Watching the flame runners set off, Harrison looked at Ash who was standing beside him, "Are, are you also going to attend the Silver Conference?"
"Yeah, you too, right?"
"Well Ash, next time, we will meet at the Silver Conference battlefield!" Harrison said goodbye to Ash and his group, and walked out with his Houndoom on the road to the main venue.
Ash smiled and said behind him, "If we meet, let's have a battle without regrets!"
Ash was very much looking forward to this Silver Conference. It seems that there will definitely be powerful Trainer that will give him and his partners a challenge!
After all, there were many people in Ash's group, so they were a little behind Harrison, but they still soon arrived at the main Silver Town.
After going to the Pokémon Center to complete the final procedures for participating in the Silver Conference, the next thing to do is to wait for the actual competition to start.
As soon as they went out of the Pokémon Center, they met a very good acquaintance of them.
"Gary!"
"Ash, long time no see!" Gary was also very happy to see Ash here.
The two high-fived each other, showing that their brotherhood was still as strong as ever!
Looking at Ash, Gary suddenly said seriously, "Ash, I'm giving everything on this tournament. My goal is to win the championship!"
Hearing this, Ash looked into Gary's bright eyes and asked, "Are you going to make any changes?"
Obviously Gary didn't expect Ash to say this. If it were him in the past, he would definitely say something like, "I am the one who will to win the championship."
"Ash, you have really changed a lot even since the last time I saw you!" He did not answer Ash's words, but smiled and said, "Neither you nor me won at the Indigo Plateau Conference back then at our own home region. Let's settle it at this tournament, to see which one of us is better!"
In the Indigo Plateau Conference, Gary was defeated in the top 32, but the past Ash managed to advanced to the top 16. The two newbie Pokémon Trainer's were not able to battle in the Indigo Plateau Conference back then.
"Okay, I'll do my best against you!"
Looking at Gary's back, Ash smiled and said, "This guy has changed a lot. He used to travel in a luxury car with a bunch of his cheerleaders!"
Brock and Misty walked up beside him, "Everyone is growing now! Ash, you must work hard in this tournament to achieve your goal of becoming the Pokémon Master!"
"Of course, no matter who my opponent is, I will never back down!" Ash was very confident about his current strength and the possible strength he can get in the future.
As a large-scale tournament on a regional scale, it is obvious that a large number of commercial store and food store will appear at this time.
Molly wore her Jigglypuff mask on her head and shared an ice cream with the Jigglypuff in her arms, looking very happy about everything.
"The Athletes Village we will be living in should be across the street!" Looking at the tournament guide book, Brock was leading the group of four people to the Athletes Village. They wanted to settle in as soon as possible before going for a good stroll and visit the possible stores here.
"Big Brother, I also want a balloon!"
Right in front of the group, an old man in red clothes, short starture and gray hair was distributing balloons to the young kids. Surrounded by many children of Molly's age, the group's eyes lit up, "Mr. Goodshow!"
This old man is the chairman of the Alliance Executive Committee that manages the flame, and is also the person in charge of the Silver Conference. At the Indigo Plateau Conference, he also agreed to let the past Ash join the Fire Runners team at the end.
"Well is it isn't Ash, Brock and Misty!" Mr. Goodshow still remembered Ash and his group because of them helping him the last time, "What a cute little girl, I'll give you this balloon as a gift!"
"Thank you, grandpa!" Molly thanked him sweetly.
"What a well-behaved little girl!" Mr. Goodshow looked over at Ash, "Ash, I heard that it was all thanks to you that the Sacred Fire was able to set off smoothly on time!"
"And by the way, due to the work of that wild Sneasel, several flame runners were also injured from it. Can you help me this time? Just run the last leg and that will be it!" Mr. Goodshow happily invited Ash to this very prestigious ceremony.
Mr. Goodshow knows Ash's character very well from himself and from Oak, and he also had the experience of being a torch runner the last time, so he is indeed the most appropriate one to run the final leg.
Ash naturally had no reason to refuse this offer.
"Yay, Big Brother will be the Flamr Runner!"
Now that the torch is still being passed on, it's still early for the last step to be taken. And Ash and his party still need to settle down first before thinking of doing anything else.
