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The next day, the The Tournament of Fate had already concluded, and Coordinators were gradually leaving Hearthome City, heading to the next city where a Contest would be held.
Among them was Zoey, who had narrowly lost to Mr. Nando. A recovered Zoey and Dawn shook hands and bid farewell.
They vowed to defeat each other and win the next Contest.
As for Ash and his two companions, they continued to stay, preparing to participate in the Double Battle Tournament soon to be held in Hearthome City.
"Huh, am I included too?" Dawn asked, puzzled, as she took the card with the number 13 printed on it.
"Double Battles can help you adapt to cooperative performances in advance, which is good for you. Perhaps considering this, Ash signed you up!"
Before Ash could speak, Brock replied with a smile.
"How about it, want to participate?" Although this wasn't his true intention, Brock had already envisioned it so perfectly that he couldn't be bothered to refute.
"Of course!" Dawn waved the card with the number 13 on it. "But is this card used to assign partners? Then, Ash, what's your number?"
"Of course, it's 14!"
Unlike the original story, he had registered with Brock early in the morning, and the card numbers turned out to be 13 and 14.
It was a very auspicious sequence of numbers, though people in the Pokemon World didn't quite appreciate it.
"I really hope we can be assigned to the same group. That way, we're sure to win!" Looking at the two adjacent numbers, Dawn eagerly hoped.
"Me too!" Ash nodded in agreement.
"I hope I can find my Big Sister in the Double Battle Tournament!" Brock looked at his card, excitedly anticipating the opposing trainers.
With everything ready, the three came to the Double Battle Tournament venue, entering the arena with their registered cards.
"So many people!" Upon arriving, Dawn was completely stunned by the surrounding audience.
"It's very close to the number of people at a League Battle Tournament~" Brock assessed with his squinted eyes.
"So many people, it's a place that could scare a socially anxious person to death!" He couldn't help but inwardly complain as he surveyed the crowd.
Because the Double Battle Tournament held in Hearthome City was a traditional two-person battle competition with a long history.
Therefore, both the atmosphere and the setting were very close to the standards of a League Battle Tournament.
The sheer number of spectators alone was almost tens of thousands.
"Alright, all contestants, please find your respective partners according to the numbers on your cards, as displayed on the big screen!"
The Hearthome City Mayor, fat as a ball and dressed in blue, announced for everyone to find their partners.
"Yay, 13 and 14 are a group! We're partners, Ash!"
Glancing at the groupings on the screen, Dawn cheered excitedly, raising her right hand high.
Clap~
Seeing the girl's action, Ash instinctively extended his right hand and clapped it together with hers, a slight smile on his lips, unable to hide his excitement.
He hadn't expected 13 and 14 to actually be in the same group. Indeed, the early bird catches the worm; his early queuing hadn't been in vain.
As for Paul's Chimchar, Ash wasn't worried about it at all.
Even if he wasn't in the same group as Paul, that guy releasing Chimchar was an inevitable event.
After all, with his training methods for Chimchar, it was simply impossible for Chimchar to master Blaze, so he naturally couldn't tolerate such a "waste" staying in his team.
"With the two of us forming a team, we're definitely the Champion team, no problem at all!" Dawn could no longer hide her excitement and shouted loudly.
"Piplup~ Piplup~" Piplup, next to Pikachu, loudly agreed.
It even patted Pikachu's shoulder, indicating that "Pikachu and I will go together, and we'll definitely win the Championship."
Pikachu: Oh, right, right, right~
"(⊙o⊙) Wow, it's a beautiful Big Sister!"
On the other side, Brock, who was number 16, finally found his partner with his card, shouting excitedly, and rushed towards the elegant lady with beautiful legs in black stockings.
"Oh~"
However, a shadow made Brock stop. It was a Wingull perched on the other person's shoulder.
"Are you my partner?" The elegant lady, with long orange hair, turned her head, holding card number 21, and asked Brock.
"Yes!" Brock quickly held up card number 16. "Beautiful lady, my name is Brock!"
"My name is Sumire~ Please take care of me!"
"Miss Sumire, what a lovely name. From the moment I first saw you, I already…"
Brock immediately knelt on one knee, gazing Stupid at the elegant lady in black stockings, and began his usual confession.
Dawn, standing nearby, could already foresee Brock's fate.
But surprisingly, it wasn't Croagunk's turn to act this time.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in relationships with younger men!"
A single short sentence, yet it fatally struck Brock's weakness, leaving him frozen in place like stone.
"He's met his match!" Ash said with a laugh.
Not liking relationships with younger men would completely shut down Brock, who liked Big Sister.
"It seems so, the effect is quite significant!" Dawn said with a helpless smile, looking at Brock, who had turned to stone.
Piplup pecked Brock's thigh with its beak, and one could even hear the sound of stone being tapped.
He didn't pay too much attention to this little interlude.
Instead, his gaze was fixed on Paul, with his purple hair and poker face, in the distance. At this moment, Paul had also found his partner, Conway, the green-eyed glasses guy who was Dawn's partner in the original story.
Paul was currently interacting with his Elekid and Conway's Slowking.
Both of them were tactical-type trainers, sharing some common ground, and their cooperation seemed surprisingly good.
"Tch!"
As he watched Paul, Paul also noticed Ash's gaze, his expression quite serious, and Conway's attention was also drawn over.
"What?! That annoying guy is here too!" Dawn followed Ash's gaze and also spotted Paul, gesturing with her hand and yelling, "This time, we'll team up and definitely defeat both of them!"
"Don't worry! The 1314 duo will definitely win!" Ash replied with a smile to Dawn, then led her to the contestant area to prepare before the tournament.
Since they were both assigned to Group A, they were among the first contestants to enter the arena.
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After 10 minutes, at the broadcast's signal, the two officially made their entrance.
Their opponents were an unusual combination of a muscular man and a cute little girl, whose Pokémon were Koffing and Scyther, respectively.
Ash and Dawn sent out Staravia and Piplup to battle.
The battle officially began!!!
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