Pokémon, but cultural invasion

Eevee: (*゜ー゜*)

"Boo...Superman?"

After careful examination, Qishu guessed Eevee's identity.

Her gaze turned serious. Here it comes, the arch-rival who has fought 1476 duels and lost 1476 times so far has arrived!

"You cheat, Izumi, you're cheating!"

Realizing that he had pulled out the Special Attack on Qishu: Wall of Sighs, Qishu was so anxious that he gritted his teeth.

The teeth, gleaming under the incandescent light, clicked loudly.

Quanshu raised an eyebrow. Although she had known for a long time that her shark teeth were very sharp, wouldn't it be inconvenient to do some things if they were so sharp that they made a snapping sound?

Of course, he was referring to the scene of rushing to catch time while carrying bread in his mouth when he was late in the morning.

"If you're not convinced, you can send out your Froakie to have a fair fight with my Eevee."

"My electric frog's hands are bigger than the screen!"

Qi Shu clenched her small fists, bolstering her confidence: "This time, I'm going to win!"

"Boy!"

With his hands on his hips, Ibu calmly accepted the challenge from the strange tree.

While they were fighting, Izumi finally had a chance to check the spoils that Eevee had picked up.

He went to the restroom and took out a glass bottle from his pocket.

"Destroy genes."

The black, double-helix structure inside the bottle rotates at a constant rate, as if it were alive.

This is a very obscure item in the game. Consuming it increases the Pokémon's attack, but it will cause the Pokémon to become confused.

Seeing the real thing in reality, one cannot speculate based on game data. It is highly likely that this is a failed creation by Team Rocket when they were trying to make Mewtwo.

Legend has it that Mew's genetic material contains information about all Pokémon, and Mewtwo is the product of a successful recombination of Mew's genes.

Before Mewtwo was born, Team Rocket must have made many attempts, and the result of those failed attempts was the destruction of genes.

The exact function of this genetic material is unknown to the spring tree, but it is certainly very dangerous.

First, there is the unknown risk of damaging the genes themselves.

Secondly, if Mewtwo discovers that the item is missing, it may come to collect the debt.

In either case, he should keep the disruptive genes safe.

Since there was no safe available, Quanshu locked it in a cabinet.

Late into the night.

"Let Ibrahimovic sleep with me tonight."

Qishu sat on the sofa and hugged Eevee, who had a bitter expression on his face.

"I don't care, it depends on whether Ibrahimovic is willing."

Ibu struggled to get up; being dragged into playing those dark games all night—absolutely not.

"Jili gulu aba aba..."

Qishu leaned down and whispered in Eevee's ear.

After saying something, Ibrahimovic's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Boy!"

Ibrahimovic hugged Kiju's arm and nodded in agreement.

"Alright, do you need me to take you home in the middle of the night?"

Ibrahimovic is enjoying his leisure time away from the spring tree.

"I am the owner of the Brewing Pavilion, you've got it backwards."

Qi Shu released a giant electric seagull, saying, "It's a three-minute walk from here to the hotel. I'll message you when I get there."

She waved her phone, then hugged Ibu and sat sideways on the swallow's back.

"Gai!"

The giant electric swallow leaped into the air and disappeared into the night.

"Go to sleep."

Quanshu decided to go to bed and wait for news.

He swiped to unlock the screen, and a trending topic popped up.

[Moved by the film "Ting Xiang", the owner of the Ma Sze Shi Museum stood up for an hour to pay tribute (uncut version)]

In a video uploaded by an unknown livestreamer, Ma Zhishi stands in a standard posture, looking straight ahead, and remains motionless for an hour.

Half of the comments praised the author, Kuye, for being a veteran, while the other half expressed curiosity about Tingxiang's film.

The comments section below was filled with the same message: "Run, blogger! Lt. Surge has left Konoha City to catch you!"

Now, Izumi understands that Lt. Surge is imprisoned by Mewtwo, and if the video is filmed and posted online, given his personality, he'd probably want to kill someone.

"Om-"

Quanshu opened the message about the strange tree after a long time.

"Buried Electric Frog: I want to go to Yuhong City tomorrow, come with me! (Cat Monster with Lucky Hand.jpg)"

"Thoughts are flowing like a spring: No time."

