Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Winning
"Congratulations to Gary for advancing to the semifinals. Let's give a warm round of applause to thank the two players for bringing us a wonderful game."
"Gary! Gary! Great!"
"Gary! Gary! I love you!"
Gary's cheerleaders were all shouting fiercely.
Gary knew that from then on, his fame was completely established. Using Legendary Pokémon at the Indigo Plateau Conference would probably be remembered for two or three years, and even spread to other Regions.
After the game, the reporter was waiting for Gary in the interview area.
"Gary, your game today was so exciting. May I ask how you captured Zapdos?" the female reporter asked.
The appearance of Zapdos naturally attracted everyone's attention. Everyone wanted to know how Zapdos was captured.
"I saved Zapdos, and it was willing to be my Pokémon in order to repay me . "Gary said.
The female reporter was stunned. She had thought of many ways and thought that Gary had captured Zapdos by fighting. She didn't expect that it was because Gary saved Zapdos.
"My Tyranitar is still poisoned. I'm leaving first." Gary knew that the female reporter wanted to continue asking about Zapdos, and he would not give her a chance to leave after saying ten words.
The fact that Gary was Professor Oak's grandson had long been exposed by the media. Now that Gary has captured Zapdos, some people with ulterior motives and sour people will definitely come out to spread rumors.
So sometimes it is better to say less, and if Gary really wants to say where he captured Zapdos, the Blue City may be overcrowded. Even if people don't capture Zapdos, the electric Pokémon near the power plant will suffer.
Arriving at the Pokémon Center, they found that Ash was there.
At this time, Ash was full of low pressure, and Brock and Misty were also comforting Ash.
After Gary handed Bangila to Joy for treatment, he moved to Ash's side.
Feeling someone approaching, Ash looked up and saw Gary, who was coming, and was a little surprised.
"Gary...you..." Ash hesitated, he wanted to say something, but couldn't.
"It's just a defeat, you're so depressed, it's not like you usually." Gary said.
"I'm just reflecting on my previous battle." Ash said.
"It's just an Alliance Conference, the victory between us is far from over, have you forgotten the agreement between us?" Gary said.
"Agreement...to become a Pokémon master..."
"Yes, we are competing to see who can become a Pokémon master first, the real competition is the World Championship, the Alliance Conference is just a stage for Rookie Trainers to show off.
It's okay to just use it to hone the Pokémon of new trainer, the real battle is the World Championship."
Gary said.
Ash was stunned for a moment and asked: "What is the World Championship?"
"The World Championship is the highest level competition held by the Trainer Association. All the powerful Trainers in the world will participate in the competition. The top 8 Trainers will be awarded the title of "Master", and the Trainer ranked first will be the World's Mightiest Trainer."
Gary said contemptuously: "Since you want to become a Pokémon Master, don't you even know about the World Championship? You really don't collect any information at all."
Ash was embarrassed. He didn't expect that there was a World Championship, but it sounded very impressive.
"Then can I participate in the World Championship?" Ash asked.
"Even I am not qualified to participate, you are still far away. Get the Alliance Conference Champion first." Gary said, and left.
Watching Gary leave, Ash asked Brock and Misty: "What qualifications do you need to participate in the World Championship?"
"I remember that you must win at least one Alliance Conference championship to be eligible to participate. Ash, you are still a long way off." Brock said.
"Such high requirements...!" Ash was shocked.
I thought the standard of the Alliance Conference was very high, but I didn't expect the World Championship to be even higher. Only Trainers who have won the first place in the Alliance Conference Championship are eligible to participate.
Indigo Plateau Conference is the Alliance Conference. Just fighting in the Indigo Plateau Conference is enough for Ash. The qualification for the World Championship requires Alliance Conference Championship. It's scary to think about it.
The entry standards for the World Championship at this time are relatively high. It was only later that the entry conditions were lowered to stimulate the economy, but there were also ranking levels. Weak Trainers entered the top 100 competition.
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After dinner
Gary and Sabrina stayed in the room to rest.
Gary looked at his Rival tomorrow. It was a male Trainer named Siwi, who was 2 years older than Gary.
After watching Siwi's game video, his strength was normal. It was not easy for him to win the game today. His main Pokémon had fought several games in a row and was already exhausted.
Gary also watched the game videos of the other two players. In summary, it was not worth watching.
The remaining three players were only slightly stronger than Ash, and their overall strength was about the same.
The next morning, the semi-finals of the Indigo Plateau Conference officially started.
The first match was between Gary and Siwi.
Siwi's Pokémon lineup was Tauros, Primeape, Hypno, Rapidash, Victreebel, and Slowbro.
Gary did not send out Tyranitar and Zapdos, but used four Pokémon, Eevee, Pidgeot, Aerodactyl, and Exeggutor, to defeat all six of Siwi's Pokémon a complete victory over Rival.
Everyone was once again amazed at Gary's strength. Even without using Tyranitar and Zapdos, Gary's other Pokémon still outperformed other players in the Indigo Plateau Conference.
Of course, it's not that these players have become weaker, but that the players who have fought for so many consecutive days and advanced to the full-strength battle have exhausted their Pokémon and their Contest Condition has seriously declined.
The level of the players in this Indigo Plateau Conference is not very good, and the number of trainer Pokémon in their hands is not too many. Naturally, later the the fewer Pokémon are available, and the Pokémon will naturally feel tired.
But Gary is different. In addition to his Pokémon level being higher than that of the players in the conference, he also has more Pokémon.
Gary has 20 Pokémon that can participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference, while Ash only has 9. Ash has traveled all the way to the Hoenn Region to reach Gary's current level.
The semi-finals are over, and the next day is the finals.
Gary's Rival in the finals is called Aang, and the Pokémon he uses are Onix, Blastoise, Lickitung, Electrode, Marowak, and Scyther.
The Pokémon lineup looks okay, except that Electrode caused Gary a little trouble, but Gary still won.
[Ding! Mission completed, rewards have been distributed to the space backpack. ]