Watching the flame runners set off, Harrison looked at Ash who was standing beside him, "Are, are you also going to attend the Silver Conference?"
"Yeah, you too, right?"
"Well Ash, next time, we will meet at the Silver Conference battlefield!" Harrison said goodbye to Ash and his group, and walked out with his Houndoom on the road to the main venue.
Ash smiled and said behind him, "If we meet, let's have a battle without regrets!"
Ash was very much looking forward to this Silver Conference. It seems that there will definitely be powerful Trainer that will give him and his partners a challenge!
After all, there were many people in Ash's group, so they were a little behind Harrison, but they still soon arrived at the main Silver Town.
After going to the Pokémon Center to complete the final procedures for participating in the Silver Conference, the next thing to do is to wait for the actual competition to start.
As soon as they went out of the Pokémon Center, they met a very good acquaintance of them.
"Gary!"
"Ash, long time no see!" Gary was also very happy to see Ash here.
The two high-fived each other, showing that their brotherhood was still as strong as ever!
Looking at Ash, Gary suddenly said seriously, "Ash, I'm giving everything on this tournament. My goal is to win the championship!"
Hearing this, Ash looked into Gary's bright eyes and asked, "Are you going to make any changes?"
Obviously Gary didn't expect Ash to say this. If it were him in the past, he would definitely say something like, "I am the one who will to win the championship."
"Ash, you have really changed a lot even since the last time I saw you!" He did not answer Ash's words, but smiled and said, "Neither you nor me won at the Indigo Plateau Conference back then at our own home region. Let's settle it at this tournament, to see which one of us is better!"
In the Indigo Plateau Conference, Gary was defeated in the top 32, but the past Ash managed to advanced to the top 16. The two newbie Pokémon Trainer's were not able to battle in the Indigo Plateau Conference back then.
"Okay, I'll do my best against you!"
Looking at Gary's back, Ash smiled and said, "This guy has changed a lot. He used to travel in a luxury car with a bunch of his cheerleaders!"
Brock and Misty walked up beside him, "Everyone is growing now! Ash, you must work hard in this tournament to achieve your goal of becoming the Pokémon Master!"
"Of course, no matter who my opponent is, I will never back down!" Ash was very confident about his current strength and the possible strength he can get in the future.
As a large-scale tournament on a regional scale, it is obvious that a large number of commercial store and food store will appear at this time.
Molly wore her Jigglypuff mask on her head and shared an ice cream with the Jigglypuff in her arms, looking very happy about everything.
"The Athletes Village we will be living in should be across the street!" Looking at the tournament guide book, Brock was leading the group of four people to the Athletes Village. They wanted to settle in as soon as possible before going for a good stroll and visit the possible stores here.
"Big Brother, I also want a balloon!"
Right in front of the group, an old man in red clothes, short starture and gray hair was distributing balloons to the young kids. Surrounded by many children of Molly's age, the group's eyes lit up, "Mr. Goodshow!"
This old man is the chairman of the Alliance Executive Committee that manages the flame, and is also the person in charge of the Silver Conference. At the Indigo Plateau Conference, he also agreed to let the past Ash join the Fire Runners team at the end.
"Well is it isn't Ash, Brock and Misty!" Mr. Goodshow still remembered Ash and his group because of them helping him the last time, "What a cute little girl, I'll give you this balloon as a gift!"
"Thank you, grandpa!" Molly thanked him sweetly.
"What a well-behaved little girl!" Mr. Goodshow looked over at Ash, "Ash, I heard that it was all thanks to you that the Sacred Fire was able to set off smoothly on time!"
"And by the way, due to the work of that wild Sneasel, several flame runners were also injured from it. Can you help me this time? Just run the last leg and that will be it!" Mr. Goodshow happily invited Ash to this very prestigious ceremony.
Mr. Goodshow knows Ash's character very well from himself and from Oak, and he also had the experience of being a torch runner the last time, so he is indeed the most appropriate one to run the final leg.
