Who Said This Pokémon Game Was Poisonous?

Chapter 78 The semi-finals begin! (4.9k)

The next day, August 30, happened to be the day of the Ghost Festival.

The sky is clear and the wind is gentle and gentle.

Almanac display.

Appropriate: Go out and be dignified in front of others.

Taboo: Playing with water.

The long-awaited semi-finals of the summer competition finally kicked off.

Early in the morning, Dana Wang, who was very concerned about the competition, forwarded the schedule to Zhou Ran even though he was far away in Antarctica.

According to the grouping, the first match is between the championship favorite Lin Xinyi and his Elf Lost Coffin against the trainer Rogers who traveled from the Padia region.

The other group was naturally Zhou Ran versus Shen Mu, the trainer of the Water Arrow Turtle.

During the voice call, Dana Wang panted and said:

"Lao, Lao Zhou, maybe you know this Shen Mu? I wonder if you still remember that she was the battle anchor Muzi you met when you were helping Professor Fang teach!"

"What a coincidence?" Zhou Ran was surprised.

"How could it be such a coincidence? I guess she just came for it because she wanted to avenge her shame in actual combat!"

"..."

Zhou Ran, who had just woken up in the morning and had just washed up, was cooking crystal honey turkey noodles while looking up at the ceiling.

I thought that offline PK was just a joke... I didn't expect that it would actually come true!

This Muzi...or Shen Mu, is hiding quite deeply!

When I think of Xiaoxia and Qinglu, what if someday a real person comes over and pecks me...

"Xiaoxia's mega Gyarados, green mega Charizard..."

A drop of cold sweat slipped from Zhou Ran's temples.

…

The game starts at ten o'clock in the morning.

For breakfast, Zhou Ran kept things simple and prepared Jingjing Honey Turkey Noodles.

Anyway, Charmander and Kirulian both like to eat. As for Latias, Zhou Ran doesn't need to worry about it for the time being. He is still with Li Yujun, and he will not stop until the show is finished.

While cooking, Zhou Ran thought for a moment, made an extra portion and put it in an insulated lunch box.

Who knows, yesterday's flapping hair will be greedy and come over to eat again.

Once you’re ready to go…

"Lalu!"

Kirulian, who was very enthusiastic about the competition, urged.

"Don't rush, don't rush, it's only half past eight in the morning, it's still early."

Zhou Ran tied up her shoes and opened the door.

Turning back to the little fire dragon, he said:

"Just stay at home and don't run around if you have nothing to do!"

"Also! Don't treat the elves running around in the hotel as snacks!"

When Qilulian dragged him out, Zhou Ran grabbed the door frame and said seriously:

"Unless you fight back in self-defense, you can't use moves on living things!"

No wonder Zhou Ran repeatedly emphasized that Charmander is a wild elf after all, and is untamed.

If the other elves were treated like snacks, Zhou Ran would have to take the blame.

Zhou Ran felt uneasy when taking the elevator.

"Should we bring Charmander with us?"

He was originally prepared to do this, but Charmander danced and expressed that he wanted to continue watching horror movies and continue to study the scary face moves.

One function of Jingjing Honey Turkey Noodles is that it can speed up the practice progress of certain moves.

The Scary Face move is one of them.

When leaving the elevator door, Zhou Ran turned back three times every step of the way.

Little Charmander...

If this guy were to tear down the house, he would be much more powerful than Ragdoll Cat and Erha, right?

Dana Wang's family has a purebred Erha of royal blood. That guy, when you go out and return home, it will be like following the ruins after the war.

Broken sofa, garbage on the floor, strips of curtains...

So far, the Erha is still alive. It can only be said that it is true love. In Zhou Ran's hands, the Erha will not survive for more than ten minutes.

at the same time.

In the hotel room, Charmander pressed his paw on the remote control and clumsily selected a new horror movie "The Worst Geely Egg in History"

As the plot begins, Charmander unskillfully holds a fork and eats turkey noodles. With his mouth full of sauce, he is absorbed in watching horror movies and learning horror expressions.

Charmander didn't notice at all.

