocket will come to cause trouble, block Ash on his way to the Quartz Stadium, and try to snatch the Holy Flame from Ash's hands.

This is also the reason why he is unwilling to go. Although the Olympic flame can be passed to the Quartz Stadium in the end, the process will definitely be messed up by the Rockets trio, so he is too lazy to go.

It was not until the evening that he collected the elves and returned to the cafeteria in the contestants' village, where he met Xiao Ming. The two had talked on the phone and would meet here again.

After seeing Xiao Ming, he returned the Rumble Stone to Xiao Ming.

After dinner, they went back to their rooms.

After returning to the room, he released the elves to have dinner. The mosquito frogs had already eaten by the lake, so there was no need to release them again.

Letting the poisonous frogs eat dinner by themselves, he went to the bathroom to take a shower first. He felt much refreshed after the shower. By this time, the sun had completely set and it was time for him to rest.

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Quartz Conference. They need to get up early at 8 o'clock to draw lots to decide their first competition venue, which branch venue it will be, how many games they will play, and who their first opponent will be.

If tomorrow is not the first game, he still has time to teleport a few Butterfree over. If it is the first game, he will use Niu Niu first.

【Kentaro】

[Attribute: General]

[Gender: Male]

[Potential: 48%]

[Level: 36.21%]

[Features: Intimidation/22.12%]

[Master the moves...]

The level 36 elite Bull is enough to deal with the initial group stage, and it also has the intimidation feature, which is a good feature for the Baby Cup.

Don't underestimate Niu Niu. Although Niu Niu cannot evolve, its racial value is 490 points. This racial value is not low and belongs to the first echelon below 500 racial values.

I haven't learned how to transform Frostos into a round shape yet, and I haven't learned how to pray for rain by Nimbleworm either. I can only see if I can learn them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t learned it. It would be best if you can learn it, and you will have more ways to deal with it.

After closing Niu Niu's panel, Yu Hai prepared to go to bed, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Xiaozhi walking on the street at night through the window.

Why is this kid not sleeping and running out so late at night? Is he too nervous?
……

By the lake, Xiaozhi kicked the stones in boredom, still thinking about tomorrow's competition, and he couldn't sleep...

Step, step, step——

Xiaozhi heard footsteps, turned around and saw someone coming, and also heard the other person calling him.

"Xiaozhi?" Yu Hai also came to the lake and greeted Xiaozhi.

"Brother Hai? You can't sleep either?" Xiaozhi thought that Yu Hai couldn't sleep either, and he suddenly felt a lot better. It turned out that he was not the only one who couldn't sleep, but everyone couldn't sleep.

"Haha, no, that's not the case. I saw you weren't sleeping late at night, so I came over to check on you," Yu Hai laughed. How could he not be able to sleep?

The goal of becoming a champion no longer existed, and he no longer had any psychological pressure. He could leave Xia Gan Gym at any time, so how could he not be able to sleep?

"Oh," Xiaozhi was not in a good mood. Seeing that Yu Hai was not unable to sleep, he sat alone by the lake and threw stones into the lake.

"What? This is not like you." Yu Hai was very curious about what had happened to Xiaozhi. How could this usually carefree boy become so fussy?

"No, nothing," Xiaozhi thought of what Xiaomao said to him today.

Xiao Mao: "The real battle starts with understanding the enemy. However, even if you gather intelligence about your opponent, I think it will be difficult for you to win. Hahahaha——"

Ukai didn't know what happened to Xiaozhi, but patted Xiaozhi's shoulder and went back to sleep...

"Why think so much? The elves are your partners who work hard with you. Don't take winning or losing too seriously. You have to understand your partners' intentions. They are fighting for you. Go to bed early, otherwise you won't be able to get up tomorrow..."

"Understand your friend's intentions?" Xiaozhi muttered to himself. When he came to his senses, he opened his mouth and shouted, "Brother Hai..."

Only then did I realize that Yu Hai had already left, leaving only his back figure gradually disappearing into the night...

"Do you understand what your friend means?" Xiaozhi murmured this sentence in a low voice, returned to the room, sat on the bed, but still couldn't fall asleep.

"Xiaozhi?" Xiaogang saw Xiaozhi coming back and sitting on the bed in a daze. He couldn't help but reach out and shake Xiaozhi.

"Ah? What's wrong?" Xiaozhi was shaken awake, still a little confused.

"Go to bed early, there is a game tomorrow," Xiaogang rubbed his eye boogers. Xiaozhi, this troublesome kid, still needs him to remind him of such an important thing!
"Nothing, I just can't figure out something," Xiaozhi shook his head, still confused about what Yukai just said.

"What's the problem?" Xiaogang asked Xiaozhi curiously.

"He said that winning or losing is not important. Trainers need to understand their partners' intentions. The Pokémons are fighting for me..."

"This? It feels a bit vicissitudes, very similar to the feeling I have when I raise elves. Who said this? Who is he?"

Snore, snore——

Xiao Gang wanted to ask Xiao Zhi more, but when he looked down, he found that Xiao Zhi had fallen asleep...

"This kid can finally have a good rest," Xiaogang yawned, covered Xiaozhi with a quilt, climbed onto the bed and continued to sleep. It would not be too late to ask again tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)