"We have no experience with dazzling performances at all. Besides, the kind they put on at Pokémon Contests wouldn't be suitable, would it?" Zi Xinman said.
"Of course I don't mean the performances at Pokémon Contests. Those are just publicity stunts for celebrity talent shows. I mean a truly dazzling performance," Xiao Ran said, shaking his head.
"Oh! I know! Do you mean the kind of performance you gave at the Nancheng qualifiers?" Bai Tingjiao suddenly cried out.
"The Nancheng qualifiers?" Everyone looked puzzled. They generally paid little attention to relatively unimportant competitions that weren't for Pokémon Trainers, though Bian Wenxuan raised an eyebrow.
"You entered the Nancheng Pokémon Contest qualifiers?"
"Yeah. I was planning to enter the national competition this year, too, but it looks like I won't get the chance now!" Mu Chen shrugged helplessly.
If it had only been the Freshman College League, he could still have rushed back and forth to compete in both. But with the College League, he probably wouldn't make it. Its schedule was tighter, and the competition was more intense.
"Look, this is the video of Xiao Ran competing in the Nancheng Pokémon Contest. It was absolutely gorgeous!" Bai Tingjiao had already pulled up the video of Xiao Ran's performance and played it for the awestruck group.
The dreamlike Trick Room, the beautiful, lilting song, Kirlia's graceful dancing... It was hard to imagine that an Entry Class Pokémon had put on such a performance.
"I never would have guessed! You've got a talent for this, too. Don't worry. If you really can pull off the opening ceremony, I'll authorize you to enter the Pokémon Contest directly in the round of sixteen. You won't have to waste time on the early rounds!" Bian Wenxuan said delightedly.
Young people these days didn't understand what