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Chapter 385 Gladion's gift, a strange recording...

After the opening ceremony, the Manaro Arena ended immediately, and the staff began to prepare for tomorrow morning's match. At the same time, the rules of the knockout match and the list of groups can be seen on the official website.

Due to the large number of contestants, the knockout round is divided into four competition areas, which will be held in the main arena and three sub-arenas in the center of the Manaro Arena.

Each competition area decides four people to qualify, that is, a total of 16 people will participate in the official competition. There will be no top four or eight, and there will only be one champion in the challenge competition!
Moreover, this is Alola's home stadium, so they have the final say on the schedule and the grouping of players. The League Association will not interfere with this, and will only be responsible for the normal progress of the game.

This is why in the previous meeting, Hara said that in the knockout round, all these trainers from other places would be killed. After all, they will arrange who will fight in the next game. This is not an unspoken rule, but an obvious one. Take it out and target people.

But now that they have come to Alola to participate in the challenge, these trainers have long been mentally prepared for this aspect, and everyone is very confident, as long as they are strong enough, they can fight all the way!
It's just that when these foreign trainers saw the rules of the knockout round, they were all stunned, because this is not the kind of knockout round in regular competitions, where you will be promoted one by one and finally qualify.

Instead, everyone in the same group goes out together, stays on the same field, and then only one Pokémon is allowed to have a big fight, and the four who stay in the field finally qualify!

After seeing this elimination rule, almost all field trainers were dumbfounded. They have never seen such an outrageous elimination rule...

However, some trainers who are more familiar with Alola quickly saw the rules of this knockout match, as if it was a large royal battle.

It is a unique local event in Alola. The normal rule is a four-person brawl. The local trainers are very familiar with it. It not only tests the strength of the trainer, but also tests the psychological tactics and friends who may not exist. .

After all, this thing may be a group of people targeting you. No matter how strong you are, you can’t beat four hands with two fists. Therefore, whether to find someone to join forces temporarily or go it alone will test the trainer...

Soon the rules of the knockout round of the Challenger League became popular all over the Internet, and discussions could be seen in various forums. After all, Royal Battle is too unpopular, and only local trainers in Alola will play it.

But this time, the royal battle went out of the circle directly. It is too boring to go through the knockout rounds one by one. It is better to have a simple and violent battle. Everyone started to look forward to it with the mentality of watching the excitement. After all, this is something they have never seen before. new stuff.

Although it is obviously impossible for Alola's trainers in all competition regions to qualify, and Alola is really weak compared to other regions, it is still possible for four players in a single competition region to qualify.

Therefore, in the group list of this knockout round, almost all the players of Alola are gathered in the main arena in the center, which is simply blatant.

If you can't beat it, just stick together. The Alola region may not be very strong in other aspects, but most of the people here are very simple and united. First, we will eliminate all other players before the civil war.

Although other players have already guessed about this after seeing the rules of Smash Bros., but after actually seeing it, it is really difficult to hold back. In a big group, there is no champion level, and all the strong ones are in the group. other groups.

But when they swept around and didn't see Hoshino's name in this group, they were a little strange for a while, until they saw the only person from Alola in the other group, and they were completely dumbfounded.

"Is this guy so brave!"

Not only the netizens who watched the excitement, but even the contestants were dumbfounded after seeing it, and they didn't think about it. Now there are a few trainers who didn't come here to fight you, but you still jumped into it. Isn't this a female brat What about taking off your clothes...

Originally, Hara also wanted Hoshino to go to the main competition group, but he didn't want to compete with his teammates for the qualifying position. If he wanted to fight, it would be too boring in Smash Bros. It's better to go to the official competition.

Although Hara and the others didn't know what to say to this, they still agreed. There is no way, this is the landowner of Alola now, and the popularity of a region depends on him alone.

Regarding the list of groups, Liliai and the others only found out about it today. Before that, apart from the official Alola Alliance, only Hoshino knew the details, and they didn't make it public.

"Everyone is in the same group...huh?"

Lillie was in this group suddenly, and found Gladion's name, she couldn't help feeling puzzled: "Why is my brother here? Didn't he go to Hezhong?"

Hearing this, Xiaoguang glanced curiously: "This guy named Gladion is your brother? I've never heard that you have a brother."

And Nemo, who knew a little bit, was even more blunt after hearing the words: "Didn't your brother lose it many years ago? He picked it up again?"

"Uh...he touched it back by himself."

