At 5 o'clock in the evening, all the games for the day had ended, and 30 out of 60 people would advance to the next round.
This time, the drawing of lots was automatically selected by the computer, so there was no need for people to go there in person. The results would be sent directly to the players' mobile phones via text message.
But at eight o'clock, many people still went to the bottom of the big screen, which already displayed their opponents for the next day, as well as the battlefield and time.
Among Ashborn's group of five, except for Stephanie, who was eliminated by Ashborn and missed the second round, the other three successfully advanced.
Thirty people were divided into fifteen groups to fight in pairs.
Ashborn, who was staying at the hotel, had already received, the competition venue and time for his first match, which was at eight o'clock in the morning.
The text message didn't mention his opponent.
If Ashborn wanted to know, he could go to the conference's official website to check.
There was information about each player, including the Pokémon they had already used, and even battle videos.
Anyway, collecting information about the competition beforehand was normal, so some conferences directly published the players' basic information on the Internet, saving some players time on research.
Ashborn was very confident, even conceited, in his own strength.
He didn't care who his opponent was at all. He opened the Xortros Trainer Association APP with his mobile phone and entered the trading section.
The Xortros Trainer Association APP was a must-have for every trainer. Even if you were no longer a trainer, as long as you had Pokémon at home, you would install this app.
Daily active users were between four and five billion.
Ashborn basically looked at the trading section of this app every day to see if there were any good things for sale.
This trading section covered all aspects of Pokémon.
There were Pokémon items, berries, Poké Balls, evolution stones, etc., as well as various Pokémon eggs and Pokémon. Even pseudo-Elite-level Pokémon could be bought here.
Some time ago, someone even auctioned Mega Evolution stones here. In the end, someone bought one for 600 million without specifying which Pokémon it was for.
As for whether or not people were buying fakes, there was no need to worry.
Anything purchased on the trading board would first be sent to the appraisal agency.
Only after the agency confirmed there were no problems with the item would it be sent to the buyer, and the money would then be transferred to the seller's account.
Ashborn didn't need the Mega Evolution stone.
He could purchase it in the system, and the quality was much better than outside, but the points were a bit more expensive.
"Well, a Shellder with cyan potential."
In the Pokémon trading area, Ashborn's thumb, swiping on the phone, suddenly stopped.
He wasn't really interested in Shellder , but he had the King's Rock he bought last time on the black market.
Shellder + King's Rock + Slowpoke = Slowking
Slowking was still an undiscovered evolution. Once Ashborn announced another form of Slowpoke, he would receive generous rewards from the Xortros State Trainer Association.
And Slowking itself was a relatively powerful Water- and Psychic-type Pokémon, and its IQ was also very high.
If another evolutionary form of Slowpoke, Slowking, was announced, Ashborn would definitely raise it himself and not give it to others.
Therefore, in terms of potential, it was necessary to start with at least cyan.
Because whether it was Slowbro or Slowking, Shellder and Slowpoke needed to be combined to evolve, so the potential of the two Pokémon was related to the potential after evolution.
If you have a yellow-potential Shellder and a cyan-potential Slowpoke, then whether you evolve into Slowbro or Slowking, the potential should be green.
In fusion evolution, potential is a combination of two Pokémon, rather than taking the highest or lowest potential among them.
Cyan-potential Shellder is occasionally sold on the market, but if you really want to buy it, you won't be able to buy it for a while.
Now that the Shellder with cyan potential was placed in front of him, Ashborn really had no reason not to buy it.
"However—"
Looking at the price, it had exceeded 200 million, and it was still increasing.
In the trading section, anything related to precious, rare, or powerful Pokémon was basically carried out in the form of an auction, so as to maximize the benefits.
Ashborn only had less than 10 million and couldn't afford it at all. It was okay to call home, but looking at this situation, Shellder might be worth 300 million.
Even with so much cash, the family wouldn't be able to take it out for a while.
So Ashborn closed the APP page, opened his address book, found the word "Uncle," and called.
After the phone rang twice, it was quickly connected.
"Little Champ, do you need something from me? Are you short of money?"
On the other end of the phone, a middle-aged man in a neat suit was sitting in the conference room. He made a silent gesture to his subordinates and said in a soft tone.
The subordinates below saw the chairman, who had always been unsmiling, speak in such a soft tone and had bewildered expressions.
Hearing the name Little Champ, some people showed a sudden realization.
The young, beautiful, and sexy female secretary next to him even looked at the chairman with resentful eyes.
This title gave Ashborn a strong sense of being a green horn.
"My uncle call me Ashborn or Ash, but it's okay to call me Big Guy."
Ashborn said helplessly, every time he heard this title, it made him feel very annoyed, he felt that he was a little boy, and now he even forgot his business.
"Why would I use those names? Why did you suddenly think of calling your uncle today? You have a game tomorrow, shouldn't you get some rest?"
It turned out that it was the chairman's nephew who called.
Hearing the chairman call himself "uncle," his subordinates understood who was calling, and some people who were thinking negatively severely criticised their dirty hearts.
The female secretary felt that she could do breathe again.
But the chairman's nephew, wasn't that his grandson?
"Uncle, I want to buy a Pokémon, probably more than 300 million, please give me some money," Ashborn said on the phone.
A cyan-potential Pokémon cost almost 300 million. Shellder was also a relatively common Pokémon. If it were replaced by a rare one, the price would go up.
"Okay, I know, I'll call you later, rest early, and try to come back with a championship."
"Don't worry, there's not a single one who can fight me in this high school league, and I'll give you my champion trophy," Ashborn's very confident voice came from the phone.
The two soon hung up the phone.
"Deposit 500 million into this card."
The secretary was thinking about whether to wear black silk or a grid to seduce the chairman tomorrow when she heard the chairman's words.
She woke up instantly and hurriedly wrote down the account number with her mobile phone.
Before long, Ashborn, who was checking his phone, saw a bank text message indicating that 500 million had arrived.
"Uncle Extraordinaire!."
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