I got the Pokémon

Chapter 780 Watching the Battle
Although it was the same stadium, the atmosphere in this round of 16 to 8 was obviously more enthusiastic than that in the round of 32.

Although there are still the same number of seats and the same number of spectators, the audience is more enthusiastic and the cheers are louder. It is obvious that they have more expectations for this battle which is destined to be more intense.

The entire Caiyou Conference venue was completely shrouded in a celebratory atmosphere. Even in some large cities in the Hoenn region, promotional photos of the contestants began to appear at bus stops and department stores. Even employees of some large companies had secretly begun to sneak in to watch this annual event.

Compared with the grand celebration that just ended not long ago, it is even more spectacular. In short, it has attracted more and more attention from the whole nation.

Under the attention of everyone, as the opening of today's schedule, the match between Xiaozhi and Masamune started at 8.30: in the morning!
I don't know what the two talked about last night. Now standing in their respective trainer command areas, their faces are all serious, especially Masamune. He is completely different from his usual careless and cheerful self. He is nervous and conflicted. One glance at him tells you that he is still struggling inside.

The rules of this round of competition are no different from the previous round.

The host introduced the two contestants in a loud voice, then drew the venue for the first half, and finally settled on the ice.

A rectangular ice field covered with thick ice appeared in the center of the field through gears.

Everything is ready, and the battle officially begins!
In the audience seats, Xia You and his group sat among the crowd. In order to watch the game more leisurely and comfortably this time, and also to prevent Xiaoyao from stealing all the snacks, Xia You specially prepared a lot of snacks. He also waved and called the stiff Rocket trio over, and bought some drinks from them at a price that was almost free. After everything was fully prepared, they watched the game leisurely.

At this point, Satoshi and Masamune's first Pokémon has been determined.

Xiaozhi's first Pokémon was his Spinner, and after hesitating for a while, Masamune also released his Kirinki.

Others may not know, but Xia You and the others know clearly that what Masamune is struggling with is not what Pokémon to use, but how to face Satoshi.

This is really difficult for him. A boy with a cheerful personality is forced to this point. It shows how much he values ​​friendship.

On the contrary, because Xiaozhi had experienced the fateful battles with Xiaomao and Ahong before, and even experienced the friendly duel with Xia You, he was already accustomed to fighting with friends in such occasions, and was the relatively calm one.

His gaze returned to the Pokémon.

In terms of attributes, Kirinki is a general Psychic-type Pokémon, while Spinky is a pure Water Pokémon. The two Pokémon have no restraint relationship and neither has the advantage of the field. No matter how you look at it, this should be a evenly matched contest.

But Masamune seemed to have lost his composure and turned into a beginner who knew nothing. Under his orders, Kirinqi's moves were not only disorganized, but he also made many common sense mistakes, and the fight was a mess.

This also surprised the audience watching the game. They didn't understand why such amateur players would appear in the round of 16!

"This won't work..."

Seeing Masamune in such a state, although Xiaosheng was not very familiar with him, he still shook his head: "If he continues to fight like this, he will definitely lose!"

Seeing all this, Xia You took a sip of the drink and said to Xiaoxia and Xiaogang, "Don't you think Zhengzong's current state looks familiar?"

Xiaoxia and Xiaogang looked at him at the same time.

"you mean……?"

Shaking his head, Xia You said, "Just like when Xiaozhi challenged the Quartz Conference and fought against Ahong!"

Hiro?

Hearing Xia You mention this name, their thoughts couldn't help but return to Kanto. They seemed to see the boy who was also wearing a hat, with a Pikachu standing on his shoulder, and whose personality was more stable than Xiaozhi.

Indeed, Masamune's current state is just like Satoshi's when he fought Hiro. Not only does he not display his full strength, he also does not even have much will to fight.

I can only say that he is worthy of being a fat version of Ash. Even the difficulties he encounters are the same.

Xia You continued: "If you want to restore it to its original state, everything depends on Masamune himself. Of course, I don't think Xiaozhi will sit idly by."

