Chapter 342:
"This is crazy, absolutely crazy. This kid's fans are insane!" A spectator who wasn't her fan looked at the frenzied crowd around him, momentarily stunned, then somewhat disdainful.
Wasn't it just a relatively cute "kid"?
He waved his hand, about to look at the next match's participants. "Let me see, the next match is..."
But when he saw it, his eyes lit up.
"The next match is Little Kaede! What Pokémon will Little Kaede use? Serperior, Gardevoir, or Alolan Ninetales?"
As the ninth match gradually concluded, the tenth match followed closely.
Hayashi Kaede patted his clothes, straightened his attire, and looked at his Poké Balls.
Aura power flowed into them.
"Who wants to go first?"
Initially, he had been thinking about who should start, but after pondering for a while, he couldn't decide whether to send out Meowscarada or Alcremie first.
Or, if everyone wanted to start, it might be better to let them decide for themselves.
"Gardevoir?"
"Eevee..."
"Ninetales...."
"Alcremie..."
The Pokémon discussed amongst themselves, their Poké Balls beginning to tremble.
Most of the Pokémon's first reactions were almost unanimous: they wanted to battle.
But the next moment, they couldn't help but defer to each other.
This back-and-forth continued until Hayashi Kaede was almost at the battlefield, leaving him somewhat amused and exasperated.
He couldn't help but urge them on.
"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm almost on the field."
"Ninetales~" (You guys go ahead, you go~)
"Eevee..." (Suddenly not so eager to go...)
"Goodra..." (Everyone, everyone else can go first...)
By the time Hayashi Kaede reached the field, they still hadn't decided.
Helpless, Hayashi Kaede could only say, "Forget it, forget it, I'll choose."
Up above, Satoshi looked at the entering Hayashi Kaede with a complex gaze, then routinely introduced both contestants' information before preparing to announce the start of the match.
Hayashi Kaede and the bespectacled young man opposite him also raised their Poké Balls.
But at that moment, a unified roar surged from the spectator stands, followed by wave after wave.
At first, it was somewhat scattered, but it became more and more synchronized.
"Little Kaede, you got this!"
"Little Kaede, all the best!"
"Little Kaede, show them what you got!"
Over and over.
It made Hayashi Kaede below break out in question marks.
His opponent across the field grew even more wary.
The last contestant who had chants was incredibly strong.
This one has chants too? Could he be another exceptionally powerful contestant?
He started to feel nervous.
Meanwhile, Hayashi Kaede was utterly confused.
Although he guessed his fans would see him here, he hadn't posted any video saying he was participating in the Pokemon League Conference, right?
So why could they chant so uniformly?
Do they have their own private group chat?
Hayashi Kaede couldn't help but speculate.
But as the "The match Begin!" announcement sounded, he stopped overthinking it.
He directly took out his Poké Ball.
"Go, Serperior!"
"Go, Blaziken!"
With the simultaneous shouts, a Serperior and a Blaziken appeared on the field.
The moment the two Pokémon appeared,
The bespectacled young man opposite visibly relaxed.
Regardless of how strong the opponent was, at least the type advantage was confirmed.
Blaziken, landing on the ground, immediately started moving its limbs, clearly very active.
Serperior raised its head, its snake eyes coolly looking down at the opposing Blaziken, while its Aura quietly spread out.
"It's Serperior! It's Serperior!"
"Hahaha, just from the Pidgeot, you can tell Little Kaede is great at raising Pokémon. I've only glimpsed this Serperior on the road before but I have heard it's really good at using Grassy Terrain!"
Up in the stands, some of Hayashi Kaede's fans brightened upon seeing Serperior.
They all knew Hayashi Kaede's Breeding House and plantation raised many Pokémon.
Almost every one had appeared in his video channel.
Serperior, Dragonite, Gardevoir, Alcremie, Blaziken, Milotic....
But when it came down to it, his Pokémon had only appeared in videos.
And regarding their strength, people had only seen the tip of the iceberg.
Fans who had followed "Little Kaede" from the start also knew that those Pidgeot were previously Pidgeotto, or even just Pidgey. But now, they were all Pidgeot, and their performance in the Sky Challenge was increasingly... giving people a feeling of unfathomable depth.
Originally, they thought these Pidgeot must be the strongest Pokémon Hayashi Kaede had raised.
But later, the appearance of a Gardevoir left them utterly dumbfounded.
That Gardevoir was simply terrifyingly strong.
The more layers were peeled back like this, the more it made people curious about the strength of Little kaede's other Pokémon.
If the Pidgeot were this strong yet only used for the Sky Challenge, and in batches no less... they didn't dare imagine the strength of his other Pokémon!
To this end, some regular customers in Aogiri City had spontaneously organized a chat group, recruiting fans from the video channel into the group.
The second most discussed topic in the group was—what are the strength levels of Little kaede's Pokémon?
Some enthusiasts observed them one by one,
Concluding that Gardevoir was at least Champion level, while those Pidgeot were almost all at least Alpha level!
As for the largest Pidgeot, it was Elite Four level!
This collective chant was also organized spontaneously within the group.
However, Hayashi Kaede himself was unaware of all this.
Because he rarely looked at comments these days.
"Huh? This 'Little kaede' you're talking about is the guy below? How come I've never heard of him?" Most people in the audience, hearing the discussions nearby or the sudden chants, asked puzzled questions.
At times like these, others would explain, "Hey, he's the trainer of the Serperior below. Don't let his young age fool you; he's a... how should I put it? I think he's a breeder on par with any master!"
"Also, his strength is formidable... how formidable, you ask?"
The person explaining thought about Gardevoir and said confidently, "If nothing goes wrong, I think he's definitely going to be this year's Champion?!"
The person asking was immediately taken aback, then looked at the "young man" below with an incredulous expression. "How is that possible? He looks only around twenty..."
"Hey, just watch, their battle is about to start!"