Behind him, a thermos box floated out of thin air, and a fork was slowly rolling turkey noodles.

If Zhou Ran were here, he would be able to see——

With an expressionless expression on his face, Wing Hair watched the horror movie playing on the TV with his scarlet eyes, while imitating Charmander's movements and eating turkey noodles.

the other side.

After leaving the hotel, Zhou Ran and Qilu Lian crowded into the player-specific bus provided by the organizing committee amid the enthusiastic fans.

Although the defeated players were also curious about Zhou Ran, a semi-finalist, they all knew that today was the semi-finals, so they didn't bother because their emotional intelligence was online.

On the bus, Chilulian, who had just finished eating turkey noodles and was a little bit stung by the spicy food, was drinking orange sparkling water with a serious expression while looking at the scenery.

"Relax, just hit whatever you want."

Seeing this, the old god Zhou Ran comforted him. Teacher Zhou, who earns 170,000 yuan a month, no longer cares about the player bonuses in the summer competition.

Only the champion’s mysterious gift is worth looking forward to...

But as a champion, just let it happen.

At this time, it happened that Liu Tao, the trainer of Frost Milk Fairy, was sitting in front of Zhou Ran, holding Frost Milk Fairy with a world-weary face in his arms.

"This teacher Zhou's mentality is indeed worth learning." Liu Tao thought to himself.

The caramel-colored Frost Milk Fairy glanced at Kirulian, and with a world-weary face, she responded expressionlessly:

"Pfft!"

Since he defeated it, Chirulian should win the championship!

When Kirulian looked back at it, the Frost Milk Fairy turned away again, with an aura of keeping strangers away.

Kirulian:? ? ?

"Ahem, I'm sorry, it doesn't hate you." Liu Tao looked embarrassed:

"Its personality is like this. It doesn't smile at people very much."

"When I conquered it at the Elf Pastry School, it was just like this. This guy didn't get along well with the other Frost Milk Fairies."

"It's okay. I have three social fears, or I just hate all moving things equally regardless of the target. I can understand." Zhou Ran was not surprised.

Just like humans, elves also have various personalities. The Modu Medical College near the Modu University of Technology offers a major in elf psychology.

Not to mention elves, social animals who work overtime for a month will also hate all moving and talking creatures of the same kind.

"But, can I touch it?"

"Yes, yes."

After getting Liu Tao's permission, Zhou Ran faced Frost Milk Fairy's "death gaze→_→" and gently poked Frost Milk Fairy's cheek.

The soft and elastic skin feels very similar to a baby's skin.

Looking at the Frost Milk Fairy who looked like a little girl, Zhou Ran couldn't help but think of the time when Chilulian was still La Lulas, and said with emotion:

"It's so cute."

"..." Although her face was still expressionless, Frost Milk Fairy's cheeks quickly turned red and she looked away shyly.

Liu Tao's eyes gently stroked Frost Milk Fairy's head, looking like a loving father.

"Uuuuuu()!" Seeing this, Chilulian's eyes flashed and she patted Zhou Ran's arm and continued:

So cute, I want to keep it!

Zhou Ranxin said: Is this the same as girls who like to collect all kinds of dolls? Chirulian now wants to kidnap cute animals and take them home when she sees them.

On the way, as the two elves chatted, and after becoming familiar with each other, the Frost Milk Fairy also fed her cream to Chilulian and Zhou Ran.

The wonderful taste of sweet but not greasy makes people feel happy.

Zhou Ran even used the Eye of Viridian talent to scan the information about Frost Milk Fairy's cream.

[Frost Milk Fairy's Caramel Cream: Sweet but not greasy caramel cream, containing pure fairy energy, is the best material for making Pokémon dishes. 】

Maybe the Pokémon dishes cooked with Creamy Cream Fairy's cream will be good for Kirulian...

With this in mind, before getting off the bus, Zhou Ran exchanged contact information with Liu Tao and proposed to buy some cream from Frost Milk Fairy on a regular basis.

Liu Tao was originally a cake shop owner and a businessman. In addition, he clearly felt that Frost Milk Fairy also liked Zhou Ran and Qilulian, so he readily agreed.

