Chapter 139: Shuijing City, Energy Cube Competition (Slightly Wins)

Chapter 139: Shuijing City, Energy Cube Competition (Slightly Wins)

In order to get on the boat to Green Ridge City as soon as possible, Heimer and Xiaoshun set out for Shuijing City early.

On the road, a large pile of capsicum fruits rolled towards the two of them. Seeing this, Heimer immediately took out Butterfree's Poké Ball.

Chi Haimo: "I'm counting on you, Bardie. Use mental interference to pick up all those capsicum fruits."

The white light dissipated, and Butterfree flapped its white wings and jumped out of the Poké Ball.

Powerful mental force gathered in an instant, and under the influence of mental interference, the tomato fruits all floated into the air and gathered together.

Xiao Shun: "These spicy eggplant fruits should have been dropped by the people in front."

Chi Haimo: "Well, it should be. Let's go, Butterfree."

Butterfly: "Beep."

The two of them ran forward with Butterfree, and sure enough, a purple-haired girl and a Pooh Pig were running towards them.

When Heimer saw the broken bag in the girl's hand, he was immediately sure that these capsicum fruits must have been dropped by her.

Chi Haimo: "These spicy tomato fruits are yours, right?"

Kana: "Uh-huh, yes, Puff Pig, mind interference."

Chi Haimo: "Bardalie, give the chili fruit to Puff Pig."

Butterfly: "Beep."

Butterfree and Puff Pig used mental interference to complete the docking of the capsicum fruit.

Kana: "Thank you, my name is Kana, and Pu Pu Pig is my very important partner."

Chi Haimo: "My name is Chi Haimo, just call me Haimo, this is my close friend Batati."

Xiao Shun: "My name is Xiao Shun."

Looking at the two people in front of her, Kana felt as if she had seen them somewhere.

Kana: "Hmm, have I seen you guys somewhere?"

Chi Haimo: "No way, this is the first time we meet."

(This is the first time we meet in real life, hahaha.)

At this time, Xiao Shun suddenly said to Kana.

Xiao Shun: "You are a coordination trainer, right?"

Kana: "Huh? How did you know that?"

Xiao Shun: "I watched the broadcast of the gorgeous competition you participated in on TV."

Kana: “Oh, I see.”

Xiao Shun's words reminded Kana, and she immediately remembered that she had also seen the broadcast of the two of them participating in the gorgeous competition on TV.

Kana: "Ah, I remember now! You two should also be coordination trainers!"

In response to Kana's question, Heimer and Shun smiled at each other and admitted together that they were coordination trainers.

Xiao Shun: "Yeah."

Chi Haimo: “Yes.”

Kana: "That's right, I've seen you guys on TV before, um, but why did you come to Shuijing City? The Shuijing Conference has already ended."

Chi Haimo: "Well, we know that we are here to take the ship to Green Ridge City."

Kana: “Oh, I see.”

Xiao Shun: "Well, we're going to the Pokémon Center first. Bye."

After Shun finished speaking, he pulled Hemmer and prepared to leave, and Butterfree followed closely behind. Kana saw this and immediately stood in front of them and said with a smile.

Kana: "Wait a minute, since you are also coordination trainers, then, do you want to join us in the Energy Cube Competition held in my store?"

Chi Haimo: "Energy Cube Competition?"

Kana said as she took out her pocket navigator.

Kana: "Yes, that's it. The winner can get a big box of rare tree fruits."

Chi Haimo: "Well, Xiao Shun, let's join in."

Because the berries in the bag for making energy blocks were almost used up, Xiao Shun looked at the competition details and address, then said to Heimer with a smile.

Xiao Shun: "Well, it seems good, okay then."

Kana: "Then, see you at three o'clock in the afternoon."

After saying this, Kana left with Pokémon, and after that, Heimer and Xiao Shun also arrived at the Pokémon Center in Shuijing City.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the two arrived at Kana's energy cube shop as scheduled.

Although the energy cubes only require cutting the berries into the appropriate size and putting them into the berry mixer, it is precisely because the operation is so simple that it is more difficult to determine the winner.

Heimer and Xiao Shun came to the back of the store, where Kana was distributing fruits for the competition.

Chi Haimo: "Kana."

Kana: "Heimer, you are here."

Chi Haimo: “Yeah.”

Kana: "Here are the berries you will use in the competition. Please take them."

After Kana handed Heimer two baskets of berries, she continued to distribute the berries.