Several people turned their attention to the competition arena again.

At this time, the lobster soldiers used the ice pillars and ice rocks on the field to trick Kirin Qi. However, due to his own problems, Masamune was unable to adjust his state and naturally could not issue any effective orders, causing Kirin Qi's performance to become even more unstable.

In the end, after dodging Qilinqi's counterattacks several times, the lobster soldier knocked it down with a crab claw hammer.

Xiaozhi won the first game!

However, even though he won the first battle, Xiaozhi did not look happy at all. Instead, he looked at Masamune with a complicated expression.

Seeing that Masamune did not take back Kirinki for a long time and sent out his second Pokémon, the referee frowned and raised the flag to remind him once.

This is very bad information.

When the referee raises the flag next time, if Masamune still cannot send out a Pokémon, he will be considered to have forfeited and will be disqualified.

Some audience members booed.

The annual Caiyou Conference has already seen 16 people selected into 8, and this is what they are shown?
A feeling of dissatisfaction slowly arose in the audience and quickly spread, causing Xiaosheng and the others to worry about Masamune.

"What on earth is he doing?" Feeling that the atmosphere around him was a little strange, Xiaosheng scratched his hair and said in confusion, "What is there to be entangled about? Even Xiaozhi has made up his mind to fight with all his strength, why is Masamune still like this?"

Xia You also shook his head helplessly.

There's really nothing much to say about this.

It's nothing more than a choice between victory and friendship. Everyone understands the truth. Only simple people like Xiaozhi and his friends would fall into such a cage of friendship and be unable to extricate themselves.

Although he seems to value friendship, from a trainer's perspective, he is undoubtedly unqualified.

If it were me, I would just say sorry and try my best to defeat the opponent.

After all, only in this way can we show the greatest respect to our friends.

Seeing that Masamune was still standing there motionless, with no intention of sending out the next Pokémon, the referee raised the flag again.

"Contestant Masamune has lost his will to fight, so..."

However, the referee was interrupted by Xiaozhi before he could finish his words. Because they were too far away, Xia You and the others couldn't hear what Xiaozhi said at all. They could only see him shouting a few words to Masamune excitedly, and Masamune gritted his teeth and finally took out the second Poké Ball.

Masamune's second Pokémon is Growlithe, but from the perspective of attributes, this is not a wise choice. After all, with Xiaozhi's Crawlers still on the field, Masamune had already lost a game, but he still took the initiative to send out Growlithe, whose attributes were restrained, which was equivalent to creating a disadvantage for himself.

But on the other hand, a Fire-type Pokémon fighting on an ice field might have some effect. But on second thought, the opponent is a lobster soldier. Even if the ice melts and the water surface appears, it will be more advantageous to the lobster soldier.

This inevitably makes it even more difficult to understand Masamune's intentions.

Could it be that he was emotionally unstable and lost his mind, so he sent the wrong Pokémon?

Amid people's doubts, the second round of battle between Xiaozhi and Masamune began.

Xiaozhi did not change Pokémon, but immediately commanded the lobster soldiers to launch a fierce attack, as if he wanted to wake Masamune up in this way.

It's true, after what happened just now, Masamune's condition has indeed improved a lot. Although he still can't directly attack Ash's Pokémon, he can at least give the correct commands.

But unfortunately, this was far from enough. The lobster soldiers already had an attribute advantage, and Masamune was timid, so the battle ended quickly and Xiaozhi won easily again.

The audience grew increasingly dissatisfied.

What the hell is this?
Even the boos from the audience drowned out all other sounds!
Not only them, even Xia You felt a little impatient.

It's not that he doesn't understand, it's just that people come to watch the game, not to watch individual players being pretentious. This not only wastes the game time, but also wastes the enthusiasm of the entire Hoenn region.