Ash naturally had no reason to refuse this offer.
"Yay, Big Brother will be the Flamr Runner!"
Now that the torch is still being passed on, it's still early for the last step to be taken. And Ash and his party still need to settle down first before thinking of doing anything else.
The Silver Town of Silver Conference is very well-equipped, with many restaurants and a Pokémon Center, and the layout of the room also surprised everyone.
"You can see the clear view from the window here, the view is great!" This is a veritable sea view room, Misty was extremely satisfied of the room they got.
Molly cheered, pulled Latias, and jumped onto the sofa with Jigglypuff in her arms, "Big Brother, the sofa here is so soft! It feels like I'm flying! "
Pikachu also jumped off Ash's shoulders and jumped up and down on the sofa.
"Molly, don't you want to take a nap right now?" Misty asked a bit concerned.
"No, I want to accompany Big Brother to the examination battle!" Molly quickly refused Misty.
Just for Water-type tournaments like the Whirl Islands, there were so many Trainers participating, so they can only imagine how many people will attend the Silver Conference.
Therefore, before the Silver Conference actually begans, there is still an exam selection battle.
In this selection battle, more than 200 contestants will be eliminated until only the last 48 people remain. This is a real big final selection!
There can only be one Pokémon that could be used in the selection battle, so everyone took out their most trusted Pokémon.
There were a Feraligatr, a Nidoking, an Ursaring, a Quagsire, a Donphan, and much more. These Pokémon were almost all the Ace Pokémon's of these Trainers!
"Basically, everyone has three chances to battle. I heard that this all depends on the battle performance. Even if you lose a battle, you can still continue to battle and get a chance to battle in the actual preliminaries!" Brock introduced while looking at the conference guide book.
In other words, as long as there is good performance and the referee agrees, the Trainer can move on.
"Trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and Traianer Salvador from Cherrygrove City, please enter Venue C immediately for your battle!" The broadcast informed Ash to get ready for his upcoming first battle, so the group immediately rushed to the designated venue.
"Then we will choose the third game in Area C, Ash, you will take out your Pokémon first l!" In such a one-on-one preliminary battle, the one who takes out Pokémon first is obviously at a huge disadvantage.
Therefore, computer roulette will be used to select the candidates to ensure fairness. Unfortunately, Ash was chosen as the first to get his Pokémon out!
"Big Brother, come on!" Seeing this, Molly quickly but loudly cheered for Ash.
"Let the battle begin!"
"Stand by for battle, Pikachu!" Pikachu is Ash's most trusted partner, so it is also the safest for him to send out his Pikachu in such a dangerous match.
Obviously everyone is thinking this way, and obviously the opposite Trainer Salvador is also thinking of the same idea, "The one who is going to go into battle this time is my most trustworthy Pokémon. Go ahead, Furrret! Lets show them what we can do!"
What he sent was none other than the Johto Region's early route regular Pokémon, the Normal-type Furrret.
The Pokémon be sent out didn't bother anyone too much other than a few.
"It turned out to be a Furrret. I thought he would use a Ground-type Pokémon to restrain Ash's Pikachu." Misty exclaimed, but she breathed a sigh of relief. If it was Furrret, maybe Ash would win more easily than before.
But Brock didn't dare to relax, "Ash, you can't take this battle lightly!"
Hearing this, Ash nodded, "No matter who my opponent is, I will always be serious!"
The bond between this Furrret and Salvador is obviously very high form Ash's first glance. He is indeed his most trusted partner. Of course, Ash will not really care about thsi for now!
"Pikachu, let's get a Quick Attck down!"
Pikachu's figure transformed into white sparks and sprinted fast towards the Furrret.
"Furrret, use Double Team!" However, faced with such speed, the Salvador seemed only a little surprised.
Suddenly, dozens of Furrrets appeared in front of Pikachu, and Quick Attack only hit one of the illusions.
They have trained Double Team to a very high degree to create so many so quickly!