Lillie didn't know how to explain it. After all, this aspect involved her mother's dark history, but she didn't expect Gladion to sneak back, and her mother should be very happy.

But since my brother has already participated in the competition, can he also fight with the other party... After all, the conflict between the other party and Hoshino is always her own, she really doesn't want to see the two fight for her, if possible, use a duel to communicate!
Then the few of them also left. They originally wanted to go shopping at night, but Xiaoguang and the others had never experienced this kind of Smash Bros. knockout match. They had to study it carefully, and it was best to find teammates in the same group.

And Nemo didn't take part in the competition, so she went to Kabukicho with Lillie. She hadn't been here for a long time, so it happened to be here this time...

Hoshino didn't go back immediately, and didn't even go to meet Lillie and the others. He still stayed here after the Manaro Arena was over, standing in the auditorium, looking at the competition field below.

And at this moment, Gladion, who had put on his regular clothes from behind him, put his hands in his pockets, walked out suddenly, and stood beside him, still keeping his face on the ground as always, without taking the initiative to speak.

In the end, it was Hoshino who turned sideways and leaned against the guardrail. It was rare that he didn't quarrel immediately, but asked with a smile: "Why did you come back suddenly? Or did you hear that you are going to the ultimate space to find your father?"

He mentioned this matter to Lila a little bit, so he guessed that Lila might have told Gladion. After all, he had been working in the Hezhong area before. A trip to Alola to ask clearly.

It's just that Gladion didn't answer this question. He continued to look at the field below and asked, "Just you, challenge a group?"

"Otherwise? Hehe, it's very bold. After all, if you want to become the league champion, if you don't have the strength to shock everyone, that's not enough!"

"It's really bold. Before I know it, I feel that there has been a big distance between me and you."

"It's just an illusion."

"yes……"

Gladion responded in a low voice. He didn't want to quarrel this time. He just wanted to come over and say a few words, and then asked: "Lusamine... Mother, how are you doing now? Didn't you do anything stupid anymore? "

"Fortunately, it's just that sometimes I feel a little lonely, and no one at home can accompany her..."

Said, Hoshino also followed the other party's gaze, looked towards the venue below again, after a moment of contemplation, said: "It will be the Chinese New Year at the end of next month, remember to come back again, mother will often ask us about your recent situation."

"... Will she still care about me?"

"You are her child."

"..."

Gladion was silent for a while. This was the first time he returned to Alola after such a long time since he left with Lila and the others last time.

And just as Hoshino guessed, he only came back after hearing about his father. At the beginning, in order to find his father, his mother turned into that dazed look, which almost caused the family to break up.

This time, he started planning again. Although his mother had returned to normal, and Lilia and Hoshino were by her side, he was still more worried about accidents. At least... he couldn't lose anyone.

But he didn't want to go back to the Ether Paradise directly. Even now, he didn't think about how to face Lusamine, so he finally decided to participate in the challenge, to win the league championship position, and let his mother know As long as it is still there.

Hoshino quietly observed him, and probably figured out what the other party was thinking. He didn't expect that this guy was not only a late-stage girl-controlling guy, but also had a slight mother-controlling tendency, but he didn't know how to express it.

"It's so weird..."

He shook his head, the other party was really weirder than his past personality, but when he thought that the other party was only in his early ten years old, he met a bewildered mother, and finally ran away from home for so many years, and has been wandering alone. Ghost.

But at this moment, Gladion did not continue this topic, but suddenly took out a USB flash drive and a mini recorder from his pocket and threw them over.

"Take it."

"Ok?"

Hoshino reached out to catch it, glanced at the slightly strange USB flash drive in his hand, and the badly damaged recording device, and asked, "What is this?"

After sending the things out, Gladion continued to put his hands in his pockets, then turned around and walked towards the stairs, as if he was about to leave, then he explained: "This is my abandoned laboratory in a certain plasma team. , found a set of recording data..."

"Huh? Then?"

"It should be that the monitor hadn't had time to take it away, and the laboratory accidentally exploded. I tried my best to restore part of it. It seems to be related to Quecchis, but there are also some very important things in it. You should feel it." interest……"

Hearing this, Hoshino frowned slightly, and asked, "Didn't you tell Lila about the leader of the plasma regiment?"

"They can't solve these things. Now the international police are already very busy. Giving them this thing will only increase the pressure and they won't be able to do anything. But I believe you can, but how to deal with it is your business. If you If you want to give it to them, don't say I gave it to you."