"The Frog with the Electric Beak: What about the day after tomorrow? (Cat with Grinning Teeth.jpg)"

"Thoughts flow like a spring: It will rain the day after tomorrow."

"Stuffed Electric Frog: The day after tomorrow! (Cat's weird hiss.jpg)"

"Thoughts flow like a spring: Let's do it."

Quanshu checks the date of the Quartz Convention exhibition match. Is this guy really that free?

?

three days later.

Yuhong City, Tulip Cinema.

The owner, Ichisho, picked out a small pinch of dry tobacco from his tobacco pouch and loosely packed it into his pipe.

It's rare for a new movie to be showing in theaters today; hopefully, it will recoup its costs.

Hearing his colleagues rave about this film, Ichichang, swayed by herd mentality, couldn't resist and bought it too.

I bought it and watched it, and it was indeed good, but whether the audience will agree is another matter.

Some films are critically acclaimed but not commercially successful.

Ichichang, with a pipe in his mouth, lit a match.

"Boss, do you still have tickets for this morning's 'Crazy Elf City,' the one produced by Tingxiang?"

A fierce-looking young man rushed to the front of the stage, startling him.

"Yes, of course."

Ichichang put down his pipe and slapped a movie ticket on the counter.

"Thanks."

The young man promptly paid, sat down in the lobby to play on his phone, tapping the screen incessantly with his thumb, muttering, "You like to eat? I'll make sure you can't eat your fill!"

wack...

Ichichang picked up his pipe again and started fiddling with a match.

"boss!"

The loud shout startled him so much that he almost bit off the cigarette stem.

My child wants to see that city, do you have tickets?

The child, about half a person's height, earnestly corrected his father beside the man: "It's Crazy Elf City!"

"Yes, they all are."

Shichang had no choice but to put down his pipe, give them change, and pay them a fare.

After the father and son left, he picked up a match and looked around. Sure enough, there were many people at the entrance of the cinema.

Is this some kind of urban legend where someone picks up a match to summon an audience?

In the time leading up to the release of the new movie, Ichichang's pipe went up and down, and what stopped him was not the release of tickets.

"The morning sessions are sold out. If you're interested, come in the afternoon."

The city had no choice but to put up a "sold out" sign.

"What the hell..."

How could his small to medium-sized cinema withstand such turmoil?

"This movie... is really going to be a hit."

Ichichang smacked his lips, realizing it had been many years since he had seen such a sight.

Chapter 69 Ibu: ?

"What a blue sky, what white clouds."

A fierce-looking young man stood at the entrance of the movie theater, but his eyes became clear after the movie ended.

Ichisho looked as if he had seen a ghost. Who was that person who just walked out so amicably?

No sooner had the young man left than the amateur director, wearing a baseball cap, emerged from the screening room, looking utterly dejected.

As soon as the director left, the film critic, with a pen and paper between his legs, hunched over, scribbling away as he left.

Even stranger things were yet to come.

In the afternoon, a group of people dressed in matching blue and white outfits lined up at the entrance of the cinema.

They bought tickets, entered the theater, and watched the movie in an organized and disciplined manner.

He remained silent throughout, burst into tears midway through the film, and finally bowed solemnly with a dignified expression.

Which cult is having a team-building event?

See you soon.

Fortunately, they didn't cause any trouble and left quietly after the movie ended.

After the afternoon screenings ended, the cinema entrance returned to its usual quiet state. There was another screening in the evening, and Shichang lit up his pipe.

"Da da!"

The cigarette ash that had been shaken off sprinkled into the porcelain jar, with a few drifting out the door.

A man and a woman walked by on the street.

"This cinema also has a big poster of Tingxiang Cinema on it."

"Simultaneous release in the Kanto region."

"When will your movie be released in my city of Niangguang?"

"You're the owner, why are you asking me?"

Qi Shu blinked, then walked backwards ahead, hands clasped behind her back, and said with a grin, "Judging from the amount of discussion these past few days, haven't any cinemas in other regions contacted you yet?"

It turns out she's not stupid after all.

Izumi was shocked by his new discovery; indeed, quite a few cinemas had sent him emails over the past two days.