"Now, Furrret, get high!"
At the moment of the attack, all the Furrret's clones disappeared, and the only true body appeared behind Pikachu!
"Iron Tail!"
Pikachu's tail shone with metallic light, and it deflected the Swift stars with just one swing. Then Pikachu slashed high, and Iron Tail struck Furrret down on the head!
"Pika!"
"Furrret loses the ability to fight, Pikachu wins, so the winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!"
Ash had now won the first battle of the final selection!
"Typhlosion, Blast Burn!"
"Feraligatr, Hydro Cannon!"
After Pikachu's victory against that Furret, Ash's luck improved a lot. In the remaining two battles, the opponent was the ones that had to release their Pokémon first, so Ash just used the Pokémon he had to restrain that opponent, so he was easily able to win the victory with two of his three Royal Starter Pokémon from the Johto Region!
Additionally, all three of his opponents had lost the battle within a single move.
"Big Brother is the greatest!"
Molly hugged Ash's leg and cheered happily. He had won all three of his required battles. He is now perfectly safe since he had just passed the selection battles and will be able to participate in the preliminaries later.
On the big screen of the Pokémon Center, a TV is broadcasting the Trainers who have passed the selection and entered the main stage.
"Big Brother, you're the first one there! Great!" The little girl has the sharpest eyes and found Ash's photo at once. Although the order of the photos here does not necessarily mean the results of the competition, Ash's results were obviously extremely impressive. His picture appeared in the first row first picture.
Next, the group also saw photos of Harrison and Gary. As expected, they also successfully entered the the main tournament.
"Ash, congratulations on your victory's!" Mr. Goodshow appeared behind Ash to congratulate him on his successful wins.
"It will not be easy to reach the finals of the Silver Conference!" Mr. Goodshow said to Ash to get him ready for the rules of the upcoming competition.
"The preliminaries of the Silver Conference will be a three-person competition in a group, and the Trainer who scores the most winning points will be able to participate in the main tournament!"
"The final is a fierce competition between wil be between the 16 people who won the all their preliminaries beautifully!"
In short, Ash still has to go through a lot of battles to even reach the actual tournament. This will be a longer and more difficult battle process than the one his past self faced at the Indigo Plateau Conference.
However, a smile appeared on Ash's face.
It's been a long time since he met a a place like this to earn more of the Exchange Points he really wants. The more battles the competition has for him, the better. He has been saving his Exchange Points for a long time now. He believed that after passing the preliminaries, he can redeem another Z Crystal!
That was a real Ultimate Move. Having seen Pikachu's Gigavolt Havoc with his own eyes before, Ash was full of expectations for the power of the other Z Moves that he would finally get in the future!
The next Z Crystal that Ash wants has also been decided long ago!
The Dragon-type Z Crystal!
Devastating Drake!
Ash knows that the only true Dragin-type Pokémon he currently has is Dratini, plus his Charizard and his other Pokémon that being his Red Gyarados all have the Dragon-type after completing their individual Bond Evolutions. Additionally they can all use powerful Dragon-type attacks.
In fact, quite a few of his Pokémon can use Dragon-type attacks. For example, Blastoise has learned Dragon Pulse and can also use this Z Move!
"Thank you, Mr. Goodshow, my blood is alredy boiling form excitement!" Ash had a confident smile on his face. He was looking forward to his upcoming battles!
That night, Ash and Mr. Goodshow confirmed the details of being the last torch runner at tomorrow's opening ceremony, and then he took Pikachu for a detour to the lake for a walk, with Latias silently accompanying them in her human form.
"Pikachu, you have to get ready for the preliminaries tomorrow! This will be the first Conference Champion that we have to win, we must win it beautifully!"
"Pika pika!"
Ash and Pikachu were in high spirits. Latias patted Ash on the shoulder and pointed to a familiar figure sitting by the lake.
"Hey, Gary. What are you doing here so late at night?" Ash was very familiar with Gary's Aura after seeing him so many times.
