Chapter 717 No Cooperation

Looking at Xiao Shun in shock, Xia You wondered for a moment whether he had a masochistic physique.

Could it be that Xiaoxia's slap helped him develop some hidden attributes?

Or is it going to be a bloody drama where a rich young man is taught a lesson by a wild girl and ends up falling in love with her?

In order to verify his guess, Xia You raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Are you talking about Xiaoxia?"

As if noticing Xia You's strange look, Xiao Shun showed an unnatural expression on his face: "Of course it's her. Humph, she slapped me last time, how could I let it go? I must pay her back for this!"

Even though what he said sounded like the truth and he had such a reason, Xia You somehow always felt that he was trying to cover up something.

Once the seeds of doubt sprout in your heart, they will grow uncontrollably.

The more Xiao Shun explained, the more Xia You realized that something was unusual.

"You'd better give up on this idea." Looking at him meaningfully, Xia You also said with a double meaning, "Even if you see her in the future, I don't think you will do anything to her, and some things... are simply impossible!"

Xiao Shun's face changed slightly. He was not stupid. He had already realized from Xia You's words that this man seemed to have seen through his thoughts!

But this also surprised Xiao Shun.

How can this be?

You know, even he himself only discovered in recent days that every night he would always think of what happened that day. He was also deeply impressed by Xiaoxia, and her every move would appear in front of his eyes, but...even he himself was not sure why this was happening, so how did this man see that?

Having his secrets seen through, Xiao Shun no longer had the desire to talk to Xia You. He turned around and walked into the elevator without saying a word.

It was not until the elevator door closed that Xia You withdrew his gaze.

Although he always says that he treats Xiaoxia as his sister, he is actually a selfish person. As long as the two of them maintain this relationship, the journey will not end. Even if Xiaoxia doesn't like Xiaoshun at all, he will never let others take advantage of her!

Shaking his head and stopping thinking about it, Xia You came to the floor-to-ceiling window beside him.

As the highest point in Larus City, standing here and looking down, you can have a panoramic view of most of the city.

Because it is a city of science and technology, the planning here is also very scientific. You can almost tell at a glance which buildings are for civilian use, which are for commercial use, and which are for offices.

However, Xia You scanned the area several times but still couldn't find the location of the research institute.

Where is the core of Deoxys hidden?

He couldn't help but look up at the other side of the island, and saw a dense forest there that divided the entire city into two. Although he could see the general outline of the city on the other side of the forest from a distance, he could not clearly see what buildings there were.

Is it on the other side of the island?

Just as he was thinking about it, at this moment, he received a voice message from Xiaoxia.

It turned out that Xiaozhi's competition was about to begin.

I didn’t expect it to be so fast!

It seems that Xiaozhi was very successful. In just such a short while, he has found suitable teammates!

Since his search was fruitless, Xia You did not stay here any longer. Instead, he returned along the same route and continued to take the elevator to the floor where the competition was held.

As the most important functional area of ​​the battle tower, the battlefield here is located in the middle of the tower and occupies the largest area. The entire battlefield is circular, like a red and blue Poké Ball, and outside the circular venue are circles of audience seats.

When Xia You walked in, the host was warming up the audience. His passionate voice aroused the emotions of the audience.

Battles like this actually take place several times a day in this battlefield.

As long as the players can be gathered, the battle will begin, and the tickets are free. If the audience wants to watch, as long as there are people fighting, they can sit from morning to night.

According to the seat number sent by Xiaoxia, Xia You quickly returned to them.

I have to say that it was necessary for Xiaogang to reserve a spot in advance, and he actually managed to grab some good spots!

Sitting here, neither high nor low, neither far nor near, it can be said that the field of vision is extremely good. You can even see the entire battlefield situation without looking through the big screen above your head.

At this time, besides himself, Xiaoxia, Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng had also returned, and even the twins who traveled with Aaron and Shouta sat next to them.

Seeing Xia You looking at the two people, Xiao Xia smiled and introduced them to him: "You don't know their names yet, right? These two are Audrey and Catherine. The one wearing orange is the elder sister, and the one wearing pink is the younger sister. What do you think? Do they look alike?"

"Hello, my name is Xia You."

Nodding to the two of them in a friendly manner, Xia You sat directly next to Xiao Xia and told them about what he had just seen Xiao Shun.

"Eh?" After listening to his story, Xiaoyao was stunned, "Xiaoshun is also from Larus City?"

