Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 31, First Contestant

There are a total of fifteen players in this competition, and now the first player is about to take the stage.

"Let's give a warm round of applause to our first contestant! Hikari, our runner-up in the last competition, is also the favorite to win this competition."

A burst of cheers immediately erupted from below.

He is very well-known, and it seems that many people are looking forward to his performance.

As the lights came back on, Big Beard appeared on the field, accompanied by a golden Pokémon that resembled a small dog with a lightning bolt-shaped tail and wore a blue vest covered in sequins.

This is a call from the Galar region!

This is quite rare in the Hoenn region, and it immediately attracted the attention of the audience.

So that's how it is; this was their plan.

Compared to Pokémon commonly found in the Hoenn region, using Pokémon from other regions is more likely to attract the audience's attention.

Big Beard whistled, and Dianwang immediately spun around excitedly, his blue vest shimmering under the light.

The dog stood on its hind legs, playfully waving its front paws, barking with its tongue lolling out, and finally made a standard bowing gesture.

Happy New Year! Please, please give me a high score!

The female audience members immediately turned red with hearts.

"Is this the Yamper from the Galar region? It looks much cuter than our Smeargle from the Hoenn region. They're both dog Pokémon, but the difference is huge."

"I want to have a dog too! What do you say, honey? Honey, say something!"

"So cute!!"

Emily, standing nearby, exclaimed, "It is indeed very cute. Mr. Hikari is also a very powerful manor lord. Insect silk is not what he is best at cultivating. His manor has a large pond, and what he is most famous for is the way the pond operates. You will find out at the upcoming festival."

She cleverly kept it a secret.

How does a pond operate?

A scene suddenly appeared in Fangzhou's mind.

The excrement produced by the fish in the pond fertilizes the mulberry trees.

He only knew about the mulberry-dike-fishpond system.

Damn it, even though I've already time-traveled, the results of nine years of compulsory education are still too solid!

"Viewers who wish to applaud Mr. Hikari's performance, please pick up your glow sticks and press the voting button on the big screen!"

As expected, the Pokémon from the Galar region won a lot of applause, with large numbers of spectators raising their glow sticks, which had turned red, to vote for Hikari.

The score on the big screen soared, eventually settling at 90!

Next, the judges on stage will give their evaluations and scores.

"Great performance, I really liked it~ It really brought out the cute and playful characteristics of the future electric dog."

Mr. Conkenstein gave himself a score of 95.

"Bravo!" A cheer immediately erupted from the audience once again.

Next up to give the scores is the young manor lord, Lin Feng.

"It's a very clever idea. Using Pokémon from other regions is indeed more likely to attract the audience's attention. However, it's also clear that this Yamper has been bred for a relatively short time. Whether it's the fur, the angle of the ears, or the brightness of the tail, there's still a lot of room for improvement."

As expected of a manor lord who has won the championship for many years, he has a very sharp eye and immediately saw the shortcomings from his professional perspective.

Finally, he gave himself a score: 85 points.

Upon hearing his score, the bearded man's face darkened, and he looked at the third judge, an expert in insect silk, who was also the most authoritative expert in this event.

"The material of this garment should be silk from a cocoon, with the addition of honey from the Sweet Firefly to dye it, making the whole garment look more lustrous. The silk is of a crystal-clear quality, which can be considered excellent."

"But I don't think using silk from shelled cocoons is a good idea. Clothes made from silk from shielded cocoons would probably look much better."

Lin Feng, who was standing to the side, laughed and said, "I think it's not that they don't want to use the silk from the Shield Cocoon, but rather that the creatures that have evolved in the manor are all Carapace Cocoons, or that the silk from the Shield Cocoon is of poor quality for some reason."

He had encountered this situation before; it was very strange, all ten stinging worms evolved into cocoons.

Hikari's face darkened again, clearly realizing that the other party had hit the nail on the head.

Fortunately, the quality of the silk itself was quite good, and the professor still gave it a score of 90, which is still very high.

The judges' scores are averaged, and then the audience's scores are averaged together. The final score is—

90 points!

A burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience. Based on previous years' scores, 90 points definitely puts a player in the top tier.

"It looks like this year's champion is Hikkali. He has been a runner-up for many years, and this year he will finally be able to fulfill his long-cherished wish," Pierre exclaimed.

"Don't rush." ​​Robin, who was not far away, smiled. She clearly knew many things that others didn't. "You can take a look further."

The second to appear was the blond guy, whose Pokémon was Hypnos.

Pokémon are not popular, and some children are even frightened to tears. Their performances are also poor, and the audience gives them low scores.

The judges' scores were average, and the final score was 80.

The blond-haired boy looked gloomy. He had originally planned to compete for the championship this time, but his score was not as good as last year.

One by one, the contestants took to the stage, but none of them surpassed Hikari.

With the thirteenth contestant already eliminated, only the last two contestants remained.

Down in the audience, Hikari finally breathed a sigh of relief, a smug smile spreading across his face.

It should be a sure thing.

He winked at Emily, "How about it, Emily? I told you I'd win this time!"

But Emily just smiled dismissively.

She and Hikari were old friends, so she didn't stand on ceremony and retorted, "Aren't there still two left? Don't open the champagne halfway through!"

"Hmph." Hikari chuckled as well. "This isn't the halfway point; it's almost over."

The surrounding crowd had already grown tired of the series of incredibly boring performances.

"Let's finish this quickly, I don't think the remaining contestants are very good either."

"Mr. Hikari should win this year."

"I'm sleepy, I want to go back to sleep~"

At that moment, the mayor's voice suddenly rang out.

"The fourteenth contestant to appear next is very special. He's not from our Hoenn region, but from the Unova region—Mr. N!"