Soon, the All-Star Game reached its final day.
The final day of the competition was divided into two parts: the morning featured challenge matches for professional Pokémon battle competitors.
These were pre-registered participants, where 16 spectators would be chosen from the entire audience to battle against professional Pokémon battle competitors.
These 16 spectators, naturally, had to be the strongest in the entire venue, but even so, for these Elite Level and even Champion Level competitors, these challenges were undoubtedly very simple.
Today, the Flowers and Youth seven-member group finally gathered, arriving at the spectator stand to watch the performance.
“I heard yesterday’s competition was very exciting! It’s a pity we went for interviews yesterday…” Zhang Ruoyun showed a depressed expression.
“I went back and watched the video; a Stellar Collapse even appeared. I wonder if it will appear again today…” Li Xian said with some anticipation.
“Then you’ll have to look at that one.” Mu Li pointed to Jin Yingjun on the stage, “This guy really loves to show off. It feels like he’s in every match.”
“And he lost every single one…” Song Ling’er said sarcastically, “He couldn’t even beat Pei Pei in the speed race. He’s truly too weak.”
“But that Arcanine is really amazing! Pei Pei, where did you get it?” Zhang Ruoyun asked, puzzled.
“Ah? Hahaha…” Fu Peiyao chuckled, “I just borrowed it from a Champion friend I know. I didn’t expect him to be so powerful, he carried me to victory…”
“So that’s how it is!” Zhang Ruoyun suddenly realized, “I was wondering how such a powerful Arcanine suddenly appeared…”
Fu Peiyao chuckled, glancing at Mu Li, who was giggling foolishly beside her, and couldn’t help but pinch Mu Li’s arm hard: That’s what you get for giggling foolishly.
Mu Li wondered why he was suffering this undeserved misfortune.
Soon, the professional competitors had also taken their seats, waiting for the morning battle matches to begin.
The big screen began to rapidly flash through scenes of previous audience battles, and the final image settled on the photos of the sixteen participants.
Mu Li and the others immediately widened their eyes, looking at Fu Peiyao’s photo on the big screen, then looking at Fu Peiyao herself.
“No, when did you sign up? How come I didn’t know?” Mu Li asked in surprise.
Fu Peiyao said unhappily, “Of course, I signed up secretly.”
Mu Li frowned, “Don’t tell me you used Milotic?”
Fu Peiyao couldn’t help but roll her eyes, snapping her fingers. Immediately, the Jigglypuff doll that was still hanging on Mu Li spun around and jumped onto Fu Peiyao’s head: “Of course, it’s the two of us together!”
Mu Li couldn’t help but cover his face: “You two go play. Don’t come back crying if you lose.”
Jigglypuff made a face at Mu Li, sticking out its tongue wildly.
“Wish me a triumphant start!” Fu Peiyao confidently led Jigglypuff onto the stage.
Zhang Ruoyun, however, said with some concern, “Is it really okay for Pei Pei to go on stage with Jigglypuff?”
Mu Li sighed and said, “It’s fine. Let Jigglypuff experience the pain of failure too, so she stops being so smug.”
He knew Jigglypuff’s strength all too well; usually, she just relied on overwhelming power to bully younger ones. Once she encountered a proper competitor, it would probably be difficult for her to gain any advantage.
It was just that Mu Li hadn’t expected Jigglypuff to even make it into the top 16 among so many spectators.
Could it be that this guy has really worked hard recently?
Fu Peiyao’s appearance immediately attracted a lot of attention.
Among the audience, whether they knew her or not, they were first stunned by Fu Peiyao’s beauty.
“Fu Peiyao? She actually got a spot? Could it be a fix?”
“What fix? This is an international level competition. Do you think everyone can fix it?”
“She’s just a celebrity, how can she?”
“How narrow-minded. What’s wrong with being a celebrity? Can’t she rely on her own strength?”
…
The audience on site and online began to argue.
As the focus of the debate, Fu Peiyao also became a little nervous after going on stage.
This was her first time participating in a battle of this scale, and her opponent was a professional competitor.
But Jigglypuff said, “Relax! Jigglypuff will carry you!”
Regardless of whether Fu Peiyao understood or not, Jigglypuff began to comfort her.
The host on stage clearly recognized Fu Peiyao: “This lady, should be the Champion of the speed race the day before yesterday, right?”
Fu Peiyao nodded somewhat sheepishly.
As soon as the speed race was mentioned, the audience below immediately started to boo.
“Jin Yingjun, won’t you lose again today?”
“Jin Yingjun, did you see your opponent’s taillights?”
“Jin Yingjun, you’re still far from it!”
…
Clearly, everyone had turned teasing Jin Yingjun into a running gag, especially after he spoke arrogantly when challenging Yan Jin yesterday, everyone’s impression of him was not very good.
Jin Yingjun’s face was completely black at this moment.
The day before yesterday, he wanted to make a move but was stopped. Yesterday, he lost a fight. Today, he still had to play with these non-professional competitors. His mood was already not very good, and he didn’t expect to encounter an enemy here.
Upon hearing the audience’s mockery, Jin Yingjun became even more enraged.
The only thing that kept him rational was that he was still on stage. He couldn’t make too much of a fool of himself. This concerned the nation’s prestige. If he lost it, he would be scolded to death after returning home.
But the more it was like this, the more the host seemed to want to stir up trouble.
“The speed race the day before yesterday, if I remember correctly, competitor Jin Yingjun also participated, right?” The host showed a look of sudden realization, as if he had just thought of this point, “I remember competitor Jin Yingjun’s quadruple-stacked Dragonite was truly amazing back then.”
The audience below was already laughing hysterically.
“It was indeed amazing, so amazing that he didn’t even see his opponent’s taillights.”
“Next time, try to see if a six-fold stack works.”
…
The host, suppressing a smile, asked, “Competitor Jin Yingjun, do you have anything you’d like to say?”
Jin Yingjun had reached the brink of fury. He snatched the microphone from the host, suppressing his anger, and said, “It’s just a speed race. If she has the guts, she can battle me today. I’ll use Dragonite against all of her Pokémon.”
“What if you lose again today?” The host had a look of someone enjoying the show and not minding making things worse.
“I can’t possibly lose. She’s just an amateur. If I lose, I’ll retire…” Jin Yingjun’s words were cut short as a teammate beside him covered his mouth.
The teammate chuckled and said, “He’s joking, just joking, you continue…”
But Jin Yingjun, unexpectedly, did not appreciate it and instead said angrily, “What are you doing?”
His teammate slapped Jin Yingjun directly across the face: “You f***ing calm down.”
Jin Yingjun was completely stunned, while everyone else was watching the spectacle.
After a long while, Jin Yingjun finally came to his senses, bowed to his teammate, and said to the host, “I misspoke just now. However, what I just said still counts. If she challenges me, I will use Dragonite against all of her Pokémon.”
“This…” The camera focused on Fu Peiyao. Fu Peiyao seemed to still be hesitating, but Jigglypuff showed no fear at all.
Seeing Jigglypuff like this, Fu Peiyao gritted her teeth and said, “Alright!”