Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master...

Press their heads down and make them tell you the general locations where poachers most often appear.

And those in charge of the interrogation were naturally Ash's strongest twins, Machamp and Mega Tyranitar.

During the interrogation, the innocent Bea trembled repeatedly, and for a long time afterward, she didn't want her Machamp to battle Ash's Machamp.

"This method of interrogation is utterly shameless!"

With a strong sense of justice, Little Rainbow said in a serious tone that she couldn't accept Ash's methods of interrogating others.

It even stood in front of Machamp and Mega Tyrannosaurus, preventing them from continuing.

But Xiao Zhi quickly made her surrender with just one photo.

"I wonder who this little gray-haired girl is who turns into a disqualified seahorse every morning using my flashing gaiter?"

"Ah, this, this is..." Little Gray Hair blushed and ran away.

The interrogation proceeded smoothly...

With the approximate area provided by the Gul brothers, and combined with Ash's aura sensing, the poachers in the protected area all suffered a great disaster.

Ash, along with his Pokémon and guardians, happily played a game of cat and mouse.

All the social scum in the protected area were transformed into experience points for upholding justice, making a positive contribution that was more meaningful than the first half of their lives.

The Silver Conference will be held in Silver Town one month from now.

Ash and his friends finally arrived the day before the opening ceremony. They had been fighting like crazy for the past month.

Xiao Zhi wiped out all the poachers in the entire Baiyinshan Nature Reserve.

Nearly 600 people were arrested, allowing the muscular man to make a hefty profit of 60 million.

Of course, money is secondary; the most important thing is that Pokémon gained a lot of experience in this capture operation.

Before the tournament, Ash made a surprise effort to strengthen all the Pokémon he had caught in the Johto region.

He also formed deep bonds with the Pokémon Protectors and Tyranitar and his mother.

"These are connections that might come in handy in the future," Xiao Zhi thought, nodding proudly.

Because of his great contribution, the League agreed to let Ash take Tyranitar's mother, the leader Pokémon, with him as well.

Anyway, the Mt. Silver Reserve is really big, and there's more than one leader Pokémon in it. Since the Pokémon is willing, the authorities won't interfere too much.

Ash naturally assigned Tyranitar's mother to the Dark City, to the protected area he built himself, as the leader Pokémon guarding it.

Ash will have the company provide him with the best living conditions, and he can occasionally live with Shakiras, which is the best of both worlds.

The Silver Conference is finally about to begin.

Chapter 319 Selection Meeting

The venue for this conference, Baiyin Town, is much more prosperous than the previous Quartz Conference venue. Even the villas in the athletes' village are small Western-style buildings by the sea.

Xiao Zhi looked at the bustling shops around him and thought to himself.

"The business here is really developed; it looks like a good place to make money."

Satoshi had instructed Kojiro and his friends to come here to prepare a long time ago, and it's unclear how their shop plans are progressing.

However, given the abilities of those three, there shouldn't be any problems. Ash has a lot of faith in their business acumen.

After walking briskly, the group finally arrived at the dormitory assigned to Xiaozhi.

As soon as they entered the room, Xiaoxia took out the guide she had just received and introduced the surrounding facilities to her companions.

"All facilities in the room are available for your use..."

"The computer in the middle can be used to connect to the league database, which can be used to find information about all the Pokémon of the participants..."

"The living conditions are great this time!"

While Xiaoxia was having a good time, Xiaozhi and Caidou didn't listen to her at all and went straight to the balcony to get some fresh air.

Seeing the two stretching, Xiaoxia instantly became furious.

"Hey, you all better listen up, or I'll have to take care of all this stuff all by myself again!"

"Especially you, Xiao Zhi, do you know we're running out of time!"

Xiaozhi, who was being scolded by Xiaoxia, looked completely innocent.

"Didn't we arrive just before the opening ceremony?"

Is there anything that's too late? But Xiaoxia shook her finger.

"The opening ceremony is tomorrow, that's true, but you have a match to play this afternoon."

“Ah, what!?”

"I knew you wouldn't understand!"

Seeing Xiaozhi's shocked expression, Xiaoxia slapped her forehead.

She should have known that Ash would be so focused on the battles that he wouldn't have paid any attention to the tournament schedule.

Xiaoxia had no choice but to forcibly pull him over and make Xiaozhi read through the tournament schedule guide.

