Pokémon: An Encounter with You

Ding-ling-ling, the phone vibrates and the telephone alert sound sounds.

"Hello? What's up?" Shi Qiu answered the phone.

Lu Qing's voice came over from the other end: "Oh, you picked up the phone. Did the missing person return?"

"I'm busy, let's talk."

"I heard you still didn't come to school?"

"..."

"I'm just telling you that there should be a very important lecture in a couple of days. The guest speaker is an old professor from Magic University. He will also analyze the live broadcast of the game. There will be a lot of useful information. If you have time, you should come back and listen."

"I'll have to see the situation. Thanks!" Shi Qiu hung up the phone and shrugged helplessly.

Unfortunately, he has already registered Vulpix for the Curtain Tournament, and he still has some confidence in it, so he probably won't be able to return to school.

He called Ice Vulpix to his side and said, "Little fox, take a break. I will give you a brief introduction to the competition process of this gorgeous competition."

"There are a lot of applicants for this competition, so the threshold is high. But fortunately there are no rigid prerequisites, so we added an audition."

"During the audition stage, each contestant will send a Pokémon onto the field. They can and can only use a skill once. A total of 10 judges will score them and calculate the average score on the spot. The full score is 100. Those who score over 80 will enter the real Grand Prix."

"Entering the competition is the same as what we learned online before. There are two rounds in total, and the gorgeous competition will be broadcast live from now on. The first round is a performance. You still have to be an elf, and the number of skills you can perform is unlimited. The time is five minutes, and it will be scored by three judges, with a total of 16 points. The top will enter the second round."

"The second round is a five-minute gorgeous battle. Losing the ability to fight or having the gorgeous value reset to zero is considered a failure. If both sides continue until the end of the game time, the player with the higher gorgeous value will advance, and the battle will continue until the champion is decided."

Although he had already understood this before, Vulpix still listened very carefully.

Shi Qiu smiled and pointed at the wind and snow surrounding him.

"We don't need to be nervous in the first round. We can just use Xixue. This should just be based on the overall coordination of the elves to screen out those coordinators who want to get promoted overnight without any preparation."

"We need to rehearse the grand exhibition match seriously. I have an idea..."

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“Welcome to visit next time~”

Shi Qiu came out of the custom clothing store, found Riolu with a proud look on his face, and blocked his way without saying a word.

If Riolu goes left, he also takes a step left; if Riolu goes right, he also takes a step right.

Riolu:?

Sick again?

He sighed softly, somewhat helplessly: "Oulu? (What happened again?)"

Shi Qiu showed a triumphant look and pulled Riolu away mysteriously. Riolu endured it and still did not struggle to break free.

"Look, look, look."

Shi Qiu suddenly changed his clothes, wearing a black and blue suit, leather gloves, a blue hat and a black cloak, looking very handsome.

The Wave Hero Shi Qiu seems to be a perfect match with Riolu beside him.

This is……?

Riolu remembered the Ranger's suit he had seen in the simulator before.

"How about it, doesn't it look nice? I stayed up late that day to design it and had it custom-made for me." Actually, I didn't stay up late, I just drew inspiration from the anime in my previous life.

"(It's just... that... pretty...)"

Riolu pretended to be calm and looked as if he didn't care, but his black ears turned a dark red.

The Ranger's suit was arranged by the simulator, and this suit was made by the trainer himself, so there is no need to compare which is more important.

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"We are in the 7 a.m. batch." Shi Qiu looked at the registration information and got up early in disgust.

On the side, Ice Vulpix was warming up, occasionally controlling a wisp of fine snow to fly around, and occasionally accidentally hitting the trainer's face to help him wake up.

When we arrived at Tianyue Plaza in Veil City, there were huge crowds of people around. The open-air venue had seats and a stage set up and was almost full.

Shi Qiu took the competition certificate and followed the route into the contestant area.

"There are so many people~" Shi Qiu sighed.

There were a lot of people auditioning, so it was divided into two days and there were nearly 10 batches in total. Shi Qiu had always been lucky and was assigned to the first batch.

"We are number 26."

The selection process started soon. In addition to the judges, the square was also filled with spectators.

The first person to come on stage should be an office worker uncle. He sent out the Charge Bear and used the Impact on it.

Shi Qiu and Vulpix:?

Are their skills very low? Forgive him, Shi Qiu really couldn't see any coordination here.

Sure enough, 42 points.

The originally nervous Ice Vulpix suddenly became as steady as an old dog, staring in amazement at the elves coming up one by one.

How to put it, although they are all elite elves, some of them even have quite powerful moves.

For example, the huge explosion of the duck-billed fire beast caused the surrounding space to heat up significantly.

But... it's hard to judge, as different fields have different worlds. I wish him success.

There was a boy in the middle, who was about the age of a college student. He was hunting a swallowtail butterfly with one hand and it was very amazing.

As the hunting swallowtail butterfly dances and flutters, the silkworm silk also has an inexplicable rhythm like dancing sleeves.

"This [Silk Spinning] has certain tactical value..."

It will have a great restraint on elves in close combat.

The judges gave it a score of 91.

There was a small sensation in the field. Not only was this the first person to pass, but he also scored over 90.

"Number 26, Shi Qiu!"

Shi Qiu caught the Ice Vulpix that jumped over and walked towards the stage.

There are a lot of people in the audience. In addition to the ten judges who are staring at you with keen eyes, there is also a large group of spectators who are watching the fun.

"Vulpix, Smoky Snow."

The white fox followed the force of Shi Qiu's arm and flipped to the front lightly. Its body was agile and its appearance alone made several judges' eyes light up.

The wind and snow gradually spread from Vulpix's body, moving with its figure, as if they had life.

Fine snow gathered at Vulpix's feet, and the fox lightly tapped his toes, leaped into the air, stepped into the air, and returned to the trainer's arms with the help of the snowflakes.

The man and the elf bowed together.

There was a burst of sighs from the audience at first, followed by whispers.

It's natural and rhythmic.

The final score given by the judges was 96 points.

"Wow~"

"Oh my god, that Vulpix..."

"Is this the first contestant to get over 95 points in the audition stage?"

"He looks like a junior high school student, right?"

"You can't believe it, I actually think this move can be called a performance."

After Shi Qiu finished his work, he happily took Liuwei to have breakfast.

"We are so lucky. We are in the first round of auditions. Not only will our results qualify us for the competition, but we also have two extra days to continue to hone our performance."

“(Don’t underestimate the enemy!)” Vulpix added from the side.

"(You have to pay attention. You, a trainer, kept breaking the chain the other day.)"

"(Is this reasonable?! I will keep an eye on you for the next two days!)"