Just like Xia You just now, they were also very surprised when they heard that Xiao Shun was actually from this city, but they just smiled and passed it off, and focused their attention on the battlefield again.

As a high-tech city, in addition to the cool venues and lights, you can see that even the host and referee here is riding a small aircraft, flying back and forth in the venue.

Regardless of how popular the competition is, the level of the competition alone is much higher than other competitions, and it even beats the Quartz and Silver conferences!

Is this the charm of a high-tech city?

It is also worth mentioning that this battle tower is not a competition hosted or governed by the Pokémon League, nor does it need to obey the League at all. Just like the previous Vortex Cup, it is a completely independent competition. Moreover, due to the wealth of Larus City, the various infrastructures in its venues have reached a level that many leagues are drooling over!

Click.

The lights in the audience seats dimmed at this moment, making all the audience realize that the game was about to begin!

All I heard was the host on the air shouting, "Today's first match is a team match. Let's welcome the players from both teams to the stage first!"

Under the spotlight, the floor of the venue was opened and two elevators rose up at the same time.

The red team consisted of Aaron and Shouta whom they had just met, while the blue team consisted of Xiaozhi and a handsome little boy who looked only seven or eight years old!

"Is this the teammate Xiaozhi is looking for?" Seeing this little boy, the spectators were all very surprised, especially Xiaoxia, who almost blurted out, "But how can he be a child? He looks about the same age as Xiaosheng!"

"What's wrong with the kid?" Xiaosheng pushed his glasses and glanced at Xiaoxia. "The kid is also very capable, okay? Just wait and see. Being chosen by Xiaozhi proves that he must have something very unusual. He will definitely shine!"

"Oh? Really?" Xiaoxia smiled, "Then I'll wait and see!"

If there is anyone who can win in a quarrel with Xiaosheng, it must be Xiaosheng. However, Xiaosheng seems to be a little afraid of this wild sister and dare not treat her like he treats Xiaozhi.

Listening to the two people talking back and forth, Xia You didn't say anything, but just touched his chin and looked at the little boy.

As expected of Xiaozhi, in just such a short while, he has already brought the key person to his side. This luck is really exaggerated.

At this time, the information of the two participating parties was also displayed on the screen. At the same time, the host also introduced: "First, the two on the red side, they are Aaron and Shouta from the southern city. Their combination has won many victories in previous battles. They are a pair of players that should not be underestimated. The two on the blue side are Xiaozhi, who is participating in the battle for the first time today, and our local Xiaochao player in Larus City!"

After introducing the two participating parties, the host, as usual, explained the rules of the game to the audience.

"The rules this time are the same as before. Each contestant sends out a Pokémon, and they will fight together until all opponents are eliminated. They will be considered the winner! Now, please send out your Pokémon!"

It is obvious that the pace of the battles here is actually very fast, which is also related to the large number of contestants. After all, the next pair of contestants will appear immediately after one game, and there is no rest time at all. Moreover, the participating parties do not need any review or preliminaries. As long as they form a pair and dare to go on stage, there will be audiences watching!

This means that although the strength of the participating players is somewhat uneven, the corresponding fast-paced battles are not dragged out and are still very enjoyable to watch!

In the field, Arlong and Shouta released their Pokémon at the same time.

It's no surprise that the Pokémon these two people participated in the battle were none other than the Blaziken we just saw, and the partner that Shota mentioned - Blastoise!

But when they got to the blue side with Ash and Chao, after Ash sent out his Pikachu, Chao did not release his Pokémon for a long time!

After waiting for more than ten seconds, there was no movement from Chaotic. Not only did the audience whisper among themselves, but even the host was surprised and asked, "Strange, it seems that Chaotic has no intention of sending out Pokémon? What happened?"

In the stands, Xiaosheng was dumbfounded when he saw this.

He said in disbelief: "What's going on? Why doesn't he send his Pokémon into battle?"

Xiaogang frowned and asked uncertainly, "Could it be that he has no Pokémon?"

"Eh?" Xiaosheng was stunned, "No Pokémon?"

In fact, in this world where Pokémon and humans have become one, although it sounds incredible, there are indeed many people who, for various reasons, have never owned any Pokémon in their lives.

Could it be that this little boy is such a person?

But if that's the case, then why would he come to participate in the battle?

On the side, Xiaoxia glanced at him and laughed at him mercilessly: "It seems that this is what you just said is unusual. It really makes people look at it with new eyes!"

