There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

Izumi You took Fujino Sakura through the crowd and moved freely in the luxury hotel with an ID card.

He opened the door, waited for Fujino Sakura to enter, then put one hand in his pocket and closed the door tightly.

Fujino Sakura's eyes casually swept around the spacious space, and finally fell on the notebook filled with black handwriting and corrections placed on the table in front of the sofa.

She walked to the table curiously, picked up the notebook and began to read it carefully.

After a while, she frowned slightly and turned to look at the young man who was standing quietly beside her and watching her.

I opened my mouth, but didn't know how to start.

Izumi Yuu tilted his head in confusion and typed.

【What's wrong】

"I'm not sure..." Fujino Sakura shook her head hesitantly and closed the book. "Do you want to combine the gorgeous competition with the stage play to highlight the charm of Pokémon through a long and gorgeous collision?"

Izumi Yu nodded in acknowledgement.

[Yes, but the dream monsters seemed to be somewhat resistant after reading the script. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because I don’t understand stage plays.]

Really?

Fujino Sakura took a deep breath and put the notebook back on the table.

She hesitated for a while, sorted out her words and said, "Xiaoyou, don't you think this script is missing a lot of things?"

Izumi You was startled, and his beautifully shaped eyebrows twisted together.

Fujino Sakura tried to give an example, "I saw your plan on how to show the charm of each Pokémon. The gorgeous skill display and planning are impeccable and perfect."

She couldn't help but imagine in her mind the beautiful scenes written by the boy.

She had to admit that if she was just a spectator of the glamour contest, she would definitely be completely attracted by the performance.

but...

"What about the stage play?" Fujino Sakura asked, "I don't seem to find any trace of a stage play in this script. Apart from the long performance time and brief background, what is the core of the stage play?"

Izumi You's eyes were blank for a moment, but he quickly recovered and his fingers flashed quickly on the screen.

【no need】

His fingers paused and continued typing.

[Those complicated plots may interfere with the performance of the gorgeous competition. Each performance must have a corresponding focus, and my focus is only on the gorgeous competition.]

[As long as we can show the charm of Pokémon, let the people of Kanto see the beauty of the Grand Contest, and let the Grand Contest be held in Kanto]

Izumi You put down his phone, stared at the girl fiercely, and spoke slowly.

"Nothing can stop me—"

Fujino Sakura was startled and couldn't help but take a step back.

It’s nothing, it’s just that the boy’s voice changed too much.

The originally clear voice sounded like a siren in the deep sea, unclear, low and vague.

The determination in his eyes pierced into Fujino Sakura's eyes like a sharp knife, and she felt an inexplicable bitterness in her heart.

In a trance, she seemed to feel the pressure like mountains pressing down on her shoulders, and even breathing freely was a luxury.

She had no idea why she suddenly thought of this.

When she came to her senses, Izumi You had already picked up the notebook and was holding it tightly in his hand. His lower lip was bitten tightly by his upper teeth, and blood seemed to be oozing out.

"I know what you mean—" Izumi Yuu spoke slowly, word by word, like a child learning to speak, "but I can't take the risk. This is my last chance. I can't let any other elements distract the audience from the gorgeous competition—"

"I don't have time—"

He glanced at his left arm hanging by his side with a lonely expression, as if he was talking to the girl, or as if he was talking to himself.

"Its roots have just taken root, I can't miss this opportunity—"

"stop!"

The girl's voice made Izumi You stunned, and he slowly looked up at her.

Fujino Sakura slowly took a step towards the boy, her eyebrows slightly curved and her expression gentle.

She looked at the bloodshot eyes of the boy and his left arm twitching involuntarily.

For some reason, she suddenly wanted to hug him.

So she did it.

Izumi You suddenly saw a shadow approaching. His body stiffened instantly. He raised his head in surprise, but could only see the girl's slightly faded orange-red hair.

Her hair brushed against his cheek gently, causing a slight tickle.

“Don’t be too hard on yourself.”

