Chapter 142: The Pokémon Contest
Chapter 142: The Pokémon Contest
After circling around for a long time, Rio finally found his way back to the food street of Yuanqi City.
After being hassled for the better part of the day, he had lost the desire to freeload food and drinks.
"Gotta go, gotta go."
Carrying the "child," Rio returned to the hotel to wait for his trainer and little companion to return.
However, only Ruru came back. Míng Rìzhào, who was usually inseparable from Ruru, was nowhere to be seen.
After listening to Ruru's description, he learned that Míng Rìzhào had met a young girl at the library. Before long, the two had become good friends, and today she was going to stay at that good friend's house in Yuanqi City for the night. Ruru had only returned to the hotel to let Rio know, because Ruru herself had also been invited by her new little companion, Snivy, to play at its "little nest."
Looking at the empty, large room, Rio thought for a moment, took the Pokémon egg out of his small backpack, placed it on the other bed, and then, with the air of an old man, patted the Pokémon egg. "It's just the two of us tonight, dad and son. So, kid, daddy's gonna let you enjoy the taste of a Simmons king-sized bed."
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The first time she saw this Pokémon that Míng Rìzhào said had no recorded data, Fengling was indeed very surprised and at the same time, intensely curious.
When Rio saw this quiet girl reveal a fanatical gaze of inquiry, he always suspected he was about to be captured and dissected in the next second.
Fortunately, a few days later, a major event in Yuanqi City officially kicked off.
The grand scale of the event attracted everyone's attention, and Míng Rìzhào and Fengling were no exception.
This finally rescued Rio from his state of "fear and trepidation."
This event was precisely:
A feast for the eyes, showcasing the brilliant posture of Coordinators and their partner Pokémon, creating a visual enjoyment through gorgeous performances—the Pokémon Contest!
Unlike many open-air or semi-open-air Pokémon battle stadiums, the Pokémon Contest Hall was fully enclosed.
The reason for this difference was that in Pokémon battles, it was either to provide sufficient space for flying Pokémon or for special moves that required summoning strong sunlight like [Sunny Day], or needing to call for a downpour like [Rain Dance], and so on. Therefore, Pokémon battle stadiums would all have an open-air or semi-open-air design.
The Pokémon Contest Hall, however, was somewhat different. Because it was for gorgeous and brilliant performances, many Coordinators would seek the cooperation of various lighting effects, and some even needed to use various stage props. If it were an open-air format, it would be difficult to meet the requirements of this portion of trainers, causing the performance effect to drop significantly.
Besides the feature of being an enclosed design, the interior design of the Pokémon Contest Hall was also quite different.
A battle stadium generally had the battle stage in the center, with the audience seats surrounding the stage. The Contest Hall, on the other hand, was more like a theater design. The performance stage was at the very front of the audience seats, and between the audience and the stage were the seats for the judges and guests.
The few tickets Ruby had given to Míng Rìzhào were for the seats right behind the judge and guest section, also a very front position in the entire audience section. Because it was very close to the stage, the visual effect when watching the performance was absolutely first-class.
"Thank you, Xiao Zhao."
Seemingly not expecting to be able to sit in such a good position, Fengling thanked her in a low voice, somewhat fidgety.
"Don't worry, don't worry. Anyway, I don't know anyone else in Yuanqi City. And besides, you and I are already friends, Xiao Ling. Good friends should share good things, shouldn't they?"
With Míng Rìzhào's personality, she didn't mind so much.
Hearing Míng Rìzhào consider her a good friend, Fengling also revealed a smile. She turned her head to look at the stage covered by a curtain, full of expectation. And, looking at the stage, her eyes seemed to contain some other emotions within them.
Míng Rìzhào looked around excitedly and discovered that Ruby, who had given them the tickets, was currently sitting in the guest section in front. As if sensing Míng Rìzhào's gaze, Ruby turned his head and smiled and waved at them.
After the audience and the judges and guests in the hall were seated one after another, the Contest seemed about to begin.
"Click," the lights in the hall instantly went out. In the pitch darkness, only the faint ambient light of the stage remained lit.
The people also quieted down.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 5th Yuanqi City Super Rank Pokémon Contest."
A clear female voice came from the venue's speakers.
As the voice sounded, the stage at the very front had at some unknown point been enveloped in a faint pink mist. In the mist, a beautiful figure appeared on the stage as if by teleportation.
The mist "whooshed" and dispersed to both sides, revealing the host in the middle, holding a microphone and wearing a gorgeous evening gown.
"Ah, it's [Misty Terrain] and [Teleport]."
Fengling reacted instantly and quietly explained to her little companions beside her.
[Misty Terrain] is a Fairy-type move, belonging to the relatively rare field-type moves. Its effect in battle is to nullify status conditions and also to halve the power of Dragon-type moves. This is a support-type move in battle, but when used in a Contest, it achieved a very good stage effect. By emitting a gauze-like pink mist, it created a sense of mystery, and coupled with the elusive appearance method of [Teleport], it gave the audience a stunning feeling.
"Is this a Pokémon Contest?"
The different visual feel from a Pokémon battle also felt very novel to Rio.
After thanking the relevant sponsors of this Pokémon Contest, the host began to introduce the relevant situation of this competition.
"This competition is a comprehensive performance event with a total prize money of 1,000,000 Pokémon Yuan. The top three winners, in addition to the prize money, will also receive a Super Rank Contest Ribbon certificate and various additional grand prizes."
Similar to Pokémon battles, Contest winners could obtain a proof similar to a badge, which was the Contest Ribbon. Similarly, to participate in a higher-level Contest, one needed to obtain the Contest Ribbon of the previous level to participate. And to participate in the highest-level event of the Contests, namely the Contest World Cup, one needed to obtain the winner's ribbons from the four levels: Normal, Super, Hyper, and Master (regardless of category, it could be one of the five categories, or a comprehensive category), to be eligible to participate in the World Cup.
For ordinary Contests, unless it was a Master-level event, it was already quite good for the winner to receive a Contest Ribbon and a prize. And this time, the Yuanqi City Super Rank Pokémon Contest had also added a cash prize of 1,000,000 Pokémon Yuan, which was enough to show the organizer's strong support and great investment in this competition.
"The competition will be divided into three segments. The first is the Pokémon showcase segment. In this segment, Coordinators will lead their participating Pokémon to display their respective appearances and grooming, and then our three renowned Pokémon Breeders will give scores."
"The second segment will be the Pokémon's solo performance segment. The participating Pokémon will appear on stage in order to perform. The scoring for this segment will be evaluated by all the audience present. You can give your hearts on the device on your right-hand side after each Pokémon's performance, and the number of hearts will be converted into the Pokémon's performance score."
"The final segment is the comprehensive performance segment, performed jointly by the Coordinator and their Pokémon. The final score will be judged by our panel of judges and guests together."
"There are a total of six contestants, and each contestant can send out two Pokémon to participate."
"So, without further ado, this Yuanqi City Super Rank Pokémon Contest..."
"Officially begins!"
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