Xiaosheng's face immediately turned red. Looking at the little boy of the same age on the field, he couldn't understand why Xiaozhi would bring such a teammate to the field?

It can be seen that Xiaozhi is communicating with Xiaochao on the field, but because they are far away and there are noisy crowds around them, Xia You and the others have no way of knowing what they are talking about.

It took a long time for another Pokémon to come on the field. Just when the referee was about to announce that they had forfeited, fortunately, in the end, Xiaozhi took out another Poké Ball of his own and handed it to Xiaochao.

Although still a little hesitant, Xiaochao opened the Poké Ball and released Xiaozhi's Pokémon.

The ball contained Ash's Cinderella. Although sending two Pokémon into the field at the same time seemed to be inconsistent with the rules of the game, it still saved them from being eliminated directly!

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the competition, the host no longer cared about other things and directly announced the start of the competition.

The audience also perked up at this moment.

As soon as the battle started, Aaron and Shota took the initiative and ordered Flame Chicken and Blastoise to attack.

It can be seen that the two Pokémon really have a wonderful cooperation. When Blaziken jumped and attacked first, destroying the formation of Pikachu and Cinderella, Blastoise also used Water Cannon and hit Pikachu who was dodging.

That’s not all. Blastoise continued to use bubble attacks, hitting Coal Turtle again, and then connected with a high-speed rotation, launching Coal Turtle directly into the air!

In just the first confrontation, Xiaozhi suffered a great loss.

No wonder they were able to win so many games before, they really have some skills!

You have to know that the current Xiaozhi is no longer the young rookie. Although he still has occasional failures, his performance is still very stable overall. Especially after training in two regions, he has become a regular in the top 16 and above in major tournaments. The fact that he was beaten like this in the early stage shows that the opponent's strength is extraordinary!

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Xiaozhi and Xiaochao have no cooperation at all.

Although Xiaozhi wanted to turn the situation around, Pikachu was unable to do it alone, and Xiaochao seemed like an outsider, just standing there stupidly without giving any orders to Cinderella!

Now, even Xiaosheng could see that something was wrong.

"No way?" He scratched his hair, wondering, "Why is he motionless? Could he really be a layman!?"

Xiaoxia no longer had the idea of ​​making fun of him. She glanced at Xia You and said worriedly, "Xiaozhi...is he going to lose?"

Xia You also shook his head helplessly: "Probably, if Xiaozhi can't change this situation, losing the battle is only a matter of time."

Just as Xia You said, Xiaozhi tried to organize Pikachu to fight back, but without anyone in charge, the flames spewed out by the Coal Tortoise actually caused accidental injuries!

Not only did he fail to hit the opponent, but he also burned Pikachu's tail!

Such a poor performance drew boos from the audience.

They want to see a fast-paced battle, but they don’t want to see players who can’t even cooperate with each other!

At this point, Xiaozhi realized that this was not a solution, so he took back the command and commanded both Pokémon at the same time.

Unfortunately, he alone was not strong enough to deal with two trainers at the same time, not to mention that the two Pokémon of his opponents were also very powerful. After barely holding on for a while, with Blaziken's "Overheat" move, the fierce flames knocked down Pikachu and Citadel at the same time!

Seeing this scene, Xiaoyao couldn't help but cover her mouth: "I actually lost..."

Before the game, she had joked with Misty and guessed that Satoshi might be eliminated directly, but she never expected that he would lose so miserably!

He didn't even have a decent counterattack and was eliminated so easily!

"Pikachu and Coal Turtle have lost their ability to fight, and the winners are Aaron and Shouta from the red team!" The host also announced the result of the game at this moment.

Although it was a one-sided battle and did not satisfy the audience, people still gave the two winners the biggest cheers and applause.

Seeing Xiaozhi holding Pikachu and Coal Turtle in his arms with a lonely look, and the elevator under their feet sent the two losers back to the underground, Xia You sighed, stood up and said to the people around him: "Okay, the game is over, let's go see them."

It goes without saying that for Xiaozhi, he came here with great expectations, but he didn't expect that after such a short while, he would end up in such a miserable defeat.

He failed to show his skills on such a stage and instead fought a shameful battle. An ordinary person would have been devastated, but fortunately, Xiaozhi's character is there, and he doesn't even need anyone to comfort him. He can walk out of the shadow of failure by himself!