Pokémon: Ash's Journey to Mastery

Xiaozhi looked at Serena with determination and said, "You will definitely become the Queen of Kalos, come on!"

"Each person uses two elves to take turns performing freestyle."

"In other words, no matter what we do, as long as it attracts attention, it will be fine." Musashi said confidently.

"Sarina, don't leave any regrets."

"Ah."

"Then the semi-finals begin."

"Okay, let's get started. Whether you cry or laugh, this game will decide one person."

"First up is the first baton performer, Musashi Wei."

"Parasite seeds."

The pumpkin monster floated up and kept spitting golden seeds at the field, which produced a cloud of smoke. Thick branches grew out of the smoke, forming many trees.

"I will be the winner." Musashi said firmly.

They danced at the same time, and Meowth danced with Pumpkin Man.

Countless branches gathered at Musashi's feet and threw him into the air.

"Seed bomb."

The Pumpkin Man continued to spit out golden seeds, and Musashi ascended high into the sky, supported by the branches.

"Meow, scratching like crazy."

"Okay, meow," Meow jumped up from the pumpkin monster's hair.

Meow Meow waved his extremely sharp claws and grabbed the branch countless times before breaking it into pieces and turning it into particles. This shows how much hard work he put in.

Musashi landed safely.

"Okay, next up is performer Shana, please take the top stage."

"Bulbasaur Whip."

"Hua Beibei, the fairy wind."

With the help of Bulbasaur's green whip, Shana danced around the field in a pink circle as the pink mist released by Hua Beibei flew up.

After a gorgeous leap, he finally landed safely.

"Vine Whip." Bulbasaur stretched out its green whip and continuously whipped the pink airflow, making it spin even more violently.

Shana danced happily in the center of the air flow.

"Sunfire."

"The power of the moon."

Hua Beibei condensed a dazzling pink energy ball, which collided with the golden beam released by Bulbasaur, creating a sky full of light.

"Finish."

"It's the last one. There is only one group left to perform on this stage that will determine who will advance to the finals. So dance for us, performer Serena."

"Fairy Elf Highway Star."

The fairy elf released countless golden stars into the sky, which finally merged together and exploded, forming a golden light that sprinkled on the field.

The fairy elf took Serena's hand with her ribbon, wrapped it around her and started dancing, while the naughty panda did street dance.

"Naughty Panda Stone Attack."

The naughty panda kept doing backflips, and finally landed on one hand. Six huge stone pillars suddenly appeared on the ground, flashing a dazzling blue light.

The fairy elf jumped happily on the stone pillars, leaped high into the air, spread out her four ribbons, and then waved them like a big fan, releasing pink airflow.

Serena took the naughty panda's hand, and under the influence of the airflow, they floated up and turned in circles until they reached the air.

After reuniting with the fairy elves, Serena and the two elves were obviously very happy.

Then they did another somersault, and at the moment when the fairy wind dissipated, both the man and the two elves managed to land on the ground with one hand.

But at this time, the physique of humans cannot be compared with that of elves. The two elves did not feel anything because of the effect of landing, but Salina felt obvious pain in her wrist because of the effect of landing.

The fairy elf and the naughty panda noticed something was wrong, and when Serena was about to tilt obviously, the fairy elf quickly stretched out her two ribbons and wrapped them around Serena's slender waist like an arm.

Let Serena stand up straight, and Serena took advantage of the situation and slid on the ground with her knees, opened her hands and said, "It's over."

The audience cheered and expressed their high approval of Serena's performance.

"Thank you, fairy elf."

Xiaozhi noticed something was wrong. Serena's wrist was obviously injured, which would affect the next game. In this kind of game, any mistake could be fatal.

"Then, we will proceed to the voting for the semi-finals. Audience members on site can use the elf light sticks, and those watching on TV please press the button to choose the performer's color to vote."

"Then please vote."

The light spots in the sky converged towards the stage, and the integrator continued to rise.

"The challenger who will challenge Queen Ai'er of Carlos has been chosen from among many performers."

Serena closed her eyes, thinking that she had done her best and it didn't matter if she failed, she had no regrets.

The light shone on Serena.

"Salina is you."

Serena opened her eyes excitedly and covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from screaming.

"It worked, I really..." Serena shed tears of emotion. It was so hard to get to this point. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands.

The naughty panda and the fairy elf ran happily into Serena's arms.

