“Nah!!”
The pumpkin spirit's eyes glowed brightly, and a ball of dark shadow flew out of its mouth.
Under the trembling gazes of the audience, the shadow ball blasted towards the defenseless Guoranweng.
"Sure enough, use the counter punch." Musashi waved his fan, "Pumpkin Spirit, use the seed machine gun!"
"Suo-nanshi!" Sure enough, the whole body of the old man was shining.
The shadow ball bounced back and exploded with the seed machine gun fired by the pumpkin spirit, raising smoke and crystal-clear grass-type energy fragments.
Musashi stood under the sparkling light and bowed gracefully.
The audience didn't understand it, but they were shocked.
“What kind of art form is this…”
“I understand, art is explosion!”
Lu Ye's mouth twitched.
How should I put it... Musashi might become a great coordinator who creates his own unique style!
The second was Shana’s performance. The little girl held ribbons and her Bulbasaur, performing a gorgeous and colorful flower dance.
The audience responded with warm applause.
"Sana's performance was amazing." Xiaozhi praised.
"Hehe, I still think the previous performer's performance was more distinctive!" Hitlon pushed the frame.
"Because brother feels the same way about explosions." Yurika chuckled.
"No!"
Serena stared at Shana's performance in amazement.
Whether it's Musashi Wei's confident aura or Sana's unique skills... I can't seem to do it...
But... there are still so many audiences looking forward to my performance...
Serena lowered her head, her fingers trembling slightly, and the fire fox looked at her worriedly.
"Next, please welcome the last contestant, Serena!" said the host.
The audience applauded.
Serena took a deep breath and walked onto the catwalk with Fiery Fox.
"There's something wrong with that child's condition," Miss Yashio said with a frown.
Teacher Lu nodded slightly and frowned:
"She puts too much pressure on herself..."
The free performance began, and Serena's performance was not impressive, and she soon made mistakes.
In full view of everyone, Fire Fox tripped over her own ribbon and fell with Serena.
The performance was forced to be interrupted and the audience was in an uproar.
Ms. Yashio frowned.
The expected performance accident... finally happened...
"Serena..." Yurika looked away worriedly.
"It seems that the little girl sprained her ankle," said Meow Meow.
"In this case, the championship belongs to Musashi!"
Kojiro paused and said, "But it seems that the little girl can't compete anymore."
The scorching spotlight shone on Serena.
She lay on the catwalk in a mess, and the venue was silent.
At the director's signal, the music stopped playing. The silence became even more awkward and unacceptable.
Fire Fox looked guilty and tried to prop Serena up. Serena supported herself on the ground with her arms, her dress was covered in dust, and she lowered her head, unable to see the expression on her face.
The unbearable silence lasted for about three seconds.
Someone in the audience stood up suddenly.
Ignoring everyone's surprised gazes, in the dead silence of the venue, Xiaozhi made a microphone with his hand and shouted loudly:
"Come on, Serena!!"
"Pikachu!!"
Citron and Yurika stared at Xiaozhi blankly, then came to their senses and shouted:
"Come on, Serena!!"
The dead silence was still unbearable.
Kojiro and Meow Meow shouted loudly, "Come on!!"
Musashi's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't go forward to help. Once she intervened, Serena's performance would be over.
The audience looked at Kojiro and others who were out of place, and gradually gave up their mentality of watching the show.
In front of the French window on the second floor.
Lu Ye looked at Ms. Yashio and said coldly:
"Who told you to stop the music?"
Ms. Yashio was startled, then suddenly came to her senses, turned off the Bluetooth, and whispered with difficulty:
“The show…keep on!”
The soft music started again.
Serena tried her best to hold herself up, lowered her head, and walked slowly down the catwalk.
Amid spontaneous applause from the audience.
Serena bowed, symbolizing the unsuccessful end of this performance.
"The performances of the three contestants have all ended!"
The host, Pierre, came on stage, stirred up the low atmosphere, and said loudly:
"Then please wave your voting sticks for the contestants you support!"
The light of voting sticks lit up in the dim meeting room.
The audience cheered for the contestants.
In the end, Musashi won the first Princess Gold Key with a slight advantage!
"Great, Musashi won, meow~"
Kojiro and Meowth cheered:
"Our hard work for so long has not been in vain!"
Musashi opened his fan in a casual manner, covering his red lips, unable to hide his smile, and laughed exaggeratedly:
"Masters level competition, I, Musashi Wei, am here, haha~!"
"I have to collect two more golden keys before I can participate in the Masters Tournament." Pierre smiled embarrassedly.
Musashi was confused and said, "Oh, so that's how it is."
Serena walked backstage dejectedly, holding the Firefox.
"Woo~" The fire fox showed a guilty look.
"It's okay," Serena said softly, "I just care too much about the decorations."
"Serena!" Xiaozhi and others trotted over.
"Serena, are you okay?" Yurika said worriedly.
"I'm fine~ I've recovered."
Serena lowered her eyes and said with a smile, "There is still a chance to win the princess's golden key. We will definitely succeed next time!"
Yurika and Citron looked at each other.
"That's great." Xiaozhi smiled and said, "Let's go have dinner. We are starving."
"Hmm..." Serena nodded slightly, slightly absent-minded.
"Serena."
Serena raised her head and looked at the figure approaching in the distance.
He slowly took off his sunglasses, revealing a familiar, serious face.
"Teacher Lu?" Xiaozhi and others asked in unison.
Lu Ye touched Yurika's head, looked at Serena, and said seriously:
"I just came here to tell you that everything we did in the past was not meaningless."
Serena was stunned, her mind recalling everything that happened before the exhibition match.
Practicing all night, discussing techniques, designing costumes...
However, in the main competition, nothing was done...
Serena's chest shook as she took a deep breath.
“We are all made up of our past.”
Lu Ye said gently: "So don't easily deny your past. It really exists and must be valuable."
"Yeah... Yeah." Serena replied tremblingly.
"Okay..." Serena cleared her throat and said with a smile, "Let's go have dinner."
"ah?"
Xiaozhi scratched his cheek and nodded as if he understood: "Oh..."
Dinner passed in silence.
No words were spoken that night.
The next morning, Lu Ye rode a Rotom bicycle for morning exercise along the coastline, crossed the roundabout and greenway, returned to the circular fountain in front of the luxury hotel, circled the fountain, and continued to drive out.
The sky was dimly lit with a pale sky, and the waves crashed against the iron-like rocks, splashing gray-white foam.
Lu Ye stopped his bicycle and looked over the pier for a while. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a figure wearing a red hat.
Serena looked out to sea, the breeze ruffling her chestnut hair, her turquoise eyes thoughtful.
Teacher Lu didn't bother them.
He left Gengar here to watch while he rode his bike to the Pokémon Center.
"Teacher Lu!" Miss Joy said in surprise.
"Hello."
Lu Ye smiled.
"I'm looking for Xiaozhi."
…
The horizon was dark, the night wind was howling, and the waves hit the rocks and broke into powder.
Serena's long chestnut hair fluttered in the wind, and Naughty Panda and Fire Fox followed her worriedly.
Her turquoise eyes flickered as she recalled the scene of her tripping in the morning.
Xiaozhi's cheering.
A performance by a strong rival.
Encouragement from Teacher Lu.
"Everything we have done in the past is not meaningless."