Chapter 45: Day 45 of Cultivation
Chapter 45
Bankei Cult·The Vessel of Time VS Bankei Cult·Pokémon (crossed out) Tianyuanshen Game Club.
The winner will annex the loser and become the only officially designated orthodox Panxing Sect in the world.
The rules of the game are as follows: Each side selects five players, who go on stage in a certain order to fight 1v1. The loser is eliminated, and the winner defends the stage. The one who holds on until the end wins.
"Who will go first among the five of us?" Kanako quickly got into the mood.
"How about we play rock-paper-scissors to decide the winner?" Gojo Satoru suggested.
Ieiri Naoko nodded in agreement. "Okay, just so you know, I'll use the scissors."
Gojo Satoru: "I'll use scissors too."
Kanako: "Then I will also..."
Mingming: "Ditto."
Geto Summer Oil: “…”
The four of you have at least four hundred minds combined, how could you possibly use the scissors?
Wait a minute. Xia Yujie quickly analyzed the situation: They said they were going to play scissors so that others would play rock, thus allowing them to win, but this was definitely a scam.
In fact, they won't play scissors at all, but will change to paper at the moment of tricking others into playing rock!
But a new problem arises. What if the above ideas are all within their expectations, and everything is just a trick to trick others into playing paper, while they themselves actually play scissors?
"Ready, ready—rock, scissors, paper!"
Suddenly, four scissors and... one piece of cloth appeared on the scene.
After losing the self-game in the end, Geto Suguru looked at his open palms and felt that the whole world had lost its color.
"Okay, then Jie will be the last one to go on stage," the host, Jialiu Glass, announced. "The remaining order will be chosen among the four of us."
"Don't worry about me, I'm the second to last one to go on stage." Mingming did not have the spirit to stir up trouble like those three people, so he took the initiative to speak.
Then, the only ones who need to be sorted are the three troublemakers.
Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow: "I can use stones."
Ieiri Naoko exclaimed, "Wow!" "What a coincidence! I can do that, too."
Kanako blinked her big innocent eyes and said, "Ditto."
"Rock, Paper, Scissors!"
There is exactly one rock (Kanako), one scissors (Ieiri Shoko) and one paper (Gojo Satoru) on the field.
"How should we deal with this situation? Should we redo the punch?" asked Geto Suguru.
Mingming: "No rush, it's not over yet."
Honest Kanako curled her lips and said, "I was just a little bit away from winning..."
Ieiri Naoko shook the "scissors" in her hand and said, "Don't blame me, blame Gojo Satoru."
"That's right!" Kanako stared deeply at Gojo Satoru's outstretched palm, as the latter deliberately showed off the "cloth" in his hand.
The next second, Kanako tried to grab Gojo Satoru's fingers, but failed, as if they were blocked by a layer of air.
Logically speaking, after the battle with Fushiguro Shinobu, Gojo Satoru's unlimited technique was in a fully automatic recognition state, and would not be activated for actions that had no intention of killing or harming.
But facing Kanako, Gojo Satoru instantly unleashed his unbridled attacks on the surface of his skin.
Just kidding, anyone with a normal brain wouldn't want to face Kanako's incredible power head-on!
"Don't think I didn't notice that you wanted to break my 'cloth' into 'scissors'." Gojo Satoru said quietly.
Seeing that her little trick didn't work, Kanako's mouth corners turned down even more.
Kanako gritted her teeth: Damn it!!
Then, she took out the special-grade spell tool Youyun.
System: “Fuck!”
It rushed between the two of them and said, "Isn't it just a matter of winning or losing in a finger-guessing game? Is it necessary to use such a large-scale power?!"
Kanako said solemnly, "No, Tongbao, you won't understand..."
Gojo Satoru exchanged views with her: "As the strongest person, even if it means competitiveness and dignity, you must be the strongest!"
Everyone in Panxing Sect: "..."
Are you guys finished yet?
Just when they were about to interrupt this nonsensical exchange meeting, suddenly, the two forces of Youyun and Wuxiaxian collided with each other, and powerful energy gathered in the air, sweeping across like a huge storm!
Under the huge energy impact, the roofs of the entire Panxing Sect's "Home of the Son of the Star" building were blown off one after another, and broken bricks and tiles flew in the air. In a blink of an eye, the venue collapsed while shaking, and turned from an indoor venue into an open-air outdoor venue.
