At the entrance, they submitted their documents.
The Lighthouse Alliance trainers in charge of registration saw that Himeko's group were contestants sent by the Great Axia Alliance Military, and immediately let them through.
They even assigned someone to escort them to the lodging specially prepared for them.
"Please have a good rest here, honored guests. In three days, the first round of the World Alliance Trainer Tournament will begin at the grand plaza in the city center."
"When the time comes, I'll come notify you and take you to your assigned battlefields."
After saying that, the guide left.
Himeko's group of three remained behind.
Himeko, Aisa, and Ukyo each returned to their own room.
Their lodging had been arranged not far from the city gate.
Standing by the window and looking outside, Himeko could clearly see the scene at the gate.
The trainers who had come to participate in this World Alliance Trainer Tournament had formed an enormous line outside the entrance.
After giving it a rough count, Himeko found that the number of trainers lined up at this gate alone had already reached several thousand.
"There really are a lot of them!"
Himeko clicked her tongue in amazement.
It seemed that this time, the World Alliance Trainer Tournament hosted by the Lighthouse Alliance had truly attracted no shortage of participants.
What she did not know was that, at that very moment, on another section of the city wall, two figures were standing there.
Both of them wore black robes.
Their hoods were pulled down very low, covering their entire faces.
"There should be enough people by now, right...?"
One of the tall, thin figures spoke softly.
"Enough."
The other person beside him nodded.
As he looked at the dense, unending crowd below, a strange gleam lit up in his eyes.
...
Over the next few days, more and more people continued entering the largest city of the Lighthouse Alliance.
Ten thousand contestants gathered in one place, and throughout the entire city, trainers with Poké Balls hanging at their waists could be seen everywhere.
Everyone was waiting for the World Alliance Trainer Tournament to begin three days later.
Time passed in a flash, and on the morning of the third day, Himeko's group did indeed meet the guide responsible for taking them to the competition grounds.
After passing through several broad streets, the group finally arrived at the venue.
"It's way too huge!"
Standing outside the grounds and looking at that incomparably magnificent stadium, Himeko cried out in astonishment.
And it was not just her.
Even the two Elite Four trainers who had come with her, Aisa and Ukyo, were seeing such a grand and glorious venue for the first time.
A stadium like this should not originally have existed in this city.
Judging from the scale of it, the Lighthouse Alliance had most likely built it specifically for this World Alliance Tournament.
"What's being held today is the preliminary round."
"So in order to reduce the number of contestants once again, the preliminaries will use a battle royale elimination format."
"The stadium has been divided into one hundred battlefields, and the environment of each one is random."
"All ten thousand contestants will be distributed among those one hundred battlefields for a massive free-for-all, and only one contestant will remain on each field."
"In other words, today will be a brutal promotion round from ten thousand to one hundred."
"The one hundred winners will draw lots again tomorrow and fight in head-to-head matches."
After briefly explaining today's rules, the guide led the three through the main entrance and into the waiting area.
Himeko, Aisa, and Ukyo each drew their own battlefield number.
Fortunately, the three of them did not draw the same field.
The waiting room was already packed to the brim.
With ten thousand contestants crammed inside, the nonstop chatter made it as noisy as a crowded market.
Time passed second by second.
By the time check-in closed at noon, all ten thousand contestants participating in the tournament had arrived and taken their places.
After being assigned to their respective fields, the ten thousand contestants filed out of the waiting room in an immense procession and headed toward their own battlefields.
Outside the battlefields, the residents of the entire city had all become loyal spectators of this world tournament.
Glow sticks and confetti flew constantly through the stands, creating an extremely lively scene, and everyone's enthusiasm was running high.
In the eyes of most of the spectators, compared to the brilliant tactical exchanges of one-on-one battles, this kind of one-hundred-person melee had far greater visual impact.
Very quickly, all ten thousand contestants took their positions on their respective fields.
The referees standing in the middle of the arenas raised their flags high.
Every person gripped a Poké Ball in hand, ready to act.
Fweeeet!!!
The whistles across all one hundred fields sounded at the same time.
The flags came slashing down in one motion!
All one hundred battle royales began simultaneously!!
(End of Chapter)
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