"Thank you both."

Xiaozhi and his friends also silently sent their blessings at the scene, although Serena couldn't hear them.

"You did a great job. You are worthy of being my daughter." Saki said excitedly.

"Listen to me, that child is my proud daughter," she showed off to those around her.

Meowth and Pumpkin Man hugged each other, as if they had anticipated the scene of Musashi getting furious about not being able to advance.

"Forget it, it has come to this." Musashi clenched his fists, then unclenched them and said.

"I think those guys in Carlos should have understood my beauty, right?"

Hearing this, Meowth and Pumpkin were obviously surprised.

"Salina, congratulations. Can I entrust my dream to you as well?" Sana came over to celebrate.

"If you say you're not unwilling, you're lying."

Sana cried and hugged Serena.

“Cheer up together with those who have lost, because you are stronger than anyone here.” He was visibly choking up at the end.

"Ah."

...

Led by the staff, Serena came to the lounge and took off her gloves. Looking at her red wrists, she became visibly nervous. If something went wrong, there would definitely be a big mess during the performance.

Seeing this, several elves also became nervous.

"It's okay, it's okay." Serena comforted softly.

At this time, someone knocked on the door.

"Yes, please come in." Serena put her hand behind her back so as not to be seen.

Yashio came over, sat on the sofa and said, "Let me see your injuries."

"Where are you? I know." Serena said unexpectedly.

"You'll know from the movements." Without waiting for Serena's consent, Yashio directly took her injured wrist.

"I can barely even grasp it." Ba Xi was experienced and immediately determined the severity of the injury.

"Quit the finals. You can't even give a proper performance like this, let alone defeat your beloved. It's impossible." Yashio kindly reminded.

When Serena heard this, she was stunned and said unwillingly: "This is my...our dream."

"I had nothing, but I finally found this dream that I share with the elves. Now that I have come this far, I don't want to give up until the end." Serena said firmly at the end.

The eight-year-old was stunned when he looked at Serena's eyes. This reminded him of the beloved son he taught before.

"Really? How far can you imagine? It's just one fight." Yashio took out a bandage from the cabinet.

"I'll let you hold on. You'll need to see a doctor later." Yashio slowly wrapped a bandage around Serena's wrist.

"Yes." Serena said gratefully.

After wrapping the bandage, Yashio walked away.

"Serena, are you there?" Xiaozhi came to the lounge and knocked on the door.

"Xiaozhi, I'm here." Serena didn't expect Xiaozhi to come to the lounge, so she quickly hid her hands behind her back so that Xiaozhi couldn't see them.

"Serena, let me see the injury on your left hand." Xiaozhi walked towards Serena and said.

"Xiaozhi, how did you know that?" Serena asked in surprise.

"Secret, let me help you heal." Xiaozhi said gently while holding Serena's wrist.

Then, using the power of Tokiwa, a warm green light healed Serena's wrist.

"Let's chant a spell and make the pain go away." Xiaozhi waved his hands above Serena's injured wrist.

"Thank you, Xiaozhi. I feel much better." Serena said gratefully. At the same time, Xiaozhi's words reminded her of the first time they met. That was the beginning of everything. Without that meeting in the summer camp, there would be no present.

"You can't give up until the very end. Come on, Serena." After saying that, Xiaozhi kissed Serena's red lips passionately.

Serena was stunned. She didn't expect Xiaozhi to be so direct. Her cheeks flushed red, as if she was about to faint. Her eyes were wide open.

Serena's elves also widened their eyes in disbelief, with their mouths wide open, but in order not to ruin the atmosphere they covered their mouths with their hands.

Everything around them became very quiet, as if a needle dropping would break the scene. It was so quiet that the two could hear each other's breathing and heartbeat, and their hearts were beating fast.

Xiaozhi felt like he was tasting moist, sweet, soft, and aromatic jelly, which was very good. And the body fragrance of Serena was refreshing.

Xiaozhi kissed Serena passionately for ten seconds and then released her lips.

Both of their faces were flushed red, not knowing what to say.

"Xiaozhi, I will never let you down. I will be the Queen of Carlos." Serena paused for a while and broke the silence first. She said firmly, but her cheeks were still flushed.

"Yeah." Xiaozhi then left, because he knew that this was all he could do, and the rest would be left to Serena.

I have to say this: this shouldn't be a big deal, so please be merciful.