The matchup between the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds ended in a victory for the Greyhounds.

For many, this is a shocking result. Before that, there were many people who thought that the Greyhound was just a trainer who didn't have much real material, but the result of this game undoubtedly made the truth clear to everyone.

And many of the contestants have also secretly raised their vigilance and began to prepare strategies against this formidable opponent - or crying and lamenting that their headlines have been robbed.

Pulling Xiao Ling, who was full of frustration, squeezed out of the venue, and before walking to the door, Xiao Ye turned around and looked at the backs of the two contestants, which had become blurred.

She always felt as if she had met a greyhound somewhere, and the breath from the power of the waveguide was familiar. But I really couldn't think of anything, so Xiao Ye had to give up.

At noon, the four children and two adults got together again and had lunch together as usual - today "the one who was particularly unsociable" ran faster and was not caught and pressed into the team of trench coat men. However, a strange thing happened on the way to dinner.

There was a sudden power outage at the hotel.

It wouldn't be a big deal if only this hotel had a power outage, but after going out and inquiring, everyone found that the entire Quartz League player village had lost power for nearly a minute, and even the Pokémon Center didn't seem to have been spared - it is said that there were also hapless trainers who were trapped in the elevator, and finally relied on the Pokémon on-site power generation to get out.

Even Xinghai felt that such an accident was a bit abnormal. Later, I heard that the cause of the sudden power outage was that the power system in the athletes' village was overloaded - but what exactly could cause such a large and delicate power system to be overloaded as a whole?

After everyone finished eating, before they had time to discuss any conclusions, they were shocked to drop their glasses as soon as they went out.

“…… Repeating the broadcast, there are suspected Rocket Team criminals pretending to be Pokémon Center staff to deceive Pokémon. The organizer of the contest will not receive Pokémon from contestants in any name, so please do not listen to rumors and pay attention to the official announcement of the forum at any time......"

The group immediately looked at each other, and when they opened their mobile phones again, they saw that the GT forum had already exploded.

It is said that Team Rocket deceived the players into taking away their Pokémon on the grounds of "pre-game physical examination", and also claimed that those who did not participate in this inspection would be disqualified, which is ridiculously fake when they hear it. However, many of the players who participated in the regional league were still young and did not have the habit of suspecting others, so they handed over their Pokémon without thinking.

And what makes people laugh is that in addition to the trainers who have to compete in the afternoon and are now as anxious as iron ants on a hot pot, there are actually many players who have been eliminated who have also handed over their Pokémon. Although they claimed that they didn't hear each other's request clearly and thought that all the players would have to turn in Pokémon, they knew it after a little thought...... Maybe they just want to rub off on the free high-level physical examination of the competition.

Who knew that it didn't rub well, and it rubbed on the thorn ball.

According to the victims at the scene, two trainers chased Team Rocket all the way out of the athletes' village and into the deserted Silver Mountain. And as we all know, the vast and uninhabited Silver Mountains are often infested with extremely dangerous wild Pokémon, which are simply not something that young trainers can deal with. The police immediately issued a notice to cordon off the athletes' village and prohibit the players from acting rashly. At the same time, the Enforcement Department also acted quickly, and immediately dispatched a large number of executioners to cooperate with the police to go to the Silver Mountain Range to arrest the prisoners and find the traces of the two trainers.

Not only the GT forum, but also the big screens on both sides of the road in the Players' Village were full of emergency announcements, and the players and spectators were in an uproar, and no one even discussed the thrilling battle of the seeded players in the morning.

The Golden Retriever siblings have expressed their amazement at Team Rocket's recent behavior - snatching the flame of the opening ceremony and swindling the Pokémon of the contestants, as if they have a grudge against this quartz league. And when they were talking about "which two trainers were so bold and dared to chase after the Silver Mountain Range empty-handed...... Xiao Yao, who already knew the answer, had no choice but to remain silent.

