I'm collecting in the Pokémon world

This long-desired world only became so real when it truly became people's belief, and he cherished it even more.

Finally, when the flaming bird spewed out the fire of spring and reignited the fuel in the silver basin, the ceremony of passing on the sacred fire was completed!

"Now, it's exactly eight o'clock in the morning. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Spring Flame, a symbol of revival, has been rekindled on the Quartz Plateau. At this moment, the 37th Quartz League Trainer Conference officially opens!!!"

"Wow—"

The cheers of the audience overshadowed everything else and also expressed their witness to this grand event.

"This conference is hosted by the Kanto Alliance and sponsored by the Nintendo Group. With Nintendo, life, battles, and research are all in heaven! Hello everyone, I'm your host, Lillian!"

On the rostrum, a girl with short orange curly hair raised her left hand high in response to the enthusiasm of the audience.

"Now, please allow me to once again introduce the rules of the tournament: a total of 256 contestants will participate in this tournament, which will be divided into two stages: the preliminaries and the elimination rounds."

"The preliminaries will be divided into 8 random groups based on the scores received by the gym owners when each trainer challenges the gym. Each group will play a fast-paced 1v1 round-robin match, and the top 2 will enter the elimination rounds!"

"A total of 64 players will participate in the knockout stage. Opponents will be determined by drawing lots, and then a balanced 3v3 match will be held! The loser will be automatically eliminated!"

"Starting from the 16-to-8 round, the format will be changed to a full-scale 6v6 showdown, and the true strength of trainers and Pokémon will be tested!!"

In the players' waiting room, Xiao Mao curled his lips and said, "This rule is totally unfair... I suggest that the six of us fight against Xiao Zhi alone..."

"Puchi...and then my husband beat me up six times in a row until I vomited blood?" Ayumi laughed.

Xiaomao:...

Xiaolu also looked at Xiaozhi with full fighting spirit: "Xiaozhi, I have been preparing for this match for a long time. Although it may not be easy to defeat you, I will do my best."

Xiao Chi also pressed down the brim of his hat, did not say anything, but stretched out a fist.

Xiaozhi smiled slightly and nodded in greeting: "Yeah!"

At the same time, his eyes swept over his girls: Xiaolan, Sundae, Herou, and Ayumi.

Not far away, Xiao Ming was also wearing a Nintendo battle suit and smiling at Xiao Zhi. If nothing unexpected happened, these people would be the strongest contenders for the runner-up...

"Now, all contestants are invited to enter!!!"

With a wave of Lillian's slender hand, the contestant passages around the arena opened simultaneously.

Xiaozhi followed the crowd, accompanied by cheers, and came to the center of the venue under everyone's gaze.

Chapter 488 Preliminary Round!

"Mom, look, it's Uncle Satoshi!" Gladion pointed through the glass in the box at Satoshi who was standing tall in the field.

"Yes, Mom saw it~" Lusamine showed a gentle smile.

Lillie was also leaning on the glass, staring at her brother Xiaozhi.

With the joint efforts of her and her brother, Lusamine finally couldn't stand the pressure and brought her children to watch the game.

Barnett and Pico also took advantage of the opportunity to witness their husbands' heroic appearance.

Of course, the atmosphere might be even more lively if you were watching the game in Alola...

After all, for the already hospitable people of Alola, the display of the island god was so enthusiastic that thunder and lightning were not enough to describe it.

Another box.

"That's the grandson-in-law you chose for grandma, right?" Jiezilan asked, holding Zhulan's hand.

"Hmm..." Zhulan looked at Xiaozhi in the field, and her pretty face turned slightly red when she thought of certain scenes.

Galar region, Isle of Armor.

"Oh, Grandpa, are you able to do this? Why hasn't the TV been fixed for so long..." Sonia yelled at Mashid.

"Okay, okay, it will be fine soon..." Ma Shide was sweating profusely.

Lulina, Caidou and Dandi were all behind him.

Besides Dr. Mulan, his old lover, the fairy gym owner Poplar, there is also a beautiful woman with medium-length reddish-brown hair...

In the largest official box, Hanako and Tingzi, along with Rhododendron, Lude, Musashi, Domino, Manori, etc., as well as gym leaders such as Axing, Rika, Nancy, and Kona, were all looking at Satoshi.

"The group results will be randomly drawn below, please watch the big screen!"

At one moment, more than 200 avatars rolled back and forth on the screen, and were eventually divided into 32 groups of eight people.

Xiaozhi found his group at a glance. Coincidentally, Sundae was also in this group, and the other six were just ordinary passers-by.

"Honey, I'm in the same group with you!" The girl ran over and hugged his arm.

"Well...let my husband see the results of our work during this period of time?" Xiaozhi rubbed her black hair.

"Well...yes...how do I see it?" Sundae gathered her skirt, and a pair of huge breasts that had grown to D-level under irrigation swayed slightly.

"I'm reporting her. She seduced my husband and tried to get him to let her go!"

Ayumi came out laughing and making trouble, making Sundae blush on the spot.

Xiaozhi watched them playing with a smile on his face.

This scene fell into the eyes of six people not far away.

"It has to be the boss. He bribed the drawer in advance and put us together!"

"Yeah, the five of us will do our best to attack the other two trainers, and then the boss will definitely qualify."

"But, our opponent is Satoshi... I'm afraid our strength is not enough, right?"

Several younger brothers gathered around a man in a suit and tie, whispering.

"If you meet that girl, beat her up! I'll clean it up then. No matter how strong Xiaozhi is, he can't decide who gets to appear second, right?"

The five younger brothers looked at each other and lowered their heads at the same time: "Boss Tro is wise!"