The Silver Town of Silver Conference is very well-equipped, with many restaurants and a Pokémon Center, and the layout of the room also surprised everyone.
"You can see the clear view from the window here, the view is great!" This is a veritable sea view room, Misty was extremely satisfied of the room they got.
Molly cheered, pulled Latias, and jumped onto the sofa with Jigglypuff in her arms, "Big Brother, the sofa here is so soft! It feels like I'm flying! "
Pikachu also jumped off Ash's shoulders and jumped up and down on the sofa.
"Molly, don't you want to take a nap right now?" Misty asked a bit concerned.
"No, I want to accompany Big Brother to the examination battle!" Molly quickly refused Misty.
Just for Water-type tournaments like the Whirl Islands, there were so many Trainers participating, so they can only imagine how many people will attend the Silver Conference.
Therefore, before the Silver Conference actually begans, there is still an exam selection battle.
In this selection battle, more than 200 contestants will be eliminated until only the last 48 people remain. This is a real big final selection!
There can only be one Pokémon that could be used in the selection battle, so everyone took out their most trusted Pokémon.
There were a Feraligatr, a Nidoking, an Ursaring, a Quagsire, a Donphan, and much more. These Pokémon were almost all the Ace Pokémon's of these Trainers!
"Basically, everyone has three chances to battle. I heard that this all depends on the battle performance. Even if you lose a battle, you can still continue to battle and get a chance to battle in the actual preliminaries!" Brock introduced while looking at the conference guide book.
In other words, as long as there is good performance and the referee agrees, the Trainer can move on.
"Trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and Traianer Salvador from Cherrygrove City, please enter Venue C immediately for your battle!" The broadcast informed Ash to get ready for his upcoming first battle, so the group immediately rushed to the designated venue.
"Then we will choose the third game in Area C, Ash, you will take out your Pokémon first l!" In such a one-on-one preliminary battle, the one who takes out Pokémon first is obviously at a huge disadvantage.
Therefore, computer roulette will be used to select the candidates to ensure fairness. Unfortunately, Ash was chosen as the first to get his Pokémon out!
"Big Brother, come on!" Seeing this, Molly quickly but loudly cheered for Ash.
"Let the battle begin!"
"Stand by for battle, Pikachu!" Pikachu is Ash's most trusted partner, so it is also the safest for him to send out his Pikachu in such a dangerous match.
Obviously everyone is thinking this way, and obviously the opposite Trainer Salvador is also thinking of the same idea, "The one who is going to go into battle this time is my most trustworthy Pokémon. Go ahead, Furrret! Lets show them what we can do!"
What he sent was none other than the Johto Region's early route regular Pokémon, the Normal-type Furrret.
The Pokémon be sent out didn't bother anyone too much other than a few.
"It turned out to be a Furrret. I thought he would use a Ground-type Pokémon to restrain Ash's Pikachu." Misty exclaimed, but she breathed a sigh of relief. If it was Furrret, maybe Ash would win more easily than before.
But Brock didn't dare to relax, "Ash, you can't take this battle lightly!"
Hearing this, Ash nodded, "No matter who my opponent is, I will always be serious!"
The bond between this Furrret and Salvador is obviously very high form Ash's first glance. He is indeed his most trusted partner. Of course, Ash will not really care about thsi for now!
"Pikachu, let's get a Quick Attck down!"
Pikachu's figure transformed into white sparks and sprinted fast towards the Furrret.
"Furrret, use Double Team!" However, faced with such speed, the Salvador seemed only a little surprised.
Suddenly, dozens of Furrrets appeared in front of Pikachu, and Quick Attack only hit one of the illusions.
They have trained Double Team to a very high degree to create so many so quickly!
"Now, Furrret, get high!"
At the moment of the attack, all the Furrret's clones disappeared, and the only true body appeared behind Pikachu!
"Iron Tail!"
Pikachu's tail shone with metallic light, and it deflected the Swift stars with just one swing. Then Pikachu slashed high, and Iron Tail struck Furrret down on the head!
"Pika!"
"Furrret loses the ability to fight, Pikachu wins, so the winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!"
Ash had now won the first battle of the final selection!