Elf: Make the Rockets Great Again

But as children of those high-ranking officials, they have received huge resources and education since childhood, so how can their strength be compared with that of ordinary people?

The alliance and various local forces only need to hold competitions independently at critical moments to allow their descendants to enter the alliance with good results.

As for the various meritorious services and performances that will follow, there will naturally be corresponding solutions.

Of course, within this logic, the bottom layer is not without a chance.

Local trials like the one in Nibi City this time, or the annual league competition, are all about giving ordinary people a chance.

If ordinary civilians can catch up after lagging behind at the starting line, the alliance does not mind accepting them into the team.

On the one hand, they can be used to become high-level workers, and on the other hand, they can prevent the rebound of these talented or fortunate civilian trainers after they have completely lost their upward channels.

Naturally, many people were not convinced by this, and this led to the emergence of many underground organizations similar to the Rockets.

Lu Ming doesn't like to make meaningless judgments of right and wrong. He only cares about what to do in his own interests.

Soon, as the inspector and his son entered, a manager of the Nibi Auction House came to greet them personally and eagerly took them to the VIP room.

"It looks like this gentleman is going to buy something good!"

An Ran leaned over and whispered, "The Inspector has reserved a high-quality 'Stone of Fire' at the Nibi Auction House, and he might be here to pick it up today.

I also heard that Yueyin's Growlithe has reached the peak of the "Excellent Level" and is also my partner in this competition.

He most likely wants to complete his evolution before the competition, so that he can compete at a "veteran level."

"This guy really doesn't leave any room for others!"

Lu Ming felt that the ultrasonic larvae were already very strong in this selection competition.

But if Growlithe evolves, then even it will have no chance unless you replace it with Crocodile or Psychic Doll.

But it is definitely not worth it to expose the rogue crocodile and the telekinetic doll just for the sake of a champion Xuxian.

After watching the father and son being invited into the VIP room, Lu Ming regained his composure and planned to go back and digest the resources he had obtained.

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"Father, is this the 'Fire Stone' you prepared for me?"

In the VIP room, Yue Yin held a fiery red crystal gem, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Hmm~, to be honest, this 'Fire Stone' was originally intended to be given to you when your Growlithe breaks through the 'Senior Level' bottleneck.

But in this competition, old Hansen's daughter suddenly announced that she would participate, obviously aiming for the championship.

I also heard that Flora's Squirtle has evolved into Blastoise, which has attribute advantages over you.

If you don't let Growlithe evolve now, I'm afraid you won't be able to win the championship this time."

Yue Yin showed a puzzled look and said, "I don't understand. This is just a trial competition. It doesn't have much value. Why does father take it so seriously?"

The middle-aged man paused for a moment, then continued, "In the past, this kind of tryout was just a formality, and you only needed to demonstrate your abilities normally.

But this time the situation is a little different, you better be able to defeat Flora in person and win the championship."

"Could it be that there are some important personnel changes in the alliance?" Yue Yin seemed to have sensed something.

"Well, I got news from the alliance headquarters that they might select a group of outstanding performers from this batch of young people.

There are many ways to be selected, and this selection competition may naturally be recorded.

Once selected, they will receive special attention and training from the alliance. The best among them will even have the opportunity to become gym leaders."

"What?! They're going to choose the gym leader from among us!"

"That's right! Who would have thought that five of the eight major gyms in Kanto have connections with Team Rocket? Even Sakaki from Tokiwa Gym is the leader of Team Rocket himself!

Although, in the end, Xia Bo, the owner of Honglian Island, turned to the light and still retained his status as the owner, the remaining four owner positions remained vacant.

Judging from the attitude of the alliance headquarters, they have not yet designated a museum owner, but have only appointed several temporary agents.

I heard that through the game of negotiation between the various leaders in the Alliance Headquarters, a decision has been reached to select the four major gym leaders from among the civilian trainers."

"But those four vacant places aren't small towns, but metropolises that are no less prestigious than Nibi City. Can I really get them?"

"Xiao Yue! Actually, I know that you have always had a good impression of the precious daughter of the Hansen family.

But this is a great opportunity to significantly elevate your family's status. No matter the odds, no matter who your opponent is, you must fight with all your might, understand."

"I understand!" Yue Yin immediately replied solemnly:

"For the glory of my family, whether it's this competition with Miss Flora or future competitions with geniuses from all over the world, I will give it my all."

After saying that, he released Growlithe and used the "Fire Stone", and suddenly the entire room was covered in dazzling silver-white.

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Chapter 92 Preliminary Round

time flies,

Ten days had passed since Lu Ming moved to Nibi City, and the date for the selection competition had finally arrived.

Over the past ten days, Lu Ming not only helped the elves to practice and improve themselves step by step, but also took them to the wild for actual combat training.

Although Nibi City is farther away from Mount Tsukimi, he now has a telekinetic clay doll that can carry people for long-distance flight.

As long as we leave Nibi City, find a secluded place to release the latter, and fly directly to Yuejian Mountain.

After ten days of training, the elves have roughly mastered new skills that suit them.

