Collapse? No, this is just everyday life.

Having just taken two sips of water, Nangong Yu heard Ai Li's voice and immediately handed the water cup to her.

To everyone's surprise, Ellie didn't even glance at the cup. She took a step forward, placed her hands on his chest, stood on tiptoe, and pressed her lips to his. Her tongue darted out, and water dripped down.

Well, so this is what a "sip" is like. I've learned something new. The mineral water, which was originally tasteless, has even become a little sweeter. That's great.

Backstage, Seele had already left, probably to meet up with Bronya and the others. Theresa had just walked in when she saw the two of them being all lovey-dovey, and she immediately became furious.

"Oh, the headmaster is here?"

"Humph!"

"What's wrong? I think what I just said was fine."

"With a smile," Nangong Yu said.

How dare you say that?!

Theresa glared at Nangong Yu, then turned to the laughing Ellie: "And you, what are you laughing at! This stage I painstakingly prepared is for you two to flirt with?!"

Glancing at Eden, who was smiling and clearly in a good mood, Theresa continued, "If I hadn't reminded you, were the three of you planning to play the two women fighting over one man? Aren't you ashamed!"

"Ahem, well, nobody's said anything, so I think the response is pretty good."

“Shut up!!”

Theresa glared at Nangong Yu again and continued, "After the contestants' introductions, there can't be any more mishaps in the performances, understand?!"

"Okay, Headmaster, don't worry~"

At this point, Nangong Yu seemed to remember something and suddenly muttered to herself casually, "But suddenly I feel a bit lacking in motivation. If a cute magical girl could take some pictures of me, that would definitely cheer me up, right?"

The stock of photos is gone; it's time to take a new batch to bribe the Karen couple.

"Ok?"

Theresa was taken aback for a moment, but quickly understood what he meant, and looked at him with a mixture of embarrassment and anger: "You, you..."

"what happened to me?"

That grinning face seemed to say, 'Theresa, you don't want the opening ceremony to be ruined, do you?'

"You... I know! I'll take the picture for you next time!!"

With her hands on her hips, Theresa gritted her teeth, glared at him again, and then stormed off, afraid that Nangong Yu would make any more embarrassing requests.

"Ah Yu~"

Just as Nangong Yu was feeling happy, Ai Li tugged at his arm.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Sister Airi?"

Turning around, I immediately met Ellie's expectant gaze: "When you take pictures, include me!"

"......Row."

The introductions of the 100 contestants took more than half an hour. After all the contestants had taken a turn on stage, Nangong Yu and Ai Li returned to the stage.

This time, Eden wasn't there, and the two of them stopped acting altogether. They just held hands from the beginning, and the audience immediately started grumbling again.

"...We hope all the contestants can perform to their full potential and achieve even better results. You must all be quite tired after shouting for half an hour!"

After making a joking remark, the audience's voices indeed quieted down considerably. Nangong Yu chuckled and continued, "In that case, everyone can take a good rest."

After exchanging a few lines with Airi to set the stage for the performance, Nangong Yu raised the microphone and announced loudly, "Back when she was still very young in Gensokyo, she was our most steadfast support. Now, for the sake of Gensokyo's development, she has decided to debut as an idol. Please give her a warm welcome on her first stage appearance!"

His words naturally aroused the audience's anticipation.

The fifth person to establish Gensokyo? Isn't that practically a founding member?

And she even debuted as an idol?

Thinking this, the venue suddenly went dark, and soon a beam of light illuminated the central area.

It was a girl with her eyes closed, holding a guitar and standing still. Her green twin ponytails swayed gently in the wind. Soon, a hand plucked the strings, and with a thud, exciting music instantly rang out. The girl played the guitar while singing a melodious song into the microphone.

Many people who frequently follow Gensokyo's official updates widened their eyes instantly and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Holy crap, Hatsune Miku!"

Chapter 217 Sirin: Let me show you the bond between me and Yu!

As the mascot of Gensokyo in its early days, Hatsune Miku is not unfamiliar to many viewers.

Nangong Yu had actually been planning to become a virtual singer for a long time, but she couldn't implement it before because there wasn't a suitable opportunity. Now, this stage is undoubtedly the best time for her to debut.

With hundreds of millions of viewers for his debut performance, he is probably the most famous idol in the world.

Moreover, as Hatsune Miku is an important part of the future development of Gensokyo, Nangong Yu has been pouring resources into her. He even begged Eden to write the song for this episode, which made the show incredibly entertaining.

With her pure and lovely appearance, beautiful singing voice, and youthful and invincible demeanor while playing the guitar, she won the hearts of most people in just half a song. It's probably only a matter of time before she becomes the world's number one idol.

A few minutes later, the song ended, and Hatsune Miku happily waved to everyone.

"Everyone, do you like my singing?"

"like!!!!"

How could a song composed by Eden not be good?

"Yes, thank you everyone. I hope you'll continue to support me, and I'll bring you more great songs in the future~"

After saying a few words, Hatsune Miku quickly left the stage amidst the regretful gazes of the audience.

This was just her debut show, to let the audience know that Hatsune Miku exists, and then she can take advantage of this popularity to release Hatsune Miku's first album.

