Chapter 143: The Pokémon Contest
Bathed in the flashlights, Ninetales and Kenji walked to the center of the stage together.
"Yoooo~~~~"
Ninetales murmured softly, bowing slightly, seemingly joining Kenji in a bow to the audience and the judges.
As the venue fell silent, Kenji and Ninetales's performance began.
"Yoooo~~~" Ninetales let out a soft cry, her eyes emitting a faint pink glow.
Then, small pink hearts flowed from her eyes. An indescribable aura surged from Ninetales, adding a seductive charm to her presence.
Attract!!
As Ninetales activated Attract, the gazes of everyone on the field, whether judges or audience members, became entranced for a moment.
But the next instant, a faint mist suddenly permeated the stage, gradually obscuring Ninetales and Kenji until they vanished completely from everyone's sight.
It wasn't until Ninetales disappeared entirely that the crowd snapped out of it, a sense of loss washing over them.
It was like being on the verge of a home run with a crush, only to wake up and realize it was a dream—regretful yet endlessly evocative.
The audience and judges craned their necks, scanning the stage for Ninetales, none of them noticing anything strange.
Few Pokémon moves could create mist. Haze, Mist, and Misty Terrain were the most common, but none were in Ninetales's move pool.
And indeed, Ninetales hadn't used a move to create the faint mist. It was an illusion she fabricated, its sole purpose to block vision. Nothing more.
"SHING!!—"
Suddenly, a silhouette vaguely appeared within the mist. It was a seated fox, its nine tails swaying independently without wind.
Then two, three...
Multiple fox silhouettes appeared in the mist.
Double Team!!
"SHING!!—"
Balls of fiery red light suddenly appeared in the mist, suspended in mid-air, radiating rings of light like miniature suns.
"POP!!—"
One of the fireballs exploded with a muffled sound. Sparks rained down, transforming into a drizzle of fire.
Accompanying the sound, the silhouettes below moved. They abruptly changed, transforming from nine-tailed foxes into the silhouettes of graceful, dancing women.
This sudden change drew gasps of surprise from the crowd.
But before they could recover, the fireballs above began to explode in a highly rhythmic manner. Under the subtle control of Ninetales's psychic power, the explosion sounds changed pitch, composing a unique melody.
To the music of the explosions, the graceful female silhouettes on stage danced in unison. Their movements were so synchronized it felt like a grand musical had been brought to the stage.
The rain of fire intensified. As the music stopped, the mist seemed to dissipate slightly, revealing that the dancing figures were formed of orange-red flames.
Their fluttering clothes were merely the swaying outer flames.
"WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!!!—"
The figures intertwined and flew into the air, merging into a massive fireball. Then, with a bang, a drizzle of fire rained down.
This time, the flames were golden, like a rain of gold.
As the golden rain fell, the mist completely dispersed, revealing Ninetales and her trainer, Kenji, once again.
Now under the full effect of Attract, Ninetales was even more captivating, stealing everyone's gaze. The falling golden rain elevated her charm to another level...
"Clap clap clap..."
Applause erupted like a tidal wave from every corner of the audience.
"Wonderful!!! Absolutely wonderful!!! Let's give a warm round of applause to thank contestant Kenji and his Ninetales for bringing us such a spectacular performance!!" Vivian, the commentator, shouted excitedly from mid-air.
"Next, the three judges will have twenty seconds to score Ninetales's performance!"
As the saying goes, "laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the technique."
Perhaps the audience only saw Ninetales delivering a grand and exciting show.
But only professional Coordinators like the three judges could understand the insane difficulty of Ninetales's performance and her near-perfect control of the stage rhythm.
Manipulating flames into dancing human figures required terrifying control over psychic power and fire.
Not to mention, Ninetales had to control so many flame figures to dance in unison while simultaneously managing the explosions of the fireballs above to compose a melody.
Even more ridiculously, she had to merge the music and dance, executing the dance moves to the beat of the explosions.
This required Ninetales to have a deep understanding of human dance and music.
Just thinking about the difficulty made the three judges' scalps tingle.
Even the Top Coordinator among the judges wouldn't dare claim any of their Pokémon could replicate this performance.
What they didn't know was that Ninetales's second ability, Illusion, had provided significant help in completing this performance.
The Illusion ability was basically a cheat code for visually driven competitions like Contests.
The twenty seconds passed quickly.
"Now, let's reveal the final score for contestant Kenji and his Ninetales."
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