Fujino Sakura's voice echoed in my ears, and the faint fragrance of flowers swept across my nose.

Izumi You suddenly felt a sour nose and his vision gradually became blurry.

His shoulders suddenly relaxed and his whole body began to tremble slightly.

"There are still ten days left, we can definitely do it!"

Fujino Sakura withdrew her arm, took a step back and took the thick notebook from the boy's hand.

She raised her hand and waved it in front of Izumi Yuu, whose eyes were red. "Don't worry, let me complete the content next."

She pulled out a chair and sat down, looking back and smiling.

"I understand what you mean. I won't change the 'highlights' of the glamour contest. I'll just improve the story framework so that the audience can be more immersed in it."

"I'm asking you to take me in tonight. I guess I'll be busy for a while, so I have to tell Xiaoye and the others first."

"Oh right! I've only watched a few dozen stage plays with my parents. If there's anything strange, remember to remind me!"

----

In ancient times, when Guandu had not yet been unified, it was divided into many cities.

Among these regimes, there is an unknown small city located on the edge of the continental plate. It barely survives among the powerful cities by relying on its easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain.

One day, the city lord suddenly discovered that many of his subjects had reported the disappearance of their relatives and neighbors, causing panic among the people.

Everyone had no desire to live. Even on bright sunny days, they stayed indoors, hiding in their homes in panic for fear that they would be the next unlucky person.

The city lord was furious and issued a death order requiring the warriors to find out the reason for the disappearance of their subjects.

One of the warriors, named Ayou, visited the last place the missing person stayed, contacted neighbors, learned folk rumors, analyzed and combined the information, and finally came to a forest outside the city through clues.

To his surprise, a thin mist appeared in the forest as soon as he entered it, gradually compressing his field of vision.

He couldn't help but clench the samurai sword in his hand - having grown up here, he was sure that there had never been fog in this forest!

An unknown amount of time had passed, but before the warrior, who had completely lost his sense of time and space, faintly saw through the mist a castle built of vines and dead branches standing on a giant tree.

The warrior lay weakly on the wet soil and slowly closed his eyes.

In his last consciousness, a pair of eyes filled with cunning and malice were deeply engraved in his mind.

The city lord suffered an unexpected defeat.

All the warriors sent out disappeared without exception. Even the city lord himself was threatened many times at night. He was so frightened that he could not sleep well every night and his mental state was extremely bad.

The princess looked worriedly at her increasingly decadent father and the city's gradually collapsing order.

She didn't know how long it lasted, but she would always quietly gaze at the city outside the window at sunrise, which was as quiet as a dead city, and a feeling of sadness would rise in her heart.

No, the Lotus Fragrance City in her impression was not like this!

Her eyes kept moving across the street, and pictures flashed before her eyes.

The breakfast shops are busy, the warriors are training, and many old people are strolling leisurely in the streets...

A slight smile played at the corners of her lips.

But the next moment, the illusion before his eyes disappeared without a trace.

The lifeless street still lay before her, without a single change.

She was going to do something.

The princess looked at the dead city where the people were living in misery and clenched a piece of cloth in her hand.

It was stained with blood, the last message left by a brave warrior with his life.

She is leaving.

----

"The princess's role has been increased a lot."

The black fountain pen turned between Fujino Sakura's white fingertips. She supported her chin and tried to stay calm.

"That's the general outline. I plan to make the princess an important character as well, and have her meet some Pokémon on her way to the castle and get their help."

The yellow light shone on the girl's face. She yawned lightly and continued, "During this process, Xiaoyou can move some of the Pokémon performances originally prepared for the final battle here to push the atmosphere to a climax."

Izumi Yu hesitated for a moment and typed slowly.

[Then we need to come up with something new in the final battle, otherwise we will be overwhelmed by the previous performances]

"Yes."

Fujino Sakura nodded. "In fact, I started paying attention to this unfamiliar competition as early as when I heard you describe it in Ziyuan Town. When I really had the opportunity to participate in it, I found a lot of information related to the gorgeous competition to learn -"

Looking at the boy's eyes that were suddenly filled with surprise, Fujino Sakura blushed slightly and said softly.

