Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Manchong sighed and put on a smile on his face.

As I said just now, there is actually no suspense about the outcome. Man Chong never thought from the beginning that he could beat Lowe, but it was just worth a try to see how long he could last.

And the final result proved that Man Chong's talent was indeed quite powerful. Lowe's Ibrahimovic did not let up, but he just did not send out the main players to bring Ibrahimovic one against two.

And being able to force the two to hit each other in the face in the end was already a very good performance. If Kirlia's personal training attributes were stronger, the power of this phantom beam would be a little stronger. As long as Lowe couldn't dodge it, he would be the winner in the end.

Of course, there is no "if". Losing is losing, and Manchong does not feel any loss about it. After all, to have such a performance, he has already used all his current level.

"Thank you, Lowe. It's a great gift~"

Manchong raised his head, his face covered with sweat but full of energy. Compared to the boy who looked quite socially anxious when they first met, Manchong was obviously much more cheerful at this moment.

It is naturally a good thing to have such a change, and Lowe is also very happy that Manchong can have such a change.

"Well, the next step is to challenge the gym. Come on, with your full talent, you will definitely become a very powerful trainer. When that time comes, let's seriously give it our all to decide the winner!"

"Um……"

Man Chong nodded vigorously. Of course, he just thought that Lowe was being polite to him. After all, his current strength was far inferior to Lowe's. Lowe didn't even use his main force and sent out Ibrahimovic, who was just collecting experience and hanging up, but he was still able to defeat him.

With such a huge gap in strength, God knows how much effort it will take to catch up. What's more, from the first time we met until now, I can feel that Lowe's strength has improved by more than one level. In other words, Lowe himself is improving at an astonishing speed.

Even if Lowe is standing still now, Manchong is not sure how long it will take him to catch up with Lowe. What's more, if Lowe continues to improve, the gap between the two sides will only get bigger and bigger, and it will become more difficult to overcome.

Of course, even if it was just a simple polite remark, Manchong felt very touched, so even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance, he felt that he needed to try hard. Maybe, he would really have a chance to win against Lowe.

Man Chong didn't care whether he could win or not. He hadn't even thought about the option of winning. But as long as Lowe could seriously show his strength to fight him, he would be satisfied.

As long as it's like this, as long as it's like this...

...He could not become such a brilliant protagonist, but just being able to stand side by side with him for a moment was enough for him.

After all, he was originally judged to be a weak person who could never become a trainer. Just being able to change such a fate was already a great fortune.

"Where are you going next?"

"As a first step, I want to challenge the gym in Kanaz City..."

Lowe estimated that with his current strength, it shouldn't be a problem to defeat at least two or three gyms. After all, not everyone can defeat Lowe's enhanced version of the one that starts with four badges.

If you can get two or three badges, you are already considered an elite trainer. At this level, you can find a good job in the league.

Although most of these elite trainers are just common supporting characters in the background stories, to be honest, they are already better than 70% of ordinary trainers. With this level, he can be considered a well-known figure in the local area.

Since he is going to Kanaz City, he is naturally not on the same path as Lowe. After all, Lowe has already obtained three badges. Although there is no fixed order for challenging gyms, the gym owner will decide how much skill to use based on the number of badges obtained by the challenger.

But the strength of gym masters themselves does vary, such as the gym master that Lowe is going to challenge next.

"So, where is Lowe going next?"

"...I was originally planning to take the cable car directly to Fuyan Town, but since I'm already in Green Shade Town, I might as well go to the Green Shade Town's Gorgeous Competition venue to take a look. I wonder if there are any qualifying rounds for the Gorgeous Competition here."

When Manchong heard that Lowe was planning to challenge the Grand Prix, he also became interested. He had originally considered the Grand Prix route, after all, his congenital disease prevented him from becoming a qualified trainer.

But now that his congenital disease has been cured, he is naturally more inclined to become a trainer who focuses on Pokémon battles. Although he does not plan to participate in the Grand Prix, he is still quite interested in the event itself.

"Promotional competition, which means... Rowe has already received the entry-level ribbon?"

"Hmm~"

Lowe showed off the ribbon on his collar generously, and Manchong was really impressed.

"Not only is he good at Pokémon duels, he's also good at fancy contests... Rowe is really amazing."

"No, no, no, I just tried the gorgeous competition, it's not that great. It's better to say that I haven't thought of a script for this promotion match."

Although there is actually no script and there is nothing wrong with just coming up with a theme to present, but considering that this is what I did last time, I was ganked by Masked Cat and almost killed instantly.

Fortunately, Lowe was quick-witted and thought of a way to counterattack. Of course, this was mostly a joke, but no matter what, Lowe also felt that he should prepare a script.

After all, entry-level competitions themselves are not difficult, as long as you can present a performance that corresponds to the subject. But to go higher, you should do more to provide stage effects.

In fact, Lowe already had a rough framework in his mind, but he still needed to fill it with specific content to complete the framework into a complete script.

"I see. What kind of script is that?"

Lilia seemed very curious about this, and Lowe smiled and waved his finger, "Secret, um, before that... I still have to prepare a set of performance clothes..."

As I said, I really didn't have any preparation last time, and my success was entirely due to my performance on the spot. But I can't rely on improvisation every time, I really should have a proper tactics.

So……

"... Let's go to the venue and check out the situation~"

Chapter 122: What are you trying to do?

"Let's go to the venue and take a look~"

Green Shade Town is just a small town after all, and the scale of the venue cannot be compared with that of a port economic city like Kaina City.

But no matter the size of the venue, there is a complete set of promotion competition rules and corresponding examiners. It’s just that the size of the venue determines how many spectators can be on site.

