Chapter 40: The Grand Contest Begins
The next day, the Grand Contest was held as scheduled. As Zhuqing City is a big city in the Sinnoh region, the scale of the Grand Contest held there is naturally not small. In the morning, many trainers and spectators headed towards the stadium where the Grand Contest was held. After having breakfast, Xiaoyun and Xiaoguang took the dresses they would use for the competition and followed closely behind.
"Xiao Guang, are you done changing?"
"Not yet, wait a moment."
"Guangguang, are you feeling better now?"
"Don't rush me. It takes girls longer to change clothes."
Behind the scenes of the gorgeous competition, Xiaoyun and Pogaman stood at the door of the locker room, leaning against the wall and clasping hands in boredom, occasionally asking Xiaoguang who was in the locker room.
"Ah, who says girls are the scariest when they're shopping? I think changing clothes and putting on makeup are no different."
"Poga." (That's it.)
Just when Xiaoyun was bored and fingering her hands and was even preparing to give herself a manicure with her teeth, the door of the dressing room suddenly opened.
Xiao Guang walked up to Xiao Yun in her new dress, lifted the hem of her skirt, turned around gracefully and said:
"Ding ding ding ding, the most beautiful contestant in the gorgeous contest, Xiao Guang, is here. What do you think, Xiao Yun? Am I pretty?"
"Beautiful...beautiful. Very beautiful. Very beautiful, my princess."
Xiaoguang, who had changed his clothes, was stunned by Xiaoyun's look for a moment. He looked at the delicate face and spoke with some stammering.
At this moment, Xiaoguang was not wearing the white hat. Her blue hair was tied into a high ponytail, fixed with yellow hairpins on both sides, and a red bow tie around her neck. Her usual short skirt was changed into an elegant long skirt, and the belt at her waist was tied into a bow shape. She wore pink low-heeled shoes on her feet. She was really as beautiful as a princess.
"Hey, thank you for the compliment, my knight."
Xiaoguang was very satisfied with Xiaoyun's performance. It was worth her spending so much time dressing up just for this moment. She lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands and bowed slightly to Xiaoyun. This was the kneeling gesture used by ladies in aristocratic etiquette to express gratitude.
"Then how about my princess, please allow me to escort you to the contestant selection room."
Xiaoyun stretched out a hand to Xiaoguang, bowed slightly and said
"No problem." Xiaoguang happily put his hand over and agreed.
Pogamon followed behind, looking at the two of them, thinking that they were really playing tricks, and he wanted to do the same in the future.
On the way to the candidate room, Xiaoyun saw a figure with a yellow rat and a purple monkey on his shoulders. Together they must have weighed about twenty pounds, and it looked like the man was doing it effortlessly.
He even casually chatted with the people next to him. Whose general is he so brave?
"Xiaoyun, and Xiaoguang, we meet again!"
The general turned around and greeted the two of them happily.
"Well, it's Xiaozhi. Shouldn't you be going to challenge the gym? Why are you here to participate in the Grand Contest?"
Seeing this, Xiaoyun also smiled and greeted Xiaozhi.
I thought: Well... it has to be you. Besides you, a newcomer in Pallet Town, who else can be so calm in killing these two Pokémon?
"It's like this. Long-Tailed Monster Hand wanted to take part in the performance. Zhuqing City happened to be holding a gorgeous competition, so I brought it to participate in the competition." Xiaozhi showed Xiaoyun the Long-Tailed Monster Hand on his shoulder. The little monkey waved at the two of them excitedly.
"Oh, that's good too. It's a good thing to try different styles of competition. But be careful to focus on gym competitions and don't go astray."
Xiaoyun looked at the rebellious monkey and immediately reminded Xiaozhi. After all, this monkey really likes the gorgeous competition and can even participate with Musashi, which shows that he is very strong.
"I will, and I will definitely aim for the League Tournament." After hearing this, Xiaozhi thought Xiaoyun was concerned about him, so he began to respond.
"Excuse me for interrupting you. From what I heard from your conversation just now, it seems that you are not a coordination trainer?"
Just then, a girl interrupted their speech. She was wearing a European men's style tuxedo, with yellow hair and a cool face. If you didn't look closely, you would think she was a teenager.
"Ah... yeah, I'm a battle trainer who aims to become a Pokémon Master. I participated in the Grand Tournament just to fulfill Longtail's wish."
When Xiaozhi heard someone asking him, he immediately answered. After that, he touched Longtailed Monster's head. This behavior shows that Xiaozhi really loves Pokémon.
"In that case, please don't participate next time."
After hearing Xiaozhi's answer, the girl's face looked a little strange, as if she was suppressing something. After a while, she said:
"The Grand Contest is a sacred place for Coordinators. All the Coordinators who come here train hard to win the Ribbon Medal and become top Coordinators. They don't come here just to play around with their Pokémon."
"Ah, my..."
Xiaozhi wanted to explain, but the girl nodded to Xiaoguang and Xiaoyun and left without giving him a chance to explain.
"This girl is a bit arrogant. It makes me suddenly want to participate in this competition."
Xiaoyun looked at the girl's back as she left. Although she knew that what she said was right, the tone of her voice sounded so unpleasant. She wanted to teach her a lesson.
"You're talking about Xiao Wang. Xiao Wang is a very nice person. She just helped me with my bow tie in the dressing room."
"And Xiao Wang is also a coordination trainer who debuted this year. She has already won a ribbon medal, so she can be considered my predecessor."
"She was just like that. Maybe the glamour contest has a high status in her heart, so she won't allow others to treat it as a joke."
Xiaoguang had a good impression of the girl who had just helped her, and introduced her to Xiaoyun, saying that Xiaowang was not a cold person like Shinji.
"Oh... I see. It seems like she's a rather stubborn girl."
Xiaoyun didn't want to offend Xiaoguang, and thought that he was just a conservative person who was afraid that he would be discouraged if the other two achieved good results.
Besides, even the organizers of the Grand Contest have no objection to trainers participating in the competition, so why are you so excited?
"I won't say any more. I'm going to the audience area to cheer you on."
Xiaoyun turned his head and looked at Xiaozhi's stunned look. He probably felt hurt by Xiaowang's words, so he persuaded Xiaozhi: "Xiaozhi, I'm leaving. Don't care about what others think. Just be yourself and play well in the game."
"Oh...oh, okay." Xiaozhi immediately responded to Xiaoyun, but he was still a little dazed. It was obvious that Xiaowang's words just now touched his soul a little.
"Xiao Guang, don't be afraid or nervous. Just show your true strength. You will be the brightest one on this stage. I will always be behind you."
Xiaoyun gently hugged Xiaoguang beside her, changing her attitude from when she had just complained about Xiaowang. Without waiting for Xiaoguang to react, she had already left the candidate room.
"Thank you, Xiaoyun." Xiaoguang's originally nervous mood gradually disappeared with Xiaoyun's words. He smiled in the direction where Xiaoyun disappeared, expressing his gratitude in his heart.
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