"The opposition's second team captain is a very mysterious person; it's best not to underestimate him." Juzhen Ye spoke with a serious expression. A 20-year-old Poke-mon Doctor, such a person wouldn't have been a surprise when the Elf Domain was just beginning to develop, but in today's world, a century after the development of the Elf Domain, to achieve such honor at the age of 20, one must be an extremely terrifying prodigy.
This kind of prodigy shouldn't be viewed with conventional wisdom, even if they extend across two major Domains.
Fang Yuan's data was kept highly confidential by the Hua Nation, and coupled with the fact that Fang Yuan's growth experience was very short, he seemed very mysterious to those in Japan.
"He's just a newcomer. I believe Yu and the others can handle him," Longqi said.
Facing Longqi's perspective, Juzhen Ye felt it necessary to talk with the elder on the other side. The Dragon King was good in many ways, with commendable strength, but he had one flaw: extreme arrogance. With his strength, certainly, he had the capital to be confident, but sometimes, it turned into blind confidence. Juzhen Ye felt this was a point that very much needed improvement.
"Alright, this Fang Yuan doesn't concern you. If you truly want to challenge Yun Kai, then you'd better adjust your attitude quickly."
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The evening exchange was "pleasant."
Fang Yuan had thought it would be a cordial exchange banquet, but someone from the Japan Exchange Team, like a main character straight out of a hot-blooded, adolescent fantasy manga, ruined the originally peaceful atmosphere in just a few words, leaving several members of the China Team frustrated.
With Eevee in tow, Fang Yuan was directly ridiculed as a "proper lady," and although Eevee was snickering, completely unaware of being mocked, Fang Yuan couldn't stand it.
Although the other team's captain apologized in time, Fang Yuan still remembered the guy named "Ikeda Feather." Given the chance, he'd beat him up.
Soon, not only Fang Yuan was 'shot,' but the others were also drawn into the fray...
The spirit of rivalry that usually appeared on the battlefield had already begun to form at the dinner.
After both sides had laid down their fierce words about tomorrow's exchange competition, the banquet came to an end.
Shortly afterwards, Yun Kai hurried over, and the five did not leave; they knew that Yun Kai would bring detailed information about the competition rules tonight, so they all waited there.
"Tomorrow's exchange competition will be mainly divided into six matches," said Yun Kai.
Yun Kai looked at Fang Yuan and the other four and continued, "The first three matches are singles. Each team picks three members, and each of them will face off against an opponent in a 6vs6 full roster battle."
"The next two matches are team battles. Each team picks two members, and the pairs will each enter a 3vs3 team battle against their respective opponents."
"The final match is a tournament battle. Each team selects three members, each allowed to use three Pokemon. The winner can continue fighting, defending their spot in what's essentially a 9vs9 regular team battle."
"Each person can only participate in either the singles or the team battle. Each victory in the singles and team battles is worth 2 points, while a victory in the tournament battle is worth 3 points, making it a total of 13 points. The side with the highest score at the end wins."
"The six matches will proceed without rest. If there are any questions now, please ask," Yun Kai concluded.
As Yun Kai finished speaking, Shang Ren asked, "So you're saying, if we win all three individual matches and win one of the team battles, then we'd have 8 points after just four matches, and with only 5 points remaining, we wouldn't need to compete in the last two matches, correct?"
"Yes, if you have the ability to win four straight matches and secure 8 points, then there won't be a need to proceed with the remaining team battle and the tournament battle," Yun Kai said. "Tomorrow's lineup will be decided by Fang Yuan."
"I'm in charge?" Fang Yuan pointed at himself, hmm... He didn't have a good grasp of the other four's strengths yet.
This kind of thing...
"Fang Team, is there a problem? If so, I can take over," Shang Ren offered.
Fang Yuan: ???
This guy, just how much does he want to be The Fifth King, the captain of the second team?
"I'll do it," Fang Yuan breathed out and responded.
In any case, if they couldn't win consecutively, this tournament battle worth 3 points was crucial...
However, whether it's a 3-round 6vs6 showdown or a 2-round 3vs3 team battle, the exhaustion on the Trainers is enormous...
This time, the exchange match is unexpectedly not the traditional 6-pick-3 battle, but a full 6vs6 battle — such a situation is quite rare.
After much thought, Fang Yuan felt that overthinking now was useless — the battlefield changes in the blink of an eye. In the end, it would be necessary to adapt based on the specific consumption situation in tomorrow's battles.
But then again, as long as he could win either the individual or team battle, plus the arena battle, that would make 5 points.
As long as his teammates weren't too much of a liability, and they managed to win just one other battle, even if they lost all the rest, the exchange match would be pretty much in the bag.
With this in mind, Fang Yuan felt a bit more at ease and said to the others:
"I'll go back and analyze tonight, everyone... shall we add each other as friends first?"
Yun Kai: ...
So you guys have been second-team members for so many days and still haven't added each other as social friends?????
That same night.
Fang Yuan created a discussion group, inviting Shang Ren, Mu Fan, Zheng Hongyi, and Tang Xinlan into it, and began to investigate.
Fang Yuan: "Does anyone specialize in team battles?"
Fang Yuan: "Well, Old Zheng, you are an international police officer, so you should be very good at team battles, right? How about handling one team battle tomorrow?"
Zheng Hongyi: "... doesn't matter."
Fang Yuan remembered that this guy was extremely fierce during the initial team battle selections — a tough fighter. Entrusting him with a team battle gave Fang Yuan peace of mind. After allocating one team battle slot, Fang Yuan continued: "Then I'll take the remaining team battle slot."
Fang Yuan: "Right, I also want to take one spot in the arena battle. For the next three individual battle slots, Shang Ren, Mu Fan, Tang Xinlan, each of you take one. As for the remaining two arena battle slots, among you four, whoever has the least exhaustion tomorrow will fill in last, how about that?"
Regarding Fang Yuan's action of claiming two spots right away, the others had no choice but to silently accept — after all, he was the captain.
However, not everyone was satisfied with Fang Yuan's arrangements. A full 6vs6 battle would inevitably lead to greater overall exhaustion for the team than a 3vs3 team battle, thus reducing their chances to participate in the arena battle.
Especially Shang Ren, who felt that, just like Fang Yuan, by participating in a team battle and then taking a spot in the arena battle, the chances of security would be higher.
Zheng Hongyi: "... Handle the team battle for me. Unless the opposing team has a Top-Level Combat Power, I won't lose."
This guy was very confident.
Tang Xinlan: "Give me a spot in the arena battle. If I perform poorly, I'll give each of you a share of top-level resources."
This guy was quite generous.
Tang Xinlan was the youngest in the second team, aside from Fang Yuan. To have such strength, a significant accumulation of resources was certainly related.
Shang Ren: "I'm laying my cards on the table; I already have Top-Level Combat Power. I don't mind about the team battle, but I think it's better to give me one of the arena battle spots."
"Or are you saying that all of you already have Top-Level Combat Power?"
The others remained silent. Real Top-Level Combat Power, indeed, they did not have...
Faced with real Top-Level Combat Power, no matter how many Almost-Top Level or Pseudo-Top Level there were, it always lacked something.
Fang Yuan silently observed these people bragging, smiling without a word. MMP, what's there to fight over — his decision was already made, and it still depended on the specific exhaustion situation tomorrow! If they kept arguing, he would just go first in the arena battle himself, and none of them would get a chance!