Chi Haimo: "Wow, Xiao Shun, look, there are so many kinds of fruits."

Xiao Shun: "Yeah, yeah."

This competition is mainly held for breeders and coordination trainers. The rules of the competition are as follows: there are ten questions in this competition, each question is worth one point. The person with the most points can win the championship. If the points are the same, an extra game will be required.

In addition, there is only one judge for each question, and the judge is a Pokémon. The content of the question is to make an energy block suitable for the Pokémon who is the judge.

After all the contestants were ready at their positions, Kana invited the judges for the first question, and a strong wind blew, and a Jigglypuff fell from the sky.

Chi Haimo: "Wow, it's Jigglypuff."

(Puffball, it's really cute.)

Kana: "The first question is to make an energy block suitable for this Jigglypuff. So, everyone, take your positions, and the competition begins!"

As soon as Kana shouted that the game had started, the sound of chopping fruits could be heard at the scene.

Although they are all making energy cubes, everyone's ideas are very different. Some people think that as long as the taste is acceptable, the Pokémon judges will pass it no matter what.

Others choose to win the game in their own way.

Heimer looked at the fruits in the basket in front of him and thought for a long time.

(Well, Jigglypuff mostly uses sound skills as the main means of attack and defense, so the priority choice is, of course, tree fruits that can moisten the throat. As for taste, most singers cannot eat food with too strong a taste, so it is better to use small pieces of sour tree fruits to supplement small pieces of sweet tree fruits.)

After thinking the idea through, Heimer immediately took action. He cut the selected fruits into pieces, and then put all the cut fruits into the fruit mixer little by little. After a while, several yellow-pink gradient energy cubes rolled out of the fruit mixer.

At this moment, the other players have also completed the production of energy blocks.

After tasting the food, Jigglypuff's face sometimes looked grim and sometimes smiled happily.

Finally, after tasting the energy cube of the last contestant, the score for the first question was announced.

Both Heimer and Xiaoshun successfully got the score for the first question, but most people were ruthlessly judged as failing by Jigglypuff because they added too much flavor.

After Jigglypuff finished scoring, he took a basket of fruits from Kana and returned to the forest.

Kana: "Well, next, it's the second question. Please invite the judges to come out."

After Kana finished speaking, the contestants applauded continuously, but there was no sign of the judges.

Just after everyone stopped applauding, the stupid fire camel slowly walked over from the side. When the stupid fire camel climbed to the judge's position, Kana immediately shouted.

Kana: "Well, everyone, take your positions, and let the game begin."

There was another sound of cutting tree fruits. Facing the Fire Camel, because it was a fire-type Pokémon, Heimer's first reaction was to use the spicy eggplant fruit as a base.

(Well, for a fire-type Pokémon, the spicy Tomatina fruit is the most suitable, but, well, for the Fire Camel, it also has the attributes of a ground-type, so it is better to add some tree fruits that make the taste smoother.)

After everyone had finished, Daihuotuo tasted them one by one, and the final result was that no one got any points.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Kana explained.

Kana: "You should have added spicy fruit, right? Unfortunately, this fire-breathing camel eats spicy food all year round, so he doesn't feel anything for the spicy energy cubes."

(Ah, I never thought that this obvious fire attribute was actually a trap.)

Kana: "Unfortunately, no one got any points for this question."

After the fire-breathing camel left, Abraham Snake crawled to the judge's seat. It seemed that he was the third judge.

Kana: "Well, let's start the third question now!"

The sound of cutting fruit rang out again, but this time Heimer did not make a hasty judgment, but considered it carefully.

(Well, most of the poison-type Pokémon have a stronger taste, but, for some reason, I feel that after the previous question, many people might go the other way and choose to be a tree fruit with a lighter taste, hmm…)

In the end, Heimer chose the strong-tasting fruits as the base, because he felt that it would be too easy to lose if he took an unconventional approach. Also, if the Abraham Snake liked strong flavors all year round as he thought, then the energy cubes with too light a flavor might not taste very good.

Moreover, because the Abraham snake eats by swallowing, the energy cubes made by Heimer are the type that melt in the mouth.

After everyone made the energy cubes, as Heimer expected, the Abraham snake did not chew them, but swallowed them directly.

After the snake finished tasting, the result of the third question came out at this moment.

Most people focus on the taste but ignore the fact that the Abraham snake eats by swallowing. Therefore, many energy cubes that need to be chewed to show their taste are not tasted by the Abraham snake when it swallows them directly.

