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That night, after seeing the announcement from the Pokémon League, everyone was ecstatic.
"World Championship? A competition where all Trainers worldwide can sign up? Oh my god, are you serious?"
"It's here, it's here! I knew it, a world competition would come sooner or later!"
"Roar, roar, roar~ The chance for this old man to make a name for himself has finally arrived!"
"My goodness, doesn't that mean even the regional Champions will participate? I actually have the honor of competing in the same event as a Champion!"
"Ahhhhh! Our Hoenn's Master Wallace is invincible! It's time to let other Champions see the power of Water-type Pokémon!"
"What's that lunatic upstairs rambling about? In front of our Kalos's Ms. Diantha, what is your Wallace's invincibility worth?"
"Two complete jokes, did you ask our Kanto's Giovanni about being invincible?"
"Ahem~ Let me say something fair, Champion Leon from the Galar region is the strongest!"
"Champion Giovanni will definitely win the championship!"
It was chaos, complete chaos.
At this moment, the internet was a scene of pandemonium, with countless netizens wildly roaming everywhere online—under the League's official account, forum posts, analysis videos, and so on.
Some even finished browsing their local forums and specifically went to forums in other regions to start a 'carnival'.
This was followed by debates, endless debates, with some posts accumulating tens of thousands of comments in just over ten minutes.
Everyone had their own valid points, as there had never been a world-class event before the World Championship.
Between regions, aside from Trainers who traveled to multiple regions, no one really knew how strong Trainers in other regions were.
Not to mention that regional Champions would also be participating in this World Championship.
That made it interesting; fans of regional Champions naturally believed their revered Champion was the strongest and would win the World Championship.
Naturally, fans of other Champions were not pleased, leading to debates.
This was destined to be a sleepless night.
Of course, Mammon was very interested, even diligently running back and forth between forums in various regions.
Then he discovered that the netizens of the Kanto region were incredibly strong in battle!
Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar, Paldea—seven forums simultaneously engaged in battle, and Kanto netizens not only held their own but even subtly suppressed the others.
Hmm, the region where the Pokémon League headquarters is located is indeed that noble and powerful.
Not to mention that Kanto and Johto had not yet separated, so in terms of both status and population, Kanto held the advantage.
The combat power of its netizens was naturally terrifyingly strong.
"My approval rating isn't bad either."
Mammon was even surprised to see many fans supporting him and posting for him, and their number was quite significant.
Not bad, not bad, these people have good taste.
Mammon was quite pleased, which showed that his fans indeed had unique insight!
After all, Mammon knew in his heart that although the interview video had gained him many fans, it had been quite a while ago.
And compared to those regional Champions, his popularity was still far behind.
But now it seems his fans are quite steadfast. Wait... Mammon suddenly thought of something, could these fans all be from Team Rockets?
But it didn't matter.
In the room.
"Mammon~"
Feeling a weight on him, Mammon's gaze shifted from his phone screen to Caitlin, who was straddling him.
Her thick, long golden hair cascaded down, Caitlin wore a sheer pink nightgown, her delicate face blushing, and her watery big eyes gazed at Mammon.
The girl's meaning was self-evident; she wanted him.
Mammon's lips curved into a smile.
The next day, by the time Mammon and Caitlin woke up, it was already past eleven o'clock. After lingering for a while and doing some morning exercises, it was already twelve when they came downstairs.
It's worth mentioning that Caitlin was helped out by Mammon because she really couldn't walk at that point.
"Tsk~ Finally awake."
The moment they arrived downstairs, the black-braided girl sitting on the sofa couldn't help but look up at the two and let out a 'tsk'.
Especially Caitlin's face, which was even redder than usual, Selene pouted.
Caitlin was the type with standard cool-toned pale skin, so this situation was quite rare.
Selene was an old hand and immediately understood the reason.
"Sleeping until now, how long did you two carry on last night?"
Selene rolled her eyes, and she really wanted to say, with Caitlin being such a slender Psychic young lady, her combat power shouldn't be strong, right?
Is she really not afraid of fainting or dehydration?
Hearing Selene's teasing, Caitlin's pretty face turned even redder. Although everyone knew about such things, hearing it said out loud still made Caitlin a bit shy.
After all, her skin was truly not as thick as Selene's.
"Selene, Lillie, you're here."
Mammon directly ignored it and greeted the two girls.
"Mammon, long time no see." Seeing the man she longed for day and night, Lillie's smile was very beautiful.
"Selene contacted Hoopa, and then Hoopa brought us here."
Hoopa was also given a phone, and the clever Pokémon quickly learned how to use it.
However, only a few people had Hoopa's number, but Selene was one of them; she got along quite well with Hoopa.
"Mammon, did you see yesterday's League announcement?"
Arriving at the restaurant, Selene and Lillie also followed, preparing to have lunch.
"The World Championship is about to begin!"
Selene was quite excited. The World Championship, where one could battle powerful Trainers in front of the world and let everyone witness their strength.
For a Trainer like Selene, it was truly a naturally fitting stage!
"Oh, and Selene is so amazing, she made it into the Eight Masters in the initial ranking."
