novelonline Chapter 1400 The Anglo-French War
Chapter 1400 The Anglo-French War
Chapter 1400 The Anglo-French War
Karuni's voice was low, but the nearby champions had very sharp ears.
Kashiwagi could clearly sense that the people nearby paused slightly, and those further away showed surprise in their eyes.
Especially recently, Zhu Lan's eyes suddenly became sharp.
Of the eight people present, only young Alice and Ash didn't understand, their faces filled with strange expressions.
What daughter? What do you mean, "Give her back to me"?
Kashiwagi maintained his smile, barely even moving his lips, and whispered, "Beautiful lady, are you doing this on purpose?"
"Oh, really?"
Karuni covered her mouth, looking completely innocent.
It has to be said that if she were to act with her current acting skills, she definitely wouldn't win Best Actress or Best TV Actress awards.
It was so clumsy that the people around couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false.
Are you kidding me?
They all looked at the cypress tree.
Gossip is human nature, and even champions can't help but be curious. Everyone wants to know what kind of situation the girl Karuni mentioned is.
Legendary actress and Carlos champion secretly married and had a child? Her secret husband is none other than Ole!
Numerous rumors and gossip flashed through everyone's minds.
Real or fake!
Participating in the Eight Masters event also involves watching family dramas?
Led by the staff, the champions successfully returned to the contestants' preparation room. As soon as they entered, they saw a little girl with black hair holding flowers, waiting quietly.
A rather unfamiliar Pokémon was floating beside her.
"Mother—Auntie!"
An Xin'er almost called her mother, but fortunately she corrected herself in time.
Karuni, her face beaming with excitement and joy, rushed forward and hugged her tightly. "Anxin'er! My dear daughter! I'm so glad to see you! Your Uncle Bai Mu is such a bad guy!"
The other champions were momentarily stunned by what they saw.
Not a girl?
You really have a daughter? And she's this old?
This head looks at least six or seven years old, right?
How old were you when you were born?
They look so alike!
Question marks appeared on their foreheads in unison. Chika and Daigo quickly looked at the speechless Kashiwagi, hoping to get an answer from him.
Ash, the most emotionally inept of them all, exclaimed in surprise, "Huh??? Miss Karune's daughter? Miss Karune was married after all?"
Is that so?
Alice, the second person with low emotional intelligence, also yelled.
The staff member in the lounge was sweating profusely. Had he overheard some terrible secret?
"Hey lady, can you stop making things worse? Is she your daughter just because you gave birth to her?"
Bai Mu stepped forward and forcefully pulled An Xin'er out of Karuni's arms.
Karuni chased after her, disgruntled. "How can you say she wasn't 'my' child? And how dare you call me 'big sister'? I'm going to get angry!"
"The parallel world version of you is just your sister, not yourself. Don't get it wrong! Are you ten months pregnant?"
He said it with conviction.
Even champions can be unreasonable at times.
Especially since Karuni believed that Anxin'er was monopolized by Bai Mu, even though she wasn't born after ten months of pregnancy, the actress really treated her like her own daughter.
It even gave rise to an unrealistic fantasy.
After listening to their conversation, the surrounding champions finally understood what was going on.
"Parallel worlds? I never thought that something that only existed in fantasy would actually happen."
Zhu Lan approached with great interest, waved to the somewhat shy An Xin'er, and said with a smile, "Hello, I'm Zhu Lan."
"Hello, I recognize you, Miss Sinnoh Champion," An Xin'er said timidly.
Her pitiful yet adorable little expression instantly melted Zhu Lan's heart.
She suddenly began to understand Karuni's "obsessive" behavior just now. If she had a daughter like that, she probably wouldn't be able to control herself either.
Alice and Ash also stepped forward to introduce themselves, while the male champions, such as Leon, were more reserved. They only asked Kashiwagi to satisfy their curiosity after Karen had taken Ansel back.
After hearing his brief description of the future of Miare City, the group felt a genuine sense of envy.
"A parallel world, huh? I haven't been on an adventure in years."
In his early years, Leon was an adventurer who never hesitated to go anywhere, but unfortunately, since becoming the champion of the Galar region, he has basically stopped going on adventures in the real sense.
When we go to the countryside, we usually appreciate the scenery more.
Lance deeply agreed with Leon's words. As a Pokémon Investigator, he had no opportunity to go on adventures. It was already quite an achievement that he could train his Dragonite and others regularly to ensure that their combat strength did not decline.
