Harley took out Poké Ball and handed over his Cacturne and Banette to Jessie.
At the same time, Jessie and James also handed over Meowth to Harley.
However, it is not accurate to say that it was handed over. After all, it was Meowth himself who took the initiative to walk to Harley with a smile on his face.
Although the plan went so smoothly, Harry did not take it lightly. He knew that these guys had a criminal record and had deceived him before. Therefore, in order to prevent Meowth from getting away, Harry found a rope from somewhere, tied Meowth tightly, and held one end of the rope in his hand.
After doing all this, both parties nodded with satisfaction.
"Then, I'm looking forward to your performance tomorrow morning."
"Don't worry, just leave it to us! I promise to defeat that little girl!"
Seeing Jessie patting his chest to assure himself, Harley was obviously very confident in his Pokémon. He couldn't help but wave to Jessie, no longer hesitated, and turned around and left here directly holding Meowth.
Looking at his back, holding two Poké Ball, Jessie and James looked at each other again, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Jessie chuckled, "We didn't do anything, but we got two Pokémon. Today is really our lucky day!"
"That's right." James also smiled, "And these two Pokémon are this idiot's main Pokémon. I didn't expect to get them so easily. It's so profitable! By the way, what should I do with Meowth?"
"Don't worry, I just told it that it will find a chance to escape on its own!"
"Then are we still participating in the competition?"
"Of course I will participate." Jessie showed his iconic smile and said with a wide grin, "With such a good opportunity, I must first use these two Pokémon to win the championship! Then I will run away with these two Pokémon and hand them over to the boss!"
Not mentioning the transaction between Team Rocket Trio and Harley, just say that Xia You and May left the main entrance of Kouki Contest Hall and came to the wide open space on the side.
Now that you have signed up and confirmed the stage, it is naturally time to carry out targeted exercises.
However, although it was an open space, it was also crowded with Pokémon Trainer who was practicing with Pokémon. There was no room for them at all. There was no other way. Xia You and May walked forward and walked a long way until they finally found a place where there was no one.
Perhaps feeling great pressure from so many contestants, this time, May did not adopt a new lineup like Eevee and Squirtle, but cautiously took out her Combusken.
It seems that in her heart, she trusts her Starter Pokémon the most.
Xia You found a chair, sat down and watched May's exercises with a leisurely expression. However, after just watching for a while, he shook his head helplessly.
After all, it's because his mental quality is not up to par.
It's just that there were more players, and Harley had just been seen, which actually caused May to make frequent mistakes. In the cooperation with Combusken, there were consecutive mistakes that should not have been made!
This is just a private practice. If we wait until tomorrow for the official competition, I don't know how it will turn out.
"Let's stop for a moment..."
After waving, Xia You stopped May's practice and called her in front of him.
May naturally knew that there was something wrong with his mentality, and couldn't help but smile sheepishly.
"Relax, don't be affected by these people." Xia You has no other way but to use words to ease May's nervousness. "In fact, if you think about it carefully, if you are really capable, just like Just like Harley, these people have already collected five Ribbon Medal, and now they can still come to participate in this conference, doesn't it mean that they are not strong enough? And as long as they can successfully pass the first round of review, I believe that with your strength, no one will be your opponent."
I have to say, Xia You is indeed comforting.
If it were Ash and the others, they would at most cheer May up, but Xia You did not do that. Instead, he looked at the problem from another angle, which also made May feel moved.
Indeed, as Xia You said, except for a few people who missed other conferences due to their own reasons, most of the contestants who came to participate were people who were eliminated in other conferences.
And since he has been eliminated once, what does he have to fear?
After thinking about this, May found that he was indeed much calmer, and even his hands and legs were no longer shaking so much.
"Thank you Xia You, I'm much better now."
Taking a deep breath, May took Combusken back to the lawn again, and this time, in the cooperation with Combusken, she made no mistakes, everything became smooth again, and it seemed that she had returned to the state she had in the previous games Pokémon Contest.
The practice time was selfless and short, almost passing by in a flash. By the time May came back to his senses, the sky was completely dark.
I went back to Pokémon Center and had a good night's rest. In the morning of the next day, Kouki Contest was held as scheduled.
Audiences flocked to the Contest Hall from all directions.
Xia You also followed the flow of people and sat in the auditorium.
In this conference, the host is still the same Lilian, and Referee is still the same three familiar faces.
If nothing else happens, Grand Festival may still be the same team.
But no one said anything. After all, both the host and Referee are indeed professional and authoritative, and they are also very popular with people. If one day they really change the person, it will make people feel uncomfortable.
After Lilian Hustle finished his opening remarks, the game officially began.
It was at this time that people realized how many contestants there were in this conference. Just as Xia You had thought before, except that Contest Hall was smaller, the number of contestants was no less than that of Pokémon Contest held in large cities.
Relatively speaking, the level of these people also varies.
Not everyone has the ability to win. In fact, most players participate in Pokémon Contest everywhere and may not be able to get a Ribbon Medal in a year. However, for that dream that seems close at hand but out of reach, there are still countless people rushing in to the Contest Hall everywhere.
In addition, this was the last competition before Grand Festival, so the level of the players ranged from high to low. Those with high scores naturally obtained very high scores, showing a higher standard, while those with lower scores also made frequent mistakes, which made people laugh and cry.
The contestants came on and off the stage one by one. Regardless of how well they performed, they really heated up the atmosphere.
It is under such circumstances that May comes on stage.
Just like during practice, May's performance partner is naturally her Combusken.
And I don't know if he has adjusted his mentality. In this performance, May performed exceptionally, and his stage performance has obviously reached a new level.
