Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 117 Desperate Little Light? A New Form of the Grand Contest

On their way to Yui City, Ash and his friends were about to set up camp in a forest, and Dawn was also preparing to start making preparations for the upcoming Yui City Tournament.

Just as they were beginning to make these preparations, a Misdreavus and a Graeme suddenly emerged from the bushes nearby. After a brief observation, Dawn recognized that these two Pokémon belonged to Nozomi.

After seeing Ash and the others, Misdreavus and Meowth hurriedly tried to lead them somewhere. After exchanging glances, the group put away the things they had already put away and followed Meowth and Misdreavus in a certain direction in the forest.

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"Thank you... It's good that we met here."

After Xiao Guang sprayed the medicine and applied the plaster to Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang sat down with Xiao Guang's help and said this gratefully.

"It's nothing, just a small matter... I really didn't expect to run into Nozomi here. I thought you had already arrived in Yosuga City."

"Hmm... If we had gone at full speed, we should have arrived by now, but I changed my mind along the way to subdue this child, which delayed me a little."

As Xiao Wang spoke, she raised her arm, and a pink, shell-less sea hare crawled up her arm and onto her shoulder.

"Oh, I see..."

Xiao Guang nodded in understanding.

The next second, as if she had remembered something, she suddenly stood up and excitedly said, "That's right! This is a rare opportunity, could you please take a look at the performance I've prepared?"

"For the Yukino Tournament? Sure."

Since she couldn't move anyway, Xiao Wang certainly wouldn't refuse such a simple request.

"Okay! Let's begin!"

.....

Seeing that Dawn and Nozomi were preparing for their Grand Contest performance, Brock called Ash over to help him prepare the food for lunch.

"By the way, Ash, are you planning to participate in the Contest this time? I heard that many well-known media outlets are paying attention to this Contest of Destiny. If you perform well in this contest, you might become famous in the Sinnoh region."

Xiao Gang asked this question while setting up a pot to boil water.

"Hmm... I probably won't participate, right? Although I haven't been particularly busy lately, participating in the Grand Contest is definitely not on my agenda."

However, Ash thought about it again. Aipom had only recently evolved into Ambipom, so if they really wanted to participate, they could give Ambipom a chance to satisfy its curiosity.

Despite having a heart-to-heart talk with it, and it choosing to continue accompanying him to the League Conference, the Grand Contest still holds a certain appeal for it, especially on such a large stage.

I guess I should think about it some more.

Just as Ash was thinking this, Dawn behind him suddenly let out an incredulous exclamation—

"What?! Xiaowang, are you serious?!"

Ash, Brock, and Pikachu: "???"

The three exchanged a glance, then put down their work and returned to Xiaoguang's side.

When they returned, Hikaru and Pogaman were both petrified, their expressions filled with panic, while Nozomi was covering his head in a helpless manner, as if he had discovered something hard to accept.

A little further away, on a large tree, Team Rocket, the trio who were observing Ash and his friends' movements, were discussing when to make their move.

"Hey, isn't that enough? They're not on guard yet," Kojiro said.

"Meow... I think it's time to make a move, but Musashi..."

After Miaomiao finished speaking, the two of them turned their gazes to Musashi, who was still dressing up and making expressions in front of the mirror.

Ever since she heard that a large number of media reporters would be attending the Origin Tournament, she hasn't stopped for a moment. She only helped out a little when she was setting up her stall two days ago. The rest of the time, Musashi has been taking care of her skin and preparing for the Origin Tournament.

"No rush, no rush~ The little rascal can't escape, let's talk about it later."

"..."

It seems unrealistic to rely on Musashi for this operation. Kojiro and Meow Meow exchanged a glance and decided to wait for the right moment to start the battle themselves.

......

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Seeing this, Ash couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you guys?"

In less than a minute, Xiaozhi was also very curious about what news could have made the two of them look like this.

Under Ash's persistent questioning, Nozomi, who was still conscious, replied helplessly, "Dawn... seems to have misunderstood the rules of the Tournament of Fate."

"rule?"

"Skin?"

The group looked at each other again, still not quite understanding what Xiao Wang meant.

"So, you mean..." Xiaowang considered how to answer for a moment before saying, "So, this year's Yui no Tsukai is a doubles tournament, but Xiaoguang thought it would be a traditional singles match, so she prepared..."

"None of it works!!!"

"boom!"

"?!"

Just as Xiao Guang let out a mournful cry, a sound like something falling to the ground came from not far away. Xiao Zhi and the others looked in the direction of the sound, but there was no movement there.

After learning what had happened, Ash finally realized what was going on and said helplessly, "So didn't I say that preparing so hard before figuring out the details of the Tournament of Fate wouldn't cause any problems? By the way, didn't you investigate anything after that?"

"Ugh... because I ran into Ms. Cynthia... I was so excited that I forgot for a moment..."

At this moment, Xiao Guang could no longer muster the same momentum as before, and he squatted on the ground as if he had wilted.

"...So why don't we just start preparing for doubles now?"

Xiao Zhi gave a very reasonable suggestion.

"But..." Hikari understood, but she still seemed a little nervous. "I'm not good at doubles... There are only two days left until the tournament starts. Usually, it takes me at least a day to prepare for a performance with just one Pokémon, let alone now..."

Dawn's concerns were not unfounded, after all, the only doubles battle she had ever participated in was under Ash's guidance.

Faced with such an unknown challenge, especially on such a large stage, even Xiaoguang would no longer casually say that there was no problem.

Just then, after a brief silence, Xiao Wang spoke again:

"By the way... this doubles performance is divided into two formats. One is that one trainer can command two Pokémon to participate at the same time, while the second rule is that two trainers participate in the performance together and advance together... this time the ribbon medals are also special, with two styles."

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P.S.: This is ridiculous. They haven't given any measurements these past two days... How come there are so many random, fabricated claims in the comments and private posts?