Of the three, Daigo was the most relaxed, spending most of his time going out on adventures to mine precious and rare stones.
What he envied was that parallel worlds might have some kind of special mineral—
Even though Steven hasn't even finished exploring the Pokémon world he's in yet, he's already starting to think about parallel worlds.
Xiao Zhi was quickly ostracized by the women, both young and old, and had no choice but to come to their side.
To be honest, the atmosphere in the players' preparation room before and after Kashiwagi's arrival was truly different.
Everyone was very serious before, and they didn't talk much to each other, probably because they were all thinking about adjusting their state.
With the arrival of Cypress, all sorts of unexpected situations followed.
Even the most introverted person can't help but become extroverted.
Xiao Zhi, being a social butterfly, knew everyone present, making the atmosphere in the preparation room more lively than ever before.
But soon, someone came to remind them.
"Excuse me, everyone. The stage in the center of the arena has been cleared away and the competition will begin soon. Please have the two champions of the first round prepare."
The Eight Masters only hold two matches a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. They even get a day off before the final to give the champions ample rest time.
Dante and Karune looked at each other and nodded to one another.
An Xin'er clenched her small fists, silently cheering for her mother—if Dan Di hadn't been there, she probably would have already shouted it out loud.
Suddenly.
Dan Di clapped his hands.
"Gentlemen, I have a proposal."
All the champions immediately looked at him.
He said, "The World Championship rules stipulate that each trainer can only use one system, and in my opinion, this rule undoubtedly limits everyone's full potential..."
"I propose! Unlock all systems!" he said firmly.
Dante originally planned to say this during the finals, as he worried that he wouldn't be able to convince all the champions.
The champions are proud and do not want any unfair situations to occur.
Dante only wants to fight against fully-formed champions, not "incomplete" champions.
Especially Adu.
When he learned that this Dragonite could achieve Mega Evolution, he immediately had the idea of both battling against him in a Gigantamax battle and experiencing Mega Evolution.
Unfortunately, he never got his wish.
Now that the indoor atmosphere was quite nice, Dante seized the opportunity to express his thoughts.
He looked at Kashiwagi, hoping to get the latter's approval.
After a brief hesitation, Bai Mu also said, "I think Dan Di is right. Rather than choosing one, I prefer to have them all!"
He said this to Daigo.
Of the four known systems, it is only missing one tert-crystallization.
Ash quickly chimed in, "I agree! I really want to battle Lance's Mega Dragonite!"
When Alice saw that her close friend had agreed, she immediately voted in favor.
After exchanging glances, the other champions also agreed.
then.
The message was relayed by staff.
When the host made the announcement, it immediately sparked countless excited cheers; they had been wanting to see this for a long time!
While the single-system limitation makes the competition relatively fair, it also makes many viewers quite dissatisfied. In their opinion, if their favorite character could Mega Evolve/Gigantamax/Tyranitarize, they definitely wouldn't lose!
This change is exactly what they wanted!
Backstage at the event, Minoru Yama couldn't help but smile.
This rule change undoubtedly benefits Kashiwagi the most, since he is the only one in the entire field with all four systems complete.
It's safe!
Everything's safe now!
Minoru Yama almost popped a bottle of champagne on the spot.
When Hop, who was in the audience, found out, he immediately knew that it must have been his older brother who made the suggestion.
As Dan Di's younger brother, he knew best just how "arrogant" his elder brother was. His domineering attitude of not taking everyone seriously and believing that he was the strongest was unprecedented and unparalleled!
"Go for it, bro! Take down all the champions who stand in your way!"
He clenched his fist secretly, cheering on his older brother.
The contestants prepare indoors.
Karuni held Anxin'er in her arms, drawing strength from her small, soft body.
"With Anxin's flowers and encouragement, Mom will definitely win! Just you wait and see!"
She spoke with a burning gaze.
An Xin'er nodded vigorously, "Yes! It can definitely be done!"
Immediately following the staff's instructions, Karuni and Dante exchanged a glance and strode out together.
Apart from Ash, who prefers to watch the matches from the stands, the other champions all stayed in the preparation room, watching the matches through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.
As the competition officially began, everyone's emotions gradually cooled down. They stopped exchanging ideas as before and silently waited for the start of the first match of the first round.
"Karuni and Leon..."
Looking at the two portraits on the large screen in the arena, Kashiwagi couldn't help but recall the original plot—
The Thunder King Kong Ape takes on four opponents in one go!
