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Chapter 194 Lillie wants to defeat Hoshino, but encounters a strong enemy in the quarterfinals

Author: It’s a fox, not a cat

Chapter 194 Lillie wants to defeat Hoshino, but encounters a strong enemy in the quarterfinals

At the end of the game, Hoshino left the player tunnel, released New Leaf Mew and the others, and asked with a smile: "How do you feel?"

"Meow~"

Xinye Miao shook his head, feeling that it was just so-so. There was no chance for it to use the power of disaster, and the tropical dragon's bananas were not delicious.

Gengar and Popper's Dolphin felt the same way, especially the latter, who was so proud that he almost raised his head to the sky, and then received a slap.

"I know it's easy to get carried away by winning continuously, but don't be too complacent. Some trainers in the same group are still very strong, and there are seniors in other groups, especially Xiaoguang... She is the newcomer led by Sister Baicai, and her strength is definitely not good enough.

Don’t worry, let’s go watch the game later.”

Hoshino is still relatively cautious, so he is always serious during the battle. If he loses carelessly... he will lose face.

He was holding Xinye Miao and preparing to go to the auditorium with Pokémon to watch the next game when he suddenly saw Qishu pop up with Rotom on his cell phone, waving his hands and shouting.

"This way, this way~"

"..."

Hoshino walked over and found that Pipa and Popi were running over from the audience, so he asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

"I'm interviewing you, but you can't let others get the lead!" Qishu raised the microphone and shouted with a smile: "Quick, quick, tell me some thoughts."

"..."

Piper ignored her, gave her a thumbs up and said, "I heard a lot of viewers talking about you. The battle ended in two minutes. That's amazing!"

After hearing this, Popi shook her head and said: "I can only say that it is average. The evaluation is not as good as mine, but as a newcomer, it is also very good. It deserves praise. Give you a little red flower!"

Seeing the two people ignoring him, Qishu became anxious. He even looked back, fearing that other interviewers would come over, and then shouted: "Don't jump in line, the interview is mine!"

"Wow, Sister Magneto is so excited!"

"..."

Seeing them getting noisy, Hoshino smiled and then left. It was better to watch the game first, as he didn't want to miss some exciting battles.

At the same time, Lillie also ran over from the auditorium. Seeing Hoshino walking towards this side alone, a smile appeared on her face inadvertently.

But just as he adjusted his skirt and took steps to pass by, a figure suddenly appeared on the side and ran over waving his hand.

"Hey! Hoshino!"

"Um?"

Hearing the voice, Hoshino looked up, but he didn't expect it to be Xiaoguang, who had never been seen before before the gods and queens. The person was wearing a black miniskirt with a pink hem today, and more of her legs were exposed.

"What are you doing?"

"Let's play with you and watch the game together."

Xiaoguang extended the invitation. She also saw the opponent's battle just now in the audience. She seemed to understand why Sister Zhulan admired the opponent very much, but she was still a little unconvinced.

Especially during the qualifiers some time ago, the Sinnoh trainer was bullied by the Alola trainer. As a member of Sinnoh, she must show off, such as studying her strength!

Faced with the invitation, Hoshino did not refuse. He had never seen Xiaoguang's strength. The other party seemed to advance to the qualifiers very easily.

But he must be hiding something. This is a newcomer to the league championship, and his strength cannot be underestimated, so I want to know about it.

"That's okay."

"Well, let's go."

Watching Hoshino leave with Xiaoguang, Qishu immediately ended the fight with Popi and chased after him with Rotom on his cell phone. Pipa and the others also followed immediately.

After they all left, Lillie walked out from the stairs again, but the smile on her face completely disappeared at this moment.

She subconsciously pinched the hem of her skirt, lowered her head and stayed there for a long time. Finally, she showed a wry smile, turned around and left calmly, and returned to the auditorium.

Seeing her coming back, Meiyue noticed her expression, frowned slightly, and asked, "Did you go out to look for him just now? What happened?"

"nothing……"

Lillie sat next to her, taking off her hat and placing it on her lap. Her eyes suddenly became firm and she looked down at the battle of other trainers.

She said in a serious tone: "I think I shouldn't think about these things. Pokémon battles are more interesting. This is what I should do!"

"???"

Mitsuki directly typed out a few questions. What happened? Did she suddenly wake up?

"Hey, what on earth are you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lillie showed a melancholy expression and asked in a low voice: "Do you think I have a chance to defeat Hoshino? When I trained with him before, he would never let me win even once, even though I didn't lose either.