…

after an hour.

By the time Zhou Ran and Chilulian arrived at the venue, they were already surrounded by spectators, and various media outlets were trying to catch a son-in-law under the ancient rankings, looking for relevant people for interviews.

At the same time, the speakers in the venue were also playing relevant information in a loop.

"The semi-finals of the summer competition are about to begin. Spectators are requested to enter in an orderly manner and do not move around randomly!"

"The contestants competing today are contestants Zhou Ran..."

"The first battle match is about to begin! The two players are player Lin Shinichi from the Sakura region, and player Rogers from the Padia region!"

"Which player will win, let's wait and see!"

At this time, Zhou Ran also met up with Li Yujun, who had arrived late.

Arriving in the player tunnel, the two of them were waiting for the first battle match to begin.

Seeing that Latias didn't follow, Zhou Ran asked worriedly:

"La...Where's the Variety Monster?"

"Still watching TV..." Li Yujun yawned heavily, drank coffee to refresh himself, and then said:

"I have been watching it since last night. I don't know when I fell asleep. It was still watching it when I woke up and went to the bathroom. It was also watching it before I set off this morning."

Li Yujun couldn't help but said in surprise:

"Is this the Variety Monster? Is this the legendary liver-exploding elf? It's covered in liver from top to bottom."

"Speaking of which, it's not impossible. I heard that the royal family or nobles in the Hezhong area had elves' blood in them!"

"You said that Master Shiba in Kanto can subdue the big rock snake with his physical body. I have serious doubts about his human identity. Is it possible that he has returned to his ancestors? The elf blood in his body has exploded?"

Li Yujun became more energetic as he spoke:

"Maybe, maybe, a few hundred years from now, there will be humans with half-elf blood in the future world. Some humans can even transform into swords and so on."

"In that era, humans and half-elves were divided into two camps, and what followed was a forbidden love like Romeo and Juliet."

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Zhou Ran: (˙o˙), Miss Li, you are really underestimating your talents by not writing novels!

After hearing the second half of the sentence, Zhou Ran silently shook his head. Sure enough, he had watched too many Korean dramas.

While the two were chatting, the first semi-final started on time.

Most of the people in the venue were cheering for Rogers in the Padilla area. The reason was that the Sakura District's contaminated water discharge incident was already brewing.

During this time, trainers from Sakura District around the world were either indignant, embarrassed, or simply silent.

The first semi-final was between Lin Xinyi and Die Shicoffin against Rogers and Cat Boss.

The cat boss in the Padia area is a Siamese cat elf who looks like a cheetah. It is a general attribute elf and is immune to attacks from ghost attribute moves.

Although in reality, attribute immunity is not absolute, it still requires a huge gap in strength or special means.

The players in the semi-finals are all very strong, so it is impossible for their attribute immunity to be broken.

"This battle is not good for Die Shicoffin." Li Yujun analyzed enthusiastically while sipping his coffee:

"After all, the biggest killer move, the stealth surprise attack, can't cause any harm to the cat boss."

In fact, as Li Yujun said, as soon as the battle began, the cat boss used the powerful One Hundred Thousand Volts move.

However, the strong yellow current hit the air.

Before being hit by the 'One Hundred Thousand Volts' attack, the Die Lost Coffin disappeared from the field.

"The biggest advantage of the sneak attack move is not that it can cause damage, but that you can use this move to sneak into different spaces and avoid most attacks." Zhou Ran explained.

Meanwhile, on the field.

Lin Xin glanced at his opponent with a solemn expression.

Then he glanced at the cat boss who was looking around extremely warily.

He smiled slightly: "Pounce!"

The pounce move is a fighting attribute move. This move uses the body to hit the opponent to attack.

Different from ordinary attack moves, the power of pounce moves depends on the weight and quality of the elf itself. In other words, the stronger the elf's defense, the higher the damage it inflicts.

The body of Dieshi Coffin is said to be made of strange gold with terrifying hardness, and its defense power is astonishing.

That is to say.

The pounce move is very suitable for Die Shi Coffin. Die Shi Coffin can exert extraordinary power by using the pounce move!

