Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 421 A New Opponent, Raiden: The Game is About to be Released (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Nearly half a month has passed since she returned from Carlos. Tianxi has fully adapted to her new life at the manor, and her longing for the outside world has filled her with curiosity about everything around her.

It spends its days either following Mingyou around, or if it can't find anyone, it goes to school with Xiaozhao to attend classes and learn some knowledge. It is very popular with the students and loves being there.

As for Mingyou, he's been busy with his own things lately, and even Xiaozhao has had difficulty finding him. His winning streak and advancement to the advanced level is currently generating a lot of buzz online.

Many trainers are looking forward to his first open match. After all, as long as it's a battle between Naruto and his opponent, you can say that they are all unsportsmanlike and bully their opponents, but you can't say that there's no entertainment value.

However, Mingyou has no plans to play the next match yet, so their idea of ​​watching the live stream and eating at the restaurant will have to be put on hold for now...

As this World Championship has entered its second half, the competition has become increasingly fierce, with exciting high-level matches being seen almost every day.

Besides Naruto, another contestant also attracted attention: the captain of the investigation team. Although she was still a student at Orange Academy, she successfully climbed from the Poké Ball level to the 17th place in the Ultra Ball level with an almost overwhelming advantage!

And today, she has another match...

School is closed because it's the weekend.

Xiao Zhao spent her time at the turnip studio. With Peony there, at least she could find someone to chat with. However, she was more curious about what Mingyou had been up to lately, but unfortunately, he always changed the subject, and she couldn't find him.

But she had no doubts about Mingyou. She could vaguely guess that he might have gotten into some trouble again and didn't want her to worry. Besides, she had also heard about what happened in the Diamond Country from Tianxi.

Since the other party didn't want her to get involved, she decided to leave it alone as much as possible. After all, the other party would definitely tell her everything once everything was done, so she should just enjoy the weekend first.

Arriving at the third floor of the studio, she saw Peony watching a live stream on the big screen as soon as she stepped inside. It was today's open tournament, with Xiaoqing and Gladio as the opponents, and Qishu was broadcasting it live.

"It feels like everyone here is someone I know."

Xiao Zhao walked over curiously, and Mudan, squatting on the sofa, smiled and replied, "Those who can reach the advanced level are basically well-known players. Xiao Qing's opponent in this match is also very strong!"

"really."

Looking at Gladion, Xiao Zhao remembered that he was Lillie's brother and also Mingyou's first opponent, but he was wiped out by Keldeo like a mob. She didn't expect him to have climbed to 20th place in the rankings now.

This match is extremely important for both sides. Winning this match would give them enough points to advance to 9th place and participate in the reshuffle match. It's clear that both players are giving it their all.

But Peony gently shook her head and said, "That blond guy can't win. Xiaoqing didn't even use her full strength when she defeated Yeci. Besides, I heard that she's competing this time with the title of Padia Champion. Yeci needs her to support Padia."

"The champions of the Padiya League!"

Xiao Zhao looked slightly surprised. How come Mingyou didn't seem to have any titles at all? It felt so humble...

While the two were talking, the live match reached its climax, with Gladion finally unleashing his Z-Move, intending to let Silvally decide the winner in one move.

Xiaoqing also used her Crystallization ability, allowing the Great Blacksmith Crystal Fairy to withstand the Fire Z attack from Silvally. However, as expected, although the effect was not outstanding, she still couldn't hold on.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhao shook her head slightly. "The situation isn't good; we're going to lose."

She wasn't referring to Xiaoqing, but to Gladion. Z-Moves, which can only be used once, are best used to defeat the opponent's ace. However, since Silvally couldn't gain an advantage against Maxsmith and was forced to use Z-Moves, it means Gladion has run out of trump cards.

As she predicted, Xiaoqing sent out the Magic Masked Cat, and with a series of dazzling maneuvers, easily defeated Silvally, ending the match 3-2 and successfully moving up to 9th place to participate in the reshuffle match.

"This blond guy is nothing special."

Peony smiled happily. As one of Xiaoqing's best friends, she naturally hoped that Xiaoqing would make great strides forward. In a few days, she would also be returning to Orange Academy to take her graduation exams, and she would like to have a good get-together with everyone then.

Xiao Zhao's gaze fell on Xiao Qing's winning avatar on the screen, and she was quite looking forward to what kind of battle it would be if Ming You met her. However, she decided to wait and see, since someone was practically missing and still wanted to have a competition.