Not only did he catch all the Frisbees perfectly, showing the level of Strong Chicken, but he also used a flame vortex to create a huge fire storm on the stage, showing the beauty of the moves in front of people. At the end, Strong Chicken's entire body rose into the air from the flames, and there was a gorgeous curtain call.
The whole house cheered.
People were surprised by Combusken's cool performance, and gave the biggest cheers and applause without hesitation.
But unlike the excitement of the audience, Harley in the stands had a terrifyingly gloomy expression.
He really didn't expect that May was in such good condition today!
This kind of performance can get a high score even among Grand Festival. Compared with other previous contestants, it is directly improved by half a grade!
Damn it!
He felt angry and subconsciously clenched his fists.
How could this happen?
Shouldn't she be nervous when such an occasion comes?
Why did he perform better instead?
There is no way, now, Harley can only place its hopes on Jessie, hoping that she can use her Pokémon to perform even better and outshine May!
What's more, what makes Harley equally puzzled is that when he just communicated with Team Rocket Trio, he discussed countermeasures with those two people, and the man named James also promised that he would do something during May's competition. How come there is no movement at all until now?
They won't forget that they still have hostages in their hands, right?
Just when Harley was frowning and puzzled.
In a Warehouse not far from the Contest Hall, the same thing is happening.
At this moment, Meowth was tied to a pillar, and in front of it, Harley's Ariados was hanging quietly on a spider Spider Web, watching over it quietly.
Since yesterday, after being tied up with a rope by Harley and brought to this Warehouse, Meowth has been thinking about when to escape.
The timing of escape is very important, too early or too late can have a great impact on their plan.
If it is too early, letting Harley gain Frisk will naturally look for Jessie and James. By then, their attempt to take away Cacturne and Banette will undoubtedly fail.
And if it is too late, Harley Frisk to Jessie will not deal with May and Xia You according to his ideas, and they will also come to trouble them after all.
Therefore, the choice of timing is extremely important.
As for whether he can escape?
As the most insidious and smartest being among Team Rocket Trio, Meowth just wants to say that Harley underestimates himself!
In front of Ariados, Meowth remained calm on the surface, but the claws tied behind his back had already stretched out their pointed nails!
At this moment, enthusiastic shouts came from the Contest Hall in the distance, which also made Meowth realize that his opportunity had come.
It whistled outside Warehouse. After a short time, there was a sound at the door of Warehouse.
But almost at the same time, Ariados also got off Spider Web and looked nervously at the door.
But the next second, as the Warehouse door was opened, a blue, seemingly harmless Wobbuffet leaned half of its body in.
"So nan su~"
Wobbuffet smiled apologetically at Ariados, still looking naive, and just rubbed his smooth head without any unnecessary movements.
This also made Ariados puzzled.
It instinctively felt something was wrong.
And just when Ariados was trying to drive away this inexplicable uninvited guest, he heard a sudden sound of cracking in the air behind him!
It hurriedly turned around and saw Meowth, who could only talk, somehow managed to break free from the restraints of the rope and came to it with its paws raised high!
Maybe his steps were too light and his movements were too careful.
Ariados I only found out now that it's too late.
There was no reaction at all, and it was caught by Meowth's sharp claws. However, Meowth did not take advantage of Pursuit. Instead, the moment Ariados fell down, it ran away with the Wobbuffet!
When Ariados got up and chased Warehouse out, their shadows were nowhere to be seen!?
Harley naturally has no idea what happened to Warehouse. At this moment, he is still waiting for the wonderful performance brought by Jessie and himself Pokémon.
After May came off the stage and more than a dozen contestants came on stage, Jessie's performance finally came.
Harley subconsciously sat upright, holding his breath and looking at the field.
"I've kept you waiting for so long! Welcome to the gorgeous stage of the world's super idol, Fairy Jessie Bian!"
As soon as she appeared on the stage, Jessie waved to the audience generously. With her butterfly mask, shawl, red dress, and white gloves, and her Fairy Jessie Bian look, she felt like a queen.
Judging from her appearance alone, she is much better than those Coordinator who came to the competition in regular clothes, and it also made the audience's eyes shine.
Although I had never heard of Fairy Jessie Bian before, now that I have seen her, people are willing to believe that she is really a world-class idol.
Just like Harley when he saw Jessie for the first time, wasn't it true that as soon as he saw this deceptive outfit and Jessie's confident aura, he was convinced of her identity?
Looking at the entire audience, only Xia You was clapping his hands expressionlessly, which was completely different from the cheering audience around him.
Of course, it wasn't that he was doing something special or pretending to be serious, it was just that he, who had known Jessie's identity for a long time, was helpless and speechless when Jessie appeared here.
Ash is obviously not around, how did she show up?
Could it be that this stage was more attractive to her than Pikachu? It even made her temporarily give up pestering Ash?
Moreover, when Jessie comes to compete, no matter how the process goes, something will happen in the end, which adds a bit of uncertainty to Pokémon Contest, which is already full of uncertainty.
But even so, Xia You still clapped, which can be regarded as recognizing Jessie's stage talent.
What makes Xia You even more unexpected is that when Jessie released Pokémon, it was not her own lineup, but Cacturne from Harley!
It's no wonder that Xia You can recognize Cacturne's identity at a glance.
Precisely because of his understanding of Jessie and Harley, plus the fact that the two of them appeared here at the same time, it was difficult for him not to connect the two and know what they must be up to.
It is not difficult to guess that the purpose of Jessie must be to win this conference and to win the last Ribbon Medal.
As for Harley, he can only have one purpose, which is-May!