"I, I don't know, but when I recall my every move on the stage in the future, my heart will still pound..."

"I think..." Fujino Sakura paused for a few seconds and said slowly, "Maybe... I have been completely captured by the gorgeous competition."

She turned her head and smiled, the sparse starlight sprinkled in her eyes, dazzling.

"I have noticed that in addition to the opening performance of the Pokémon, the grand competition in the Hoenn region also has a grand battle segment afterwards."

"We can try to add a gorgeous battle to the script! Let the Pokémon that the princess meets on the way fight against the final boss together, and collide with new sparks!"

Izumi You was stunned for a long time, as if he was frightened by the girl's bold imagination.

He lowered his eyelids and thought carefully, then nodded slowly under the girl's expectant gaze.

[Indeed, there is such a content in the Hoenn Grand Contest]

Izumi Yu continued typing.

【However, considering that the Kanto region has little exposure to the Grand Tournament, I changed the traditional Grand Tournament performance content for the sake of insurance, combining it with the more visually impactful Kalos region's Triple Crown Satellite Tournament, blending it into a brand new performance to promote in Kanto】

He smiled and said a little embarrassedly.

[In that case, I did do something wrong. I raised the entry threshold for the Grand Contest and required coordinators to perform with Pokémon. This was unfair to coordinators who had no artistic talent.]

"Don't be in a hurry to deny yourself!"

Fujino Sakura pouted her lips and shook her index finger in front of Izumi Yuu.

"I learned through the Internet that the standards for gorgeous contests in different regions are different, but the only unchanging core is to show the charm of Pokémon."

"As long as this core remains unchanged, it doesn't matter how the other conditions are changed!"

Fujino Sakura blinked her left eye and smiled.

"Xiaoyou, you are making history in the Kanto Grand Prix!"

Izumi You's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and a warm feeling surged in his heart.

Yes, he is making history in the Kanto Contest!

In the history of gorgeous competitions in other regions, this was something that only the top coordination trainers who were one in a million geniuses could accomplish. Now he was walking on the path they had walked!

So--

"Whether I win or lose...I will..." I tried my best

"what?"

Fujino Sakura seemed to hear something and turned around to ask.

Izumi You stared at Fujino Sakura, whose interest in the gorgeous competition was ignited because of him, and he raised the corners of his lips slightly and shook his head.

"Sakura--" Izumi You stretched out his hand and placed it in front of the girl as she looked confused.

"I would like to invite you to be the protagonist of this performance, is that okay?"

"Eh?"

Fujino Sakura was startled, then quickly fluttered her eyelashes, almost sticking her eyes close to the face of the boy who made the rash invitation, "Eh heh heh heh——?!"

"I, I, I--?" Fujino Sakura pointed at herself exaggeratedly, but unexpectedly, Izumi You nodded firmly.

"I can't do it!"

Fujino Sakura, who was self-aware, shook her head frantically and racked her brains to refuse, "Look, let's not talk about the fact that I have no experience in performing in a gorgeous competition. The protagonist of this script is clearly a male character who is teased by fate and eventually sinks into the dark story of a dream demon..."

"I can't play the protagonist in reverse, right?!"

Izumi smiled as he looked at the girl whose whole body was filled with rejection, especially her head which was shaking like a rattle.

However, he placed his phone, which had already been typed with words, in front of the girl to stop her from speaking.

[After reading your script, I decided to change the protagonist to a princess]

Fujino Sakura's breathing paused, and before she could recover from her shock, Izumi You put another sentence in front of her.

[This performance was changed from "Fallen" to "Redemption"]

Izumi Yuu put his phone upside down on the table and reached out to the girl again.

"Join this party, my protagonist——"

Izumi Yuu curved his eyebrows and said word by word, "According to your ideas, create an event that is unique to you, unique to Mocastle City, and unique to Kanto——!"

"Let's have a gorgeous competition!"