Even if there are no live audiences, the event itself will be broadcast live, so there is no need to worry about no one paying attention. After all, the glamour contest is considered a world-famous event.

Although the number of viewers for Super Series and below may not be that large, the number of live broadcasters and on-site audiences for the Masters will never lose to those for the Championship.

Therefore, the magnificent competition venue in Green Shade Town is small but fully equipped with all the necessary configurations.

"Welcome, may I ask..."

When the three people from Lowe's team entered the venue, a staff member immediately came up to greet them with a smile. Lowe showed them his entry-level ribbon, and the other party immediately understood what he meant.

"I see. Are you here to participate in the points tournament or the promotion tournament?"

Lowe had done his homework on this in advance. As mentioned before, the gorgeous competition is based on a points system. After accumulating a certain number of points, one can advance to the next level. There are points competitions specifically for accumulating points. Points competitions cannot directly advance to a higher level, but points accumulated through points competitions can be counted as extra points in the promotion competitions.

You can participate in up to three additional points games. If your performance in the three points games is good enough and you get full score bonuses, theoretically you can reduce the promotion score requirement by about one third in the promotion game.

It sounds like a shortcut, but if you think about it, even in a points race you have to perform well to get the highest score bonus.

Being able to get the highest score in three consecutive points games means that with such strength, it won’t be much different if you go directly to the promotion game.

Therefore, the existence of the points race is equivalent to a guarantee, providing a guarantee for those players who may accidentally perform poorly in the promotion match. In other words, in most cases, the effect of the points race is icing on the cake...

It is not impossible to expect to change your fate through the points tournament, but it is very difficult. As I said before, if you can get full score bonus in the points tournament, then going directly to the promotion tournament will not be much different.

If Lowe was a serious contestant in a gorgeous competition, he would definitely play the points competition first, just to practice and accumulate some guaranteed points. But Lowe's main purpose is to challenge gyms, so for the gorgeous competition... he might as well get there first and play the qualifying round directly.

"Okay, I see. So we can go straight to the promotion match? Let me see. Oh, that's how it is..."

Because all the scores were available online, the female staff member checked Lowe's game records and understood what he meant at a glance.

When participating in the entry-level competition, he achieved a terrifying score that was almost twice that of the second place. With such ability, there would be no problem for him to choose to directly play in the qualifying round. It is obvious that he has enough confidence in his ability.

Although Lowe was not confident about his results, he simply chose the fastest way to score points.

"...Oh, by the way, I think I can buy performance costumes here, right?"

"Eh? Of course you can. Do you want to buy it on the spot?"

The young lady, who had originally regarded Lowe as a "dark horse player", suddenly became insecure because of what Lowe said.

If you were really confident, shouldn't you have made preparations in advance?

Have you ever seen a professional player buying equipment on the spot right before a competition?

What's more, although there are performance costumes for sale on site, they are all a complete set of standard performance costumes. Normally, if you are a professional player, you will definitely tailor your own performance costume.

After all, the performance costumes must fit the theme of the competition and are also an important part of presenting the stage effect.

In response, Lowe answered seriously, "Well, it is indeed a problem. Anyway, let's wait and see~"

"Ah good……"

The young lady was a little speechless, but she quickly registered the competition information for Lowe.

"The fastest promotion match is in three days. Do you want to participate in it?"

"Oh, please help me register for this one~"

It was indeed not as coincidental as last time, when there was a qualifying match waiting for Lowe to play. The nearest match here would have to wait for three days.

But three days is no problem. After all, Lowe still needs to think about the script, so this is a good opportunity to take a short break.

Because he knew that a large plot line would soon unfold, and there would probably be several fierce battles waiting.

So, take this opportunity to recuperate.

"Okay, let's discuss the script~"

Lowe already had a plan for the general framework of the script in his mind. All he had to do was fill in the remaining content, which was not too difficult.

There's just one problem...

…That was because something went wrong when assigning roles.

First of all, Gardevoir, as always, does not participate in the script at all. Although she is no longer as shy as Lalulas, she is still not willing to contact too many strangers.

Mainly because she can read minds, it is too easy for her to be exposed to some bad thoughts. Moreover, her telekinesis is so strong now that she can process multiple pieces of information at once, which greatly improves the efficiency of mind reading.

She just wanted to bask in the affection between Lowe and his friends and didn't want to contact strangers. Lowe naturally fully respected her opinion.

So, the ones who will play are Eevee and Kamen Rhydon. There is no problem in this aspect, but the problem comes next.

The key is, who will be the "main character" between Ibrahimovic and Masked Meowth...

The framework of Lowe's script has been completed, and the main character has naturally been decided. The last main character was Kamen Meow, so this time the main character is Ibrahimovic.

Last time it was you, this time it was her, it seemed reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it, but Lowe's script also prepared a supporting role for Masked Cat...

...Playing a supporting role is nothing, but playing a villain supporting role, especially having to watch Lowe and Eevee sticking together while playing the villain supporting role, Masked Cat is quite protesting against this development.

“…Ahahaha, so I told you, this is just a scripted performance. Although I say I’m a villain, I’m actually just making symbolic gestures.”

In the end, Lowe used a lot of persuasion and coaxing, promising that Masked Cat would definitely play the leading female role in the next performance, and gave her a bunch of "benefits" that were not convenient to say out loud, before Masked Cat finally agreed to take on the role of the "villainous female supporting role".

So, that night... Liliae and Manchong saw this scene...

"Come on, open your mouth~"

Lowe handed the spoon to the Masked Cat in a gentle voice, and the Masked Cat rested its legs on Lowe's knees, opened its mouth leisurely and comfortably, looking like a young lady who just opened her mouth for food, enjoying Lowe's service...