"Good morning to all the viewers in front of the TV~ Today is the first day of our Quartz Conference qualifying competition~~"
At an entrance, a capable woman with long red hair tied into a big broom ponytail was holding a microphone and introducing something to the camera.
In front of her was a man with blue hair, his short hair tied into a literary-style braid, wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, and a camera on his shoulder.
Next to the two people stood an extremely short yellow man dressed like a director.
The three of them are none other than the three members of Team Rocket who have not appeared for a long time, Musashi, Kojiro, and Meow Meow.
"Hmph, our plan to pretend to be reporters this time is so flawless, meow!"
Director Miaomiao secretly sneered and looked at the trainers who were coming and going around. The cat's face was gloomy, as if he was looking at big fish about to come online.
"Hehe, you are indeed a meow!"
After the filming ended, Kojiro also came over and patted Meow Meow on the back.
"Yes, there must be many famous talent scouts at this conference. Seeing a female reporter like me with good looks and acting skills will definitely help me get into the entertainment industry!"
Musashi also came over and gave the two of them a pose.
Kojiro & Meow Meow: “?”
"Idiot Musashi, nya! Our plan this time is to use our status as reporters to investigate powerful trainers and their Pokémon, and then find an opportunity to rob them all, nya!"
Meowth growled softly.
It wanted to strike Musashi with its crazy claws, but at the moment Musashi's face was an excellent weapon and could not be destroyed for the time being. It was just the Buddha's hand that did it.
Normally it would have been drawing tic-tac-toe on the latter's face.
But judging from Musashi's nymphomaniac expression, he probably puts his debut goal first, and if he has time, he might help them steal some rare Pokémon.
...
"Gan!"
Kojiro suddenly noticed something. He frowned and quickly pulled Musashi over, trying to twist his body. Unexpectedly, the latter blocked Kojiro's movement and said nonchalantly:
"What are you doing! You can't just interrupt a big star's pose!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaozhi and his group had already walked up to Musashi, got very close, and looked at the latter's face curiously.
Musashi:"!"
Danger!
Sweat fell from the faces of the three of them, and they smiled awkwardly.
"I was careless. I forgot that Xiao Guitou and the others are also contestants!"
"What should I do? Do I want to fast forward directly to pnb bursting with clothes?"
"No, meow, there are too many masters around, just run away, meow..."
The expressions of the three of them were constantly changing, their eyes were spinning, and they were communicating silently in a tacit understanding.
...
"Are you from the TV station...?"
After Xiaozhi was confused, he suddenly turned to face the camera on Kojiro's shoulder, showed a big smile, and waved wildly with excitement.
"Hey, hey, mom, can you see me!? I'm Xiaozhi!"
Although the three of them were barely disguised, he just didn't recognize Team Rocket, he just thought they looked familiar.
In the same way, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia didn't recognize him either, they were all blind.
"Pickup..."
The Pikachu on Xiaozhi's shoulder shook his ears and raised his head. The smell of the three people in front of him was somewhat familiar...
It smells like trash fish.
"Pickup!"
Pikachu immediately lowered his head and lost interest in the three of them. It had killed too many miscellaneous fish in an instant, how could it remember them all?
The hard drive space in the head of a small rodent Pokémon is actually very small.
Trio: "?"
Soon, Ash and the others walked towards the Pokémon Center, leaving behind only the confused Team Rocket trio.
...
"Cheer up, meow! Gather powerful trainers and Pokémon information, meow!"
Meow Meow, the most reliable among the three, reacted quickly and reminded loudly. This made the two of them immediately perk up and look around for the target.
Since Xiao Guitou and the others cannot detect their perfect disguise, it means that they can do whatever they want now!
"twitter..."
"Huh huh haha..."
After some exploration, the trio noticed a crowd gathering somewhere, chatting and cheering, as if some big star had appeared, and they quickly moved closer curiously.
Pushing aside the crowd, he saw in the center a rather voluptuous and tall man with straight and long green hair. There was also a bit of frivolity on his feminine face. His hands were waving back and forth in front of him, and from time to time he would change shape out of thin air.
A Bobo or a Spearow appeared, causing everyone to cheer.
"Comedian?"
"magician?"
After raising their ears, the three of them realized that the man with long green hair was also a contestant in this conference. He seemed to have been a contestant in some kind of performance competition in the past, and he had a lot of popularity.
Looks like a big fish!
Musashi quickly put on a professional fake smile and approached him, trying to secretly find out the Pokémon information the latter was carrying.
Unexpectedly, before they could speak, the green-haired man had already spoken first, with arrogant eyes.
"Hello? Which TV station are you from?"
"Oh, we are reporters from Rocket TV~"
Musashi behaved well and smiled.
Rocket TV is a small local satellite TV owned by the Rockets, and it happened to be borrowed for use this time.
"Rocket TV? Local? Never heard of it."
The green-haired man waved his hand and looked at the three of them from the corner of his eye, as if he were looking at three miscellaneous fish.
"I only accept national-level TV interviews, forget about small roles like you."
After saying that, the green-haired man moved his position with a large group of fans and continued to display fancy magic tricks in another place, without paying any attention to the expressions of the three people.
"You kid, I have such a bad temper!!"
Seeing that Musashi was about to burst out and beat up the arrogant man, Kojiro and Miaomiao quickly tried their best to drag her to the other side and kept comforting her.
"Calm down, Musashi!"
"Don't let a small role ruin our big plan!"
At the moment, Team Rocket's focus is not on the Kanto region. Even Boss Sakaki is on a business trip to the Johto region.
But if they can achieve good results in the Kanto region at this juncture, they will definitely be praised by Boss Sakaki!
"Hmph! I hope that trash fish goes out in the first round!"
In the end, Musashi could only curse bitterly.
...
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Pokémon Center.
Xiaogang is introducing the format of this competition to everyone.
"Xiao Zhi, listen carefully. The rules of this conference are quite strange."
There are more than 200 contestants in this quartz conference, and the competition process can be roughly divided into two stages: the qualifying round and the knockout round.
The first stage of the qualifying competition was held in four surrounding sub-venues. On average, each person had to fight 4 battles. After 4 rounds of battles, nearly all the players were wiped out, and more than 200 people were wiped out until only 16 people remained.
Then the battlefield will be transferred to the main arena, and these 16 people will enter the second stage of the conference-the knockout round.
"The most curious thing is that the four battles in the first stage are all in a competition system where you will be eliminated if you lose once..."
Xiaogang frowned deeply.
It is said to be a qualifying round, but it is actually a knockout round from the beginning.
Losing one game means the end of this journey. The competition system is very unscientific.
Switching to the rules of other regions, the first stage should actually be divided into a group points system, with multiple rounds of wins and losses to determine whether one is qualified to enter the top 16, rather than such a single round determining the outcome.
What if the runner-up meets the champion in the first battle?
Outright?
It can be said that in this competition system, except for the only champion, there is no water, and any other rankings are just metaphysics.
As for why not change...
Without him, the old traditions of our ancestors will not be changed.