Pokémon: A Strong Man from the Slums

"Next, let's welcome the first contestant of the next game with warm applause! She is from the Johto area, and she is the head master of the Manjin Gym - Xiao Qian!" the host shouted excitedly.

As the host's passionate words fell, a girl with fiery red hair, fresh clothes, looking lively, cute and a little silly stepped onto the battle stage.

When she came on stage, the audience in the entire Johto area was instantly excited. They responded with thunderous applause and cheers to express their unwavering support for her.

"Xiao Qian... the owner of the Manjin City Gym in the Johto region. She is good at Normal-type Pokémon, and her ace Pokémon is Miltank. Overall, her strength should be quite outstanding. And because she specializes in Pokémon attributes, she is relatively less susceptible to attribute restraint." Wang Chen thought to himself.

After the audience's cheers gradually died down, the host once again shouted out the name of another contestant.

"Now, let us invite another contestant of this competition, she is the seeded player from Padilla region - Nimo!" the host shouted.

As the host's passionate words fell, the audience below the stage seemed to be ignited, and burst into thunderous applause and cheers, the sound waves reaching the sky, as if to drown the entire world.

Because Nimo standing on the stage is not only the seeded player from their Padia region, but also the strongest representative of the younger generation of Padia!

"Nimo is on the field again! It seems that there is no suspense so far. It will definitely be another one-sided crushing victory next!"

"Yes, with Nimo's strength, she is the undisputed champion of this competition. In the group round-robin tournament, her opponents will definitely be beaten."

"Nimo is the pride of our Padiya! I firmly believe that she will never lose any game!"

"Don't speak too soon. Haven't there been several strong seeded players who were recognized by everyone unexpectedly failed? Maybe Nimo will also..."

There was a lot of discussion in the audience, but most people were confident in Nimo and believed that she had a great chance of winning the final title.

After all, this is Nemo's hometown of Padia. The advantage of fighting on home soil makes people have extremely high expectations for this local genius, and this almost fanatical support is only natural.

"It's this Nemo again... In the last round, she actually defeated her opponent with an elf whose attributes were at a great disadvantage. She is truly extremely powerful! I wonder if she can still defeat her opponent as easily as in the previous game when she faces Xiao Qian, who majored in general studies." Wang Chen pondered in his heart.

When both contestants stood firmly on the duel stage, the host announced loudly again: "Next, please ask the two contestants to release their first Pokémon!"

Nemo and Xiao Qian looked at each other, and then threw out their first Poké Ball together.

Accompanied by two dazzling red lights flashing, Xiao Qian's "Picosi" and Nemo's "Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile" appeared on the battlefield almost at the same time.

"Tsk tsk... Akane sent out the Fairy-type Pokémon Pixie right from the start. I guess she was worried that the Normal-type Pokémon she's good at would be suppressed by the Fighting-type Pokémon. But it looks like Nemo isn't planning on targeting her."

"Nemo released the Fire and Ghost-type Bone-Patterned Crocodile. There is no attribute restraint between this Pokémon and Pixie. It is purely a battle of hard power." Wang Chen thought to himself.

Soon, the battle between the two officially began!

Xiao Qian's Picosi was seen standing on the battlefield, staring firmly at the bone-patterned giant crocodile in front of him.

Its body trembled slightly, obviously feeling the powerful aura of its opponent, but it had no intention of retreating.

However, the course and outcome of the battle were not beyond the expectations of most people.

Although Xiao Qian's Picosi has impressive strength, it still seems a little overwhelmed when facing Nemo's Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile.

After all, Nemo is a seeded player in the Padiya region!

After only two moves, Xiao Qian's Picosi was surrounded by Nemo's Bone-Patterned Crocodile with blazing flames.

The blazing flames instantly engulfed Picosi, leaving it in confusion.

Immediately afterwards, Picosi was no longer able to fight and directly lost his ability to fight.

"Picoxi has lost its ability to fight, Crocodile has won, contestant Xiao Qian, please replace the next Pokémon!" the referee announced.

After the first battle, Nimo still looked calm, as if the fierce battle just now was just a piece of cake for her.

In comparison, Xiao Qian looked somewhat embarrassed.

She frowned and beads of sweat kept oozing out of her forehead. She was obviously anxious because of the defeat she had just suffered.

The powerful strength of the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile was far beyond Xiao Qian's expectations, forcing her to think hard about her own countermeasures.

"The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile is a fire-type Pokémon. If I continue to send it into the next game, it might be at a disadvantage. I have to switch to a water-type Pokémon to fight against it... Got it! I've decided on this one!" Xiao Qian thought to herself.

Having made up her mind, Xiao Qian threw her second Poké Ball without hesitation.

In an instant, a dazzling red light flashed, and then Xiao Qian's "Big Tailed Raccoon" landed steadily in the center of the battlefield.

"Big-Tailed Raccoon... This is a normal and water-type Pokémon. Its attributes completely suppress the Bone-Pattern Giant Crocodile! I really don't know how much chance of winning this attribute advantage can bring to Xiao Qian." Looking at the situation on the field, Wang Chen couldn't help but analyze it secretly in his mind.

You know, the fire skills of the Bone-Patterned Crocodile will definitely be less effective when facing the water-type Big-Tailed Cat; as for the ghost skills, they are like useless when encountering ordinary Pokémon like the Big-Tailed Cat, and will not work at all.

On the other hand, the water skills of the big-tailed raccoon can cause considerable damage to the bone-patterned giant crocodile.

It seems that in terms of attribute resistance alone, the big-tailed raccoon undoubtedly has an absolute advantage and can restrain the bone-patterned giant crocodile.

"The characteristic of Xiao Qian's big-tailed raccoon should be 'simple', which can double the effect of the big-tailed raccoon's changing moves. In other words, as long as the big-tailed raccoon uses Sword Dance once, the attack power of the big-tailed raccoon will be off the charts!" Wang Chen thought again.

While Wang Chen was still analyzing, the battle between the two elves had already begun.

As expected, the first order Xiao Qian gave to her raccoon was to use the transformation skill.