It turns out that the Silver Tournament is different from the Quartz Tournament. Before the Silver Tournament officially begins, there is an extra competition called the Selection Tournament.

The selection process will allow contestants to engage in multiple one-on-one singles matches against different opponents within a single day.

Then, based on the contestants' performance in the battles, hundreds of participants will be eliminated until only forty-eight remain.

These forty-eight are the official participants in the tournament.

"So many people are being eliminated before the opening ceremony even begins?" Xiao Zhi was a little surprised.

"However, there are many more participants in the Johto Alliance Tournament than in the Kanto Alliance back then."

Xiaoxia was also confused. "Maybe this is the normal number of participants for the League Tournament. After all, the number of participants in the Kanto League Tournament has always been notoriously small."

At this moment, Cai Dou also leaned her little head over to look at the competition schedule together.

"What time does Ash's match start today?"

"It officially started at 1 p.m.

"Oh, isn't it already 12:50 now?"

Finally realizing what was happening, Ash grabbed Pikachu and rushed out of the players' dormitory, leaving Misty and Bea bewildered in the wind.

"Hey Ash, do you know where the competition is taking place?"

……

————Destruction Ray————

Finally, with Xiaoxia leading the way, Xiaozhi managed to arrive safely before the afternoon selection meeting began.

The deafening noise he made when he rushed over startled all the staff present.

Fortunately, they were able to make it into the competition in the end.

The three followed the staff to the waiting area. The competition venue was nothing like the official competition.

Not to mention the lack of changes in terrain, even the surrounding barriers to the battlefield were simply a few barbed wire fences.

They look like tennis courts, and are rather rudimentary.

Ash couldn't help but suspect that this selection process was a last-minute arrangement made up by the tournament organizers because there were too many participants, and it wasn't originally intended to be one.

"But the Pokémon used by the trainers around here are all of very high level!" Ash was looking forward to his next opponent.

Before he could dwell on his thoughts any longer, the referee blew the starting whistle.

"Ash from Pallet Town and Saburo from Luna City, please proceed to Field C immediately!"

By this time, the other players in the battle arenas around Ash's arena had already started battling, so he quickly ran to Arena C with Misty and Bea.

Stepping onto the battlefield, Ash led Pikachu to their designated spot, while the two girls cheered him on from behind.

He arrived late, and his opponent, Saburo, was already waiting on the other side.

The two greeted each other with their eyes and immediately took out their Poké Balls to prepare.

This selection process involves the organizers assessing the overall performance of the players during matches to determine whether they should stay or leave the competition.

Because the matchups are completely randomized, the organizers have taken measures to prevent two very strong players from being paired together prematurely, which could lead to one of them being eliminated too early.

Therefore, the evaluation criteria only consider the player's and Pokémon's battle skills.

Even if a player accidentally loses a match, they may still advance to the preliminary league due to their strong skills.

But Ash has no intention of losing at all, since trying to perform well in front of the referee is too much trouble for him.

Since he was certain of advancing as long as he kept winning, he immediately sent out his Garchomp.

From the very beginning of the tournament, Ash decided to go all out, completely unafraid of revealing his trump card prematurely.

After all, he has so many cards to play, what can anyone else use to fight him!

"Garuda, let's have a good battle! ...Ouch, that hurts!"

"Stop biting my head, you bastard! Get back to the battlefield!"

"Ow~"

Finally, the erratic Garchomp was kicked onto the battlefield. When it got serious, its eyes flashed red, and its whole body exuded the aura of a strong person. It looked like it was not to be trifled with.

But Saburo is a trainer who has successfully obtained eight badges, so he won't lose his fighting spirit just because he encounters Ash's Garchomp.

This, on the contrary, aroused his competitive spirit, and he followed Ash in releasing his own Pokémon.

"Please, Ooki!"

This is a familiar old friend; Ash has encountered this kind of Pokémon quite often in the forest.

"Come on, Ootai! We've worked so hard to get here... The hard work of collecting badges along the way is still inspiring us!"

"We absolutely won't lose, unleash Lightning Flash!"

"Oolong!" After exchanging a deep look with its trainer, Oolong seemed to feel the power of the bond flowing through it.

It quickly unleashed the powerful speed it had honed during its journey, seizing the initiative and charging towards Garchomp.