Chapter 555 The Qualifiers Begin

Early the next morning, when Xia You and Xiao Zhi gathered together and went down to the lobby on the first floor of the dormitory, the battle tables of each group of players in the qualifiers were already displayed on the big screen.

Looking up, I saw that 16 groups had been divided on the screen, with three players in each group, and the names of the players also had photos of each of them.

"I saw it!" Xiaozhi only glanced at it and immediately saw his own photo. He pointed at the screen and said, "I'm from Group H. Let me see who my opponent is... Huh?"

Hearing his surprised voice, Xia You and others turned to look.

"what happened?"

After looking carefully, I discovered that besides him, there was a little girl and a slightly fatter boy in Ash's H group, and that boy was none other than Kenta and Marina. The childhood sweetheart from Wakaba Town—Junichi!

"It's him, this is really..." Xiaoxia patted Xiaozhi on the shoulder teasingly, "I heard Marina mention it before, Junyi is very strong, you and him are in the same place Together, it’s really unfortunate.”

Xiaozhi was eager to give this a try: "It doesn't matter, I won't lose no matter who it is!"

After seeing Xiaozhi's grouping, everyone then went to look for Xia You's name to see how he was grouped.

Xiaoxia narrowed her eyes and was the first to discover Xia You's name: "I saw it, Brother Xia You is in Group C!"

Looking along her fingers, Xia You saw his own photo, and his opponents in the same group were two players he had never seen before.

"I'm pretty lucky, I didn't meet Kenta or the others."

Xia You breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was not grouped with anyone he knew. After all, there was only one promotion spot for each group. If he was grouped with his friends and eliminated them with his own hands, he would inevitably feel a little regretful. .

Although as they continue to advance, they will meet sooner or later, but the later they meet, the better their friends' results will be, and they will not feel so guilty when they eliminate them.

Even if he was facing Xiao Mao, he didn't want Xiao Mao to be eliminated so early.

After looking at the groupings, several people took another look at the rules of the competition.

The basic qualifier rules are that a three-person round-robin is used among the same group. A win will get three points, a loss will get zero points, a tie will get one point, and the person with the highest total score can advance to the next round. Round of the finals of the tournament.

"However, there are also small probability events." Xiaogang touched his chin and analyzed, "That is, if all games are tied and the points are the same, they will enter the extra round until the winner is completely decided."

"This..." Xiaozhi counted on his fingers, but found that with his IQ, such a competition system was a bit brain-burning, so he simply didn't waste his few brain cells, and said firmly, "In short, as long as If you defeat them all, you will definitely be able to advance to the next round, right?!”

"That's right." Xia You said with a smile, "Since you are here to compete, don't worry about so much, just have this kind of courage to move forward!"

After confirming their respective matches, Xia You and Xiao Zhi parted ways, leading Li Jia towards their Group C.

But this time, as a traveling companion, and it was such a crucial match, Xiaoxia could not leave Xiaozhi alone, so she and Xiaogang accompanied him to the Group H venue.

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Next to the main stadium of Baiyin Stadium, there are four smaller venues A, B, C, and D. The 16 groups of this qualifier were held in these four small venues.

Group C, where Xia You was, was assigned to venue A in order.

When he came to the venue from the player tunnel, Hall A was already full of spectators. Judging from the number of people, this place also attracted the most attention.

Meisha and Martha occupied the most conspicuous positions in the audience early. When they saw Xia You entering the arena, they waved their flags wildly.

These people were too eye-catching. Compared to them, Li Jia looked much quieter sitting next to them, just watching Xia You from a distance with gentle eyes.

Looking at Xia You's opponent, he is also a popular local player in Chengdu. Before Xia You entered the field, he was already standing in the trainer command area on the red side. However, compared to the ease of others, his face at the moment was His expression was extremely solemn.

Except for him, no one can truly understand the strong pressure he feels when standing in front of the Quartz Conference champion and the most popular player in this Silver Conference.

Especially before the game, when he learned that he and Xia You were assigned to the same group, he specifically checked Xia You's previous games. After watching it, he could only describe it as suffocating.

Whether it's Gardevoir, Charizard, Blastoise, Bulbasaur, or Xiayou's other Pokémon, they are all extremely powerful, indeed above the level of a champion, especially the Gyarados, which is even more impressive. He felt a sense of fear.

He really didn't know how to deal with such an opponent.

At this moment, looking at Xia You waving and walking towards the blue side's battle command area with a normal expression, this player could only pray in his heart, hoping that Xia You would not send out such powerful Pokémon during the qualifying stage.

When Xia You walked to the command area and stood still, the referee walked to the middle position.

“Now let’s decide who will go first!”

Slightly different from other competitions, this qualifier uses a carousel method to decide who will send out the first Pokémon by drawing lots. Although this is slightly unfair, it can reduce some uncertainty. Sex also has a certain protective effect on the vulnerable party.

But on the other hand, if the weaker side takes the lead, it will naturally speed up the pace of the game and lose more completely.

A small turntable appeared on the screen nearby. The red and blue colors representing Xia You and the player were evenly distributed on the disk. As the pointer began to rotate, it also affected the hearts of the two players.

Finally, when he saw the pointer slowly stop and freeze on Xia You's blue square, the player couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

The referee took a look at the result and signaled to Xia You: "Player Xia You, please send out Pokémon first."

Xia You nodded lightly, not showing any disappointment at attacking first. The main reason was because he believed in his Pokémon and knew that even if their attributes were restrained, they would still not be so easy. Being knocked down.

He took out a Poké Ball from his pocket, which he had already thought of before the game. As the Poké Ball was thrown out by him, when the blue light flashed, one was covered with green leaves and red flowers, blue and green. Pokémon with four limbs appeared on the field!

It was Natsuyou who had made a splash in the Kanto region, but was left in Sakuragi Park and hadn't played for a long time - Bulbasaur!