After that, it’s all until the point is reached…”

Mitsuki put her hand on her shoulder, smiled and encouraged: "Nothing is impossible, as long as you want to do it, you can do it, but why defeat instead of defeat?"

“I feel like this is a better word to use now!”

Lillie responded in a serious tone. She has decided to mature from now on, abandon those childish ideas, do what she wants to do seriously, and become an excellent trainer!

She can no longer continue to be sentimental. She liked Hoshino in the past, but now the relationship has faded. Continuing like this will only increase her troubles. It is better to give up everything, and the other party doesn't know anyway.

But one thing will not change. In fact, she has always regarded Hoshino as the object of admiration, that is, her goal after becoming a trainer. Since it is a goal, then try to surpass it... Well, that's it!

Looking at Lillie, who seemed to have been hit too hard and her personality began to become abnormal, Mitsuki's smile gradually faded away, and she began to think while feeling worried.

"What on earth did Hoshino do..."

Soon the first day of competition was over, and the winning players were happy, while the eliminated players either went home or stayed to watch the competition.

At dusk, outside the stadium, Xiaoguang waved his hands and shouted: "I will compete tomorrow, so be sure to come and watch! By the way, help me analyze the strength of the other people in my group~"

"Um."

Hoshino waved in response, and then went to eat with Pipa and the others. At the same time, his face gradually became serious, and he murmured softly: "This is a bit strong..."

While watching the game, he found out from Xiaoguang that the opponent already had seven badges from the Sinnoh region, but Denji didn't have the one in his hand. And it wasn't that he couldn't beat him, but Denji never had time.

"I only have two from Padea..."

In response to this, Hoshino felt like he was instantly stretched out. The number of badges is valuable. After all, the gym trainer will arrange the competing teams based on the challenger's number of badges.

Being able to obtain 7 pieces means that he is no longer a newcomer in terms of strength. He is simply limited to the trainer level because he has not graduated. Only in the Padia region, because of the relationship with the academy, you don't need to pay too much attention to this rule.

In this world, the trainer level is more like an academic qualification or degree. It starts with high school students and college students, and then becomes a doctorate.

But you can study college stuff in high school, but there are regulations that require you to finish high school for three years before you can go to college. That’s pretty much what it means.

So there must be some trainers like Xiao Guang here, and there are even some incredible ones like Nemo who come down to fry fish...

In today's Group A alone, Hoshino saw Yuu and Hepp, whom he was more concerned about. The latter's performance was pretty good, but the former easily penetrated three with only one Flare Ace, and his performance was even better than him!

"After all, I have only been in this world for less than two years. I can't compare with these trainers who have been trainers for five or six years. It's all due to cheating..."

Hoshino was not shocked by the strength of these people, but was looking forward to it, and there was someone here who had less time than him.

But then again, the day the Youth Cup ends happens to be the second anniversary of his coming into this world. This is an annual commemoration event, but this year he will definitely not be able to make it back to the House of Everything.

"Sure enough, we need to prepare in advance. We can't forget this matter! We can't forget the eldest lady like last year..."

Hoshino recalled how Lillie felt like he was treating her as an outsider after learning that she was not at the banquet last year, and began to work hard to show that she was also a member of the House of All Things. He wanted to laugh a little.

"Forget it, call her then. If we can win the Youth Cup that day, then we can celebrate the two things together..."

In the next few days, when there are no games, Hoshino will go to watch games with Xiaoguang, and Qishu and Paipa will also follow. After going back and forth, everyone knows each other, and Xiaoguang is very happy to be interviewed by Qishu, which makes

She was almost overjoyed.

Except for the occasional strange sight from somewhere in the audience, everything was basically normal.

After several days of elimination, the 8 players in each group have been decided. Hoshino went smoothly and did not meet other seeded players, such as Xiaoyu. Maybe someone was operating in secret to prevent them from meeting.

After entering the top 32, the groups were disrupted again, leaving only two groups AB. The trainers who won in each group will compete in the finals!

Therefore, every player is very concerned about which side they are assigned to and who their next opponent will be. Hoshino is also the same...

"It's Group A again..."

He quickly saw his name. Fortunately, Group A did not see Nemo's name.

The senior sister is indeed disguised... Referring to her strength, Hoshino looked at her battles and saw that she was always back and forth against everyone, so that her performance was completely overshadowed by others, and her presence was greatly reduced.

She just came here to find someone to fight with and play by the way. Unless she really met an opponent she wanted to fight, she would not reveal her strength too early.

And as a champion, it's really not good to bully newcomers. I didn't win a crushing round, so I guess this is also a consideration. After my senior went to Alola, she did change a lot.

