I, Gary, Want to Become a Pokemon Master

Boom!!

"What a disgusting feeling!!"

Team Rocket's car was hit by the Hyper Beam and exploded instantly. 

The Rocket trio flew into the distant sky and turned into a twinkle of starlight.

"These guys always come out to do bad things it's really hateful," Ash cursed.

Fortunately, Gary found it in time otherwise, the Pokémon of the Indigo Plateau Conference players would have been stolen, and that would have been a big deal.

In the original story, the Rocket trio used this trick to steal the Pokémon of the Conference players, causing the Indigo Plateau Conference to be postponed.

With the opening ceremony and the disruption during the game, Team Rocket is really going to suffer this time.

Not long after the incident, two Officer Jennys came here, and after asking Gary about the incident, they thanked him again.

Gary has arrested Team Rocket quite a few times, and he is considered somewhat famous at the police station.

...!

The Rockets did not cause much impact this time. 

The organizers held a short meeting and decided to continue the game according to the original schedule.

In the afternoon.

Gary and Ash came to the center of the venue and started drawing lots.

There were only 16 players left in the fifth round, and the venue was also an ordinary venue. The way to draw lots this time was to fish for Magikarp.

There were a total of 16 Magikarp in the pool. Each Magikarp was marked with numbers like A-1 or A-2, and they were all paired. 

Players who caught Magikarp with the same number were rivals.

After reading the rules of the draw, Ash couldn't wait to start fishing, but Gary didn't care at all. 

He planned to wait until Ash finished fishing before trying his luck. 

He wanted to see if the original plot power was really so strong that the two would meet.

After all, according to the normal plot, the fifth round of the game was postponed for one day, but this time it was corrected by Gary, which might change the result of the draw.

"Here it comes!"

Ash felt the vibration of the fishing rod and pulled hard. A red Magikarp was pulled out of the water. There was an A-3 mark on the abdomen of the Magikarp.

"A-3, Ash's next match's rival is Ritchie," the lady at the counter said.

"What!"

Ash immediately looked at Ritchie and found that Ritchie was also here. He also looked at Ash unexpectedly.

"Okay, you guys go chat. It's my turn." Gary also had a fishing rod, so he threw it into the pool, and the hook went into the water.

It didn't take long for the hook to bite. Gary pulled it hard and pulled the bitten Magikarp out of the water. There was a B-2 mark on its body.

Gary was speechless. Is this so predestined for him?

"B-2, Gary, your next rival is Lily," the lady at the counter said.

"Lily...!"

Gary thought for a moment and remembered that in the original story, although Ritchie defeated Ash, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. 

It seems that the rival he met in the sixth round was Lily.

In this way, if Gary beat Lily, then the rival would be Ritchie or Ash.

Gary looked around and found Lily. She came here to draw lots in advance, but she didn't wait for her rival, so she waited here. 

When she saw someone draw B-2, she immediately looked at Gary.

"Hello, my next game's rival," Gary greeted Lily politely.

"Gary, I read your interview. I will prove that my strength is better than yours," Lily said.

"I didn't see your strength. I hope your strength will be as hard as your words," Gary said disdainfully.

"You...!" Lily didn't expect Gary to say that she was all talk, and she was immediately furious.

"Someone who has a worse record than me in four games says they want to surpass me. Is that just stubborn talk?" Gary continued to mock.

"Just wait for me," Lily said and left.

There was no way Lily's record in the four games was indeed not as good as Gary's. 

If it was based on the points system, Gary would have been able to advance directly to the round of all-player battles.

After the rival is selected, the game time will be set. Gary's game will be the first game tomorrow afternoon, and Ash's will be the last game tomorrow afternoon.

"I didn't expect it to be the last game. There is enough time to rest," Ash said.

Gary looked at the complacent Ash. He didn't know that Team Rocket had troubled him and almost made him miss the game.

Gary wondered whether he should take action because from the Indigo Plateau Conference to now, Ash has never used Charizard and has always used other Pokémon to fight.

If there was no interference from Team Rocket, Ash would probably send Pidgeotto out to fight instead of Charizard.

The key is that before in Professor Oak's Laboratory, Gary suggested that Ash use Gary to motivate Charizard, and he didn't know if Charizard still listens to Ash.

Gary wanted to ask Ash if Charizard still listens, but with Ritchie here, Gary couldn't ask, which would let Ritchie know that Gary has Charizard.

"Forget it, why think so much? Ash still has a long way to go. Let him grow up on his own."

Gary felt that he was too much of a nanny, so he should just let everything go with the flow. After thinking it through, Gary turned and left.

...!

The next afternoon.

Gary came to the Quartz Stadium and entered the player channel.

There was no space in the audience seats. 

After the fifth round of the game, the subsequent battles will be held at the Quartz Stadium, and everyone can only come to the Quartz Stadium to watch the game.

"Welcome to the audience to watch the Indigo Plateau Conference afternoon game in this hot weather. Then please welcome the first player to play... Please welcome Lily and Gary."

The two players walked out of the channel.

"Lily is one of the few female players who has stayed until now. Although Lily looks beautiful, her Pokémon are all very strong."

"Gary is the best player in this conference. He has won all the games so far. He has not lost a single Pokémon in four games. I wonder if Lily can defeat one of Gary's Pokémon."

The host introduced the information of the two players.

Lily felt a little pressured when she heard the host's introduction of Gary. 

Although she said something harsh yesterday, the first thought of any player who has watched Gary's game video is how to win.

The referee saw the two players in place and raised the flag to announce: "The 3-on-3 match between Lily and Gary will begin. Please send out your Pokémon."

After saying that, Gary and Lily threw their Poké Balls at the same time.

Great!

[LV42 Ivysaur/Gym]

Great!

[LV42 Eevee/Quasi-Legendary]

"The Pokémon sent by Lily is Ivysaur, and the Pokémon sent by Gary is Eevee!" the host said in surprise.