Hearing Ash's voice, Gary also turned around and said, "It turns out to be Asv. I heard that you will be tomorrow's torch runner, so you can call me impressed! You have to be ready for that ya know."
Ash sat next to him, while Pikachu went to play with Latias, "This is a matter of honor to me, of course I will do my best."
"By the way, what's wrong with you? What are you doing here?" Ash knew Gary's mentality pretty well by now. Even if he doesn't remember much of the plot, he still remembered a lot about the future direction of important characters like Gary.
After Gary loses to Ash in a battle here, he will make up his mind to become a Pokémon Researcher instead of continuing on to be a full time Pokémon Trainer. Not to mention inheriting the legacy of his grandfather Professor Oak, this is also the path he choose to find things more about himself.
Now is the one of times where he has to make a very important decision that could change the rest of his life!
The two sat by the lake, neither speaking to each other, just looking up at the full moon high above the sky.
At this time, it feels like they were just kids again, when they used to be very close friends.
It made him feel a little nostalgic even though he had never experienced like this before!
"When I left Pallet Town, the moon was like this on the first night on the road!" Gary seemed very emotional about this. It was obvious that he had accumulated a lot of experience along the way.
Hearing this, Ash chose it just smiled. When he left Pallet Town and embarked on his journey, his past self was still a dazed young boy who knew nothing about the world. He even chose to challenge a Pidgey on his own because Pikachu at that time didn't want to listen to him at all.
He then got Pikachu all covered in bruises as soon as he left his comfort place.
He spent the first night at the Pokémon Center in Viridian City, so he really didn't have the time to look up at the moon that night.
Looking at Ash's somewhat nostalgic look, Gary also said, "It's really incredible. If I hadn't seen such a moon that night, this moment might have been a complete different thing!"
"The choice we make at this moment will already lead to infinite possibilities in our future. To be honest, we are still very immature compared to many people in the world!"
Hearing Gary's word filled with emotions, Ash nodded along and said, "Gary, we are still very young. As you said, we have an unlimited future ahead of us. Whatever we want to do, we can just go ahead and do it!"
As Ash's mother, Delia, once said, "Let your mind go on a trip to see what you really want to be!"
Hearing this, Gary stood up, his eyes seemed to be twinkling with excitement, "Ash, remember that the person who will defeat you and will win the Silver Conference Champion is going to be me!"
Ash laughed and said, "No, the one who will win the Silver Conference Championship is going to be me!"
The next day, gings and drums were banged loudly, bright fireworks were blasting in the sky, colorful flags were fluttering in the wind, and there were huge crowds of people waiting for the final torch runner to began to tournament.
The main venue of the Silver Conference, the Silver Stadium, was already completely full. Everyone was eagerly waiting for the opening ceremony of the Silver Conference and the entry of the Trainers!
"The venue of the Johto Region Silver Conference is all filled with powerful Pokémon Trainers. The battle of strength and strategy is about to begin soon!"
"Who will win the Silver Conference? Let us sincerely look forward to the fierce competition waiting ahead of us!" The commentator yelled loudly into his microphone.
"Update here, we got news that the final torch runner had entered Silver Town with the Sacred Fire belonging to Ho-Oh!"
"The Trainers are entering one after another, now let's wait for the torch runner to enter!"
"Here we go, the last torch runner is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" Under the spotlight, Ash ran into the venue holding the torch high!
Delia, Professor Oak, and Professor Elm looked proudly at Ash in front of the their own TV's. Pikachu was following Ash all the way, his head held high, shining brightly. What a glorious moment it was for them!
"The Legendary Pokémon that quelled wars and restored life to the earth and forests, Ho-Oh! Now it's been brought to the our grand stadium to host the Silver Conference!"
Everyone was looking forward to it, Ash climbed onto the Sacred Fire platform and lit the sacred flame!
The Johto Region Silver Conference has officially begun!
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