Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 913, Semifinals
Day 158 since leaving the Orange Islands, cloudy.

The clouds in the sky looked like piled-up cotton wool, partially blocking the sunlight, making it a nice day.

Today is the day of the highly anticipated Silver Tournament semifinals. The schedule is tight, with one match in the morning and one in the afternoon, and the participants are all familiar faces.

Yu Hai got up early and sat around the dining table with the elves for breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, he carefully tidied his clothes, covered his face, and walked towards the stands. He casually found an empty seat and sat down, his gaze fixed on the competition.

At this moment, Ash and Ai are entering the arena. These two arch-rivals have finally met on the field.

Around the arena, cheers from the audience came in waves, all celebrating the arrival of the two players.

Facing Ai's final evolved form, the three starter Pokémon, each exuded a powerful aura with their imposing figures.

On the other hand, to everyone's surprise, Ash sent out his starter Pokémon that had not yet evolved.

These little guys are quite cute, their tiny bodies resembling babies. However, compared to Xiao Ai's final evolved form, the difference in their level and size is obvious. The gap is too big, making it difficult for them to beat Xiao Ai.

As the battle whistle blew, Ash's unevolved starter Pokémon fought back fiercely, but the disparity in strength was simply too great.

In the end, thanks to the outstanding performance of Dragonite and Gengar, Xiao Ai completely dominated, utterly defeating Ash's baby team.

With the referee's whistle, Xiao Ai was declared the winner of the match and successfully advanced to the final.

Looking at the one-sided situation on the field, Yu Hai couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile. He thought to himself: Xiao Zhi suffered from his Pokémon not evolving this time.

In the real world, there's no such thing as a protagonist's halo that always surrounds the other person. The treatment of being the favorite son doesn't work here, especially since it's someone else's world. Ash isn't the protagonist.

At least he transmigrated; this is his world, not Ash's. There's no halo around him; he'll still be weak.

Reality is cruel; things don't always go as planned, and good fortune doesn't always favor one person. But in dreams, everything is possible.

Thinking of this, he sighed helplessly, because he didn't have the protagonist's halo either. He only had a cheat code that was passable. If he had the protagonist's halo, he wouldn't be in such a miserable situation. He hasn't even gotten a regular job yet and is still a contract worker at the dojo.

Fortunately, he met many like-minded friends who worked hard together, and he also hooked up with a wealthy young woman who owned the museum. She forcibly pushed and kissed him, and her family seemed to treat him quite well. He was already very content.

Seeing that Xiaozhi and Xiao Ai's match was over, he prepared to get up and leave. There was plenty of time left, and in order to liven up the atmosphere of the main venue, the organizers arranged an Elite Four exhibition match, where eliminated contestants would have the opportunity to challenge the Elite Four.

These four kings from Chengdu won't go all out in this kind of competition; they've already said it's just an exhibition match, and they're not really interested.

Just then, the Psychic King Kazuki and the Dark King Rika stepped onto the field one after the other. Seeing them, he secretly rejoiced that he hadn't planned to go on the field.

Upon seeing Yishu, he silently thought to himself: It seems that the leader of Team Rocket doesn't care about these undercover agents being exposed, otherwise why would he let them flaunt their presence so openly?

For him, it's better that the Rockets' leader doesn't care, which means the Rockets won't cause him trouble in the short term, allowing him to focus on his development.

After all, he had no desire to be an enemy of the Rockets, much less to go against the league. His biggest wish was to integrate into the league's system and live a leisurely life. Fishing in his spare time, enjoying relaxing moments, and having a long-legged girlfriend—what a wonderful thing that would be! Why all the fighting and killing? Too much bloodlust is no good!

Fortunately, the overall environment of this world is not bad, without those messy and unpleasant things. However, with economic development, they will inevitably appear sooner or later, and it is unknown how they will develop.

After leaving the bustling main venue, he went straight back to the athletes' village. The aroma of food filled the canteen, where he found an empty seat and enjoyed a hearty lunch.

After lunch, he hurried back to his room in the athletes' village and released the Pokémon to eat lunch.

After feeding Lugia for lunch, he made a point of spending time interacting with it, stroking its feathers to strengthen their bond.

Then, he held the fluffy Umbreon and the baby Lugia, lay comfortably on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

He didn't know how long he had slept, but he slowly opened his eyes, looked at the setting sun outside the window, and suddenly remembered that the afternoon's semi-final was about to begin.

He jumped out of bed, hurriedly put on a black T-shirt, and without even fixing his hair, rushed towards the main venue.

As soon as I stepped into the main venue, the host's anxious voice reached my ears: "Contestant Yu Hai has not yet arrived. Does anyone have contestant Yu Hai's contact information? Why hasn't contestant Yu Hai arrived yet?"

The sound echoed throughout the venue through the loudspeakers, making it clear to everyone present that Yu Hai was absent from the afternoon's semi-final.

Yu Hai paused in the contestant passage, quickly glanced at his watch, and his heart skipped a beat as he realized he was a few minutes late.

Fortunately, this is the semi-final. According to the rules, the referee usually won't declare the opponent the loser if they are willing to wait.

After all, the Silver Tournament would definitely lose much of its appeal if either side were to be absent from such an important competition.

The organizers certainly didn't want this to happen. The audience had come from afar, eagerly anticipating this exciting match. If they couldn't watch the game, they certainly wouldn't let it go, and might even demand a refund.

"Brother Hai?" Xiao Shun stood on the contestant's platform, looking left and right, but still couldn't see Yu Hai. He couldn't help but wonder if Brother Hai was planning to give up and let him directly enter the finals.

Just then, sharp-eyed spectators spotted a familiar figure slowly emerging from the contestants' tunnel. Their voices filled with joy as they immediately shouted, "It's Yu Hai! Yu Hai has appeared..."

"Yu Hai has finally appeared! Don't worry, everyone. Yu Hai hasn't given up on the competition. Let's welcome Yu Hai into the arena..." The host's excited voice rang out again. He raised his hand and gently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He was really afraid of an awkward silence!

In an instant, thunderous applause and cheers erupted from the audience: "Clap clap clap—"

"Yu Hai, Yu Hai, Yu Hai..." The neat and enthusiastic shouts rose and fell, reigniting the atmosphere in the entire venue.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Yu Hai strode to his platform. The referee, who was already waiting, rushed over upon seeing Yu Hai's arrival, sternly holding up a yellow card: "Late for the competition, yellow card warning..."

"Sorry, I overslept," Yu Hai said with an awkward smile. He really had overslept, and there was nothing he could do if others didn't believe him.

(End of this chapter)