Chapter 555: The Qualifiers Begin
Early the next morning, when Xia You and Xiao Zhi gathered and went down to the hall 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.
When I looked up, I saw that there were 16 groups on the screen, with three players in each team, and the names of the players also had photos of each of them.
"I saw it!" Ash only glanced at it, and immediately saw his photo, pointed to the screen and said, "I'm from Group H, I'll see who my opponent is...... Hey? ”
Hearing his surprised voice, Xia You and the others turned their heads to look.
"What's wrong?"
Looking closely, I found out that in Ash's H group, there is a little girl besides him, and a big boy with a slightly chubby physique, and that boy is none other than Kenta and Marina's childhood sweetheart from Wakaba Town-Junichi!
"It's him, it's really ......" Xiaoxia patted Ash's shoulder with a teasing face, "I've heard Marina mention it before, Junichi's strength is very strong, and it's really unfortunate that you are separated from him." ”
Ash was eager to try: "It's okay, no matter who it is, I won't lose!" ”
After reading Ash's grouping, everyone then went to look for Xia You's name and wanted to see his grouping.
Xiaoxia's eyes narrowed, and she was the first to discover Xia You's name: "I saw it, Brother Xia You is in Group C!" ”
Following her fingers, Xia You really saw a photo of herself, and his opponents in the same group were two players who had never seen before.
"Luckily, I didn't meet Kenta and them."
Seeing that he was not separated from the people he knew, this also made Xia You breathe a sigh of relief, after all, there is only one promotion place in a group, if he is assigned to his friends, and when he really eliminates them with his own hands, he will inevitably feel a little unhappy in his heart.
Although there will be a time to meet sooner or later as they continue to advance, the later they meet, the better their friends' grades will be, and they will not feel so guilty when they eliminate them.
Even in the face of Xiao Mao, he didn't want Xiao Mao to be eliminated so early.
After looking at the grouping, several people focused on the rules of the game.
The basic qualifier rules, the same group is carried out in the form of a three-person round-robin, winning can get three points, losing is zero points, and a tie can get one point, and the person with the highest total score can advance to the next round of the final tournament.
"But there are also small probability events." Xiao Gang touched his chin and analyzed, "That is, in the case of all ties and the same points, it will enter the play-off session until the winner is completely decided." ”
"This..."Xiao Zhi counted with his fingers, but found that with his own IQ, this system was really a bit brain-burning, so he simply didn't waste the already small number of brain cells, and said with a firm face, "In short, as long as you defeat them all, you will definitely be able to enter the next round, right?!" ”
"That's right." Xia You smiled, "Since you are here to compete, don't care so much, you have to have this kind of indomitable spirit!" ”
After confirming their respective matches, Xia You and Ash separated and walked towards their own Group C with Lijia.
And this time, as a partner who traveled all the way, it was such a key game, and Xiaoxia couldn't leave Xiaozhi alone, so she and Xiaogang accompanied him to the Group H venue.
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Next to the main stadium of Silver Stadium, there are four smaller venues A, B, C, and D, and the 16 groups of the qualifiers will be held in these four small venues.
Xia You's Group C was assigned to Venue A in order.
When he arrived at the venue from the athletes' tunnel, Venue A was already full of spectators, and in terms of numbers, it was also the most popular place.
Mei Sha and Ma Sha occupied the most conspicuous position in the audience early on, and when they saw Xia You entering, they frantically waved the flag in their hands.
These people are too dazzling, compared to them, Lijia is much quieter when she sits next to her, just looking at Xia You from afar with gentle eyes.
Looking at Xia You's opponent again, he can be regarded as a popular player in the city, before Xia You entered the arena, he was already standing in the trainer command area of the red side, but compared to the ease of others, the expression on his face at the moment was extremely dignified.
No one but him could truly appreciate the pressure felt when standing in front of the quartz tournament champion and the favourite of the tournament.
Especially before the game, when he learned that he and Xia You were in a group, he also deliberately checked Xia You's previous games, and after watching it, he could only describe it as suffocation.
Whether it was Shanaiduo, Charizard, Blastoise, Wonderful Frog Flower, or Xia You's other Pokémon, their strength was extremely strong, and they did have a level above the champion, especially the Tyrannosaurus, which made him feel a kind of fear.
Fighting against such an opponent, he really didn't know how to deal with it.
At this moment, seeing Xia You waving his hand and walking towards the battle command area of the blue side with a normal face, this player could only keep praying in his heart, hoping that Xia You would not send out such a powerful Pokémon in the qualifier stage.
When Xia You walked to the command area and stood still, the referee walked to the middle position.
"Now let's decide on the first attacker!"
Slightly different from other tournaments, this qualifier uses a wheel, and the lottery is used to decide who will send the first Pokémon, which is slightly unfair, but it can reduce some uncertainty and protect the weak side.
But on the other hand, if the weak side draws the first attack, it will naturally speed up the pace of the game and lose more completely.
A small turntable appeared on the screen on the side, representing the red and blue colors of Xia You and the player, evenly scattered on the disc, and as the pointer began to turn, it also touched the hearts of the two players.
Eventually, the player breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the pointer slowly stop and freeze on Xia You's blue square.
The referee glanced at the results and motioned to Xia You: "Please send Pokémon to Xia You first." ”
Xia You nodded slightly, and did not show any loss for his first attack, the main reason was precisely because he believed in his Pokémon and knew that even if their attributes were restrained, they would still not be defeated so easily.
He took out a Poké Ball from his fanny pack, which he had already thought of before the game, and as the Poké Ball was thrown by him, when the blue light flashed, a blue-green Pokémon with green leaves and red flowers appeared on the field!
It was Xia Yu who shined in the Guandu area, but was left in Sakuragi Park and had not played for a long time - Miao Frog Flower!