Squirtle did not stay there long before Xin Mu dragged him away. This was a school anniversary celebration, after all, not an Eating Contest. Leaving Squirtle planted there would only get in the way of everyone else enjoying themselves.
Besides, there was more than one stall here. He could keep eating somewhere else just as easily. Staying here would only make him the center of attention in a very particular way.
As night fell, many of the clubs' temporary stalls packed up, and the main road through campus was cleared. This was the prelude to the celebration's closing event-the Float Parade.
Apparently, the new principal had gotten the idea while taking his children to an amusement park and decided to try something similar.
Of course, the school did not have the budget for that many floats, so the floats became parade formations prepared by the participants themselves. The school only put up a small amount of funding as prize money.
This time, the participants were grouped by college rather than club.
The College of Engineering seemed to have borrowed quite a few Geodude from the school's construction crew.
The Geodude rotated in a gear-shaped formation, while members of the Magnemite family formed a conductive circuit and produced dazzling sparks, channeling all of them into a Magnezone.
Under that Magnezone's control, the electricity produced a safe fireworks display.
The College of Medicine had the neatest formation, since quite a few young Nurse Joys were participating. Aside from a handful with distinctive hairstyles, even the other Nurse Joys wore their hair the same way.
Chansey pushed specially made hospital beds to demonstrate emergency treatment, while Audino demonstrated auscultation techniques. Thanks to a small stone on the road, a dummy serving as a patient accidentally fell off and was dragged along for a