In the end, the only people who got points for this question were Haimo, Xiao Shun, and a man named Mo Tong.

After Abraham left, the judges for the fourth question also came to the judges' table. When Heimer and Xiaoshun saw the judges for the fourth question, they couldn't stop feeling happy.

That’s right, the judge for the fourth question is none other than Pokémon, but Poison Rose!

So not surprisingly, both Hai Mo and Xiao Shun got the score for the fourth question.

Time passed quickly and it was almost time for the last question. The ones with the highest scores were Hai Mo and Mo Tong, both of whom scored eight points. Xiao Shun only scored seven points because he lost the question that was judged by the Hunting Swallowtail Butterfly.

In that question, Xiao Shun paid too much attention to the aroma of the energy cube and ignored the taste of the energy cube itself, so he lost one point.

Kana: "The judge for the last question was just found this morning, so please come out."

As soon as Kana finished speaking, the shuttlecock grass happily fell from the sky. Yes, this shuttlecock grass was the one that Heimer had met at the Wing Carnival before.

When Jianzicao saw Haimo, he greeted him happily. Mo Tong saw this scene and immediately raised his hand and said.

Mo Tong: "It's not fair for the judges to know the contestants."

Kana: "Ah? Well, then we'll have to temporarily change the judge."

Just like that, Jianzicao was disqualified as a judge because he knew Heimer, and now he is sulking in Heimer's arms.

Seeing this, Heimer gently touched the shuttlecock grass and said with a smile.

Chi Haimo: "I'll make you some energy cubes later."

Shuttlecock Grass: "Kune!"

After hearing this, Jianzicao rubbed Haimo happily.

Because the incident happened suddenly, Kana made a temporary decision to have her own Pupu Pig serve as the judge.

After everyone had no objection, the competition for the last question officially began.

The sound of cutting fruits was still loud, and Heimer was still thinking.

(Psychic-type Pokémon generally have very sharp five senses, so the taste can't be too strong. For Puff Pig, well, it's better to have a sweet taste. A soft and refreshing sweetness may be okay.)

After everyone made the energy cubes, Pu Pu Pig started to taste them immediately.

The final result was that only Xiao Shun got points!

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions as to why they didn't score any points, Kana explained.

Kana: "My Puff Pig pays attention to the color and smell of the energy cube in addition to the taste. The only player who is good at these aspects is Xiao Shun."

(Ah, I was careless. Yes, if all five senses are sensitive, there should be requirements for other aspects as well. Ah, why didn't I think of that?)

In the end, Xiao Shun, Mo Tong, and Hai Mo had the same score, so Kana decided to add an extra question.

Before the last question was announced, Kana asked the three to take out one of their Pokémon.

Heimer took out the Lizard King, while Xiao Shun took out the Poison Rose, and Mo Tong took out the Natural Bird.

Kana: "I'm the judge of the extra test. The question is, make the energy cube that your Pokémon likes the most. The competition starts now!"

At this moment, the three of them moved very synchronously, and immediately took the berries and began to chop them up. Because they knew their Pokémon well enough, they had finished making the energy cubes in no time.

Kana stepped forward and first tasted Mo Tong's energy cube. It had a delicate sweetness and a slightly bitter taste, making it an energy cube with a very layered texture.

Haimo's energy cubes have a refreshing sweet taste, with sweet peach as the base and other refreshing tree fruits as the auxiliary. The feeling of eating is endless, making people want to eat another one after eating one.

Xiao Shun's energy cube is mainly based on aroma. Before taking the drink, the rich aroma already surrounds the tip of your nose. The taste is even more unique with the help of the aroma, which reflects Xiao Shun's attentiveness to the poisonous rose.

After tasting everything, Kana took a sip of water, then coughed and said with a smile.

Kana: "Thank you all for participating in today's energy cube competition. Friends who didn't win, don't be discouraged. So, the champion of today's competition is Xiao Shun, who has taken both aroma and taste into consideration!"

After hearing the result of the game, Xiao Shun lifted his hair handsomely and said proudly.

Xiao Shun: “Of course.”

Chi Haimo: "Xiaoshun, congratulations!"

Xiao Shun: “Hahaha, thank you.”

Finally, Xiao Shun won a large box of rare tree fruits in front of everyone. There was constant applause at the scene, but Mo Tong left in displeasure.