Yes.
With its ridiculously powerful strength, Leon's Thunder King Kong Kick stunned Jaw Dragon with one kick, knocked down Ice Dragon with one punch, then used Drumming to stab Pumpkin Monster, and finally defeated Goomy Dragon with a flying kick.
They successfully completed the feat of traversing four routes in one go.
What? You're asking for details? There aren't any!
The entire animation is presented in the form of a PowerPoint presentation, and it even includes scenes of a wrestling hawk-man punching a Dragapult and a Tyranitar seemingly destroying a Dragapult's beam.
God knows who put it in the "detected" state.
In short, the journey was rather perfunctory when it didn't involve Ash's battles. The animation director himself said that he originally didn't want to depict the battles between champions at all.
I wrote this out of desperation.
It is not difficult to see how rough some of the content is.
So, in his world, with the rules changing, how will Karuni display her prowess?
Kashiwagi is really looking forward to it.
He turned his head to look at An Xin'er, whose little face was serious, and thought to himself that the presence of his adopted daughter should bring a lot of strength to the movie queen.
"They're out!"
Alice's excited voice reached my ears.
Kashiwagi looked down at the arena and was surprised to see Dante and Karune walking out of two passageways, one on the left and one on the right.
They waved to the audience around them before finally taking their seats.
While the Palace Arena is indeed the largest arena in Galar, the arena itself is rather simple, consisting of just an ordinary flat surface.
However, the more common the Pokémon, the higher the requirements for both the Pokémon and the trainer.
In the not-so-distant Carlos region, the Four Heavenly Kings were each doing their own thing, but their eyes were glued to the screens of their televisions or mobile phones.
Off the court, the Rockets' trio finished their interviews. Musashi saw Karune's beautiful figure on the big screen and felt a mix of jealousy and envy.
After all, her dream was to become a world-renowned female star like Karenina.
The two are even close in age.
Unfortunately, their fates were completely different.
Musashi said sourly, "Hmph, let me see what kind of acting she can deliver."
"Ladies and gentlemen! The first match of the first round! Both contestants have entered the arena!" Amid the host's enthusiastic and rhythmic voice, renowned referee Deng Pei stepped onto the Shielded Sword Monster and read out the rules of the match.
Dan Di smiled slightly and suddenly threw off his cloak.
Wow!
Screams erupted from the audience.
"Alchemy Emperor! Alchemy Emperor! Alchemy Emperor!"
The Palace Arena was undoubtedly Dan Emperor's home turf, and he had the most supporters, but Karuni was fearless.
"Mr. Leon, I stand here carrying the dreams and expectations of all the trainers in Kalos. Let me show you the brilliance that only we can unleash!"
Karuni said with a smile.
Faced with her show of force, Dan Di confidently declared, "Bring it on! Whoever it is, I will not lose!"
beep--
The loud whistle echoed throughout the stadium, and the tense atmosphere infected everyone.
Deng Pei shouted, "Both sides, please send out your first Pokémon!"
The words fell.
Both sides simultaneously threw Poké Balls forward!
Boom!
"Hoo-ri!"
With a powerful roar, a massive, muscular gorilla landed steadily.
Its body is covered with dark green and black fur, and its arms are as thick as pillars, tightly gripping war drumsticks carved from ancient tree trunks.
Just as Kashiwagi had expected, Leon's first Pokémon was none other than Rumble Golem, the best-performing Pokémon among the eight masters!
Unfortunately, its characteristic is not that of a grass-maker, otherwise its strength might have been even higher.
After all, the gorilla is a formidable character who has almost dominated sword and shield battles, with a high appearance rate in both singles and doubles!
Opposite to Rillaboom, the elegant Gardevoir appeared in the center of the arena.
"Sha na~"
It called softly, its slender arm slightly raised, and a hint of tenderness appeared in its eyes as it looked at the Thunder King Kong.
The Thunder King Kong was slightly taken aback, then quickly shook its head.
Leon laughed and said, "As expected of the champion actress's ace Pokémon, her acting skills are truly outstanding, even my Pokémon couldn't help but be moved."
"Then you'd better watch out, the more attractive a person or Pokémon is, the better they are at deceiving people."
Karuni responded with a smile.
After a brief exchange, both sides issued instructions simultaneously.
"Smash it!"
"The power of the moon!"
Both sides went all out!