Chapter 751 - 750: The End of the Second Round and the Matter of Choice
Time passed quickly during training.
The second round of the Sinnoh Tournament had begun.
The match schedule was delivered a day in advance. Unlike the first round, where all matches took place within the same time frame, this time the battles were much more spread out, giving the impression that the random pairing system was truly functioning.
However, upon closer observation, it was evident that the trainers considered favorites from each region had not been pitted against one another. The matchups assigned them to compete only against common trainers from different zones.
Of course, among those common trainers, there were also some strong ones, but Cain and the others managed to avoid the most difficult ones.
Thinking about it, it made sense. If a trainer from a region, considered one of the strongest, were eliminated only in the second round, both the region and the trainer would become the target of ridicule.
Others wouldn’t care who their opponent was; they would only focus on the fact that the eliminated trainer had fallen in the second round.
That’s why Cain and the others had different battle schedules. Cain was lucky since his match was scheduled for the first day of the second round, while Steven and the others would battle in the following days.
Cain arrived at the stadium alone.
Despite the tournament’s massive scale, the number of people in the stands hadn’t diminished in the slightest. Even with dozens of matches happening simultaneously, spectators were free to choose which battle to watch, making most of them stay in the stadium all day, only taking breaks for meals, restroom visits, or sleep.
Cain couldn’t help but wonder, "Do these people not have jobs?"
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