Gladion glanced back, then left without looking back, leaving only Hoshino quietly holding the USB flash drive and recording equipment...

At night, in Kabukicho, affected by the surge of tourists, many Pokémon have also come here to play, so it is very lively.

Nemo and Lilia were both holding their mobile phones in the living room of Wanshiwu, and they were discussing tomorrow's knockout match in the group. Because of the challenge, Wanshiwu is closed these days, so there is no need to deal with commissions.

At this time, Hoshino returned to the Wanshiwu with Xinye Miao in his arms. After seeing the two people in the living room, he was not too surprised and asked directly, "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet, waiting for you..."

As she said that, Lilia looked up at him and asked, "Why did you come back so late, is Uncle Hara looking for you again?"

"No, it was your brother who talked to me."

"Eh? You didn't fight, did you? What about others? Could it be that you threw them into the sea to feed the fish?"

Lillie's expression became anxious in an instant. After all, when the two met, they quarreled regardless of the occasion and continued to fight, but Hoshino saw that the clothes were very clean, so it might be that Gladion was dealt with.

"...What are you thinking?"

Hoshino scratched his hair and asked, "Could it be that you want us to fight?"

"I hope you can live in harmony!"

"Isn't that all right? There was no fight this time. He just came to ask about my mother's recent situation, and gave me something by the way..."

With that said, Hoshino walked towards the desk, then inserted the USB flash drive into the computer, and connected it to his mobile phone Rotom with a data cable to avoid any virus or other problems.

Seeing his actions, Lillie and Nemo moved aside curiously, and then Hoshino began to operate. The contents of the USB flash drive should have been copied by Gladion after recovering the recording, and he wanted to see it. What the hell is it...

Soon, from the data transmitted to the mobile phone, there was a sound that seemed to be a conversation between two people. It was intermittent and the sound quality was very poor. It seemed that there was some special interference during the recording.

"What are you listening to?"

Lilia was disturbed by the noise, and Hoshino waved his hand to signal her to be quiet first, and then continued to listen...

"You... are Quecchis, right?"

"Ah you are……"

"Yes, it's me..."

"How is this possible! You obviously..."

"Nothing is impossible, I... just came here to ask... you want to join..."

"What is that, I..."

"Your plan...failed, but..."

(A long recording in the middle is interrupted)

"Have you considered it clearly..."

"Hehe, then there's no need to say...as long as...Shenlong...then..."

(Another recording is interrupted)

"Welcome to add... Rainbow..."

"Happy cooperation!"

(The back is full of noise, it should be to destroy the traces and detonate the laboratory)

The recording data given by Gladion is only these, but the amount of information in it is huge. Although Nemo and Lillie didn't understand it, Hoshino's expression at the moment is extremely dignified.

There is no doubt that this is a recording of Queches talking to a mysterious person who suddenly came to the door before he disappeared. Although it is not known who recorded it, it may be the ghost of the plasma team.

But in the content of this recording, two very crucial points, the dragon and the rainbow, are mentioned. If the dragon refers to the three dragons who disappeared, what about the rainbow?It can't be Phoenix King... So there is only one answer, Team Rainbow Rocket!

"No wonder it will be sent to me..."

Hoshino forced a smile, probably because Gladio guessed that he was also investigating after he heard that he had discovered the Rainbow Rockets.

Moreover, it also involved the missing Kuiqisi and the three dragons of the Tao. The international police were really overwhelmed, and Lila might really die from overwork.

"Let me investigate... But I don't have a clue. Although I want to find it, these guys are probably not in this world at all."

He shook his head, and then glanced at the broken recording device. He didn't choose to throw it away, but kept it. The fact that such a piece of data was left in the explosion shows that the quality is really good.

Seeing that he didn't know what to do here, Lilia became more and more confused, and asked, "What the hell is this recording?"

"I'll tell you later."

Hoshino pulled out the USB flash drive, stood up and patted her head, then temporarily put all these things behind him, and said with a smile: "Let's have dinner first, senior sister, will you stay here tonight?"

Nemo nodded and responded, "Of course, I'll sleep in Lillie's room and sleep with her, but let's cook, I'm starving to death."

Hoshino has long been used to her personality: "Okay, then wait a little longer."

Then he looked at Lillie again, and said, "And you, you should also prepare well for tomorrow's game, don't waste your time."

"I see, it's you...don't lose face tomorrow!"

"Don't worry, I will win!"

……

(End of this chapter)