Just then, the voice of the Queen of the Rai Crown rang in their minds: "Where's that guy, Mingyou? I feel like I've seen him wandering around here for days. Has he finally decided to hand over the boss's position to me? Great, from now on, I'm in charge here."

"Why are you just talking to yourself like that?"

Peony retorted to him without any politeness.

Xiao Zhao didn't seem to mind, and smiled kindly, "Finally have some free time? My students are really looking forward to you coming back to school."

"You're just hoping I'll get away with this, aren't you?"

With its hands behind its back, the Crowned King never wanted to set foot in that school again; the bunch of kids practically wanted to rip its head off and use it as a ball.

Stopping the discussion, its expression instantly turned serious as it looked at Peony and said, "I'm almost done here. Before you go back for your exam, please finish the game PV for me."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhao looked slightly surprised: "Eh? You've already finished that game you were talking about?"

"certainly!"

The Crowned King naturally held its head high, not even considering how long it had been preparing. Now that it had regained its power, it could easily handle a thousand computers working in mid-air at the same time, not to mention that it could outsource the work for a fee.

Graphics quality doesn't matter, as long as the gameplay is top-notch. It's an exclusive anyway. We've already reached an agreement with Benten Hall in Enju City, Johto. The game will be released on their new console this month, and they'll use Hacksaw Moe Saga Z-A as a launch title!

Xiao Zhao was quite surprised. Although Raiguanwang is always up to something, he was surprisingly serious about this aspect when it came to pursuing his dream. Hopefully, the other party's game will sell well, at least reaching the small goal of 20 million in three days!

Peony immediately returned to her work. She had tried the game before and thought it was pretty good. She was only responsible for a part of it and the game encryption; the rest was basically done by Raikou and Kirlia.

After the game is released, they can finally take a good rest. They'll find a place to go on vacation for a month, and they'll deal with any bugs or feedback when they get back, carrying on the spirit of GAME FREAK!

Then it returned to the previous topic and asked, "So what about Mingyou? Did he make it to first place in the World Championship? I haven't watched it in ages."

"Not yet. I haven't played for half a month, and I'm almost pushed out of the top 90 by other players."

"Useless junk! My grandma could win this kind of competition even with her feet!"

King Raikou shook his head. This Mingyou was simply embarrassing him. If all else failed, he would let himself fight. He was definitely better at manual control than Mingyou. He could just crush him with Reshiram and Milton.

"Go play for me? You'd better get out of the ban list first."

Mingyou suddenly appeared and grabbed the large head of the Rare Crown King from behind. It's not a battle of gods, so letting Reshiram and the others participate is just bullying. As for the heavyweight Rare Crown King, it goes without saying.

Seeing him appear, Xiao Zhao tossed her hair back, her expression slightly resentful, and asked, "Finally out? Why have you been hiding from me all this time? Afraid I'd eat you?"

"Um... I have something to take care of."

Mingyou smiled awkwardly, knowing that some things were not easy to say right now, so she quickly changed the subject and said, "But I'm all done with my work now, so I'll continue participating in the competition starting tomorrow. I can't fall behind!"

"Hmph~ Well, I'll look forward to it then."

Xiao Zhao wasn't really angry with him; she was just putting on an act. But she still had a month of vacation left, and then she could finally go with him to watch games everywhere. Of course, she had to go to the stadium to cheer for her family.

Taking advantage of their flirtatious moment, Queen Rairou quietly slipped away, deciding to wait until the game's release to make her move...

Soon, the next day arrived.

The rules for the Advanced Ball level are different from those for the Super Ball level. In addition to being set as an open tournament, the time, location, and opponents for each match are all pre-arranged, rather than being agreed upon by both parties.

Because the venue needs to be borrowed from a regular competition venue, the organizers need to contact them in advance to avoid clashing with other events and competitions.

So all you need to do is send a request to participate in the competition on the app, and you will be matched with other participants very quickly. The rest is arranged by the system. There is usually enough time for participants to prepare, but if you don't go, it is considered a forfeit.

Having finished her work, Mingyou naturally didn't want to waste any more time. After sending out a match request, the system quickly matched her successfully and then displayed the time and location of the match.

The time is 12:00 noon three days later, at the Palace Stadium in Palace City, Galar region, and the first opponent in the High Ball level is... Marnie, the current 43rd ranked Gym Leader of Spiketown!

Mingyou wasn't concerned about the opponent, but rather the location of the match. Her brows furrowed slightly as she murmured, "The Palace Gate Arena..."

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(End of this chapter)