Pokémon: System Start.

In Vermilion City, inside the Sakuragi Laboratory, Xiaozhi was lying on the sofa and reading a book leisurely, just like he was at home.

On the sofa opposite, Latias and Diancie were just sitting there reading women's magazines.

Pikachu and Mew were just running around the room, playing around.

It was not until Professor Sakuragi walked in from outside that Xiaozhi stood up from the sofa and asked with a smile.

"How's it going, Dr. Sakuragi?"

What Xiaozhi is asking here is of course who is ranked 9th in the World Championship and where that person is now.

If Xiaozhi wants to advance to the Eight Masters, then the 9th place is a position he cannot surpass, because only the th place can challenge the th place and have an Eight Masters Replacement Tournament.

This is also the reason why Taiyi mentioned before that the eighth and ninth places have been changing frequently recently. The rank settlement is about to be reached. Not to mention those who are qualified to challenge the eighth master, at this moment they are also putting all their efforts into challenging the eighth master who stands at the top of the trainers.

"I've checked it out, but Xiaozhi, you may not be able to challenge her now!"

Professor Sakuragi nodded, but what he said made Xiaozhi freeze in place.

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Xiaozhi couldn't figure out why there was no way to challenge him. Was it because the other party didn't want to? But he hadn't even initiated the challenge, and he hadn't even met the person.

"Let me introduce you to the current ninth place."

Professor Sakuragi said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and handed it to Satoshi.

The pattern on the phone happened to be a photo of an adult woman with long black hair and a blue headband on both sides of her head. Her skin was slightly darker than Alice's, and she was wearing black pants and black leather shoes. The main body of her clothes was black, with some blue on the sleeves and collar on both sides, and she was wearing a pair of blue gloves with gold star patterns on the back!

Before Xiaozhi had time to ask questions, Dr. Sakuragi pointed at the photo on his phone and continued

"Her name is Yeci! She is from the Padiya region, and she is also the president of the Pokémon League there, and also the league champion of the Padiya region!"

"The Padiya region?! I remember Taiyi told me before that there seems to be some special magnetic field there, which causes the communication there to be a little behind ours, and it seems that the family of rats came from there!"

When Xiaozhi heard Professor Sakuragi talking about the Padia region, he immediately thought of the family of mice on his own Four Seasons Island, and the things about the Padia region that he had specifically told him a long time ago.

It was just a casual chat at the time. Xiaozhi had only heard a little about the Padia region from Taichi, and he had no idea of ​​the general situation.

"It is true that because of the special magnetic field, the Padiya region has very little communication with the outside world, which has led to many people not knowing about the Padiya region, and many people are not even clear about it."

"But because of the special magnetic field, I heard that there is also a battle system unique to the Padiya region. It's too crystallized!"

"It's just that Tai Crystallization can only be used in the Padia region at present. In addition, there are some obstacles in their communication with the outside world, which leads to Tai Crystallization being quite popular in their Padia region. However, many people in other regions are not aware of Tai Crystallization. I have only heard of it and have never even seen it!"

As he spoke, Dr. Sakuragi couldn't help but sigh. For a scholar who loves to study various Pokémon events, knowing something but not seeing it with his own eyes might be a torture for him.

At this time, Xiaozhi was already very excited.

"So that's how it is?! But it's so crystallized, this battle system sounds so cool! There's also a new region, there must be Pokémon that don't exist in other regions, just like the Ichimoku and his friends! I'm getting excited just thinking about it!"

No matter whether it was the brand new elves or the brand new battle system, Tai Crystallization had a fascinating attraction to him and he really wanted to see it for himself.

"Don't get excited, Xiaozhi. I went off topic just now. Even if you want to travel to the Padiya region, you have to wait until the Eight Masters Tournament is over. After all, in addition to the difficulty of communication in the Padiya region, it is also a bit troublesome to even go there. So calm down. Even if you want to go now, you can't go there right away."

Dr. Sakuragi looked at Xiaozhi's expression and quickly tried to persuade him.

After all, if Xiaozhi really gave up the World Championship and went to travel to the Padya region because of his words, others would not know, but Dr. Kukui would definitely have a good talk with him.

Because in this World Championship season, Xiaozhi is the only one who has signed up for the World Championship from Alola. Even if others want to sign up now, they have to start from the 10,000th place, and there may not be enough time.

It can be said that Xiaozhi is now the hope of the entire Alola village. Countless people are looking forward to Xiaozhi's wonderful performance in the Masters Tournament and bringing glory to Alola.

"Hahaha, I'm indeed a little too excited. Mainly because I heard about the brand new battle system and I'm itching to go and see it for myself."

Xiaozhi scratched his head. At this moment, his heart had already been attracted by Tai Crystalization. He really wanted to see what it was like.

Dr. Sakuragi nodded when he saw this. He certainly knew how Satoshi felt. After all, it was an existence that everyone who loved Pokémon could not resist.

"Of course I know. Not only you, I also want to see Tai Crystalization! But let's talk about the current situation. Didn't I just say that you can't challenge Ye Ci at the moment? That's because she submitted the Eight Masters Exchange Challenge. In two days, she will have a 6v6 full-scale battle with the current eighth place, the Fire King of the Sinnoh region, Daye, at the Gongmen Arena to compete for the place of the Eight Masters."

"During these two days, no one else will challenge him, because the other party needs these two days to fully prepare for the position change battle."

"So this is ah!"

After listening to Dr. Sakuragi's explanation, Xiaozhi nodded. It was understandable that the opponent refused the challenge and prepared for a position-switch battle.

"But anyway, Xiaozhi, you don't have to worry. It will only take a day or two. Of course, you can also go and watch the battle between those two. You can challenge that position next time and make full preparations."

"Okay, I see, Dr. Sakuragi! That's what I was planning too!"

Professor Sakuragi and Xiaozhi thought the same thing about this. As the saying goes, only when you know yourself and not your enemy can you win every battle. After all, he will also charge towards the position of the Eighth Master next, so both Daye and Ye Ci may be his opponents. It is still necessary to investigate and understand them first.

"Don't worry about the tickets. I will take care of it..."