Sonoda Shigeru was so angry that he couldn't breathe. He seemed to have found an excuse to commit a crime and shouted, "You sorcerers are forbidden from attacking ordinary people who are not sorcerers! You have violated the principle!"
"Did they fight? No," Gojo Satoru waved his hand. "Aren't all the people here standing there perfectly still? No one's injured, so how can that be considered a fight?"
"Oh, by the way, I think the air in the venue is too stuffy. I want to change the environment a bit to get some fresh air." Gojo Satoru said.
Just when he was distracted by the sarcastic remarks of Shigeru Sonoda, Kanako suddenly exerted force, broke through the unlimited technique and touched Gojo Satoru's fingers, bending his three fingers back and turning them into "scissors".
Gojo Satoru exclaimed: "What—"
Ieiri Naoko held out her hand and announced, "Okay, then the sorting is complete."
Mingming said to Geto Suguru, "See, I told you it's over now."
Geto Suguru was speechless.
"Because I don't want to enter too early, the players of Team A are: Kanako, Gojo Satoru, Ieiri Shoko, Meimei, and Geto Suguru."
"Has the decision been made on the [Vessel of Time Society]?" asked Naoko Ieiri.
Sonoda Shigeru clenched his fists.
"Let me make this clear first. To ensure fairness, justice, and openness, we will set up 'bindings' throughout the competition."
Kanako tilted her head: "Are you ready?"
…It seems like we have no choice but to fight. Besides, the rules with “binding” conditions will definitely guarantee benefits for both sides. What if, what if the Vessel of Time is the final winner?
Shigeru Sonoda suddenly felt motivated to participate. The opponent had two special-grade sorcerers, but so what?
Pokémon games are never played by trainers, but by captured Pokémon. No matter how powerful they are, they cannot interfere with the rules of the game. (System: Hey! How do you know so much about Pokémon rules?!)
So, if the winner is the Vessel of Time, the benefits they will gain from it... will be huge enough to shake the power of Lord Tianyuan.
Shigeru Sonoda was tempted, and he immediately called together his followers and asked them to participate, with the requirement that only those who were familiar with the Pokémon game could sign up.
After the registrations were tallied, Sonoda Shigeru said, "Team B's players are: Fujita, Lu Renjia, Jiao Tu B, Player C, and... me, Sonoda Shigeru, the acting director of the Panxing Cult."
System: [Except for the first and last person who appeared in the first two chapters, the other three are just here to make up the numbers! I'm too lazy to even give them names!]
The believers in the audience exclaimed in disbelief, "Master Sonoda Shigeru! Master Sonoda Shigeru himself is taking the stage... As expected of the Tengen-sama Pokémon Club! Looks like today will be the day for a showdown of our faith."
System: [Shut up! This made-up organization name is getting longer and longer! Also, how can someone like you, Sonoda Shigeru, with your thick eyebrows and small eyes, know so much about the Pokémon game?!]
[You really are a Pokémon fanatic! ]
"Please invite the first contestant from each team to come on stage."
The young man Fujita rushed onto the stage and glared at Kanako with an unfriendly look.
Since the roof had already been blown off, Kanako took out her folding umbrella for shade, and Youyun hung it around her waist, saying, "Let's go. The first trainer to arrive will be able to catch the most useful Pokémon."
Fujita didn't understand: "Huh? Isn't this a boxing match?"
"Yeah, but it didn't say the ring is the stage of this small, shabby venue," Kanako said.
As she finished speaking, Mingming threw the large package he had brought from the technical college onto the table and pulled out a white curtain from it.
He unfolded the white curtain and propped it up on a stand. Mingming closed one eye and made specific movements with his hands. "Shall we begin? My technique is charged by the minute."
Technique: Blackbird Technique.
Mingming's technique can control the black crows while sharing the vision with the crows, and it is a live broadcast, which is then transferred to the projection screen through some special methods, just enough to show the scene somewhere completely to everyone.
Abbreviation: live broadcast.
So the open-air venue now is basically a large offline live broadcast room.
"Pokémon battles require Pokémon partners, right?" Ieiri Naoko chided. "So, we've specially prepared Poké Balls (represented by a certain storage device). Now, we'll leave the stage to the contestants~"
Half an hour later, they arrived at the suburban mountain closest to the Panxing Sect headquarters.
The air here is filled with the scent of grass and soil, and trees grow intricately in the jungle. People look at the two contestants No. 1, who were born in different places, on the projection screen and are now looking for "Pokémon" to catch, and they can't help but feel nervous.
