There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"Hey, look!"

Among the three people heading towards the Crimson Gym, Fujino Sakura suddenly pointed ahead and asked, "Is there a... shed ahead? Or a factory?"

"let me see."

After finally completing the haircutting task and returning to his neat short hair, Shuoya Ye took out the map and looked for everyone's location on the complex and obscure paper.

"It doesn't seem to be marked on the map that there are any buildings here."

“It’s the Coolle factory.”

Kitazawa Lingyou faced the gazes of the two and shook the phone in his hand, "Keep pace with the times."

"Wow." Fujino Sakura exclaimed, "It seems that the map we bought is too old. It doesn't mark anything except the roads."

"That being said..." Shuoya Ye folded the map and put it in his pocket, smiling, "Shouldn't a map just mark the way?"

"It's different, it's different." Fujino Sakura swung her index finger and gently touched her upper and lower lips together, "Keep up with the times, it's time to keep up with the times!"

"But cool music?" Fujino Sakura raised her eyebrows, "Why do I feel like I've heard it somewhere before?"

"Red Lotus Island."

Kitazawa Lingyou's face changed, as if the overwhelming billboards had seen the light of day again and slapped him in the face, "Wonderful soda, just drink it."

"What is that?" Shuoya Ye laughed, "It should be 'Wonderful Soda, Just Drink Kool-Aid', right?"

"Isn't it the same?"

"After changing the words, it doesn't look like an advertisement at all." Fujino Sakura was also laughing so hard that she was out of breath. She quickly waved her hand to stop him, "Stop, stop, stop. Since we're here, why don't we go over and take a look?"

"Let's go." Shuo Gu Ye nodded and said, "Ask the person in charge if we allow visitors here."

"It will definitely be fine!" Fujino Sakura raised her hand confidently. "I've seen its advertisement on TV. At the end it clearly said that all customers are welcome to visit the site for inspection."

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"What?!" Fujino Sakura lowered her raised arms, "Is it not possible..."

"Yes, I'm very sorry." The female guard bowed and smiled bitterly, "If it were before, we would of course welcome you at any time, but the situation is special recently..."

"What's going on?" Fujino Sakura blinked and asked curiously.

"Uh, this..."

The female security guard looked at the other male security guard who looked impatient with embarrassment.

"Here comes a man, to shoot a commercial, to promote it." The male security guard drooped his eyelids, and said in a half-dead look, "I guess he's afraid that you're from the opposite house."

"But I don't quite understand." The female security guard approached and frowned as she whispered, "Don't they usually invite famous celebrities? Why did they hire someone called... a string musician? Or a tuner?"

“It’s the coordinator.”

Behind them, a young man with one hand in his pocket walked slowly.

He was wearing a simple white T-shirt made of thin fabric with some abstract and incomprehensible lines printed on it. It was neither fashionable nor old-fashioned.

Perhaps to show off his style, the boy rolled up the hem of his T-shirt slightly, revealing the faint outline of his abdominal muscles.

The lower body is a pair of khaki casual shorts with frayed edges, revealing a casual street style.

But his words were filled with helplessness that had been repeated thousands of times, unlike his clothing which was simple and relaxed.

"Ah, it's Xiaoyou!"

Fujino Sakura's eyes lit up when she recognized the person. She jumped and waved, "Xiaoyou! Over here!"

Upon hearing this, Shuoya Ye also looked behind the two guards, and happened to see the young man taking off his orange sunglasses, revealing his sparkling eyes.

"It's Izumi." Sakutani Ye explained to Kitazawa Reiyuu, the only one who was confused, "He is an outstanding Pokémon coordinator, that is..."

Suddenly speechless, Sakutani Ye looked at Kitazawa Reiyu's puzzled expression, but didn't know how to describe the boy's performance.

In the end, I can only say, "I can't really explain it, but once you've seen him, you'll definitely be attracted to him! His charisma on stage is no less than any movie star."

Kitazawa Reisuke nodded thoughtfully, his eyes fixed on the young man who was "having a good chat" with Fujino Sakura.

"It's you again." Izumi Yuu's brows relaxed, as if to say hello, "And Fujino. It seems that our relationship is not close enough to call each other by name."

"No?" Fujino Sakura opened her mouth wide in surprise, "We are friends for life and death! Isn't this possible?"

"Of course not." Izumi Yu rejected the girl expressionlessly, and glanced at the three people quickly and obscurely, "Unless, as Kanto trainers, you do me a favor."

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"Oh? Are these your friends?"

Keiko, the employee of Cool Music Company who came to contact Izumi Yu, nodded and said, "Since they are your friends, I won't say much. I believe they are all trustworthy people."

Izumi Yu did not deny Keiko's words, but turned to the three people and said, "The commercial has been almost shot, but the most important thing is the press conference in three days. The company will take this opportunity to officially announce me as the spokesperson and launch new products."

