svetikya Chapter 332: Holy Fire Conference, 8 people
Chapter 332: Holy Fire Conference, 8 people
"Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump..."
Along with the familiar background music, the steady voice of the narrator sounded, "Ash and Pikachu's adventure continues - and now, Ash and his friends have arrived at the end of their Sinnoh journey - Suzuran City!"
"Finally... we're here." Xiaoguang's eyes lit up as he looked at the city by the sea in the distance.
"Boga Boga!" The blue penguin and the beautiful girl cheered together.
"Great!" "Pika Pika!"
Xiaozhi and Pikachu looked at each other. They were as motivated as when they first started traveling. "It seems that Luo, Shinji, and Ajin got here three days ago. We are really a lot slower... Pikachu, we have to practice hard in the next few months!"
"Pika!" Pikachu nodded seriously.
As for why Xiaozhi knew that Aislo and the others had come to Suzuran City...it was naturally because on the night before yesterday, several people posted a birthday message on the Internet to celebrate the boy's birthday, and Xiaozhi also left a message below to express his blessings.
"Well... the construction of roads in the Sinnoh region really should be put on the agenda." Brock raised his hand and rubbed his brown chin. Sinnoh was the third region he and Satoshi had traveled to together. Along the way, he, as the gym leader, naturally had many feelings. The only thing that made him a little dissatisfied was the less developed road system in Sinnoh compared to other regions. With the productivity in Sinnoh, it was undoubtedly inappropriate that some places were still dirt roads.
"Okay, Xiaogang, let's think about those things after we get into the city." Xiaozhi's voice came from in front of Xiaogang at this time. It was only at this time that Xiaogang realized that Xiaozhi and Xiaoguang had left him a long distance behind.
"? Didn't you two stop to rest just now?" Xiaogang was obviously stunned.
"We didn't say we were going to stop~" "Boga Boga!"
This time, the young man was responding to the laughter of the girl.
"You two are really..."
Xiaozhi and his group continued to move forward.
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At the same time, on the other side, at Dakodo's house.
At this time, the originally spacious living room seemed a little crowded, because in addition to Eslo, Dakodo and the other four, there were many elves surrounding them. They were all watching TV seriously. What was shown on TV was the broadcast of the Sacred Fire Conference in the Kanto area. It seemed to be a delayed live broadcast. At this time, they had just started the opening ceremony of the Sacred Fire Conference.
The Kanto Alliance said that everything was kept simple and it really was. Apart from the usual transmission and lighting of the sacred flame, there were no other steps.
"So when the Quartz Conference comes, will they light the sacred flame again?" Ah Xun asked the question at this time, and his question successfully stumped the others.
"I think so..." Dakoto hesitated.
Just as they were chatting, a red-haired figure appeared on the podium in the TV. The cloak behind him fluttered in the wind that came from nowhere. He was the referee of the Holy Fire Conference, the strongest investigator in the alliance, the former champion of flying and dragons, and one of the current eight masters - Yulongdu (Adu).
Du's appearance successfully ignited the atmosphere of the entire Quartz Plateau. Both the people at the Quartz Sports Stadium and the people watching through the screen broadcast on the plateau gave thunderous cheers, which seemed to show the importance the league attached to this game.
After all, no matter how simple the Holy Fire Conference is, it is still a conference to select the King of Heaven before the Quartz Conference.
After the frenzied cheers lasted for about a minute, A'Du took a few steps forward and shouted loudly: "Silence!"
Almost instantly, the entire stadium fell silent. Coupled with Du's serious expression, someone who didn't know him might have thought he was a judge who was opening a court session.
"Ahem..." A'du coughed lightly, and then announced the general schedule and rules of the Holy Fire Conference. Needless to say, there was no need to explain the normal knockout and regular seasons. Yulongdu did not say anything more, which was in line with his vigorous and decisive personality.
"Next, let me announce the eight contestants of this tournament..." Without keeping the audience waiting for long, Du picked up the folder that he had hardly touched before. As his words fell, the attention of everyone, including Eslo and others, was drawn to it. Before this, the Kanto Alliance had not released even a little news about the contestants. It can be seen that the alliance has done a very good job of keeping secrets since the Hoenn Rebellion.
Watari took a quick look at the huge crowd and the cameras below the stage, and then continued, "They are - Nancy, A Xing, Ma Zhishi, A Hong, Asuka, A Jin, Xiao Yin, and Sasaki Kojiro!"
The moment Du finished speaking, the platforms around him cracked open to reveal eight circular holes. As the platform below rose, eight figures successfully came into view.
Three gym leaders from the Kanto region, one gym leader from the Chengdu region, two Pokedex holders, a talented trainer who showed his prowess at a previous Quartz Conference, and the eldest son of the Sasaki family who was in the news not long ago. These are the identities of the eight people.
It is worth mentioning that there were originally supposed to be ten contestants in the Holy Fire Convention, and the remaining two were gym leaders from the Chengdu area, Abhi from the Bug type and Matsuba from the Ghost type.
The reason why they didn't come was very simple. Apei heard that Nancy was participating in the competition, and then thought of the previous gym leader exchange competition, so she chose to withdraw from the competition and continue her training (of course, it is more likely that she will continue to study restarting the elves), while Matsuba heard the news about Ho-Oh from somewhere, and ran off to follow in the footsteps of God.
The moment the eight people stood still, another round of cheers came from the audience.
Nancy's face was calm, and her charming eyes showed no fluctuation; Ma Zhishi crossed his arms across his chest, he was still wearing the iconic military uniform, with a muscular body, and one could feel the strength in it even from a distance; Ahong was fiddling with the Poké Ball in his hand with his head down, his eyes determined; Axing and Asu were staring at each other, and it seemed as if a spark was generated where their eyes met or not; Ajin and Xiaoyin looked like they were bickering as usual, and from Xiaoyin's frustrated look one could guess that his participation in the competition this time was not of his own will, and from Ajin's smiling face one could tell that they were just going through the motions; and Sasaki Kojiro... although he had been trained by the family for a period of time, he still looked a little stage fright, until several familiar voices reached his ears.
"Come on, Kojiro! We'll always be with you!"
"Don't lose too ugly, meow!"
Kojiro looked in the direction of the sound and met the gazes of Musashi and Meowth. At this moment, they were waving small flags in their hands and were the only two people on the field cheering for Kojiro.
"What are you talking about..." Kojiro looked at Meowth helplessly, then his eyes became determined, and he looked down at the Poké Ball on his waist - he would never let his partner down.