Kanako jumped onto a tree branch and looked out. After a while, she suddenly uttered a surprised sound: "Ah."
People in the live broadcast room were talking about it.
"What happened? Did she find something?"
"Could it be that they found a Pokémon that can be caught?"
"...No, has no one of you ever questioned the existence of Pokémon? Where do Pokémon come from in real life?!"
"shut up!"
"Bullshit! Pokémon are real! Don't try to sow discord and insult my belief in the power of Pokémon!"
“???”
System: [How did the power of faith become effective against Pokémon?!]
"It looks like it's a Pokémon with the maximum initial speed, its attack and defense remain to be seen, its HP is average, and its characteristic is that it likes to gather in groups." Kanako observed carefully and read out loud seriously.
At the same time, Fujita from Team B on the right side of the livestream was also pleasantly surprised to discover the Pokémon, and offered a conclusion similar to Kanako's: "No wonder it's the most common Pokémon species in the jungles behind the mountain... Great, it's decided!"
Two Poké Balls (played by a certain storage spell tool) were thrown out almost at the same time. At this moment, the live broadcast images in two seemingly completely different directions merged into a large screen at the moment they hit the target.
The Poké Balls collided, startling the Pokémon. The Pokémon that Kanako and Fujita both liked, its true identity was...
“It’s a monkey!”
System: "...This is truly a realistic 3D immersive Pokémon battle!"
Geto Suguru, who witnessed everything: "..."
Why...it has to be a monkey.
*
"cut."
Kanako looked at Fujita with displeasure, an expression that Geto Suguru had only seen when she was playing arcade games seriously.
At that time, she met face to face with a high school student in the arcade who claimed to be invincible in the county. The two seemed to be enemies for three lifetimes, and they made an appointment for a life-and-death battle in front of the whole hall - referring to the arcade.
Kanako fought that man three times in a row, with the results being one win, one loss, and one draw. Kanako was furious because she failed to take first place (or "the strongest" in her words) in the field she was good at for the first time.
At this moment, Geto Suguru felt Kanako's unprecedented seriousness from the live broadcast screen.
Kanako, who usually doesn't speak and looks like a cute chubby face, suddenly lost control of her facial expression.
"Don't even think about competing with me for Monkey Number One!" Kanako was so angry that she could almost bare her teeth. "Go, Poké Ball!"
Kanako quickly picked up the Poké Ball that contained the cursed tool and threw it at the monkey's head.
The monkey nimbly moved its head to dodge, leaving the magic tool empty.
After the capture failed, the monkey was very human-like and realized the intentions of Kanako and Fujita. It even turned around and patted its butt, making a mocking squeak.
On the other side of the screen, in the main venue's audience, Ieiri Shoko described: "Ten minutes into the match, Team A's top player, Kanako, and Team B's top player, Fujita Shikato, faced off in the eastern part of the jungle behind the mountain!"
"What a coincidence, both sides have their eyes on the same monkey... sorry, it's a Pokémon. Both sides' first Poké Ball throws ended in failure. It seems the current situation is quite unpredictable!" Ieiri Shoko bit her tongue halfway through her speech and felt like her throat was about to smoke.
"Ahem...!" Ieiri Naoko took the microphone away and said dejectedly, "No, according to the assigned division of labor, I'm clearly the host. Why do I need to do the commentary part-time? It's so tiring and boring."
Ieiri Naoko felt aches all over her body, and only lying down could relieve them. She said, "I just want to be a spectator, listening to the commentary liven up the atmosphere. Maybe I'll get my blood boiling, and feel that 'crackling' sensation, and be a chuunibyou all over again!"
"Don't forget you're also a contestant." Mingming closed one eye and began broadcasting the technique, speaking to Ieiri Naoko with ease. "Anyway, although I've agreed to be a contestant, I'm not planning on playing."
Ieiri Shoko stretched and was not surprised by what Mingming said.
After all, she also knew that Mingming had little interest in anything except money. The main purpose of hiring Mingming this time was to build a temporary live broadcast room, and adding her to the list of contestants was just to make up the numbers.
"As for me, I don't plan on playing either." Ieiri Naoko stuffed a hawthorn candy into her mouth and said honestly, "There are three guys who claim to be the 'strongest' here. If even they can't win in a 3v5..."
She stared intently at the screen: "But it will be very disappointing to my peers and seniors."
*
Fifteen minutes into the game, Kanako still had no way to deal with the monkey.