Lillie smiled gently, saying Selene was amazing, but her beautiful big eyes were constantly focused on Mammon.
Caitlin noticed this but only glanced at Lillie before looking away.
She had known Lillie liked Mammon before, but she was just a weak, powerless little softie, no threat at all.
She wasn't very concerned about the World Championship topic they were discussing because she was more focused on whether she could succeed this time.
She had fought with half her life, fainting several times in between!
Darn it! Jirachi's star head was a liar, had her physique really improved?
"Oh? Have the rankings already been announced?"
Mammon was somewhat surprised to hear that.
"Yes, they were just announced this morning, but the League is so unfair, they didn't even put Mammon in the Eight Masters."
"I really don't know what the person who initially ranked them was thinking."
Lillie frowned, expressing strong condemnation that her man was not included in this list of Eight Masters.
Selene quietly ate her meal, not taking her best friend's words of injustice for Mammon to heart.
After all, the list of Eight Masters was entirely composed of regional Champions, which was enough to explain some issues.
"Let me see."
Mammon curiously opened the League's official website and indeed saw a newly established category. Clicking into it, he even saw a 'download app' link.
Mammon naturally downloaded it and then opened the World Championship app.
After logging in with his ID, Mammon saw his ranking.
Mammon—No.200
It was said to be at the bottom of the Ultra Ball tier, and indeed it was, as the Ultra Ball tier comprised exactly the top two hundred.
Only the top eight were 'Master Ball tier'.
Then Mammon clicked into the Master Ball tier ranking.
No.1—Kanto Champion Giovanni
No.2—Galar Champion Leon
No.3—Sinnoh Champion Cynthia
No.4—Alola Champion Selene
No.5—Hoenn Champion Steven
No.6—Paldea Champion Geeta
No.7—Unova Champion Rosa
No.8—Kalos Champion Serena
They were all regional Champions, which gave plenty of face to the regional Pokémon League Champions.
But true powerhouses generally knew that there were many other Trainers who truly deserved to be among the Eight Masters.
For example, Mammon, or Lance, N, and others.
However, this initial ranking was mainly for all Trainers worldwide to see. How high its true value was, one simply knew in their heart, as long as it could basically handle public opinion.
Therefore, Lance and others didn't really care. Lance was very arrogant, but he could make concessions on such matters.
Moreover, for Lance, the ranking he earned himself was the true ranking.
As for N and the others, they cared even less.
"Selene, what do you think?" Mammon interviewed Ms. Selene, one of the Eight Masters.
"I'm sitting and watching."
Selene rolled her eyes adorably.
"Putting me at No.4, I don't know what they were thinking, it's really boring." Selene was clearly not very satisfied with this ranking.
"But fourth place is already very high, even Hoenn's Champion Steven is ranked behind you, Selene."
Lillie tilted her head, confused.
"This ranking isn't accurate, Lillie. I'd rather not be in the Eight Masters." Selene was quite upset.
"In the ranking matches, higher-ranked players cannot initiate battles against lower-ranked players; they can only wait for lower-ranked players to challenge them. Selene being ranked fourth means she can only challenge the top three."
"Selene was likely ranked No.4 due to her performance in the Saffron City battle. She defeated Steven and May in a two-on-one, her performance was too strong."
Caitlin ate elegantly, explaining to Lillie in a calm, unhurried tone.
"Emmm..."
Lillie still didn't quite understand; wasn't this pretty good?
"I'm really exasperated, even No.8 would have been fine." Selene said with a mournful face.
Ranked fourth, she really didn't want it. Besides Cynthia, she couldn't beat Giovanni or Leon right now.
Doesn't this mean she can only wait for lower-ranked people to challenge her?
She wanted to battle! She wanted to fight against other powerful Trainers!
Upon hearing Selene's dejected reason, Lillie's expression was like this.
(°A°`)
"It's alright, Selene, just watch my performance during the ranking stage. I'll have fun for both of us."
Mammon comforted Selene with a smile, and Selene instantly puffed up her face like a pouting kitten.
However, although the initial rankings have been announced, the World Championship is currently only in the registration phase.
The official ranking matches have not yet begun and will still take another month.
But one can already imagine the intensity of the ranking scramble once the ranking matches officially open a month from now.
It will definitely be extremely exaggerated.
After finishing their meal, Mammon went to the restroom.
However, a lovely young lady in a white dress followed him.
"Mammon~ I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you too, Lillie."
Lillie hugged Mammon tightly, and Mammon also ruffled the girl's golden hair.
The girl looked up, stood on tiptoe, and gave him a sweet kiss.
After a minute, the two separated.
"Mammon, I have good news for you."
Then Lillie stepped back, her cheeks slightly flushed, her hands clasped in front of her, looking at Mammon shyly.
"What good news?"
Mammon was quite curious; Lillie rarely kept him in suspense.
"I..."
Seemingly a bit too shy to speak, Lillie's face grew redder and redder, with both shyness and happiness, her voice very low, barely audible like a mosquito.
"I... I'm pregnant..."
"What did you say?"
Mammon was stunned.