The first album is planned to include twelve songs, three of which were written and composed by Eden herself, and the rest are all masterpieces by well-known musicians. It is no exaggeration to say that this album alone can bring Hatsune Miku's popularity to the level of those music industry kings.

As for the album title, after thinking for a long time, Nangong Yu finally decided on it.

The world's number one princess!

After Hatsune Miku left the stage, there were various performances that Theresa had carefully planned. Apart from the music students she had secretly sent up for personal reasons, the others were all well-known figures. Although they couldn't compare to the amazing performances of Eden and Hatsune Miku, they were still quite commendable, and the audience was satisfied with what they saw.

After all the performances ended, just as the audience was waiting for Nangong Yu and Aili to return to the stage to host, all the lights in the venue suddenly went out.

"What, is there a power outage?"

It was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, which left the audience puzzled.

Time ticked by, and just as things were getting a little chaotic inside the stadium, a spark suddenly ignited in the sky.

Against the backdrop of the darkness, the flame was so conspicuous and eye-catching that it easily drew everyone's attention.

The flames burned quietly for a few seconds before exploding with a deafening roar, illuminating the entire world with blinding light. Then, a magnificent crimson figure slowly emerged from the flames.

It was a giant bird, and at that moment it was still folding its wings, like a giant egg, slowly floating in mid-air.

The audience's anticipation was short-lived; wings that blotted out the sky suddenly spread open, crimson flames filled the heavens, and a colorful phoenix let out a loud cry.

Phoenix King.

This name immediately came to mind for all the viewers.

As for those mythical beasts, Nangong Yu would certainly not mess around with them. If he drew the Phoenix King like a multicolored big-beaked sparrow, that would be terrible.

His majestic eyes surveyed the world, and his sharp gaze even made the audience feel a tangible sting.

That was the majesty of a deity; its very first appearance exuded an aura of superiority.

Colorful wings almost covered the entire stadium, with raging flames burning at the edges of the wings. With a gentle wave, they could scatter beautiful red particles of light.

The magnificent sight left the audience in awe, staring wide-eyed at the sky, speechless.

Not long after, Phoenix King withdrew her gaze, her wings trembled slightly, and a rainbow-colored feather fell from her wing.

Its feathers shimmered with colorful light and quickly transformed into a smaller flame resembling a phoenix king, which then swooped down without hesitation.

In the center of the stadium, a huge torch had risen up at some unknown time. The flame suddenly shot into the top of the torch and burst into flames.

The fire of the Phoenix King has been ignited.

Looking down at the people below one last time, Phoenix King suddenly flapped its wings, and crimson flames left a brilliant trail in the sky. Its huge figure quickly disappeared into the clouds and was never seen again.

At this moment, the lights in the stadium came back on, and the audience looked at each other, their eyes still filled with shock.

Nangong Yu and Airi stood in the center of the stage again, and quickly smiled and said, "Let us thank Phoenix King for his blessing. This tournament is also Phoenix King's selection of human warriors. Please look forward to the specific rewards~"

After Ai Li finished speaking, Nangong Yu continued, "The opening ceremony is nearing its end, and I'm sure everyone has had a fulfilling evening, but..."

At this point, his tone shifted, and he suddenly became excited: "Speaking of Pokémon, how could there be no battles?"

"Battles are the soul of Pokémon!!"

"Without further ado, let's begin the opening match of the Pokémon World Championships that everyone has been eagerly anticipating!! Let's welcome our number one player to the arena!!"

With a loud bang, a huge platform slowly rose on the virtual lawn in the center of the stadium. From one of the contestant tunnels, a young man wearing a red hat slowly walked out, his cosplay of Ash Ketchum immediately eliciting excited cheers from the audience.

This is a champion from Central Asia, and one of the expected contenders for the championship title before the tournament.

As for his opponents...

When the person stood on the opposite platform, Nangong Yu smiled and said, "As the opponent of contestant number one, this time we have invited a special guest."

As she spoke, the spotlight pointed to the contestants' tunnel on the opposite side. Amidst the expectant gazes of the audience, a slender leg stepped out, and Nangong Yu's voice rang out: "Let's welcome our special guest—Xilin!!!"

Sirin's information immediately appeared on the big screen, and the various Pokémon stats looked quite impressive.

However, everyone who knew about Sirin couldn't help but laugh, and the comments section started scrolling wildly.

[Cirin: Huh? I'm going to win the championship? Really?]

[Cirin: We'll win!]

【Seriously, isn't it just asking for trouble for pufferfish to go up there? This is really ridiculous, Gensokyo, torturing pufferfish like this... Please go all out!!】

【...】

Hearing the laughter from inside the stadium, Sirin, who had been maintaining a strong and composed demeanor, suddenly lost her composure. Pointing to the audience where the laughter was loudest, she immediately spotted Kiana clutching her stomach, nearly laughing hysterically. Sirin almost fainted from anger.

This sudden breakdown made the audience laugh even louder, which made Xilin stomp her feet in anger.

"You just wait!!"

Taking a deep breath to calm her turbulent emotions, Xilin quickened her pace and walked onto the opposite platform, no longer wanting to pay attention to the ridicule. With her arms crossed, she continued to adopt that aloof and superior demeanor.

Laugh all you want, just wait and see, she'll absolutely blow everyone's mind!!