After watching all the groups, Mitsuki, Lillie and Nemo are all in Group B, Hikaru is on Hoshino's side, and even Yuu and Hep are also there.

"Both sides have allocated seed players reasonably, it just depends on who meets whom first."

Hoshino doesn't dislike the arrangement of the competition, and everyone is well aware of this. There is no point in letting the seeded players meet in advance.

However, in this group, he was a little worried about Lillie. He originally wanted to compete with the opponent in the competition, but now if his side advances to the finals, then the opponent will most likely be the senior sister.

"No matter what, keep going!"

After confirming the grouping, the opponents for the competition soon came out. Hoshino was in the first match. The opponent was unknown and seemed to be a player from the Johto area.

With such a good start, he and Xinye Miao took it seriously and continued their outstanding performance of zero seals to enliven the atmosphere for these 32 top matches.

A few days later, the top 16 competition was completely upgraded to a level of difficulty from now on. The first seed player Hoshino encountered was a trainer from the Carlos region.

In this Youth Cup, the opponent used MEGA Evolution for the first time. MEGA Gyarados easily defeated Pop Dolphin, and even almost became autistic. The confidence that they had gained from winning all the way was shattered.

Fortunately, the opponent's evil debuff was completely suppressed by Xinye Miao's bad cat talent. In the end, Maomao and Hoshino cooperated to achieve a big reversal that shocked the audience, and then stepped on its head to defeat it. This wave of operations simply stunned everyone.

People, even Chi Hong, were stunned for a moment.

However, despite being shocked, Qishu was happy. She had the exclusive right to interview Hoshino and Xiaoguang. The better they performed, the happier she was.

However, Hoshino's performance made other players list him as the number one target of attention, especially Xiaoguang and the others in the same group. Pogaman was even frightened for a while and did not completely offend that silly cat.

At the same time, among the other group of players, while preparing for the next competition, Lillie naturally went to watch the competition live, with an expression full of disbelief: "Is Xinye Miao so strong..."

Nemo, who deliberately sat next to her, said with a smile: "Are you scared? You can't be like this. You should be happy and have a stable mentality. Maybe he has someone stronger? The essence of a battle is to challenge the strong!"

"Yes, there are also motorcycle lizards..."

Only then did Lillie realize that Biker was Hoshino's representative Pokémon, and New Leaf was more of a pendant, and Suo Cai Ling didn't seem to be seen from the beginning to the end, so he couldn't hide it too, right?

"I feel like I can't beat you..."

Hearing the muttering, Nemo turned sideways and asked seriously: "Do you want to fight him?"

"right……"

Lillie responded softly, but now she had little confidence and could not be divided into groups unless they could all fight to the last game.

But there is still a senior in this group, and she can only take out two. Although the Roaring Tail is very strong, Eevee suffers a big loss when trying to make up the numbers.

Seeing her response, Nimo's tone became a little excited. He put his hands on her shoulders, looked into her eyes and shouted: "Obviously I am your strong enemy! If you want to fight, you have to fight me first!"

The sound was so loud that it frightened some of the surrounding audience, but Lillie responded softly: "Strong rivals and goals are different! Strong rivals are people who grow up together, and goals are what I want to chase!"

"Yeah……"

Nemo let go of her hand, tilted her head and began to seriously think about the meaning of these words. She had never had any goals, and all she thought about every day was Pokémon battles. Only in this way would she be happier.

It was really because of this habit and casual personality that she had no friends for so many years, until everyone in Alola went to school, and then she was responsible for the reception...

After thinking for a moment, Nimo's original smile appeared on her face, and she continued: "That means the two are not in conflict, right? Then I understand!"

"Um?"

Looking at the soft smile on her senior sister's face, Lillie tilted her head, a little confused...

The top 16 rounds soon ended, and many seeded players were eliminated. However, there were also "upsets" like Nemo who successfully advanced and attracted attention.

Lillie struggled to advance, but fortunately Roaring Tail was really able to resist. The senior sister had not been taught for a few months, and she was able to develop Roaring Tail's abilities together.

Unfortunately, Mitsuki ran into Nemo in the quarter-finals. There were only four people left in each group, so it was no surprise to meet anyone, so Lillie faced off against another trainer from the Kanto region.

Another group of situations is quite interesting. The first game is Hoshino vs. Xiaoyu. If there is no big comeback in the top 16 of Xinye Miao, then the performance of the latter in the game will basically dominate the former.

Looking at the schedule, Hoshino said calmly: "I thought Yuu-chan would fight Xiaoguang, isn't it more interesting to watch a female fight, but in the end, I still met him, but this is not bad..."

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(End of chapter)