"Why you?" Kitazawa Lingyou said, "As far as I know, although Cool is not a household name, it still has a certain reputation in Kanto."

"What I mean is, for such an important event as the launch of a new product, even if they don't hire a famous star, they should hire a popular star. But they hired a little-known person..."

"No, you misunderstood." Keiko quickly explained, "Our company was impressed by Mr. Izumi's image and potential, so we specially invited him to be the spokesperson for our new soda."

"What's more..." Keiko paused, and looked at the boy with his hands in his pockets beside her with admiration, "You said that you were not famous in the past. Mr. Izumi is now a rising star in the Kanto region."

"Oh, so awesome?!" Fujino Sakura poked the boy with a dull expression and said teasingly, "It seems that you haven't been lazy during the days we were apart, Xiaoyou!"

"It's more than just not being lazy."

Without waiting for Izumi Yuu to reply, Keiko, who was leading the way, turned around and said anxiously, "Mr. Izumi has only been in Kanto for three months, but he has performed on stage here a full 223 times!"

"what?!"

Shuo Gu Ye and the other two were shocked by this terrifying number.

Especially Fujino Sakura, who counted with her fingers, "One month has thirty days, three months have ninety days, two hundred and twenty-three days is..."

"hiss--"

Shuoya Ye took a deep breath and looked in disbelief at the young man who was working so intensively but didn't show any signs of fatigue.

I felt a surge of admiration.

"I'm sorry, I'm being rude." Keiko quickly adjusted her tone and bowed slightly, "In short, the company definitely saw Mr. Izumi's future potential and decided to sign him to become a product spokesperson."

After that, she smiled and turned her gaze to the protagonist of the topic, "If Mr. Izumi had not clearly refused a long-term contract, I'm afraid he wouldn't have come to this branch..."

"Alright, Ms. Keiko." Izumi Yuu waved his hand to end the topic, "Let's get back to the topic. I just said I need you to do me a favor."

"Just let me know if you need anything!" Fujino Sakura responded immediately.

"Really? Then I'll be frank." Izumi Yu stretched out his right hand and extended it to everyone, "I need your Pokémon to help me complete a grand magic show."

"Magic show?" Sakuya Ye repeated, "But our Pokémon don't know magic."

"Don't worry about that." Keiko explained, "It's mainly because the taste of our new product is themed with fantasy, change and surprise, which coincides with the theme of 'magic' proposed by Mr. Izumi."

"So the essence of this performance is still a gorgeous competition, and magic is just a small means of using some skills to create a good atmosphere."

Izumi Yu raised his chin and looked at Sakuya Ye, "You should still remember, right? The Gorgeous Contest."

Shuo Gu Ye nodded. The stunning performance in Jinhuang City was still fresh in his memory.

"Gorgeous Contest?"

No one expected that Kitazawa Reiyuu, who had remained silent the whole time, would speak again, "Has the competition been approved?"

Everyone looked confused, only Izumi Yu shook his head and said regretfully, "Not yet."

Suddenly, he changed the subject and his eyes became firm, "But in the future, I will have the Kanto region welcome its arrival with a grand salute."

Kitazawa Lingyou seemed to see through the boy's thoughts and chuckled and said, "I hope you can succeed."

"I will succeed." Izumi Yu turned his head and looked sharply at Kitazawa Lingyou, "Even if it costs me everything."

"Then you have to work hard." Kitazawa Lingyou was not scared off by his eyes, but continued to talk about the matter, "There is still about a month before the application period for the previous year's Grand Prix. In this month, can you completely change the stereotypes of the people in Kanto about the Grand Prix?"

Kitazawa Reiyu shook his phone. Not only did the official account of the Gorgeous Contest (Kanto Region) have very few followers, but the few comments were all full of malicious words.

—Gorgeous contest? What the hell is that? I've never heard of it.

—It's flashy but not practical, just some fancy moves.

—Is this kind of competition necessary? Ninetales and Muddy are competing on the same stage. Even a blind person can tell which one is more gorgeous, right? Isn't it better to just focus on the top few good-looking Pokémon? And they even write in a high-sounding way that all Pokémon are treated fairly... What hypocrisy! Bah!

......

After reading these few comments, Sakuya Ye worriedly turned his eyes away from the screen and looked at the boy who pursed his lips.

It seems that the people of Kanto have great malice towards this strange competition...

Izumi...can he really do it?

Fujino Sakura walked silently to the boy and patted his broad shoulders.

Abnormally thin! ?

Fujino Sakura looked up in surprise and couldn't help but pinch it again.

Everywhere your hands touch is bone.

“I have no chance of failure.”

After a while, Izumi You squeezed out these words.

His left hand in his pocket trembled slightly, as if a pressure as heavy as mountains fell on his shoulders.

But at the same time, he is determined not to give up until he achieves his goal.

"Let Guandu accept it, that's my purpose."