Chapter 607: A Year of Change
All three of the Platinum captain's captain-level aces had been wiped out!
Meanwhile, Roman's Poliwrath and Ludicolo still had some fight left in them!
Now it was the Platinum Team captain's turn to panic...
"H-how is this possible?!"
The Sinnoh commentator stood up nervously.
In contrast, the Kubfu commentators were flushed with excitement. "It's four to one!! Already four to one!! Captain Roman still has Poliwrath! And Ludicolo!! The Metro Team is going to turn the—mph mph mph!"
A certain commentator named Oracle was only halfway through his excited shout when his partner covered his mouth.
Although jinxing was just superstition and not to be taken seriously in normal times, there was really no need to force such a variable at this critical moment.
The partner was also infected by Roman's fighting spirit and cared too much about the outcome of this match. Otherwise, he wouldn't have done something so outrageous as covering The Oracle's mouth.
However, the audience was grateful.
A series of comments floated across the chat: "Thank you, Kubfu hero!", "Oracle, have mercy!"
At this critical moment, the entire alliance hoped to avoid unnecessary drama.
This left The Oracle, who had been forcibly interrupted mid-chant, laughing and crying at the same time, awkwardly changing the subject.
"Let's look at the next round. Since the last round ended in a draw, both sides will send out Pokémon simultaneously! Let's see Captain Roman's choice!
"He's out! It's Poliwrath!! Captain Roman has once again sent out Poliwrath, who has consumed almost no stamina!"
There was basically no suspense about Roman sending out Poliwrath this round.
Ludicolo had fought a tough battle against the opponent's ace Pokémon and was heavily drained, while Poliwrath had only broken a Disguise and was almost fresh.
Fighting in top condition against the opponent's main player-level counter-pick Pokémon, he steadily secured the victory!
Roman had been exploding with power since the first round today. Expecting him to make a mistake at a time like this was impossible.
Even the Platinum Team captain on the opposite side gradually lost the light in his eyes by the end.
His momentum was completely crushed...
For Kubfu, Roman was creating a miracle; for Sinnoh and the Platinum captain, this man was creating a nightmare!
An absolute horror nightmare!
Now this nightmare had reached its final stage!
5-1!
Unbelievable!
Yet irreversible...
At the very end, the Platinum captain managed to salvage a bit of dignity, relying on the counter-pick Pokémon Dracovish to defeat the weary Ludicolo after a fierce battle, barely winning back one point.
But then he was countered by Roman's Florges, who was in perfect condition and making her debut today.
Dracovish is Water/Dragon, while Florges is Fairy. Anyone except Ash from a parallel world knows that Fairy has an absolute advantage over Dragon!
In the end, the battle lasted less than five minutes before the referee raised the flag—
"Dracovish is unable to battle!"
The score was final!
The whole venue cheered!
6-2! A hearty victory, an incredible miracle!
Under the circumstance where his main Pokémon was heavily injured and almost no one was optimistic, Roman forcefully reversed the situation, earning a full four-point difference in the Captain's Match, defying fate and overturning the Platinum Team!
At the same time, this meant they would eliminate the Platinum Team and advance to the knockout stage as the second seed in the group!
No one expected such an unexpected upset in Group A, the first group in the second round of the group stage!
Sinnoh's number two seed, the Platinum Team, had once been given high hopes before the match, rated by Sinnoh Alliance's own media as an A+ team in the Champions Cup, estimated to reach at least the top four, a strong team fighting for the top two!
But no one expected that in the end, they didn't fight for the top two, but for the top thirty-two...
Being eliminated in the group stage shocked countless people.
"The Platinum Team was eliminated in the first round? Ha! This year really is a year of change. I still remember four years ago they were a strong team capable of challenging the Grand Master Team head-on," a main player from the Three Waves Team sighed in the wild card rest area.
Leo, beside him, said nothing.
He naturally remembered this history too. He had participated in the Champions Cups four years ago and two years ago.
In the Champions Cup two years ago, the match between the Platinum Team and the defending champion Grand Master Team in the group stage was even arranged by the organizers as the opening match.
Unexpectedly, two years later, this legendary Sinnoh team also faced a historic moment of being eliminated in the first round.
The main player looked at Leo and tutted. "Tsk tsk, I'm starting to understand a bit why you were forced to run to the wild card region in disgrace this year. Your Kubfu Alliance really has a lot of monsters this year."
The corner of Leo's mouth turned up very subtly. "As long as you know."
The main player was stunned. "Wait, why do you look so happy? Aren't you on a different path from them?"
"But that doesn't stop me from being a Kubfu citizen."
"..."
The main player was speechless for a moment.
On this day, the entire Kubfu Alliance was immersed in a sea of celebration!
The Metro Team's advance greatly boosted Kubfu's morale!
Countless people started posting on forums as soon as the match ended—
"The most hopeful year!"
"Go Kubfu!"
"Advance! All of you advance! Not one of the four teams can be left behind!"
Titles like these were everywhere in the discussion section, almost like a festival.
This enthusiasm continued until the next day.
The next day, the fifteenth match day of the group stage, concluded Group B's matches.
Since there were no Kubfu teams in Group B, the Kubfu audience naturally paid less attention.
But as players, they definitely still had to watch the matches to gather information.
The top spot in Group B was finally taken by the host Regal Alliance's number one seed, the Red Moon Team.
It is worth mentioning that the teams in the Regal Alliance seemed to have a special fondness for the moon when naming themselves. Their number one seed was called the Red Moon Team, and their number three seed was called the Blood Moon Team. It was hard not to suspect some under-the-table dealings between their owners.
The second advancing spot in Group B was taken by the Hoenn Alliance's number two seed, the Magma Team.
This result basically met the public's pre-match expectations and wasn't an upset like Group A.
At the same time, this also announced the elimination of the Sinnoh number four seed and a wild card team in the same group.
Within just three days, the Sinnoh Alliance had lost two teams in a row.
It happened to be raining that day. For the Sinnoh audience who had traveled thousands of miles to watch the match in Regal, the rain seemed particularly cold...
Then another day passed. On the sixteenth match day of the group stage, the Kubfu audience finally ended their congratulations and discussions about the Metro Team.
Because today was Group C's match—
Kubfu's number one seed: Arthur and his Starlight and Frost Team were about to take the stage!
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