For example, the rogue crocodile has learned "Rockfall" and "Shadow Claw", and the telekinetic doll has mastered "Magic Flash" and "Freezing Ray" and so on...

Among them, the ultrasonic larvae obtained the most resources, absorbing five intermediate-quality "Dragon Gems" alone.

This was because Lu Ming was worried that it would cause too much trouble and attract attention, so he did not replace all the "ground gems" obtained from the sacrifice.

Under this high-quality, money-intensive cultivation method, the energy level of the ultrasonic larvae was naturally raised to a higher level.

Just like the gangster crocodile before he obtained the advanced "black glasses", now he has already stepped half a foot into the "senior level".

To evolve and advance, the ultrasonic larvae only lack an opportunity.

In addition to the training of several elves, Lu Ming himself has also been trying the meditation method given by Ye Li.

However, compared to the continuous improvement of the elves, I am still a long way from even getting started with meditation.

From this, it can be seen that it is almost impossible for ordinary people to obtain super powers unless they are gifted like Nazi.

Therefore, Lu Ming put the priority of this matter aside and temporarily stopped fantasizing about becoming a humanoid elf.

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When Lu Ming arrived at the selection competition site, it was already surrounded by people.

He revealed his identity, walked to the contestant seat and sat down, and his first glance was at the people on the high-level podium.

Those people were all big shots in Nibi City, and the Chief Inspector who was seen at the Nibi Auction House that day was also among them.

However, the person sitting in the center at this moment was not an official from the Nibi City Hall, but a middle-aged man who was dressed very simply and had a muscular body.

Lu Ming focused his attention and found that the man looked familiar, especially his squinty eyes. He immediately recognized him as the martial arts master of the Nibi Gym.

As the owner of the museum, he has an extraordinary status. Even the elderly mayor of Nibi City said something flattering to him with a very humble attitude.

When Lu Ming looked at the contestants around him, he soon discovered several familiar figures.

Like Yueyin, whom I had met from afar before, the yellow-haired trainer who had Axefang Dragon, and Yana with red hair.

In addition, Koji, who had previously insisted on being his younger brother in Qingyuan Town, is now here with his partner Pikachu.

A few days ago, after hearing that Lu Ming participated in the selection competition in Nibi City, he also signed up right after him.

Lu Ming had no objection to this. Koji's Pikachu was indeed very strong and had a high probability of passing the selection.

If I could become an official member of the Nibi City, I could play a role.

But what surprised Lu Ming the most was the so-called Xiao Fu whom he had met in the woods in the eastern suburbs before.

It was through the whispers of the surrounding contestants about the girl that Lu Ming learned that her name was Flora.

My father is a commissioner assigned by the Alliance Headquarters to Nibi City, and his family is no less powerful than that of Yueyin.

Soon, after those bigwigs gave speeches one after another, the selection competition officially began.

Lu Ming’s first opponent was a female trainer in her twenties. She used Butterfree, but it looked like she had just broken through to the “Excellent” level.

When it saw Lu Ming take out the ultrasonic larvae and directly display the aura of the peak "excellent level", it was instantly frightened and couldn't even flap its wings steadily, and its body fell to the ground.

The female player on the other side secretly cursed her bad luck, but she had to bite the bullet and continue the fight. She immediately encouraged Butterfree:

"Butterfree, don't forget what I told you last night. Level has never been our advantage. Use "Hypnotic Powder"!"

Although Lu Ming didn't know what the female player said specifically, he thought it was telling it not to fight with all its might, but to make good use of its three-powder skills.

However, if an ordinary elf encounters this kind of disgusting skill, even if it is of a higher level, it will inevitably be in a state of panic for a while.

But Lu Ming used ultrasonic larvae!

Its thin wings flapped, and before the hypnotic dust could arrive, it was blown away by the strong wind.

With the help of the mid-level "Sharp Beak", the Ultrasonic Larva has mastered the "Wind" skill naturally, blowing away the dust while catching up with Butterfree.

The latter was already nervous and was caught in the whirlwind before he could dodge, making a shrill sound like an insect.

"I quit!"

Seeing that there was no possibility of winning, Butterfree trainer immediately raised his hands in surrender to prevent the Pokémon from suffering in vain.

"A wise decision!" Lu Ming raised his hand to signal the ultrasonic larvae to stop "creating the wind".

In this way, Lu Ming advanced with a crushing result, which not only won the cheers of the audience, but also made him be labeled as a seeded player in the eyes of the organizers and many contestants.

After Lu Ming finished the first round, he turned his attention to the contestants behind him.

Like the Ultrasonic Larva, the Yellow-haired Axe-toothed Dragon of Unova also advanced in a crushing manner.

What's even more exaggerated is that the participating Pokémons Flora and Yueyin who appeared later have evolved into Blastoise and Arcanine respectively, and both have reached "senior level" strength.

This made their opponents lose all desire to fight and they surrendered at the start.

Afterwards, Koji and Yana also advanced. The former already had this level of strength, while the latter, having inherited her mother's Tropical Dragon, was also quite strong.

There was only a short break after the preliminary round before the subsequent competition began. Lu Ming defeated several opponents without any pressure and successfully advanced to the top 16.