Chapter 641: A Deadly Question
After a day of rest, the exciting and stimulating knockout stage resumed!
There were only two matches scheduled for today, both in the morning.
The next two matches would be tomorrow afternoon.
The schedule was staggered as much as possible to give the advancing teams more time to recover and adjust.
In this regard, the organizers were quite considerate, taking the players' experience into account.
The first match of the morning was between the Otter Team and the Royal Rapidash Team from the Sinnoh Alliance.
This match instantly pushed the online viewership of the official livestream to a new peak!
Much higher than the previous match between Arthur and Arnold.
The reason was simple: the players responsible for the Captain's Match for both teams were beauties!
Even in Pokémon battles, the appeal of beautiful players shouldn't be underestimated.
Moreover, this year's Champions Cup featured many formidable female players. There were quite a few female players in the teams remaining on the schedule, and three of them were responsible for the Captain's Match!
They were also rated by enthusiasts as the three most powerful and charming female players in the world right now!
They were Serena from Kubfu, Gwyneth from Sinnoh, and Future Yuzuru from Sakura.
This landscape was unprecedented!
In recent decades, there hadn't been many highly attractive female players capable of competing for the championship. For several consecutive tournaments, Gwyneth had been holding up half the sky for women alone.
This had made many female competitive fans unhappy for a long time.
But this year, the competitive circle finally welcomed several beautiful new sights.
The three beautiful captains had all performed brilliantly during the group stage, and their popularity naturally soared.
In today's first match, two of the three beauties were finally going to face off early!
The LeBlanc of the Royal Rapidash Team versus the Flower of the High Peaks from Kubfu.
"Who do you think will win?"
In the backstage lounge, Ivy suddenly asked Arthur this question before the Captain's Match between the Otter Team and Royal Rapidash started.
"Well... emotionally, of course I support the Otter Team."
Although unsure if this was a trap question, Arthur instinctively played it safe.
As a fellow Kubfu citizen, this answer couldn't be wrong.
After a while, Ivy looked at him and smiled.
"Looks like you guessed wrong."
Arthur shrugged. "I'm not the referee. My support can't affect the outcome. That's normal."
His answer was still flawless.
Justin, beside him, glanced sideways frequently.
Although he didn't know what was happening, Brother Arthur seemed very impressive!
Anyway, as Arthur said, his support couldn't affect anything.
Whether it was the overall strength of the team or the individual performance in the final Captain's Match, Royal Rapidash was superior in this match.
Gwyneth was more mature after all.
In the end, the Otter Team regretfully lost.
Following the Metro Team, they became the second Kubfu team to bid farewell to the Champions Cup.
Before they had time to feel sad for their fellow team, it was time for Arthur and his team to go on stage for the second match.
Their opponent was the Primordial Sea Team from Hoenn!
Compared to the Grand Master and Magma teams from the same alliance, the Primordial Sea Team appeared more "common."
They didn't have many big-name star players. This year, they boldly employed many new generation players, and luckily, it worked wonders.
Making it this far was already an unexpected joy for this young team.
But before going on stage, they weren't completely hopeless.
After all, their opponent, Starlight and Frost, also had a very low average age. Speaking of youth, the opponent was even more exaggerated than them!
There might be a chance!
"The opponent's Captain's Match player is very strong! That's a powerhouse who can shut out Arnold and challenge Steven head-on. So don't pin your hopes on the Captain's Match; try to kill the game in the early stages!"
Before going on stage, their head coach laid out the core tactic for this match!
Strive to snatch enough points from those rookies even younger than them before the Captain's Match!
Under this guiding principle, the Primordial Sea Team played extremely aggressively from the first round!
In the first match, they focused all their strength and shut out Elara!
But immediately after, Starlight and Frost retaliated quickly. Captain Leo personally stepped up and returned a shutout!
Both sides exchanging shutouts as a sign of "friendship" filled this match with gunpowder from the start.
In the last match, the opponent went all in, plotting against Aaron, and won the decisive round by a narrow margin, taking it 3-2.
They barely managed to keep a one-match advantage.
Just after the singles matches ended, the Primordial Sea players vaguely felt something was wrong.
"The opponent is unexpectedly tenacious!"
"Damn it! Analyzing their league data, apart from that miracle rookie responsible for the Captain's Match, the others didn't have any particularly outstanding performances before!"
During yesterday's rest day, they obviously didn't let loose like Arthur, but honestly studied the opponent's data all day.
Unfortunately, this study seemed to have led them astray!
They clearly hadn't grasped the biggest label attached to Starlight and Frost this year—
Miracles and transformation!
This team wasn't just Arthur creating miracles.
Everyone here had undergone earth-shaking changes and progress this year!
Looking at them without a developmental perspective would lead to a big loss.
Then the doubles started!
Right off the bat, the opponent sent out an extremely sharp finale lineup!
Hoenn's Best Rookie Duo of the year, partners with two ultra-luxurious pseudo-legendary Pokémon, the rising stars pinned with high hopes by Primordial Sea!
Young players with luxurious Pokémon.
They sent out a Tyranitar and Salamence pseudo-legendary combo!
On the Starlight and Frost side, the sisters Ivy and Bianca made corresponding adjustments.
Ivy still used her signature Ninetales.
But Bianca didn't choose the common Froslass. Instead, for the first time in the Champions Cup, she brought out her cutie: Pachirisu!
"My god! Facing the alarming threat of two pseudo-legendary Pokémon! The Kubfu player actually brought out a cute pet like Pachirisu? Is this really not a mistake?"
The live commentator screamed excitedly.
A white cutie only about a foot tall facing two ferocious top predators!
The visual contrast was so strong that even some members of the Pokémon Protection Association couldn't help but start complaining.
"How can you let such a cute little guy go through such a cruel and sad thing!! Protest! Serious protest!"
However, only the local Kubfu audience remained calm.
Their hearts were waveless, even wanting to laugh a little.
Heh!
Ignorant humans!
You have no idea what you're about to face!
That's the world's cutest—White Devil!
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