The annual Caiyou Conference is a grand celebration for everyone. People are full of expectations and come from far away to the audience seats, or take a break from their busy schedule to watch the competition through live broadcasts. But what should they think when they see a scene like this?
It would be fine if it was just one game, but it's really wrong that I couldn't adjust my mentality for two games in a row.

This cannot be used as an excuse because of one's young age, simple personality, lack of experience, or the emphasis on friendship.

At this moment, Xiaozhi shouted something to Masamune again across the field, and Masamune's expression changed visibly.

First there was a blush, then it turned into anger, and finally into pain.

He held the fallen Catidog in his arms and whispered something to it, then he roared loudly as if he was suddenly excited.

Again, because they were too far away, probably no one except the referee and Xiaozhi could hear what he was shouting.

But in an instant, all the momentum seemed to return to Masamune.

"Finally back to normal."

Xia You yawned loudly and snorted.

The friendship between Xiaozhi and Masamune moved themselves but not outsiders. Now that the competition is about to get back on track, he finally became a little interested.

In the field, Masamune's aura changed, and after shouting, he became lively again. After taking back the Growlithe, he took out the third Poké Ball without waiting for the referee's signal.

As a blue light flashed, a Swampert appeared in front of the lobster soldier.

This time, facing Masamune in such a state, Xiaozhi did not take back the Lobster Soldier, which had already fought two battles and wasted a lot of energy, but continued to let it fight with Swampert.

On the one hand, the lobster soldier defeated two Pokémon in succession without being hurt itself, and it was in high spirits. On the other hand, Xiaozhi didn't want to take advantage of Masamune!
When the battle began, under the command of the two, the two Pokémon rushed straight towards each other and launched attacks from three distances: long, medium, and close.

The water cannon and the foam beam are bombarded.

Mud shooting meets water jets.

The battle between Qi Fist and Crab Claw Hammer.

The two Pokémon presented people with the most intuitive and exciting confrontation. In just a few minutes, the two sides fought back and forth and were evenly matched!

The ice rocks turned into broken ice under their attack, and the ice surface continued to crack. The terrain of half of the venue was completely changed because of their fight.

Until the end, there was another confrontation between the Instinct Punch and the Crab Claw Hammer, and under the violent explosion, the two moves hit each other at the same time, and the two Pokémon fell down at the same time.

The referee took a quick look and decisively raised the colorful flag.

"Both the Smurf and Swampert lost their ability to fight at the same time. This match is a draw!"

The audience is the most fickle. They can hold a grudge against a contestant and boo him because of his awkwardness, or they can completely change their minds because of a wonderful performance.

That's it for now.

The battle just now was undoubtedly exciting, and the audience gave the two Pokémon their warmest cheers, as if they had completely forgotten the unpleasantness just now.

At this time, because Masamune had already lost three Pokémon, the game entered halftime.

Xiaosheng and his friends discussed it and decided to go to the lounge to cheer Xiaozhi up, but Xia You was too lazy to move and didn't want to watch the "agreement to compete seriously" show, so he continued to stay in the audience.

The short break passed in a flash.

When the two players returned to the field, the venue for their second half had already been decided - the grass field.

When the battle began, Xiaozhi directly sent out his original Pokémon Pikachu, but as luck would have it, Masamune also sent out Steelix at this time.

This is both good news and bad news.

The good news is that when Pikachu is in good condition, when facing a Pokémon with attributes that restrain it, it will show great strength, triggering the hidden reverse attribute master characteristic and knocking it down in minutes.

The bad news is that this doesn't happen very often.

Just like in this scene, although Pikachu kept running and attacking, trying to find opportunities, it obviously failed to ignite the full potential of its body. In the final Iron Tail duel, it was knocked to the ground by Steelix and lost its ability to fight.

It has to be said that after entering the main competition, whether it was facing Xiaofeng's Diglett before, or facing Masamune's Steelix now, Pikachu has suffered two consecutive defeats due to its attribute disadvantages.

This is both surprising and reasonable when you think about it.

After all, pickup trucks are known for being 50-50, and that’s not a false reputation!