Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 173 Hired a substitute

On the stage, Gao Shou took a deep breath, threw out a Poké Ball, and finally began his challenge.

A flash of white light, and a Pokémon with slender limbs and a somewhat comical appearance appeared on the stage.

Standing upright, dressed mainly in bright red and yellow, it looked like a comedian from a circus.

A pair of large red gloves stood out, the patterns on his face resembled a white mask, and the corners of his mouth held a slightly ambiguous smile.

Standing there motionless, with his colorful outfit and gloves, he had a kind of serious comical quality, like a silent actor whose pause button had been suddenly pressed.

"Glass glass~"

It's a suction cup puppet!

A chorus of doubts immediately arose from the audience.

"No way, why is it a suction cup puppet?"

"This isn't some kind of housework competition!"

"It's not a performance competition!"

"Can a Mr. Mime control the weather? I've never heard of that!"

Fangzhou was also taken aback. Why did they send out a suction cup puppet?

It seems like the Mimic doesn't have skills like Sunny Day.

What is Rocket Entertainment up to?

Hearing the doubts from below, Gao Shou on the stage smiled.

The suction cup puppet is not there to control celestial phenomena, but rather to put on a show.

It needs to use its superpowers to communicate with the starfish so that the starfish can be informed of changes in celestial phenomena.

And by using his superpowers to manipulate the clouds, he pretended that he was controlling the celestial phenomena.

The mayor also frowned, not understanding why the other party would send out Mr. Mime, but still nodded to Salamence and Dragonair in the air. The two Pokémon began to restore the chaotic weather, once again creating a scene of torrential rain on one side and bright sunshine on the other.

The audience below the stage watched the suction cup puppet intently, eager to see how it would manipulate the celestial phenomena.

As the timer started, the suction cup puppet's eyes lit up with a blue light, a light representing supernatural energy.

The clouds in the sky were also shrouded in a faint blue light.

Peppa, standing next to the Ark, suddenly showed a disdainful expression. Using superpowers to control the torrential rain and the sunny weather to neutralize each other?

Someone has already tried it, but manipulating celestial phenomena is far more complex than simply covering the sun with clouds.

Mani's Psyduck can manipulate celestial phenomena because it has exploited the absence of weather, allowing it to directly cancel out the energy of both.

Covering the sun with clouds is just the surface effect; the key is the hidden energy processes at work.

Meanwhile, the starfish, which had been preparing, received the signal and finally began to exert its strength.

At the competition venue, the moisture in the dark clouds seemed to be drawn by an invisible hand, colliding with and dissolving with the energy of the clear sky!

In just a few breaths, the torrential rain began to subside, and the scorching sun on the other side also lost its power and became gentler.

"Huh! The power of clear skies and rain prayers has really weakened!"

As Haixingxing remotely substituted for him, the audience below the stage gasped in surprise.

"What's going on?! How can someone really control the celestial phenomena with superpowers?!"

Emily fell into deep thought, then suddenly realized, clapping her fist and palm together. "I get it! This suction cup puppet must be incredibly powerful! Enough to influence the celestial phenomena!"

Powerful my ass.

Fang Zhou inwardly complained, as the panel of this suction cup puppet had already appeared in front of him when it appeared.

【Sprite: Mr. Mime】

[Gender: Female]

【Features: Sound insulation】

[Growth Stage: Dojo Level]

[Skills: Illusion Ray (Mastery), Telekinesis (Mastery), Mimicry (Mastery), Teleportation (Mastery)...]

[Affection level: 0 (Don't know you)]

[Mood: 60 (Sigh, they're throwing the match again, and this starfish is actually pretty strong.)]

Starfish?

Match-fixing?

The Heavenly Dynasty?!

Upon seeing the suction cup puppet's panel, a flash of inspiration struck Fangzhou, and he instantly understood Gao Shou's entire plan.

They let the talented Mr. Mime perform in front of them, while secretly having a starfish skilled at manipulating celestial phenomena compete in the competition.

Good guy!

But why go through all that trouble? Why not just let the starfish play? Why bother with all this fancy stuff?

The reason is actually quite simple: the Electabuzz Guild has only reached a cooperation agreement with Rocket Entertainment, and it's not good enough for Staryu to become a High Hunt Pokémon.

Furthermore, the starfish's strength is insufficient, and it still needs the power of technology, which is something it cannot reveal to others.

Now that we know the other party's purpose, the next step is to find out which starfish we are and get evidence of Gao Shou's cheating!

The person who used a proxy to play the game must not be very far away; only someone nearby could so freely influence celestial phenomena.

Ark had a pretty good idea of ​​the other side's purpose in sending out the suction cup puppets: to communicate through supernatural energy.

Fang Zhou whispered a few words to Kirlia, who nodded in understanding and then vanished in an instant.

Kirlia is quite sensitive to this kind of energy, and Ark had it try to find the starfish that was hiding.

But at that moment, another gasp rang out from the crowd.

Fangzhou snapped out of his thoughts and looked toward the competition on the altar.

Suddenly, the water energy, which had been neutralizing the fire energy, stopped, and the rain clouds ceased to flow.

The next moment, streaks of lightning leaped through the rain clouds!

……

The starfish is about to break.

It was hiding perfectly well in the deep pit, and according to the message from the suction cup puppet, it should have succeeded soon.

The starfish was in a great mood and couldn't help but hum softly.

If you successfully help them win the game, Rocket Entertainment will step in and try to get you promoted to a four-star expedition team as well.

The recently popular Poison Rose Expedition Team has made Starfish extremely envious. As the first four-star expedition team of the Electabuzz Guild, Tank Skunk walks with its nose in the air, and its prestige in the guild has even subtly surpassed that of the Electabuzz leader.

Once this mission is completed, I'll be able to live that kind of life too.

Hey!

It couldn't help but feel ashamed. It was helping others cheat, and it was also cheating through back channels. Although it had absorbed the power of Lugia's feather and gained the ability to control the celestial phenomena, it had obtained that feather by chance, not by clearing the God-level Relics.

The starfish kept trying to convince itself that this was the first and last time.

I will never cheat again, and I will never substitute for someone else again.

Making videos is more fun.

The starfish was immersed in a state of guilt, anticipation, and excitement when it suddenly heard a strange sound.

Zilazila~

Strange, who is speaking?

It turned its head and then saw the instrument, which had been working perfectly, suddenly burst into several sparks!

Sea Starfish: ? ? ?

Boom!

The next moment, a plume of black smoke billowed out from the deep pit.

I wipe!

Why did this machine suddenly explode?!