And I sincerely hope that Ash and Ahong can return safely as originally arranged by the Hand of God.

In the afternoon, Xiao Ye and Xiao Ling acted together and watched the game between Xiao Jie and Xiao Tian in turn. Neither of them had a tough deal against as hard as Rei's opponent Yuto Kawamoto, nor did they have the bad luck to meet a seeded player, and they won the battle to advance to the round of 16 without any problems.

During this time, Xiao Ye took the time to check the results of other acquaintances.

Ash and Cloud made it to the top 16 in the morning – fortunately it was morning, otherwise Ash would have been disqualified from the tournament because he was deceived by the Rockets. Yojin, who escaped the punishment of having lunch today, not only fought easily and effortlessly all the way, but even had more than 100,000 retweets on the battle video, as if he had become a temporary Internet celebrity during the competition; although the self-proclaimed cultivator Kiriha was unknown, he also won smoothly until now; as for the boy named Xingyu Bailan, he also did not taste a defeat, and no one could even force out his third Pokémon, and his unstoppable pace was not inferior to the powerful seed players.

Looking at the back of the kimono boy through the screen, Sayo had an inexplicable premonition: maybe she and Bai Lan would really meet for the second time in the quartz league arena as she had previously declared.

After being dragged by Xiao Ling to watch all the games with explosive points, Xiao Ye and Xiao Ling walked out of the branch venue together, planning to go back to the Pokémon Center to meet everyone first. As soon as they reached the door, they were forcibly stopped by someone dressed in strange doll costumes.

The man looked like a grown man, and he was wearing a tall Pikachu doll costume, so it was no wonder that he could only be outside in the sun - and even if he tried to enter the house, he would be blocked by the door frame.

There is no shortage of doll costume staff dangling around to attract children, but this doll Pikachu somehow looks weird, like the craftsman is not good, and it looks more like a puzzle Q than Pikachu.

Weird riddle Q, no, the Pikachu doll couldn't help but stuff the two cards to the two of them, and swayed away in silence. Xiao Ye and Xiao Ling inexplicably open the card and find that it is an invitation.

We invite you to attend a special dinner for the top 16 players tonight at the Thousand Needlefish Islands Hotel, which will be held from 6pm to 10pm...... I see, because tomorrow is an off-season, so today we have specially prepared such an event for the players to relax?

Xiao Ye suddenly moved his gaze, and was stunned when he saw the top line of words, and couldn't help but show a subtle expression.

【To:Thousand Sails】

Sayo: "......"

Before Xiao Ye could figure out where she looked like a silver long straight, Xiao Ling also showed her her invitation with a complicated expression. The bright "To: Walking Light Player" made Xiao Ye more and more speechless, and finally had to come to a conclusion:

Mr. Pikachu Doll may be suffering from heat stroke.

Although the matching hat, sunglasses and trench coat make them look a bit like the same person...... But long hair and short hair aren't too much to tell the difference.

In any case, it would be nice to have a chance to play to the fullest in the run-up to the intense round of 16. At least Xiaoling, who loves to join in the fun, is very happy, and immediately no longer cares about the small flaw of the staff sending the invitation to the wrong person. After returning to the Pokémon Center and sitting in the rest area for a while, they were not surprised to welcome Xiao Tian, who was also full of complicated faces, holding the Beidou invitation, and Xiaojie, who was holding the May Rain invitation.

Maybe Xiao Tian is also thinking about when his hair is purple, and Xiao Jie is also wondering where he looks like a double ponytail.

Finally exchanging the invitation to the right person, Xiao Ling's eyes lit up, and she beckoned to the corner of the Pokémon Center, "Yangzhen, have you received the invitation?"

"What's your business. The gray-haired boy replied in a nonsensical manner, "...... Wait, wait, if you have something to say, don't run over, ahhhh

Xiao Jie looked at the old picture of chasing and fleeing in the hall again, and didn't bother to stop his sister from bullying people, and turned to look at the invitation letter in his hand with the name finally right, "Sure enough, all the top 16 players have received invitations? ”

"It shows that we are lucky to be in time for the first time. Xiao Ling finally stopped running and answered with a smile.