I have tried all the methods such as sneak attacks and forced captures, and I have thrown the Poké Ball in my hand again and again. The monkey's speed is definitely not as fast as Kanako, but it can refuse.
Whether it's mental or physical, it refuses to be harvested as a Pokémon!
But it doesn't matter. Kanako is in a good mood.
As the monkey fled, it gradually led her to the north of the jungle behind the mountain. You know, as a veteran who has been passionate about and proficient in pranks for many years, she had already predicted the reason why the monkey did this.
The north must be the monkeys' habitat, there are more monkeys over there!
Kanako ran quickly through the woods. Fujita from Team B had already been left behind and disappeared long ago.
The monkey suddenly stopped in the middle of an open space and stood still. It raised its hands and waved them in the wind, as if in surrender.
The moment Kanako stepped into the open space, the monkeys hiding in the trees and behind the bushes poked their heads out, raised their arms and threw pebbles at her.
A dense rain of pebbles came from all directions. Kanako made another "tsk" sound, but this time the ending tone carried a hint of understanding in her smile.
She put down the folding umbrella in her hand, grabbed the Youyun and spun it in the air, aiming accurately at every stone that was close to her, and bounced back all the stones that were still in the floating orbit.
“…!?”
The monkeys were all dumbfounded, and stood still for a moment, not daring to move.
Because if they dare to move a little more, they will become like the monkey who first lured Kanako to the north - knocked unconscious by the stones shot by Kanako.
If the monkeys could speak human language, their cries would definitely become "Holy crap!"
"In the face of absolute strength, all little tricks are meaningless." Kanako coldly said this wise saying.
Then he raised the Poké Ball in a good mood and said, "Okay, now I need a Pokémon named Monkey One. Who among you wants to volunteer?"
Monkeys: “…”
Kanako was confused: "No monkey?"
Monkeys: (Screaming) Who would volunteer? Only a stupid monkey would volunteer!
Kanako smiled kindly and squeezed the Youyun in her hand: "If there is none, I will choose it myself."
*
At the main venue, Jia Ruxiaozi, who was slacking off in public, began to look for an explanation.
So she found a very good candidate.
"Tongbao." She called out to the air affectionately, "I know you're nearby. Now is the time when the organization needs you. As an indispensable member of the [Tianyuan-sama Pokémon Game Club], please donate all your complaining energy to the organization for free—"
The system pretended to be dead: "I'm not here, I'm not here, even if you scream at the top of your lungs I won't be here!"
The person who entered the glass immediately replied: "Broken throat."
"..." The system hesitated to speak, realizing that Ieiri Glass had successfully ignited the soul of complaint in its heart with just one sentence.
"The only problem is... you sorcerers can see me, but the non-sorcerers in the audience can't see me," the system said awkwardly. "My current form can be said to be some kind of curse spirit."
"This is easy." Ieiri Naoko walked to Mingming and said something in her ear.
Mingming nodded to show that he understood. After about a few dozen seconds, a crow flew over from the sky.
The solitary black crow seemed to be flying carelessly at low altitude, but suddenly, its eyes became sharp and it swooped down towards somewhere in the audience!
It finally hit a lucky audience member on the head, and the audience member fainted on the ground.
"Come on, Tongbao, possess him!" said Ieiri Naoko.
“……?” Is there such a thing?
The system cursed as it drilled into the body of the lucky audience member, and stood up in front of everyone.
He stiffly tamed his limbs, walked onto the stage, and took a deep breath.
"Twenty minutes into the game, let me see the current situation!"
"Just now, Team A's number one player, Kanako, conquered the monkey group with her own strength, and the effect was remarkable! At the same time, she also gained the right to choose any 'Monkey Number One' from the group. Could it be that the first powerful Pokémon with super high speed is about to be born!"
"Wait!! A brand new Poké Ball flew out from the bushes and landed next to the stunned monkey. The monkey was successfully captured!"
The perspective on the screen changed, and Team B's number one player Fujita suddenly appeared in front of Kanako.
He had a wide smile on his face and a monkey eating a banana was hanging on his shoulder.
"I want to challenge the players from Team A!" Fujita shouted.
A mechanical voice came from above the two of them: [Detected that both parties already possess at least one Pokémon, the challenge was initiated successfully.]
Kanako was puzzled: "I haven't chosen 'Monkey Number One' yet?"
The mechanical electronic voice continued: [Refutation is invalid. You already own a Pokémon.]
"Hehehe..." Fujita laughed triumphantly and pointed at Kanako's feet.
