-157- Gorgeous Contest! Eevee's Showtime!

The Ruolan Pokémon Contest.

The first round of the afternoon's Contest Battles.

The competing trainers were Tong Si from Jiahua City, and Wang Zishan from Jiantong City.

Introduced by the host Li Liqiao, Tong Si learned that Wang Zishan actually came from a family of police officers.

This Contest Battle was about to begin.

After exchanging greetings backstage, Tong Si and Wang Zishan prepared to step onto the stage.

In the arena, the cheers of the esteemed audience grew increasingly enthusiastic.

Judging by their encouragement, the support for both competitors was split right down the middle.

"Will the two contestants please send out the Pokémon you wish to use!"

Li Liqiao announced loudly into the microphone.

"Make a gorgeous entrance, Eevee!"

"Go, Growlithe, light up the stage!"

Tong Si and Wang Zishan threw their Poké Balls almost simultaneously.

"Vee~~"

"Awooo..."

As soon as Eevee stepped onto the stage, it broke into an energetic dance.

As a non-professional dancer Eevee, its comprehension ability regarding dancing was still quite high.

Driven by Eevee's dynamic dance, the passion of the audience was ignited.

One by one, they began to shout with intense fervor.

Especially Eevee's fan club.

That pretty young lady who claimed she wanted to be Eevee's number one fan this morning had even prepared a banner.

"Eevee-chan~ Mama will support you forever, go for it! Little Eevee~"

"Are you still recruiting for the Eevee Fan Club? I am an uninvited veteran fan of Eevee since 1982!"

"Have some shame, the person above! Are you supporting Eevee? You clearly just fancy the young lady's body, you despicable person!"

"..."

The esteemed audience on the left side of the stands mostly supported Eevee.

While those in the back began to cheer for Growlithe.

"Growlithe, use your flames to set the stage ablaze!"

"Growlithe, I want to see you in the finals, keep it up!"

"Doggie, my Jynx wants to have a baby with you~"

"..."

"Ooh~ The audience here is truly excited~ Then, this Contest Battle, let it begin!"

Seeing the heated atmosphere in the arena, Li Liqiao immediately announced the start of the battle.

Through her scanning glasses, Tong Si saw the specific information of this Growlithe on the data panel.

Growlithe
Level: 32
Potential: Gym Leader Tier
...

"A Level 32 Growlithe with Gym Leader Tier potential?"

Tong Si couldn't help but re-evaluate his opponent.

There was a disparity in level between the two Pokémon.

If he was not careful, he might end up defeated.

He had to proceed with caution.

"Growlithe, burn it up, use Flame Wheel!"

Right at the start of the battle, Wang Zishan gave the command.

"Awooo~"

Growlithe let out a howl.

Rich fire-type energy enveloped its body.

Growlithe ran fiercely towards Eevee.

Faced with such scorching flames, Eevee instinctively wanted to dodge.

"Eevee, don't be afraid! Don't forget the special training Electivire gave you."

Tong Si's voice reached Eevee's ears.

Eevee began to calm down.

"Use Sand-Attack!"

"Vee~~"

Eevee turned around, its back facing Growlithe.

Then, it began to continuously kick up the dust and sand on the ground with its hind legs.

"What! Faced with Growlithe's such powerful attack, Eevee actually chose Sand-Attack?"

Li Liqiao was shocked.

The esteemed audience in the arena was no different.

Only Duan Meng at the judges' table appeared extremely calm.

The corners of her mouth curved up slightly, directly guessing Tong Si's battle strategy.

Eevee continued to kick up sand.

Growlithe drew closer and closer.

Dust filled the sky.

The Flame Wheel passed right through it.

Just when everyone thought the Flame Wheel had hit Eevee.

Eevee had vanished?

"Where's little Eevee? Why is little Eevee missing?"

"Did Tong Si recall Eevee-chan?"

"No! Look closely everyone, despite the dust filling the sky, there is clearly a hole right next to Growlithe's front leg!"

"..."

The sharp-eyed esteemed audience members spotted the clue.

Indeed, Eevee had disappeared, but it wasn't recalled by Tong Si; instead, it used the Dig move.

"Goodness! Eevee-chan actually used Dig, perfectly dodging Growlithe's Flame Wheel!"

Host Miss Li Liqiao was deeply astonished.

At the same time, twenty percent of Wang Zishan's contest points were deducted on the big screen.

Growlithe's Flame Wheel could be considered quite gorgeous in execution.

However, if the move was dodged by the opponent, contest points would naturally be deducted.

"Be careful, Growlithe, Eevee could pop up from underground at any moment. Use your sense of smell to track Eevee's movements!"

Wang Zishan immediately calmed down.

Growlithe possessed strong tracking abilities, and this Growlithe of his was even the offspring of his father's Arcanine.

It was quite skilled in scent detection.

"Awooo???"

After sniffing carefully, Growlithe felt something was amiss.

Why couldn't it smell anything?

"It's the sand! Eevee's Sand-Attack filled the air with dust, and Growlithe can only smell the scent of dirt and sand."

"Goodness! I thought Tong Si only had Eevee use Sand-Attack to lower Growlithe's accuracy, but I never expected Tong Si's real goal was to disrupt Growlithe's sense of smell?"

"You could say he plans three steps ahead, truly cunning and crafty!"

"..."

Hearing the audience's comments, Tong Si's mouth twitched slightly. What did they mean by cunning and crafty?

Wasn't this called resourceful and wise?

The esteemed audience of this generation really needed to read more books.

Meanwhile, a few more contest points were deducted from Wang Zishan.

The benefits brought by Sand-Attack were even greater than expected!

"Vee!"

Right at that moment, Eevee's little head finally popped out from underground.

"Growlithe, behind you!"

Wang Zishan shouted.

"Awooo?"

Growlithe turned around and saw Eevee emerging from the ground.

Bang—!

Eevee's little head directly crashed into Growlithe's abdomen.

Growlithe retreated two steps in pain.

The contest points dropped once more.

"Eevee, Weather Ball!"

The timing was right; Tong Si snapped his fingers.

The powerful Sand-Attack from earlier had filled the entire battlefield with billowing dust.

It was almost like a minor sandstorm weather condition.

When Eevee released Weather Ball, it directly transformed into a Rock-type Sandstorm Ball.

Boom—

Amidst the dust, Growlithe found it somewhat difficult to keep its eyes open.

Eevee's Weather Ball struck true!

"Awooo..."

Growlithe let out an angry howl.

Being toyed with like this by Eevee made it feel it had lost all its canine dignity.

"Clang!"

Just as Growlithe was preparing to counterattack, abruptly, Wang Zishan's contest meter dropped to zero.

"What? My contest meter..."

Wang Zishan looked up at the big screen, seeing that his contest meter had actually turned to zero points?

In contrast, Tong Si's contest meter was still completely full and motionless?

"Holy cow? I really lack culture, a single holy cow covers all occasions!"

"Indeed! Indeed, that's a sparrow pecking at a bull's rear end—truly awesome!"

"Growlithe is hopeless! It ended without doing anything?"

"How ruthless! Growlithe did its best! It's just that Eevee is too cunning!"

"You're talking nonsense, what bad intentions could little Eevee possibly have? It's clearly the fault of the pet cleaner! What does it have to do with my Eevee-chan?"

"..."

... (To be continued)