Soon, the preliminaries began.

Most trainers are at the elite level, and some are at the advanced level, so with everyone at the gym level, Ash and his friends basically didn't encounter any obstacles.

The group of Satoshi and Sundae was a bit strange. Five of them surrendered as soon as they met Satoshi and had no intention of fighting at all.

But whenever he encounters Sundae, he sends out Pokémon like Rhydon, fights with them first, and then uses Big Bang to inflict heavy casualties on Sundae.

After all, the pace of the qualifiers is very fast and it has to be completed within two days, so under normal circumstances, there is no time to treat serious injuries.

At first, Xiaozhi didn't take it seriously. After all, although this kind of trick that harms others and does not benefit oneself is uncommon, it is not against the rules.

However, Xiaozhi soon discovered the clue. The reason was that the five little brothers did not show any frustration after the battle. They even maintained a mediocre performance with wins and losses among each other.

This resulted in the scores of Xiaozhi, Sundae and Tro all being 5-0.

The younger brothers clearly all had elite and advanced strength, yet they were all easily defeated by Tro. This situation was unnatural in every way.

Therefore, Xiaozhi was on guard.

What remains is the battle between the three of them.

The first game, Xiaozhi vs. Tero.

Xiaozhi sent out the evolved Ninetales, but the opponent didn't seem to want to resist. It just resisted symbolically for a while and then quickly admitted defeat.

The second game, Xiaozhi vs. Sundae.

In order to ensure that Sundae qualified, Xiaozhi chose Ponyta to fight against Sundae's Dragonite.

With Xiaohuoma's "superb" acting skills, she successfully gave her mother a point.

And sure enough, after Xiaozhi lost, in addition to the sighs of the audience outside the stadium, Tro's face became even gloomier.

Because even if he wins the next match against Sundae, he will still have a record of 6-1 in 3 games, so an extra game will be needed.

The extra game was to be held on the next day, so it wouldn't make much sense for his younger brothers to help him severely damage Sundae's Pokémon.

But the arrow has to be fired when it is on the string.

Fortunately, he had prepared the ice-type Sister Lipstick in advance. Although her level was only quasi-gym level, it was more than enough to deal with the only desert dragonfly left in Sundae's hands.

Quadruple restraint is no joke.

However...

"Go ahead, Steelix, take the stage!"

What Sundae threw out was actually the Steelix that was half-crippled by the big explosion of his little brother No. 4!

It even looks like there are no scars on the body?

Tro was stunned on the spot...What the hell was going on?

For a moment, he looked at the dazed Miss Lip on the court and didn't know what to do...

Seeing this scene, Sundae smiled sweetly at Xiaozhi.

Luckily, Xiaozhi found her before the game and used the Healing Heart to help her heal Steelix. Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to deal with this lip-smacking sister...

"You'd better save those little tricks for when you get home..." Xiaozhi's cold voice reached Tro's ears. He turned around suddenly and saw Xiaozhi's deep gaze.

He shuddered for a moment and raised his hands: "Referee, I give up!"

The farce ended here, and Xiaozhi and Sundae successfully advanced.

Many other partners also advanced successfully.

At this point, the top 64 teams have been announced.

The 64 to 32 match will be completed in the next two days.

"OK—congratulations to the 64 contestants who successfully advanced to the knockout round!" Lillian's penetrating voice echoed in the venue.

"Next, it's time to draw lots again. Each subsequent match will eliminate a competitor. The fierce competition will surely lead to even more exciting battles. Please watch the big screen for the draw results!"

"Den-"

A special sound effect sounded, and Xiaozhi looked up at the avatars that were constantly scrolling on the big screen.

"I hope there won't be a civil war..." Xiaozhi muttered to himself.

"The drawing is over—"

Swah——

One by one, the portrait cards flipped over on the big screen, and Xiaozhi also saw his next opponent.

He was stunned for a moment, then looked at someone next to him...

"I can't escape after all... Then let's have a good fight, Xiaozhi."

Chapter 489: 64 to 32! Showdown with Xiao Mao!

Xiaozhi looked at Xiaomao and smiled slightly.

That’s right, his opponent in the next round is Xiao Mao, who he has played with since childhood!

"Xiao Mao, keep up the good work!" Xiao Lu patted his brother's shoulder.

Xiao Mao was helpless: "No matter how hard you try, you can't win... Not being shut out is a victory..."

Xiao Chi nodded: "Hmm...make some more stuff, maybe we can learn from it."

Xiao Mao's mouth twitched: "Well, it seems that I have been regarded as a tool of the death squad..."

"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.

Xiaozhi also smiled knowingly, and at the same time looked forward to tomorrow's duel even more.

After this period of dual cultivation, Venusaur, Tsubasa, and Blastoise are all on the verge of a breakthrough to the King level, just one step away.

It's great to get some excitement from fighting.

Night falls.

Rayquaza would communicate with Ash every day using the grass-green orb, and then have sex with him...

During this process, Xiaozhi's physical condition also began to leap to a higher level.

At the same time, under the effect of many silver lines, Xiaozhi also frequently worked with the girls, and the panting and groaning sounds in his inner world rose and fell, seemingly never stopping...

The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and the Quartz Conference also ushered in the 3V3 elimination stage of 64 to 32.

"Dear online and in-person viewers, welcome to the Quartz League Conference, sponsored by Nintendo! Today we officially enter the knockout stage..."

Lillian started the warm-up on the stage, and the 64 trainers in the backstage preparation room were ready to go.

For most trainers, the League Conference is a good opportunity to earn fame and fortune, as well as a stepping stone to appear in the public eye and even become a gym trainer.