"A dozen seconds ago, I hit this unconscious monkey with my only Poké Ball. Then I watched with my own eyes as the Poké Ball rolled along the uneven ground to your feet and hit the tip of your shoe."
"And after all this operation, the Poké Ball is essentially yours!"
"And this is my tactic!" Fujita, uninstructed, broke free from the constraints of unilaterally announcing his plan. "My plan is to give you a Pokémon that can't possibly defeat me. That way, I'll definitely win!!"
Kanako: "!?"
"That's not right. Fujita doesn't even have a Poké Ball. How can we be sure that the monkey is definitely his Pokémon?" Kanako asked.
The crow flew down and scanned the monkey eating the banana using the electronic device tied to its foot.
The monkey puffed up his cheeks and chewed the banana happily.
Then, an electronic voice announced the verdict: "It's obvious that it was voluntary."
Kanako: "..."
Fujita echoed: "Who are you looking down on? We are companions!"
"The situation has suddenly changed!" the system shouted. "Kanako, who had just been in the advantage, suddenly lost the opportunity to choose Pokémon and was dragged into the challenge."
"The only problem is... where does that robotic sound come from?!"
"Ah, it's a small device that I asked Crow to tie to his legs in advance." Mingming explained.
"Impossible, there's no way I can lose..." Kanako gritted her teeth, squatted down and picked up the Poké Ball.
"From now on, you are my Monkey Number One." Kanako stared at it intently, radiating a touch of tenderness involuntarily. "Even if I took you by force... No, no, someone else deliberately stuffed you into my hands, but as long as I am still your master, I will treat you as a companion."
"My only companion."
"The scene of chasing you just now appears in front of my eyes again." Kanako sniffed and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"After all, you're my partner, aibo (partner)."
The port of the Poké Ball emitted a white light for no apparent reason.
"What is that... Could it be that this is the power of friendship?" the system exclaimed in the commentary booth.
Ieiri Glass: "As a rule of thumb, this strange light often heralds the evolution of Pokémon."
"Once evolved, Fujita's ordinary monkey will only be suppressed in terms of racial value. It's no wonder that the Pokémon battlefield is always full of twists and turns."
[The challenge begins, random results are generated, and Team B's Fujita Shikato chooses the first and second moves.] The electronic voice announces.
"Take the first step." Fujita said decisively.
【Please start your turn.】
Fujita couldn't help but smile: "My turn is over."
"My turn - evolve, Monkey No. 1!" Kanako shouted.
The white light flickered and flickered... then disappeared.
Kanako:? ? ?
A faint electronic voice came from above: [Note: The first player cannot attack, evolve, or use supporters, and the second player cannot evolve. (Referring to the first round)]
【Monkey No. 1, evolution failed.】
Kanako finally couldn't hold back and cursed: "Ni Ma!!"
Since Monkey No. 1 failed to evolve and was still in a coma and unable to attack, the turn was given to Team B.
"Hahahaha!! This is my entire understanding of Pokémon!" Fujita raised his arm, "Monke, use Claw Attack!"
【Monkey No. 1 has fallen! 】
[You have no Pokémon to battle.]
[Team B's number one player, Shikato Fujita, wins.]
"How could this happen..." Kanako fell to the ground.
Everything happened so fast like a tornado, but as the saying goes, the competition field is like a battlefield, there is no room for regrets.
"Kanako isn't scheming enough. That guy named Fujita just now used food to cooperate with the monkey, skipping the Poké Ball and directly trapping the Pokémon. She didn't even realize that." Gojo Satoru said.
"It all depends on my performance!" He confidently teleported above the stadium.
Without feeling disappointed for a moment over Kanako's defeat, the next person to rush into the arena was Gojo Satoru, dressed in a limited edition bunny girl uniform!
The second player of Team A, Gojo Satoru, stepped into the birth point. Then, he tore open his tightly packed leather jacket. The inside of the jacket was stuffed full of bananas!
System: “…” It turns out that he was wrapped so tightly because he ran out early to cheat and buy bananas!
Geto Xia Yu almost vomited blood: "..." Why is it a banana?!
【Author’s words】
“Not even a moment…” This meme seems to have been ruined by many works. It’s inherently funny, so it shouldn’t be considered a black meme. The kind that’s used 2.5 times everywhere is a black meme (nods seriously). So that’s how I’ll use it!
The rules are all made up! Pokémon trainers, please don't scold me, everything is necessary for the plot! QWQ
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