Even though Kashiwagi deliberately delayed coming out for a while, he was still surrounded by groups of crazy gamblers.
"Brother! I'm very optimistic about you!"
"Do you know you hit a lot of people in the face?"
"Dark horse, dark horse, you are my lucky star!"
"Who allowed you to win? Who allowed you to win? Did you know that labor and management lost so much money!?"
Excitement, ecstasy, teasing and anger, all kinds of emotions directed at him or others appeared on the faces, one after another coming into view.
certainly.
The fact that his way was blocked was the main reason why he could carefully observe those faces.
The crazy gamblers didn't seem to want to let him go. They grabbed him and tried to talk about something.
Fortunately, Chenghong and other team members arrived in time, separated the gamblers, and rescued their captain who was surrounded by everyone.
"I almost didn't squeeze in. There were too many people. The top 16 must have been too popular."
Sung Hong, who was sweating profusely, complained.
"It's money that's popular, not people."
Kashiwagi corrected his wrong statement,
As early as yesterday, Frobo had reminded him that everyone's attention would be greatly increased after reaching the top 16, and if no one came to pick him up, he would probably be blocked at the exit.
Therefore, he specially called Chenghong and others to pick him up. Looking at it now, Flobo's words were indeed correct.
In the hall.
Kashiwagi looked back at the big screen, and suddenly he could see the contestants on it who had defeated their opponents and successfully advanced to the final tournament.
If nothing else happens, these people will be his biggest opponents.
But to be honest, by reaching the top sixteen, he and Kodora were starting to feel it was difficult. Frontal combat mainly relied on Big Mouth's superior talent and surprise.
Three versus three will get tougher at the beginning.
"A powerful enemy..."
"Kashiwagi, they all say that you are that dark horse who might win the championship! Do you think we should make two bets?"
Chenghong asked eagerly.
The rest of the people also showed expectant expressions.
Apparently during the time they stayed in the hall, they often heard how much people around them had won by gambling there. This kind of unearned wealth was really attractive.
"Yes, but the maximum bet can only be two thousand yuan, and I only bought two thousand yuan myself. I don't feel bad if I lose, but I am very happy when I make a profit." Naturally, Kashiwagi would not do something where only the state officials were allowed to set fires and the people were not allowed to light lamps.
But gambling is really easy to get addicted to, so he emphasized the limited amount.
When the team members heard this, they all nodded in surprise.
——
After entering the top 16 of the battle tournament.
The rewards are more generous.
Although there is no direct cash reward, things like special canned Pokémon food for one year, a Yellow Iron Arena membership card - a 15% discount on purchases here, etc. are still very popular for Kashiwagi.
Unfortunately, for the top seeds and winning candidates of previous years, these things may not arouse much interest. Their main purpose is to use this to become the banker and extract money from those gamblers.
We don’t dare to crack down on match-fixing. Yin Yuan can’t tolerate this kind of thing, but Yin Yuan really doesn’t care about opening underground gambling bureaus.
There are even rumors that the reason why the Yellow Iron Arena Battle Conference has been so long-lasting is because Yin Yuan also invests in gambling and can make super terrible profits every year.
Kashiwagi is not very interested in these contents.
He is more concerned about who his next opponent will be.
Even though I had long understood that it would be impossible to win the championship from those jackals, tigers and leopards, I still felt a little regretful in my heart.
After all, I have never won the final victory in the simulator, and I can't get it outside the simulator.
It would be great if I could give him another two months.
In three months, with the current growth rate of strength, it will reach the cadre level - the average Pokémon level exceeds level 50, there is absolutely no problem.
When the time comes, even if the top few are at cadre level, he won't be afraid.
Unfortunately, I was not given enough opportunities to develop.
the other side.
As a fairly well-known event in Huangtie Town, this year's top 16 spots quickly spread throughout the entire trainer circle.
The familiar yet unfamiliar name Kashiwagi once again appeared in the ears of many people.
People who couldn't help but be curious began to search for information about him, and soon gained great results, such as the history of his rise from childhood to adulthood, and the origins of his Pokémon.
Except for the fact that the origin of Big Mouth Baby is really unclear, the other two have come to a conclusion.
Many people have discovered that the fact that Kashiwagi has been able to win all the way until now is due to a 50-50 credit ratio between himself and Pokémon.
Because those trainers who have fought against Kashiwagi have concluded that their Pokémon seem to have no secrets in their eyes, and the former can always create tactics specifically targeting them.
It's like there is an eye of insight.
Of course, they would never admit that it was their lack of knowledge and poor command. In order to make up for their own face, they chose to brag about Kashiwagi.
Especially the guy in the top 32. This guy is a little famous in the Yellow Iron Arena. He made it to the top 16 last year.
Therefore, among those who played cypress, he played the hardest, and even gave the former a nickname——
"Demon wood."
It probably means that Kashiwagi is as scary as a monster.
no way.
After all, everyone is a member of the Ji Dao. Without making the middle class more passionate, it will be difficult to brainwash the ordinary members under them.
In fact, the main series regions also give some nicknames and titles to the champions and the Four Heavenly Kings, which may sound a bit embarrassing.
Things like Ice Kona and Dragon Messenger Adu are all considered normal.
Dan Emperor was directly called "the strongest king in the world" and he simply didn't take the champions of other regions seriously.
And that night.
For the first time, Kashiwagi was summoned by the team leader Soshiro.
A familiar boxing ring.
I still threw him the gloves as soon as I entered the door.
However, this time the one fighting Kashiwagi was not Kaili, but Sōshiro himself.
This gave him some enthusiasm.
Sōshiro definitely doesn't like his subordinates deliberately trying to trick him, so wouldn't he be able to blatantly fuck the boss?
Kashiwagi is eager to take the stage.
Two minutes later.
He covered his chest and abdomen with sweat, and slowly moved to the edge of the boxing ring.
"Li!"
Guai Li threw him a bottle of energy drink.
"Thanks."
Kashiwagi took it and drank it with some depression.
If you don't count the ten punches Soshiro gave him, the first two punches he received from Kaili have actually been returned.
Sure enough, no matter in which world, the weight and height advantages of the same type of creatures are advantages. Unless you develop some strange superpowers, you cannot break this "common sense".
"Where did you learn boxing?"
Soshiro's voice came from behind.
He replied: "I followed the textbook and figured it out on my own. Do you think my posture and other things are correct?"
"Oh, fart!"
Soshiro sneered disdainfully, obviously not believing that Kashiwagi could learn on his own by just reading. What book can make a layman who only relied on physical talent and knew nothing a month ago suddenly become half an expert?
But the former was not interested in getting to the bottom of it, and had another purpose in calling him here this time.
"I'll help you settle the matter with your Kodora."
"Eh?"
Kashiwagi turned around, a little confused.
Soshiro said: "Your Kodora is a Pokémon from a casino owned by the River Club next door. Its trainer lost all his money and a bunch of Pokémon and owed a large debt.
The mayor escaped. This time they came to the door and wanted to take him back."
"..."
"Come back with good grades, or I'll beat you up."
"...boss."
"Go back and rest. Don't embarrass the Liusha team in tomorrow's game." Soshiro gave the eviction order.
Kashiwagi left the ring silently.
Returning to the ground, the cold wind blew his mind.
Damn it.
Almost succeeded by pua!
Kashiwagi felt very sad and couldn't bear to give him a whole piece of cake after drawing it. This time he called him to encourage him or to communicate and get closer.
Not to mention settling the matter with Kodora.
As for Soshiro's gang of young men, they probably wish they could be beaten up like this.
"The most adaptable creatures are indeed human beings. Their habits are terrible." He sighed,