Zhou Ran rubbed his chin.

In the game, the defense value of the lost coffin is '145', and the power value of the pounce move is '80'.

In addition, fighting-type moves will do double damage to the cat boss...

"Boss Cat is going to feel cold." Zhou Ran murmured.

"Ah? So fast? That's not true." Li Yujun looked up in surprise.

Just happened to see——

Like a golden coffin-shaped cannon fired from the void, the stacked coffin suddenly appeared beside the cat boss, and the entire coffin hit the cat boss's fragile waist with great force...

Along with the screams, the cat boss was hit and flew more than ten meters away, and hit the ground heavily in a parabola, unable to get up again.

The audience swallowed subconsciously, as if they could hear the sound of the cat boss's waist breaking.

If this hit me on my waist, I would suffer from hemiplegia...

The rest of my life will be entrusted to Lin Xinyi.

"Double damage, coupled with a vital attack, this is really a trick to push the cat." Li Yujun felt pain for the cat boss when he saw it.

Precisely because he was afraid that Pikachu would be injured, Li Yujun, the daughter of the owner of a fighting club, had no interest in fighting, so he chose to become a university teacher.

As the referee announced the result, Lin Xinyi advanced to the finals.

Zhou Ran mused thoughtfully. When Duihu Coffin attacked, his whole body appeared first, and then he used the pounce move.

In other words, Die Lost Coffin has not practiced the hidden spirit surprise attack moves to an extremely advanced level. Otherwise, he can appear with half of his body, and immediately retreat into a different space after the attack.

But yes.

A move that can travel through different spaces and then attack is more difficult than a teleportation move, and it is not that easy to master.

Kirulian's teleportation move is used almost every day, and her mastery level has only been raised one level so far.

Just as the commentator was explaining the game in detail, at the guest table, Durant, the mayor of Evergreen City, asked curiously:

"Master Zou, what do you think, if the Water Arrow Turtle and the Lost Coffin fight, who will win?"

During this period, Lin Xinyi and Die Shicoff helped Changqing City solve many supernatural incidents. As a result, part of Durant's resentment towards Lin Xinyi was eliminated. After all, maybe the water type trainer in Sakura District could scold him. Even worse.

Zou Yudong, the leader of the Dragon Attribute Gym in the Demon City, smiled and said nothing.

At this juncture of the semi-finals, anyone might be hiding something.

Look at Lin Xinyi, didn't he just hide a fighting-type move that made Rogers and the cat boss lose their faces?

God knows what else the other contestants are hiding.

Anyone can win the championship, and the gym leader is not a god, so there are times when he makes mistakes.

So at this time, it is best to pretend to be serious and put on an expression of "Yeah, it's just as I expected". Only in this way can the guests sit safely until the end.

This is a bloody lesson that Zou Yudong learned after experiencing many slaps in the face.

Just as the other guests were discussing the topic of Mayor Durant, who would win between the Blastoise and the Lost Coffin.

Mayor Durant turned around and asked Shi Boyuan, the ice attribute gym leader:

"Master Shi, what do you think? Who will win the championship in the end?"

"Well...player Zhou Ran." Shi Boyuan said casually after taking a sip of tea.

Mayor Durant smiled and did not answer. He said to himself: I heard that this player Zhou Ran is the teacher of the daughter of the gym owner. This must be the saying in the Donghuang area, help the relatives but not help. .

Growing up in the Kanto area, Charizard and Blastoise are the closest elves to Kanto people.

In a sense, Mayor Durant is also helping his relatives but not helping others.

At this time, at the venue, after receiving the latest notification, the commentator shouted loudly:

"The second semi-final match between player Zhou Ran and player Shen Mu will be held on time at 10:30!"

Hearing the commentator's voice, Zhou Ran felt that he had to encourage Chirulian, so he said:

"If you win this battle, I'll let you raise a cute animal."

It's that cute thing, maybe as big as a car...

Chirulian's eyes sparkled, she put her sun hat on backwards, put her hands on her hips, and was full of confidence:

"Lalu!"

“╮(‵▽′)╭!”