As he spoke, the door to the Pokémon Center was pushed open, and the much-anticipated No. 1 seed and a boy with long dark green hair walked into the room side by side. Maybe it was because the four trench coat men were too eye-catching together, and the young man walking next to Kyoji saw them at a glance and immediately waved his hand to greet everyone.

"Kiriha!" Xiao Ling also quickly recognized the faces of acquaintances from the crowd, "It's been a long time, why didn't you come to play with us after you arrived at the players' village?"

The Golden Retriever siblings and Kiritha hadn't known each other for long, but the unfortunate experience of exploring urban legends and rubbing them on the ground due to nightmares gave birth to a high concentration of revolutionary friendships, and they have long been familiar with each other. And the forest-colored teenager was asked so hard that he couldn't laugh or cry - the schedule of the Quartz Alliance is very tight, and the players are busy with pre-game special training and intelligence investigation even in their spare time, where is the time to play?

Before he could answer, his attention was drawn to the familiar cards in the hands of the trench coats, "Ah, have you received the invitation too?"

"Yes, I didn't expect this competition to be so interesting, and I specially held a dinner party for us!"

While talking, Xiao Jie and Xiao Ling looked curiously at the chestnut-haired boy next to Tong Ye - although they had seen it many times on the screen, it was the first time they had seen a real person.

Kyoji Kusama nodded politely to the two of them, and immediately received a double grinning face in response. The aristocratic boy was stunned for a moment, and began to ponder whether he should laugh back.

Seeing that the start time of the dinner was approaching as stated on the invitation, the large team of seven people naturally left the Pokémon Center together and headed for the westernmost destination of the Contestant's Village.

As soon as he walked out of the door, a figure suddenly passed in front of everyone's eyes, bringing a cool breeze. The man was wearing a cloak that was usually inconspicuous, but very recognizable in today's player village, and it was none other than the second-seeded Greyhound.

There seems to be a person next to the Greyhound, wearing a cloak of the same style but of a different color, and much shorter than the Greyhound. Xiao Ye turned her head and casually met the shorter cloaked man, and saw a pair of clear brown eyes that seemed to be visible under the brim of her hat.

Xiao Ye shook her head.

That man...... Looks like you just saw it from somewhere not long ago?

"That's the other way around, isn't it?" Xiao Jie muttered in wonder as he watched the two cloaked men walk away.

However, the temperament of the gray dog himself is indeed incompatible with the dinner party, and everyone does not pay much attention to him. It would have been surprising if he had actually attended.

After crossing the avenue next to the quartz stadium and entering the western area of the athletes' village, the Western-style buildings with brilliant lights come into view. In the darkening sky, the warm tones of the floor-to-ceiling windows are reminiscent of a long-lost hometown.

This is exactly where the dinner was held, the Thousand Needlefish Islands Hotel.

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Small Theatre:

System Prompt: The side story [Hidden Killing Night] has been opened, the mission level is Difficult, and the mission goal is to stop the conspiracy of unknown enemies and protect the player's village to ensure the normal progress of the Quartz Alliance. Failure in this mission can have incalculable consequences, so please exercise caution and make good use of your saves.

Sayo: Wait...... Is this going to be a big deal?But the Quartz Alliance is also the main line of the original anime, and I don't see any situation that could affect the normal progress of the game except for Team Rocket's troubles......

System Tip: Dear players, the anime plot always revolves around the protagonist Ash, so you won't know what happened in the Player Village tonight.

Sayo: Huh?

System Prompt: Because the animation camera is not in the player's village, it only records how the protagonist Ash chases Team Rocket into the Silver Mountain Range and lies on the ground side by side with his good friend Ah Hong to count the stars.

Night: ......